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Comment on Reality deflates the NDP’s Big Grocery conspiracy theory in ~food
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Comment on Diablo IV - Season 1 Announcement - Season of the Malignant in ~games
DoomedCivilian Link ParentRemoving Sets is probably a net good. Diablo 3 builds basically live and die as to whether they have a set available for them, it severely limits diversity in the end game. Legendary aspects do...Removing Sets is probably a net good. Diablo 3 builds basically live and die as to whether they have a set available for them, it severely limits diversity in the end game. Legendary aspects do the same limitation, sort of, but it should be easier to add more legendary aspects rather than more sets over time.
And for levels, the game picks up again after L50 (Paragon boards open up), and again at L70 (Tier 4 introduces new item tiers), but the gaps of 30-50 and 60-70 are pretty bad. It should be relatively easy to tighten up the leveling curve over the next few seasons, though.
But otherwise I agree, it's a nice and solid foundation, but right now there are better options for your gaming time.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~games
DoomedCivilian Link ParentThe DMCA protects Valve here. But there is still significant risk to Valve, as they'd be forced into a position to refund customers should products like this be pulled. Proactively blocking them...The DMCA protects Valve here. But there is still significant risk to Valve, as they'd be forced into a position to refund customers should products like this be pulled. Proactively blocking them is likely the right call, at least until the legalities get worked out.
Although given the assets were obviously infringing to the point where they had to be 'improved' by hand (after an initial denial by Valve) likely makes this a case we don't want to base future policy predictions off of. It sounds like a very rough asset flip attempt, only this time they used recognizable assets they didn't own passed through an AI model that changed them very little.
They won't focus on that question, because it defeats the article. Loblaws and Empire own significant parts of their supply chain and costs, they can manipulate the expenses of their grocery business as a result and make the margins whatever they want. They have effective monopolies (especially when combined) in many of the markets they operate in, and we know they do act together (the bread price fixing scandal).
I feel a windfall tax is likely appropriate here, we need to discourage this type of collusion to ensure the consumers pick up the entire inflationary tab. But we also need to also address the root cause and break up the monopolies that allow this in the first place.