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chiliedogg

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  • New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling

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  • 30% makes sense for a physical store with high overhead, inventory, staffing, and other expenses.

    Valve could take a 5% cut and still make a ton more than a retail store for the same product.

  • New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling

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  • I'm not sure where I stand there. Steam is a great platform, but for purely capitalistic reasons. The only reason they aren't as bad as other platforms is because they're privately-owned and take the long view because they don't have to worry about the day-to-day fluctuations on stock value.

    Gabe isn't your friend. He's a billionaire yacht-collector who makes the vast majority of his money by taking a massive cut from other company's products because of their virtual monopoly that exists because they launched an online marketplace in 2004.

  • sales =/= quality

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  • Yeah, but then they tried going all woke in the late 90s with the CD-RW stuff and data reassignment procedures.

  • New single: Skin head soldier?

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  • Reality?

  • Family values

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  • Hey - some of their food is alright, and the service has generally been excellent any time I've eaten there. As long as those 2 things remain true, I don't really care how they dress.

  • AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

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  • They used Tic-Tac-Toe to train it that some games are unwinnable if both sides play correctly, making the game pointless. Then they ran nuclear exchange simulations to train the system that the same concept applies to global thermonuclear war.

  • AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

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  • Except in that one the AI learned that endless escalation is bad.

    "The only winning move is not to play."

  • seriously

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  • Within a week of the killing, BCBS backed out on some of their upcoming bullshit and United Heathcare's pre-authorization rejection rate has decreased dramatically in the aftermath.

    Thimpson's death (at the hands of someone whose identity we'll never know for sure) was objectively good for the insured.

  • seriously

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  • A box is typically between 20 and 50 rounds.

    Less than a case though.

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Don't worry. They'll have clear instructions on how to vote posted on the wall of the voting precinct on Tuesdays between 12 and 12:30 starting 15 days before the election.

  • This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby - 404media

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  • Just throw hard enough to trigger fusion reaction then.

  • Don't we all hate this

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  • Write-offs are deductions from income, not reductions in taxes owed. They only get to deduct the taxes they would have paid if they had kept the donations.

    Let's imagine their annual income was $10,000,000. Their nominal tax rate would have them owing $2,100,000.

    If they received a $100,000 in donations, that would make their income 10,100,000. But with the donations they could write off the 100 grand, reducing their tax bill by $21,000, for a total of $2,100,000.

    Either way, they pay the same in taxes with or without the donations.

  • Don't we all hate this

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  • That's not how tax deductions work. All the write-offs allow is for them to not count the money donated as income, so they make the same amount of money on the sale whether or not you donate.

    The benefit to the company is PR or donating to a non-profit with a mission that aligns with their corporate goals. For instance, Bass Pro may ask you to donate to wildlands preservation non-profits that maintain environments in which people fish and hunt.

  • Ron Ejaculated Loudly 💦

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  • Order of the Phoenix took the longest book and made the shortest film.

  • We're just scanning for the bear...

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  • He said rape is bad, but also any sex outside of marriage is bad.

    So, by his logic, raping someone is no worse than getting consent if you aren't married.

  • He's so close to getting it...

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  • Heck - even Left fellas! We need unity on this issue.

  • U.S. had almost no job growth in 2025

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  • It's as if extreme price increases causes by tarrifs, loss of migrant workers, and now memory/storage shortages combined with and devaluation of the dollar drive inflation and the stock market nominally goes up.

  • Republican mayor caught on camera sniffing his TEEN STEPDAUGHTERS PANTIES

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  • Was hoping to open the article and find out that it was an exaggerated clickbait headline and he was just doing laundry.

    I should never hope when it comes to Republicans.

  • Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US

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  • Insurance companies make deals with hospitals along the lines of "We'll pay 1k for this procedure which should cost 300 bucks, or 40% of your standard rates, whichever is lower." So the standard rate becomes $2500.

    Then the insurance company will require a 40% "copay" based on the standard rates, and the patient ends up paying the $1000 and the insurance company doesn't pay shit despite collecting hundreds a month in premiums.

    If you tell them you don't have insurance they'll frequently discount the fee to the $300 it should cost.