Now that does look really nice....... Will have to keep on that for sure........

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Well, I gave it my single-handed level best trying to get Super Bomberman R 2 on there after it launched on the 13th, but it clearly wasn't to be, haha.

I didnt know you were a Bomberman fan......... I never would have guessed.......

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Quoting: 14I think your comment on being mega large and soulless has nothing to do with it. Is Amazon mega large? Absolutely. Do they do the same thing you described? No, they don't. Amazon does push existing people to do new and hard things. I bet you would still say Amazon is soulless. I'm not here to convince you otherwise, however my point is what you're highlighting is related to smart or stupid business decisions, not goodwill to humanity.

Any company who treats their grunt workers like this and this and this are 100% soulless........

Quoting: PenglingWe need more people like the late Satoru Iwata who, along with other executives, took a pay-cut when poor decisions were made, instead of passing lay-offs down the line.

Its sad to see the state of that company right now since his departure.......

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThat is so not the reason. The reason is the execs are the ones with the power, making the firing choices. "Hmmm . . . should I fire myself, or a bunch of guys I've never met? Decisions, decisions . . ."

The shareholders have the power to order the board to fire the CEO and they also have the power to clear out the Board of Directors...... But they dont....... Because it would cost to much money to do so in paying out the contracts........ So they allow the CEO and the Board to keep their jobs and fire the grunt workers that cost very little to fire......... And as for private companies they have owners who have the power to fire CEOs and clear out the Board........

Maybe its different in Yankee land???.......

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Quoting: PenglingSeriously, though, this is yet another example of why consolidation is bad for everyone. Why is it never the high-ups who took the company in this direction who lose their jobs for it?

Simple....... Its costs more in payouts to fire the CEO or Board or Upper management than it does to fire the office grunts...... Thats why the office grunts are the first to go......

Either get rid the CEO/Bored and pay up to tens of millions in golden handshakes........ Or fire a bunch of office grunts whos collective severance packages (if any) would be way less than even one million dollars........

I know its not right...... But that is reality.......

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Quoting: constThey could have just gone to fair competition practices and turning their store into something viable, but laying of people is just so much easier.

Bingo.......

As someone who has worked in mega large soulless corporations for over 2 decades........ They will always...... ALWAYS go the easy route........ Even if it blows up and costs them more in the long term....... The board and the CEO will just leave with their golden handshakes and someone else will come in with some other lazy solution to the current mess and the cycle continues.......

For example....... one company I worked for wanted software for a certain application....... Instead of getting the already employed company software engineers to make the software...... They scouted around and found another company that was making software that would fit their needs....... They then bought that company...... Then proceeded to fire everyone from the newly bought company......... AND then found out the software wasnt anywhere near finished and wasnt useable at all........

The CEO left with a multi million dollarydoo golden handshake and a new CEO came in and their solution was just to scrap the entirety of the code we had and go scouting for a third party to make the software........

And the kicker is that they didnt use the companies own software engineers because....... "The company did not see any value in getting them to make the software"........

I use to like reading Dilbert...... But hes now to close to reality to be funny........

Sorry for the off topic rant...... But this kind of stuff really *BEEPS* me off..........

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Quoting: GuestEveryone here talking about region locks being evil, but no one addressing the elephant in the ROOM of Region locks... in some countries... we cannot buy a Steam deck we'd had to pay double or triple price to scalpers.

If we had Steam Decks here in Australia..... It would only make the Spiders and Snakes even more dangerous..........

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Quoting: PenglingThere's an official cookbook due out in May 2024, as well!

If it has a bomb recipe I know what you will be making first......

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Pi 5 Australian prices......

4GB $103.41 Dollarydoos.......
8GB $137.92 Dollarydoos......

https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-5

For comparison a Pi 4 is......

1GB $59.00 Dollarydoos
2GB $73.80 Dollarydoos
4GB $94.00 Dollarydoos
8GB $129.00 Dollarydoos

https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-4

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Everyday you get a free sticker by going to the shmup sale page and claiming it......... The same as if it was a major sale.......

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It looks like Gang Beasts Furry Edition.........

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