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Minecraft movie spawns ‘annoying’ cinema trend that viewers claim ‘ruins’ the film in c/movies@lemm.ee

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Idiocracy.

Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I have a story. About 30 years ago Sonic & Knuckles was launched for Mega Drive. "I" bought that for 17.000$00 (Portuguese escudos). That roughly translates to 85€ without accounting for inflation.

So although the price hike is unfortunate, I'm actually surprised the prices of the games remained stable for so long.

EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I was afraid of this... I support it but don't need it. Oh well... Fuck the USA anyway!

Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Downloading updates for what?

"[Swastidumpster] Owners When Their Accelerator Pedal Gets Stuck" (Art by Smooth Dunk) in c/Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Nah mate, I wasn't berating you but the artist. Changing a perfectly fine comic into a dumb lie is completely unfunny.

"[Swastidumpster] Owners When Their Accelerator Pedal Gets Stuck" (Art by Smooth Dunk) in c/Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's dumb. The glass is far from unbreakable, this is just building on a stupid lie.

Economists, is this trade balance analysis correct? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

COVID, sure. What's the mark then?

Sources: the EU will impose minimal fines on Apple and Meta next week, far below the DMA's 10% of global turnover cap, to avoid tensions with President Trump (Financial Times) in c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Cowards!

Ottawa freezes Tesla’s $43-million rebate payments, bars it from future rebates because of tariffs in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When you start trying to find excuses and possible explanations, a Nazi salute may as well be a high 5...

Don't try to find a way out for them. Let them do the work.

DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 40 points 3 months ago (20 children)

No returning customers, due to the nature of the business. It's dead from the start.

banana shaped lemon in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Persecute it!!

UK considers big tech tax changes to appease Donald Trump in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Cowards