It’s not popular it’s just another overused bubble fad that will make a select few some money for a while and cost all of us time and energy to avoid or work around for a looooong time.

It sounds like you cherry picked some research that supported the theory you had already decided was the only truth and we’re then upset when people called you out on it.

I have no idea which side of the imaginary fence you have decided you are on but vaccines have been a net positive for the world. Eliminating some pretty horrible diseases for so long people have forgotten how bad they are.

Do some have a reaction to them? Probably, some people have reactions to nuts, shellfish, fabric softener and so on so there are bound to be a small number that have a reaction to it. What science does is try to learn from that and find a way to minimise the risk. Spreading polarised misinformation as fact doesn’t help anyone, there are people a lot smarter than me working their asses off to fix things I will never understand, and I’m fine with that.

Do they need to be separate logins if they are to access the same files and connected device(s)?

Just a Machine01 account with access to a shared drive or OneDrive for backup would do it wouldn’t it?

If the machine is only used locally then limit it’s access to the internet so people have to actually login to access/download anything and treat it as part of the equipment it’s attached to.

Closest thing I can think of to that would be Destiny 2.

Normal Strikes and patrols in the open world you can shake off most incoming damage easily and leap about all over the place if you so desire.

Something looser like Borderlands 2 but cranked up and with crazier guns sounds fun though. There was a MOD for UT2K4 called Fraghouse or something like that that scratched that sort of itch for me way back. Install monster packs and run around like a lunatic killing waves of ridiculous creatures with redonkulous guns .

They forced something nobody asked for or had a use for beyond the quick what does it do? Then wandered why no one used it? Shocked Pikachu face.

The meta one in WhatsApp, utterly pointless. Copilot non-use to me at all. Gemini has less features than the old Google assistant and is worse in every way at doing the things it does do.

It would be great itlf they’d stop reshaping a working OS around fads.

Tablets went nowhere and left a big scar on Windows and now AI is gonna do the same.

They missed the boat on the one thing that could have made them money, gaming. If they’d put half the effort of this copilot crap into integrating something to compete with steam around that time then things would be very different.

This AI bubble needs to pop. It’s had it’s fun, it has some niches but for day to day usage at work and home it’s of no use to the vast majority of people.

It’s the same with energy pricing, 15 different rates for the same gas and electricity just from one supplier. Half of them you aren’t eligible for for some reason but they won’t tell you outright you have to dig through the terms.

Then comparison sites appear to help, some suppliers aren’t on them “to keep pricing simple”, aaarrgghh.

It just means in most cases you end up paying too much for something and they make more money out of you.

Hi, have fun. Don’t forget to use a coaster on the good table and don’t feed the trolls if you find any.

It was all reposts, rehashes and porn anyway wasn’t it?

I’m not brilliant by any means but what I have made, spliced together or manipulated into being I did myself with whatever skills I have.

I have learned things along the way and better too, I think.

Now I look at places like deviant art and kinda just meh in it’s general direction.

AI art is like trusting autocorrect with your chat up lines. Doomed from the Stewart.

But will the DLC still work properly if you already have it? Or do we have to buy a switch 2 version of it.

Same for Pokémon or any other games with DLC moving to the switch 2 with or without upgrades.

I am hoping all purchases transfer and work at least as they do now for the switch games.

What’s stopping the key on that cart locking to the account of the first user when you download the game?

Have they said that won’t happen?

NHS = free or subsidised treatment for most things so most people don’t have or need separate health insurance

Workers rights and unions are pretty strong in most industries so while disputes may drag out sometimes it’s better than going in one at a time.

What about the ‘American’ companies that plonked their headquarters in Ireland for tax purposes?

Surely that makes them Irish for tarrif purposes?

Clean yourself up and find a rich spouse?

Win the lottery?

Insurance fraud?

No? I got nothing.

So many firms with different rules, seemingly a law unto themselves. No way to appeal when they know they are already right.

They should not be able to impose the levels of fines they try to now. They should be spot checked from time to time to ensure they have processes in place to deal with people fairly.

Bowtie for the duck. Not for me though.

Birthdays late December/early January suck.

Everyone is busy, everywhere puts the prices up if you do manage to get people together and then there’s the joint Xmas and birthday gifts, ugh.

Anon needs to get out to a all you can eat buffet, eat a good meal go home and sleep it off. Probably won’t land them a partner but they’ll get to try a bunch of foods and have a conversation starter for when they do meet up with someone.

For us no.

For Joe public yes.

It’s all about the numbers, go after a few to scare the masses then give them a safe alternative.

If enshitification comes in to it and it starts to look better to pirate (shows/films disappearing, ads, bloat, needing 15 different subscriptions and so on) then piracy will increase again.

For me Netflix/Disney+/Prime have laid the foundation of no longer relying on Sky’s overpriced satellite packages at least so there’s a positive.

I can only imagine but doesn’t make it less true.

Looks a little like David Mitchell, the British comedian. That’s kinda scary in itself.