I can almost guarantee this was some stupid marketing exec’s idea. Someone had to write the code that interprets that you’re watching an episode that someone else has available for streaming. Any software dev worth their salt would have seen this request and said “This is the dumbest fucking idea I have ever seen in my life” and they probably had to make it anyway because it pays the bills.
Can’t get that sweet sweet ad revenue if your content isn’t 100% in line with advertising expectations. God forbid there are any deviants on a site that positioned itself as weird and quirky for the first decade of its existence.
This is how most supermarkets (Walmart/Kroger/Target, etc.) in the U.S. look brand new - they’re effectively warehouses that sell product directly to customers. Smaller shops and boutiques have finished ceilings that hide the ductwork and such because they’re meant to be more flexible commercial/office space, but large stores like this do not, except for specialized locations like electronics, jewelery, or pharmacy, that can be gated off from the rest of the inside of the building for reduced operation and security.
Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
You will probably commit a crime or misdemeanor unknowingly on the way to the station. There is a reason you do not talk to the police, even if you think you’re completely innocent.
Used to work in a painting hangar and guys would regularly pilfer supplies. For most people it was just touch up brushes or minijet cups for minor stuff at home, but some people would be stealing whole rolls of masking tape, suits and hoods, sandpaper, bottles of rubbing alcohol and acetone, etc.
I know at least one guy who confided in me that he made a mint stealing supplies and painting cars on the side. He said the only thing he paid for was paint. I think the only reason nobody ever got called out on it was because our work was so good we were a preferred painter for UAE and Qatar planes, so everyone in the C-Suite was making millions of dollars and paying jack shit to the workers, and I’m guessing they figured the shrinkage was an acceptable cost of doing business.
Lol of course not, it’ll be Trump stickers this time.
I go back occasionally to niche communities that haven’t moved off yet but since I deleted my account, I can’t interact and don’t feel the need to stay long, and since I don’t/won’t use the mobile app my usage is even further reduced.
These requirements are such horseshit. What’s the point of making everything look hyperrealistic at 4K if nobody can run the damn game without raiding NASA’s control room for hardware?
It’s a nice fantasy, but I’m sure some sites would actually collapse. I’d prefer it and I think it would be more realistic if there were legislation capping the amount and formats of advertising that could be displayed on a webpage or over a certain period of time to an IP address. No more double ads before every video and every ten minutes within - it’s currently getting to be as bad as cable TV used to be, and I don’t know what hosting user-created content costs these days but I’m sure it’s cheaper than what cable companies had to pay to buy content from studios for broadcast and then actually broadcast it.
I knew this year’s awards were a joke the second I saw Starfield nominated for (and subsequently winning) ‘most innovative gameplay.’