Check out Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari. It's my pick for the best non-fiction book and after reading it I found A Short History of Nearly Everything suggested as a similar read.
It's a bit more dry than Bill Bryson's work but a lot more informative. I listened to the audio book which was brilliant but would probably find it a lot harder to read.
It goes over the history of humans from around 70,000 years ago until current day. I would recommend everyone read this book to give them perspective on the things we find important and the rules we collectively chose to follow.
This is my point. The person I replied to said OP shouldn't expect more than what they got. I pointed out this same business model has worked for decades so OP shouldn't have expected the outcome of a bricked device.
People have paid 100s of dollars on radios to listen to music they don't own for decades. People would be pretty upset if radio stations started paywalling their broadcasts.
You'd be shocked to hear that people purchase radios for over $100 to listen to music they don't own.
Honestly it's just a meme. We have deadly snakes and spiders but the death count each year is like single digits. They also just keep to themselves and will only attack if you're a dickhead. Crocodile and shark attacks too are rare. Kangaroos will only fight you if you walk up to one swinging.
Most fear of Australian animals comes from residents of NA but I'd rather my Aussie creatures than the NA bears, wild cats, wolves, moose (meese?) Etc.
Bowie is mine too. I've never been more affected by a celebrity death. I still get a lump in my throat when listening to his music, it was truly an art form of its own.
This is fucking horrid
Good Old Games. They sell lots of old PC games that you can't find anywhere else and since many old games can't run in modern architecture, they will usually package the games up in a way that they can run without you having to run your own emulators or virtual machines.
They also sell modern games and have their own game library software similar to Steam except unlike Steam it is DRM free.
There is nuance to rule following. If you're following blindly and never question why the rule is in place, then you're a chump. If you question the rule and conclude that it's there for a good reason and follow it, you're a champ.
Some rules are arbitrary but society expects them to be followed. Going outside the bounds of these rules can cause upset, so following them is generally the safer bet. However if there's a rule in place that prevents your happiness, and breaking it has no negative consequences, just fucking do it.
I'm Australian and always assumed it was Australian. It seems Australian but maybe we picked it up elsewhere.. likely Britain if anywhere.
Have you played Outer Wilds and Return of the Obra Dinn? They are 2 of the best narrative puzzle games I've ever played.
It's good and bad.
I worked on rotating shifts on a helpdesk. 2 weeks out of 8 was 7pm - 7am shift.
The good was that the office which normally had about 100 agents during the day was reduced to 3 or less. Way quieter and you could do/wear/say anything without issue. During day shift I'd be answering around 10 calls per hour but at night if be lucky to answer 1 per hour.
This is also one of the negatives. Not having much work to do or other people to distract you would make the 12 hours slow to a crawl. Missing out on daylight sucked. I was always tired because 2 weeks is not long enough for the body to adjust.
For the right job and the right pay I would consider night shift again but overall I'd preferably avoid it.