Ok, so I looked into it further and looks like they also take a tax on every trade, meaning they are actually profiting off of people’s auctions after they run their slot machines.

Seems to be quite a bit of ill-gotten gains to be found here.
Gabe might have to pass on a few of his future yachts.

Well, this precedent is going to end up helping all the pro-rootkit companies a lot.
Here’s hoping GoG still stays on its own tracks.

And when they end up doing EA and others, they will get no more than a few million in fine.

Although, I am now interested in knowing the extend of these “ill-gotten gains” Valve has…

For some reason, even though I have been using Steam for a long time, I am not privy to the “lootboxes” they talk about. And my account was never parented. I feel like I would actively need to look for what they are talking about.

disgorge all ill-gotten gains

Why is this the only lawsuit where I see this phrase?
Why do other companies go away with a few million $ in fine?

-> Now I want to know how much Valve has “ill-gotten” out of this thing.

I definitely prefer GoG and being able to play all my games with the internet off and don’t consider Steam as some angel. But from what I see, the very fact that so many Gaming companies are trying to destroy Valve, tells me that Valve is giving value that these others don’t want given to the customer.

So, using what laws to sue a group of companies for the malicious use of court to attempt to reduce the overall quality of product options available to the consumers?

It’s a thing to encourage foreign investors.
Honestly, if the Modi govt. is still furthering that strategy, I think that they are out of good ideas and should hand over to another.

Butter. Marshmallow and cereal

This is the first time I have read of “rice crispy treat” and something inside me is screaming, “Where’s the rice!?”

Hey, just because the wrong guy spoke it first, doesn’t make it wrong in itself.

But they can, taking help from the DNS (or ISP), send you to a fake website.

I have 2 pairs of jeans that have outlasted most of my legwear.
I might have worn them maybe 20 - 30 times in past 10 years.

Not as long as UK is the root CA, I suppose.

This is great.
If you are (or know) a UK citizen, please let them send this with the above context to their representative.

I don’t need being reminded visually.
I can usually taste the different air that is filled with their breath.
And they feel weird that I want to keep a 1m distance.

Yeah, evaporate would be the appropriate word here, while sublimate would be for room temperature ice, which I don’t know if it is ice that does it or if there is a microscopic film of water that then evaporates.

Nah. I remember back in high-school there were some who “disproved” the 3rd law of motion by pushing a door closed and saying that they didn’t go backwards.
I didn’t care to engage them in debate.

How did that work?
Doesn’t pencil lead material just work as a resistor? It’s mostly graphite and clay, and shouldn’t have the required structure to work as a semi-conductor.

Ahh right. I had forgotten about how to term “semi-conducting” was used back in elementary, thanks to semiconductors and the lot.

Autism aside, no one wants ‘accidental spit’ in their food.

Thanks for the vindication.

It very possible to have some drops projectile forwards when talking in between eating or otherwise even if you have a habit of chewing with an open mouth.
I am aware of this and tend to keep my head in a direction that doesn’t cause the spit to go in the other’s food and if not, I cover my face while talking.

There are people who will force a chat while eating and of course their spit will drop into my food, after which they will confidently state that they haven’t.
This was mostly in the school time. Nowadays, I don’t bother pointing out such people and just stop interacting with them instead.

But either way, it is good to have some space while eating. Specially in the front.
So when going out to eat with someone, I try and get a 4-table and sit diagonally.

Yes. And me, who left my job to be now unemployed is a pretty good example of it.

I prefer people not sit in front of me when I am eating.
Their accidental spit tends to get into my food and I have a feeling that anyone with autism won’t like to eat food that has been spat into.

I guess it won’t be bad to have a flat rate electrical connection, with the rate mainly depending upon the maintenance costs.

Now also ban smoking/vaping in any vehicle when on the road.
I have had to inhale the secondary when cycling and have had to either stop and change my route or hold my breath and anaerobically overtake to prevent getting filled.

Noone should be forced to inhale any psychoactive substance against their will.