EnderMB

Nice to see my home city here! As a resident for almost forty years I can give some context.

Sadly, cars are necessary in Bristol. Public transport has been a monopoly for far too long, and getting anywhere is both expensive and unreliable. On no less than two occasions I've watched as someone breaks down into tears on the bus because they're late to work for the last time, because a 25 min car journey and a 45 minutes bike ride has taken 90 mins+. We are big on cycling, but when you bear in mind that parking is nonexistent and Bristol is very hilly, it paints a picture where cycling is basically the only cheap way to get around.

We have a lot of gammons here, but Bristol is mostly a progressive city, and as someone with a young child it isn't uncommon for cars to be on pavements. It's absolutely the right step, but with ULEZ, residents parking charges, 20 mph lanes, traffic slowdown measures, and simple roadworks that can often take 18-24 months, motorists also have every reason to be pissed too. I appreciate where I'm posting this, but ultimately Bristol just likes to ignore the impact of cars instead of leaning one way or another - and it ultimately just pisses off motorists to make everything a vendetta.

What Bristol needs is another form of public transport that isn't buses. I hate to say it because he was a corrupt cunt, but Marvin Rees' subway idea was IMO the only way to solve this. Add it to the current train lines, add stations to the centre, and pay it off over 50-60 years with the construction company footing the bill and getting the proceeds + interest if they can build lines asap. I'd go as far as to way to also build underground cycle lanes too, so that cyclists can cycle without fear of shitty roads and dangerous cars.

Where is this? I'm a big fan of cityscapes, and even though being in this would depress the fuck out of me I do find it beautiful.

Sometimes I can't believe this website is free...

Either it's a WILD coincidence, or they're main characters from Suits. Mike and Rachel, with the username "zaney"? Come on...

Prove it

It's probably more on the lines of Google losing advertising share to every other company (Meta, Amazon, Unity, Microsoft) that has gotten into the ad business in recent years - all with minimal experience in ads, but either data, infrastructure, or visitors to sell. Mozilla definitely will have the infrastructure and visitors, even if opt-in.

I don't agree that they'll overtake Google, or could have overtaken Chrome with their product tie-ins/offerings. Google is a beast, whereas the average person probably couldn't tell you who makes Firefox (or maybe even what Firefox is).

For people with IBD or IBS, they're practically the holy grail, if the initial reports are to be believed.

I used to work in a marketing agency, and had a few clients that heavily used advertising data.

I'd go as far as to say that while more data is nice, good data is much better. If Mozilla can somehow produce an advertising platform that is not intrusive, is opt-in, and has a wide enough reach to satisfy advertisers, they're on to a winning strategy. Furthermore, they would need to codify any changes into Mozilla itself to ensure that advertising never gets to intrude on privacy or the browser experience - with the removal of the CEO and entire exec team as the cost for triggering this.

With all that said, I think the threat of doing this is probably a good thing. Mozilla's track record of products is, frankly, piss poor. The thing is, everyone seems to be good at advertising, so there's no reason why if Google leaves they can't just say "fine, we're an advertising company now" and eat their lunch.

For those of us that miss the lore and story/atmosphere of this games, absolutely.

Don't get me wrong, Starfield has made me truly worried about the next installment, and I truly believe that milking Skyrim has ultimately left Bethesda in a position where open world gaming just leapfrogged them. The likes of TOTK and Elden Ring have absolutely shattered what they can show to deliver in a supposedly improved generation.

All I can hope is that Bethesda really look at the feedback they received, and take the time to make the necessary changes to their engine. That alone might be enough to at least give a retro feel to the games. I'll still eagerly await them, but my hopes for them being GOTY are long gone.

That's all well and good, but it doesn't answer the primary point. An unelected politician was able to drive change without even being elected as an MP because he had public and media support. Tell me why that isn't possible in the United States, even if it means as a fringe candidate in a primary party?

I've fought this battle so many times.

My most recent battle was being told to implement Scrum and agile practices. When the subject of standup NOT being a status update came up, and I forcibly told people to keep their updates brief, it was changed to a "Sync Meeting" that lasted over an hour. Apparently, despite delivering stuff faster, being able to track velocity and ensure we're not overextending ourselves each "sprint", and actually knowing what we're delivering through actionable tasks - we're not doing agile any more...

Well...except the next installations of Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Let's be honest, that's what Microsoft were really buying, and neither are anywhere near a release.