Beaver
joined 5 years ago
The happy medium might be in that era of the PS1 through PS2 when games weren't just coinsuckers, but were also designed without "online experiences" in mind. Once we got to PS3 and the other 7th generation consoles, we started really getting into awful always-on online shit. I've been playing through the Assassins Creed Black Flag on the PS3, and it's crazy how much of that seeps into what should just be a self-contained game.
the Left Wing will have it's chance to flap
As wet as an 80s action movie hero!
He can't keep getting away with it! 
I have an inkling that the modern gaming experience will eventually become so intolerable that playing old retro games will become the final refuge of gaming.
Millenials are now experiencing the consequences of inventing gary's mod machinima 
Food pantries in rural areas are not only a much-needed service, but they're an opportunity to talk to potential voters who have a lot to gain from direct government intervention. Huge opportunity for the Dems to associate themselves with helping people out. Instead, they're going to spend all that money and effort on... billboards and TV ads? People aren't stupid, they think billboard ads are corny and TV ads are annoying.
The funniest 16 year stretch of American history 
It's good actually when aggressive dog breads kill their owners, it strengthens the homo spaiens gene pool 
Ch 6 is an absolute beast. It’s confusing and Marx isn’t clear in a number of areas. Even David Harvey I think got some conclusions wrong (no fault of his own, he’s never worked in accounting in a manufacturing setting like I have so it’s understandable).
Ch 5 and 6 are where this is finally coming together for me, my mind was feeling muddy at the beginning. I work in manufacturing as well, and what strikes me is about this is that Marx seems to have talked to actual, real business owners about how they think about and account of the running costs of doing business. Marx is of course presenting as a model built from first principles, but it's clear that it does actually fit with the way capitalists actually do capitalism.
In David Harvey's first video on his vol 1 course, he mentions that he's gained new insights on the work when he's taught it to students from different fields. His example was teaching it to linguists, but I'm curious if he ever taught it to businessmen or engineers.
If you’re struggling to understand what kinds of cost add value and which do not, I found that thinking about modern production is only going to confuse you.
I think it still makes sense in a lot of modern production, especially those companies that produce actual finished goods, or extractive industries. Farming is actually kind of a weird example for me, since it's so heavily financialized these days (per your example, I would have to think back to more like how my Grandparents farmed).