On the flip side, there’s also the people who say that autism is nothing more than a disability that needs to be cured. This is probably what that they were referring to. Both extremes are harmful.

GT Sophy on Gran Turismo

I’ve never found Bing chat to match up with the free ChatGPT. It often just refuses to answer my question while ChatGPT will at least take a guess and give me something to work with.

They do not have sales data, so they use two different proxies: number of reviews, and number of active players.

I don’t see mention of how they get the number of active players. I’m assuming it’s through stats in Steam or something similar. If that’s the case, then their assumption of this number being biased towards being larger than the true number would be wrong. If you choose to both pirate and buy the game, chances are good that you’ll be playing the pirated version, and therefore would not get counted towards active players.

Loot box and that gambling business aside, wouldn’t the FOMO argument also apply to the video game itself? If everyone around you is playing this game, you’ll be pressured into purchasing it yourself as well.

You don’t pay people because it’s the only motivator. You pay people because you need money to survive in this world. If we don’t, then the only people who can afford to spend time making mods are those who are already have their basic needs taken care of through other means.

I would like to see a world where anyone with the passion for modding can make mods.

Volume is only useful for things that are non-compressible (i.e. fluid). What if you’re measuring flour? Usually, the measurements are given for sifted flour, but that’s not something you would know unless you’re experienced in the kitchen. And even if you do sift your flour, there’s still going to be a lot of variation depending on how much things get compressed again as you’re scooping it out.

If you replace the cars first, such that no one’s daily schedules are significantly altered,

Is that going to happen if you replace cars with another vehicle that still requires car infrastructure?

I don’t see how going from car to proper city planning is any harder than going from not-car to proper city planning. This just feels like an extra unnecessary step that could be taking resources away from the city planning part.

Isn’t the top-left image Cupid (i.e. a god)?