Copernican

@ Copernican @lemmy.world

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1y ago

Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
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Copernican @lemmy.world 1y ago
It will. But for the first run you don't want people buying the console and paying for the switch GameCube access to have to ability to buy a GC controller. It's like how for sports teams season ticket holders usually get some first access to buy playoff tickets.

1y ago

Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console

Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don't want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.

1y ago

Naughty Dog Co-Founder Reveals Why They Were Acquired By Sony

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Copernican @lemmy.world 1y ago

What's the difference? You want to stay in business to make money personally for what you build.

2y ago

[Leak] Steam Controller 2 render thumbnail leaked in SteamVR drivers

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Iant that what Aperture Desk Job did?

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

There are individual salary stats. And those may align with households as some households only have 1 income. https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/average-salary-us/

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I'm not making an argument about the current state of wages. I'm just saying 4.4 million isn't as unattainable as people think. And household income gets murky when you include single income households. And the definition for this article of American Dream includes 2 kids, so if kids aren't in your planning the 4.4 million mark is probably 1 million less if you still want to attain those other things. I think some folks see that number and think "OMG I'm never going to have that much money." You are right, you will never have that much money all at once, but over a lifetime you may have earned and/or spent that much without ever leaving the sort of "middle" income range in America.

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I agree. All I'm saying is if 50% of salaries are above that 60k mark and as a dual income you are probably getting close to hitting the dream at that level. That's not as dire as thinking only 10% of the population can afford it. 4.4 million is a scary number, but no one is expected to have that as liquidity or even net worth. That value of spend is actually more attainable over time than it looks when seeing it as raw sticker price.

And again, "American Dream" means family with 2 kids. Not everyone wants that or needs that. If you are a single person and happy living with just a partner or without kids (DINK lifestyle is fun), this is not saying you need 4.4 million to have a decent living standard.

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

The inflation piece is confusing to me to, but I think it does talk about investment. It says retirement is 1.6 million based on expected annual withdraw rate. So I'm guessing that is not the contribution amount but final amount including return on investment. So does that 4.4 million number actually somehow translate into a sub 4 million dollar contribution value? Same with college. If you start investing in college funds at child birth that have 18 years of growth, is that child cost the cost basis, or accrued value at time of spend? On the other hand the home cost includes mortgage interest, but the value of the house will hopefully exceed the cost you put into it.

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I disagree. Workers in trades like electricians will make that much. I think entry level electricians make like 55k. So after 5 years in that work, you will likely be earning above median salary. But for professions like teachers in school districts that don't pay well.... It sucks. Not ideal, but not as dire as some might think. And when you throw in the number of people these days choosing not to have kids, that shaves 1 million dollars off the cost of the American Dream life (but hard to say how much of that decision is based on expected income vs lifestyle values).

Tech workers I assume are making starting around 75k and getting into 100k fairly easily depending on geographic location. And depending on company and trajectory you could be getting into 200 to 300k territory in tech.

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I'm seeing median salary listed around 65. Is the median household income reflecting the number of single income families out there or just single people generally?

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

American dream implies nuclear family life. Retirement, home ownership, and owning new cars are factored in that math. It includes the cost of having 2 kids.

If you read the article...

Here’s the breakdown. We’ll explain the math below.

Retirement: $1.6 million

Homeownership: $930,000

Raising two kids: $832,000

Owning new cars: $811,000

Annual vacations: $179,000

Wedding: $44,000

Pets: $37,000

Funeral: $8,000

2y ago

Dream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetime

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I think people underestimate lifetime earnings. Let's assume 35 years of salary work to retire at 65 (it takes a while to get a career going an maybe a layoff and parental leave...) That would be about 125k a year. Make that a dual income family and that's 2 people making 63k a year. It's a bit hard to understand pre and post tax though because some of the calculations like retirement are pretax. And then factor in gains from investment...

So isn't this calculation saying a 2 family income making median salaries can live the dream? That's not great for 50% of Americans and probably means a lesser proportion of Americans can attain the dream than before. But that number 4.4 million actually is not crazy high. In a more just work though, dual income families making above the lowest 25 to 30% salaries should be able to afford the American Dream with some caveats around used cars instead of new, and maybe more frugal wedding and college expense due to financial aid and what not.

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Thanks for the checking. I think the whole argument is pretty wild and specious, and factually suspect, that someone died because a person couldn't look up the cpr video on time. YouTube is not a platform that is meant to deliver on demand life saving training. In NYC all the restaurants and workplaces have signs up in designated areas with instructions on how to do cpr. I suspect someone is going to more quickly look up written instructions or infographics if they need to Google. But really, this just speaks to the importance in staying up to date on CPR practices and having school and HR classes that teach this on a recurring basis. Using this as an argument against all ads is kind of nuts.

Also, the first step of most CPR instructions is call 911. So if you follow instructions, how are you watching a video on the phone? And can't the operator coach you through the steps? https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr/performing-cpr/cpr-steps

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

I can't tell what is more gaudy. Keeping the video the same size and overlaying an image with a transparent background, or shrinking everything with some obtrusive weird colored border to make it look like a 90's web page. But at the end of the day, I think it's relatively non intrusive, especially if dismissible while keeping the video paused.

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Looks like the reddit embeds were newly added to the page, or weren't loading correctly last night. Couldn't tell those links were previews or final designs of what the ad format would look like. Disney pause ads for example have it overlayed on top of the video instead of shrinking the video to have a banner/border around it. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/pause-ads-hulu-max-peacock-streaming-1235764850/

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Proof? Aren't there classes of videos non monetized on youtube? When I just google search for cpr and find the american red cross I quickly found written instructions as well as a youtube video that doesn't appear to have any ads. Isn't the problem that some video creators intentionally create videos for CPR in hopes of monetizing?

2y ago

Democrats Can’t Rely on the Black Church Anymore

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Good thing the civil rights movement in the USA didn't have church leaders involved...

2y ago

More Republicans Endorsing Kamala Harris Is Great And All, But It Doesn't Erase Past GOP Harms

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

Why is consensus that trump is a POS a bad thing? I hate articles like this and it always makes me wonder if this is foreign interference trying to force artificial divides.

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

YouTube wants you to keep watching the videos. The more time you spend on the site the more ads you see. They care about finding the balance of acceptable ad load to maximize ad space, which requires a consistent user base. I have faith that this is their objective. Also, videos take time to load and a user hitting pause is unpredictable. A light weight display ad is probably the best technically feasible way to grab a user's attention in that brief moment of hitting pause. Especially when pause means a user wants to mute audio to do things like take a phone call, a video would turn off users to the platform.

2y ago

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

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Copernican @lemmy.world 2y ago

It's the opposite. If you pause the video you the viewers are almost always looking at the screen. The pause button on a mobile phone or web browser is literally on the player. You are guaranteed to see it immediately after you push the button. You will see it when you un pause. These ads are display banners not video. It only takes a second to see the ad.

Unlike video ads that just auto play, especially when the video player auto plays more videos, there probably is more probability you aren't actually watching, unlike pause ads that require user activity and focus on the screen to push the pause button.