What if... the government set expected prices for things? Say they set the price for 90% of treatments. That includes life long medications and multiple tentative surgeries.
If it's on the government register, the cost is known.

Like, they say that 90% of medical treatment will be a fixed cost. And it starts off fairly expensive. But with aggregate data it gets cheaper. And the fact that the government mandates it. And I'm sure there is already a lot of data...

It costs 1$ for a dose of paracetamol (or whatever). Starts off whatever the average is, then trends towards the actual cost to acquire. Takes a year or 2 to bring costs inline, paracetamol is $20 per dose but 20¢ per dose, etc.

I mean, who the fuck is licencing these hospitals to charge this much? The government, right?
Who the fuck is licencing these pharma companies to sell the drugs this expensive? The government, right?
And who is letting medical insurance companies this much power? The government!

Why the fuck doesn't the government actually align price with cost?
Oh, money. Yeh, it's money.
It's about senators being bought for $10k.
It's about "lobbying" $10m, and generating a $1bn gap.

... Containers were a security boundary?
No no no.
It means I can run something that needs a different dependency version than another service .... Without and clash.
That's the isolation. That's what the isolation means.
Maybe it's the wrong word to use, hence the confusion.

Just cause it's "awkward to get into a container" so it looks like a sealed box, doesn't mean it's actually a secure sealed box.
That box has different dependencies than this other box.
Oh, and these boxes? Yeh, they just run on any host set up to run boxes.
But there is no security

Nah. They want to be an essential service for games.
Verified users of appropriate age.
Integrated game chat.
Integrated game VoIP.
All appropriate-for-age.

Can't develop your own moderation? Just pay discord.

So many companies will pay massive sums to outsource chat/VoIP/age-verification/moderation to discord.
And discord is already the "goto" gaming community provider.

Oh, and shop stuff.
Gift (buy) a friend a cool cosmetic through discord. Already has the community connections. Just needs the reason for games to tightly integrate it (moderation, chat, VoIP, age verification).

It is absolutely a positioning move

Ardebg Alligator.
Had it in a bar on a night out, and was was phenomenal. It was expensive per shot, but I feel we cleaned them out.
It was really really good

Wanted to buy it, was £150 a bottle. Way too much for a whisky.
Finally had some disposable income, £150 for a bottle between friends seemed alright... Now it's £250.
Got to the point where a good memory, nice whisky and friends is worth £250... And its £400 per bottle.
Now it's £500 per bottle, still not worth it.
So many good whiskies for less than £100.

It's not an "investment" whiskey at all. That's the span of 15 years or so. Maybe 500% net over 15 years is a good investment, I don't think so.

One of my mates got married recently, would've been a great opportunity to buy a bottle.
Kinda wish I had... but I also painted his house, helped with a TON of DIY stuff, and a bunch of wedding stuff.
The actual on-the-day-stuff was "just turn up" as far as I was concerned.

One day, the price of Ardbeg Alligator will match disposable income and the occasion.
Till then, I'm sure it will keep increasing beyond my means & commitment

Is this a "grounded from phone" thing?

Reminds me of Malcolm in the Middle where Reese discovers his passion for cooking, and the parents discover a meaningful punishment for Reese's misbehaviour.
So....

Cutely fitting.
I was referencing Ace as in asexual.

Being "Ace Venture, Cute math Detective".... Fits

ACE

Literally the mentality.
Everything has to be a subscription.

git is my backup

Git is just a folder

Pretty much where I am at.
Piracy is a service issue, I think Steam proves that.
If that service isn't viable any longer, time to move on

I seem to remember a lot of arguments when Netflix first introduced a cheaper-with-ads subscription that "not everyone can afford ad-free subscriptions" and that somehow it would make things better.

Ignoring the fact that the play was obviously to get the ad-subscription up to the current cost of ad-free subscription.

And now I think it's Disney introducing ads to all subscriptions.
So, no doubt Netflix will do that soon in order to "innovate" the line-go-up.

Yeh, it's clear there is a suitably similar amount of water in the glass each time, even when there is water in the dish below