Do not be fooled by that picture or by #lithia 's (Driveway) online presence, these guys are no better than any other sleazy used car dealership. They're on top of their shit when they want your money, then when it comes to delivery... Goooood fucking luck! No tracking, no real updates and worst of all, after multiple delays, we got the car without the 30 day temp registration which means we bought the car a month ago and still can't fucking drive it. That's just pure negligence. As I'm writing this post, we were told yesterday that they would email us the temporary registration and guess what? Nothing... and they all went on their jolly weekends. Bravo, online used car sleasebags. Now see how they get their act together when they read this post/review. Who sells a car and forgets the 30 day tags??? I mean, c'mon man!
The Lebanese gov wants a piece of the profits from #Starlink and @elonmusk saw no reason pay and so, pulled the plug.
Internet fees in the country are exorbitantly high for very poor service (Pockets of fiberoptics here and there at the cost of an arm and a leg).
They are simply afraid to lose that revenue stream but made no effort of improving the infrastructure to where its people could have better internet at lower prices than @Starlink as oppose to having no other choice than @Starlink which is better internet at better prices in compression.
This is akin to when the Lebanese gov wanted to tax WhatsApp's free call service after their subsidiary cell phone carriers profits went down the drain. Lebanese should remember what that led to.
The last lack of incentive for the Leb gov, is losing the ability to snoop on its citizens on #Starlink .
Lebanon's fault, not @elonmusk's.
Here's what the future of gaming looks like. I've played countless games like Diablo, Destiny, and Helldivers, all of which are loot-based games where time and effort equal rewards in the form of color-coded loot boxes (Gold = Tier 1, Purple = Tier 2, etc.).
Here's where it gets cool: the convergence of blockchain and gaming. Imagine every piece of loot as an NFT, hardcoded with information like how and when it was obtained, and its rarity. This extremely rare item can circulate within the publisher's ecosystem (Blizzard, EA, Ubisoft) or be sold on a secondary market for real cash!
A secondary market for some of these games already exists underground. If you've ever played EA Sports FUT Champs in FC/FIFA series, you know of sites that bypass FC's in-game economy by selling FC coins and the rarest players for upwards of $700 per player.
'The global gaming market size was valued at $249.55 billion in 2022 & is anticipated to grow from $281.77 billion in 2023 to $665.77 billion by 2030'
Source: https://t.co/b4ypskbOXy
In-game economies have grown to such levels that publishers are struggling to maintain control as evidenced by gamers circumventing locked-in economies. If publishers eventually embrace a more open ecosystem, royalties hardcoded on the blockchain of sales of their gaming items sold on the secondary market can be extremely lucrative especially if ...
Incorporating blockchain in gaming might help crack this whole thing open.
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@MarioNawfal Isreal warns Hezbollah via French intermediaries that if they attack, Isreal will have the equal right to attack the south of Lebanon and Damascus. (In short)