It’s a decently strong opening that doesn’t require much thought. You can play it against damn near any of blacks openings, and generally leads to a strong position, but people like to dog on it since it’s a bit “braindead”. Gets played even at GM level tho

And then you fuck up your asynchronous timing, leaving a race condition where the sandwich has bread on the inside. Oh, and QA can only reproduce sometimes

Yeah imo it definitely depends on what the tool is. If there’s a bunch of data processing/aggregation that’s being handled by said service, it makes sense that there would be a recurring cost. API licensing ain’t cheap. (However I’m super biased, as I write software for an app using a SaaS yearly subscription model)

Gotta shout out Parking Garage Rally Circuit, neat little racing game that just came out using this retro style. Like Mario Kart, but just the sweet drift boosting and none of the shell bs lol

Reminds me of the “No True Scotsman” logical fallacy based on the example you provided. Wiki article

Reminds me of the novel “A Roadside Picnic”. Great read if you’re into scifi, also was the inspiration for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game series.

Huh weird seeing my tiny state’s politicians in the spotlight like this lol. Tim Sheehy is, as we like to say, “all hat and no cattle”.