Kohler is never getting a kopeck of my money.

We put in a fancy one-piece Kohler toilet in the ~2000s.

Never flushed well because it was an early low-flow model and clesrly built for looks instead of functionality. The design provided no purchase for easily removing the seat for replacement, even with the special tool they provided for the task.

We finally broke down and replaced it with an American Standard which at least flushes well.

The story seems weird to me.

What kind of paint are they putting on food that wouldn’t be at least weird tasting?

And why do you actually care if the kids eat the food, to the level of trying to adulterate it? Isn’t it enough from a legal perspective to provide food?

I could see painting sample dishes to photograph for their advertising, to flimflam parents who are actually paying for the service, and then people might complain the actual meal is less vibrant, with far less risk and ongoing cost.

This is a remarkable combination of cunning and stupid.

I’m curious what the economics at Epic are.

I know Fortnite was paying the bills for years, but does it still carry the same weight?

Virtually all multiplayer games atrophy because over time, you have to cater for long haul playets, which makes the barrier for new players’ entry high. (Even if it’s not a skill or challenge thing, some long games are just a huge time sink to commit to the story or missing time-sensitive stuff.)

Is it just an endless stream of collabs now to bring in a new demographic each week and hope a few stick?

I know Unreal Engine is a revenue dtiver, but it’s one that the market is eager to route around.

I would think knowledge work is really compatible with unionization, as it has less “fungible” employees.

If one assembly line shift goes on strike at GM, they can switch in another crew, or hire scabs and get pretty close to back to normal.

If your software dev team goes out, any replacements don’t have 200 years of experience on exactly where the bodies are buried in the specific design and architecture. You will suffer ramp-up problems. A strike threat is way bigger, especially if it cuts into keep-the-lights-on stuff like SRE and operations too.