I always saw myself as an introvert, and anyone would say the same about me. I’ve worked remotely for the past 6 years, yet all friends and good memories are all from office times.
I am more social than I’d like to admit, yet I dread all meetings. I guess I’m looking for the water cooler experiences and for me, those just don’t work online.
I think this is because for a long time on the internet there was this intense discussion of "introvert vs extrovert" and memes about what it means to be in each camp that we have forgotten that it can vary greatly from one person to another and from one setting to another. It was also somehow "cool" to be an introvert on the internet, in some circles.
These days I feel like those conversations have dies down. And I've also realized that I', more social that I'd previously liked to admit. Maybe age also plays a factor here.
Yeah, the biggest surprise of the pandemic was how much I miss the social contact and how much I'd like to visit the office again (with people, not the empty shells of today).
It's not for sale in the US this year, they're testing a to-be-released car. In fact Kia said it won't arrive in the US at all until 2026, at which point it may be called the [model year] 2027 Kia EV3
Given most games won’t work without online activation, does it even matter in the case of PS? Or you’ll contain yourself to non Sony/Microsoft platforms?
> What is the inherent value Verisign offers here?
Given most other TLDs have a similar price, it’s fair to assume that’s roughly what it takes to run a TLD. For the 2014-era of gTLDs, you already start with a $180k/year ICANN fee before you even have a DNS server online.
> Is it hosting an entry for my domain in a database somewhere that someone can lookup using DNS?
I’d say the main value comes from making sure the DB record isn’t tampered, so you can trust that you own the domain and no random actor can take it from you. Value would tank significantly if you couldn’t trust that. Although most of that work is done by the registrars nowadays, it’s on the registry’s behalf.
> can't we just solve that problem using some sort of decentralized solution
There are over 1500 TLDs and Verisign controls only a handful of them. For me that can be seen as decentralized already.
Most things in life have a reasonable cost set by market forces. My expectations for a domain is in the $10-20 price range. Anything lower than that means I have to pay attention to marketing gimmicks.
There are also plenty of “free forever” subdomains if you are looking for, i.e.: afraid.org
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