This is a great story of how Barnes & Noble’s new CEO who was hired in 2019 has turned around the company. Sales are up, it opened 16 stores this year and plans to open more next year.

The secret is the CEO really likes books and readers. So he stopped doing deals with publishers to promote their latest books & NYT best sellers and encouraged individual stores to promote books they found most interesting.

So simple yet…

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/what-can-we-learn-from-barnes-and

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You are not immune to propaganda
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**feral american** @7@collapsitarian.io · Dec 31, 2022, 18:44

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In other news, the phrase "global citizenship" has been added to all the places you'd expect it to be added, so give it a few months and we'll start hearing about it in earnest out of Europe.

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 31, 2022, 19:27

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gamedev

You can now kill the enemy. Deleting the object is so much different than what I'm used to. In C#, I could remove the object from its respective list within one of its method because it would be garbage collected. In C++ I have to delete the object outside of the object itself.

#gamedev #SFML

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**Meemoo** @Meemoo@varishangout.net · Dec 31, 2022, 18:26

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**cool_boy_mew** @coolboymew@shitposter.club · Dec 31, 2022, 17:33

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PlayStation is dead in Japan

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 31, 2022, 17:06

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Live Free, Think Free (12/29/22): 2023 Will be A Crucial Year for Liberty

https://theconsciousresistance.com/lftf122922/

**xianc78** · Dec 31, 2022, 16:32

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**opal hart** @opal@ap.maladaptive.art · Dec 31, 2022, 16:32

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>Coincidence?
>The inventor of Ivermectin was named Satoshi; the inventor of Bitcoin was called Satoshi.

the ivermectin conspiracy is bizarre

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**Kerosene ~suya~ CEO of DarkFedi** @kerosene@freespeechextremist.com · Dec 31, 2022, 16:10

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Remember to write the things you don't want to happen for your new years resolution because they never become true

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**John Gritt** @JohnGritt@freespeechextremist.com · Dec 31, 2022, 15:13

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**Ever Beedle** @dave@gleasonator.com · Dec 31, 2022, 11:25

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It’s only good for one more day. Boost now or forever hold your peace

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 31, 2022, 04:36

**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 31, 2022, 04:36

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The enemy now has random movement, but no collision detection.

#gamedev #SFML

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**beard ひげ** @beardalaxy@gameliberty.club · Dec 30, 2022, 07:15

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 31, 2022, 03:25

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Created my first enemy. All it does is move down. It's hard-coded into the level (it's not in the level file). The octorok sprite is just a placeholder (if I even plan on releasing this).

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 30, 2022, 06:42

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**xianc78** · Dec 30, 2022, 06:23

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The next time journalists invade the fedi, remember they want you out of it.

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**xianc78** @xianc78@gameliberty.club · Dec 30, 2022, 06:17

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寮 @ryo@social.076.moe · Dec 30, 2022, 04:50

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Product review: unbranded JT101 portable WiFi router
I2P: http://ryocafe.i2p/blog/product-review-unbranded-jt101-portable-router/
Tor: https://social.076.moe/url/34210

**xianc78** · Dec 30, 2022, 03:29

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**Heavens Feel** @heavens_feel@bae.st · Dec 30, 2022, 03:29

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@mushroom_soup "Most games are fun experiences that are designed to please players, deliver great gameplay, and tell wonderful stories. The Last of Us changed all that."