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by bdowling 5y ago
Was this done with the permission of Kairosoft? Kairosoft may not approve of an unlicensed translation of a game that they still distribute on their web site, for various reasons including that a poor quality translation may tarnish their b
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by bdowling 5y ago
> Do you see any visible fingerprints on the photo? I don't. The photo accompanying the article has the fingers blurred out. In the original photo the fingers must have been clearly visible, because that’s how the police are claimin
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by bdowling 5y ago
> Chances are someone is far more likely to break your window than pick your lock. There are also laws in many states against possession of lockpicks during commission of a crime (esp. burglary). Criminals probably avoid carrying lockpic
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by bdowling 5y ago
Non-disparagement is different from NDA (non-disclosure).
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by bdowling 5y ago
> apparently there were also some cutbacks to benefits and allowances and stuff. They cut a fitness benefit, wellness allowance, farmer's market share, and continuing education allowances. However, they paid each employee the value
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by bdowling 5y ago
> I think that the founders/owners knew what they were doing... > ...they wanted a smaller and more focused company that was more joyful to manage/run. I agree with you because the six month severance offer was so generous t
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by bdowling 5y ago
I read the first tweet in each of those resignations. Out of 19 resignations, most give no reason for quitting. Five or so tweets cite "recent changes and new policies" as the reason. That reason is so vague that it may refer to t
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by bdowling 5y ago
> keeping it in a sealed box A patent has to disclose the invention in order to be valid. An invention, however, can comprise a new and non-obvious combination of pre-existing components. Most inventions, in fact, comprise new and non-ob
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by bdowling 6y ago
Interesting. Apparently TR-52 allows for arbitrarily long strings of tag values for emoji variants. So the standard could, theoretically anyway, allow an emoji variant that includes an entire PNG or SVG.
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by bdowling 6y ago
> he couldn't do anything with it because it would have a Lein on it. If he had title, then he could sell it. The lienholder, however, would have a claim on the proceeds of the sale.
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by bdowling 6y ago
> Having to pull content down without any order from a judge is nonsense. An ISP is not required to pull content down when they receive a DMCA takedown notice. If the ISP takes the content down, however, they receive immunity from liabil
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by bdowling 6y ago
> Twenty-one years after the last Spirit was delivered... Isn't this just the Air Force not wanting to pay full-price for replacement parts from Northrop Grumman now that the patents have expired?
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by bdowling 6y ago
As an aside, Owner Move-In isn't always available. Around here I sometimes see listings for condos that are priced far below market. The reason is that the unit is occupied by a rent-controlled tenant who can't be evicted, even if
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by bdowling 6y ago
> Those units don't magically disappear, they are bought - by homeowners. I think you're assuming that the units are bought by owner-occupants and not other investors who have higher risk tolerance or who are betting that the
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by bdowling 6y ago
In California the way this works is that a landlord takes a rental property off the market for 5 years, kicking out all of the existing tenants and leaving the property vacant, then remodels the building and rents the new luxury units to ne
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by bdowling 6y ago
The very wealthy will avoid the tax increase by holding property in corporate entities and passing the stock to their children. Moderately wealthy people (e.g., working professionals who also own small properties) will be affected the most
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by bdowling 6y ago
To put this in context, every post office in the U.S. is outfitted with a dozen or more cameras that record the faces and movements of everyone who enters. Those images are routinely shared with FBI and NSA, which use them for law enforceme
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by bdowling 6y ago
> 360-degree camera So, a government surveillance network will make a sweep of every neighborhood in the U.S. six days a week?
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by bdowling 6y ago
> What is most unfair about prop 13 is that the lower tax rate can be transferred to your descendants That’s mostly gone now with Prop 19. It used to be that children could inherit apartment buildings, multiple houses, commercial buildin
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by bdowling 6y ago
> Done by Toei Animation, a notable Japanese animation studio. The animation was also overseen by the manga and anime legend Leiji Matsumoto [0] (famous for Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), oth
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by bdowling 6y ago
A small piece of esoteric knowledge: There is no year 0 A.D. The year before 1 A.D. was 1 B.C.
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by bdowling 6y ago
The single-scale, continuous world is undeniably better. It is arguably less realistic geographically, but it makes the world more vibrant and lifelike. For example, the player can follow the NPCs as they travel between towns or meet each o
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by bdowling 6y ago
There are also the open-source Ultima game engine remakes: Nuvie (for Ultima 6, Martian Dreams, and Savage Empire) - http://nuvie.sourceforge.net Exult (for Ultima 7 and 7.5) - http://exult.sourceforge.net Pentagram
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by bdowling 6y ago
Ultima 6 is a great game for many reasons. e.g., epic story, seamless open-world, non-linear progression, lots of side-quests/hidden secrets, multiple solutions to problems, plot twists, groundbreaking graphics, great music, etc.
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by bdowling 6y ago
> 1) Bob has money, which he lends to Dave. Dave has possession but it's still Bob's money. That's not the way a loan is structured legally. Legally, a loan is a bargained-for exchange (a contract) in which the lender give
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by bdowling 6y ago
> If now the debtor comes and asks for the money back because their wire transfer was a mistake... One of the questions here was at what point in time is notice of mistake required. The defendants argued that notice was required prior to
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by bdowling 6y ago
Exactly. Revlon's creditors received a windfall because they were paid back 100% on a risky debt investment. Citibank, on the other hand, is now an involuntary creditor to Revlon and has taken on a lot of risk because of the mistake.
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by bdowling 6y ago
From the 105 page opinion [0], here is the relevant statement of law: > A creditor of another or one having a lien on another’s property who has received from a third person any benefit in discharge of the debt or lien, is under no duty
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by bdowling 6y ago
Comparison with phones and tablets makes sense because consumers use them for the same purpose as e-readers, reading e-books. They are an alternative even though LCD/OLED is inferior to EInk for reading in terms of eye strain, etc. Peo
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by bdowling 6y ago
I found the following article by Googling "tablet sales versus ebook reader sales": "Kindle Sales – The E-Reader Device Is Dying A Rapid Death" https://justpublishingadvice.com/the-e-reader-device-is-dyin

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