tarheels100

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by tarheels100 3y ago
I think the answer is in the question. They're not playing to win money. They're playing because whatever rewards that have been engineered into the game suck them in. Social aspects, FOMO, "winning" at a game, etc. Diff
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by tarheels100 3y ago
That's key because it shows how money isn't the only reward that can encourage unhealthy gambling behavior. It sounds like the victims express feeling of a sunk cost, knowing that if they don't maintain their status with addi
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by tarheels100 3y ago
Aren't they referring to the person designing the addictive game, not the players? Justifying any methods by starting with "let's put ethics aside" is incredibly callous. Edit: Based on partitioned's later comments,
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by tarheels100 3y ago
It's a poem advocating empathy, people, not an edict on border control policy. Are people really so sensitive that they can't handle being reminded that other people may think differently than them?
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by tarheels100 4y ago
Being in the industry helps. Not that this is privileged information, but it would be a bit difficult to figure out from the outside.
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by tarheels100 4y ago
I grant you, it is a confusing time line, but let me clear this up. Cree sold its consumer lighting products business (think LED light bulbs with "Cree" stamped on them) to Ideal Industries. Then, as the company expanded into othe
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by tarheels100 7y ago
Accurate, but not as "grabby". Of course, I don't think the author was necessarily aiming for accuracy.
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by tarheels100 7y ago
Certainly it is a significant contribution, but I have to admit that my mental image when reading someone dicovered an ancient sword is of someone digging it out of the ground.
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by tarheels100 7y ago
This seems to stretch the meaning of "discovered." Hey look, I just discovered a dinosaur at the natural history museum! It's older than they thought it was!