vanterdon

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by vanterdon 7y ago
I mean...the entire period before the industrial revolution and the advent of modern medicine? Some guy living in 1000BC China is probably going to be as well off as someone in 1000AD China, which is to say they both aren't well off at
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by vanterdon 7y ago
You don't gamble for skins in Fortnite, you buy them directly.
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by vanterdon 7y ago
It's more efficient to lower corporate taxes and raise income taxes.
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by vanterdon 7y ago
Plenty of them are still at Blizzard, though OSRS did a good enough job of having new staff and still sticking to the original game's design philosophy. It's really not an issue, it's easy to see the bounds of how the game co
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by vanterdon 7y ago
Eh, that's not what he's asking for. Runescape 3 has been on its own development path since 2007. In 2013 they released OSRS, which has its own development path that sticks to the old design philosophy rather than the one that the
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by vanterdon 7y ago
They do a lot more than healthcare apps, or even healthcare. They conduct R&D on behalf of every Federal agency/branch of the military.
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by vanterdon 7y ago
I mean that's the case for you, but not for everyone. I've made connections in games (friends, guildmates, clanmates), that have lasted for over a decade. I don't regret a moment of the thousands of hours I poured into online
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by vanterdon 8y ago
Your last point is a great one and reflects the economic literature on the subject in that inflation is effectively a tax on money holdings.
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by vanterdon 8y ago
It's absolutely true - "Breakfast" means to break your fast, so the first meal after fasting is your "Breakfast"
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by vanterdon 8y ago
They are still Arab Jews, their being 'Arab' wasn't removed when they left for Israel.
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by vanterdon 8y ago
Northern European countries haven't always been highly irreligious, where do you think that culture came from?