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by xnyan 5y ago
Blizzard has not been run as an independent studio since 2008 when it merged with Activision. The head(s) of BLizzard are just a layer of management under Bobby Kotick who has been the leader for more than a decade. I can't see this as
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by xnyan 5y ago
The policy had overwhelming public support, including from the "lower" class.
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by xnyan 5y ago
I thought I sold my soul to Satan for unfathomable worldly power, but accidently sold it to Stan, Certified Public Accountant[0] and then had to make so many calls to CityCorp to my soul back[1]. [0] https://mst3k.fandom.com/
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by xnyan 5y ago
>simple machines. Ooof. Premed dropout here, so admittedly not an expert in human biology but this is a wild statement. A neuron is simple in the same way a transistor is simply a silicon sandwich doped with metals. A parlor trick is som
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by xnyan 5y ago
I'm a software developer, not trying to brag because I have serious doubts about my skills but right now I'm in a great job and have a few serious offers with great pay and benefits. I've done some research and the claims peo
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by xnyan 5y ago
I've seen this behavior at every place I've worked. You get in trouble when the status page goes red, therefore never say that anything is down unless you absolutely have to do so.
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by xnyan 5y ago
Video of him saying it: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/oj0dj4/michael_saylor_...
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by xnyan 5y ago
You could have made the best software in the world, but as someone who now works as an in-house developer for a medical research university, there's almost no way for individual researchers to have significant influence on IT budgets.
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by xnyan 5y ago
Where do you live? I can guarantee your state security/police operates in a roughly comparable manner.
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by xnyan 5y ago
>5$ worth of parts and 1~2 hours of labour :) I think you're vastly undervaluing the cost of operating a auto shop + skilled labor. $700 was the cost for an auto repair business to 1) have a skilled technician find the problem 2) de
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by xnyan 5y ago
In the case of a company offering a paid service? Nobody. Why should the government force you to publish ads you don't want to host on your own private servers?
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by xnyan 5y ago
If I get an email after I've requested them to stop, I simply mark it as spam and I never see them again. Simple.
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by xnyan 5y ago
Moreso than it's production cost (though that's a big part of it) a mid-budget is a hollywood-level (full production and cast) movie that does not attempt to be all things to all people. This could be something like a romantic com
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by xnyan 5y ago
Often once it's established that X costs Y, it's very easy to just keep writing the check especially when it's probably not a huge expense relative to revenue and the risk of getting in trouble if the change goes wrong. In th
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by xnyan 5y ago
Average dev salary at my org is north of 100k, but I do work in the US so lets say we have a developer earning half that. At $125 a month, it works out to be around 3% of monthly compensation (not including taxes and benefits). This only ha
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by xnyan 5y ago
>I think it is common for a child of his age to follow his parents' instructions. True, but the parent should be making these decisions as a advocate for the child, and not looking at the child as a resource for their own benefit. I
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by xnyan 5y ago
>soviet infiltration of the university education system around the world in the 60's and 70's, which within a lifetime has produced multiple generations of nihilistic bureaucrats Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof
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by xnyan 5y ago
Agree on the XPS line, they have been largely very good for me. The reason I recommend Lenovo over Dell is because Lenovo has been more consistent for me over the years, but that’s mostly anecdotal of course.
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by xnyan 5y ago
In college I sold a lot of laptops for best buy. Acer often had great specs, seemingly solid looking hardware that was clearly influenced by good designs (Apple) and a great price for the specs and features. All laptops have problems, but A
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by xnyan 5y ago
I've evaluated Axon body cameras for compliance to various standards and and the police grade is less vomit resistance (they are in fact durable cameras, but there are many consumer brands that offer similar durability) and more provab
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by xnyan 5y ago
You make generalizing statements like “everyone knows”. I genuinely don’t understand what kind of reaction you think “everyone knows”. That some people will be inexplicably scared when the the name of Karl Marx is invoked?
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by xnyan 5y ago
People have learned that anyone who completely dismisses another for use of a word shouldn’t be listened to.
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by xnyan 5y ago
I agree that if the government halts evictions, then the government should foot the bill, however it is known that the government does have the ability to force private entities to provide critical services (for example, emergency room serv
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by xnyan 5y ago
Lots of investors have been convinced that they are not really investors and housing is not really an investment but rather a source of "passive" income. If anyone is in trouble with their (primary residence) mortgage for whatever
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by xnyan 5y ago
Applies to the US (and maybe other countries, I don’t know) but I can’t overemphasize how much flight capacity the us military has. We got incredible access to military jets in USAF ROTC (Air Force officer training in college) even before w
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by xnyan 5y ago
The safety record for commercial airlines is extremely good per mile traveled as compared to pretty much any other form of powered transportation. At some level I share your concerns about UI lag, but it would seem not to negatively affect
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by xnyan 5y ago
The injury rate of Amazon's warehouse employees is the highest in the industry[0]. Annual turnover is almost double that of the retail and logistics industries [1]. On top of that, as you note, the work sucks. I would call those condit
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by xnyan 5y ago
>One thing that isn't addressed is housing Yeah, I'm not from Canada so you obviously know a lot more about this than me, but essentially 100% of my Canadian friends and family cite this as their top or near top concern right n
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by xnyan 5y ago
It's not a good situation because they all require fairly large sacrifices, but there are alternatives to paid childcare. I work with a developer who's taking care of a 1 and 3-year-old during working hours because the pandemic ca
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by xnyan 5y ago
I was a heavy Facebook user from the time when you had to have an edu email address to 2014. Have not logged in once in the last 7 years and have never missed it once.

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