howlingfantods

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Comment · 12 days ago
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a remaster and Dragon Age Inquisition marked a significant dumbing down of the original Dragon Age franchise. I would think Bioware fans marked the fall of Bioware at ME3 or even a little before, which means EA ran Bioware into the ground in 5 years.
Comment · 13 days ago
Comment · 7 months ago
Grammar at its best promotes clear communication but more often is used as a social tool of control and exclusion. When you are already talking to people within your in-group, that impulse isn’t necessary.
Comment · 9 months ago
Where is it confirmed that Pretti's gun went off? The only place I see this theory is /r/conservative...

You're arguing that an acceptable, albeit unfortunate, punishment for civil disobedience is state murder.

Comment · 1 year ago
They shouldn’t exist
Comment · 1 year ago
Public companies have to undergo a financial audit every year. If you’re referring to a tax audit from the IRS, then yes, those are rarer.
Comment · 2 years ago
“Sneeze” or “喷嚏” is a pretty difficult word to write in Chinese in terms of number of strokes and its internal components. I’m not surprised people wouldn’t know it off the top of their heads. It’s like if someone asked you to spell “unnecessary.”
Comment · 2 years ago
The graph is percentage of total production. You can see Chinese production ramps up significantly, which can presumably imply that US production as a percentage of total world production falls off, even if absolute production increases.
Comment · 2 years ago
WhatsApp servers have been blocked in China forever. I lived there for 13 years and the only time I recall using WhatsApp without VPN was in the early 2010s.
Comment · 3 years ago
Guys, it’s chapter 11 bankruptcy. Wework is not going out of business. One of the top uses of chapter 11 is to renegotiate/break commercial leases. Wework is going to continue as a company though it may shut down some locations. It is absolutely going to use chapter 11 to pressure landlords to renegotiate leases.
Comment · 3 years ago
I think you’re underestimating the agony of a overland trek through Central America…
Comment · 3 years ago
In NYC, the commission for sales is about 6% and 1-2 months rent for rentals. So I would welcome this.
Comment · 3 years ago
market valuation depends on the consensual negotiations of all the stakeholders and consumers of a product don’t have 100% power to control the price. movie studios would love to price content creation at 0 if possible.
Comment · 3 years ago
i love my iphone mini form factor, but i have to charge mine twice a day. and if i'm traveling, i have to carry an external battery pack, which severely diminishes the form factor advantages.
Comment · 3 years ago
If you can't judge someone by their actions, what can you judge them on?

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