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Comment #36201308
The cost of the request is often based on how many man hours it will take to fulfill. Different agencies have different rates / different capabilities for performing the document s…
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Comment #33203717
The title of the job opening says computational chemistry, but the details indicate they're looking for someone with credentials in one of a few different computation / simulation …
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Comment #32916731
I think a huge aspect of that is simply that very few games have their budgets disclosed.
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Comment #26673053
https://weatherchannel.fandom.com/wiki/KOMO-TV#Previous_Pers... From here, I looked up pictures of anchors who worked in that time period, and I see Eric Slocum (now deceased) and …
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Comment #25432824
Don't know about their definition for this article, but the US Constitution doesn't define credentials required to exercise freedom of the press. Everyone in America gets that righ…
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Comment #25266513
This wasn't all in one place. Also, the general strike was one day, but the protests after that day have continued.
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Comment #25104803
My state uses this method already.
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Comment #24427098
Apple Inc vs Pepper. It was filed very early in iOS's life, got thrown out in 2013 after years of wrangling (by this same judge?), I didn't realize this part, but it went all the w…
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Comment #24425185
There hasn't been a hearing on an injunction yet, that happens later this month. The hearing that HAS happened was on a temporary restraining order, which was to keep Apple from do…
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Comment #24423836
Believe it or not, you can put illegal things in contracts, and lawsuits are there to work that situation out, which is why Epic has gone this route.
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Comment #24386872
On that "try different treatment modalities" note, for talk therapy (which is very often not handled by a psychiatrist, but by a psychologist), don't be afraid to find someone else…
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Comment #24324469
So I agree iOS walled garden is an issue, but the 30% thing isn't the sole problem there, and really all digital game platforms with the exception of the Epic Games Store uses that…
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Comment #24314041
As far as I'm aware, it isn't, but it could have been part of the filings for the temporary restraining order. The number is from this coverage of the hearing by a tech/legal repor…
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Comment #24312815
The Android suit has different claims in it than the iOS suit. One of the issues with Android is the allegation that Google killed deals Epic was trying to make with Android hardwa…
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Comment #24312783
In court, Apple claimed that iOS payments are 12% of total Fortnite revenue, just for reference. It's not a death blow, but it's definitely impactful.
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Comment #24312756
In the court hearings, Epic explained how they implemented their payment processor change addition without catching Apple's notice. The app simply asks the Epic servers for a list …
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Comment #24017984
I've been a PC game pass subscriber since they started it up and haven't been disappointed. I honestly think it's one of the best values in gaming right now. Not every game on game…
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Comment #23794549
It's more complicated than that. They blend traditional food crops with trees, shrubs, etc, often alongside some kind of transition cycle where they'll change what is growing where…
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Comment #23793131
Yeah, I lost my phone for the first time last year, and was very very glad for this default, because I was able to remove 2FA on my now lost phone from my computer that remained lo…
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Comment #23737578
The hedge fund placed exec who has been running Gizmodo into the ground for the last year. Part of a larger trend of user-hostile design changes that have caused quite a lot of con…
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Comment #23716991
And that's a fully valid criticism of a certain style of mainstream news that I completely agree with, and that is also being discussed in some circles, and even by some journalist…
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Comment #23716702
Feels like you either missed the point of some of those specific recent examples, or you're oversimplifying them. With the show, Cops (Live PD as well), the overriding concern was …
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Comment #23704994
Major this. Also plug for CGP Grey's "politics in the animal kingdom" video series that explains exactly why we have that 'lesser of two evils' problem, and how exactly RCV and Alt…
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Comment #23637167
Even worse, the employee who was asked to pick him out of a line up hadn't even witnessed the crime in the first place.
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Comment #23637163
It wasn't just that the employee picked the man out of 6 pack; the employee they interviewed wasn't even a witness to the crime in the first place.