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Honestly, I would love to start seeing platformers like this come out for the PC.

The answer to this question will always be "Not until X is available" where X is something needed by the company of the person answering your question. By the time everyone agrees,…

I'm assuming I would already be in a Facebook conversation with the person, so the number of steps would be relatively low. Without that assumption, Facebook is (mildly) more diffi…

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and several other European languages have mostly identical character sets and even large numbers of similar or identical words. Computers …

Honestly, I'd feel very uncomfortable making giving money this easy. Even with a physical wallet, it's still a two-step process.

Am I the only person who thought unifying the Greco-Roman language characters actually sounds like a good idea?

The problem is they tend to be more isolated than other customers might be. It's hard to go viral with old people - I suppose you could try advertising on Fox News.

Wow. Rhode Island is 1/5th the size of San Diego County, and 1/3rd the population.

Imagine you have a coworker who is always on the phone quite loudly nearby you with a very identifiable voice. That's what these people seek to avoid - specific distractions that h…

Except you're sitting next to your coworkers - not your boss. Your coworkers don't want to out you - that only hurts their reputation and gives them more work. If anything, this pr…

We have a pretty strong reliance on the estate tax for situations like these. I imagine if longevity were discovered, that would change to another kind of wealth tax within 10 year…

So, there's two major things I would suggest changing: 1. Easy answers keep users from developing Google-fu. Competitors answers should be sufficient. If they aren't, make a separa…

My college classes gave me 1/5th the assignments my high school classes did. It was usually less than 10% of the grade. For some classes, it was completely optional. My high school…

Is there some reason we can't just do away with both and consider spaces in languages?

The only way to do it is to have a job where you can complete the work in less than 5 hours a day. Preferably one that gives you the freedom to leave early/come in late so long as …

I thought this was going to be complaining about salt...

In all fairness, most desk jobs that existed in the 50's and 60's are now heavily consolidated (it now takes one journalist and Google what it used to take 10 to do). And most fact…

To be honest, titles don't matter. Authority and duties matter.

Actually, I think this is less common now than it was 20 years ago.

I actually started "programming" back when I was a kid working on Starcraft maps. The Starcraft editor isn't quite graphical but it definitely isn't text documents (though in Starc…

While that liability is nice, I think the world is better off without it. If people know they can't take their vacation with them, they'll actually take it when it's appropriate. T…

A minimum vacation policy is the same as a normal one. You just don't have to get special approval or get your pay docked if you go over.

Apply to jobs in other cities.

I'll be honest. I much prefer these oil sands operations that ruin sparsely populated bits of remote wilderness in the Canadian Arctic to other operations that destroy pristine wil…

Same. I was so confused because I thought these comments were in reaction to the top comment.