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The problem with that sort "that's what amoral corporations do" reasoning is that corporations are permitted to exist because of the idea that they do contribute to the net public …

I have read (though I can't cite a source at the moment) that what is sometimes taken as limits on talent/skill/material limits on medieval art was more often a stylistic choice .

Or maybe giant corporations failing to perform due diligence internally ought not be a cost that they get to impose on their customers without legal consequence.

The saddest part for me is that the RoP could have done something very similar to what they did, while still staying true to the canon 2nd Age, and arguably telling a much better s…

We (Americans) have normalized, often explicitly legalized , quite a lot of corrupt behavior in various positions of power.[1] We then look at how comparatively little illegal corr…

No! *The "tech people" are not knights and never will be. The "knights" are upper management. The lords are the centimillionaires and up. The rest of us are slaves, peasants, maybe…

"From posts here and elsewhere, I have some idea what a 'life' might be, and how I might get one. But, what is this 'offline'?"

As Carl Sagan said, "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."

While he's certainly careful to hedge (much like the scientists he's critizcizing), Mr. Silver's argument boils down to, "I think four scientists published a technically correct bu…

I am not an astrophysicist, but my understanding is that due to the expansion of the universe and the speed of light, the volume of space we will ever be able to access is finite, …

Curses can be addressed by: 1) blessing everything that matters before you start your ascension 2) carrying inventory in an oilskin sack (which will work fine while cursed, and pro…

I played Nethack a lot during school. The only obstacles to ascending any character were my free time, patience, ability to stay focused, and occassionally the unfavorable early-ga…

A possibly illustrative example: A year or three ago, my uncle (mid-50s, telco IT manager, started on a Commodore in the 80s) decided he'd try Mint instead of upgrading from Window…

I think the idea is that the item isn't scratched. They're just claiming it is to try and get a refund/credit.

Maxim 43: "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky."[1] [1]From Schlock Mercenary's "Seventy Maxims of Maximially Effective Mercenaries". https://www.ovalkw…

It appears to me that for all the rushing about (which was appropriate and neccessary if there were any surviors or surface debris to be found at all) the somewhat grim reality is:…

And the same message would still be sent to every user who cares: whatever value you see here is worthless to us, the owners. You have no stake, and we value your experience only a…

Only he doesn't make as much money as his employers expected. Star Wars Episode IX should have made Avengers Endame box office, and it barely cracked a billion. Yes, a billion is a…

You want the showrunners for Rings of Power instead? Amazon went for the best mix of young, talented and well-rexommended they could find, and they blew it.

To stay on brand for Bezos, will be an exact copy of the SpaceX lander made in China?

All the fired employees Musk didn't treat as he was obligated to. From the former CEO [1], to the rank and file [2], down to the contracted out janitors [3]. 1. https://www.google.…

It's a lot easier to gamble with your future when failure means a comfortable life of freedom, than when it means poverty and destitution.

It's going to collapse when the lawsuits from the former employees (from the C-suite down to janitors) catch up, and when the fines from the FCC and EU hit. That could be 3 months …

Perhaps his parents owned two emerald mines, making his judgement twice as good as Elon's?

Doing one thing and saying you're doing something else is an astonishingly effective tactic.