So true. I have never raged (nor been raged at) as hard as I’ve raged (and been raged at) in the kitchen!

Yep. That’s because they don’t actually remove the lactose. They add lactase which cleaves the lactose into simpler sugars, increasing the sweetness.

Yeah, like I find horror movies to be mostly just unintentionally funny, but that doesn’t make them bad to me. I enjoy them like that!

I’m not really a fan of the ultra-realistic gore stuff like Hostel though. I much prefer classics like The Exorcist, the Wicker Man, Hellraiser, Evil Dead, and literally anything with Vincent Price!

Git is not very efficient for handling a lot of binary files. Your best bet would be for hosting fanfic and erotic lit.

People in the past had ridiculous amounts of free time. We take it for granted that we’re so busy working all the time to survive but life wasn’t always this busy. Hunter-gatherers had way less to do than we do. They didn’t need to spend all their time trying to pay rent or put food on the table. They also didn’t have the huge amount of media we have to consume.

So what did they do with their free time? They spent it observing nature around them. They watched the sun, the moon, and the stars very carefully. They gave names to the constellations and told stories about them. They learned the cycles of nature just as we learn the work and entertainment schedules that dominate our lives.

Story checks out!

We’re still talking about a video game company right? What the fuck dude! You (and anyone upvoting you) ought to go for a walk and reflect on your priorities. I’d further strongly suggest seeking out some mental health support.

It’s not smaller but it is faster.

Sounds very cozy! I suppose you could also simply carry the carafe to your coffee mug and pour it there, as though you were working at a diner with you as your favourite customer!

Move your coffee machine to your desk so you can make and pour coffee without having to move the mug!

Why not vote against subsidies for farmers then? I’m just as against subsidies as I am in favour of land ownership. The biggest problem I have with subsidies and high taxes and government control of property is that it politicizes these decisions and pits special interests against the common good.

Once you create a subsidy it becomes very difficult to get rid of it, politically. The farmers who benefit from it will fight tooth and nail to keep it regardless of whether or not the subsidy actually benefits society.

It’s either your land or it’s someone else’s. In a place like China the government owns all the land which means it’s all owned by wealthy, ultra-powerful, ultra-connected party elites. At no point is there a situation where millions or billions of people all share land in common. There is always politics, there will always be powerful elites, there will always be people getting screwed over.

The difference with Denmark is that individual small people have a tiny bit more power than individuals in China. The fact that this results in progress being impeded is a tradeoff that brings enormous benefits for personal freedom.

Read about the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Over a million people were forcibly displaced from their homes as a result. Many cities, towns, and villages were completely destroyed. The living conditions of the displaced deteriorated and their lives were irrevocably altered.

Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play.

Hey if I could sell a million copies of a game for just a dollar each as my cut of a bundle, well I’d be a millionaire!

The question is: did Disney commission the Percy Jackson series or did Rick Riordan shop around for publishers like a traditional book author and happen to get picked up by Disney?

It’s the Texas sharpshooter fallacy writ large. You can always pick the winners after the games are written. The hard part is picking a winner of a game beforehand.

Those are books published by Disney written by established individual authors. They’re not gang-writing books the way they make movies.

You have to include the risk of not succeeding. Without high graphical fidelity to differentiate yourself, you’re forced to compete on gameplay alone. Large companies like Nintendo do not know how to make hits reliably. That’s why Nintendo keeps recycling old franchises.

Look at all of the indie games that no one plays. There are thousands and thousands of developers out there making games. The vast majority of them never succeed. It’s just like trying to become a New York Times best selling author. Notice how Disney hasn’t cracked the novel as a medium. That’s why they spend all their money on big budget Star Wars and Marvel movies and TV shows.

The Bible is notably silent on government social programs. Many Christians have taken it upon themselves to believe that social programs are evil, that they perpetuate the problems they’re intended to address, that they destroy the nuclear family, etc.

They sincerely believe that they are doing good by getting rid of these programs because they want to see the Christian family and the church take the central role on these issues, not the government. Furthermore, they believe that a government which tries to solve all social problems and create a utopia for everyone is fundamentally evil, hence the phrase:

“Don’t immanentize the eschaton.”

In their view, he would. They believe that Jesus wants people to give directly to charity, not to create government programs for it.

The thing I wasn’t prepared for was not the lack of time, it was the lack of desire to play games.