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    Business Ethics - Companies that you refuse to do business with

    Paypal. Because, fuck Paypal.
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    War with Syria

    Damn, was expecting something about Irish whiskey.
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    War with Syria

    Hmm, that rabbit-hole is too deep. Does it mean that they *do* want congress to approve force then? Because I can't see Russian advice helping to sell blocking it. Either way, I think this one is dead. CNN can bleat all it wants but congress will take a pass after allowing just-enough-to-fail...
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    War with Syria

    As an aside, do any of you actually remember how anemic the coalition **was** when you went into Iraq? It isn't like a mandate is needed to declare a mandate. I'd laugh my head off (and possibly sub to Fan's newsletter) if France is the only ally you get this time around.
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    In their minds using su* is 'hacking'. EDIT: And Fan, as crazy as you might be... this isn't tinfoil of course. The whole point of capture and keep for encryption is that we all kinda know that there is an endgame. Eventually the standards we know now are likely to be defeated and the most...
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    War with Syria

    By the way, thanks for the posturing if not any actual war-type stuff. Oil is up and Xmas bonuses are looking better than ever!
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    War with Syria

    Well, it certainly is possible to produce rare earths (which aren't rare) or whatever else you want in an environmentally respectful manner. It is a question of price and yes, environmental and safety regulations are a big part of those costs so we allow them to be produced where those...
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    War with Syria

    I don't see all WMDs specifically as such a big deal. I mean, yeah... if someone is going to kill me then I guess I'd prefer a bullet to the head over sarin gas but I think it is an odd distinction regardless. It's horrible but so are many things we let slide. Obviously nuking somewhere or...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Well, assuming we want to conflate respect with remuneration then all of those are well below financial analysts, CEO-level managers (even VPs or grunt MBAs in many cases), lawyers and politicians. Even if you are going with social pull then really only the doctors come out on top, with teachers...
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    War with Syria

    (*- Disclaimer: May not apply to all children.)
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    Might & Magic X: Legacy

    It is a style choice really and does go back to the early days. I kinda like it (I think) but will have to wait for a functional build to really know where they are going with this.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    What do you want? No, really... name it and I can get you a cost. Well, you can get yourself a cost through online markets easily enough at least. I guarantee you that *at present* this cost is a fraction of the fuel costs alone for an asteroid made out of nothing but whatever element you are...
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    The Metal Thread

    Alright, little bit of a retro ha thing but there we are. Danzig was at my place tonight (et al) and I'll give him/them points for probably being the politest fuckers ever. I mean, most of the competition is horrid but this crew was gold.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Do you even business school? Fuck Melvin, think a little. We have trillions of tons of known deposits of just about every goddamned element you can want. Under what goddamned circumstance does it make BUSINESS SENSE to spend a few hundred billion dollars to drag back 50 tons of anything? I...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Ah, but that's the thing. I absolutely *am* interested in the steady march of scientific progress. My degree and certifications are all in the sciences and I am unquestionably a geek by any metric. If a company is genuinely interested in moving asteroids for commercial exploitation then I'd...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    What the fuck are you going to do with a 2-7m asteroid at L2? The article is a thought-experiment with absolutely no practical application at all. Hey, I wish them luck but I'm still not seeing how this is going to translate into value any time soon. It is still going to be vastly cheaper to...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Easily retrievable is a fallacy at this point though. Without some serious changes in energy tech, the amount of simple energy required to move an interesting mass from *there* to *here* in a timeline less than hundreds or thousands of years just dwarfs the possible financial worth of such a...
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    World's End

    Friends saw it last night and loved it. Then again, we are all big fans of the first two in the trilogy so the bias is there.
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Oh fuck, I'll have Witcher3 day one and I'll buy a new video card if it makes it even prettier. Sure, the series is far from flawless but after DA2, the eventual ME story meltdown and the whole SimCity fuck_it_they'll_buy_whatever... well, I doubt I'd buy DA3 if it was free. Hell, I doubt I'll...
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    I don't know if it is just me or not but oddly the confiscation bit bothers me more. I mean, take my electronics to snag the data, bad enough. I think it is horrible, definitely a search and all kinds of illegal or at least immoral. Just seizing all my shit essentially indefinitely? That's...
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    Not sure how old you are Tuco but yeah, I absolutely DO consider old age as fundamentally wrong. I'm saying that and I'm just in my mid-40s and easily two deviations to the good in terms of health and fitness. Getting old sucks balls. The only thing worse is not getting old.
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    "This is just some mook engaging in the ultimate display of white privilege." Really? From my (white, privileged) standpoint, we should have humane and relatively affordable suicide booths set up already. Well, and if your nation is going to kill people (and hey, I'm actually fine with the...
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    You know what though? D1 *sold* that like no other. Hey, here you are. Wait, shit seems to be all fucked up... and that desecrated church is likely why. Oh, and the Butcher is a myth likely but if not, going to fuck you sideways. And he will and does. Better plot and narration than...
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    Oh, I don't think it is necessarily a casual attitude at all though. At least the suicides I've known personally all did so for what they felt were good reasons and not because they were momentarily depressed or felt that life was cheap. The attitude towards suicide need not be reflected in...
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    Sports writer kills himself, leaves behind website describing how and why

    Meh, a little conflicted on this one I guess. I too know, well, five people now that have killed themselves and that's a little scary right there. Two I knew well enough that it stayed with me a good while and honestly, I'm pretty cold when it comes to that sort of thing. So, narcissistic...
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    The Monuments Men - [Holy fucking cast!]

    Calling them? Nah, he just invites them to a party at his villa and gets them hammered. They wake up three days later completely spent and having signed on to whatever project he had in mind. Smiling.
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    DOTA 2

    I'm not sure I'm seeing that though. Wisp is first-ban material because the hero has some serious power. Versus other options? Well, that's the fun part. If it is let to slide though then yeah, take it but for god's sake use it. I guess the idea that it was bait seems obvious in retrospect...
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    DOTA 2

    Welp, they did win one at least!
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    "I'm a fucking idiot, what do I do now?", he said to his wife.

    I think new is the way to go simply because I refuse to deal with used car bullshit but don't kid yourself, even with 0% or paying in full with cash you are still taking a pretty serious haircut as soon as you drive it off the lot. There is a tradeoff unless you plan on driving it forever.
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    DOTA 2

    (EDIT: 98 and change apparently.) It was a new record for length but I don't remember exactly. Essentially just PvE the vast majority.
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    DOTA 2

    Well now, THAT was the worst game ever.
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    DOTA 2

    LGD v A was actually pretty damned good for both games. The first was the most fun though if you are just going to watch one.
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    Not sure where else to put this. Finding older game.

    Ok, what have you done with our usual Tuco?
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    Sweden is definitely susceptible to American pressure though. I'm not sure who might qualify as a neutral party really and think a decentralized system might be the only workable solution. Perhaps some private non-governmental entity could be trusted but it is pretty dicey no matter how you...
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    Prank phone call ends in tragedy

    What a clusterfuck. Still, I have to echo the thoughts of others here and wonder how the fuck radio is still a medium of any sort. I can have essentially infinite music anywhere and anytime of my choosing and if I prefer playlists made up by other people (not a bad thing) then I have access...
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    amanda berry found..more importantly, awesome black man in cleveland.

    Well, obviously the guy is all kinds of fucked up. Still though, what the hell are we going to do to him anyhow beyond what is already in the pipe? Thankfully I am a contributing and semi-functional member of society but if I were a complete shitstain then I imagine I'd rant about my...
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    The NSA watches you poop.

    Reddit has a few threads going on the matter.Here is the cited article, although I've no idea how legit it is.
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    Civilization V: Brave New World

    Yeah, that one was a bit of a dodge. No dev gives a shit if things feel broken when you are cheating or at least not in a game of this sort. There are a few genres where save scumming might be 'expected behavior' but unit and map editing? Come on now.
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    The Wolverine

    Huh. That's pretty damned cold in terms of metal casting.
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    you find a meteorite, there's an accident at the lab, whatever

    Soul Sealing Power/Ability to: Seal Souls The power to seal souls inside a body, item or any other kind of object. A combination of Soul Manipulation and Sealing. Also Called Energy Soul Sealing Sealing Soul Formula Capabilities The user is able to seal a soul or a part of it inside...