tmyakal

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[–] tmyakal 16 points 2 days ago

I mean, the guy who perfected drone strikes on American citizens was never going to suggest that.

[–] tmyakal 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was a game a few years ago called ScreenCheat. Four-player splitscreen shooter, and everyone is invisible. So you find your target by looking at their screen to figure out where they are in the level.

[–] tmyakal 5 points 1 week ago

Schenectady is "the place beyond the pines" because there was a big old pine barren between it and the next settlement over.

[–] tmyakal 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think the "blowing up Venezuelan fishermen" part is what the Nobel Committee worries about more than what names the US uses.

[–] tmyakal 9 points 2 weeks ago

The big jumps in spending on that graph started in 2012. Occupy Wallstreet protests were in the autumn of 2011.

[–] tmyakal 3 points 2 weeks ago

Mamdani won the mayoral election. Kathy Hochul is the governor.

[–] tmyakal 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've never had a 9-to-5 that was actually 9 to 5. It always starts at 7:30 or 8.

[–] tmyakal 13 points 3 weeks ago

But you guys not buying new phones is reducing productivity by a third of a percent! Think of the potential losses!

[–] tmyakal 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bullshit. We all eat Ted's Fish Fry up here.

[–] tmyakal 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's blatant price-gouging. Any stock in the store has already been sold to them at an agreed price. They can set a number and make their set margin.

Updating prices after each delivery might make sense (if their procurement department is absolute dogshit at negotiating contracts), but updating prices throughout the day is just someone trying to see how hard they can push their margins to drain every cent out of their customers.

[–] tmyakal 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

A Blu-ray release would still be giving money to Amazon, since it's their production, though...?

[–] tmyakal 3 points 1 month ago

bad school districts often pay more per kid than good districts

Do you have a source on that?

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