It could also be that having a gun prompted him to be confident in interrupting the invasion himself. Without a link to the story, we don't really know if he was sitting at home and the door was burst in, or if he was arriving home and the gun is what allowed him the confidence to walk straight into a dangerous situation.

Looks like statistical variation rather than a real change. In 2006, for example, there was also only 1 incident, while in 2010 there were 6.

AFAIK, Sony has to keep making movies to retain the rights to Spiderman, otherwise they revert back to Marvel. The same goes for Fox and X-Men. Sony would be foolish, from a business standpoint, to let the rights revert back to Marvel or to sell them back sooner, since they do make substantial money.

Viable as a career seriously depends on the individual. I'm coming at this from what I've seen in League of Legends, so you know the perspective. Just being a player is definitely worth it as a job considering there's a guaranteed salary and potential huge payouts for winning large tournaments, but not a career. Most pro players have something else lined up afterwords, and this was one stop along the way. I wouldn't fault someone for having it on their resume. Being on one of the top teams and making a living doing it is hard, and I don't doubt the work ethic of someone who was involved for any substantial period of time. Quite a few of the pro players who have retired have moved into other related jobs, like casting/analyzing or being a game developer for Riot or coaching/managing a team, which are definitely career-worthy on their own. Being a pro player gives you a massive edge in getting into those careers. Chances are you won't make enough as an active player (which is far shorter for pro gamers than pro athletes) to last your entire life, but honestly, given how short those careers are, it's not like they're lacking in other opportunities.

Leaving the brain intact during an execution without sedatives necessarily introduces a period of intense suffering clearly able to be described as torture. That's why we don't use the guillotine, or hang people anymore, even though either would be much cheaper than injections.

Having personally used one of those engraving systems, it could absolutely use a software update to something a bit more user friendly. There's a substantial learning curve that only exists because it's so counter intuitive (maybe not anymore, I worked at the jeweler a few years ago).

They're divisible down to 8(?) decimal places.

10% of gross salary for individuals. Not sure how it works for businesses providing healthcare coverage.

That seriously depends on the industry in question. Barriers to entry aren't solely determined by regulations.

Having actually used the website (in March, long after it was fixed from early issues), it's pretty much on the same level as Amazon. They have all the information you need to make an informed purchase, including links to each insurance company's list of providers and covered medications. There might be plenty of arguments about big vs. small government and continuing problems with the back end, but they definitely have a very user-friendly interface.

Hulu is entirely a branch of the content creation industry. It's owned by NBCUniversal, Fox and Disney-ABC. They don't even attempt to negotiate licensing terms - Hulu is wholly controlled by the content creators.

Tesla did not lose the suit because they were wrong - the car did not run out of power, and they proved the point quite adaquately. They lost because Top Gear did not qualify as an "informational program". The court considered it an "entertainment program".

The NYT reviewer misrepresented the distance he drove the car, and how long he charged it. Take, for example, a gas car. If I told you I drove it 50 miles at 55 mph on a full tank before running out of gas on the side of a highway, you'd be appalled at the mileage. In reality, I did not run out of gas, but I drove 100 miles at 85 mph on less than half of a tank - those numbers are much more reasonable to people. That's not ethical conduct for a newspaper, and the facts need to be out there - trying to say Tesla is at blame when the NYT is publishing a review that has substantial fictional elements is beyond stupidity.

The part in bold is the problem; the part in italics is a collateral effect of fixing the problem.

That wasn't the justification for the 1991 invasion, which was spurred by the Iraqi invasion and subsequent annexation of Kuwait; I hope you knew that. The more recent war was misguided in the absolute best case, and criminal at worst.

Darts is the weirdest thing to be honest. People will consider archery and shooting sports, but not darts. I think it's because it seems so random to a beginner, but when you get deeper into it, it becomes pretty clear that it's all about fine motor skill.