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Comment Re:Indeed (Score 1) 65

I only know BL 2 and that prequel, but noticed so many not-quite-correct things that it feels unfinished and left me with no confidence about sequels.
Maybe I'll try 3 in five or more years when I (need to) replace my current gaming laptop. And if it runs under Linux/Wine.

Comment Transparency (Score 5, Insightful) 109

One reason for quarterly reporting is that it gives greater transparency and insight into how a business actually works. Many businesses are seasonal. Most obviously, virtually all retail has its best quarter at the end of the calendar year. But many other types of businesses have key cycles each year that are tied to, for example, the buying habits of their largest customers. Suppliers matter, too; if farms have a bad quarter due to weather or other factors, for example, you're going to want to watch how that impacts food producers somewhere down the line.

Comment Re:TIOBE is bullshit (Score 5, Insightful) 84

We go over this EVERY fucking time the list gets updated.

And every time it attracts attention and comments it will be posted again.

I do suspect it's also an excuse to talk about programming languages. It might be enough to periodically simply post an article with only the language name as title and body. Next week, C.

Comment Re:Retesting old dogma... (Score 1) 126

I remember hearing, years ago, that the EU no longer recommends beta blockers as a first-line treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure) for a similar reason: They don't seem to do anything. Sure, they lower your blood pressure numbers, but (as I recall) the meta-study showed no appreciable difference in outcomes. That is, people who received beta blockers experienced the same number of heart attacks, strokes, and other hypertension-related problems as the group that didn't take them.

Comment Re:What if we don't? (Score 1) 79

What if Trump and heritage foundation goons propping him up let them collapse so they can use stable coins to create a new banking system for themselves and only themselves?

Real question: What would be the point of that? Even hoarded gold would have no value if nobody but a select group of people could do anything with it.

Comment Re:So this is illegal (Score 1) 153

This country's government is designed to have checks and balances on power. Congress isn't supposed to rubber-stamp every suggestion the President makes about spending -- they're the ones in charge of those decisions. Judges, particularly at the highest levels, aren't supposed to be partisan stooges; they're supposed to follow the law, but that doesn't seem to be what we have now. Nobody outside of the executive seems to want to exert their power, for fear of losing it. Apparently, it's enough to be able to claim having it.

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