I absolutely love this game and I seriously always enjoy a good break down of game design (especially of awesome games like Enter the Gungeon). Some of the best design happens in the background and when combined with engaging game play, makes the whole process seamless.
I guess my question would be then why did the bank originally allow themselves to loan too much out? From what you said, it seems like they loaned too much out and without the Fed they would then have to dip into their assets to meet the regulation. So it still seems like the bank messed up and the Fed is bailing them out (despite with interest). I agree it would be a problem for them to dump the assets but it also seems like a problem they are in this situation to begin with.
Why would the Fed allow this? Who created the regulation saying they needed a threshold and why aren't they putting more teeth into it? It seems silly to me to have a regulation without proper enforcement and it seems insane to me that the Fed is complicit.
I think I saw this a little differently, the account the user was trying to cancel shouldn't have had any information attached to it anyway. So by OnStar asking for personal identification on an account that (probably) doesn't have any information to begin with seems a bit ridiculous. So to prevent fraud, I can imagine most users who actually use the account already have real information attached to it. So pushing for personal identification before removal makes much more sense in that case.
I think it is a little bit of both. IMO, it seems to be along the lines of how big the channel is. The bigger the channel, the more room and flexibility they have to move around games because the fans are more there for their personality than the game. Lower end channels don't have that freedom. It is almost like their fans are there for them, but only playing that specific game (whether it be for their skill in the game or maybe their knowledge of it).
There is something amazing about stock photography that I always enjoy. Some of the situations the models are in are just absurd. I would love to know what the person responsible for coming up with the scenes is thinking. It seems CIRA really went above and beyond here.
This would be very unfortunate for them since their own inner search system is very rough around the edges. I almost always have to search for a Reddit post via Google instead.
Feathers on a dinosaur make them a lot less scary IMO, even the one in the artist impression is kind of cute, but I know (if I was around) seeing a very toothy bird-like creature live and in person might make me change my mind.
I hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel for all of this. It seems like there will always be a cat and mouse effort to be just one step ahead of the other. Like how many websites have those popups now where they ask you to turn off ad-blocking. Intrusive ads and website tracking should both be a problem by default. I guess not all ads can be a problem, but I am unsure if the same could be said about tracking...
> With a single corporate provider of a utility, I have no say at all.
Which is honestly the case in couple instances in my life. I have moved around the US NE quite a bit and multiple places I have lived only offer Verizon or Comcast but only one or the other. The current place I am in is Verizon which is fantastic because dealing with Comcast has always been a massive time sink and emotional/mental strain but I still have no choice in who provides me service.
I guess I can still be shocked because I still want and believe people can do the "good thing", whatever that good thing is. I can be pessimistic about a lot of things, but sometimes I just want things to be better. I don't know, I want to help fix things but I feel pretty helpless sometimes.
That makes sense but I guess the question is why? If things work and people are happy with a system, why do the opposite and ruin it? I know it isn't an easy question to answer and could really be anything, but sometimes I really just want to sit down with them and find out why. It is fascinating stuff, but it hurts to think about sometimes. Just because the value of becoming a scammer goes up, doesn't mean we should embrace it.
I am not sure why, but reading this article just made me feel pretty ill. How does someone (multiple someones?) have the moral ability to do these kinds of things? I seriously can't believe the whole stack, from AirBNB to the scammer, just let these kinds of things go. At the end, where the author states she will continue to use AirBNB because it is cheaper kind of rubs me the wrong way. For a company to allow such slimy things to happen with minimal recourse would just turn me off from them forever. And the scammer? To just rip people off, knowingly ruin peoples vacations (and other things, but I imagine mostly vacations) because "money" is just ridiculous. These kinds of stories just hurt me. I wish people were better, but I know these types of people won't stop scamming.
I am pretty new to this space and I have a couple domains registered for some site ideas I would like to pursue in the future. Do all non-.com domains have these kind of restrictions? I thought they were always recommendations? How and why would Google ever think it is cool to restrict how I use a domain, other than the obvious illegal activities I guess?
Just quickly looking at this link, I don't see anywhere it says open borders.It does however say "Decriminalize illegal border crossings" which is not the same as open borders.
I am not entirely sure how I feel about everything becoming a "subscription". On one hand, it is great for people new to an area to just jump right in, on the other, do we really need to pay someone to ship us plants every so often? Not just plants, but other things too. It is getting harder and harder to find something you can't get in subscription form.
I guess if it is working, keep at it. If anyone has the resources, a list outlining all these niche subscription services would be neat to see.
Be a light-skinned Pyke. The costume IMO is the most important part. If you have the look, you don't need to put on black-face to have a killer cosplay.
What kind of solutions do you think are possible for this issue? I can totally see your point, but I am unsure how to fix it for a person who really isn't interested in learning tons of recipes for each season.
I think the first flow is still fine, but maybe should just include going local and buying in-season items.
Knowing what you eat is important but I can understand why people are drawn to the easiness of a cookbook filled with recipes from any season.
Does quality of life include health? These families living paycheck to paycheck, at least in the US, would be totally destroyed if a health related issue came up.
I feel like there is a lot to be said about this. It could be that a large portion of the tech sector is living up to the stereotypical "arrogant/egotistical/know-it-all" label that we get hit with quite often.
Space is always so fascinating and unknown to me in so many ways. I've never really thought about the endless amount of ways space could wind up killing me, it just seems so far away from my daily life that I don't need to worry about it. I really hope this experiment works for them, or they learn a good bit from it, but I also really hope we never have to use it.
We do not know the consequences yet. But that is partially what makes it scary. Having no idea what consuming all this plastic (animals in general, not just us) will do mixed with it being extremely widespread makes it a very scary situation. These are clearly foreign objects being forced into our environment in ways that haven't been seen before. Cleaning up the issue, and working out the side-effects should go hand in hand.
We could possibly be having an effect on our environment directly with our actions and we are trying to figure out how to stop it. Solar roads is more of a fad "solution" to the issue. Microplastic is the problem.
Man, you hit the nail on the head with this. I agree with everything you said. I wish WoW had some solo content for me as I can't always be available to raid anymore. Plenty of my friends have been playing classic recently and have been just complaining the entire time. They all use to play, so I think the fad pulled them in before they could realize why Blizzard fixed the things they did.
Also, WC3 custom games will be my time sink for a LONG time again. I loved them so much growing up.
Side note: When looking for HN posts, I tend to enjoy the ones where I know <4 words in the title.
DNA has always been such a fascinating topic to me. In school, we had such a limited look into it and yet it seemed to be the thing in what makes us "us". I really hope as a society we continue to push the boundaries of our knowledge to see what DNA can tell us. And out of teeth? That is just so awesome.
This isn't related at all. OP just wants a better job, they never stated they wanted to be rolling in it as some CEO somewhere. This is about just living, not striking it rich.
I think keeping contractors busy is only productive and worth it if you are getting their money's worth. You are paying them per hour worked, so if we don't have work and they aren't doing anything, we don't have to pay them. Keeping these people "busy" seems to me (and possibly OP) like a way to keep them from driving for Uber since getting paid for specifically XL (I assume) is much better than getting paid for a regular ride. The whole thing is weird because it forces people to choose between possibly getting Uber XL rides (more $$) OR staying busy with normal rides through Lyft where at least they are getting paid!
That is just what I got from the original post, I do not work for either company so it really is hard for me to relate to the pressure OP is feeling.