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To be fair, Hearthstone is one of the better value games! It is still a "collectible" card game, from a very reputable company, with a lot of expected longevity -- based on a huge universe. You get to use your cards against other players, etc They also give you fairly consistent means of getting free cards.

There are so many Gacha style games that are WAY more of a rip off than that. They get you sucked into the game, then the only way to progress is to become a whale. It is awful

and anti-trumpers around the country collectively sighed

"....cool"

Yes, when I first looked at this data I tried my best to lump it into categories. (Was in an discussion about ROI on "free" college)

about 65% of grads are in what I would consider, employable categories. STEM, Healthcare, Business, applied sciences (production/manufacturing type stuff), there are more but I cant remember now

about 25% of grads in what I would consider, employable but less so. Things like psychology, social sciences, histories, social work degrees, etc

then 10% are in the liberal arts/basketweaving area

While I will be the first to admit that degree is not necessarily an accurate predictor of success. I still think it is fair to say that even in the age of abundant student loans, in general most students ARE trying to pursue jobs that will make them employable. Even if they are misguided in some way, or don't hit the mark.

That is overly generic and not necessarily true.

Truthfully, depending on your definition of majority, most college students ARE already pursuing more profitable majors.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_322.10.a...

The "underwater basketweaving" so to say, may be at most 10-15% of current college graduates.

I think the solution lies more with reducing the cost of college, open source textbooks, more elearning, etc. Regardless of government funding vs subsidized loans, the cat is already out of the hat on a lot of price increases around campuses nation wide. It isn't going to be just as easy to just change the funding source.

I also sympathize with the trade school argument, but I don't think everyone going to college is a bad idea by any means.

Excuse the immaturity here, but man all I see in that URL is chub.

Usually the bigger problem there isn't as much the individuals, but why the startup needed that role to begin with.

A lot of times early companies will go through the motions of, "needing" a VP of Engineering, or CTO, or whatever. In reality their process does not need that, and those roles are either meaningless titles at best or cause unnecessary process to crop up and hinder productivity.

I agree no mention of him isn't a big deal. But he is definitely changing the game. His stream style is way more entertaining then a lot of the other streamers mentioned, subjectivity aside. His production value for a live stream, thought that goes into each session, and the entire character he portrays.

I've seen so many knockoffs of him recently its kinda disturbing.

Same reason I would ban someone from my personal forum for spamming racial slurs, violent threats, and all around stupid commentary.

Its worth noting that there are people who have b12 absorption deficiencies. My family has a history of it and a few are prescribed b12 injections once a month.

These injections are usually much higher than what you would take in pill for, as your body absorbs it easier and stores some for later.

Would be interested in more real science about the injections.

Similarly, there is a big growth in the small scrappy startup space around cryptocurrency and associated blockchain technologies.

Not to start a conversation over ponzi schemes, scams, and vaporware, but its impossible to ignore the millions of dollars of investment moving around on a monthly basis in this space.

Never tried MDMA, so not to be some drug defender here. But I think its worth noting that study is a sampling of people who have used an average of 281 "MDMA" tablets over the past 6 years.

It could be that MDMA abuse just has negative affects versus something in a controlled setting for therapy.

This isn't really the same thing. Technically bongs, bubblers and bowls are much worse to smoke than a joint. Because these devices make it easier to "inhale the smoke", users typically get a far larger "hit" then they would from smoking a joint. This is much more damaging.

I think that is kind of the major one that sticks out in my mind. But, its just more sinister then that IMO. Being that it is something newer, I have a feeling more will pop up.

I was friends with a major twitch streamer who used to vape literally 24/7, every stream. He got esophageal cancer and died after fighting it for ~1-2 years, roughly around age of 23. Now, obviously this is anecdotal, and obviously it could have just been bad luck/other factors/coincidence. But, I have always raised an eyebrow towards vaping since then. The only forms I consider safer with minimal consequence is dry herb based vaping with convection heat --- See silver surfer vapes for example.

There is a lot of wrong in this comment. While I agree with most of your sentiment about vaping being a safer alternative, it is wrong to assume that the chemicals introduced via vaping are not carcinogenic because there is no smoke.

Actually, as I already mentioned, there are cases with flavoring additives and other chemicals in the vape causing lung disease and other problems. I don't have it offhand but google should help you.

My sentiment is more about where I think the research will go.

It doesn't mean they are safe either. The difference between these situations and vaping are, vaping you are doing intentionally and habitually.

Because you are inhaling foreign chemicals into your lung in higher then normal dosages.

How is that a bold statement? People run around vaping like there are zero consequences, but I wouldn't be surprised if research eventually emerges saying certain lower quality fillers/vape mixtures will result in mechanical damage and cancer of the lungs and esophagus. Something similar was apparent with flavoring agents being used in the vape world.

Not sure if you are trying to distinguish a difference but, surely you aren't suggesting that drug experimentation or recreational usage should be criminal?

Further, even if you did "eliminate" the cartels, more would pop up.

If there is a demand, someone will find a way to make money off of it.

I mean, I feel like this needs to be handled on a case by case basis.

What is the company? What is the team working on? How serious is it?

I wouldn't think it is inherently negative situation until proven otherwise.

I went to his one day event maybe 6 years ago, with a group from grad school.

Had the same experience, while it was cool to get all of his books, the actual presentation really wasn't that great.

There was also like 200-250 people in the room at least. Way too big for "intimate" learning.

I really wish a phone company would just make a "macbook pro" of the phone world. Something where the hardware and battery can keep up with the OS for the next 4 years. Something where every new OS release isn't destroying my performance, and maybe even MAKING my performance better.

We are getting all this new tech in the phone space, faster processors, more ram, etc. But prices keep going up for "premium" experiences. Seems backwards to me

Honestly, I feel like a study of this nature is backing up what we already know to a degree.

But, we need to know more and I feel like a 4 year tracking period isn't enough. For example, how do we know that people who were already the most unhealthy coming into this study are also the most sedentary? How are they handling these types of things.

I have highly been enjoying "CSS" in JS with React and things like Radium and AphroditeCSS

If I am interested, I assume they will pay enough.

If not, meh?

One thing a co-worker brought up recently is how terrifyingly "mob" like the online sphere has become. From twitter to facebook to etc. Media is now reactionary to what people want, and they can tell what people want by "trending topics", which are essentially the wills of a mob.

I could expand but I think this gets the gist of my fears out there.

Looks cool although I think the article is overblowing the negatives of Slack-esque communication and underselling the benefits. Especially considering he was highlighting more about communication issues his team is facing that probably could have been addressed without switching tools.

Eh, mostly quotes since the definition of civilized is up for debate for the given discussion.

Does an African neighbor qualify? European only? etc

That makes the assumption that the "disruption to the neighboring continent" is going to be worse as a result of overpopulation than it already is dealing with neighbors who are poor and impoverished and disease ridden.

In both cases I don't think the "civilized" neighbor continent is enjoying the benefits of its poorer neighbor. There is an equal argument to be said that by eradicating these diseases that the poorer neighbor is able to pull itself out of that poverty.

Regardless, history is filled with population surges and mass societal disruption -- I am sure we can resolve it over time.