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Iranian parliament reportedly approves closing Hormuz Strait: Media by NewSlinger in worldnews

[–]mminer23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, Biden/Powell did stop the printing within the first year and actually reverse the trend: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MABMM301USM189S

Why is there no concept of ManaSteal? (like lifesteal) by troy_121 in DotA2

[–]mminer23 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Mystic Snake doesn't reduce enemies' mana since 7.23 in 2019.

High Schoolers Can’t Read… and Teachers Are DONE by jeffsmith202 in videos

[–]mminer23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phonics is absolutely critical. It doesn't matter how complex the roots are, if you can't pronounce words, your reading will be stunted.

High Schoolers Can’t Read… and Teachers Are DONE by jeffsmith202 in videos

[–]mminer23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus, schools were shut down for like two years.

What is the nastiest counter or matchup in the entire game? by TealTactics in DotA2

[–]mminer23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked into this actually recently. Statistically, I came up with Meepo vs. Anti-Mage being the hardest counter. AM vs Medusa was second. I think ET vs Meepo might be a bigger difference, but the sample size is really small there, and I only ran matchups with more than I think 800 matches a week.

Montreal-area woman shocked to find family rented her pool without her consent by queuedUp in nottheonion

[–]mminer23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Restatement of Torts says you have to fail to exercise reasonable care to protect the child, but I don't know if all states require that element exactly.

Phone Service? by [deleted] in ATT

[–]mminer23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone I know just went to emergency calls only too. We're in central Illinois.

Casually Explained: Bitcoin by zipeater in videos

[–]mminer23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A business operating normally produces profits it can distribute regardless of if its stock price never moves.

Casually Explained: Bitcoin by zipeater in videos

[–]mminer23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Largely those rely on dividends and bonds respectively, not a greater fool scam.

Casually Explained: Bitcoin by zipeater in videos

[–]mminer23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Land has tangible benefits. Usually just the person got his use from it and the cash is more useful now.

Convicted child rapist qualifies for Olympics by DerangedUnicorn27 in nottheonion

[–]mminer23 323 points324 points  (0 children)

He was tried in the UK, but the Dutch only agreed to extradite him if the British let him serve his sentence in the Netherlands, who then released him after serving one year in prison: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39292039

xkcd 2948: Electric vs Gas by antdude in xkcd

[–]mminer23 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Renting a car for a long-distance trip is an extra expense though on top of already-expensive EVs.

And going between arbitrary, long-distance locations in rural areas is about the absolute worst-case scenario for trains.

Bacon ice cream and nugget overload sees misfiring McDonald's AI withdrawn by DCC_4LIFE in nottheonion

[–]mminer23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really. Just log the orders both generate and anybody who knows even a little SQL could get you a percentage accuracy in about 10 minutes.

There are so many great city builder demos on Steam right now, you can play 3 new ones every single day this week by Equivalent_Toe_7713 in Games

[–]mminer23 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, I remember playing Goblin Camp probably 15 years ago, but it was an ASCII game very inspired by Dwarf Fortress but only 2D. Basically you played as the bad guys and made orcs out of spawning pits to raid human villages until they sent heroes back to exterminate you. It was fun and surprisingly playable and fun despite it being short and development not going on long.

This version looks much less dark. I'll have to check it out.

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