I’m struggling to understand what “noncomputable” means. Is it that there is no “perfect” play, or that the researchers lack the computing power to discover the “perfect” play?

I empathetic to the outcome of the problem, but the cause is self inflicted.

This is a very good point. While it’s probably most prevalent with guys, I think for humans in general, we have a real cultural opposition to the idea of reassessing our situation once we’re in it. The idea that actual exposure to something may allow us to realize it’s not working or what we want or good for us is…

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‘I know what I’m working on, I know what I’ve gotten myself into here.’

Good grief, it’s like saying I went in to get a measles vaccine and then got mad because it uses a needle. Yeah, they’re connected.

“Other people I’ve talked to have been like, ‘I know what I’m working on, I know what I’ve gotten myself into here.’ And you start to blame yourself for being shitty or weak or spineless.”

I mean, its cartoony as fuck.

This person applied and WANTED to work at NetherRealm. Are you telling me that they had never seen the kind of work they do? Had no idea the type of work they WOULD be doing?

Good call. There is always need for empathy, and we shouldn’t ever respond to someone (like these staffers) who clearly need help by mocking them. Also as you stated, there’s no way for regularly viewing graphic real-world violence or gore to not have an impact on a human being; its possible that these folks didn't…

Man, these grey comments about workers not being able to handle the content of a game they signed on to make, way to miss the point. Exposure to material like this effects the human psyche negatively, blanket statement, end of story. Even if the extent of that damage is desensitization and is largely not at a…

Don’t bet on it. It’s more likely to be akin to the experiences of people working in the sex industry today, one of which is they struggle in their relationships. If all day, every day is filled with sexual imagery, the brain stops responding to those stimuli. Your job is sex, so you lose interest in sex, and so…

I hope Marionette and Mime are as fun as they are in the book.

Thanks sexually-repressed puritanical value system!

On the one hand, expecting fulfillment of (just) sentencing requirements seems sensible.

On the other, restricting voting rights over financial matters is and always will be an effective poll tax, which violates basic Constitutional rights.

...TFW your attempt to bypass potentially restoring voting rights to convicted…

It’s common knowledge that most fines and fees levied against convicted individuals makes it much more difficult for them to participate in society after release, and increases the likelihood they will be reincarnated.

Hey Buffet? Gates? Soros? This would be one of those times where your money could be a real game changer. Just once it would be nice to see a billionaire do something to actually help change politics for the better, instead of enshrining their continual enrichment.

When you cheat as hard as Republicans do and barely manage to win— I’m looking at you, too, Georgia!-- it’s got to be a sign you’re days of winning are almost over.

So the school had security guards, having security guards didn’t do shit against armed attackers, and the two gunmenkids were both taken into custody unharmed.

It’s unreal that this headline becomes more and more true every fucking time this shit happens.