Yea, seems like this makes the most difference at the executive level, when you're doing international business. Of course that presumes you're doing international business, and with that particular country. Seems like a tough thing to plan for.

This is interesting. I've actually heard from senior executives of a certain Japanese video game company that it is considered a bad career move by their American execs to learn Japanese - to the point that their Americas CEO is passably conversational, at best. Apparently you get a lot more leeway by not knowing…

I tried this, actually, but I couldn't pull that off either. Reminded me of the impossible stick-rotating games in the original Mario Party. In that they were impossible.

Wait, the SECOND most important part of St. Patrick's Day? What's the first?

My biggest problem with the combat system is pretty specific. It's those times when you have to mash A as fast as possible. Only one was in combat - against Kyle. But you also did it to poop, and when the aliens captured you.

This. I always catch myself thinking about work and other stressful things in the morning and in the shower. I would like to keep that to a minimum.

Yea, I don't get why everyone here seems so excited to go on cruises. Haven't they read DFW's article about it? It's travel for people who don't like to travel.

What I don't understand is what you can say if you actually ARE biased. I very, very firmly believe that the U.S. prison system is one of the greatest atrocities occurring in the world today, is in most cases worse than slavery was, and that prison sentences are pretty much never, under any circumstances, appropriate.…

The only problem I had was that, at least in Brooklyn, they treated everyone like a goddamn idiot. They were polite and sensitive to everyone's time, which I appreciated, but they definitely assumed everyone was dumber than a box of rocks. It felt like being in high school. Which is awful, considering they want these…

The House of Morgan book is really good. It's long, but not difficult. Very interesting how these companies that are still so powerful today came about, and it really illustrates why Glass-Steagall (the bill that forcibly separated consumer and investment banking in 1933, before being semi-overturned in the late '90s,…

Yea, I'd buy that. I'd buy that with money, and watch it with my eyes, and play it with my fingers.

The only place I've been that has real capture cards for the 3DS is Nintendo itself. Which is why I used to have to trek over there every goddamn day

Weekend again, huh? I wonder why? Does he have a mid-week job too or what? Just a lifestyle choice?

"If they'd rather die, they'd better do it, and decrease the surplus population!"

Yea, I don't get it either. Call it blissful ignorance if you want, but I am totally oblivious to those things and happier for it. I don't know how people notice these things - I actively try, I do side-by-side tests, and I still can't hear the difference!

I've watched the video about ten times now and I. can't. see. it. I also can't tell when my speakers are on stereo or mono, though. Maybe it would be more noticeable to me on a big screen.

This is true. For just one example, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. gave about 47% of his wealth to his son JDR Jr., 47% to charity, and the rest split among his three daughters.

I am FURIOUS and disappointed that nobody pointed out the real problem with this shirt.

Grey Poupon? More like Grey Poop-on!

Who gets married early enough that they could possibly be getting divorced by their mid-30s?