The Coast Guard gets so much undeserved shit from the other services. Much love for our “near shore” navy. 

I always appreciate your comments.

Thank you and the Kotaku team for this article. Poor treatment of contract workers is unfortunetly an endemic issue in corporate America these days.

The oil consumption thing is a real issue. It happened with my father in law’s 2014. Subaru tried to pull the same schtick about maintenance. The car had some electrical problems too, plus faulty seat rails (I forget the details). Such issues might forgivable in something ancient but not for something 2 years old with…

Pretty common in startups, HR are generally considered the “fun police” (imical to typical startup culture) and tend to be seen as a superfluous expense especially with a low headcount. My friends and I have worked for multiple startups that didn’t have an HR person, and they were absolute messes to a company. The…

She's pretty meh, as a Senator. So far, her most notable accomplishment has been forcing Al Fraken to resign. Her proximity and support by the Clinton's isn't helpful either. I doubt she'll ever be able to do much on a more national level. 

C’mon, it’s hard to mansplain in under 5,000 words.

Awesome! As a scientist, I wish more of us worked to influence policy. If you’re interested, there are a number of different groups that train people for political work. Even if you never run for office, the training can be very valuable as you’ll learn how to effectively lobby and raise money.

As an FYI almost all preclinical testing is performed on female mice and rats since they tend to be slightly less aggressive to each other. That’s important because solitary caging tends to cause psychological issues. The only mice I’ve ever seen caged seperatly were super-SCID mice (think bubble-boy). Those fuckers…

I’m a biochemist that has worked in drug discovery and basic research for over a decade. We take great pains to calculate drug dosing based on body weight for both humans and test animals. A good portion of all drug discovery is determining the correct dose/kg body mass.

“The majority of cis men don’t care about the rights of people who can get pregnant:”

Bill De Blasio is a true standout in the crowded Democratic primary. He’s less likable than Gillibrand, treats his staff more poorly than Klobucher, annoys more people than Beto's texting bots and is demonstrably terrible at governance. Naturally he’s a shoo-ing for 2020.

So much this. Thank you. I wish all medical professionals behaved like you. 

When I ask people I ask about their pain, I use the pain scale but I also try to relate it to something to calibrate their pain level. Usually it will be something like, “have you ever broken any bones, how does this pain compare.” Getting an accurate history is a tricky especially with cultural and language…

It’s Sarah Lawrence; so, a sex cult where the traditionally male roles are played by women?

The predominantly black Frontline of most teams are gonna have fun with this bozo. What’s better than sacking a QB? Sacking a rascist douchebag QB. 

Nothing brings solace to victims of crimes quite like Scantron forms collated and analyzed by a computer and a nameless bureaucrat. Aside from pressuring Al Franken to resign, what has she really accomplished? She did some work with sexual assault reporting in the military but that didn’t really address the…

Came here to write the same thing. When I worked in catering, we would use them to polish glassware.

I don’t understand how a company the size of EA couldn’t build multiple engines. Given their market cap they probably could have purchased (the company that makes) Unreal. 

Thank you for for yet another in depth examination of game making. To me, your article highlights continued failures of leadership at all levels, the insistence on Frostbite, and indecisiveness of the leadership is damning. Any board with an iota of governing competency should be considering a wholesale reexamination…