Fun fact: even Adam Smith didn’t believe in greed above all else. A big caveat that lots of assholes gloss over is that Smith’s theories had a major asterisk of “under conditions of justice”, ie “working for your own good without fucking each other over.” In fact, he even predicted the rise of monopolies and…

I don’t get the math here at all. So the game was more expensive, which would ostensibly affect the profits and require more money to go to the company. But part of the expense (?) on the company side (?) would have been the $12 million to Randy Pitchford, right? Would that $12 million still have been there on the…

Not a day goes by when I’m not entirely relieved I gave up on trying to be a game developer.

“I AM THE COMPANY!”

When you’re a big fancy executive, you get to call it a “dividend” and it’s totally legal.

Based on personal experience, I’m going to wager they are very close to going public. Because this looks a lot like the “Fuck everyone who got us here, it’s time for the owners to get PAID” phase that typically precedes it.

The bonus did exist, according to two people with knowledge of what happened, but it came out of the company’s 60%, not the 40% of profits that were meant to go to employees.

But it’s not capitalism that’s a problem. It’s that people aren’t capitalisming nicely, right? Or somehow this is “crony” capitalism (which, incidentally, is just regular capitalism) or a few bad eggs or something. Actually, I forgot. It’s the pirates who are taking food from the mouths of hard-working developers. No…

Not cool Randy!

Is it common sense? Sure. But it’s also something that most people don’t think about when they prepare their owns meals. Simple suggestions, like your banana bread example, are broadly known, but there are a host of other things that most people aren’t even thinking about: save Parmesan (or other hard cheese) rinds to…

Had a roommate who would buy bananas specifically to make banana bread, and left them out on the counter to go brown. The problem was there was about a sub-24-hour window between “optimal for banana bread” and “fruit flies”

You can peel and freeze them too, if you only have one that gets overripe at a time. They basically turn to mush when you defrost them, so you don’t even have to mash them.

This is all nothing new and it’s good for the environment as well as being fiscally sound due to less waste.

Most expensive coffee I’ve had was Kopi Luwak. Tasted like shit...... Not really. It was actually quite tasty. 

This one came down to the wire.

A terrific idea and thanks to the contributor who suggested it. I’d perhaps add a couple of items, such as good bouillon cubes, a jar of Thai Tom Yam paste (instant soup), a jar of Indian lime pickle, and maybe a jar of honey, but otherwise all really good, essential items.

Well played.

Lead laced libations laying under Leeds? Seems like you buried the lede. Likely.