You’re assuming a lot of things, none of which might be true.

Without knowing what they’re exact GPAs are, it’s quite possible that the delta between the white students weighted and the black students’ weighted GPAs are relatively small, and the same with their unweighted GPAs. Thus, you could have a situation where…

I get where you’re going, but it’s unnecessarily conspiratorial. Here’s what’s the most likely reality (as someone from a district where GPAs vary wildly due to how weights are calculated, and the highest-ranking students can easily reach into the 8s and 9s when it comes to GPA).

There’s usually a strong correlation…

Exactly.

Mathematically, the “missing” grades would have either no effect, or most likely a negative effect, since they would count towards the unweighted GPA. Since the unweighted GPA has a ceiling of a 4.0, without knowing the GPA of the two white students, if the “missing” grades were anything but As, they’d…

They really have a lot to draw on from the Indian subcontinent, and they can do so many different areas because although there was a great deal of interconnectedness with other peoples, the history of the area is sufficiently different (and not as well known to most of us), that we’d be experiencing something…

I watch this stuff all the time and I was recommended it. Probably didn’t need the recommendation since I’m a regular watcher (but not subscriber) to the channel itself.

Overall, the algorithm tends to point out genres and channels that I would normally watch, and I can’t say there’s been major outliers since I usually…

Even though both Ghosts of Tsushima and Sekiro were released within the last 2 or so years, my guess would be something in Sengoku-era Japan. Warring States China would be the next logical choice, since they haven’t done anything in East Asia.

Something Mayan or Aztecan if they really wanted to throw a curveball. Maybe…

There’s an instance where not looking at weighted GPAs is commonplace (and arguably the best policy), and it’s when you have a rather large school district and a huge range when it comes to the academic rigor of the high schools.

The one thing you can’t standardize are the quality of the teachers, the location of the…

Thinking about the mathematics of how GPAs are calculated, those two unrecorded grades probably had little impact on her unweighted GPA.

Your unweighted GPA merely takes into account whether you got an ABCD or F in the class. It’s an average. Therefore, adding additional grades will almost always hurt someone with a…

I gotta disagree with the takes from my fellow black folks. While there might be a racial element to this, either people aren’t reading the article correctly or they’re purposefully mistating what’s happening here.

Appreciate you catching that. I completely forgot about Iwata (RIP).

That being said, my general point remains. It’s rare in the industry that you see a video game developer or designer also be/become the CEO of an incredibly large gaming company that maintains and builds on its success for the length of time that…

Hell, I’m only 30, but I’m gay, and I can co-sign that even my community, we don’t sit around talking about our penises all day.

We might talk about someone else’s dick, but certainly not our own.

You really think that Activision, which he became CEO of in 1991, was the juggernaut throughout the 90s that it is today? It wasn’t. You think that it became a juggernaut simply by producing good games? The industry doesn’t work that way.

Plenty of companies have come along and made great games. Making a great game, or…

Edit to the above: 1.5% of the net income, and .4% of the revenue.

For what’s it worth (and this is not to defend Kotick), but it’s not like he’s some empty suit.

He’s been CEO since 1991 and helped save Activision from going under by purchasing 25% of the company back then. While he might not be a game developer or a flashy idea man, he’s done well enough to stay out of the way and…

Having not read the letter, but knowing a bit about economics (which was my area of study in university), here goes.

Activision-Blizzard, being as successful as it is on the backs of a number of franchises that are licenses to print money, is in a very strong position due to the nature of the gaming industry. They…

It’s unfortunate, but being VP doesn’t really give you an official list of responsibilities, unlike being a cabinet secretary. What you do is really at the whim of the President, and considering the obstruction and obstanancy of the GOP when it comes to domestic policy, there’s only so many places where VP Harris…

You’re going a bit too far and are missing certain legal considerations.

Countries admitting asylum seekers can determine whether or not they allow asylum seekers to enter their country. There isn’t some worldwide governing body that subverts the sovereignty of a given nation to determine who they allow through their…

I thank my lucky stars I built a new system back in April of last year and was able to grab my 5700xt for MSRP (at Best Buy, no less).

Now that same card is going for $1k on ebay, and unfortunately I have too many games I’m currently playing (and no console) to sell it and make a pretty penny.

I’m surprised that more companies don’t do this. It’s small nods like these to amazing accomplishments by players that go a long way towards making claims of “community outreach” not seem like empty jargon for the investors.

Plus, it’s just cool shit.

We bombed in Iowa and Maine (against Ernst and Collins), North Carolina was a dud since Cal Cunningham couldn’t keep his dick in his pants (his affair, which he began in 2020, was revealed a month before election day), and we spent too much time and raised too much money for a no-chance victory in South Carolina…