Hhaha my company is currently building an ecommerce platform and looked at Paypal to see if it will fit our needs. One week later, my developer messages me and was like “I can’t use this crap, it’s ancient”. Switched to Stripe. Beautifully designed. Clean. Clear. Stay the fuck away from Paypal everyone.

Not to be pedantic, but (if I understand correctly) a 7.8M quake is about 5 times as severe as a 7.3M quake. Just something to note when you say “an aftershock of almost equal size hit.” Of almost equal magnitude, but significantly weaker as far as “size.”

I usually read it every year, as well. I’ve read it 38 times (yeah, I’m getting kinda old). Every once in a while I skip the songs and poems. Sometimes Frodo’s and Sam’s trip to Mordor really drags for me. For some reason, the last time I read it, it didn’t.

I loved it when I was 12.

Rule for rich people: If your personal output is the source of the family wealth, don’t put your kids on the payroll. When you stop producing, they’ll act like panicky animals as the business (you) goes under.

Wouldn’t he be worried about ants?

Social science funding usually amounts to 12 sticks of gum and half a shoelace.

Reminds me of Eldergleam Sanctuary in Skyrim.

I would much rather see an adaptation of the Malazan Book of the fallen series, but I know that will never happen. Sigh.

They'll just labor on forever making the series, then, after they are done, it will get stuck back in in pre-production. With an extra horn or something.

The Deadline story also reminds us that King options his works for $1,

Never not appropriate.

Don’t feed the troll please.

Dear rest of the country,

Which motor vehicle law gives the door of a parked vehicle right of way over moving traffic?

This shit is why I’m fighting with a fucking insurance company over a motorist who opened his car door into the path of my bicycle and caused me to need 14 stitches IN MY FACE. It just like people who false report rape: YOU’RE MAKING THIS HARDER FOR ALL THE REAL VICTIMS, ASSHOLES.

And be careful with "normal" words. I once asked to borrow a raincoat on an exchange to Quebec and was given a strange look then handed a condom.

Hey man. I'm the one who designed the image. I made it earlier this morning, and the only things I base my designs off of are the title of the article and a brief description. I never saw any of the sites that would be linked in the article. I believe any design using speech bubbles is going to have similarities.…