I think it’s that new program where college players can make money off their name and image.

In what contexts? Maybe anecdotal ones that you’ve been part of, but certainly not any actual musical ones.

Am I correct in thinking that a strike wouldn’t impact non-signatory companies? Like, using Bethesda as an example, if they’re working on voice acting/mocap/etc. for a Starfield DLC, that would continue, and actors would be free to promote their work in Bethesda properties?

That’s part of the reason I can’t shake the nagging feeling that Microsoft wants out of the console business. It seems like, if they had their druthers, they’d simply release their games on PC and cloud; that’s not tenable right now for several reasons, of course, but they’ve never been particularly deft at the…

Now that is a possibility. And to be clear, they are Navy personnel, I was just drawing the distinction between sailors and regular Feds because “in the Navy” implies the former.

Dammit, YouTube.

The goth chick was not in the Navy. NCIS is part of the Department of the Navy, but its agents and civilian employees are not military personnel. Same goes for Dr. Mallard.

I don’t know if this has gotten better, but the one and only time I had an iPhone screen repaired by someone other than Apple it was a debacle. The screen was dim and not great quality, and its touch response was lousy.

I’m not sure there’s going to be a pro. It’s entirely possible (and maybe even likely) that the only mid-gen refresh is going to be a Slim with a modular optical drive.

“Combat” fam represent!

I could be reading it wrong, but it sounds suspiciously like someone who thinks unions shouldn’t exist, willfully ignoring [gestures vaguely at the entirety of the history of labor].

Eh, you can be very elderly and still active and vibrant. My friend’s dad, who passed away a few years ago, was still traveling the world and doing stuff into his 90s that would exhaust people decades younger (it’s me, I’m people).

It’s a suit that will get you thrown out of most public places. You should go with a two-piece or even a three-piece to be safe.

I love his Steven Seagal story:

I remember that causing some heartburn with XM in the early days. They advertised “commercial-free music” but had promos for their own channels and programming. Most people considered that a distinction without a difference given that it interrupted the music just like an external ad would, but XM management didn’t…

All that would do is create more money to be funneled to the execs’ pockets and into dividends for shareholders. It’s like the McDonald’s self-service kiosks or self-checkouts at grocery stores - it was always going to happen because it’s another way to squeeze a little more blood from whatever turnip they’re trying…

I mean... if other people are misinterpreting the press release that doesn’t change what the release itself says.

That’s not what the press release says at all.

Part of the problem with the 2016 movie is that they decided to tell more or less the same story as the original, with several of the same story beats. Doing that with a beloved original is a recipe for disaster - another example of that is Star Trek Into Darkness, which was both worse and an even more baffling…