Chat platforms are trying to innovate and move into e-commerce. One of the major platforms in China has bots that can make shopping easier, for instance, at least when you already know what you want to buy.

Because Discord’s current earnings model isn’t profitable enough for its owners, I guess?

Yes, more or less. Getting a friend’s copy is that friend *distributing* their backup, which is not permitted. The point isn’t the end result but rather the chain of possession.

Depends on the context. If the character’s Catholicism is a significant element, particularly if they live in a community where Catholics are persecuted, the actor coming from a Catholic background absolutely could be beneficial. 

So, there have definitely been eras and locales where anti-Catholicism was rampant and where Catholics were a persecuted minority.

While I do think that some distinction needs to be made between gambling (for real money) versus gacha mechanics (for virtual items of no worth), it’s clear that this entire genre has too much potential for unhealthy psychological manipulation.

I’m really interested to see The Humans. I saw it on Broadway, and there are some elements of the play that only work because some of the action is hidden in plain sight. Your eyes are drawn to the conversations on one floor, but there’s other stuff going on in full view elsewhere, and part of the effectiveness of the…

I thought Latin was a broader category ethnically, including Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian persons.

So it's Hillary Clinton fanfic?

Again we don't know why he and his armor got separated, but we do know why he survived.

They already did. It’s in one of the canon novels. Until they contradict that, it's what happened.

This has already been explained in-canon. The Sarlacc consumed a bunch of burning debris from the sail barge. This caused it to vomit up its own stomach and die, something seen in nature on occasion.

Of their final paychecks, probably. Bankruptcy law would take precedence over golden parachutes and other such nonsense, depending on the timing.

February gets movies, but they tend to be movies that studios don’t have as much interest in with regard to awards. Business-wise they may do great, but it’s hard for a February movie to be Oscar-bait.

It’s not about proving that they don’t exist. Once destroyed, if he’s caught with a ROM again in any way, he’s in violation of a court order. Apparently then he could go to jail.

Salaries shouldn’t be secret anyway. Salary secrecy is what enables rampant discriminatory practices.

HR does exist to protect the company, but they clearly failed to do that here. Because now they’re dealing with not just one employee’s complaint at a time, but rather an entire state’s civil rights enforcement arm. HR didn’t protect the company at all.

The devil is always in the details though. What happens if the people in charge of upholding those standards are (1) just as bigoted as the politicians and (2) willing to abuse that power to attack political opponents?

That and DC is currently prevented from achieving statehood under the current constitution. There have been several proposals to remedy the situation, including dividing all of DC minus the government buildings between VA and MD, but no one can reach agreement on it.

What’s the compatibility like for SteamOS? Do most Windows-based games run fine on it, or is it pretty hodgepodge?