I had this character in mind for years and finally took him for a spin a little bit ago.

(Half)-orc slaver/taskmaster. Bard who cracks a whip as his instrument, shouting orders to the party while casting buff spells.

“Murkub shoves the barbarian towards the enemies and yells ‘get in there, you coward’, casting Heroism with the touch.”

Thinks he’s the party leader, but has 8 INT and almost always has to rely on his “thralls” (the rest of the party) to figure out what to do next. My way of playing such a domineering character without actually taking over the whole table’s fun.

“REJOICE, FOR YOU HAVE BEEN SUBSUMED INTO THE WAR BAND OF MURKUB THE HERALD! GROVEL AT MY FEET, THRALL, AND I MAY YET ALLOW YOU TO SERVE ME IN MY QUEST FOR RICHES AND GLORY!”

-My character’s introduction to the other characters, and also his first words to the boss at the end of the dungeon (casting confusion with the monologue)

Sure, but that’s 4 presses on 3 buttons. I can press the same button 4 times much faster.

Over the course of a lifetime, we’re taking double, maybe TRIPLE DIGIT seconds saved!

Around 60% of 8-digit strings appear in the digits their algorithm knows about, according to the website. So I figured it’s not THAT identifying.

+30s +30s +30s +30s

My microwave doesn’t have speed cook, so this is the fastest way to get 2m on the clock

My birthday in American MMDDYYYY format shows up in the first few ten-million digits, but in standard DDMMYYYY format, it’s not in any of the digits that site is able to check.

Their first product was a BASIC interpreter for a very early Microprocessor, which they wrote without ever getting their hands on the hardware (because the Altair 8800 was basically vaporware at the time, with no software there was no demand), and Paul Alien wrote the bootloader for the program on the flight to the product demonstration.

Frankly, that sounds like legit computer wizardry to me. Yes, they made their billions on business more than tech, but they were legit tech guys at the start.

Microsoft in the late 90s was an acquisition machine, but the roots of Microsoft were 100% Bill Gates and Paul Allen being computer savants legitimately trying to push the boundaries of human technology past is limits.

“The worst time in 2007” would’ve been the peak before the bottom fell out in 2008.

The bottom is the second best time to invest, after “every 2 weeks when I get my paycheck, regardless of the noise in finance media”

Part of the confusion may come from states with different license plate rules.

Twenty states require only a rear plate, which means drivers can legally put a novelty or decorative plate on the front. The remaining 30 states require a state-issued plate on both the front and back of the vehicle; New York is one of them.

That may explain why law enforcement would assume a decorative “Star Trek” plate on the front of the car would be a legitimate license plate.

This is one of the stupider “50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one country” things we have going on. There’s no reason not to require plates on both the front and back bumper, especially when it’s opening the door for confusion with fake plates on the optional bumper.

Dude’s name is Jesse Welles, he had a couple albums out and posts new videos like this constantly on social media and YouTube. And he’s fast to write songs about the current goings-on.

Best new artist of 2024 IMO (he’s had a couple bands that were moderately successful indie outfits, but never had the kind of reach he’s getting now)

I don’t think even the most annoyingly fake- progressive Democrat is gonna vote to abolish the FDIC. I’m not even convinced that every republican would do so.

He was already a suspect at that point, his real ID also would have gotten him detained.

Almost every company? It’s called a serial number.

Wow, thanks for this

See 2 comments ago. Nobody except the ultra rich could afford to go into business if it meant risking all of their personal assets.

And like already mentioned: it’s not less liability, it’s separate liability. Misconduct as a business (which may not even be the owner’s fault, it could be an employee’s) can risk all of the business assets, but not personal assets owned outside the business.

Because the line does need to be drawn somewhere. You can’t just go out, cause harm to someone, and then claim “Oh, that harm was done by my company, not me personally. Incidentally, my company only has like $20 in assets for you to recover.”

The paperwork also doesn’t entirely grant you the limited liability. You need to actually operate the company as a separate entity from yourself. If you “piece the veil” between individual and company, you may not be able to claim limited liability in court.

Because if we didn’t have such protections, the ONLY people who could ever afford to go into business are the already-super-wealthy.

Nobody would ever open a small business if it meant risking the roof over their childrens’ head.

That would be FMLA

Legally, the fact that you didn’t hang up the phone after that disclaimer means you consented.

I’m with you about not anthropomorphizing faceless companies as the bad actors here, but also I really doubt the CEO was the one who enacted this decision. It probably came from some middle manger who clicked “yes” on some report they didn’t actually read.