Private prisons make of a tiny amount of inmates in the US. Even then they don’t really care, there’s always more inmates.

In the US, probably indefinitely. There’s not communication between municipalities to actually track down someone killing local prisoners. Depending on where it happened, it might not even be noticeable among the numbers that die in prison already. The single most improbable part of death note is the initial speed in connecting widespread events to a hyper localized area.

The police also have a terrible solve rate on murder nationwide. Serial killers have decade plus long active streaks while physically killing and hiding bodies. There’s several that never were caught.

Even with per capita numbers that are way above or way below the norm can skew results.

Not remotely an expert. While the numbers are crazy big, the time tends to be short. The ppe doesn’t have to survive thousands of degrees for more than a fraction of a second. Also it has to route the charge through itself rather than you. Finally, for certain death scenarios successfully working ppe doesn’t mean unscathed, it means still alive with reasonable recovery chances.

If you haven’t played this yet, just know it’s a game that gets worse as you play it. The initial exploration is pretty fun, but the combat is mediocre. There’s also a ton of puzzle and collectibles for busywork which gets old fast.

It’s great for pretty much any sweet or chocolate based cookie.

Coffee is a superior dunking medium than milk for Oreos.

Historically the priesthood/other holy orders was a place to toss the weird people or undesirable heirs. It was a convenient way for the gay uncle to have a respectable job and explain why they didn’t have a wife. It was also a way to keep pedo types isolated but productive, at least until resources led to many orders dissolving.

That’s pretty likely in Florida, they just lost a seat that was R+19 the election before. If they drop margins into the +5-7 range it could be a 2010 level swing in the Democrats favor this time.

That’s also the color copper burns, but for all the flames to look like that would require a lot of copper mixed in the gas or something disintegrating in the supply line.

Ravel and unravel can both mean to take apart something that was knitted or woven.

For a family of 4 insurance is about 3k/month split between employer and employee. The amount that would cost is largely unknowable. My insurance has a $500 deductible, so I would definitely pay at least that much, probably more. After that insurance would cover 80-90% of the cost until an out of pocket maximum, which is 3k/person or 6k/family for me. A final cost around 1k would probably be a good deal, and up to 4-5k could happen depending on out of network fuckery.

While you may not like the term, it is giving a name to a common set of actions that can cause real financial problems. Giving them a name can be a way to help discuss them, which is beneficial for both personal finance reasons and relationships.

We have recorded evidence of primates fighting wars… We don’t recognize animal hierarchy as states, but the analogs are there.

Exactly like my example above. 1/8 implies +or- 1/16. While .125 implies +or- .0005, but it was only measured to +or- .0625, which is 2 orders of magnitude different.

The fraction allows you to communicate length and tolerance in a single number. A decimal implies precision to the last number, a measure with a fraction can show 1/8 as more granular than 1/16. 1/8 of a cm is less precise than a mm, but if you wrote 1.125 cm, you are now implying sub mm level precision.

This matters because the level needed in building generally doesn’t line up to 1/10 measurements. For example if you had a brick wall and a row had 1 cm height differences between bricks in a row it would be extremely obvious and look terrible. A 1mm height difference would be impossible to notice, but is also overkill to get that level. Ideal is about 5/8 cm or 6.35 mm difference over 3 meters of wall. The fractional measure often ends up easier to work with in practice.

Something major is going to have to change at some point though with game pass. This year is probably the last time we see a day one release of a major title. Cutting CoD is to test the waters for future cuts.

This is basically a rental model. The 2 game limit is just for the cheapest option, you could always pay more for more. If you want a reasonable quality catalog at a sub $10 price there needs to be some level of restrictions. If you want complete freedom it’s going to come at increased cost or a worse catalog.

Demos are rare today though. Not to mention some are outright misrepresenting the actual game. Spending some money to try a game without having to do a refund if you don’t like it is a reasonable value. As a PC player I would absolutely spend $15 bucks for a single month to try a few $40-60 games that I would likely purchase through steam after trying. I wouldn’t pay more than a single month at a time though, which also isn’t great for Microsoft.

It would be a hard limit of 2 games/month you could play, without paying more. This is a hard shift in model, but I think it makes it sustainable long term for developers to make their games part of it while allowing the price to be reasonable. Previously game pass was subsidized by Microsoft trying to grow their subscription base, so devs got big payouts to list their games. Publishers/devs aren’t making much if anything from being on game pass, especially indie titles that might only have 20 hours or less of gameplay. With cloud saves you could easily not lose progress if you took a month off from a game to try something else

This model creates a pathway that a developer could get $1-2 per install per month (or more for new/premium tier games) which would be reasonable income after initial launch sales. The vast majority of gamers also don’t play a lot of different games, so those that want more can pay for it while a lower price is available for the majority. There’s also the classic games tier that isn’t restricted as most the games aren’t really that valuable, but it’s a separate add on to keep the main price low.

For games as a subscription to work, it has to balance perceived value for consumers and developers. The unlimited model isn’t sustainable without a price point that makes buying games outright more attractive. I think a better scenario is allowing the subscription to create a funnel to direct sales, which I think this solution does.