*Gasp* I told you that in confidence!

New full name: Theophrastus Bombastus

One Dean Koontz book isn’t a great sample size. He writes a LOT and most of it isn’t very good, but every once in a while he gets it just right and puts out a really good one.

Though tbf, I haven’t re-read his stuff in probably 10 years so I don’t know if it holds up to modern scrutiny. Odd Thomas was always my favorite of his.

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Except Halley’s Comet’s aphelion is on December 9, 2023.

Killing is too easy. Beat them into submission and then make them sign your contract.

1d10 per beam that you can upgrade with your charisma modifier later and eventually get 4 beams! Much, much better deal IMO.

I’d feel a little different (still pissed) if it was a next door neighbor who extended their mow. But to cross the street and change someone’s property without permission is already hostile to me.

Not everywhere is in an HOA. And many people allow native vegetation on purpose to give local wildlife something to eat (see OP).

Did you sue? I’d have been livid enough to try to sue. IANAL, but at a minimum I would hope that would be trespassing.

Yeah, I’m very confused by this. Why do the users notifying IT have to do the training?

I’ve worked a help desk before, while after dozens of people sending it in we don’t really need it forwarded anymore, people don’t know that until we get the I’d still rather people forward it than click it. Ignore and delete is best since I guarantee someone will forward it to IT, but forwarding (even forwarding and asking) is never bad and demonstrates good awareness.

This strategy can backfire if your game gets popular enough. If both versions are counted separately and they each pass 1mil downloads and the 12 month revenue threshold then you’re paying the higher per-install fee brackets twice.

To demonstrate, let’s imagine a game like this has 4 million installs in the first year and uses the Enterprise plan for the best pricing structure.

Scenario A: single version

• First 1,000,000 @ $0.00: $0
• 1,000,001-1,100,000 @ $0.125 : $12,500
• 1,100,001-1,500,000 @ $0.06 : $24,000
• 1,500,001-2,000,000 @ $0.02 : $10,000
• 2,000,001-4,000,000 @ $0.01 : $20,000
• Total cost: $66,500

Scenario B: two versions priced separately, 2 mil installs each

Each one is the first four lines above, so the total cost is $46,500*2 = $93,000

In either scenario, additional installs beyond these 4 million cost $0.01 each (regardless of which game it’s installed on). There’s a fine line of staying below the annual revenue thresholds (or not too far above) where this strategy does save you money.

They used a too-generic label for tea but that covers all bases, while doing a couple very specific types of coffee that leave many bases uncovered.

What about people who like a little cream and sugar in their coffee but don’t do lattes? I make mine in a moka pot, add a pump of vanilla syrup and a splash of half & half.

“Sick of your shit as fuck”?

I completely agree. My current cat is actually kind of a handful. But typically cats are much more chill as pets than dogs, and typical dogs require a lot more daily activity for a healthy and enriching life, so saying dogs are better because they “can have lazy days” is very disingenuous.

What? Cats have lazy days by default. No day with a dog should be lazy. Providing enrichment for a cat is so much less effort than for a dog. I say this as someone who has owned many dogs and cats and I love both.