Gag orders in the US are issued very rarely.

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I don’t even get why sugar is added. Tomato sauce is already sweet on its own.

My wife and I like to get a local brand because it’s honestly the best I’ve ever had. Each serving (3oz, 85g) is 15 calories.

Their publisher also expected the game to have about one-tenth of the actual players. I don’t think anyone knew how big it would be.

The $5M also refers to what they thought Larian would want for it to be included on Game Pass.

It was doomed from the start for that very reason. Why would people spend $60 on games if they didn’t think they would be able to play them in a year?

“Look at this nice chunk of meat I have!”

“Ooh, that would be great to baste, season, and grill. I bet it would be delicious?”

“Eh, it’s easier just to throw it in a pot of water.”

Police officers don’t get elected, but the sheriffs do. I think this is mostly a holdover from when the only real law within a hundred miles of a town was the sheriff.

I do agree that electing judges is odd. My state doesn’t even allow us to vote on electing them anymore, but just on retaining them in office. I’ve always voted “No” just because I don’t think it’s appropriate.

Now if you want to get really weird, most areas also elect their coroner and there usually is no skill or education requirement to be elected.

Those plans usually have a more limited network and a higher out of network charge, though.

My work subsidizes both our CCHP and PPO at exactly the same amount. They’ve made it clear that it’s almost always cheaper to go with the CCHP no matter how much healthcare you need in a given year.

You can reduce traffic with more lanes, but not just willy nilly. They need to be carefully planned and managed while limiting lane changes.

But a lot of the time, they won’t. The issue usually comes from people wanting to change lanes while others are merging on. In high traffic areas, lane changes will slow the traffic down while increasing the risk of an accident. Making alternatives such as different routes, other modes of transportation, or reducing the need for traveling usually work better in cities.

https://youtu.be/t5zQpN28xa4?si=x7xEYZU9KaV1zBkj

It doesn’t matter that we have exceptions in the law. All abortion clinics have shut down here. The law itself is also intentionally vague in order to scare away any doctor who attempts to follow it.

It’s the sequel we’ve always wanted to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

As long as it’s about Buzz Aldrin and they’re Nazi ghosts.

He’s just a poor little baby who committed some light treason, give him a break 🥺

When you’re selling a million cars, it’s guaranteed that some of them will have a missed defect, no matter how good your QC is.

That’s why you have agencies like the NHTSA. You need someone who can decide at what point the issue is a major defect that constitutes a recall.

Nah, it’s selling to Yahoo, then getting your parent company acquired by Verizon, then having Verizon spin your parent company off again.

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Yeah, you’re not gonna trick me into clicking that link.

Fwiw, the title is intentionally skewed and wrong. I’m not saying writers shouldn’t be upset because they should, but it is making the situation look much worse than it is.

The six original writers were paid $3K each in streaming residuals last quarter for Season 1.

Suits was added to Netflix on June 17th where it streamed for three billion minutes in a single week, June 26 to July 2. Using Nielsen numbers, it streamed for about five billion minutes on Netflix during Q2. Previously it was on Peacock and we don’t have the streaming data for that, but we can assume that it wasn’t anywhere as much. Using the most recent data through July 16, it was seen for a total of 12.8 billion minutes.

Streaming services also doesn’t pay residuals based on minutes watched, but based on a complicated formula.

Suits episodes are 42 minutes long, meaning the base annual residual is $10,034. Netflix US has more than 150M subscribers, so the subscriber factor is 150%. Their initial streaming residual payment would be $15K per episode.

However, that is just the initial payment Netflix needs to make. Subsequent payments for the actual streaming rights per year are adjusted down. This is the first year on Netflix so the residual factor is 45%. This makes the base annual payment $7,448.

Now, the show was on Netflix for 14 days during the last quarter, making their Q2 residual $286. WGA also imposes a 1.5% union due plus $25 per quarter. This brings the payment per episode down to $256.

Even if you ignore the rich and powerful, it still makes sense.

If you were the security officer at a facility that was holding a man who trafficked and molested dozens if not hundreds of children, you would probably strongly consider “accidentally” leaving his gate unlocked or taking away any suicide prevention measures.

Yeah but he called a free speech absolutist timeout.

I mean, in fairness, the open standard Office Open XML format did win out.

But that also went public in 2006. Open Office XML, the not-so-confusingly named alternative, is practically extinct.