nonanako

Shuttering the dota community site/forum permanently with no warning and replacing it with a League of Legends ad would be a good start.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/permastun/blog/sabotage-and...

Wouldn't countries just adjust their olympic spend such that it becomes profitable to host them rather than lose interest altogether?

Beer is super cheap per employee. I don't think many people would rather have another ~$50/month over having free beer available at work. It's also more convenient than having to buy it and bring it to work yourself.

To be fair, soft. eng. salaries in canada are much lower as well (even without taking the exchange rate into account).

I think it comes from many companies branding themselves as altruistic and developer-friendly. I don't think people would be surprised at this move had Twitter said: "Using our platform? We own you. We will pursue all potential profit deriving from our platform to the fullest extent of the law."

Well, there was some recently published research that claimed X actually can be explained by Y.

X and Y are arbitrary

College is probably a lot more expensive than it needs to be -- do we really want to pick up that inflated bill? There has to be a better solution. I only went to college to get away from my parents (and party) for four years. I probably didn't need the excessive campus and amenities.

Maybe including children? IIRC the 'going down' stat doesn't include them.