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No idea, but it wouldn't surprise me. The corporations are basically the modern gods of Japan.

Thanks, friend, you too. And remember, best ideas win... unless you happen to know what you're doing.

As a fellow Unity employee, I feel that right down to my bones. If the job market for software devs didn't suck so hard, I would have left a while ago. Compartmentalization is the only coping mechanism I have to keep myself going.

That little baby needs kisses on the head and rubs on the belly.

As an American, I'd agree to a certain point. It is sad that foreign language skills are not terribly well emphasized in the US, but finding instruction in languages you might want to learn can be challenging depending on the language, unless it's something common such as Spanish, French, or German. I work on my language skills using online resources as much as I can, but I'm also an adult with a full time job, so finding time is also a challenge. Also, unless you're surrounded by people actively speaking the language, it can be exceptionally difficult to build those skills and hang on to them for very long. I know a little Danish, a little Russian, a little Finnish, a little Greek, a little Japanese, a little Mandarin, but lacking the ability to immerse myself in environments where those languages are spoken, I'll likely never get good enough to speak any of them anywhere close to fluently aside from knowing a few phrases at best.

And to your point about how language learning should be mandatory, it's a nice idea, but when I went through school, it was mandatory to take at least one language course. I took French in high school. I didn't enjoy it and don't remember a damn bit of it. Most of the kids I knew took Spanish. Nearly all of them also didn't retain any of it. So, it's more than just making instruction mandatory, schools need to get kids genuinely interested, otherwise none of it will stick.

There's no hate quite like Christian love.

Your disagreement is entirely in bad faith. You know damn well they meant as it relates to one's identity.

FWIW kbin seems to be back up today. I usually assume when it goes down for long stretches like yesterday that some server maintenance/upgrade is going on, though I do wish the messaging around that was a bit better.

Top half: Just a baby

Bottom half: Still just a baby

Well, I dye my hair red and purple, so that's gotta count for something.

Don't forget the perk of forcing others to license the technology if they want to use it themselves.

And on their way out, they would intentionally knock something else into the fiery pit just to spite you.