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Jjian replied to the thread What TV/Streaming Shows Are Better Binged? Which Are Better Weekly?.Pretty much all Korean dramas are better as a binge. That’s a massive generalisation but most of the ones on Netflix (for instance) are...
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Jjian reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks with
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Usually, those people are monitoring and managing the worker bees, who are either in the field or interacting with customers by phone or... -
Jjian replied to the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks.In my experience, sit at their own hot-desk for the day in an open-plan office trying to look busy (and often being busy because they’ve...
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Jjian replied to the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks.FWIW I don’t think the NDAs are mentioned again, but then the show doesn’t spend much time on the legalities of what happens next - what...
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Jjian reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks with Like.
If they'd just got the PC that would be totally plausible, like taken it out of the box and gone "What the hell?!". People buy stuff all...
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Jjian reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks with Like.
Legally correct, but I have seen employers try it on anyway, taking advantage of the general ignorance of the law to try and bluff...
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I just started watching Steal and I literally immediately assumed as soon as I saw more than one of them, that they'd done that for the...
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Jjian reacted to Eyes of Nine's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
How about the fictional concept of Standard Oil, Union Pacific (or other railway(s)), US Steel, and JP Morgan all merged into one big...
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Jjian reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread AI Models Tested on D&D to Assess Long-term Decision Making with Like.
Oh, for those that want the gist of the article:
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Jjian replied to the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk?.Yes, I think they’re very much based on zaibatsu or Korean chaebol (which are similar but if anything even more diversified and...
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JAt the fist of of taking us back to our medieval roots… I’m a big fan of The Kingdom. Such a good story. With a satisfying beginning...
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Jjian replied to the thread A general thread about Korean dramas.Ms Ma, Nemesis (Viki, 2018) This is a bit of a departure from what I've reviewed so far, in that it's not a high-production-value...
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Jjian replied to the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk?.Hmmm. It depends on the setting, but I’d have said: - Very large, very rich, very lucrative company that employs a lot of people. -...
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Jjian reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
The United Fruit Company is up there too - its the reason Banana Republics exist
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Jjian reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread Why aren't megacorps as big a part of Steampunk as they are of Cyberpunk? with Like.
The Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan - set on Silicon Island off the coast of China where oppressed workers work in massive E-waste recycling...