Was it really as "safe" as the article claims though? They diverted a full episode early in the show to have an hour long homosexual romance episode that completely changed the character paths and storyline for a major section of the game. I'm not really sure what "safe" even means in the context of the article's argument.

This is it, and it's really a broader issue with online communities for a lot of professional services in general, whether it be mental healthcare or medicine or legal services, etc. I'd argue it's not just difficult to give real or helpful advice through these communities, but also irresponsible and potentially negligent, and that's not even going into professional ethics issues like patient confidentiality or attorney client privilege or a whole host of other ethical concerns.

Professional services generally fall into a bucket of "above the internet's pay grade." You really need a licensed professional, but a licensed professional isn't going to be distributing advice over a community forum, both because it's typically a paid service and because they really can't even if they wanted to.

Options are at least expanding for remote professional services, and I'd recommend looking into those options if you need specific help. I'm also not saying communities are bad and they can be great for general support and community, but they're not a replacement for licensed professional services when those services are needed.

Yeah. I'm not an expert in these jurisdictions, but at a glance it looks like Arizona and Montana have some statutes that could apply. And who knows what other jurisdictions she was in? The article doesn't say anything and it would be difficult, but showing up 40 miles from the border it's at least theoretically possible she was in Canada for some of that time.

It's going to vary by jurisdiction, but generally it's not kidnapping or abduction. There are often State criminal statutes specifically for harboring a runaway though.

Article appears to be written in Chinese--am I understanding from the headline that they were able to replicate the findings of the recently claimed ambient pressure, room temperature superconductor?

Yes, we did this in late elementary school (I want to say 5th grade, or 10-11ish years old?), but did not do it beyond that. There were two ropes--one standard rope and one with evenly spaced knots that you could use to climb with hand and footholds. This was in the '90s.

I'm a casual anime fan so I'm generally not looking for conventions to go to, but I've been to a few with a friend who really wanted to go. They weren't major national conventions, but fairly big regionally. Honestly they were like any other convention I've ever been to except with costumes. Maybe a little more social generally with people taking pictures and complementing the cosplay stuff, but outside of that you could have switched the anime out with just about anything else and I'd never have known the difference. It was always a good time. Don't know that I'd go out of my way, but if someone wanted to go asked me to come along I'd go happily.

There was a brief time in the late 90s to early 2000s where you'd just hop into an open server. The lobby would keep the same players as it went round to round and people would just filter in and out as they felt like it. It didn't track scores or stats between games, and there wasn't a leveling or progression system that followed you. You just played through the round as it came. People seemed to care a whole lot less about their record or team--it just seemed like everyone was happy to be able to play online. Maybe it's just because I'm older now and I'm looking back at it with rose tinted glasses, but I wish we could go back to casual modes like that. I don't have the energy or will to deal with people the way it's set up now.

It would be nice. From your specific wish I take it you probably already know, but for general discussion it looks like they've just filed the Notice of Appeal with the trial Court, which is entirely procedural and required before an appeal can be brought to the Circuit Court. We'll likely have to wait for the briefing before we get the substantive arguments. Reporting on appeals really does give the impression that it's like a second trial though.

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