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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to talk in an American accent but how can I transition into it slowly for people who know me without them noticing a sudden change?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had some friends in Munich who were brothers, just two or three years apart. They both grew up learning British English, but one eventually participated in an exchange program in Canada while the other participated in one in Australia. When they came back, their English accents were completely different from each other - no matter how hard they tried to sound similar to each other. In the end, everyone though it was unique and kind of fun since one brother would sometimes use slang the other didn’t understand.

  Point being, OP, is to do what feels natural. Ultimately, it’s your voice, but you’ll pick up certain things here and there that naturally change your way of speaking over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Mass Effect lead writer says new narrative-focused studio will "avoid painting ourselves in a corner"⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like it could work well, just hope they aren’t given short or unrealistic deadlines by NetEase. The people he’s assembled thus far have released amazing material during their careers when they were given enough time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You teleport into the last game world you played. What happens next?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah lmao hardcore mode is no joke in the early game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You teleport into the last game world you played. What happens next?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to learn how to read in war-torn Bohemia in the High Medieval Ages :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Most companies that sell products do this in some form. The only thing that’s secret about it is the particular process and code, since that’s confidential company info.

  A few years ago I remember speaking with a Walmart manager about this sort of thing, and they mentioned how their site would receive price updates after their volume, revenue, staffing, supply chain logistics to their site, etc., were analyzed. Admittedly, I don’t know if they had real analysts or machine learning, or a mix of the two (likely both, since it was 5 or 6 years ago).

  A key point to this is that most businesses selling things buy most of their products from suppliers, who have their own pricing mechanisms - which causes downstream businesses to adjust accordingly.