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Yeah it looks like this particular translation edited the manga to be read left to right instead of right to left, presumably to be more legible to English readers who may not have been used to the conventions of manga at the time this was published.

The context of what is being shown happens a bit on the pages prior. Chief Aramaki, the old guy, had sent our squad of heroes into a dangerous mission that they weren’t fully briefed on, which led them to assume that they were being seen as expendable. After the mission turned out to be a success despite the odds, the character Batou decided to get a bit of revenge by planting explosives in Aramaki’s car, right before Aramaki reveals to the rest of the group that the mission was a test that they passed with flying colors.

When he leaves, his car explodes, and the Major assumes he must have been caught in it. So she panics, only for Aramaki to turn out perfectly fine as he comically scoots away on a motorcycle, which catches her off guard, so she gets angry at him again. I’m assuming the significance of him nonchalantly having the motorcycle while his car is on fire is meant to show that he anticipated his team’s reaction to his initial deception and already had a contingency plan prepared for his car being blown up, always being one step ahead.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read it, but it’s definitely goofier. The main story elements made their way into the later film/tv adaptations, so it’s not all jokes and slapstick, but those elements are present in the manga while they’re absent from most of its adaptations (until now)

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Zenimax Online had another MMO in development called Project Blackbird that was described as a Destiny-like shooter with a lot of positive first impressions surrounding it. It had been in development since 2018 and was nearing its eventual reveal. Then Microsoft canceled the entire project as part of their big round of layoffs last year (not to be confused with the bigger round of layoffs this year).

So they had a Destiny-like MMO, which already had 7 years of work put into it, and they killed it for short-term cost cutting. Then Destiny implodes, leaving an opening in the market. But instead of already having a killer project ready to go to fill the void, Microsoft is deciding to start over from scratch using a tired, recycled IP that will inevitably release far too late.

Hmmm, I feel like there’s more to it than that. It’s not just the glasses, but the additional elements of patronization and genuine passion that do it for me.

Just don’t count on the current Bitwarden client being compatible with VaultWarden forever. Bitwarden’s new CEO is pushing to make more profit wherever possible, and recently rescinded the statement from the company’s website that the client would be free forever.

They’ll never be able to walk back the open source nature of the product, but they can choose to make their client incompatible with VaultWarden and push for the centrally hosted option as the only option.

Not sure if anyone’s forked the Bitwarden client yet, but that’s how I’d start using VaultWarden if the option exists.

Or, you know, skip the headache and just start using Keepass.

But then they don’t answer, and you’re stuck playing phone tag for hours, all while the lingering threat of another call back at an inopportune time continues to hang over your head.

I hate pulling away from what I’m doing to jump on a call, but I feel like I have to rip off that proverbial bandaid quickly when I get one because it might be worse if I don’t just get it out of the way ASAP.

For hangings maybe, but the Germans themselves might like a word about their record of executions during WWII.

This is the one, currently kept at the National Museum of American History in Washington DC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_%28Greenough%29

I’m all for creative ways to harness cleaner energy, but not quite sure this seems like the way. Just worried that filling waterways with a ton of small devices will end up resulting in more pollutants/microplastics down the road.

Wot you mean? ‘Ate Cathlicks, ‘ate Liverpool, and deffo ‘ate the Prime Minister. ‘Ate em all

Just to offer a style reference for folks

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