Thrasyllos from the deme Aiksône endured an incredible and novel madness. For he left the city and went to the Peiraia and stayed there. He believed that all the ships that sailed in were his and he wrote down their names, checked the list when they left and rejoiced when they returned safely to the harbor again.
I think a lot of this, like the passive voice and not commenting beyond the data, are just the habits of an academic writer. But yeah, it does result in de-politicizing the whole article, not great.
Leaving the rest aside, even if steam did lose some market share, it would be like Netflix losing market share: we'll go from one dominant bad platform to 6 or 8 squabbling platforms that are all even worse.
If we want to replace these dominant platforms (in any sector) we need to create a better alternative somehow, instead of hoping the market will
Without looking at the contract, my assumption would be that anything impacting an individual (wages, benefits, seniority, etc) would obviously be locked down, but department-level things like staffing levels and quantity of OT might have less guarantees.
Yeah that's more or less where I land on it. I'm not thrilled with the status quo, slightly concerned about the alternative, but ultimately it doesn't involve me
I believe in Canada you can get COVID and flu vaccines free without insurance, but not completely sure