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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by celedhring - Today at 05:30:08 PM

Have they regressed or something? I mean they werent the greatest as kids but surely they got better as time went on?

They are also being asked to perform more dramatic material, given the age of their characters, for which they are not experienced enough.

It's really really hard to find teenager-ish actors that can handle dramatic material comfortably. Heck, in my experience (I spent a few years doing some teaching at a drama school) there's a non-sweet spot where young actors first get formal acting training, get given all the tools of the trade, and it kinda overwhelms them and makes them worse until they become more assured and comfortable with them.

[Microsoft issues chilling warning: New WA taxes will drive companies out—Vancouver already winning]

#2

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 05:13:00 PM

Meanwhile Nutrien is choosing to build a new potash export terminal in Washington state due to excessive regulations in Canada.  This is exactly the thing we're supposed to be avoiding right now. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/nutrien-selects-u-s-port-to-build-new-potash-export-terminal-9.6992424

It goes both ways, though: https://seattlered.com/taxes/microsoft-business-taxes/4115276

Microsoft issues chilling warning: New WA taxes will drive companies out—Vancouver already winning

...

Vancouver already benefiting as Seattle stumbles
Microsoft has been quietly expanding its office in Vancouver, B.C., doubling its headcount there since before the pandemic.

No, you are making a false equivalency.  Nutrien is not moving its business. It is still extracting Potash from Saskatchewan. The problem they are facing is the lack of infrastructure on the West coast of Canada to move their product to market, and the regulatory hurdles (some would say nightmare) to get things built here.

Bauer is correct to point out this is the very thing Carney is trying to address.  And I would add, needs to get addressed quickly.  One way to think about it is that the announcement of special projects that get to avoid the regulatory tangle we have created is another way of saying that they are probably unnecessary brakes on much needed infrastructure development.

It's a gamble there too. We could disallow potash export to the US at any moment.

#3

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Norgy - Today at 05:04:56 PM

Is the cost of court affected by the number of courtiers? I thought it was just based off your Economic Base (which is getting adjusted in 1.0.8).

Yeah, I seem to have confused that with actual net taxation. It is an anti-blobbing device, apparently.
Because if it was the actual tax I manage to extract, I would have a Lidl court.

#4

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by celedhring - Today at 05:03:15 PM

I laughed. And didn't.

#5

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by DGuller - Today at 04:44:38 PM

Very early but from what I've seen people saying it might be the bamboo scaffolding (or at least that could be how the fire spread).

Yeah, I guess no internal fire resistiveness or compartmentalization will work if you wrap the whole building in kindling from the outside.

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - Today at 04:35:22 PM

Have they regressed or something? I mean they werent the greatest as kids but surely they got better as time went on?

#7

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 04:31:35 PM

Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney's cabinet 

Danielle Smith is doing her happy dance right now.

#8

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:20:52 PM

Yeah I don't think number of courtiers has anything to do with jr.

[Microsoft issues chilling warning: New WA taxes will drive companies out—Vancouver already winning]

#9

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:08:24 PM

Meanwhile Nutrien is choosing to build a new potash export terminal in Washington state due to excessive regulations in Canada.  This is exactly the thing we're supposed to be avoiding right now. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/nutrien-selects-u-s-port-to-build-new-potash-export-terminal-9.6992424

It goes both ways, though: https://seattlered.com/taxes/microsoft-business-taxes/4115276

Microsoft issues chilling warning: New WA taxes will drive companies out—Vancouver already winning

...

Vancouver already benefiting as Seattle stumbles
Microsoft has been quietly expanding its office in Vancouver, B.C., doubling its headcount there since before the pandemic.

No, you are making a false equivalency.  Nutrien is not moving its business. It is still extracting Potash from Saskatchewan. The problem they are facing is the lack of infrastructure on the West coast of Canada to move their product to market, and the regulatory hurdles (some would say nightmare) to get things built here.

Bauer is correct to point out this is the very thing Carney is trying to address.  And I would add, needs to get addressed quickly.  One way to think about it is that the announcement of special projects that get to avoid the regulatory tangle we have created is another way of saying that they are probably unnecessary brakes on much needed infrastructure development.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:03:50 PM

"Company claims it's being over-regulated" would require more than an Economics prof reading from the corporation's press release to convince me that it's what we are supposed to avoid. 

Your dismissiveness is unwarranted.  This is a professor in the University of Saskatchewan's  Agricultural and Resource Economics department.  If he doesn't know what he is talking about in this area, then nobody does.

Also, speaking as someone who knows a thing or two about the ports in BC, they have limited capacity and major expansion takes years of regulatory approval.  The very point the prof was making.