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#21
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:04:56 AMWow. This is something.
https://smartlifetrendingnow.com/lp/smart_uk/?clickid=7c33b2ta51n2t24a&uclick=2ta51n2t&uclickhash=2ta51n2t-2ta51n2t-b4wj-0-b4dz-17tw-q552-d36e1a#tblciGiCRb5r3S7N0EwA7XSJRgWy3IEOxnDUVwkD03OPV5iT0FCD-nHQo-6f025H-3c-bATD-lkA
I was sorting through my tabs and noticed a guardian article was opened titled people are using AI to make money. Thought that sounded interesting so started reading.... It's an ad for some scammy sounding tool. But it looks just like a guardian article. Guess I clicked an ad somewhere by mistake - the previously opened tab is the standard weather channel that comes with android- and it led to this very cunning scam.
Yeah, I've seen this too. Great to have the proof of it. The far right are always in constant denial it's their reality.
Saw a few posts from Canadians noting a lot of their Canadian potatriots seemed to be based in the US
https://smartlifetrendingnow.com/lp/smart_uk/?clickid=7c33b2ta51n2t24a&uclick=2ta51n2t&uclickhash=2ta51n2t-2ta51n2t-b4wj-0-b4dz-17tw-q552-d36e1a#tblciGiCRb5r3S7N0EwA7XSJRgWy3IEOxnDUVwkD03OPV5iT0FCD-nHQo-6f025H-3c-bATD-lkA
I was sorting through my tabs and noticed a guardian article was opened titled people are using AI to make money. Thought that sounded interesting so started reading.... It's an ad for some scammy sounding tool. But it looks just like a guardian article. Guess I clicked an ad somewhere by mistake - the previously opened tab is the standard weather channel that comes with android- and it led to this very cunning scam.
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 24, 2025, 04:52:09 PMI don't know if this has been the case elsewhere but some change in Twitter basically means you can see the very broad general location of that account's tweets.
And all day I've seen lots of far-right content creators ("Yookay aesthetics" etc) verified accounts earning money for the engagement on their content that appear to be based in India or South AmericaI suspected something like this with some accounts I've seen that just had very Indian English grammar but still quite funny to see as a lot of those accounts now seem to be shutting down or pivoting to other content.
Reminded me a bit of the very interesting sounding book about the scam economy in South-East Asia:
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3234-scam?srsltid=AfmBOoqTW63r0hQou6CiwSwyQIre14yUDY35XpvPheA-xhrozs_6Er82
Can't help but feel we're only at the start of seeing developing countries where the quality of internet connection has massively improved in recent years working out how to monetise that (and countries in the Global North).
Yeah, I've seen this too. Great to have the proof of it. The far right are always in constant denial it's their reality.
Saw a few posts from Canadians noting a lot of their Canadian potatriots seemed to be based in the US
#22
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by garbon - Today at 02:43:15 AMhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro
Oh alright then
QuoteFarage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has insisted he has "never directly racially abused anybody", following complaints from 20 people he went to school with.
A Guardian investigation, external spoke to contemporaries at Dulwich College who alleged Farage made racist and antisemitic remarks to them, which a spokesperson denied.
Speaking directly to a journalist about the allegations for the first time, Farage, 61, was pressed on what he meant by "directly" and replied: "By taking it out on an individual on the basis of who they are or what they are."
He also ruled out holding an investigation into his own party, following the jailing of former Welsh Reform UK leader Nathan Gill for taking pro-Russian bribes.
Among the allegations in the Guardian are that Farage joked about gas chambers and put another pupil in detention, when he was a prefect, for the colour of their skin.
...
Oh alright then
#23
Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:22:25 AMEU5: "We have scramble for Africa in the 1600s!"
Vic3: "Yeah, let's break things up more to make progress slower."
(They clarified that e.g. Algeria state borders haven't changed, only country borders, if I read the thread correctly.)
Vic3: "Yeah, let's break things up more to make progress slower."
(They clarified that e.g. Algeria state borders haven't changed, only country borders, if I read the thread correctly.)
#24
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:18:36 AMThe beta has added EU4's border friction to "spice things up" internationally ... I guess Portugal will get eaten even more often by Spain Castille now? 
#25
Gaming HQ / Re: Hearts of Iron IV
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:16:39 AMNew DLC has a rating of 40% positive on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796260/Expansion__Hearts_of_Iron_IV_No_Compromise_No_Surrender/
(I guess much of it is due to the price tag of 29.99)
Which I guess is an improvement over the last one which sits at 15%?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152790/Country_Pack__Hearts_of_Iron_IV_Graveyard_of_Empires/
(I guess much of it is due to the price tag of 29.99)
Which I guess is an improvement over the last one which sits at 15%?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152790/Country_Pack__Hearts_of_Iron_IV_Graveyard_of_Empires/
#26
Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...
Last post by Syt - Today at 01:53:17 AMPlayed some more Anno 117 on the weekend. Overall enjoying it - granted, I play it as "pure sandbox" (no enemies, peaceful pirates) to get the hang of setting up the production chains and supply routes (it's been a few years since I dabbled in Anno 1800 - I picked up all DLC on sale recently; may have to dive in again). It used to slightly annoy me that in Anno all warehouses have access to a pocket dimension so that every good on an island is available at any warehouse (having your farms and your mills on opposite ends of the island? just build warehouses next to them!), instead of you having to make sure the items path correctly and efficiently (like in, say, Foundation). However, that obviously would tank the simulation performance, and instead this mechanic plays out in setting up the routes between your islands (though at this point I'm making enough money to just import any shortfalls; which is an outcome of playing "sandbox", I suppose). Also built my first Forum and Baths and got my first Patricians. I'm sure Caliga would approve of their representation.
I like the mixed use incentivization - i.e. that certain businesses give bonuses in their neighborhood, as opposed to 1800 where you wanted to segregate industry and residential. Sure, you still don't want the tanner in the middle of your patrician's mansions, but garum manufactories, or sandal makers, or bakeries make total sense.
I do feel I have to build way too many fire stations, though, which makes the city a bit annoying to look at.
Have yet to dabble in Albion, but I look forward to dealing with the option to hybridize cultures (Celts and Romano-Celts have different things to build etc.), which should be an interesting mechanic once the Egypt expansion comes out (if they allow you to blend Greek, Roman and Egyptian cultures).
Also enjoying some of the humor in the game. Like a character being labeled an "Auspicious Haruspex" or one of the random voice lines being the "punchline" of the old Sumerian joke nobody understands. Or describing someone as a very good landlord, having "over 70 insulae, half of which are still standing!" (Building collapse was a relatively common thing in rentals in Rome.)
It does have a strong "build things to get things to build more things", but it's quite fun, and I enjoy detailing the little empty bits of my town with mosaics, statues, etc.
I like the mixed use incentivization - i.e. that certain businesses give bonuses in their neighborhood, as opposed to 1800 where you wanted to segregate industry and residential. Sure, you still don't want the tanner in the middle of your patrician's mansions, but garum manufactories, or sandal makers, or bakeries make total sense.
I do feel I have to build way too many fire stations, though, which makes the city a bit annoying to look at.
Have yet to dabble in Albion, but I look forward to dealing with the option to hybridize cultures (Celts and Romano-Celts have different things to build etc.), which should be an interesting mechanic once the Egypt expansion comes out (if they allow you to blend Greek, Roman and Egyptian cultures).
Also enjoying some of the humor in the game. Like a character being labeled an "Auspicious Haruspex" or one of the random voice lines being the "punchline" of the old Sumerian joke nobody understands. Or describing someone as a very good landlord, having "over 70 insulae, half of which are still standing!" (Building collapse was a relatively common thing in rentals in Rome.)
It does have a strong "build things to get things to build more things", but it's quite fun, and I enjoy detailing the little empty bits of my town with mosaics, statues, etc.
#27
Off the Record / Re: The EU thread
Last post by Zoupa - November 24, 2025, 10:19:09 PMWe don't talk about Minitel. Same as Concorde. It's too painful.
#28
Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...
Last post by Legbiter - November 24, 2025, 09:02:22 PMThe wishlist seems to have been watered down by the Europeans and Rubio in Geneva so the russians can then predictably turn it down.
#29
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Razgovory - November 24, 2025, 09:02:10 PMLots of the English language Pro-Palestinian accounts are in Muslim countries like Egypt. Quite a few Palestinian journalists turn out to not be in Palestine.
See! We aren't racist, we actually are Jewish!
Oh, well, maybe not.
See! We aren't racist, we actually are Jewish!
Oh, well, maybe not.
#30
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Josephus - November 24, 2025, 08:13:31 PMAlso are galleys not the Med "meta" now? For my first naval battle with Tunis I had a mostly galley fleet only to get destroyed by a Tunis fleet made up of heavy ships