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#21
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Admiral Yi - November 13, 2025, 08:56:39 PMQuote from: The Minsky Moment on November 13, 2025, 04:20:16 PMJD VanceQuoteIf you ask the question, what is the exact right number of immigrants for the United States to let in, it is just very specific on the context. If you go back to the 1920s, the United States passed an immigration reform act and that effectively cut down immigration to close to 0 for 40 years in this country
What is the exact number of immigrants in America should accept in the future? Right now, the answer is far less than we have been accepting. We have got to become a common community again. And you can't do that when you have such high numbers of immigration, which is one of the reasons why we have the immigration policy we do.
Vance is referring to the Immigration Act of 1924, one of the most overtly racist pieces of legislation ever passed after the Civil War. The Act effectively cut off all immigration from Asia, limited immigration from Italy and Eastern Europe and gave preferred to migrants from the British Isles and northern Europe. The law was drafted based on input from Harry Laughlin, a leading American eugenicist, who served in the official capacity of "Expert Eugenics Agent" to the House committee responsible for the bill.
I point this out because Vance in particular and MAGA in general often complain when they are branded as racist or labelled with the "f" word (fascist). But if you don't want to be labeled a racist or a fascist, then it is highly advisable to refrain from doing racist things or openly embracing and promoting fascist ideology. And Vance and his pals can't seem to quit that.
If he were literally embracing and promoting fascist ideology he would call for a final solution and enslaving neighboring countries.
If he were literally embracing racist ideology he would call for a return to the rules of 24. He's not. He's saying the optimal number is less than at present. There's a lot of room for compromise between 24 and less than currently.
Joe Biden gave the appearance of agreeing with Vance with his late season move to slow down asylum applications. The voting public gave the appearance of agreeing with Vance. The Democratic position of status quo ante is a minority position. Treating every situation as zero sum means a lot of Pareto improvement opportunities are foregone.
#22
Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...
Last post by Grey Fox - November 13, 2025, 08:55:12 PMQuote from: viper37 on November 13, 2025, 07:28:31 PMQuote from: Grey Fox on November 12, 2025, 03:06:47 PMI'm quite excited to finally have a steam deck without the portability.
I wasn't being sarcastic. I have no use for a portable system.
#23
Off the Record / Re: CFL Thread
Last post by Grey Fox - November 13, 2025, 08:50:33 PMSur RDS direct.
Found this on CFL+ website : The 2025 Grey Cup playoffs and 112th Grey Cup will be available for International fans to stream on CFL+
Found this on CFL+ website : The 2025 Grey Cup playoffs and 112th Grey Cup will be available for International fans to stream on CFL+
#24
Off the Record / Re: The Population Decline Thr...
Last post by Oexmelin - November 13, 2025, 08:48:31 PMIt really is difficult to make any pronouncements about how "widespread" infanticide was. It's really difficult for the early-modern period, which I know best, and has some record-keeping, so I can't really imagine people being so much more confident about earlier periods.
For London, say, the Old Bailey proceedings finds 428 trials for infanticide between 1670 and 1910; less than 2 per year. It doesn't strike me as widespread. For New France, we have 10 cases for the whole period (1660-1760).
Obviously that number only concerns trials; it doesn't concern cases that were concealed as stillbirths or infants who died shortly after birth. However, what the historiography - again, for the early modern period - shows, is that trials happen because the neighborhoods denounced the practice, or at least the most extreme cases. Usually, there was a much better support network for concealing unwanted pregnancies, or providing abortion. Infanticide was a step further.
Obviously, the above doesn't apply to enslaved population, where infanticide may have happened more frequently, though we only have impressionistic evidence.
For London, say, the Old Bailey proceedings finds 428 trials for infanticide between 1670 and 1910; less than 2 per year. It doesn't strike me as widespread. For New France, we have 10 cases for the whole period (1660-1760).
Obviously that number only concerns trials; it doesn't concern cases that were concealed as stillbirths or infants who died shortly after birth. However, what the historiography - again, for the early modern period - shows, is that trials happen because the neighborhoods denounced the practice, or at least the most extreme cases. Usually, there was a much better support network for concealing unwanted pregnancies, or providing abortion. Infanticide was a step further.
Obviously, the above doesn't apply to enslaved population, where infanticide may have happened more frequently, though we only have impressionistic evidence.
#25
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by crazy canuck - November 13, 2025, 08:31:46 PM"The rulers administrative ability now reduces proximity distance"
This is going to make it seem like easy mode compared to the careful production planning we have to do now.
This is going to make it seem like easy mode compared to the careful production planning we have to do now.
#26
Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...
Last post by Jacob - November 13, 2025, 08:20:08 PMI haven't looked into it thoroughly, since disabling wifi connection was a sufficient fix for my needs.
#27
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Josquius - November 13, 2025, 08:13:13 PMHe claims it's about community despite all their other policies being anti community. Often spitefully so. Pff.
#28
Off the Record / Re: The Population Decline Thr...
Last post by Josquius - November 13, 2025, 08:10:34 PMAs said the evidence for the opposite, that people cared A LOT about infants is pretty strong.
Emergency baptisms, burials up against church foundations, etc...
The church having baby boxes for unwanted children goes back quite some way. The evidence really does seem to point towards Christian Europeans seeing this as a major hang up.
Of course when you speak about medieval Europe you're speaking about a large area over a thousand years of time. Stands to reason there'd be times and places where things were different
And of course it happened. It happens today despite our even bigger hang ups.
But it wasn't a big thing. Getting enough children to keep society going was the challenge.
Read the unmotigated pedantry piece I mentioned. It's pretty interesting.
Emergency baptisms, burials up against church foundations, etc...
The church having baby boxes for unwanted children goes back quite some way. The evidence really does seem to point towards Christian Europeans seeing this as a major hang up.
Of course when you speak about medieval Europe you're speaking about a large area over a thousand years of time. Stands to reason there'd be times and places where things were different
And of course it happened. It happens today despite our even bigger hang ups.
But it wasn't a big thing. Getting enough children to keep society going was the challenge.
Read the unmotigated pedantry piece I mentioned. It's pretty interesting.
#29
Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...
Last post by Josquius - November 13, 2025, 08:04:56 PMIsn't there a family library option on steam?
Tick a box to make your games playable by a a few other accounts?
Or that still only let's one person play?
Tick a box to make your games playable by a a few other accounts?
Or that still only let's one person play?
#30
Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...
Last post by Jacob - November 13, 2025, 07:37:00 PMIMO the biggest issue I have with the potential Steam Box is an issue I have with the Steam Deck right now. If my wife is playing Game A on the Steam Deck and I start playing Game B on my PC, she gets kicked off Game A (and vice versa) because it's the same account.
The solution has been to turn of internet connectivity on the Steam Deck when there's more than one game going on. But being able to play more than one of the games I have on different devices becomes more important if I get multiple Steam devices.
The solution has been to turn of internet connectivity on the Steam Deck when there's more than one game going on. But being able to play more than one of the games I have on different devices becomes more important if I get multiple Steam devices.