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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Jacob - Today at 06:41:00 PMSo apparently Canadian former Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding is now a major drug lord, wanted by the US and hiding in Mexico: https://www.thetimes.com/article/e189a4db-f944-48aa-9a21-a280cb9d97c4?shareToken=5f4e4e4ec073ca5b7108cd02cfa8bf85
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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by viper37 - Today at 06:25:05 PMQuote from: Jacob on Today at 12:33:48 PMLOL yeah, I understood Viper to be saying that Joly was offering Quebec to Trump which would be alarming, unusual, and essentially traitorous.Not up in arms. Just wondering why now. Why do they all come out now with these crack pot theories while seperatists are really low in polls. Meh. Just curious.
That a Liberal politician said something cack-handed that empowers separatists and gets Viper up in arms is still interesting, but orders of magnitude less concerning
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Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 06:02:51 PMQuote from: Josquius on Today at 06:45:31 AMI missed that link. But yes. Its back end stuff that is used by basically everyone in online advertising. If you see an ad online and you're not on facebook, twitter, amazon, or some other walled garden.... then it's probably a google ad.
Do you think Google is overcharging advertisers to use this exchange and these servers?
Do you think breaking up Google would solve this problem?
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by DGuller - Today at 05:44:02 PMQuote from: The Minsky Moment on Today at 03:55:30 PMOn the one hand, the ineptitude is amusing and to some extent reassuring. On the other hand, the chilling effect is chilling. I'm sure no one wants to be subjected even to such best case scenario for them, because it can still be life-altering.Quote from: grumbler on Today at 03:06:04 PMA Federal judge has dismissed the charges against Comey and James on the grounds that Hallian was illegally appointed.
That's the kindest way to dispose of those cases.
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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by PRC - Today at 05:33:32 PMQuote from: Josephus on Today at 05:11:28 PMand Tunis seems to be the bad boy of the Med.
I'm still learning a lot of the game's systems and I've been playing a new playthrough as Castile... their relatively easy start has been great to learn and play around in.
Quoted this because Tunis has also been a beast in my current game! I was kicking Morocco & Granada off the peninsula and it has been Tunis that has successfully come to their rescue. They were able to land a large contingent of levies in Northern Spain, enslave my people, and forced me to sue for peace, the bastards!
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Jacob - Today at 05:31:40 PMYeah, I posted a link in the Trump thread on how a bunch of top tier MAGA influencers turned out to be based in Russia, Iran, India and so on.
#7
Off the Record / Re: The China Thread
Last post by Jacob - Today at 05:30:27 PMI think the reality is that the overcapacity and misallocation of capital is being done for very real and "very good" reasons, only those reasons are political in the broad sense and not economical.
A human (or group of humans) could probably make the decision to address the overcapacity and misallocation of capital just as well as an AI at this stage. The problem is not identifying the issue, nor (I expect) identifying measures to address it - it's that effective measures effect a whole bunch of consequences that the CCP does not want to deal with. That doesn't change whether it's AI or humans who make the decisions, or because AI information collection on the populace gives greater details on the consequences.
A human (or group of humans) could probably make the decision to address the overcapacity and misallocation of capital just as well as an AI at this stage. The problem is not identifying the issue, nor (I expect) identifying measures to address it - it's that effective measures effect a whole bunch of consequences that the CCP does not want to deal with. That doesn't change whether it's AI or humans who make the decisions, or because AI information collection on the populace gives greater details on the consequences.
#8
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 05:18:28 PMQuote from: Josephus on Today at 05:11:28 PMMaybe if I complain to Johan, he'll make my game better in the next patch?
#9
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Josephus - Today at 05:11:28 PMSo in my first game, Kingdom of Naples (Now Two Sicilies), I've reached 1640 and the Age of Absolutism, and, well, things are not going well. A series of bad shit, has led to rebellions, low stability and ongoing debt. No end in sight. Maybe if I complain to Johan, he'll make my game better in the next patch?
But I guess my first run is over, and I'll wait for the new patch to start a new game.
My main takeaway after 3 weeks is it is fun. I've always liked the EU series, even if I won't ever really learn to play it well.
And a later start date would be so nice.
As an aside, I don't think Spain (really Castille and Aragon) have colonized anything. England is setting up its
colonies, but the rest seem to be a hodgepodge of European colonizers including Milan and...Bohemia.
And, oh yeah, no Spain, no Russia, no Great Britain; and Tunis seems to be the bad boy of the Med.
But I guess my first run is over, and I'll wait for the new patch to start a new game.
My main takeaway after 3 weeks is it is fun. I've always liked the EU series, even if I won't ever really learn to play it well.
And a later start date would be so nice.
As an aside, I don't think Spain (really Castille and Aragon) have colonized anything. England is setting up its
colonies, but the rest seem to be a hodgepodge of European colonizers including Milan and...Bohemia.
And, oh yeah, no Spain, no Russia, no Great Britain; and Tunis seems to be the bad boy of the Med.
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 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 America
I 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).
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 America
I 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).