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#31

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

Last post by Oexmelin - Today at 02:47:04 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. 

#32

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

Last post by Norgy - Today at 02:46:24 PM

There is also some accumulated CoC coming with the various assembly meetings and winning an agenda. +2.5 percent, it seems. That is a lot after 100 years.


So far, I have tried five countries. Norway, Bohemia, Byzantium, Venice and Milano.
The softer experience was Bohemia, lots of silver and gold and a country with good proximity. The more frustrating part was becoming emperor without really understand how the HRE works in this iteration of EU. Norway is really slow, Byzantium is very tough, Venice was a short one, being smashed by Verona within a decade. Milano seems like it can be fun, but has several un-integrated provinces, and will really feel the plague.
The Black Death has become a bit harsher after patches. I rarely lose less than 40 percent of my population.

#33

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

Last post by Bauer - Today at 02:38:16 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

#34

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

Last post by Bauer - Today at 02:35:33 PM

So the pipeline mou has finally been struck.  I haven't delved deep in it yet but it seems like the approach that should always have been taken by government.

- sets certain conditions that have to be met:  industrial carbon pricing, carbon capture, etc
- removes artificial government rules like cap on emissions and tanker ban
- lets private market decide if it's worth building rather than Ottawa

But whether or not it's realistic at this stage to get done I don't know.  Seems like a lot of hurtles and opposition to overcome still.  Would Carney be willing to push aside First Nation opposition if the coastal FN don't agree to it?

Peak oil demand forecast has been revised from 2030 to 2050 due to increased data centre electricity demands on the other hand...

#35

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Jacob - Today at 02:16:46 PM

Sounds like the kinds of claims I'd make if I wanted to quickly cash in on a current hype to attract investors. "We're almost there, promise!"

There does seem to be a lot of it going around these days, it's true.

#36

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Tamas - Today at 02:07:22 PM

Sounds like the kinds of claims I'd make if I wanted to quickly cash in on a current hype to attract investors. "We're almost there, promise!"

Indeed.

#37

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by garbon - Today at 01:59:34 PM

Ha

#38

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by HVC - Today at 01:55:26 PM

Stolen but i figure languish would enjoy it.


Heisenberg, Schrodinger and Ohm are in a car
They get pulled over. Heisenberg is driving and the cop asks him "Do you know how fast you were going?"

"No, but I know exactly where I am" Heisenberg replies.

The cop says "You were doing 55 in a 35." Heisenberg throws up his hands and shouts "Great! Now I'm lost!"

The cop thinks this is suspicious and orders him to pop open the trunk. He checks it out and says "Do you know you have a dead cat back here?"

"We do now, asshole!" shouts Schrodinger.

The cop moves to arrest them. Ohm resists.

#39

Off the Record / Re: Baseball

Last post by Savonarola - Today at 11:27:47 AM

Timmay was rigging baseball games?  I didn't know he had it in him.

The idea staggered me. I remembered, of course, that baseball games had been fixed in 2025, but if I had thought of it at all I would have thought of it as a thing that merely happened, the end of some inevitable chain. It never occurred to me that one man could start to play with the faith of fifty million people—with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.

#40

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 11:08:28 AM

Project 2029, Americans you can do this

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRDKyK0j69a/?igsh=c3ZxbmY0NTZxaW5l