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#51

Off the Record / Re: What are your favorite Chr...

Last post by Savonarola - December 24, 2025, 12:15:45 PM

It's from 2017.

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwxYt2faIgTrBxXJdqdE5chqyi2-OK4Po&si=oHb3JbkRQbzdW4sJ

Merci

#52

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Savonarola - December 24, 2025, 12:13:59 PM

A billion is not 1000 million but a million million.

Hillary or Sav, tell me what this means.  I thought he wanted to change the meaning of "billion" from 1,000,000,000 to 10,000,000,000.

Ah, okay, I see where the confusion is.  Josquius wants to change the definition of "Billion" from a thousand million (1,000,000,000) to a million million (1,000,000,000,000).  In English we call a million million a trillion, so in essence he's replacing the English definition of "Trillion" with "Billion."

#53

Gaming HQ / Re: Total War: Medieval III

Last post by viper37 - December 24, 2025, 12:10:28 PM

Not even the few seconds of gameplay that the Total Warhammer 40k trailer had.

Not much, only the campaign map really:

#54

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

Last post by Norgy - December 24, 2025, 12:09:02 PM

I think we need to create powerful trade unions and join socialist parties; perhaps some of the more exuberant can become anarchists 

Perhaps a Temperance League? But I don't like the sound of that as drink provides some solace from the pain of having malignant half-wits in charge 

Eugene Debs almost made a viable third party candidate until Ross Perot came along and actually split the GOP vote.
Early unionisation in Norway was clearly inspired by guest workers returning from the United States. My maternal great grandfather was, well, suspiciously into both temperance and anarcho-syndicalism, but could not see why his daughters needed an education.

Back in my early teens, I picked up a lot of Jack London novels from the library. One of them was "The Iron Heel". I sort of scoffed at it, it was preachy, and unlike London's novels from Alaska, not very believable. In the 1980s, that is. People would use Marxist analysis during conversations? Riiight.

I did re-read it, and it is still rather rubbish. And so is almost any literature coming from the United States these days.
Stop the pessimism, we will get through this, your European cousins are here for both the UK and the USA.

#55

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - December 24, 2025, 12:08:54 PM

I don't think it matters

I think in terms of regular comprehension once you're past a million or so there's a challenge. "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money."

#56

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Maladict - December 24, 2025, 12:01:16 PM

In German you go:

Million 1 000 000
Milliarde 1 000 000 000
Billion 1 000 000 000 000
Billiarde 1 000 000 000 000 000
etc.

It makes a lot more sense numerically.

A billion is 2 times the powers of ten compared to a million (^12 to ^6). A trillion 3 times, quadrillion 4 times etc.

#57

Off the Record / Re: What are your favorite Chr...

Last post by viper37 - December 24, 2025, 11:37:56 AM

Noël dans la rue. (Christmas in the street)

Fave song of the album:

Original:

Remake

I like songs, I've never been a huge "album" fan, especially true since we switched to digital music.  So here are a couple of songs I like.

#58

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Syt - December 24, 2025, 11:29:13 AM

In German you go:

Million 1 000 000
Milliarde 1 000 000 000
Billion 1 000 000 000 000
Billiarde 1 000 000 000 000 000
etc.

#59

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Syt - December 24, 2025, 11:19:45 AM

Pluribus finale. It was very much what I expected - which is not a surprise, or even a slight against the show. The show is much less about big plot reveals or teasing one thing and then doing something else than the characters, their journeys and giving you a lot of room to take it all in and digest. The acting is brilliant, cinematography, editing, sound are on point.

Watching various podcasts about the show it's interesting to see how different people connect with different things and concepts within it. It almost feels like a litmus test, or very much a show where what you get out of it depends on what you bring with you and what you put into it. Really looking forward to the second season and where they take this now.


Also, Fallout S2 Episode 2 on Prime. Quite a bit of fan service in this one. I enjoyed it, but I wonder how long they can keep all their plates spinning (Norm's plot, Lucy/Ghoul plot, Hank's plot, Maximus/Brotherhood plot, Vault 33, not to mention the various flashbacks).

It's also always fun to see Brian Thompson on screen who you know probably from ... everything (Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Terminator 1, Cobra, Three Amigos, X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek TNG & DS9 & Enterprise & Generations, Dragonheart, and much more). Usually plays villainous heavies, but seems to be quite the nice guy IRL.

#60

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Duque de Bragança - December 24, 2025, 11:15:54 AM

A proposal - the English language should switch back to traditional long form billions.
A billion is not 1000 million but a million million.

As in French.   
Milliard replaced billion long ago.