I almost exclusively buy and play games over one year after initial release. You get the better deals, you get all the bugs patched, you get the real reviews after the hype has settled, you potentially get mods and other community improvements, you might get all the DLC included... Basically, it's the much better deal and the much better gaming experience all way round.
Preordering a black box full of promises and then bitching about the contents make you look like a fucking moron.
I think the actual strength of a game like Minecraft is not that it teaches you anything, but that it raises interests in things like architecture, electronics, farming, geography, etc. So it inspires kids to learn real-world things. I got interested in history, cultures and politics thanks to the Civilization games. Though I doubt the Civ games tought me much in and by themselves.
Why not e, or 12.44426268%? And haven't they something better to do? They are a bank, not a research institute, are they?
They are setting up a new spin for their lawyers. Once the bank has lost all your savings and needs to be bailed out with taxpayer money after the next bubble bursts, they'll be like: "Relax... it's not like we lost real money or anything"
What many people don't realize is that the large cities Moscow and St. Petersburg are not your typical Russia. The overall quality of life is much higher, you have a reasonably good economical situation, a lively youth culture, nice clubs and bars, etc.
I think Obama publicly speaks out against Trump because he has actual respect for the office and Trump is an unprecedented, very unusual candidate. No matter if you're Democrat or Republican, if you are able to see through the populist rhetoric and regard Trump for what he is, one thing seems certain; Trump is completely unpredictable to the point of being erratic and volatile. An accomplished opportunist that always says whatever the current audience wants to hear. It's impossible to know what he will do in a position of power and that can be a very dangerous thing when holding one of the most powerful positions in the world.
IMHO he's better off in Moscow than in the US. Beautiful Russian girls and some of the best strip clubs in the world easily beat an average BMI of 26.5. Get your priorities straight man.
Yeah, lets make those books on law thicker and thicker and fill in those loopholes. All that remains to be done is think of every possible and impossibly creative way anyone might ever think of to evade taxes. Obviously you can't count on people to do the morally correct or sensible thing, you have to spell it out for them.
That's why we have those labels everywhere, right? For the idiots and irresponsible people who need everything spelled out for them. Watch out! Your paper coffee cup has hot contents inside. Wouldn't want to burn your lips, poor baby. Obviously the neo-capitalist world takes every chance it can get to bitch about the "nanny state" and when they abuse the system as they see fit, it's all about... "hey... it's not illegal now issit?"
Everything is relative. They say Democracy is the worst form of government after all other forms of government. And the West with it's freedom and democracy is full of shit, yet all other parts of the world are even more full of shit.
You can nitpick about western freedoms as much as you like. But compared to most of the rest of the world, the US, UK and EU are fucking paragons of Freedom and Democracy in the world. Look at the state of affairs in China, South America, Africa, Russia, the Middle East, India, and tell me you don't agree.
Wild conspiracy theories aside, the U.S. and the UK are democracies that guarantee freedom of speech and the press. In Putin's Russia, all the public press speaks out of Putins mouth and journalists that don't get in line are simply beaten up or murdered, as are political rivals. I'll take the propaganda promoting freedom and democracy over the propaganda promoting a quasi-fascist regime every day of the year. Even though I have no idea what US and UK propaganda you speak of. I certainly haven't registered any in Germany.
Did you ever read the comments section at tagesschau.de, the principal public news website, whenever there's an article about Putin, Russia, Ukraine or the war in Syria? The same applies to other prominent news websites and forums.
The Russian "Troll Factories" are well documented by now. The BND (German intelligence) has already warned the German government about the intense disinformation campaign by Russian agents. If you don't see it it's either because you don't want to see, you sympathize with the Russian government yourself, or you simply don't read the comments sections of online news. The amount of pro-Russian anti-west sentiment is so huge and blatantly obvious you can't really miss it.
A Russian disinformation campaign has already been in full swing in Germany for over a year. Russia has identified Germany as the key player in European politics and foreign policy and Russian internet trolls are flooding the comment sections of German news sites with pro-Russian propaganda while trying to sow distrust in German institutions, the government and mainstream German media. Meanwhile Russia is funding European far-right parties like FN in France and the AfD in Germany. The AfD releases pamplets in German and Russian language and explicitly targets the "Russlanddeutsche" former German expatriates that emigrated to Russia and returned since then. The extent of what is taking place in the German internet is worrying and can only be described by a massive Russian propaganda campaign designed to destabilize European and especially German democracy while bolstering parties that are more friendly to Russian interests and foreign policy. There is an information war going on.
Half of Japan's investments into EU have gone into Britain, seeing as a gateway to the EU. Now they are scared shitless that they have bet on the wrong horse. EU tariffs on cars and other products produced in GB means all those factories were built on the wrong side of the channel.
And with every tiny particle hitting a piece of space equipment, the likelihood of further collisions is increased. I'm pretty sure there is an exponential function in this system, which is worrying. Though thanks to the vastness of space, we are still at a very low level on the progression of that function, if nothing happens at some point the function will take off and cause serious problems.
You got things mixed up. By paying 0.05 percent taxes on their profits, Apple and Ireland have cut out a deal in which they basically refuse to pay their rent.
Apple in Ireland is enjoying Irish infrastructure and services like roads, power, water supply, bridges, security, fire department assistance, etc. And since Ireland is/was one of the poorest countries in the EU, it's more than likely quite a bit of that infrastructure and services was financed with the help of EU money.
And for all of this Apple pays 0.05% of their profits. It's Apple and Ireland enjoying all the perks of the EU and giving nothing back in return.
Really one of the big ironies of history is that the capitalist economies have better working conditions, a healthier environment and a broader middle-class than any communist state has ever had. And the only reason why China is doing comparatively well at the moment is because they have embraced capitalism. Where does this leave us? Marx and Engels == complete fail?
Of course you can always argue that true communism was never actually implemented, as communist states somehow degenerate into dictatorial regimes that suppress freedoms. But perhaps the very ideal of communism is doomed to fail because something as intricately human as free trade and a market economy can only be abolished by means of suppression.
Super interesting. I didn't realize GPS and communication satellites are so far away. In fact, if I had guessed, I would have assumed that the ISS is "so far" away to avoid the orbit of satellites.
The Syrian who killed a woman was hardly a terrorist attack. They knew each other and it was likely a personal issue due to some argument, and the guy went bonkers. Men killing women, especially their wives or girlfriends unfortunately happens a thousandfold all across the world. The Afghan in the train attack was not a refugee and the German-Iranian obviously wasn't either, and in fact the latter was a right-wing attack motivated against immigration, and he only killed foreign-looking people.
So, no terrorist attack by a refugee so far.
Alert me when you see something comparable to the Trevi Fountain in "vibrant" Munich
Now you're just trolling... come on. Show me somethign comparable to the Trevi Fountain in London, Stockholm, Dublin...
I haven't quite figured it out myself, but from what I heard is that while Diesel exhaust is worse, you need less fuel than with normal gas. So overall you get a net-win in both running costs and environmental impact.
massive increase in wealth inequality as a result of the Haartz reforms
Inequality has increased massively all across the world. Germany is one of the few countries in which it's actually not that bad and there is still a strong middle-class.
a banking system on the verge of bankruptcy
Exaggerating much?
a terrorist attack per week by your "refugees"
None of the recent attacks were perpetrated by a refugee. Also the impact of these incidents on overall society is exaggerated by the media. Also, I don't see the Turkish immigrants as a problem. Why should I? I'm also sort-of an immigrant myself (not Turkish though). There are indeed many new and hastily built "ugly" buildings in German cities. The unfortunate consequence of allied carpet bombing. But strange that you should mention Berlin or Munich, which are two of the nicest and most vibrant cities in Europe today.
Some of us aren't quite so keen to live in a Germany-dominated super state
Perhaps you should. Germany is functioning quite well. Very little corruption, low unemployment, booming economy, not as many brain-dead, fear-mongering tabloids as in the UK (just one), healthy multi-party democratic system of federal states, clean cities and pro natural environment policies promoting renewable energy sources, good internet connections, practically no religious bigotry or nationalist extremism... also, not as snobbish and self-absorbed as some of our friendly neighbours... ^_^
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Exactly. Stop preordering like fucking morons.
I almost exclusively buy and play games over one year after initial release. You get the better deals, you get all the bugs patched, you get the real reviews after the hype has settled, you potentially get mods and other community improvements, you might get all the DLC included...
Basically, it's the much better deal and the much better gaming experience all way round.
Preordering a black box full of promises and then bitching about the contents make you look like a fucking moron.
I think the actual strength of a game like Minecraft is not that it teaches you anything, but that it raises interests in things like architecture, electronics, farming, geography, etc. So it inspires kids to learn real-world things.
I got interested in history, cultures and politics thanks to the Civilization games. Though I doubt the Civ games tought me much in and by themselves.
Why not e, or 12.44426268%? And haven't they something better to do? They are a bank, not a research institute, are they?
They are setting up a new spin for their lawyers. Once the bank has lost all your savings and needs to be bailed out with taxpayer money after the next bubble bursts, they'll be like: "Relax... it's not like we lost real money or anything"
What many people don't realize is that the large cities Moscow and St. Petersburg are not your typical Russia. The overall quality of life is much higher, you have a reasonably good economical situation, a lively youth culture, nice clubs and bars, etc.
need I remind everyone the U.S. federal reserve has bailed out the european banking system a few years ago?
What is yond nonsense thou art spewing f'rth?
I think Obama publicly speaks out against Trump because he has actual respect for the office and Trump is an unprecedented, very unusual candidate. No matter if you're Democrat or Republican, if you are able to see through the populist rhetoric and regard Trump for what he is, one thing seems certain; Trump is completely unpredictable to the point of being erratic and volatile. An accomplished opportunist that always says whatever the current audience wants to hear. It's impossible to know what he will do in a position of power and that can be a very dangerous thing when holding one of the most powerful positions in the world.
IMHO he's better off in Moscow than in the US. Beautiful Russian girls and some of the best strip clubs in the world easily beat an average BMI of 26.5.
Get your priorities straight man.
Yeah, lets make those books on law thicker and thicker and fill in those loopholes. All that remains to be done is think of every possible and impossibly creative way anyone might ever think of to evade taxes. Obviously you can't count on people to do the morally correct or sensible thing, you have to spell it out for them.
That's why we have those labels everywhere, right? For the idiots and irresponsible people who need everything spelled out for them. Watch out! Your paper coffee cup has hot contents inside. Wouldn't want to burn your lips, poor baby. Obviously the neo-capitalist world takes every chance it can get to bitch about the "nanny state" and when they abuse the system as they see fit, it's all about... "hey... it's not illegal now issit?"
Everything is relative. They say Democracy is the worst form of government after all other forms of government. And the West with it's freedom and democracy is full of shit, yet all other parts of the world are even more full of shit.
You can nitpick about western freedoms as much as you like. But compared to most of the rest of the world, the US, UK and EU are fucking paragons of Freedom and Democracy in the world. Look at the state of affairs in China, South America, Africa, Russia, the Middle East, India, and tell me you don't agree.
What is worrying is that Merkel is destroying Europe and any mention that you are against the Islamic invasion will get you a fine or jail in Germany
FUD and bullshit
Wild conspiracy theories aside, the U.S. and the UK are democracies that guarantee freedom of speech and the press. In Putin's Russia, all the public press speaks out of Putins mouth and journalists that don't get in line are simply beaten up or murdered, as are political rivals.
I'll take the propaganda promoting freedom and democracy over the propaganda promoting a quasi-fascist regime every day of the year. Even though I have no idea what US and UK propaganda you speak of. I certainly haven't registered any in Germany.
Did you ever read the comments section at tagesschau.de, the principal public news website, whenever there's an article about Putin, Russia, Ukraine or the war in Syria? The same applies to other prominent news websites and forums.
The Russian "Troll Factories" are well documented by now. The BND (German intelligence) has already warned the German government about the intense disinformation campaign by Russian agents.
If you don't see it it's either because you don't want to see, you sympathize with the Russian government yourself, or you simply don't read the comments sections of online news. The amount of pro-Russian anti-west sentiment is so huge and blatantly obvious you can't really miss it.
A Russian disinformation campaign has already been in full swing in Germany for over a year. Russia has identified Germany as the key player in European politics and foreign policy and Russian internet trolls are flooding the comment sections of German news sites with pro-Russian propaganda while trying to sow distrust in German institutions, the government and mainstream German media. Meanwhile Russia is funding European far-right parties like FN in France and the AfD in Germany. The AfD releases pamplets in German and Russian language and explicitly targets the "Russlanddeutsche" former German expatriates that emigrated to Russia and returned since then.
The extent of what is taking place in the German internet is worrying and can only be described by a massive Russian propaganda campaign designed to destabilize European and especially German democracy while bolstering parties that are more friendly to Russian interests and foreign policy. There is an information war going on.
Half of Japan's investments into EU have gone into Britain, seeing as a gateway to the EU. Now they are scared shitless that they have bet on the wrong horse. EU tariffs on cars and other products produced in GB means all those factories were built on the wrong side of the channel.
And with every tiny particle hitting a piece of space equipment, the likelihood of further collisions is increased.
I'm pretty sure there is an exponential function in this system, which is worrying. Though thanks to the vastness of space, we are still at a very low level on the progression of that function, if nothing happens at some point the function will take off and cause serious problems.
You got things mixed up. By paying 0.05 percent taxes on their profits, Apple and Ireland have cut out a deal in which they basically refuse to pay their rent.
Apple in Ireland is enjoying Irish infrastructure and services like roads, power, water supply, bridges, security, fire department assistance, etc. And since Ireland is/was one of the poorest countries in the EU, it's more than likely quite a bit of that infrastructure and services was financed with the help of EU money.
And for all of this Apple pays 0.05% of their profits.
It's Apple and Ireland enjoying all the perks of the EU and giving nothing back in return.
Really one of the big ironies of history is that the capitalist economies have better working conditions, a healthier environment and a broader middle-class than any communist state has ever had. And the only reason why China is doing comparatively well at the moment is because they have embraced capitalism.
Where does this leave us? Marx and Engels == complete fail?
Of course you can always argue that true communism was never actually implemented, as communist states somehow degenerate into dictatorial regimes that suppress freedoms. But perhaps the very ideal of communism is doomed to fail because something as intricately human as free trade and a market economy can only be abolished by means of suppression.
This user, the truth he sees. Disregard his opinion you should not.
It's not a conversion or a user error. The Excel sheet is applying random mutations on the data. It's called evolution. Look it up, buddy.
Super interesting. I didn't realize GPS and communication satellites are so far away. In fact, if I had guessed, I would have assumed that the ISS is "so far" away to avoid the orbit of satellites.
It is never too late to join the glorious PC master race.
The good thing about air is that it's mostly devoid of objects. So everything that shows up on radar can be considered "an object of interest".
From a programmers perspective, I would think that autonomous flying is a much easier problem to solve than autonomous driving.
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a terrorist attack per week by your "refugees"
The Syrian who killed a woman was hardly a terrorist attack. They knew each other and it was likely a personal issue due to some argument, and the guy went bonkers. Men killing women, especially their wives or girlfriends unfortunately happens a thousandfold all across the world.
The Afghan in the train attack was not a refugee and the German-Iranian obviously wasn't either, and in fact the latter was a right-wing attack motivated against immigration, and he only killed foreign-looking people.
So, no terrorist attack by a refugee so far.
Alert me when you see something comparable to the Trevi Fountain in "vibrant" Munich
Now you're just trolling... come on. Show me somethign comparable to the Trevi Fountain in London, Stockholm, Dublin...
...cancer-inducing cars
I haven't quite figured it out myself, but from what I heard is that while Diesel exhaust is worse, you need less fuel than with normal gas. So overall you get a net-win in both running costs and environmental impact.
massive increase in wealth inequality as a result of the Haartz reforms
Inequality has increased massively all across the world. Germany is one of the few countries in which it's actually not that bad and there is still a strong middle-class.
a banking system on the verge of bankruptcy
Exaggerating much?
a terrorist attack per week by your "refugees"
None of the recent attacks were perpetrated by a refugee. Also the impact of these incidents on overall society is exaggerated by the media.
Also, I don't see the Turkish immigrants as a problem. Why should I? I'm also sort-of an immigrant myself (not Turkish though).
There are indeed many new and hastily built "ugly" buildings in German cities. The unfortunate consequence of allied carpet bombing. But strange that you should mention Berlin or Munich, which are two of the nicest and most vibrant cities in Europe today.
Some of us aren't quite so keen to live in a Germany-dominated super state
Perhaps you should. Germany is functioning quite well. Very little corruption, low unemployment, booming economy, not as many brain-dead, fear-mongering tabloids as in the UK (just one), healthy multi-party democratic system of federal states, clean cities and pro natural environment policies promoting renewable energy sources, good internet connections, practically no religious bigotry or nationalist extremism... also, not as snobbish and self-absorbed as some of our friendly neighbours... ^_^
We could use some of your sense of humor though.