Ahh yes, I should maybe have posted this somewhere else now I think about it.

For me, I find the barriers to entry are quite high but if you can get a good training vid that covers the building blocks then it’s easy to learn more.

School would be a good place for that initial learning.

I might be entitled to a benefit, maybe. So you better give me that benefit just in case.

Apply that same reasoning to other situations.

Give the elderly disability benefit, they may be entitled, maybe not. Do it just in case.

Or to another area: you may not need antibiotics, but just have them in case you miss out on them.

Sure, you catch everyone but it costs a lot of money.

To take this to an absurd conclusion: I a 29 year old, may be entitled to a pension. I haven’t checked, or applied, but give it to me anyway, just incase I am entitled.

I get your point, but that is a principle that shouldn’t be applied. You could use the same logic to give anyone any benefit, just incase.

They’ve got nukes though, and plenty of conventional fire power (compared to Ukraine when it was invaded).

They need to invest in a non US lead command structure as that’s all using US tech and personnel.

Maybe not the strangest but here are 2 from my vacation to London last month:

2 women walking past. One of them says:

“I talk a lot of shit, but my fart is bigger than my shit.”

Then in Covent Garden I met a very polite drug dealer:

Excuse me, do you need any weed or coke? No, well then have a very good evening.

Nice guy, big smile.

Did killing Cesar at the end of Fallout New Vegas teach us nothing?

The war machine is too far along to be stopped easily.

Or if WW1 is your poison:

Initially, Wilhelm II wanted to halt the German mobilization, hoping for a peaceful resolution. However, Moltke insisted it was too late to stop the complex mobilization process once it had been set in motion. He argued that it was “like a wound-up clock” that couldn’t simply be unwound. His words essentially conveyed that the mobilization machinery, once started, would continue inexorably towards war, effectively removing any possibility of reversal.

Did you send in the Human fleet to defend the Citadel from the Reapers, or did you hold back ensuring Humanity had the biggest fleet after the attack?

Have a looks at the Hobart’s Funnies designs section:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart's_Funnies

Good luck. Labour ran on a “Not the Tories” campaign. Which worked because of the 12 or so years of Tory madness.

If they don’t win then they can’t pay it back. If anything it gives an incentive to lend them more.

The Iron Bank.

British Private Schools:

Fagging was a traditional practice in British public schools and also at many other boarding schools, whereby younger pupils were required to act as personal servants to the eldest boys.[1][2][3] Although probably originating earlier, the first accounts of fagging appeared in the late 17th century.[4]: 23  Fagging sometimes involved physical abuse[4]: 23–25  and/or sexual abuse.[5] Although lessening in severity over the centuries, the practice continued in some institutions until the end of the 20th century.[4]: 23–25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging

Might have been black flag. I dont think it was the 1st one.

I remember un skippable cut scenes and the inability to run.

One of the AC games, I forget which, had levels in a games company’s office. I think they were developing games using the animus.

Turns out, the corp was evil and there was an AC fight to escape.

If they’d have been WFH then that evil corp wouldn’t have been uncovered.

Just saying this is maybe a bad move for corporate.

P.S. I’m pretty sure the antagonist (CEO?) was French?

I’m going from 10 year old memory banks so may be misremembering (in case my incredibly solid account threw you).

I finished an email with “Breast regards” once. I’m very glad someone pointed that out :D

This was my gut feel. Like the “Trip Wire” forces NATO members deploy along the Russian border States.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force

I do this:

1. Tell myself I’m not going to do it. What ever it is, I’m not going to do it.

2. Do the bare minimum thing like: open up a word document, turn on a tap to wash dishes, take something out of a box.

3. By commencing the task I’ll usually default into doing the next part like reading the document, washing a dish, sorting something out.

Additional tips:

• Break big things into small chunks.
• Dont get overloaded. If your a room do it one draw at a time so you can stop when ever. Getting trapped in a “I can’t sleep until this is finished” task is a trap.
• Lists to keep track.

P.S. I was in recruitment 13 years ago and once thought about throwing myself down the stairs to get out of work. I did that job for 2x years and used it to move to a better industry.

You can make change in your life.

Good luck, we’re all counting on you :)

I think were seeing diminishing returns in graphics. Some games are almost photo realistic.

This means that any engine capable of these graphics will be largely future proof.

They should bite the bullet and build/move to a new engine. It likely won’t need changing unless there is a major breakthrough.

I don’t think total accumulation of wealth would be a problem in itself IF it was taxed properly.

If I was in charge I’d do the following:

1. Simplify the tax code and remove exemptions.
2. Set a threshold for inheritance tax, say $5m, and tax anything above that at close to 100%.
3. Setup a department to review and adapt to tax avoidance strategies I.e. billionaires taking out loans to avoid paying themselves in dividends, which would have been taxed.
4. Make the tax code progressive e.g. you pay more tax the more you earn. Set this up for capital, income, pension etc. Tax it all at the same level.

I think this provides enough of an incentive to work hard but removes the inter generational plutocracy issues.

Equality of opportunity and all that.

P.S. In my opinion, the accountancy profession should not need to exist. Rules should be simple enough for an average person to follow.

Hear me out, this isnt a flame.

The word liberal has lost some of its historic connotations.

I am a believer in Economic Liberalism, broadly defined as;

Economic liberals tend to oppose government intervention and protectionism in the market economy when it inhibits free trade and competition, but tend to support government intervention where it protects property rights, opens new markets or funds market growth, and resolves market failures.[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism

Genuine question: Which party do I vote for?

As I see it, none of them are championing economic liberalism.

Note: before someone replies with: what about climate change, inequality etc. These are market failures that Economic liberals believe should be fixed by government.

As I see it, liberal economics is politically dead.

I’ve never really understood the 3D gun printing use case.

Yes, they can fire bullets but bullets are illegal where guns are illegal.

Am I missing something?

There were cases where decommissioned guns could be bought in the UK (firing pins removed). Gangs were recommissioning these guns by adding the removed components.

However, where do the bullets come from?