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Because they felt like films made purely based on focus group results. The same reason recent marvel films have sucked as well. They feel like cash grabs rather than passion projects from people who actually care about the source material.

Come on where the puzzles at!

I remember Fury fought him ages ago. I recognise the name. Didn't realise he was still going. Howd you think he do against Usyk or Joshua?

Exit: Im thinking of Cunningham. Womp womp. Still curious how Crawford would do vs Usyk / Joshua.

On a Microsoft event today. Had a walk around the little lake they had on site. Was pretty cool.

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Seems like a drought of US talent in the boxing scene. I cant name anyone. Anyone up comers that look like they are the real deal?

Meh. I loved it up until recruiting everyone. Ones Id done that I had no inclination of finishing it. No idea why.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/06/keir-starmer-expected-push-palestinian-state-labour-manifesto

Big news if true.

Got a link that works in the UK?

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Heh funnily enough

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Just got some inheritance money through. 5k so about $6.5k in US money. Head says invest in. Heart says get an iPad.

Please be a one off incident. Please.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cneejz1kdzmo

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This is my default response to people who go with the its just basic biology these days.

Ironically Im at a Microsoft event today on Co-Pilot / AI and they are pushing integration with Adobe and other 3rd parties like SalesForce etc.

Came across this

https://news.microsoft.com/2024/03/26/adobe-and-

microsoft-partner-to-bring-new-
generative-ai-capabilities-to-

marketers-as-they-work-in-microsoft-365-applications/

I doubt this is a coincidence.

Edit: better link here that you dont need to reconstruct.

https://qz.com/adobe-ai-tools-genstudio-microsoft-openai-video-1851367044

Its a tricky one. Seen a lot of cases of bad actors hosting fake PDFs with malicious links etc on Adobe in the past through work. I think its going to be in the details as to whether I agree with this. For example I know defender for Office will scan your OneDrive / SharePoint documents for dodgy files. If this is just similar to that I have no issues. As always though it comes down to whether or not you trust Adobe not to misuse this sort of thing which I get 100% why people would be apprehensive.

DrizztLink posted...

The whining hand-wringing defeatist part?

I thought excluding it was doing you a favor, honestly.

Hey man Im here to learn and better myself. If you disagree with my position I wont be offended. At least explain why though.

R_Jackal posted...

HAH, like people have any form of self control or moderation to be able to do that these days.

Aye. Case in point

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5147b7d7.jpg

Theyll keep raising costs until they start to see a reduction in profits. Thats just basic capitalism. I dont like it. If people feel that strongly vote with your wallets.

DrizztLink posted...

Yes, seeing as they're responsible for 98% of the problem.

Huh. Did you completely miss the second part of my post? Its was written to be taken in its entirety. The second part of my post is already a response to your post. Reply to that if you disagree.

pnut027 posted...

We keep passing the costs of reducing pollution to consumers rather than corporations.

Ok. Does it matter? If it were passed on to corporations then theyd just rise prices anyway. Same end result.

Walked to the pub at lunch.

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I was a Corbyn fan back in the day but hes just not PM material. His reluctance to say hed use nukes put me off. Even if you dont plan on using them you say you do. Otherwise its absolutely useless as a deterrent. He has some good ideas and I think things would have been better had he been able to implement them but hes always been better at sniping from the sidelines than actually getting things done. His strength is also his biggest weakness. His unwillingness to compromise to get things done.

bigblu89 posted...

I think the point he was trying to make was this would be a grain of sand in the beach that is Human Affected Climate Change.

He knows that. He's just doing his usual thing.

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Fair enough. Ill just reiterate I agree with your point. If you dont have a further point and I read into it I apologise. Take care man.

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I asked what your point was. Im not the one confused lol.

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I agree. Whats your point?

Antifar posted...

Do you believe in climate change?

Whats that got to do with anything? Adding a tax in NYC is gonna do sod all to stop climate change.

s0nicfan posted...

How is this not just a poverty tax?

Most taxes affect the poor more. Thats not a reason to not implement them.

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emblem-man posted...

Of "uncontrolled immigration" that you have an issue with. In UK specifically I mean .

Yo I made two points where I tried to be fair, cite sources etc and no one responded. Let me know what you think about the first two points otherwise I dont see the point of spending 30 minutes writing more if no one is gonna read it lol.

Beany posted...

Im not familiar enough with the UK to comment on that part but as far as the U.S. is concerned my understanding is that immigrants have really been nothing but a boon to our economy. Its not at all right, but there are plenty of businesses here that take advantage of immigrants as a source of cheap labor. It might be exaggeration, idk, but Ive heard it said without immigrants parts of our economy would actually collapse.

Again, I ask what the difference between an incoming citizen from outside the country is and one who is born here. If anything, people worried about the economy should be more in favor of the former since they tend to contribute to the economy immediately upon arrival, or at least sooner than a newborn can.

So, partially xenophobia but more specifically racism? That adds up, particularly when you consider the words of guys like Trump, with his preference for immigrants from certain countries over others. It just sucks that they are blinded by that instead of considering things more rationally. Their massive failures of ideas are so self-destructive. America benefits from immigration. Racism sucks.

Im not familiar with US immigration policy so I really cant say. I assume its controlled to some degree to make sure only the people they deem as beneficial to the US come in? In general I mean. Im sure there are fringe cases.

Necronmon posted...

Its entirely about raising the population " in the wrong way." So much is already about whites being outnumbered by browns, again, Trump and co would rather resort to mass genocide then let Whites lose power.

Im sure a lot of people feel like that. I dont support those people. Its not the only reasons though. Im ok with immigration as long as its controlled. I already laid out two points in this topic with sources to official UK government figures why Im against uncontrolled immigration - at least until issues / backlogs with the current system are fixed. Its not just a question of being for or against immigration to me. The problem is like most things these days its turned into supporting your team situation. Youre either painted a massive racist who hates all foreigners or youre a traitor to your country who wants to see the economy crash and lose the identity of whatever it is you call home. Its so hard to have open and honest debates these days.

Necronmon posted...

Trump and the GOP's mindset does seem to be leaning more to if the Third World is going to be screwed over by America then they are just sacrifices for there living standards...with nothing off the table to keep them in there place.

Aye. As has always been the case. They arent seen as people when it comes to capitalism. Merely resources to use until such a time it stops being profitable at which point theyll be cast aside.

Its late here. Ive got three or four other points but Ill make them tomorrow and take on board any discussions on the points Ive made so far.

Antifar posted...

The alternative is increasing amounts of violence used to keep them out. Can we do that?

Its a shitty situation no doubt. You could easily argue climate change is caused primarily by the west so we have a responsibility to recompense those most affected by it. I guess the answer depends on how practical it is to allow millions of people to come into the US at a time were seeing the inevitable death throes of neoliberalism. How much of a drop in our own standards of living wed be willing to take to do this. And ultimately whether it would even be feasible on a purely political level.

When climate change really hits home in a couple of decades the numbers were seeing now are going to look tiny in comparison. I dont think people are really prepared for the shit show thats going to ensue. Nor the difficult decisions that we are going to be faced with.

2) Migrants coming over generally are prepared to work for less money. This undercuts wages and while its great for the economy and businesses its bad for your average Joe. As someone who I suppose might be called a socialist in terms of the US Overton window anything that negatively impacts workers wages while allowing companies to make more money doesnt sit right for me.

As per official government stats:

You can be paid between 70% and 90% of the standard going rate for your job if your salary is at least 30,960 per year and you meet one of the following criteria:

https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/when-you-can-be-paid-less

Also research suggests immigrants in the UK reduce wages of the lower end of the work force. Less so for skilled jobs. If proposals to tax companies more for using migrant Labour come in Im happy to concede this point as it will stop incentivising companies bring in cheap labour and undercut UK people.

On a side note I work in IT. Ive seen the stories from the US about how jobs have been outsourced to upcoming countries like India because its cheaper. We are in the process of signing a trade deal with India that India says must include free movement of people. 1) I find it weird how we left the EU because we wanted to avoid FOM but then are happy to sign up with India on the same or worse terms.

2) Id very much not like to lose my job because we can outsource it to India for a lot less.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-india-sign-ground-breaking-partnership-migration-deal

https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/senior-indian-diplomat-britain-must-accept-more-immigration-if-it-wants-a-free-trade-deal

Well just to reiterate I have no issues with immigration per se.

Im not politician so my answers here are going to be clunky and Im open to being persuaded that my points dont stand up to scrutiny. My issue is as much to do with the way we handle the claims as much as it is to do with migrants overall.

Gamefaqs has a tendency to refresh mid post on my phone so Ill post one point per post to reduce the chances of me losing a load of text.

1) We have more migrants coming over than we can process. The figure stands at around 163k as per official government figures awaiting an initial decision. While steps have been taken to reduce this backlog Id want to see more movement on this and until that happens a reduction in migrants coming in.

As per the link below over 100k have been waiting for longer than six months for an initial decision.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9737/

Over 50k of these are being housed in hotels at the tax payers expense. As of the date of the below article this was a 10% increase in the previous year. Its not necessarily the number in hotels but the trend in the numbers going up. As per my point above Id like to see these number decrease and claims handled quicker and until such a time this happens and the back log reduced the number of migrants should be controlled better.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67206459

emblem-man posted...

What are the negatives in your opinion?

Of shutting the border?

I dont have an issue with immigration. I do have an issue with uncontrolled immigration.

Im from the UK so I dont know the nuances of how this will work in the US but if its the same as the UK both main parties will play lip service to immigration while year on year the numbers increase.

Cheap labour and a low birth rate in the UK make it too attractive for the economy.

In the flip side with growing climate change the flow of people wanting to get into western nations is only going to increase. What are we going to do when tens of millions of people start moving? We cant let them all in. Whata the answer? I honestly have no idea.

#musings

Lordgold666 posted...

Imagine using social media post 2010 lmao

He says while using a forum from 1995 lmao.

conduit posted...

I've never had an alt account on gamefaqs ever and I've been registered for nearly 20 years. Unlike some people here who I know have been posting under multiple accounts (shrike/punkfanalways).

Maybe 10 years ago when the chances of getting KOS were high. More than happy to say my accounts are:

SHRIKE
punkfanalways
SUDOKU

Srk700 posted...

Next up they're going to add a premium membership where you pay $10-$15 a month so that you don't get ads.

Screw that. $15 a month just to remove ads is stupid.

Ive never used insta and probably never will. How big a deal is this? Will ad blocks work on it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c877y6mxdp7o

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This topic confirms the tag I have for OP.

Also whats with the fact its marginally more expensive the more you buy.

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So why couldnt I keep the gold I had before again? Also all the cost of gold. None of the benefits.

Former FTW champion Ricky Stanks

Mark Twain has a good quote for this sort of situation. Anyone know it?

Edit found it:

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You know what I just double checked and I think I did about a year ago as well. After the first topic purged I started noting which puzzles Id already done so I wouldnt repeat them but guess I missed this one. Sorry.

Trelve posted...

No, that was Boris Johnson.

At least on paper if was run by vote leave. Boris and Farage just happened to be there at the same time as the bus.

Although Boris backed the campaign I dont think he officially directly had any input. But he definitely did. As did Farage. Even if the paper trial says otherwise.

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

It did give us this amusing clip though. Where he was told to talk shit about painting buses to make it so when people googled Boris and Busses this clip would come up.