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Off Topic / Re: Canadian Federal Election Thread - October 2019
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: June 20, 2019, 10:26:32 pm »Of course. Johnson's ridicious hardline position is the only thing that will bring back voters to the Conservatives and MP's would like to keep their seats.
Johnson doesn't have a hardline position, in fact he's managed to avoid saying publicly what his Brexit policy actually is other than that he's determined to leave by Oct 31st. He probably wants May's deal minus the NI backstop, which isn't that extreme.
But hey someone please tell me how first-past-the-post single-member districts are such a good system for electing legislative bodies.
FPTP is great so long as you have primary elections that ensures there's a two-party system. For instance there's no need to vote Liberal Democrat if you can instead vote for a centrist to be the official Tory or Labour candidate come the general election.
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Off Topic / Re: CHANTAKEY IS TRULY A GOD
« on: June 15, 2019, 05:34:21 pm »
I'm annoyed that you changed the name of your YouTube channel from 'iPrivateGaming'.
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: May 26, 2019, 10:42:00 pm »
RE: EU "parliamentary" elections...
I predict the EU Council will ignore the Spitzenkandidat process and Manfred Weber will not become President of the EU Commission despite the EPP being the largest party. Why? Because he's a terrible candidate (they actually managed to find someone worse than Juncker), and the fact that France & Germany aren't keen on him means they'll probably block it (and we all know France and Germany decide everything). Plus there's the danger that the nationalists could be the biggest party next time round...
I predict the EU Council will ignore the Spitzenkandidat process and Manfred Weber will not become President of the EU Commission despite the EPP being the largest party. Why? Because he's a terrible candidate (they actually managed to find someone worse than Juncker), and the fact that France & Germany aren't keen on him means they'll probably block it (and we all know France and Germany decide everything). Plus there's the danger that the nationalists could be the biggest party next time round...
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Off Topic / Re: Game of Thrones thread (USE SPOILERS)
« on: May 17, 2019, 11:28:33 pm »
Of all the inconsistencies that irked me in that episode, the bit where Jaime claims he doesn't give a shit about the inhabitants of King's Landing was the worst. Visually stunning episode but the writing was total garbage as usual.
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Off Topic / Re: Game of Thrones thread (USE SPOILERS)
« on: April 23, 2019, 12:51:49 am »I think most characters who are irrelevant/fufilled all story arc will die
Night king will attack South and not be at the battle but fucking up the South
The cripts skeletons will rise up, fuck up the women and children, get them risen up and then attack winterfell from inside and either winterfell is lost and Jon and Dany choose to burn it down and all people/wights or theyll be like fuck lets do something no one will guess and 50% humans die 80% wights die and its a stalemate/pyrrhic victory for the living and its all sad because everyone that you loved over the years is dead.
Been thinking something like that will happen too. All the people in the caverns/cellars/crypts will get killed and turn into wights by either skeletons already down there or by some sneaking in/breaking through. The main army will then head south towards Cersei and leave them to it. Tbh I really hope that's not what happens because it'd be really predictable, and GoT is/was good because you couldn't really guess what'd happen (unless you'd read the books of course). If it is that then it just proves what I've been saying for a few years now, which is that the writing has gone down hill since they ran out of book material. Fuck knows why D&D have been asked to do a new, original Star Wars trilogy.
Oh and obviously Hodor will reappear as a wight (hell, Ramsay Bolton might well be one too if his corpse is still there-can see his wight as one of the first to attack the women/children).
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Off Topic / Re: Game of Thrones thread (USE SPOILERS)
« on: April 16, 2019, 05:04:35 pm »Only disappointing thing is that we wont be seeing the elephants of the golden company :C.
I feel like that was decided by HBO's accounting department
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: April 13, 2019, 11:05:39 pm »
I'll be voting for the Brexit Party (basically Farage's new outfit). Probably wouldn't vote for them at Westminster elections, I'm just motivated to a) prevent Corbyn winning a national election, and b) giving the Tories a kicking.
Ironically due to Brexit this will be the first EU election in Britain where all the major parties will be primarily debating the EU issue. Previously the focus has mainly been on domestic politics despite the fact we're electing MEPs (rise of UKIP changed things a lot in 2014, but even then Labour were putting out TV ads focusing on energy bills, the NHS and the cost of childcare).
Ironically due to Brexit this will be the first EU election in Britain where all the major parties will be primarily debating the EU issue. Previously the focus has mainly been on domestic politics despite the fact we're electing MEPs (rise of UKIP changed things a lot in 2014, but even then Labour were putting out TV ads focusing on energy bills, the NHS and the cost of childcare).
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Off Topic / Re: Matt's Hacking allegations
« on: April 05, 2019, 12:11:34 am »
Hmmm, so I got kind of invested in this thread after reading the essays and did some digging.
1) I downloaded an autoblocker off a hacking site and tried it out. The one I got is very basic, where you have to manually block in time but it'll automatically go in the right direction. That's almost impossible to detect because it doesn't make you perfect but obviously gives you a massive advantage over normal players.
2) There are loads of users with long NW related posting histories on those hacking forums, so I assume that there are plenty of people well known in this community who use hacks. It's not just random, casual players.
3) From what I can see there's not enough evidence to prove the allegations so MATT remains innocent until proven guilty.
I strongly suspect that there are plenty of people getting 'help' from basic, lightweight hacking tools like the one I tried. They won't make you immortal (and therefore easy to spot) but will massively improve your k/d ratio.
1) I downloaded an autoblocker off a hacking site and tried it out. The one I got is very basic, where you have to manually block in time but it'll automatically go in the right direction. That's almost impossible to detect because it doesn't make you perfect but obviously gives you a massive advantage over normal players.
2) There are loads of users with long NW related posting histories on those hacking forums, so I assume that there are plenty of people well known in this community who use hacks. It's not just random, casual players.
3) From what I can see there's not enough evidence to prove the allegations so MATT remains innocent until proven guilty.
I strongly suspect that there are plenty of people getting 'help' from basic, lightweight hacking tools like the one I tried. They won't make you immortal (and therefore easy to spot) but will massively improve your k/d ratio.
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: March 28, 2019, 01:34:39 pm »
LOL!
Quote
The EU’s internet-killing new Copyright Directive has become mired in a fresh layer of controversy after it emerged that multiple MEPs were “tricked” into voting the wrong way on it. Guido understands that an extra vote was inserted into the voting list at the last minute which threw most MEPs’ voting lists out of sync. Unlike the Commons where MPs have to physically make the decision to walk through lobbies, MEPs just robotically press buttons according to a long voting list handed out to them.https://order-order.com/2019/03/28/meps-tricked-voting-wrong-way-article-13/
At least 13 MEPs have told the European Parliament they accidentally voted the wrong way. Now the EU has modified their individual voting records but has refused to revisit the result of the vote, despite the fact there was a majority of just 5 MEPs. The EU also rejected a direct request from MEPs to stage the entire vote again.
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: March 26, 2019, 03:27:59 pm »
EU Copyright Directive just passed 348 to 274. MEPs also rejected voting on amendments, which could have meant killing off Article 11 & 13. All depends now on how member states will choose to implement it in practice...
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: March 21, 2019, 10:28:44 pm »
I can't see that link as you need an FT subscription.
From the horse's mouth (EU Commission briefing paper published last week):
"Around the globe, traditionally strong industries are losing out to tech start-ups. Although this phenomenon is common around the world, the emerging champions of this competition
tend not to be European, but rather American and, increasingly, Chinese."
https://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EPSC_Industrial-Policy.pdf
Unfortunately the answer they've come up with (*spoiler alert*) is 'more Europe' but at least they've recognised the problem.
They also cite Schmidt's work where you can see the latest version of the graph (TL;DR Europe still a distant third with 3% share)
https://gyazo.com/d34cda5068207617b2274e944e4a93f8
From the horse's mouth (EU Commission briefing paper published last week):
"Around the globe, traditionally strong industries are losing out to tech start-ups. Although this phenomenon is common around the world, the emerging champions of this competition
tend not to be European, but rather American and, increasingly, Chinese."
https://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EPSC_Industrial-Policy.pdf
Unfortunately the answer they've come up with (*spoiler alert*) is 'more Europe' but at least they've recognised the problem.
They also cite Schmidt's work where you can see the latest version of the graph (TL;DR Europe still a distant third with 3% share)
https://gyazo.com/d34cda5068207617b2274e944e4a93f8
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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread
« on: March 21, 2019, 02:44:19 pm »
We've talked about tech plenty of times on this thread, especially given Article 13. It is very relevant.
Comparing the top 60 companies is a valid metric. The FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX 30 etc are all valid economic indicators for instance. Also the smallest company on there has a market cap of $2.8 Bn so it's not as if you have to be that massive to be represented.
And it's not simply 'one market sector'. Tech is shaking up just about every industry. Companies on that graph do everything from e-commerce to hospitality, finance, media etc. It's not that the EU will suffer, but rather that it's in a bad place regardless of what happens with Brexit. But since 'more Europe' isn't the right solution to the problem it's not going to be fixed any time soon.
Comparing the top 60 companies is a valid metric. The FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX 30 etc are all valid economic indicators for instance. Also the smallest company on there has a market cap of $2.8 Bn so it's not as if you have to be that massive to be represented.
And it's not simply 'one market sector'. Tech is shaking up just about every industry. Companies on that graph do everything from e-commerce to hospitality, finance, media etc. It's not that the EU will suffer, but rather that it's in a bad place regardless of what happens with Brexit. But since 'more Europe' isn't the right solution to the problem it's not going to be fixed any time soon.