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Just too cute

Just too cute

The part about the German gold bar serial numbers brought to mind Bilbo Baggins. All that precious gold just sitting around... "After All, Why Not? Why Shouldn't I Keep It?"

Interesting video, I like 20 minute videos that are succinct and explain the point they trying to make clearly I didnt know much of what he mentions, especially the interesting part around the history of why Germany keeps its gold in other countries but it makes historical sense juxtaposed to the fears of Soviet invasion I agree with several things he says and then I dont think his concerns will be realised Germany should be keeping its gold reserves in Germany, that makes sense. I doubt all the gold that Russia and China have been buying lately is not stored in there country I did some quick research and most of Germanys gold is now kept in Frankfurt. And the transfer from NY was completed in 2016 which was several years ahead of the original 2020 schedule https://www.bundesbank.de/en/tasks/topics/bundesbank-completes-transfer-of-gold-from-new-york-647150 " Last year, the Bundesbank transferred a total of over 216 tonnes of gold to Germany from storage locations abroad: 111 tonnes from New York and 105 tonnes from Paris. This means that since 2013, the Bundesbank has successively relocated just short of 283 tonnes of gold from Paris and 300 tonnes of gold from New York to Frankfurt am Main. As at 31 December 2016, 47.9 percent of Germany's gold holdings were in storage in Frankfurt, 36.6 percent in New York, 12.8 percent in London and the remaining 2.7 percent in Paris." So basically 37% of Germanys gold is still kept in the US as you can see from the table in the link But he raises worrying points around gold investment and paper contracts, allocated and unallocated investment in gold We dont really invest in gold, all our investments are properties, bonds and shares but it makes sense what he warns about. If a country wants to recall its gold and the holding country cant produce it that could crash the paper and unallocated value of that type of gold investment. Thats basically what he is talking about Moral of the story, ideally keep your gold at home as a foreign reserve if you a government and as a gold buyer make sure you buy allocated gold and avoid the paper contracts. Also we know most banks would battle to provide all the money if every single customer suddenly said " I want my investment withdrawn now " so trust is still important and so is an understanding of how banks work and what they can or cant do immediately around mass withdraws But good video, its definitely though provoking

Not sure if if qualifies as "anime", but I thought this series was very fun to watch so far. It refuses to be embedded, so just a link to the channel. I'm currently up to episode 5 (they are relatively short, like less than 5 minutes each). Fun and adorable characters. https://www.youtube.com/@milkygalacticuniverse Edit: Sort of a prequel leading to the 12 episodes where the girls have to do community service on the Milky Subway Express Limited (and the only bloody video out there that didn't actively prevent embedding, even the official trailer 1 and 2 doesn't allow embedding ) Edit2: For once a series where I actually liked the English dub better than the original language

Same for me. I found scrabbles before Torres.

I think Helwalker/Priest of Berath is a nice combo. Monk's/Helwalker's abilities increase melee as well as casting capabilities. You can add two further lashes (shock and burn) as well as up to +15 MIG and +2 PEN to the Spiritual Great Sword, have +10 INT for huge AoEs and long durations and so on.

But only about a month behind me playing it, so you are good, carants. Just be careful that you do Old Countries in a New World before Mystery if the Ancient Ruins. Anything else in the game you can progress and leave as you wish (the few times things are timed it will tell you). But if you progress those specific quests in a mix, you can get the game breaking bug I got.

I recommend drinking while playing.

I think it is something with a Power of PC because i'm testing on more more powerfull Motherboard and didn't have this problem for a long Game

Hmm, Disco Elysium is today's free game on Epic. Maybe it is time to see what everybody was so excited about.

I am stuck on the same part. No matter how many times I tried to kill the enemy stuck inside the wall with a grenade it just doesn't seem to reach it. I am surprised it's still not fixed, especially since it's right at the start of the game.

Today! Have a good one.

After cancelling Pea****, I signed up for HBO/Max ad-free. Despite the price, it seems to have a pretty extensive catalogue, I'd be tempted to say larger than Paramount+ and Pea**** put together. Currently I'm re-watching season one of Deadwood, which, despite the foul language, is pretty good drama. I never saw seasons 2 & 3, so those will be fresh. Can't wait to see the kidney stone episode, since I tend to pass the Gravel once or twice a year.

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to everyone

Semi-offtopic, but I'm considering this build for a run once turn-based is out of beta. I'd like to keep playing largely the same character in Deadfire after that. I know I can rebuild the watcher anyway but I like the consistency. What would be a good multiclass to get a similar feeling in Deadfire? I thought about maybe adding fighter or Monk (probably helwalker) to give the priest a bit more melee power and to make up for the loss of the pallid hand and Inspiring/Aggrandizing Radiance. Good idea or would pure priest or another multiclass work better?

Merry Xmas everyone!

Normally I don't read much stuff about global banking, but this one caught my eye because I always tell my dad off for not investing his money in something more solid, like gold (instead of as cash under pillow, not kidding, old people and their quirks, never trust a back etc. etc.) I wonder what @BruceVCs take would be on this (he knows way more about the workings of banks than I do). It's a 20 minute video and its of course the last 10 minutes that are the most interesting. The less obvious consequences of removing tonnes of gold from the US reserves.

Every group has its Epsteins. The only difference is the sheer amount of resources Epstein had to throw at the goal. Its a wonder that he was ever prosecuted; he must have pissed off another rich person. Welcome to the oligarchy.

I stealth killed the cultists in Newton but the quest will not progress. It seems like there may be an enemy stuck behind one of the doors with red lights, but there's no way for me to open them or to get them to come out. I have tried fast travelling away and then back, I have tried restarting the game. The biggest problem is that I have no earlier saves that I can load.

Assassin/tactician using Eccea's Arcane Blaster works very well for solo, just as with an arquebus.

That i've played. Not saying it's universally the best since.

From what I remember Activision, which means MS, which means it's possible.