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Finished Wind and Truth or what the Stormlight Archive book is called. It is the worst book in the series. Not Sanderson's worst book in general, but it shows that he no longer has editors who'll tell him the truth when the truth hurts. The time jumps are so annoying, the book is 1400 pages with no flow, because every 70 pages the book jumps back 9, 17, 4000 or even 10000 years. Sanderson's insistence to ruin every single female character by making them split personalities instead of giving them character growth, has made Shallan's character unsalvageable, try as he may. At least the first arc is over and it seriously reduces the "need" to keep up with the series. Started The King of the Spoil. It is a Warhammer 40K attempt at cyberpunk. The setting feels a bit off for the type of story.

I figure I should add my Youtube mainstays. I tend to find most youtubers to be hard to watch, but I have a couple fitness people that are solid. Yoga with Adriene is super calming. My wife and I often do routines in the early mornings when we are too tired to do a hard workout, but want to start the day off with some movements: Strength training is super important as you age, and I've been trying to incorporate more into my weekly regimen. I have some dumbbells and a bench, but I don't really know what I'm doing to work different muscle groups and not hurt myself. Tom Peto is the best I've seen on Youtube. Again, he's a calming guy. I don't need someone yelling at me when I'm working out in my garage. Lastly, the only person I watch on the couch is Pompsie.

I think they made it a bit more lenient with recruiting heroes. At first you had to recruit them the moment they became available or they were gone. Basically punishing players for not having characters die. They wanted this to be the "hardcore your heroes perma-die every other mission" experience. The game is a series of a lot of dumb design choices. It is a surprise they still managed to produce a fun game - it happened completely by accident and counter to all efforts by the dev team Faery Knight was among my top choices. Balan, Guinevere, Morgawse, Faery Knight, while Leodegrance, Bedievere, Geraint, and Boudicea got swapped in whenever others were healing. I mostly missed out on trying Morgana because of her just not filling a spot that wasn't covered by my other heroes.

Rather fascinating to watch him make it, plus maybe I found a new hobby. Of course, I'd have to figure out what they're using. Some kind of liquid plastic? Would you have to do one layer, wait for it to harden, do another layer etc? No clue. Bah, I'd probably be terrible at it. I want my own Derpy lamp, tho.

I don't think this option is available if watching without being logged into a YT account. Which is what I'm doing 99% of the time, even when I had an account. YT search also sucks these days, that's all I have to say on that. YT-Home page is for when I'm just in brainless mode and don't mind the random, mostly when I'm on the tablet. I like mini-docs/essays (on crime, books, media, history, culture etc). eg, yesterday I watched a couple on the (US culture) station wagon's history and why/when it's (mostly) disappeared. Game/film reviews/news/trailers, the occasional geek project rambler (not reviewer), sketch humor. And cats, ofc. Occasionally news clips but then I get depressed and go back to cats and video essays. And while I used to make fun of them (well, I still make fun of them) there are a select few tv/film "reactors" that I like quite a bit because I consistently enjoy their personalities, like CineBinge and Badd Medicine.

if the game isn't done, just don't release it!

Are you guys serious?

obviously france and germany run eu more than malta france will predictably be the loudest voice complain about getting extorted by usa problem is will eu rally around this issue likely no

If that was the case, then why don't all the weaker members just leave the union? (Genuinely curious, I don't have an opinion either way).

Absolutely, I use YT for similar things It can be very informative like I mentioned But the political opinions are normally the sensationalized and biased videos I dont take seriously I sometimes watch debates on topics at Oxford around " colonialism in our modern age " but only sometimes

Having a strong currency is generally not considered a bad thing The Euro is the worlds second most traded currency and holds second place for foreign reserves so starting just with that its considered a very popular currency because of the economic strength of the EU Also if someone from the EU goes on holiday with Euros they have massive spending power in countries with weaker currencies vs the Euro. Thats why countries like South Africa are such attractive tourist destinations, its because of the strength of the Euro. And then the EU can import goods easier around cost also because of the strength of the Euro vs other currencies A strong currency has its negatives, its more expensive to import goods from the Euro and its more expensive to go on holiday to the EU if you from places like SA But the advantages of a strong currency apply to all EU members that use the Euro, it doesnt matter if you a small EU country or a large EU country If you dissolve the EU and you go back to previous currencies specific to each country you will still find countries like Germany or France having stronger currencies than Portugal or Slovenia because then its only about the individual economies size I dont see how abandoning the Euro will be change the strength and buying power of smaller countries currencies?

We really need this update! Love the game, but the graphics need to at least be upscaled

The Euro is a massive net disadvantage for its smaller/ weaker members because monetary policy of the Eurozone is run for the larger, stronger members. That's true of just about every EU policy. If it's a choice between benefiting Cyprus, Portugal, Malta, Finland, Slovenia; or Germany, then the decision is automatically made to favour Germany. Most of the PIIGS have never really recovered from the 2009+ financial crises- 16 years ago now- and Ireland only did by stealing tax revenue off everyone else. Current EU is an awful worst mish mash of federalism/ ad hoc integration and independent policies that is the worst of both worlds.

Thats fine, so you believe the EU should dissolve and go back to individual countries? Im asking if you believe in the EU continuing or ending? And it doesnt mean its going to happen, Im interested in your personal opinion

It depends a bit what you use YouTube for I suppose. I actively search for things like miniature painting guides, Horus heresy battle reports, history and archeology channels etc. I frequently use he do not suggest channel option to get rid of a lot of contemporary political activist channels that the algorithm (or paid for exposure) tried to get me to watch. Also, don’t visit that site without extensions that skip the 30 second ads that otherwise seems to pop up either every 120 second or you use the skip to different place on the timeline function whichever happens first edit: I do sometimes watch YouTubes recommended videos but that’s almost always for related music videos

If it fails in its purpose, then it is just expensive layer of unnecessary bureaucracy. Last couple years EU has failed its main purpose. It allows internal trade restrictions, it fails force free movement, it fails to negotiate trade deals that benefit union as whole instead of just couple member states. It fails in its mission to ensure human rights for all. It constantly increases its operational spending but benefits for member states are decreasing. It fails to force member state to follow the rules with constant new exception rules. It fails to take leadership when its needed. It fails to use its economical strength to ensure peace in Europe. Even when it tries to do something it does watered down version instead of actually progressing situation. It has become tool of stagnation instead of tool of progress and growth.

Do you think the EU should dissolve and go back to individual countries?

Eu that works only for Germany and France is worse than no EU

Im about 40 hours into King Arthur and its going really well I like how the economy works and how your Camelot upgrades really become significant I am at the part where I have chosen the Fairy Knight over Gawain I love the combat mechanics but I have one criticism I wish I could change the combat difficulty before battles. Its a QOL change I tend to play on Normal and Moderate and I have had 1-2 end boss battles on Moderate where I couldn't win but I could on Normal But you can only be at Camelot to change the combat difficulty, you cant do it during quests, and then you have to do the whole quest again And if I leave it on Normal then combat becomes a little easy Moderate is my preferred setting Anyway its more a QOL change because when you redo quests it doesn't take long

This is a reality of having different countries in a working union. Its expected to have different opinions on geopolitical events But the EU is better than no EU. The single market and reality of the Euro are advantages for its members Lots of countries want to create a similar economic model to the EU like Africa with the AU We constantly talk about the economic advantages of inter-Africa trade and that requires an EU model of the unity of Africa But by default that doesnt mean countries will agree on all geopolitical events like Israel, Russia or these US tariffs

Best thing YT provides for me are the cooking shows , cute dog and animal interactions and then gaming updates around things like mod collections, mod managers or game strategies around different classes if you not familiar with a ruleset The gaming videos can be very informative, I mastered Mod Organizer 2 by using YT But the political updates and opinions are probably the worst reason to use YT

EU failed in trade talks because it members failed to have united goal, Germany and France wanted quick resolution and other members also had differing agendas. Situation is same with Israel, Germany refuses to give any opinion and other members have quite differing opinions about the situation, so EU fails to have any opinion on the situation. So EU is currently failing as union.

Do you find it sexist, would you be happy if they said " sis " every 5 seconds

OH MY GOD BRO THIS IS SO FIRE. 32% of YouTube is screaming idiots these days. 67% is AI generated slop, and there's 1% of decent content.

What do you mean by " It is same factors why EU don't do anything to prevent Israel starving population of Gaza, even though it is something that EU by its own laws should be against. " Im interested in where you see the connection between this and why the EU doesnt create other trade markets outside the USA List all the factors if you have time?