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The only issue with YT is that it pushes the slop to the forefront, so it's hard to discover good channels. It makes it seem like that is all there is to it.

It was good but I swear

It's a coming of age drama with not-zombie zombies, imo.

Update has caused awful stuttering, making the game unplayable. worked fine before but now it is easily the wost running game i have ever seen. please fix this and fire your QC guy

For some reason the multiplayer is working -I’ve reset my wifi -reset my Xbox -fiddled with my nag type

Hey all, I moved most (if not all) of the suggestion threads into the new forum created for feedback and suggestions. If you think your thread was incorrectly moved, let me know.

Just watched 28 Years Later. It kinda was not what I expected. Not a bad movie, though.

Finally figured out that trombone song I have had in my head for years is the Peter Gunn theme.

The way I read it, this is a "framework" for a trade deal. The details have yet to be worked out, and those may balance the equation depending on the particular classes of goods. I suspect Germany supports it because of their energy needs (per Russia embargoes); France, naturally, does not. The revenue differences may instead be balanced out with digital taxes, &c. Then again, DJT is known for his negotiating flakiness, so who knows how long it will last?

The union as in the EU itself? The EU as a whole has definite advantages for weaker members- developmental funding, large free trade bloc and the like- which make staying in it a positive trade off. Or, perhaps, a trade off that is seen as significantly safer/ less risky than the alternative. A proper single economy would have advantages for them too, similar to how somewhere like Alabama in the US is subsidised federally by California's stronger economy; it's the weird hybrid thing that doesn't really work well. The union as in the monetary union? Arguably, Greece would have been far better off leaving the Euro during its crisis. Instead of having its currency tied to Germany's and effectively having money pumped out they could have set their own exchange rates to improve competitiveness and inflated their debt away at the same time. With a floating independent currency and a weak economy you have a weak currency, and competitiveness improves since you'd get more drachma for the olive oil you sell to Germans and they'd get better value for their holidays so would be more likely to visit. But with a weak economy and a strong currency Middle Eastern or North African olive oil is cheaper, and it's cheaper to holiday in Turkey. It's extremely risky to leave though, and there would be a lot of the more, hmm, strident Europhiles who'd want anyone leaving the Euro out of the EU as well. That's a particular risk for a single, relatively small country like Greece though, not so much if it was the whole PIGS+ since Italy and Spain are too big to kick out. It's certainly a bad thing if your economy is weak though. Ultimately the problem is the same as it's been since its inception: the Euro is weaker than it 'should' be for its strong economies, which improves their competitiveness and stronger than it should be for the weaker ones, decreasing their competitiveness. That's a classic viscous* circle for the weak and not really a virtuous one for the strong since the benefit for them lasts only until the time the weaker ones start pulling them down. *sigh. I knew one of these days I'd actually write it

These days I mostly use YouTube for music and specific cooking or fitness stuff. The unsettling AI voices spouting word salad over stock images is not a good time.

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