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Yes, I agree This deal wont benefit US car manufacturers by definition because imports provide alternatives to local goods And well priced imports now become competitive with locally produced goods But thats the nature of trade around exports and imports, its a balance and really a decision that consumers make Im sure none of us want to live in a country where you cant find any imported goods I buy EU imported cheeses all time, they obviously more expensive but you cant find the same type of cheese around taste in SA like Roquefort, Gorgonzola or UK mature Cheddar

Japanese car company stocks exploded while GM's dropped. Fairly easy to see who "won" the deal. US car makers aren't going to sell a single car more in Japan while their cars now have an advantage over others, and Japan can really use rice imports at the moment, rice prices are becoming a huge problem for the government. Not that the US is exporting or even producing a whole lot of rice anyway. Trump's really a master of negotiation and deal making. His tarrifs are now screwing over GM more than Mazda, Toyota & comapny.

I think I understand what you suggesting but here is better link around where and how the $500 billion from Japan will be invested and it raises legitimate concerns https://www.axios.com/2025/07/24/japan-trade-deal-trump-tariffs I do agree its uncertain and I can understand why anyone would think its a bribe but its also more complex and nuanced than that Firstly $500 billion is a huge amount if it is bribe, thats 14% of Japans GDP in 2024 End of the day Japan seems fine with this agreement and its because they know the benefit of access to the US markets Trump is not the reason the US is such a strong economy, this is an outcome of the decades of US economic growth and the overall success of its free market system But Trump can use this to his advantage and claim " wins " because countries want to export to the US so he can force transactional negotiations like with Japan and tariffs Thats the main point Im making, there was a general sentiment from many commentators that US tariffs wouldnt benefit the US or wouldn't be accepted by US trading partners But we not seeing that and every country that is significant seems to be folding and agreeing to some sort of deal that benefits the US China was suppose to be the best example of " standing up " to the US and Trumps tariffs but even they agreed to 30% tariffs and US exports to China are only 10% https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx0ry7kdk5o

Comin' in about, uh... two weeks.

remember the 2 trillion bribe gulf state was suppose to give to usa anyday now

edit: also, if anyone really believes Japan or Japanese companies are going to invest a single yen more in the United States than they would have anyway thanks to this agreement, I have this here slightly used bridge to sell you for cheap. It's a great deal. A fantastic deal. The best deal ever. The bigliest biggest deal ever. Don't miss out!

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/japan-trade-agreement-us Its not really a bribe, thats part of the negotiations in direct investment in the US. But they reached a trade agreement that benefits both countries. Japan will be charged 15% for exports into the USA This definitely benefits Japanese motor exports "The deal will see US importers pay 15% “reciprocal” tariffs on Japanese goods exported to the United States. But importantly for Japan, the 15% rate will also extend to automobiles and car parts - putting it at an advantage over other major vehicle exporters, which have faced a 25% levy on automotive sector exports since April. " Its interesting how Trump has been able to get countries to agree to these types of transactional trade terms and this is because of the strength of the USA economy and its buying power So we shouldnt use words like " vassals" because its about economics and if there were other export markets that could absorb the USA buying power countries would be using them It reminds me of our South Africa trade imbalance with BRICS, we have a trade deficit with BRICS of R230 billion and a trade surplus of R37 billion with the USA And yet now we facing US tariffs people are saying " lets just use BRICS to trade, we dont need the USA" But BRICS isnt buying our goods as much as they selling\dumping goods on us So BRICS is clearly not going to replace the USA as an export market But the main point Im making is no one is being forced to export to the USA, any country can decide who they want to trade or export with. If you can find other export markets then use them and just ignore Trump and his tariffs?

Scientists are developing artificial blood that could save lives in emergencies If it works in humans, this could be an amazing advance. Good to see.

Maybe cuter moth armour with fluff or something.

Can the moth armour come in different colors and can the headgear have moth antennae ontop of it instead of a headwrap? Also can we get a repeating crossbow the old game only had the slow crossbows and when getting swarmed by a bunch of small bugs it was kind of annoying waiting to reload each time while dealing with them all.

For me the game only loads my actual save while offline, anytime im online t puts me to a save i dont have from a month ago. i feel like ive tried everything from making hundreds of saves to uninstalling the game. i even went offline and midway through the loading turn on my internet thinking it would work but when i loaded another save nothing changed. if some knows how to fix this please help!!

I still need to watch Prodigy. I'm surprised I've liked LOWER DECKS as well as I have.

Wife couldn't stand what they did with her favorite captain so we never finished the first season of Picard. I think Prodigy was easily the best NuTrek and closest to old Trek in heart and feeling.

usa force japan to pay 550 billion as bribe for low 15 percent tariff wonder if eu will have to give much bigger bribe or will they actually be useful and shake off their vassal mindset

If it is possible to "delete" a character with a script like that, would it be possible to instead swap out a character for an exported adventurer / sidekick light as per Kvellen's prototype?

Chuck Mangione. Only know of him through King of the Hill as the writers or showrunners liked him or something

Is it possible to use an animation from the list of NPC animations? The ones where some of them are sitting, hammering a wall, et cetera. I want to see if the animation Sharpening Blade would work well as a companion personality animation. Please see attached image. – https://drive.proton.me/urls/VZKPSB3HXG#ZPjhpnisbib3 for higher resolution. I've tried to see if I could figure out how to do this with Apotheosis but can't see how. I've tried opening the .gamedatabundles in VS Code et cetera but none of them want to reformat the code back to something I can read and not just one long line of code. Also, I can't seem to open .character files in any application, I'm guessing it must be some kind of text editor / code editor. Also, a separate question, is it possible to add a prop item to a character / companion personality animation from some item, and connect it to one of the game's defined points for the 3D models?

RIP Hogan. He was a big part of growing up watching wrestling in the 'Rock & Wrestling' period (which partially coincided with the period after WWE bought & tanked the local wrestling promotion and Ted Turner started WCW). But the last few decades have not been kind to his legacy.

I was okay with Picard season one. If they'd changed the bit that imo super nerfed the ending and undercut their own themes about what the season was about, I think it probably would have landed in 'great' territory.

Hulk Hogan

In harder difficulties enduring dance is hard to keep up when you re in front lines.

Well, I realize that's a large number. There are over 600 mods over on Nexus, many of them really interesting. And from my experience with using mods (which goes back a good amount... I remember a 100+ modlist for Skyrim), as far as the different systems working in the engine, I think if you try to focus on only adding smaller mods that adjust minor and dissimilar aspects of a game's engine (while having a somewhat logical understanding how the engine works), you are usually OK. At least that's what I'm trying to do. There are many mods, but not many "Overhaul" types that change multiple aspects at once. Think Witcher 3 combat overhaul mods. I'm not using anything like that. But regardless, and yes I will likely end up having to troubleshoot issues with that many.. I expect that... but I'm just having trouble finding any resource online that breaks down what (if any) types of mods need to be given priorities over others in the in game load list, aside from the handful of mods that do specify it in their descriptions.