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Rosbjerg
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Well they CGIed her and Peter Cushing in Rogue One, so why not in the next one.
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What a year.. Thank god Carrie Fisher seems to be on the mend
Spoke too soon
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2017 can't come soon enough.
Don't think it's gonna get better - a lot of the superstars are from boom generations of the 50s-60s and they're getting older. It's risky to be 50+ especially with a career of late nights, drugs and drinking.
Unless you're Keith Richards
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What a year.. Thank god Carrie Fisher seems to be on the mend
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Glædelig Jul, as we say.
Now for heavy drinking and embarrassing family get-togehters
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The safest communities don't have the most police, they have the most resources.
OMG look, it's socialism! Run!
That's a good point - and if you can make your primary resource your citizen's creativity, well-being and thought out-put, then you've come a long way as a society.. but is it inherently socialist?
It's more post-scarcity, which marxism and socialism brushes up against true enough. Whereas capitalism is more about controlling the flow of resources to ensure economic efficiency.. I would still argue though that both systems misunderstand the point of what welfare is really about.
Or were you joking that any thought of post-scarcity is often confused with socialism?
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But you know me Ros, I'm never going to be in the socialist camp. Its a perspective Ive never lived in and honestly it rubs me a little wrong.
I get that and I'm in no way a proponent of a socialist society either, as that require social control and conformity to the norms of the collective. So we agree there as well - I'm more a classical libertarian these days, that just incidentally hates capitalism except for its one redeeming factor.. That it actively incentivises solving other people's problems.
I don't think trust is a socialist trait and I don't think control is a conservative or liberal trait. In fact quite the opposite.
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I know that seemed a bit pedantic, but it was mostly to find some common ground as my argument is based on the perception of greed and need in a macroperspective.
But I would argue that 'self policing' is actually the only way to go to achieve a functioning society, at least that there is a larger degree of self policing than government control and that the government <-> citizen relationship should be one based on trust.
Now of course we could argue about the chicken and the egg and we would both be right in this case. I do still find it interestingly though, that China is seeing massive dives in crime perception, a massive rise of income equality - and a massive rise in trust..
So I think the most effective way to create equality, both income and legal, is trust.. And the most effective way to create trust is to remove incentives of need, by assuring that most of your citizens have all of their needs covered and that they can trust society to take care of it.
This won't kill greed or need of course as need is tied with social recognition and status - but today that greed is centered on monetary wealth, because we link social status with monetary wealth. And as long as we perceive monetary wealth as the only path or reward for social recognition, then government oversight to protect the individuals status seems necessary. Where a very simple shift in government function could drastically alter perceptions of value.
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IMO, sometimes for need but mostly for greed.
I agree, but is greed not simply a fancy world for a very subjective perception of need?
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We should probably just switch over to the honor system where people self police.
Why do we steal?
Because we are inherently bad/genetically dishonest? Or do we steal in any given case, because we feel we need to, irregardless of how rational or not that feeling may be?
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Rogue One - best Star Wars movie since RoTJ for me. Of course I went in wanting a more gritty Star Wars movie, so that was perfect. My friends wanted more of the magic/fantasy and were generally dissapointed by everything except Donnie Yen. I can see why of course, it had none of the things that would make a good traditional Star Wars movie.. not even the proper start!
But this had made me a lot more comfortable with Disney having the franchise.
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Well that- and you're in it..
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I think it was a matter of biting of more than you could chew for them in this case. It's a shame for sure, but one that I can live with, as the rest of the game is pretty reactive.
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One of biggest story flaws of the game imo, the general lack of reaction to anything you do in Defiance Bay. The 3 story factions are too static and selfcontained with Dunryd Row being the only group that seems to have anything to say about anything.. Compared to Twin Elms which have people in general comment on how you deal with the various sidequests.
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Heh, I've actually met Ida Auken on a few occassions.. Her father singlehandedly pulled Denmark into wind energy research in the 90s, despite massive criticism from the right wing, by granting extensive government subsidies. Ironically they now tribute our pretty solid green economic adventure to his foresight..
So she grew up in a political environment and ideology of a state that should do its best to push norms and innovations.
She seems to be falling for the old techno-communism fallacy though, that when technology will be sufficiently advanced, capitalism and private ownership becomes obsolete 'on its own'.
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Combat has never really been a strong suit for Obz, especially not in their independent titles.
But then good combat is so rare in games, espeically outside shooters or beat-em-ups, that I'm pleased if a developer at least manages to make it acceptable.
I find combat in RPGs, even most of BG, too often become a sluggish trek that you're just waiting to be over. There were a lot more good battles in BG, but the combat in general was boring imo.
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Decided to try out the "retire" button in Man O War
I see what you did there
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This was only with kids who manifest magic and actively try to supress it growing up, because of shame, anger etc
Not someone who chooses to accept they can, but not do
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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Extremely schizophrenic. There's a good lighthearted adventure romp about a muggle being dragged along with a wizard to save some animals buried under a dark story about abused children and twenty tons of setting up an arc for further movies. The lighthearted adventure romp is great, the rest of it not so much.
The abused kids part did introduce some good ideas though- sorta like Star Wars, in as what can happen to Wizards if they let their emotions and power take control..
But otherwise I agree and the whole -everything is back to the way it was and no one noticed the difference- in the end was a little too 90s sitcom and, well stupid.
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Mythic Ragnar was a super ****, so that part is spot on
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I dont' think I've ever seen one with free tracking though.
Really? I guess Denmark may be the odd one out then. I just assumed it was free since no matter where I ship from I get tracking through our postal service.
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I've seen it mostly with American companies operating in the EU - but not the norm no
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its the "cousins party" where things get cray cray.
Tell me about - with kids and +1's we reached 75 this year. Luckily my mom has a huge house..
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RIP Carrie Fisher
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Only cause you knew I think, I had 3 friends with me and none but me noticed, but I also knew he was dead.