Gorth
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Even if the crime is committed in the past, can the president pardon it if a sentence hasn't been passed yet? I.e. not "officially" a crime yet?
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5 hours ago, Lexx said:
Indeed, people would then see that China is just a paper tiger as well.
Yeah... some people were apprehensive at the prospect of facing Russia after Syria but before Ukraine. Sometimes the image in your head is more intimidating than reality once it gets put to the test. Besides Syria, Russian military units are also active all over central and western Africa. Maybe there is a Molotov-Ribbentrop pact equivalent for partitioning Africa?
edit: between Russia and China that is
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Man, that 10/11 obstacle when you have to move upwards again!
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I've always been fascinated by old languages. Whether Basque, Celtic, Cobol, Old Norse etc.
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24 minutes ago, BruceVC said:
Thats the exact same argument the Israelis make around the high number of civilian deaths in Gaza
Hamas hides out in civilian structures and the high civilian death is regrettable but it cant be avoided
Whats your view on that reasoning, can it be avoided?
I couldn't say, because I don't know enough about the forces trying to root out the entrenched part. But I suspect both decided the risk of loss of life of own troops outweighed any consideration for collateral civilian casualties (in both cases)
edit: i.e. for me, there is no difference between Hamas in Gaza and HTS in in Aleppo, nor is there any noticeable difference between the approach of the Syrian and Israeli government when it comes to dislodging them
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1 hour ago, BruceVC said:
You mean the people in Aleppo who werent massacred by Assad the last time?
Have you ever seen the photos of what Aleppo looked like after Russia, Iran and Assad were finished, this is a good link because it shows before and after photos so you can see the magnitude of the destruction
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/aleppo-before-and-after-syria-civil-war/4/
Are you saying terrorist groups entrenching themselves in urban areas, deliberately hiding amongst civilians bear no responsibility for the consequences? Genuinely curious, because most people claim the opposite...
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I'm sure the people of Aleppo will be much happier under their new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Al Qaida and Isis) overlords
After all, Afghanistan is such an exemplary society
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On 11/29/2024 at 1:23 PM, Gorth said:
Watched Dandadan episode 9... I'll add more details and a few pictures later (if I manage to stop laughing). Some censorship required as Okarun spends the entire episode butt naked
Talk about validation... quoting yourself
So, where to start? Like most episodes, no write up of what's happening does justice to it. Best recommendation is, watch it for yourself!
Last episode left off with the aliens (Serpoians) ripping off Okaruns clothes and bringing out the bit snipper to harvest his banana organs... Aira came to the rescue, showing her newfound abilities granted to her when Silky's Aura got transferred to her. The got a light beating and let go of Okarun. The main theme of this episode:
Yes, Okarun spends the entire episode from start to end, literally butt naked (this also led me to leave out most of the screenshots I made watching it, because I was too lazy to censor all of them)
The aliens strike back and use their psychosomething powers to create a field, that nullifies both Okaruns and Airas powers of transformation (using Turbo Grannys and Silkys powers respectively). They call this particular containment field for:
Suddenly Momo appears, she has a the power of disabling the Aliens special powers... as long as she stays focused that is
Much hilarity ensues when first Aira uses Okaruns real name (which rattles Momo) and later Okarun uses a well known quote from Ken Takamura, both times causing her to lose her concentration and the aliens get back in control. That Mantis guy from last episode is back. At first Aira and Okarun together beats him up, but the aliens force feed the poor gig worker an energy drink ("Regain"), which seems to have been a popular thing in the past in Japan (a lot of local cultural references, which I had to look up, seeing what the energy drink and the ads for it was all about)
And the hired labour sets about kicking some butt, not just Okaruns exposed butt, but everyones butt (I added the dark spot)
With Momo's aid, Aira and Okarun can now both transform and use that to create a ballet of butt kicking, sending the mantis flying. This is where Nessie shows up, the other hired help brought here by the aliens. Their environment suddenly turns into bottomless waters, with walls and ceiling made of water. The three tries to make a run for it, chased by the mantis, Nessie and the aliens.... Aura is developing a bit of a crush on Okarun
The water column behind Momo and Okarun is/was Aira, getting caught from beneath by the mantis guys punch, sending her flying through the ceiling
Momo uses her psychic powers to ride Okarun like a dolphin, giving chase and they pull Aira out of the water. After checking everyone is alive, she orders Aira to strip, as well as doing so herself, to reduce drag in the water, because the two girls are now going to ride Okarun at high speed while dodging laser beams. Aira is not amused, but Momo couldn't care less...
The aliens have merged themselves as well as Nessie and mantis guy into one monstrous being that packs a punch both at a distance (shooting underwater laser beams at the kids) as well as knocking the stuffing out of Aira as she tries to break it's neck, so stop it from shooting beams at them...
Momo, being the brains in the group, comes up with a plan on how to beat their pursuer. She confronts it and like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, gestures to it to take its best punch at her. Using knowledge imparted in a previous episode about mantis shrimps, she creates an air bubble between the mantis' fists the moment it strikes and causes it to injure itself (because there's suddenly no resistance from the water when it strikes)
All three cooperate to create an unstoppable juggernaut, that manages to escape the void domain create by the aliens. Lets just say they end up in an "interesting" position. Fun and giggles and some jokes. Okarun notices they are on a hard surface, Momo starts giggling and thanks the hallway floor, and also thanks it for "being so hard"... while they are both laughing, they realize they have not only left the water, they are back in school and surrounded by gawking students wondering what two naked (more of less) students are doing on the floor?
Comical relief as they run away from school, joined by Aira, also just in her underwear
And that... only scratched the surface of what happened
edit: completely related, got this video recommended on youtube
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Watched Dandadan episode 9... I'll add more details and a few pictures later (if I manage to stop laughing). Some censorship required as Okarun spends the entire episode butt naked
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2 hours ago, Hurlshort said:
We've also talked about the game sales argument before, and there just isn't good evidence that going woke means going broke. Mediocre games do badly regardless of politics.
I'm fairly sure a game like GW2 does well, despite featuring not just same sex marriages, but some of the best inter-species erotica literature (no kidding) I've read... one of the NPC's (Snargle Goldclaw) in the game is an author that writes literal soft porn novels featuring the "interactions" between the different species (and mixing the genders too for good measure) in Tyria (the GW2 world).
The pitchfork mob seems to focus on one game at a time. Can't risk running out of views on Youtube
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1 hour ago, BruceVC said:
Definitely dont buy it yet, wait 3-4 months until all the official patches are released
Gorthfuscious, whats the "BruceVC number one rule about buying a new game " ?
Never put yourself through a subpar gaming experience when a game is released too early. Wait for the official patches, thats the best way to ensure less anxiety and frustration and a better overall gaming experience
Blame it on my age... I grew up with games having exactly one release! It either worked or it didn't. If it didn't you would not buy more from that developer
(you probably also developed some thick skin and high tolerance threshold, anything short of a game breaking bug that would corrupt your save was not considered a real bug)
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I had actually considered getting STALKER 2, but... my favourite game reviewer gave some damning feedback. Maybe in a year or two, after a dozen patches?
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11 hours ago, Malcador said:
So Canada is supposed to secure the longest border in the world, huh. Well, interesting to see if Canada and Mexico call their bluff, Canada exports a lot of oil to the US.
...and baby seal skins, wont anyone think of the baby seals???
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Split off from previous thread....
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New thread...
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1 hour ago, Azdeus said:
Went to rehab today, dear mother of god I'm weak. I've got gym twice a week for a month now and several exercises to do at home. Also, got my sisters Aygo running after it's been sitting for 1.5 years, she'd left the handbrake on, and the chumps she first asked to take the car on a trailer to the mechanics didn't know what the **** they were doing and just tried to pull it loose. I got it rolling in about 15 minutes, then I got the seized generator rolling again and it chugged along for atleast 15 minutes without issues. Driving it to the bodywork shop tomorrow to fix the rust.
Also, dear god I want a new GPU. **** nVidia for being cheapskates with VRAM, 10Gb ffs...
Anyone that has 2-3k$ to send my way for a 5090 when they release? XD
Think of us poor bastards in third world countries that only have a 2080 with 8gb ram
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Some... something? As someone said in some comment, a Dutch singer, a Finnish band, singing English for a German audience of 820000
From Wembley...
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Those Australian universities are at it again!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o
"Two Australian mathematicians have called into question an old adage, that if given an infinite amount of time, a monkey pressing keys on a typewriter would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare."
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"The results indicated that even if every chimp in the world was enlisted and able to type at a pace of one key per second until the end of the universe, they wouldn't even come close to typing out the Bard's works.
There would be a 5% chance that a single chimp would successfully type the word "bananas" in its own lifetime. And the probability of one chimp constructing a random sentence - such as "I chimp, therefore I am" - comes in at one in 10 million billion billion, the research indicates."
There you go, very little chance of a chimp infringing on Shakespeare's intellectual property!
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11 hours ago, BruceVC said:
Yes, its possible but then those countries that dont enforce an ICC warrant must leave the ICC because whats the point if you dont enforce its warrants
We went through that embarrassing reality in 2016 when South Africa refused to enforce the warrant for AL-Bashir from Sudan and then the ANC decided to leave the ICC because at the time they considered the ICC " an instrument of regime change "
But this decision was blocked by our high courts which ruled the ANC cant unilaterally decide to leave the ICC without Parliamentary approval
Now we love the ICC and all countries must respect its decisions, amazing how much you can change your views in 8 years
That's why monarchies are the superior form of government... Politicians and governments come and go every few years
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Dandadan episode 8...
After the emotionally devastating episode 7 (not joking), it's back to make you smile and occasionally laugh again.
After saving Aira's life by transferring "Silky's" (we never get her real name) life force to her, they all seem have ended up at Seiko's (Momo's grandmother) house for some dinner. Udon noodles unless I'm mistaken
Starts out with an argument between Momo and Aira. The former apologizes for smashing a basin over Airas head and the latter is still convinced Momo is a demon in disguise. Hilarious argument that also has Japanses subs, because the bickering with their mouths fuill of noodles is incomprehensible, presumably even to Japanese ears.
edit: No screenshots, but honourable mention to a scene that mixes Jurassic Park (the water ripple scene and hiding in the kitchen from raptor scene) with what I assume is Godzilla completely with laser beam cutting the walls in half, trying to obliterate Momo...
Aira leaves the house and it's time for Turbo Granny (still trapped in the Neko Doll) to return the first of Okaruns balls. She shows herself as an excellent pitcher and returns it with a strike (I'm sure Okarun felt that one)!
Turns out that Aira is developing some kind of feelings for Okarun, ambushes him behind a building at school...
But Okarun, besides being shocked by the suddenness (wow, 3 double consonants, not something i see often), adamantly rejects Airas advances
Asking her, where the heck that came from, she confesses top have learnt it from a book about romances she read!
When pushed on where she found such "novels"...
This is by the way (of course), the moment Momo walks by and sees what they're currently up to behind that building...
Momo feels her day is ruined...
Suddenly the school goes dark and the Momo is trapped by herself, while Okarun and Aira are trapped together. Turns out our old friends the Serpoans are back for more "bananas"
Okarun is not amused, he was so happy he just got the first of his two missing balls back
Turns out Aira got more than just Silky's life force in the previous transfusion, she inherited her spiritual powers too. Now she's truly the chosen one (because she's so pretty)!
Back story, why Okaruns balls are missing
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They should hire Ricky Gervais to host those award shows… might be worth watching then
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More anime this way...
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Split off from previous thread....
Incidentally ran across this interesting take on Dandadan episode 7. About how to do flashbacks in an interesting way and the power of show, don't tell. As well as comparisons to manga panels for the same sequences
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8 minutes ago, Azdeus said:
I love lightning storms, and I'm quite jealous that you saw more lightning in two minutes than I did during the entire year.
On another point, meat is all fine and good, but did you put shrimp on the barbie?
I’m fairly sure the shrimp thing came from the same travel guide that introduced drop bears
Ie an urban legend that exists overseas
Usually I put steak or chicken on the bbq. Sometimes fish or vegetables. Some mornings I do egg and bacon on it
edit something I grew quite fond of is mushrooms with lots of thyme
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The All Things Political Topic
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I did do a quick google search on the types of crimes. The "gotcha" seems to be its limited to Federal Crimes. I.e. if he is sentenced for violating state laws, his pardons wont work
Meybe he'll end up with local jail time some day...