It is a reminder that that generation isn't merely passing, its all but passed. The queen may reign for a few years yet, but a decade seems unlikely. All of the countries that still hold to the Monarchy need to be prepared for the change in rulers, including I suspect, the severely reduced enthusiasm for the monarchy that King Charles will bring.
Something I often have for breakfast in winter is Weet-Bix (I assume you have something like this in the US). Heat 1/2 a cup of milk in the microwave and pour it over three of the biscuits. They soften into mush immediately. It's not exactly porridge, but because they're made of wheat, not oats they don't turn into a gloppy mess like porridge tends to when you cook it quickly.
FWIW, I got a multicooker recently and it's well worth it for a single person. You can make any number of things that freeze readily so you can cook enough of something to eat it every few days for a couple of weeks.
In the Blood is amazing, but the song that really gets me is the Lament of Orpheus. Also, I love how all the combat music has a Metal version for when things get serious. And of all the battle tracks The Unseen Ones is just ludicrous.
She didn't go nuts all at once. She didn't go nuts at all. She was perfectly sane when she decided to burn all those innocent people alive. That's the whole point of her ark. She was angry, but she wasn't crazy.
Fair warning, a big update to Stellaris is coming on April 15th, so some of the things you're learning about the economic system will change in just under a month.
New Zealand has road-user charges for diesel, but that's because petrol taxes are intended to pay for roading and a lot of diesel is used for non-road purposes.
Barring that specific case, this looks like a fuel tax with extra steps.
I really liked the look of Disco Elysium. The graphics aren't "good" by the AAA standard of "throw as many polygons on the screen as possible), but it has a strong art style that fits well with the game. I can say the same of Hades. Even Factorio has an aesthetic that fits well with the kind of game it is.
I think it's a big part of why AAA games are becoming so expensive, it takes a lot of work to create hi-res 3D models. Given that Paradox is a fairly small publisher, it would have made more sense to look for a developer that would make a game that was less expensively pretty but had more experience at creating a deep RPG experience.
It also doesn't apply because we can't assume a discrete uniform distribution. With only 1 data point we don't have any evidence of what kind of distribution we're in.
Fair use is practically irrelevant on most big platforms. The social networks are terrified of what old media can get the government to do to them, so they err very heavily on the side of removing anything that could resemble copyright violation.
The reason that scene works for me is that I don't see it as Daenerys going crazy - that's how others see it but they're primed to view Targaryens through that lens.
I think Daenerys was enraged, but perfectly sane when she burned Kings' Landing. She's leaned lessons from her experiences in Essos, and one of those lessons is that the wages of mercy are betrayal.
That's the thing, "hydrogen economy" is a bit of a misnomer. There isn't any free hydrogen that can be mined, so hydrogen fuel cells / storage tanks is more like a form of battery technology, since you need a bunch of electricity to make the hydrogen.
So the real question is, how well does this stack up against battery manufacturing in terms of energy cost, storage efficiency and energy density.
What make this so interesting is that not only is it easy to store (moving gasses long distances is a pain the backside at the best of times, and Hydrogen is not the best of times), but half the hydrogen comes from the water, which cuts down the amount of hydrogen you actually need to make.
Very interesting, storage has been a big issue with hydrogen, so this would be big. Ill admit I'm still a bit sceptical of Hydrogen though. At some point the energy density of batters is going to run right past it, and electricity needs much less new infrastructure.
Yes, I think you and Chip make good points - the class based model only really applies to white voters, and that's largely because so much of the white non-degree class's political activity is based on racial animus.
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On “Prince Philip Dead at 99”
It is a reminder that that generation isn't merely passing, its all but passed. The queen may reign for a few years yet, but a decade seems unlikely. All of the countries that still hold to the Monarchy need to be prepared for the change in rulers, including I suspect, the severely reduced enthusiasm for the monarchy that King Charles will bring.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Relearning What My Grandparents Knew About Oatmeal, Of All Things”
The texture seems different, but that's pretty much what I'm talking about.
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Something I often have for breakfast in winter is Weet-Bix (I assume you have something like this in the US). Heat 1/2 a cup of milk in the microwave and pour it over three of the biscuits. They soften into mush immediately. It's not exactly porridge, but because they're made of wheat, not oats they don't turn into a gloppy mess like porridge tends to when you cook it quickly.
FWIW, I got a multicooker recently and it's well worth it for a single person. You can make any number of things that freeze readily so you can cook enough of something to eat it every few days for a couple of weeks.
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Hades”
In the Blood is amazing, but the song that really gets me is the Lament of Orpheus. Also, I love how all the combat music has a Metal version for when things get serious. And of all the battle tracks The Unseen Ones is just ludicrous.
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Also, the soundtrack is spectacular.
On “Game of Thrones: GRRM, Fan Fiction, and the Pearls of Irritated Oysters”
She didn't go nuts all at once. She didn't go nuts at all. She was perfectly sane when she decided to burn all those innocent people alive. That's the whole point of her ark. She was angry, but she wasn't crazy.
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: On Fighting For Your Purpose”
They won't do full patch notes until the week before, but go to this page on the wiki:
https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Developer_diaries
And look for dev diaries 1, 2 and 3 in the section headed "Patch 3.0 (Dick)". It's visible from the top so it's easy to find.
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Fair warning, a big update to Stellaris is coming on April 15th, so some of the things you're learning about the economic system will change in just under a month.
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Hades is a spectacular game, I strongly recommend it.
On “Vehicle Miles-Traveled (VMT) Tax”
Ah yes, electrics that makes sense.
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I really don't get this.
New Zealand has road-user charges for diesel, but that's because petrol taxes are intended to pay for roading and a lot of diesel is used for non-road purposes.
Barring that specific case, this looks like a fuel tax with extra steps.
On “From Global News.ca: Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published due to racist content”
They will try to cancel Mr Magoo and then through a series of extremely improbable coincidences he will manage to avoid it.
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People tend to treat every social institution that predates them as an artefact of nature, so I wouldn't be too optimistic.
On “Saturday Morning Gaming: Bloodlines 2 has been delayed. Again. Indefinitely, this time.”
I really liked the look of Disco Elysium. The graphics aren't "good" by the AAA standard of "throw as many polygons on the screen as possible), but it has a strong art style that fits well with the game. I can say the same of Hades. Even Factorio has an aesthetic that fits well with the kind of game it is.
I think it's a big part of why AAA games are becoming so expensive, it takes a lot of work to create hi-res 3D models. Given that Paradox is a fairly small publisher, it would have made more sense to look for a developer that would make a game that was less expensively pretty but had more experience at creating a deep RPG experience.
On “Perseverance Does the Impossible Again”
It also doesn't apply because we can't assume a discrete uniform distribution. With only 1 data point we don't have any evidence of what kind of distribution we're in.
On “Weekend Plans Post: Taxes, No Politics”
Yeah, that sounds about right. Thanks?
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I had some tax-related news of my own this week. I've received my first invoice for property taxes from the council.
On “From Vice: Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime’s ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-streamed?”
Fair use is practically irrelevant on most big platforms. The social networks are terrified of what old media can get the government to do to them, so they err very heavily on the side of removing anything that could resemble copyright violation.
On “Game of Thrones Rewatch: Redemption Song”
The reason that scene works for me is that I don't see it as Daenerys going crazy - that's how others see it but they're primed to view Targaryens through that lens.
I think Daenerys was enraged, but perfectly sane when she burned Kings' Landing. She's leaned lessons from her experiences in Essos, and one of those lessons is that the wages of mercy are betrayal.
On “And Thus, The Hydrogen Economy Is (Probably) Born”
I wonder fi you could have an emptying station to go along with the filling station, and recover it that way?
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The press release indicates that the paste is fluid and can be pumped, so it could conceivably be pumped into a tank like gasoline or diesel.
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That's a fair point, if the Mg(OH)2 can be readily collected and recycled, that might be the thing that pushes this over the line.
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That's the thing, "hydrogen economy" is a bit of a misnomer. There isn't any free hydrogen that can be mined, so hydrogen fuel cells / storage tanks is more like a form of battery technology, since you need a bunch of electricity to make the hydrogen.
So the real question is, how well does this stack up against battery manufacturing in terms of energy cost, storage efficiency and energy density.
What make this so interesting is that not only is it easy to store (moving gasses long distances is a pain the backside at the best of times, and Hydrogen is not the best of times), but half the hydrogen comes from the water, which cuts down the amount of hydrogen you actually need to make.
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Very interesting, storage has been a big issue with hydrogen, so this would be big. Ill admit I'm still a bit sceptical of Hydrogen though. At some point the energy density of batters is going to run right past it, and electricity needs much less new infrastructure.
On “On Wealth and Politics”
Yes, I think you and Chip make good points - the class based model only really applies to white voters, and that's largely because so much of the white non-degree class's political activity is based on racial animus.
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