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Hey Chris :-)

mmm my kids *will* use this if they find out about this.

What would be a way to find out if they did? Does this leave any trace?

IBM not happy with NASA's decision?

Reminds me (somewhat?) of the principles by Ray Dalio.

"If we want to improve a skill, we need to know what exactly has to change and what might get us there."

mmmr no DOCTYPE? :)

Elephant in the room -- with all the "cost of living" crisis striking across the lower, middle and even sometimes higher ranks of incomes, the MSM are starting to wake up to one stone-hard reality: house prices are f*ing bonkers. Irony -- after praising the "feel rich" wave that has been plaguing Western countries since the dotdom bubble burst.

We know the income multipliers from the article, and the article hints at the pain of those households who are going to get caught when remortgaging (the act of having to re-negotiate your borrowing conditions after a period of time has expired, basically).

2020 from the daily mail, BBC, guardian (aka grauniad), telegraph (aka torygraph) and others: . "House prices are rising and god that's wonderful" . "Buy now before it's too late! Don't miss out!" . "How to borrow sensibly over 35 years" (lol) . "Rates are low, now is a good time to get on the housing ladder!" . in a word, property porn, sprinkled with a generous amount of "Fear Of Missing Out".

Despicable.

Successive governments, big fans of the "free market": . Help to buy . Various loan garantees . Lobbying and land hoarding from a cartel of (very large, very connected) building companies/groups.

This is a fucking mess. Prices as high as this haven't been seen in the UK since Victorian times. And we all know Victorian times were great from all perspectives, don't we?) and the only entities benefiting from them are: . Governments (stamp duty, etc) . Banks (longer mortgages) . Some law firms/professions . Estate agents.

Despicable.

The rest suffer from: . being tied to inordinate amounts of debt for what is most people's __entire__ professional life . tied -> less mobility . tied -> more fear, more docility . etc, etc.

Not to mention that with interest rates rises, those monthly payment aren't exactly coming down (Anytime soon? pivot one day?). On top of food prices. On top of energy prices. On top of tax banding. etc, etc.

And now the MSM has the galling audacity to vomit such articles. Makes you wonder: . They are probably crying for help to the government (in "gimme gibs" mode) . Writers may or may not be up to the hilt in a very very long mortgagy relationships with a bank . Whether they should be confronted with the appalling content they exposed to a (unfortunately and too-often-ly) financially illiterate readership. And make them pay. Somehow.

Everyone's blood should start boiling when reading such hypocrisy coming from a publication like the Guardian (see list above).

Pentium 2 cartridge, double-sided in 3, 2 ... 1...

sorry I did not mean "on" the cover. I meant in "the soft cover Mechwarrior RPG" book, in some one of the pages inside. :)

wasn't there a quote in the soft cover Mechwarrior RPG saying something along the lines of "whatever happened to the Universe while Einstein wasn't looking?"

price? 8-}

Sadly, Exterminatus is indeed the only option sometimes.

May the Emperor bless their souls.

well I personally don't give a flying flamingo about man/woman in the lead role of that film. It's just great. What I found telling is the reaction of young people today after realising "waitaminute, this isn't 100% like twitter and tiktok tell us it was... Maybe I need to do a little bit of research and <del>listen to the old man<del> (nah!)"

:-)

Question of taste of course! I for one immensely enjoy the slow pace and tense rhythm of it all.

The "for its time" is 100% subjective, and some young (18-20) people I know (very well I must say: children and nephews, etc) also enjoyed it very much. Asked to watch the sequel on our next "cinema night". Also all were flabbergasted at seeing an "empowered woman character" from "literally like 50 years ago". Came as a little bit of a shock for them. :o)

And ... I would kindly argue the opposite: today's productions are a blur of action, cgi vomit, sometimes almost non-sensical kaleidoscope of seemingly unrelated scenes and topics. I believe they reflect "their time": <tongueincheek>I want it all, I want it now and delivered to my door please. I will let Alexa answer the doorbell for me</tongueincheek>.

watched it for the 5th time a few months ago. result guaranteed: scared the bejesus out of me :)

Great cast, great characters. And a franchise which: 1) is one of the greatest scifi franchises around (bar the couple of alien/predator anomalies) 2) is hopefully not going to be purchased and ravaged by Disney.