To be fair, it would have been more of a W if Kissinger had died a long time ago. This is more like a really late consolation prize.
Though the same could be said of Trump, he has a lot more potential years (possibly even decades) of havoc to wreak. I guess, like our constant companion, Death, I’ll have to take what I can get.
Sounds like something a geoblock could have dealt with, but they likely weren’t ready to put it in place so this was the easiest solution to be in compliance.
I’ve never said that, I’ve said that it would be a better option than pulling out the article worldwide. A geoblock would ensure the article remains available outside of India, and could be retrieved somewhat trivially through a VPN or a proxy, making Reuters in compliance of the court order, which only applies within India’s border. It’s definitely better than not complying, which would lead to Reuters office in India being shut down and risking some of their employees going to jail for not respecting a court order.
Reuters is appealing the decision, but for now they have to comply.
Indian courts are fellating the current govt. hard so complying with their orders is akin to giving their govt. a free pass to suppress dissent and arrest civilians under their notorious UAPA. They use their “enforcement directorate”(shortened to ED) as whips to keep people in line. ED and courts are the lapdog of their government.
The 5 is a little taller than the 2, but it's clear and easy to read so I'll give you a 9.5/10, which should be added to your UNO score sheet under the "Draw Evaluation" section.
As I'm sure you know based on the official UNO rulebook, your Draw Evaluation scores will be averaged at the end of the game and then Average Draw Evaluation (or ADE) will be added to your other overall metrics such as ACH ("Average Cards in Hand") and SAC ("Summed Attack Cards", generally defined as attack cards you have played on others minus attack cards played on you, but some house rules assign different point values to different attack cards).
The metrics you choose to play with in any given game is of course something to be discussed with all players beforehand, but competitive UNO will of course utilize all standard metrics.
Did you know: the "Card Color Multiplier" metric isn't a standard metric? It's basically the Free Parking of UNO - very popular but not officially recognized.
I highly recommend the book series! There are enough differences from the show to keep it fresh, AND the story in the books goes much further then the show got to.
I’ve read the first book of the series after watching the whole show, but I found it less interesting than the show - does it get better with the next ones?
Yes. I watched the whole series before starting the books and I found the books to be much, much better once I got to the part that the series hadn’t touched.
The problem is that the plot is close enough to the books that you know what’s coming, but the characters and details are enough that it’s still worth reading the books. But it is a slog if you’ve seen the series first.
Yeah, I don’t you’d like the rest of the series then. I was completely hooked, but I listened to the audio books first and ended up not liking the show as much as the books. I think it’s more about what you experienced first. My big issue with the show is, they changed a bunch of characters, took some characters and combined them into one. A good example is Bobby wasn’t amazonian in stature, and I missed some of the technical details like needing crash couches in order to account for changing directions.
Absolutely. You’re forced through a slower burn in the books that is hard to appreciate until you’re many more books down.
The show packed in the political intrigue and other elements earlier because it better fit the format, whereas on the books you first go through Holden and Miller’s PoV and throughout their different perceptions get introduced to the setting.
Then the 2nd and 3rd books bring in a deeper view of those other political points of view. It then pats you for now having all of the info you need.
Then it straps you into a jump seat and hits the juice with a few random stops and sudden decelerations before boosting off again for the remainder of the 8 books and novellas.
Absolutely. You’re forced through a slower burn in the books that is hard to appreciate until you’re many more books down.
The show packed in the political intrigue and other elements earlier because it better fit the format, whereas on the books you first go through Holden and Miller’s PoV and throughout their different perceptions get introduced to the setting.
Then the 2nd and 3rd books bring in a deeper view of those other political points of view. It then pats you for now having all of the info you need.
Then it straps you into a jump seat and hits the juice with a few random stops and sudden decelerations before boosting off again for the remainder of the 8 books and novellas.
Just wanted to let you know I’ve had these books on my “to-read” stack for a few years now, and your comment got me to start reading them yesterday. They’ve already got me hooked, so thanks for the nudge!
I’m so glad I could positively impact someone! I listen to audio books like a fiend, while cleaning, during laundry, during running and biking. But The Expanse books were the only books I’d be so hooked I’d listen to them while eating dinner instead of watching a show.
As already pointed out, I was referring to the first panel (that contains an adjective).
It’s a common misconception that two words written with a space can’t be a compound noun but that’s wrong. It’s an arbitrary writing convention that has nothing to do with linguistic categories.
I wanted just to use this opportunity to educate. Nothing really wrong with the meme though, I totally like it!
Thanks, and good point. Your first comment was legitimately the first one I read as soon as I woke up (and pre-caffeine infusion), so I apologize for reading it too quickly, misunderstanding, and being short with you.
Usually ‘not to be that guy’ statements are persnickety, and I find them frustrating in general, since that level of pedantry is a large part of why I left previous SM platforms.
Again, sorry. I’ve since slithered out of bed, and evolved through the necessary phases of human evolution required to interact with people.
I guess I need another wording for my “this isn’t against you but let me point out this random fact”-comments. Because I really do hate to the that guy.
It’s a parallel, tech company supporting the surveillance systems of a fascist state, hoping to score big. The one who has private knowledge of the weaknesses in the systems of a majority of processors, which they developed.
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