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Vivian Darkbloom posted:Incidentally, is there any indication what map projection Paradox used in the game? Older titles had maps pretty much cobbled together, but they made some noises about using a real projection this time. I'm not at home, so I can't check, but if I recall correctly it's the Miller. Same projection as V2, at any rate.
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Carbon dioxide posted:For the Americans reading this: Note that the Norway gas prize of 1.90 eur per liter is equal to about $9.70 per gallon. Yeah but I bet Norway doesn't have the infrastructure woes America has.
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Peanut President posted:Yeah but I bet Norway doesn't have the infrastructure woes America has. I don't think there is much in the way of public transportation outside of bigger cities. It's the same here in southern Germany (Bavaria). I need a car to get to work, buy groceries etc.
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Nov 1, 2013 20:37
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Grand Fromage posted:How do these lactose intolerance studies work? I live in Korea and I had always thought most people here would be lactose intolerant, but everybody consumes dairy all the time here and it doesn't seem to bother anyone. The dairy aisle at my grocery store is bigger than it was in the US, there are probably two hundred different brands of milk and yogurts. When I was in Korea, I noticed that a lot of the milk and cheese products weren't real. Lactose in yogurt is partially fermented, which makes it more tolerable.
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Nov 1, 2013 21:47
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bronin posted:I don't think there is much in the way of public transportation outside of bigger cities. It's the same here in southern Germany (Bavaria). I need a car to get to work, buy groceries etc. No I mean you guys don't have bridges falling down because the government has no money to inspect it/fix it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osocGiofdvc Or have levees collapse during a hurricane after being told 100 times that they were faulty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpdWfaNACgE and so on and so on.
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Nov 1, 2013 21:53
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Yet Germany is still seemingly completely unprepared every time a major flooding happens.
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Nov 1, 2013 22:33
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Peanut President posted:No I mean you guys don't have bridges falling down because the government has no money to inspect it/fix it: The situation in Hurricane Katrina was absolutely inexcusable and a major example of failure by the US government, but are bridge collapses really significantly more common in the US than in European countries?
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Nov 1, 2013 22:44
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 Saw this earlier today, thought it deserved discussion. It's a shame they didn't ask India, New Zealand, and a few other interesting countries.
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Nov 1, 2013 23:27
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I wouldn't expect the Philippines to be that high, I thought they were pretty strongly Catholic.
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Nov 1, 2013 23:39
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Patter Song posted:
Gay people have had equal rights in South Africa since the new Constitution, and 70% say it shouldn't be tolerated?  Sometimes it's frankly astonishing how Nelson Mandela became President of that country without being a total rear end in a top hat.
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Nov 1, 2013 23:42
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Konstantin posted:Why is Norway so expensive? They're by far the largest oil exporter in Europe, and a lot of that industry is under government control, so there's no reason why oil prices should be high there. If anything, political pressure should lead to cheaper domestic prices, especially in a state with a harsh northern climate and low population density, both of which mean more fuel use. Our salaries got really inflated because of the booming petrolium industry, and as a result the cost of living is higher than most places. To top it all off, we have extra taxes added to petrolium because of CO2 emissions and such. But for a regular Norwegian living on a Norwegian salary, buying gas for your car isn't too expensive, really.
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Nov 1, 2013 23:56
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Patter Song posted:
Well, at least South America is better than I expected.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:00
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Spain as well, despite being one of those stereotypically Catholic countries. The times they have a-changed I suppose.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Kennel posted:Well, at least South America is better than I expected. Brazil is supposedly a major reason why the LDS Church has backed off of supporting anti-gay movements recently.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:17
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For NOT having split off because they didn't want to listen to the Vatican the Catholics are quite fond of not listening to the Vatican.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:23
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While I'm not sure what church membership is like I think Spain is still turned off of conservative Catholicism thanks to Franco.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:25
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Nov 2, 2013 00:28
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reignonyourparade posted:For NOT having split off because they didn't want to listen to the Vatican the Catholics are quite fond of not listening to the Vatican. Yeah I think most Catholics are much more socially liberal than people stereotype them as. I think people overly assume they follow the clergy's lead.
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Lycus posted:Yeah I think most Catholics are much more socially liberal than people stereotype them as. I think people overly assume they follow the clergy's lead. From my understanding, much of the priesthoood tend to be more liberal than the leadership. The leadership generally being the "career politician" type. PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Nov 2, 2013 00:33
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Catholics range from pseudo-atheists to fundamentalists who still identify as Catholics even though they disagree with everything the pope does. They're hardly the papist horde most people think they are.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:37
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Lycus posted:Yeah I think most Catholics are much more socially liberal than people stereotype them as. I think people overly assume they follow the clergy's lead. People who aren't religious often seem to assume Catholics are even more conservative than their leadership is, I think, like picturing the Evangelicals and assuming they must be further right than that. I never really got it either.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:38
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VitalSigns posted:Gay people have had equal rights in South Africa since the new Constitution, and 70% say it shouldn't be tolerated?  about.Gay marriage got passed in South Africa as part of the commitment to equality under law, not because the majority supported it. It's a shame that many people people still haven't gotten over their hatred of LGBT people, but I don't think there would have been any feasible way of holding back on civil rights until the majority supported it without loving people over for the considerable future.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:42
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Catholics (That is Roman Catholics) are not the same as Catholics (That is people from protestant/other denomination). The history of the divide is actually quite fascinating from a historical and sociological point of view, but its not really for this thread.
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Nov 2, 2013 00:58
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I actually expected Korea to be just a shade darker, more in line with China and Russia. Good to see, I guess. For content, I liked this one as a variation on goofy relabels, Comic Sans aside: 
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Nov 2, 2013 02:40
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I didn't know there were 2 washingtons.
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Nov 2, 2013 03:23
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Davincie posted:I didn't know there were 2 washingtons. One of them has a D.C. at the end.
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Nov 2, 2013 03:24
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"left canada"? It's called West Yukon jackass. In seriousness, the USA does have too many states. Either amalgamate or break up, either way the world only needs one Dakota.
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Nov 2, 2013 03:36
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dethslayer666 posted:"left canada"? It's called West Yukon jackass. Like way too many things about American politics, it made sense at the time and people are too scared of change so we're stuck with it.
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Nov 2, 2013 03:38
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ElMaligno posted:Catholics (That is Roman Catholics) are not the same as Catholics (That is people from protestant/other denomination). A map of Catholics, different Catholics, and still different Catholics a few years after the Peace of Augsburg: 
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Nov 2, 2013 04:03
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Hedera Helix posted:One of them has a D.C. at the end. The curse of a Washingtonian: people always assuming you're talking about DC. We should just rename the whole thing Seatac.
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Nov 2, 2013 04:04
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reignonyourparade posted:The curse of a Washingtonian: people always assuming you're talking about DC. Why not South British Columbia? Or Starbucks. People love Starbucks.
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reignonyourparade posted:The curse of a Washingtonian: people always assuming you're talking about DC. People who use "Washington" to describe DC are always wrong. 
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Nov 2, 2013 04:34
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dethslayer666 posted:Why not South British Columbia?  Alright I like that one.
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Nov 2, 2013 04:37
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dethslayer666 posted:"left canada"? It's called West Yukon jackass. If you ask me the USA doesn't have enough states. We need more "principalities that somehow survived to the modern day like Monaco" sized states.
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reignonyourparade posted:
To add some relevant content, here's a territorial dispute between the USA and  Oregon Country/Columbia District was jointly claimed by Britain and the USA, until the Treaty of Oregon was signed in 1846, establishing a fixed border at 49 degrees, resulting in the world's dumbest border:  The upper border also inspired the name of a reasonably decent Canadian band. Justin Trudeau fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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dethslayer666 posted:To add some relevant content, here's a territorial dispute between the USA and I really wish they had extended the 49 only as far as the Columbia. I realize it would have made no sense at the time (drat swarming Yanks), but god drat that's some nice territory I wish was part of my country. Where the Canadian irredentists at? dethslayer666 posted:The upper border also inspired the name of a reasonably decent Canadian band. Oh gawd my left ear.
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PittTheElder posted:I really wish they had extended the 49 only as far as the Columbia. I realize it would have made no sense at the time (drat swarming Yanks), but god drat that's some nice territory I wish was part of my country. Where the Canadian irredentists at? Yeah well I think we should kept that slice of Vancouver Island Nah, just kidding, we should have stuck with 54-40 
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Nov 2, 2013 05:35
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All I'm going to say is the extreme US claim results in a prettier border than the extreme British claim.
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reignonyourparade posted:All I'm going to say is the extreme US claim results in a prettier border than the extreme British claim. Not if Britain got Alaska too 
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