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The Glumslinger posted:If anyone wanted a good explanation why nearly a million people in CA are going to lose electricity for the next few days, here is a decent explanation of the issue Oh good. What a week, huh?
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ColonelMuttonchops posted:From what I've read over at the blizzard subforum, Blizz doesnt actually make a whole lot of money from China. But they can "potentially" make more money from china in the future, if they only invest in their rising middle class right now. Which lol to that, thinking China is going to let foreign companies set up shop on their soil. China's apparently about 5x the size of the US "gamer" market due to the incredible install base on smartphones. Because publicly traded companies occupy some nebulous nonsense world where unlimited growth is literally required, the only thing that most of them can do is attempt to propitiate the looming behemoth market that China has. Hurting them via boycott is good, but it's a temporary method that doesn't address the larger problem. Tencent (the company that has ~5% ownership of Activision-Blizzard) is a massive player internationally, and they own Riot Games (makers of League of Legends) outright. Activision isn't hurting for money by any stretch of the imagination, but that 5% ownership thing is a loophole in Chinese international law. If you want to do business in China, you need to jump through all kinds of hoops. Or, you can get around that by being at least partially Chinese owned. The amount of stock China has in A-B is actually fairly small, so the call is almost assuredly coming from inside Activision itself from a bean counter going "Nooo!! Our future unlimited growth margins!!" It's gonna be a big deal in a lot of other areas, too. It's already felt a little bit in movies (which is why there are no gay super heroes, basically) but most of the biggest corps are currently making two versions of most of their productions, one for the global market, and a heavily edited version for China. As China's market influence grows, the scales on that will probably flip. With any luck, Xi will die and the communist party will turn over a new less despotic leaf. But things... kinda don't look too good right now. Gamer cat tax: https://twitter.com/grandayy/status/1180859210336276480
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Dapper_Swindler posted:https://twitter.com/Espsilverfire2/status/1182001007976423424?s=20 This is just their servers being overloaded. Also you can only apply once, if you try two or more in quick succession it will gently caress things up and lock you out for a few hours. This is not Blizzard locking down poo poo.
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https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1182048167040311296 moving on to the "calling him gay" phase, which i didn't anticipate.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:00
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sean10mm posted:My parents hate the poo poo out of Trump, it's delightful. Same, and I live in Texas. Grandfather loves him, but he's been squishy in the head for 10 years.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:01
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eke out posted:https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1182048167040311296 Hmmn Rudy saying people should be a mental hospital is quality  and 
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The Glumslinger posted:If anyone wanted a good explanation why nearly a million people in CA are going to lose electricity for the next few days, here is a decent explanation of the issue Holy loving crap it is downright farcical that PG&E is still allowed to exist
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ColonelMuttonchops posted:From what I've read over at the blizzard subforum, Blizz doesnt actually make a whole lot of money from China. But they can "potentially" make more money from china in the future, if they only invest in their rising middle class right now. Which lol to that, thinking China is going to let foreign companies set up shop on their soil. blizzard has the overwatch league, which they're trying to position as a viable sports league. it's getting there but they need that chinese audience to do it. before the second season there were eight expansion teams, bringing up the total number of teams from twelve to twenty. three of those expansion teams were chinese. there are four chinese teams now and one of them got pretty far in the playoffs. the chinese audience is essential for the league's continued survival if china fucks with blizzard and the league fails, the ripple effect would mean blizzard also has to go back on numerous deals they've made with western companies, including disney. it would put a huge damper on international e-sports leagues which blizzard desperately wants to be the market leader in
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sean10mm posted:They have no ethics and will never abandon Trump. Probably not yet, but if his failures get too big for even them, I could see them claiming God just chose him to prepare the way for our lord and savior Pence. Also they can invoke Solomon to cover their rear end for initially supporting him. "Oh, he was a wise leader, but the bad influences led him astray."
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happyhippy posted:This is just their servers being overloaded. thats what i kinda assumed. blizzard is bad and dumb but i feel like this would break to many laws and isnt worth it. eke out posted:https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1182048167040311296 i do love that rudy's "mask" dropped after the stares and now he is just a horrible monster idiot in every possible way.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/WardDPatrick/status/1182053667974909953 Another poll confirming that a majority supports impeachment.
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The Kurds! Where were the Kurds when the Westfold fell? Where were the Kurds when our enemies closed in around us?
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sean10mm posted:My parents hate the poo poo out of Trump, it's delightful. My extended family had a get together on Labor Day and I was pleased that their opinion of Trump and what should happen to him was, without exception, something that would've got them banned from these forums. 
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Esplanade posted:Probably not yet, but if his failures get too big for even them, I could see them claiming God just chose him to prepare the way for our lord and savior Pence. yeah, they probably won't vote against him in 2020 but they will probably not make too much noise if the party magically decided that trump wasnt worth it. DaveWoo posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/WardDPatrick/status/1182053667974909953 can't say i am fully surprised.
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Zophar posted:NPR was running a story earlier about how Evangelicals might actually start to crack with Trump over loving the Kurds Not going to happen. They are too invested. They may act like it bothers them but they will, all of them, pull that Trump lever next year.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:09
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I don't understand the 4% who want him impeached but not removed. What are they hoping for, exactly?
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Dapper_Swindler posted:tencent owns a bunch of stock in blizzard and blizzard makes way more money in china than it does in the west. so they will bend the knee to china and etc. whats funny is is this Blizzcon was actually supposed to be a sort of return to form after last year's being pretty widely slammed. They have numerous games to reveal, including a WoW expansion and very likely a proper, non-mobile Diablo title. They were expecting a triumph and now all that potential goodwill is going to be overshadowed by an utterly inept own goal. a little late and this has been hit a few times, but; acti-blizz makes 10-15% of their revenue in asia/pacific, which is all inclusive just before the middle east. and also, you know, korea. they don't make poo poo from china, but potential market!!
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Flapjack Monty posted:My extended family had a get together on Labor Day and I was pleased that their opinion of Trump and what should happen to him was, without exception, something that would've got them banned from these forums. My mom is great and despises him, my dad is in denial about how bad he really is but is desperately trying to both-sides, and most of my extended family are wannabe (we are Catholic) WASP yuppies than only care that their 401ks go up TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Oct 9, 2019 |
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Oct 9, 2019 23:10
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Nixon's support collapsed when the polls hit 57% if I remember correctly. I hope that holds for Trump, but the support and the electoral map is probably different enough that it's not a sure bet.
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Oh, okay. To be fair, history has shown terrorists to be unwilling to get on planes.
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And another poll https://twitter.com/WardDPatrick/status/1182053667974909953
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Ershalim posted:I don't understand the 4% who want him impeached but not removed. What are they hoping for, exactly? Maybe they're hoping it'll scare him straight or something.
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Ershalim posted:I don't understand the 4% who want him impeached but not removed. What are they hoping for, exactly? Some of them are "impeachment will only help Trump" true believers, some think the trialshould run its course but don't have strong opinions yet over how much of the crimes are real. There's also the 2% of any poll: 
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Ershalim posted:I don't understand the 4% who want him impeached but not removed. What are they hoping for, exactly? Of course that assumes the Senate trial will be anything other than the GOP calling Trump the most innocent president who ever presidented, which, lol
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Dammerung posted:Maybe they're hoping it'll scare him straight or something. It's this, or idiots who think a failed impeachment will help him in 2020
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DaveWoo posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/WardDPatrick/status/1182053667974909953 There are going to be some very angry tweets about this
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Ershalim posted:I don't understand the 4% who want him impeached but not removed. What are they hoping for, exactly? That a full and thorough investigation will show it was all Hillary Clinton’s fault.
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So am I the only one whose reaction to the california shutdown is "nationalize all power networks" ? Because this seems like one of those "market failures" I've been told don't exist! They tried private tort remedies and everything~!
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Killer robot posted:Some of them are "impeachment will only help Trump" true believers, some think the trialshould run its course but don't have strong opinions yet over how much of the crimes are real. I bought one years ago. I don't know if it's still in my house anymore.
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4% of Americand know that impeachment doesn't mean removal from office and wanted to be smug about it.
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Midgetskydiver posted:Not going to happen. They are too invested. They may act like it bothers them but they will, all of them, pull that Trump lever next year. Genuine question because not Christian. Is there any place in American Christianity for social justice type Christian politics ala the type who built near every charity and homeless shelter in the company 120 years ago (even if it was a means to an end to evangelize)? Are these people already absorbed into the Democratic party? Lost causes because of abortion or gay rights?
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:Genuine question because not Christian. Is there any place in American Christianity for social justice type Christian politics ala the type who built near every charity and homeless shelter in the company 120 years ago (even if it was a means to an end to evangelize)? Are these people already absorbed into the Democratic party? Lost causes because of abortion or gay rights? every christian group besides the evangelicals basically gay rights/abortion still hit/miss though
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:Genuine question because not Christian. Is there any place in American Christianity for social justice type Christian politics ala the type who built near every charity and homeless shelter in the company 120 years ago (even if it was a means to an end to evangelize)? Are these people already absorbed into the Democratic party? Lost causes because of abortion or gay rights? Definitely. There are a lot of devout Christian groups who are very into social justice and collective good. There's not like a specific name for them or anything. As much as it seems like it from the outside, Christians aren't a monolithic group in the US. Most of those people are Democrats, yeah. Or DSA. There's not really many options due to how our system works. The evangelical types suck up all the air in the room and are all over the media spreading bile and hatred at all times, but they're not representative of the average religious American.
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The Glumslinger posted:Post the Lindsey Graham speech from the Clinton impeachment next I actually have that in the post!
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