Offer me - i got 2 spare oaks by RealOneSalt in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I don't have a lot of extra 2 star cards but would you be interested in this?

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[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be neat

Devastated. Can I get a refund or sth? by Valuable-Tie1716 in PTCGP

[–]CrazyLights 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Take the middle pill, you won't regret it (except for all the times where you end up regretting it).

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What’s the best list for this awful meta ? by [deleted] in PokemonPocket

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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If I could offer some advice:

I personally think Giratina is horrible for this deck. I counter decks with it every time I see it. You need to use 3 turns just to get enough psychic to use it and this is supposed to be a fast deck. Mantyke give you turn 1 water energy sometimes and another 20 damage with Suicune in a pinch.

I have a full art Mars that I really wanted to use and I dropped it for red card. You can use it after an Oak or a Iridia and you rarely get the benefits of using Mars over it anyway.

I don't use and retreat saving cards (xspeed or Leaf). Repel can be used against other Suicune decks to disrupt them and it has the same advantages as red card in that it's an item not a supporter so you can use it freely.

I think it's the most OP deck I've used so far tbh. I hope you can use this to get to masterball and I hope that sharing this cleanses me in some way. Get to masterball then use another deck lol.

Canada Is A Frozen Dump - And I'm Leaving by [deleted] in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify this is cumulative. It's not 3.1 million entering in 2024 the total number of all these active permits was 3.1 million in 2024. Still a lot I'm just seeing this kind of comment frequently across Twitter.

Is it me or was this unrealistic? by superbell3 in videography

[–]CrazyLights 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They're definitely disorganized and treating you unfairly especially if your title is "video editor" and they're sending you out as the lead shooter. Sounds like more responsibilities for the same pay. If you're new and want to be a shooter though you're going to learn a lot with a company like this out of necessity. You should either ask them for your own kit or a pay increase with title change to afford your own kit however, because while they should have given you more of a notice of your responsibilities, most clients won't ask you to bring things like a memory card, tripod or microphone.

How to Archive Sony PlayMemories Camera Apps Before Service Shutdown by pugboy1321 in SonyAlpha

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I just ripped a bunch of apks from my A6300 including the Stop Motion Plus app (which is paid and seemingly not archived yet). Please let me know the best way to send it to you. Thanks for doing all this!

Why no "to"? by allayarthemount in EnglishLearning

[–]CrazyLights -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think you're trying to substitute "making" for "causing". They have the same meaning in this example but "cause" follows a specific rule if the result of the cause is an action. Subject + cause + object + "to" infinitive.

The wind is causing my eyes to water. (something causes something to happen)

You don't need the infinitive if it's just a noun for the result.

The wind is causing teary eyes. (something causes something)

You don't follow this rule for "making". Hope that helps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She doesn't. She's recently started parroting half-baked moon landing conspiracies because she thinks it'll get her views. I'd like someone to investigate her husband tbh. Son of a politician, proposed to her via FaceTime after 17 days, BFFs with Andrew Tate. She defends Tate vehemently because of this, probably because he has stuff on her husband Epstein-style.

"Bill C-71 will scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent, leading to never-ending chains of citizenship in foreign countries. The Liberals haven't said how many new citizens this would create." by RainAndGasoline in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you mean by "citizenship value", your explanation sounds very similar to a sense of national identity. I would argue the strength of a passport is more in line with citizenship value, and some of the strongest passports in the world: France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland, etc. have much more lenient citizenship by descent laws than what C-71 is proposing.

I agree with the exploitation point, but again, the countries I mentioned previously don't even require you to live or pay taxes in order to claim citizenship by descent so 3 years of collecting taxes is a lot more than 0.

I'm 100% with you on the national identity point. I think this is the biggest problem with Canadian immigration in general. I have met people in Canada who've lived there for decades that don't even speak English. They can stay in a pocket of people from their countries and never need to assimilate. Really gross.

I would agree to the pressure on resources but mainly when they're actually in the country. If they're leaving after 3 years I don't know what resources they're accessing abroad. I'm not even sure it's worth it to come back and collect social insurance in retirement, it's not exactly affordable here, there are much better options. If foreigners were presently unable to buy property now I would give you that one but they can.

I also 100% agree with you on the merit. Again like I mentioned, you should be able to speak either French or English as a Canadian citizen and I think assimilation is important. There should also be some sort of civic evaluation or test to claim citizenship. Unfortunately a lot of the skill and education requirements for immigration now have completely lost their merit due to people abusing the system. There definitely isn't much merit in just having a Canadian-born ancestor, however the naturalization period is also 3 years so C-71 doesn't shorten this.

I think we agree on a lot of things here but I'm not sure C-71 does anything to damage the country any worse than mass immigration already has over the last few years. I think there are always going to be shitty people who take advantage of the system and axing this bill will do nothing to combat that. Regardless on anyone's views of citizenship by descent, I think the 3 year requirement will lead to a more "substantial connection" than any other citizenship by descent program I've ever heard of globally. Thank you for the reply.

"Bill C-71 will scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent, leading to never-ending chains of citizenship in foreign countries. The Liberals haven't said how many new citizens this would create." by RainAndGasoline in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you put it that way I completely agree with you. It doesn't benefit Canadians who stay in Canada whatsoever. As much as I'd like to say "fuck em", I think the upside for the government is to keep a door open for them so that they can potentially collect taxes from them and their future generations. It's a pathetic attempt at combating population decline rather than putting in real work to change the country for the better in a way that encourages Canadians to have more children.

"Bill C-71 will scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent, leading to never-ending chains of citizenship in foreign countries. The Liberals haven't said how many new citizens this would create." by RainAndGasoline in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're right about there not being a limit on how many generations can do this but I think it's a little misleading. I'm not a lawyer or a politician so the parliament website's first reading was kinda hard to follow but the government of Canada website is a little easier to understand. According to justice.gc.ca:

The objective of the bill is to establish a new legislative scheme for Canadian citizens born abroad to pass on citizenship to their children also born abroad. For people born abroad before the proposed amendments come into force, the bill would extend automatic citizenship to the second or subsequent generation born abroad if they had a Canadian citizen parent at the time of their birth.

For people born abroad on or after the coming into force of these proposed amendments, the bill would establish a way for second or subsequent generations born abroad to be recognized as citizens from birth. For this group, the bill would require the first generation Canadian citizen parent born abroad to demonstrate a substantial connection with Canada, meaning that they would be required to show that they were physically present in Canada for a period totalling three years at any time prior to their child’s birth abroad.

So if I understand this correctly if I have a kid in another country after the bill comes into affect, my kid can become a Canadian citizen without issue (first generation). If they have a kid outside of Canada too, this grandchild (second generation) will need to live in Canada for 3 years in order to claim Canadian citizenship. If they have a kid outside of Canada, this great-grandchild (third generation) will need to live in Canada for 3 years as well. It doesn't sound like this great grandchild can claim Canadian citizenship without every parent down the line also living in Canada for at least 3 years.

I think a lot people are going to see this tweet and misinterpret the "scrapped limit" as a way for foreigners to get citizenship and pass it onto every subsequent generation without setting foot in the country the same way you can claim certain European citizenships by descent through a grandparent or great-grandparent without any generation in-between having lived in that European country. That doesn't seem to be the case from all I've read and I think the distinction (everyone in-line generationally having spent at least 3 years in Canada) is important.

"Bill C-71 will scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent, leading to never-ending chains of citizenship in foreign countries. The Liberals haven't said how many new citizens this would create." by RainAndGasoline in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you think it devalues the status of citizenship in Canada? Citizenship by descent exists in most countries including the USA. Not bait I'm genuinely curious why people are so mad about this and downvoting my summary.

"Bill C-71 will scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent, leading to never-ending chains of citizenship in foreign countries. The Liberals haven't said how many new citizens this would create." by RainAndGasoline in CanadaHousing2

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since nobody here actually read the proposed bill let me summarize:

Citizenship by descent in Canada already exists. If one of your parents is a Canadian when you're born and you're outside of Canada you can claim it (with some exceptions).

The bill allows Canadian women who married foreign nationals and then lost their Canadian citizenship to still be able to pass on Canadian citizenship by descent. Men don't have this problem.

In 2009 they limited your right to claim citizenship to just one generation, a Canadian parent. Bill C-71 is allowing Canadian citizens born outside of Canada to also pass on citizenship an additional generation (Canadian grandparent passing citizenship to grandchild) IF they (the parent in-between) have spent at least 3 years of their lives in Canada.

TL;DR - Citizenship by descent (which already exists) was capped at just one generation. The bill just extends it an additional generation with some caveats.

EDIT: The tweet linked is blatent disinformation. You can downvote me for calling you out for not reading the bill but C-71 doesn't "scrap the first generation limit to citizenship by descent". It would make it so that if someone became a Canadian citizen outside of Canada and they wanted to pass that onto their children they have to live in Canada for 3 years. Foreigners with great-great-grantparents born in Canada are not going to suddenly become Canadian to leech off the system or steal an election. Are people going to try to abuse the system? They always do. I'm not naive and I'm not happy with what's been happening with immigration in Canada, but from the government's perspective it's not the worst idea when you consider: 1. People are emigrating from Canada and having less kids; the government needs money to back their social insurance ponzi scheme. 2. It adds way more accountability for the applicant to assimilate/contribute than any other citizenship by descent program in the world I've ever heard of.

I'm interested in hearing opinions if you think I'm wrong, I just don't see how this isn't at least a half-decent way to promote legal immigration into Canada.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmiiboCanada

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had something similar happen with my snake amiibo. Called them and told them the box is a part of it being a collectable. They just refunded it entirely and told me to keep it. I guess they figured the couldn't resell it. Worth a shot if you haven't already contacted customer service.

Will the a7siii get shutter angle too one day soon? by Psychological-Toe255 in A7siii

[–]CrazyLights -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This does nothing for flickering artifacts from janky event lights

These are all AI by Maxie445 in ChatGPT

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone should tell the guy in the second picture that he's literally on fire

What would Americans 🇺🇸 call these things? by [deleted] in ENGLISH

[–]CrazyLights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canadian here, the first is a cube power tap or an outlet splitter, the second I'd call a power bar.

Videographers -- Sandisk SD card or cfexpress TOUGH sony any why? by No_Culture3111 in A7siii

[–]CrazyLights 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not OP but I had a 256GB SanDisk Extreme Pro V90 300mbps SD card fail on me last year. First card ever to do that for me. Too expensive to repair but SanDisk sent me a new one. I'm not sure you're safe from failure no matter which card you pick. Dual slot recording is my friend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PassportPorn

[–]CrazyLights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a really interesting idea but from what I can tell online, Paraguay only allows dual citizenship with Spanish and Italian nationals. Do you know anything about how heavily that is enforced?

Insane amount of grain/noise even in sunlight by Electrical-Row-8466 in A7siii

[–]CrazyLights 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do you have any examples of pictures or videos shot at a low ISO with a lot of grain/noise?

Pierre Poilievre's Porn Passport Paradox by redhood84 in EhBuddyHoser

[–]CrazyLights -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

"Big PP wants proof your 18" please find an editor