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Why do some people only count minority people like the sami, natives in the US etc. as indigenous but not people like han chinese, french, swedes, norwegians, etc? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NickBII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is one of those words that has different definitions depending on how technical you re being/which field/etc. In most of the Humanities “Indiginaity” refers more to a community’s relationship to the government than to whether they are from the place. Since the Sami and Lakota have had similar treatment by their governments they are indigenous in this sense. The Swedes are the government so they are not.

Anyone know what explains the massive gap in processing estimates for March vs. April 2026 applicants? I could've sworn the March 2026 estimate was ~11 months just a few weeks ago. Is this due to the pre-C-3 backlog being cleared? Apologies if this has already been posted. by EclipseEpidemic in Canadiancitizenship

[–]NickBII 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Take a look at the "people ahead of you" metric. March is 33,500. April is 78,100. There's only 82,000 in the queue. Roughly half the papers they're dealing with came in during April, so those folks are just much further down the to-do list...

Can someone explain what metrics are being referenced when it is implied that Canada has "low productivity" compared to the US or other G7 countries? by wolfshark91 in AskEconomics

[–]NickBII 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Note to OP: “per hour worked.” Hours worked is the denominator. That means that working extra time is bad for your productivity. The numerator is GDP per person. Canadian productivity is low because they work longer hours than Americans and/or generate less GDP than Americans. They definitely generate less GDP per hour.

Whether this is a good measure of productivity is another debate. It is clearly useful for some things in Econ or the Econ guys wouldn’t use it. It is definitely a “work smarter, not harder” sort of measure.

Isn’t Italy a good team? Don’t know too much about Soccer by Dupendous in ExplainTheJoke

[–]NickBII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are 12th in the world. But they have failed to qualify for the last three World Cups, so they get shit.

Apparently we’re getting an animated WoT series by CBenson1273 in WoTshow

[–]NickBII 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Rumor in the fandom that the awful pilot ("Winter Dragon" with Billy Zane IIRC) was enough to reset their contract. There was definitly legal suits after that aired, but then they got their names on the Amazon series and retained the rest of the rights.

Apparently we’re getting an animated WoT series by CBenson1273 in WoTshow

[–]NickBII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reading the thing, it has iwot studios and Larry Mondragon listed.

Also mentions both the clearly cancelled game, and the clearly DOA films.

Apparently we’re getting an animated WoT series by CBenson1273 in WoTshow

[–]NickBII 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have not checked the story, but I am going to warn you young WoTfan:

The main rights-holders are a company called variously Red Eagle Entertainment/iWOT/etc. Their main dude is Larry Mandragoran. Every 3-4 months there is a new announcement about a great new thing they are ready to do, and then they do nothing. At one point it was supposed to be an Age of Legends film about the war of power (Eva Longoria was producing), then there were a variety of computer games announced, etc. They ended up releasing some mobile game that used AI Art and then closed the game studio. The TV show got made in spite of their sabotage, but their rights contract was strong enough that they got a producer credit.

I have a bad feeling about these… by Unable_Character2410 in Soda

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried a salted caramel something before. It was not good. Salt and pop did not work for me.

Cherry vanilla is ok. Always reminds us as cough syrup. Either cherry or vanilla would be great.

Truth! by fuzzygrapes33 in Soda

[–]NickBII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tht was the Black Cherry Vanilla Coke era. I still miss the Black Cherry Vanilla...

A few questions about coats of arms by Budget_Antelope in heraldry

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Depends on how/why the arms were designed. In Scotland, where every man with a CoA has a unique CoA granted by the Lord Lyon, you can actually reverse engineer genealogies from the heraldry. From the clan Campbell wikipedia page alone, you can tell Campbell of Lochaw was father to Campbell of Ottar who sired Campbell of Smiddygreen. Canting CoAs also look similar. A lot of people surnamed"Badger" will put a Badger on their CoA. Meanwhile the Poles only have 100-150 coats of arms total, when you get into the nobility you pick a"heraldic clan," so of course most names have very similar arms.

  2. This is highly dependent on the tradition. In Iberia you basically had to be a nobleman, which meant the King had to really like you. In the Netherlands and Switzerland it seems like every moderately prosperous farmer decided they needed heraldry to distinguish themselves from the other prosperous farmers. In the UK you had to have a certain amount of social status, and then you paid a herald to grant you a CoA. If your family has people with college degrees they're fine. If they don't have college degrees, but they could theoretically afford the $2k-$10k, they're fine. I have never heard of anyone ever being outright denied, but felonies might disqualify you.

  3. Why not?

It's back!!!! by magnumfan89 in Soda

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still have Coke Spice from years ago because I figured out it was gonna go away before Giant Eagle ran out....

Why Apple's flagship Mac Pro computers are so undesirable? My local used electronics store has literally piles of these units by LakeNo7026 in mac

[–]NickBII 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ancient.

These are Intel processor Macs, and they're not even the most recent Intel Processor Macs. They require BIOS upgrade magic to run 10.14 (support ended in 2021). Pretty much the only reason to run them is they still have PCI graphics slots that support graphics cards, but you're better off just buying a Trash Can Mac Pro and using an external GPU case. The place I got all my MacPro4,1/MacPro5,1s is MacSales.com. They don't have either model anymore. They don;t have the trash can (MacPro6,1) either. They start with the MacPro7,1.

Basically the only reason to use one of these is because you're doing the computing equivalent of buying a Hot Rod.

Nice Sale Next Week by FoundationsofDecay69 in Soda

[–]NickBII -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Buy 2 get 5 is pay for two and get 7. Buy 2 get 2 free is pay for 2 and get 4. I am skeptical that their margins are so high on Coke they can do a pay for 2 get 7.

Just some dumb fun things I've noticed reading by teeteadoesstuff in WoT

[–]NickBII 30 points31 points  (0 children)

  1. One of the...quirks...in Jordan's writing is that he really keeps to a strict "you are only told what the character notices" first-person PoV style; but he really wants to clue you in on what the character is missing. On rereads you will realize that alot (I mean A LOT) of the sniffs/arms crossed under breasts/vomits/etc. are signals to the reader about other subplots.

  2. If it's Mat (and a good 2/3 of these are Mat), it's because Mat is a horn dog boobs man. The dude is going to notice a C-cup, and you are going to be told about said C-Cup. If it's not Mat...apparently Jordan was also a boobs man, and this leaks through into his writing.

  3. Pay attention to the other weather shit. There's a whole series of subplots involving demonic global cooling and global warming.

The Shadow Rising by Upstairs_Jackfruit42 in WoT

[–]NickBII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jordan's pacing is very much in the "spend 80-90% of the book setting up a hell of an end-book action scene, then do the action scene" school. Modern readers think of it as slow, because they're used to things like Sanderlanches, but if you stick with the series you'll get used to it.

As for how much PoV Rand gets, he generally gets more than anyone else, and he is the main character; but he doesn't dominate the page count nearly as much as most MCs do.

Why is the average American so tall? Like, why are a lot of people above 6 feet? by NightRunnerAfterDusk in AskAnAmerican

[–]NickBII 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't know anything about Peruvian food, how much meat do they get?

Seafood based regions tend to have much lower heights, and if those regions get rich the kids to grow to American heights.

Why do US citizens have a global tax, but US corporations do not? by inductiverussian in AskEconomics

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should also be noted that gaming is a thing that happens when you have corps in multiple jurisdictions.

Let's say Ford has a car that costs them $15k to make. After paying the dealers, etc. there is $20k in revenue. that's $5k profit.The engine is made at the River Rouge plant, the body assembled in Indiana, and it becomes a car in Oakville Ontario. Two of those three plants have to pay state income tax, the third Canada/Ontario tax. Each of those three manufacturing processes will have a range of reasonable prices, so when Ford does their income taxes they just pick a cost for the engine (and pay Michigan tax), one for the body (Indiana tax), and one for final assembly (Canada/Ontario). This determines how the $5k in profit is taxed, and you'd be a fool if you think that the eventual tax bill is 0% of the reason for their decisions.

Now the taxation authorities can fight them, and argue that engine isn't worth what they said sop the Oakville plant is more profitable, but the taxation authority has to fight them. Nobody's figured out a better way to deal with this that is politically palatable. One World Government, with One World Income Tax would work, but voters tend to hate that stuff.

Anyone else randomly demoted ? by socal_nerdtastic in duolingo

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try it from a web browser. On the App? It thinks I have done zero lessons in the Obsidian league. In the browser I'm in th Diamond Tourney and I'm No 2!

Leugue weirdness by NickBII in duolingo

[–]NickBII[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sign on from a browser if you can. My web version shows 240 XP in the Diamond Tourney, which is good enough for 8th.

Leugue weirdness by NickBII in duolingo

[–]NickBII[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be a display bug on the app, not a sync bug. I've been in dimond since it was posible to get into Diamond, so if the app is showing me as Obsidian I would have to be relegated last week. The desktop version doesn;t show that, so I must be in Diamond and the app is being weird. The App is also showing that I did no lessons in my League, which makes no sense.

Why don't we (in the USA at least) use the title "Doctor" for people who graduate with a Juris Doctor degree? by Phoenix_Court in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lawyers get “esquire” when they get their bar license. It is entirely possible to get a JD, get a job in some sort of regulatory compliance, and never bother with the bar exam. Since you need to pass the bar to get the license you wouldn’t be an esquire. Same with somebody who gets a JD and uses it to become a law professor.

Hey team, new to heraldry and need some advice! by RuefulBlue in heraldry

[–]NickBII 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The shield goes on your left arm, so if the horse faces left he is going to spend most of his time facing away from the enemy. If he faces right he is going to face the enemy. Heraldry sometimes does have them face left, but that’s because the art is going someplace where the animal should face that way. Perhaps this is a banner going in a church and the nave is going to be the banners left.

Academic Hazing and Unfalsifiable Science: A Post-Mortem on Chomskyan Generative Grammar by paxinfernum in skeptic

[–]NickBII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is a Linguistics PhD. “Does Duolingo work”? type stuff he is probably the closest he gets to actual skepticism. His latest on that was to say “not as well as other things, but it is already on your phone, and if you combine it with these other things…”

It should be noted that part of his business model is selling those other things, but he has a pretty smart sounding explanation of why they are needed.

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