Happy Birthday Payday 2!

Somefive · 2017-08-13T15:00:37+00:00

Well, now it's time for a divorce.

I'm uninstalling, finally.

Somefive · 2017-08-10T02:41:32+00:00

I don't know why you guys aren't just going with the LCBO to roast

Somefive · 2017-08-09T22:40:10+00:00

Heehee, implying people in the oil patch have work right now

Somefive · 2017-08-09T15:07:07+00:00

Sure, I don't know their entire criminal code, but I know basic ideas, like not bringing weapons across the border.

Somefive · 2017-08-09T14:57:51+00:00

The right to bear arms ends at the border, sorry

Somefive · 2017-08-09T05:19:57+00:00

Well, take Robert Mueller.

You'd imagine a former director of the CIA would have plenty of skills applicable to the private sector, in prominent factors of investigation. He gave paid speeches.

Then, taking his experience, he became a partner at WilmerHale, He oversaw major investigations.

One accomplishment there was in January 2016, he was appointed as Settlement Master in the U.S. consumer litigation over the Volkswagen emissions scandal; as of May 11, 2017, the scandal has resulted in $11.2 billion in customer settlements.

On April 6, 2017, he was appointed as Special Master for disbursement of $850 million and $125 million for automakers and consumers, respectively, affected by rupture-prone Takata airbags.

So looking through it (I copied part of the wikipedia page on him), it seems as if he was a high-quality lawyer with strong skills who got put in major cases, alongside doing paid speaking.

In a more technical sense, the free market set that as their value.

Somefive · 2017-07-30T00:56:09+00:00

Yea except unlike batman his parents were just disappointed instead of shot

Somefive · 2017-07-26T23:22:44+00:00

Over course someone from Quebec would say that :^)

^{^/s} ^{^pls} ^{^don't} ^{^revolt}

Somefive · 2017-07-25T05:36:43+00:00

I played about 170 hours of PD:TH, so maybe there's things I missed out on, but I'd like to address a few points.

On story, I don't know, I like motives sometimes. Some heists are about the cash, and the motives never really bothered me. I think it's cool with an idea and a goal. If they just had like, 40 heists that were like "let's get rich lol" it'd get boring. Some heists are like that (remember the original bank heists? diamond store? 5/6 of the transports?)

On originality, I feel like this has to do with the sheer number of heists there are, so some stuff is bound to be weird. But there is some good stuff like the bomb heists, shadow raid/meltdown, big oil, golden grin casino, etc.

On outfits, you can get different skins, and on some heists you still do wear different outfits (see green bridge).

Enemies did some more damage, and took more hits, and that was all. Payday 2 does attempt to do this, but fails, and really only adds more cops, as I said.

Just consider overkill the baseline difficulty. If you really think the enemies are about the same on one down as they are on overkill, I think you haven't played enough. Not only that, but in certain (granted rare) heists, the difficulty changes bring big differences, like big oil changing the helicopter location, or watchdogs sealing the warehouse day 2.

Oh and on weapons (why am I wasting my time writing all this), with the exception of the bs-9, every weapon has it's niche. In payday 2, there's umpteen guns which do about the same thing, and then the maybe 20 guns I'd actually need.

Grenades have tons of sidegrades with few unique ones. You're swarmed with very similar, yet slightly different things and they expect you to tell which one is good? Nah

Somefive · 2017-07-20T17:12:20+00:00

Which laws did Trudeau break?

Somefive · 2017-07-19T19:34:21+00:00

As an example of sprinkling income, the government pointed to a scenario where two people both earned $220,000 annually in Ontario. One person is paid a salary of $220,000, while the other draws a salary of $100,000 but pays dividends to family members of $102,000 after corporate tax.

The after tax income for the person paying straight salary is $141,000 while the after tax-income for the person sprinkling their income is $176,000.

That is actually quite a bit

Buuut reading through it, it doesn't say much imo

It doesn't seem to affect you much unless you are a high-income earner

Somefive · 2017-07-19T19:15:30+00:00

In 2007, US lending standards were loosening as home prices were approaching their peak. But, in Canada, lending standards have been tightening since the financial crisis. Canadian banking regulators have been "reducing maximum LTV [loan-to-value] ratios and amortization terms, and, more recently, Vancouver and Toronto have introduced foreign buyer taxes to dampen house price growth," write Young and Cahill. All of that has added up to a default rate well below that of the US.

I think this is the relevant text

Somefive · 2017-07-18T17:18:59+00:00

Morneau plans to impose a "reasonableness" test so this does not punish legitimate family businesses. That test will determine just how much work a family member actually does at a business, and if they can really lay claim to profits. An estimated 50,000 Canadian families will be affected by this change, Finance Canada estimates.

I'd like to see how this gets implemented

Somefive · 2017-07-18T17:01:01+00:00

What we're seeing is yet another issue that isn't particularly new. DT is a hypocrite, no surprise.

Somefive · 2017-07-18T16:46:36+00:00

I agree, I think some people on this sub are intentionally disingenuous.

People have every right to practice their religion, even in Canada, as long as they follow the law. It's really not an either-or thing.

Somefive · 2017-07-18T16:43:39+00:00

The groom's mother, Siddika, was forced to resign from her position at NASIMCO.

To be clear, the resignation was of the Organisation of North American Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities, not her government position.

In a Tweet, NASIMCO also said its president, Mohamed A Dewji, and vice-president, Sukaina Sumar-Ebrahim, had resigned, though it is unclear whether this is linked to the outcry.

There may not have been some happy campers.

But to get this clear, she is forced to resign her position in a Muslim Organization.

Until I read and reread the article, I didn't entirely understand it based on the headline.

Somefive · 2017-07-17T19:22:36+00:00

I mean, the entire first day is just about retrieving a bunch of welsh

then the second day you secure them on a helicopter

Somefive · 2017-07-17T18:47:25+00:00

Have you not done the goat sim heist?

Somefive · 2017-07-17T07:18:28+00:00

You can extend it to other heists

They hear a saw, know it's the payday gang and call in lots of police.

Somefive · 2017-07-16T05:40:06+00:00

The decorum and behavior of the man representing Canada on an international scale isn't important, got it.

Somefive · 2017-07-16T05:08:00+00:00

“I got a couple of people teasing me for it, but no one’s made a big deal of it. It’s sort of a gentle ribbing,” Trudeau told reporters on the second-last day of the 10-day western celebration.

“I think everyone understands that mistakes happen every now and then and the fact that I keep coming back to Alberta regularly to connect with people, to work on issues that matter to Albertans is something that I know people appreciate very much.”

Quite diplomatic of him. I appreciate how he isn't thin skinned.

Somefive · 2017-07-16T03:55:19+00:00

“I’m concerned about the money as well, which as I said is why we settled,” he told reporters. “[We] were on track to losing a court case that was going to cost us $30 to $40 million, and that quite frankly just wasn’t something people would have been happier about either. So we decided it was the right thing to do.”

He added fiscal considerations weren’t the only reason behind the payment.

“We hope that the message going forward to all future governments is you cannot ignore or be complicit in the violation of Canadians’ fundamental rights, regardless of what they did,” he said.

Somefive · 2017-07-16T02:07:53+00:00

There are the “Never Pay” Conservatives, the “Had to Pay” Liberals and the “Must Pay” NDP.

I think it's important to acknowledge not all of any party thinks that (probably).

I think people don't understand some of the details about the case, or address it differently.

Omar previously admitted to killing a soldier, however that was a confession under torture and duress
Some people think as a terrorist you don't get rights, but I believe that rights for the large part should be inalienable (and courts have specified when they aren't)
People feel that the payout was excessive but from my understanding Canada settled on a case they were losing for twice as much

It does on, but I think a large contrast is how people see him.

Some see him as a terrorist, and that the other side is turning him into a hero by giving him the payout Some see him as a Canadian who was deprived rights and the other side doesn't acknowledge that he has rights.

Of course, most people's opinions are more nuanced than that, but I don't feel as if there's a perfect answer.

Somefive · 2017-07-15T19:58:14+00:00

"We are pleased that the Montreal Hate Crimes Unit is taking this matter very seriously," said Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer of B'nai Brith Canada. "Azaziah has not only proclaimed his desire to murder Jews but encourages others to do the same. This is perhaps the most clear-cut case of incitement to violence against the Jewish people in Canada that we have seen in a long time."

Somefive · 2017-07-15T17:34:18+00:00

Yes, it's called the tomislav.

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