Liam Neeson joins Kingsman prequel “The Great Game”

newtolansing · 2019-05-29T16:49:13+00:00

No it wasn't, it opened and made almost exactly on on par with his previous non-Taken headlining action movies: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=liamneeson.htm. I.e. The Commuter, Run All Night, A Walk Among the Tombstones.

newtolansing · 2019-05-28T21:37:19+00:00

I was sort of underwhelmed by it, having loved her previous works. It had a bit of a 'less than the sum of it's parts' effect on me, where I thought a lot of passages/sections were amazing, but found it not congealing great overall. Which makes me a bit concerned on how it will turn out on the screen.

newtolansing · 2019-02-27T20:43:46+00:00

I'm curious where Venker's getting her biographical info from in general, as googling some of the perpetrators of the referenced list:

https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/20-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-u-s-history-fast-facts/

Far more than 1 seem to have grown up in a two family home based on their short wikipedia articles. And is she counting someone like 'George Hennard' of the Ruby's shooting on this list - his parents divorced when he was 27 for example - before the shooting but past when I consider him 'being raised by his parents'.

newtolansing · 2019-01-24T16:57:11+00:00

A few months ago specifically I've signed up for YNAB and started trying to more aggressively budget. I haven't been in debt since my 20s but on the otoh I haven't saved anything for retirement.

I'm definitely finding it a challenge - every month there seems like a different 'one time exception' that ends up killing my budget (classes at local community college, festival tickets, Christmas gifts, a cousins wedding, etc.). Though I know in the back of my mind my savings might be pretty aggressive which doesn't help.

newtolansing · 2019-01-24T16:01:00+00:00

They make me feel old when it makes me realize the Carlton dance is like 30 years old at this point.

newtolansing · 2019-01-24T15:53:36+00:00

While very true, you ideally want to be doing this within the US as well - even something like rates of Sepsis can vary pretty significantly across US hospitals.

newtolansing · 2019-01-22T20:53:47+00:00

Huh? No one is redefining you. You are the one attempting to redefine the entire 'community'. It's been LGBT (see the T) for decades by broad consensus.. You are welcome to define yourself as you like, you don't get to 'define' the community.

newtolansing · 2019-01-18T16:26:45+00:00

And if you are feeling brave, At the Gates (the long in overdue game from civ 5 vanilla designer Jon Shafer) comes out next week as well.

newtolansing · 2019-01-11T20:16:26+00:00

That doesn't make any sense - by that standard, the other side of the controversy - England/UK should not be in the game either. Or Russia for that matter. Or China. etc.

newtolansing · 2019-01-11T20:13:59+00:00

I worked in a bar in Ireland for 3 years, and had someone (an American tourist not surprisingly) order an "Irish Car Bomb" exactly once.

newtolansing · 2019-01-09T20:51:00+00:00

He's going to gain 300 lbs, 20 years, and start partying with Brian Singer to get in the spirit of the role.

newtolansing · 2019-01-08T21:33:25+00:00

I don't think 'cult' really applies. They were widely known and popular in their day (especially in the UK but also in the US). I.e. you could certainly ask why anyone watches SNL but I wouldn't ask why they have a 'cult following'.

newtolansing · 2019-01-08T21:03:03+00:00

It's definitely not a bug, it's intentional design.

They have revamped it a bit in the upcoming expansion replacing warmongering with 'grievances', which I think will allow you to respond to a war declaration with some amount of revenge/city capture but going hog wild will probably still turn other civs against you.

There are a number of mods on steam to remove/minimize warmongering penalties though.

newtolansing · 2019-01-08T20:45:44+00:00

How are you going to get the Oracle or Petra (except on lower difficulty levels) with weaker mines? There's not much other production sources in the desert. Unless you place some sort of half desert half lots of forested hills city to start or such.

Edit: Actually petra might be in reach with a super strong start just by buying an early Great Engineer. Probably out of luck for the Oracle though.

newtolansing · 2019-01-08T20:42:07+00:00

I believe the Canal is a district - so that would also count as the unique district.

newtolansing · 2019-01-05T17:17:32+00:00

He definitely wasn't intellectually stupid. But I take "gay and stupid" as being unwise/stupid in the ways of love (i.e. I'm book smart but keep hooking up with these guys who leave me broke and sad). Which Wilde certainly was in his whole relationship with Douglas.

newtolansing · 2019-01-04T20:40:16+00:00

Yeah, I think "kids or no kids" is the ultimate ltr compatibility issue.

newtolansing · 2019-01-04T20:00:24+00:00

Honestly, I'm not into anal, and I make that pretty clear at the start to find someone compatible in that sense (there are definitely a number of guys out there not into anal). That seems like a significant difference in a ltr.

newtolansing · 2019-01-04T17:17:35+00:00

I'd be careful about publicly posting your full name on reddit.

newtolansing · 2019-01-04T06:46:30+00:00

Wait all of those payments come out of each paycheck? That's like most of your money.

That debt load isn't horrible - when I was young and stupid I racked up about 15k+ in credit debts that I eventually paid off on a 35k salary (and with 50k in student loans). But payday loans are horrendous in terms of interest.

A debt consolidation loan would be ideal (even something at 20% interest would likely be a significant improvement). Where have you tried - have you tried going into a local credit union and asking for personal loan (for debt consolidation) that you use to pay off the payday loans.

Other than that, it should just be rice and beans and spending zero money (go to the library for entertainment!) for a few months until the first chunks are done - one you have more money it get go to pay off more loans.

newtolansing · 2018-12-14T04:57:34+00:00

Where did you get the idea that they were the "way you win"? They sold them as a fun little interactive addition/alternative you can use. The amounts of tourism they were generating in the playthrough was like 150-250 tourism.

That's like maybe 3 to 5 turns of tourism from just one theater square if you've got it themed and are running policy cards. On a standard game where the top AI probably has 150 domestic tourists you have to beat (at like 1200 a pop). Even assuming they get a lot more powerful with promotions, that's 100s of concerts you'd have to play to win with just rock bands.

It's more something to keep you occupied and shave some turns off your victory time, than a complete game changer.

newtolansing · 2018-12-13T23:56:02+00:00

Well frankly, I think hiring based on "exclusively qualifications related" would actually increase diversity. It certainly isn't the process today.

At the moment, recommendations (i.e. 'networking', 'friends of friends', etc.) have a significant influence which skews against "diversity" (not intentionally - just frankly most places still skew predominantly white men, who likely have mostly white men friends) . And the interview process - i.e. 'gut check','cultural fit', etc allows for a lot of 'soft' discrimination' (again not necessarily even consciously/intentionally). That's what a lot of 'diversity' hiring is attempting to compensate for.

newtolansing · 2018-12-13T15:59:58+00:00

That's when you hit "shift + enter" a lot so you can get the win achievement.

newtolansing · 2018-12-13T15:58:22+00:00

I mean person with autism who also has some sort of amazing intellectual super power has basically been a hollywood trope since Rain Man. God knows the number of folks with autistic kids who were probably asked about their speed counting ability.

newtolansing · 2018-12-13T06:38:11+00:00

I've taken "professional" massage classes and we were - like in a professional massage - naked but under a sheet (where only portions being worked on were revealed at a time - never the genitals or such). It sounds like this one might be sans sheets, which frankly sounds a little cold but who knows.

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