DocTheMedic

Video game fan, work in logistics and ecommerce, trade compliance. Used to be a small town political reporter and have my own blog about geopolitics.

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@rgam81132 @zay2activr3 @Rainmaker1973 Of all the arguments you could use, you pick nukes. Japan earned those nukes when they were trying to commit genocide against countless groups across Asia and started a war, and arguably did far more horrific war crimes than anyone else in WW2.

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Crude isn’t the only thing we export. The fact our oil is capital intensive to refine means a weaker dollar extends the viability of processing it when global oil prices drop. I agree with your points about self sufficiency but exchange rate isn’t really a relative metric in crude trade to be concerned about. Automotive and other manufacturing is another key pillar of our export economy being second under oil and gas and is highly dependent on exchange rates to remain competitive. Our oil exports are dependent on global oil costs being high to remain competitive.

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I work in logistics, specifically cross border trade to the US. Our dollar value is definitely not the issue causing a decrease in exports to the US. Overall material exports have remained strong. Consumer e-commerce to your eBay point, is a different story largely effected by the fact that unless you ship DDP which eats your margin then your receiver in the US is going to be hit with tariffs from their own government, USMCA eligibility not withstanding. A company importing 120 tonnes of aluminum is going to eat the cost as they’re going to turn it into something more profitable anyway and pass the cost down the line. Sue from Missouri likely won’t eat a $30 tariff and duty fee on a $100 item she bought for herself.

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@kevlap017 Marx was largely correct in his critiques of capitalism, that doesn’t mean you agree with his conclusions. Society doesn’t leave much room for nuance anymore.

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@Justin07592221 @JoshuaBurton Nonsensical circular argument. The only reason we have an export market is because we can compete on price.

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Explain how what I said is wrong. If the CAD is at parity our labour costs more than it does in the US as our wages are higher. That means our exports at facility are more expensive than domestic US manufacturing. Add in export costs and our manufacturing is completely uncompetitive. When we were at parity from 2007-2013 we suffered severe manufacturing decline explicitly because of this.

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@SolSenseX @JoshuaBurton 70-80 is considered the sweet spot by most economists

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@ann_duffy @JPM_Canada @Bratt_world No officers should be accepting gifts from the public while in uniform. When I was a journalist we weren’t even allowed to accept free coffee at events. Same principle.

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@macdoin No, tiny cans only

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@SgtDangerCow I can’t walk on a treadmill for longer than like twenty minutes. It’s just so boring. But I go hiking and can do 18-20KM a day with ease with a pack on.

One is an endless track with no real goal. The other one is a mission with an objective.

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That’s the cost of having children. They cost money. They frequently cost a lot more than $800 a month.

Don’t want to pay child support? Either don’t have a kid or be more discerning about your partner. $800 isn’t much unless you work minimum wage. It also ignores the point that sending money isn’t being a father.

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@Fortune21Good @Suzzy0310 He missed every birthday and every game according to this post. Custody doesn't stop you from showing up for your kid's games or events. If all you do as a father is send $800/month, you're a failure doing less than bare minimum. We should tell fellow men to do better.

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@Mark_Wilson_ @letsbeallwhite Some of us have jobs that only exist in a few markets, and we need to be near those markets. I work in logistics, specializing in cross-border logistics. I need to be near a border/logistics hub. Those are generally expensive places to live.

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Or collect better server-side telemetry and use it to model player behaviour. If someone’s stats crater after a major anti-cheat update, then spike again days later, that account should be flagged. Same if they’re consistently shooting players they shouldn’t be able to see, or suddenly performing far above their historical average.

Anti-cheat is an arms race. Client-side tools can always be beaten, no matter how intrusive they are, but good server-side data, delayed ban waves, and statistical anomaly detection are much harder to game. They need to lean heavily into data modelling and player-driven reporting.

Of course, this wouldn't be such a major issue if they just gave us true community servers back.

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Movies, shows, licensing, server management, compression algorithms, and customer support.

That's not accounting for the fact that Netflix is an international company that distributes different content in each country, which means they need localized staff to work out much of the above in other nations.

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@Ryangofett_2490 @DooM49 BFV: WW2
BF2042: Future
BF6: Modern

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@CptMaxim44 @DooM49 They won't do real countries anymore. BF6 would have been a lot better thematically if they had used real countries instead of the weird mix they have with NATO vehicles on both sides.

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@Ryangofett_2490 @DooM49 The last three Battlefield games have all been different eras.

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@DooM49 I'm having a lot more fun. The map jumping around when you try to spawn is super annoying but I read they fixed that today.