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Tar_alcaran

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Tar_alcaran ,

Is that true? I feel like it simply wasn't an option, so people didn't get them.

Tar_alcaran ,

And tomorrow, I'll randomly select something else

Tar_alcaran ,

I thought the first one was a pretty basic city builder with a cool theme, but pretty shallow mechanics. Every pop-up decision was basically correct and every consequence completely transparent, which made it very much a numbers game for me, and not a very hard one.

I played it once, and that was basically it. The map is tiny by design and you don't have much freedom in building your city, unless you want to do it suboptimally, so the replay value was very low, which is a big failing in a city builder for me.

FP2 seems to have solved at least some of those issues, so it sounds good to me.

Tar_alcaran ,

Translation: "Europe will sue us if we place the cookies we want, but our advertisers will sue us if we don't"

Tar_alcaran ,

SAP meeting from bed. That's truly hard-mode!

Tar_alcaran ,

I'm a firm believer in that it's not a cocktail unless it has three or more ingredients.

Tar_alcaran ,

A mimosa is just breakfast alcohol.

Tar_alcaran ,

Frozen water is not an ingredient.

Tar_alcaran ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/33f74eb9-28a5-4ded-ac07-1074efe9f4d1.png

Great

Tar_alcaran ,

Go Germany! Meanwhile dutch politicians chickened out and decided to vote on if they would rather not vote on our version of this law. Because they're all fucking cowards.

Tar_alcaran ,

Yeah, if only we could do something about this problem when it reoccurs in 2044...

Tar_alcaran ,

The main thing it changed for me is completely writing off Oculus as a VR contender, thanks to Facebook/Meta being behind it.

Tar_alcaran ,

There would he fewer weather reports if we stopped looking up

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    Tar_alcaran ,

    And if you don't have any offspring so will be yours in one generation.

    And?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Why? What's wrong with yours?

    Please, for the love of God, VOTE! (pawb.social)

    I don't like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in...

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Also, trump appointed 3 supreme court justices, who will be there FOR LIFE.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Same here. Watching from Europe, and going "hmm, I think we had a few very bloody revolutions to solve these kinds of problems"

    Tar_alcaran ,

    I love when a legal document is basically a hard slapdown. "No, and also fuck you for asking!"

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Just tilt it? Or have vents

    Tar_alcaran ,

    It's because people are bad at imagining situations they have no reference for, so the brain tends to ignore it, and then reject the situation.

    If you say "you might die", people will almost instinctively say "pfff, no I won't".

    But if you say "you'll pay 200 bucks!", people will have ample comparison with how much that sucks, and will try to avoid the avoid the feelings of suck.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    maybe, jury is still out

    Actually, for the New York civil fraud suit, Trump forgot to ask for a jury trial. But the judge very much found him guilty. In the E Jean Carol case, he was found guilty by not cooperating with discovery, and the jury was pretty clear on the 92m damages.

    So nah, the jury has made up their minds.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    what was malicious about it?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Whats unfair about the lawsuits against Trump? Afaik, the most unfair bit is that (federalist society weirdo) judge Canon is working her ass off to stall till after the elections.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Oh, so, is the defamation case something he didnt do (despite the rock solid evidence), or something he should get away with because other people do it too (the ultimate 6-year-old excuse)?

    And does everyone claim their property is worth 500%-800% more for decades on their loan applications?

    Have other people gotten away with hiding top secret files in their bathrooms, and lying about having them? Or did that not happen, despite the people moving them being on film?

    I don't even care about the case about campaign finances.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    You can claim that your house or property is worth as much as you want

    No, you can't. If you knowingly and grossly lie on paperwork that's called fraud. Why the hell would that be legal?

    The fact that most people try to sneak 10% is entirely different from ballooning things by 600% and intentionally lying about the reasons.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Obviously, a loan provider is harmed. Interest rates are calculated based on the radio of debt to assets. If you put a 10k mortgage on a 500k asset, you're paying far less interest than if you take a 450k mortgage on the same.

    That's such a basic question, anyone who is into real estate shouldn't have to ask this.

    Tar_alcaran , (edited )

    Just so we're clear, your excuse for fraud is "but the other party has to check it too?"

    Buddy, where do you think half the evidence is from?

    You can read the decision for yourself. I don't need to defend the judge. https://www.scribd.com/document/706231478/452564-2022-People-of-the-State-of-v-People-of-the-State-of-Decision-After-Trial-1688#1fullscreen=1

    For the explanation or damages, check the expert witnesses especially.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Look, you obviously haven't even briefly looked into the case if you're saying "it's just someones opinion", or that might be what fox news is saying.

    I buy a Ferrari that can go 400mph and is worth 10 million because of it. But then I have a limiter installed that caps it speed at 90mph. Then I go to an accountant and say "hey, could you value the Ferrari I bought?", and they say "based on the info you gave us, we say it's worth 10,120,000".

    Then I go to the bank and say "hey bank, could you loan me a million bucks, and if I don't pay you back, you can have this car that independent accounts say is worth 10,120,00". The bank agree, charging you all of 0.5% interest, because you agreed to give them a car worth 10 times the loan.

    But because of the limiter you had installed, the actual value is more like 430,000, because it can't do what you claimed. So you intentionally lied to the accountant, and took that false info to a bank with the express purpose of benefiting financially of off those lies.

    And you then repeat this by asking for a valuation of a 30,000 square foot apartment, which is actually only 11,000 square foot, and going to a different bank with another fake valuation.

    And you just keep doing it, over and over.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    So the one things you claim he lied about was the size of the apartment, which is misleading because of how you calculate square footage.

    From the documents you didn't read:

    in opposition, defendants absurdly suggest that the calculation of square footage is a subjective
    process that could lead to differing results or opinions based on the method employed to conduct the calculation . NYSCEF Doc . No. 1293 at 20. Well yes , perhaps , if the area is rounded or oddly shaped, itis possible measurements of square footage could come to slightly differing
    results due to user error . Good-faith measurements could vary by as much as 10-20% , not 200%

    Seriously, if you didn't look at the documents, I'm not going to copy paste it piecemeal. The court wrote it all down in very clear language.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    No. Read the decision yourself, the motivation is in the first 5 pages.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    The answer as to why the state is charging him is on page 3. The fact that you don't care enough to look it up says that this discussion is entirely pointless. There are witness statements from the lenders spelling out they wouldn't have granted the terms based on accurate valuations further on in document.

    If you can't even be arsed to open the document and read 1.5 pages, then I don't see why I should bother.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Do you understand what underwriting is?

    Yes, I do. Why do you keep asking this question? What is your point? And, more importantly, why aren't you looking up the question yourself? Is it because you don't want to see it has already been adressed?

    Page 1, because I'm way too nice, and for the benefit of anyone who reads this later and is just as lazy as you:

    Donald Trump and entities he controls own many valuable properties, including office buildings,hotels, and golf courses. Acquiring and developing such properties required huge amounts ofcash. Accordingly, the entities borrowed from banks and other lenders. The lenders required personal guarantees from Donald Trump, which were based on statements of financial conditioncompiled by accountants that Donald Trump engaged. The accountants created these “compilations” based on data submitted by the Trump entities. In order to borrow more and at lower rates, defendants submitted blatantly false financial data to the accountants, resulting infraudulent financial statements. When confronted at trial with the statements, defendants’ fact and expert witnesses simply denied reality, and defendants failed to accept responsibility or to impose internal controls to prevent future recurrences. As detailed herein, this Court now finds defendants liable, continues the appointment of an Independent Monitor, orders the installation of an Independent Director of Compliance, and limits defendants’ right to conduct business in New York for a few years

    And why is that a problem? the Law (page 2):

    Whenever any person shall engage in repeated fraudulent or illegalacts or otherwise demonstrate persistent fraud or illegality in thecarrying on, conducting or transaction of business, the attorney general may apply… for an order enjoining the continuance of such business activity or of any fraudulent or illegal acts, directing restitution and damages and, in an appropriate case, cancelling any certificate filed under and by virtue of the provisions of section fourhundred forty of the former penal law or section one hundred thirtyof the general business law, and the court may award the reliefapplied for or so much thereof as it may deem proper. The word“fraud” or “fraudulent” as used herein shall include any device,scheme or artifice to defraud and any deception, misrepresentation, concealment, suppression, false pretense, false promise or unconscionable contractual provisions. The term “persistent fraud”or “illegality” as used herein shall include continuance or carryingon of any fraudulent or illegal act or conduct. The term “repeated”as used herein shall include repetition of any separate and distinct fraudulent or illegal act, or conduct which affects more than one person. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all monies recovered or obtained under this subdivision by a state agency or state official or employee acting in their official capacity shall besubject to subdivision eleven of section four of the state finance law.

    And the judge adds (page 4):

    Timely and total repayment of loans does not extinguish the harm that false statements inflict onthe marketplace. Indeed, the common excuse that “everybody does it” isall the more reason tostrive for honesty and transparency and to be vigilant in enforcing the rules. Here, despite thefalse financial statements, it is undisputed that defendants have made all required payments ontime; the next group of lenders to receive bogus statements might not be so lucky. New York means business in combating business fraud.

    And in the read, the judge specifically this bullshit series of "Where is the victim" that you're parroting, in addition to some other bullshit that you'll mostly find on Truth social, Fox news and similar nonsense-spewing media (and right here in this thread too)

    Indeed, materiality under this statute is judged not by reference to reliance by or materialityto a particular victim, but rather on whether the financial statement “properly reflected the financial condition” of the person to which the statement pertains.People v Essner, 124 Misc 2d830, 835 (Sup Ct, NY County 1984) (“there need be no ‘victim,’ ergo, reliance is neither an element of the crime nor a valid yardstick with which to test the materiality of a false statement”).

    Materiality has been one of the great red herrings of this case all along. Faced with clear evidence of a misstatement, a person can always shout that “it’s immaterial.” Absolute perfection, including with numbers, exists only in heaven. If fraud is insignificant, then, like most things in life, it just does not matter. As an ancient maxim has it , de minimis non curat lex, the law is not concerned with trifles. Neither is this Court.

    But that is not what we have here. Whether viewed in relative (percentage) or absolute(numerical) terms, objectively (the governing standard) or subjectively (how the lenders viewed them), defendants’ misstatements were material. United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously, or infamously, declared that he could not define pornography, but that heknew it when he saw it. Jacobellis v State of Ohio, 378 US 184, 197 (1964). The frauds foundhere leap off the page and shock the conscience.

    Wisely, courts have refused to define “material” in a “one size fits all” fashion. At trial, thisCourt attempted to get the experts to go where Courts have dared not tread. Not surprisingly, afirm definition could not be found. But in the present context, this Court confidently declaresthat any number that is at least 10% off could be deemed “material,” and any number that is atleast 50% off would likely be deemed material. These numbers are probably conservative giventhat here, such deviations from truth represent hundreds of millions of dollars, and in the case ofMar-a-Lago, possibly a billion dollars or more.

    Yet another great red herring in this case has been that different appraisers can legitimately andin good faith appraise the same property at different amounts. True enough, as appraising is anart as well as a science. However, the science part cannot be fraudulent. When two appraisalsrely on starkly different assumptions, that is not evidence of a difference of opinion, that is evidence of deceit.

    Would you like to ask more questions where the answer is almost literally written out in the decission, instead of looking them up yourself?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    I dont care about what a corrupt judge has to say, I care about the actual facts

    Those are in the decision.

    The worst thing I have heard (and I have heard it multiple times) is that they said the square footage was different than reality, is this the worst thing he did?

    No, it's a single example, I've quoted other points above.

    If not be very specific on somethings worse.

    Already did, in the past above, and the rest is in the decision, very clearly spelled out.

    And again, who was the actual party that was harmed?

    That's also in the quoted bit, bold for your convenience and you still didn't read it.

    I'm starting to seriously if you're just ignoring everything or if you have serious reading comprehension problem. Or maybe it's hard denial of everything you don't like? All your questions have already been addressed.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Done (as said before). What's your point by repeating this?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    listen to Kevin Oleary talk about this

    The guy who absolutely rips into everyone who dares overvalue their invention by 2 cents on Shark Tank?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Virtual porn networks are critical for your privacy.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Yeah, but then how could we make the important months longer than the rest? That would really piss off Julius and Augustus.

    Slightly more sensibly, 12 months is easier to synch to the seasons, and calendars are very important to agriculture. 3 months for each season is convenient.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    But engineers just let computers do all the maths!

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Just in time to hear her stretch 90 seconds of content into a full video. There's way more to complain about in GG&S, mostly in the "and where's your source for this" department.

    She railed a lot on the "racists use this book" point, which has very little to do with the actual book.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    If you want a not-shit version of this book, try "Energy and Civilization", by Vaclav Smil. It looks at some of the same points, but from a more practical energy-based approach.

    Tl;dr: if you don't have (draft) animals to domesticate, your civilization is doomed to develop extremely slowly or stagnate.

    That's a point also made in Guns Germs and Steel though, that book isn't all crap. Its mostly just the long/wide thing that's bullshit, and ignoring cultural differences.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    I say we change nothing and let evolution do her thing

    Tar_alcaran ,

    A winner? But he's a geocentrist!

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Probably not. "Sappho" has Greek origins, "sapphire" is Hebrew is origin. They're likely not connected.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Its a supermarket

    Tar_alcaran ,

    It's super fucking depressing. But it's also real, and it matters, a lot.

    I totally understand not wanting to read every single trauma dump on the internet, because life is kinda shit for everyone without adding other people's shit on top of it. But things like this do matter a lot.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    This is entirely correct.

    Because of an autoinjector, I'm doing this like eating food, using electricity, buying cars and consuming clothing for decades! Without the autoinjector, I would have been dead some 20 years ago, which would have drastically reduced my environmental impact.

    Tar_alcaran ,

    Chromecast?

    Tar_alcaran ,

    It's because of how the generative models are created and how they're censored.

    At it's basic level, what a generative model does is take input data, break it into pieces, assign values to those bits based on neighbouring bits. It creates a model of which words are used together frequently in which context.

    But that kind of model isn't human-readable, it's a giant multi-dimensional cloud of numbers and connections, not actual code. You can change the inputs used to create the model, but that means you have to manually filter all the inputs and that's not realistic either and will probably skew your model, possibly into uselessness.

    So, you have to either censor the input or the output. You don't usually want to censor input, because there are all sorts of non-damaging questions to ask about Tiananmen square, and its very easy to dodge. So, you censor the output instead, that's the "harm" after all.

    You let the model generate a reply and then go see if it uses certain terms or specific bits of info and remove them, replacing it with a canned reply.

    Which means we don't have to trick the generative model, just the post-fact filter. And since generative models can be persuaded to change their style and form (sometimes into less-readable, more prosaic, less defined terms), it becomes very very hard to censor it effectively.

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