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Prop 50 passed.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/334c494f.jpg

Mamdani won.

I'm from NYC and polls just closed. My final predictions.

60/30/10 for Mamdani/Cuomo/Sliwa.

Mikie Sherrill has basically won.

Pikachuchupika posted...

If they existed long before us, then they should have been able to do it in a few million years. And they have had plenty of time as the galaxy itself is almost as old as the universe.

If they just started, then sure, it's possible they are out there and we'll see them soon. But they need to hurry the hell up lol

But why? Why would some civilization colonize the 200-400 billion stars in the galaxy even if given millions of years?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cde503ec.jpg

In an infinite multiverse, there would be an infinite number of every possible scenario.

Tag. So far looking forward to the new VHS.

These episodes are way too short. Can't wait till next week.

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O-1A

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Not really. O-1A has no caps.

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I didn't say it's a loophole. It's turned into a scam because of the crazy levels of abuse.

lydiaquayle posted...

Dude, there is indeed a shortage of tech workers. We are not talking skilled labor that only takes 6 months to 2 years to train. The Chinese and Indians have been training specialized tech skills for many many years now. You need like 4-6 years -- almost like the number of years needed when doing a plumbing or electrician apprenticeship. There literally aren't enough Americans that are skilled specifically for the work required in certain tech fields and manufacturing sectors. The labor required needs special training, and not enough Americans are in those fields right now.

No there isn't. It's only in a couple of areas within tech, and those are not really the ones coming on H1Bs, and there are other visas for highly specialized people.

These companies layoff tens of thousands of Americans and then immediately apply for tens of thousands of H1Bs.

For the majority, it's just a way to save money and get easy to abuse workers. Healthcare makes up only 5%, and can be focused on separately.

gikos posted...

this doesn't make companies magically hire locals tho all this does is make them cut down on their work force and off load it to other countries as seen with recent lay off's happening
this is just trump admin making it easier to grift more by making companies bribe him to work around it

Tech offshoring causes more trouble than it's worth, especially for smaller guys. Many of those layoffs had almost immediate applications for H1Bs. AI is already a threat to tech workers, so there's no reason to add in a bunch of additional cheap competition anymore.

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Almost all of that has other visas available. Those that have legitimate need can be focused on separately.

Good. The level of abuse is crazy. If companies really can't be assed to find someone here when every other person is in tech nowadays, then go ahead, pay $100k to find someone overseas.

ABC just pulled the whole thing.

If Doomsday and Secret Wars turn out good, then they really gotta give the Russo Brothers a shot at Star Wars.

SSj4Wingzero posted...

I mean, people have stated in this topic that Japan has an aging population, but I don't think anyone has said that it is *exclusive* to Japan, have we? The problem is just as bad in many Western European countries as well, and the solution is, well, immigration and improving quality of life as much as possible, but even then I still think the long-term solution is probably some sort of UBI.

Immigration doesn't really help with aging populations, and can make it worse depending on the ages coming. People act like immigrants are temporary and don't get old. To make any dents, the inflow needs to be young and grow exponentially to unsustainable levels. An immigrant couple needs 3 children to be a net positive of 1.

You can target specific sectors with temporary workers to help with tax base and social obligations, but otherwise, aging populations are inevitable. Some immigration might stave off the population decline part for a bit, but not aging population, which can potentially be exacerbated.

We will likely never go back to the needed levels of growth, and need to find other solutions.

I'm hyped about FE, but the whole $70 for the SMG collection is too wild for me.

Wtf. I was hoping $50 because wtf.

Fire Emblem

Wtf

Oh shit

Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing Archer again. I don't know about doing a President Archer show for it though.

Freddy and M3GAN are pretty well known nowadays, though I wouldn't think too much of it. Those are all just recent hit characters owned by Universal, and 3 of them are produced by Blumhouse, like the ad itself.

It's supposed to come out after the Avengers movies, but the recent MCU bombs definitely put that at risk.

Yeah, this seemed more like a genuine story about a struggling company, and didn't seem to pack the same punch as the original. Hopefully it's just the trailer. I like Domhnall Gleeson, so I'll probably check it out.

Hoping Oscar is the best character.

Toonstrack posted...

So we only got about 20 years to go then?

Bring it on

WW3 started in 2026 and ended in 2053.

Not sure how I feel about the whole premise, but I'll definitely check it out. Picardo is a good cameo to use tbh. He worked great between the 3 Stargate series too.

Finally. Can't wait.

Mark Hamill did Joker in some of the Lego games. I didn't realize that's a screencap from the movie.

AlveinFencer posted...

No, I mean "Who's the third Hamill?"

Lego Joker

We are troopers

She knew both of them were alive.

I highly doubt that's real.

dotsdfe posted...

Spoilers for the franchise, I suppose.

Oh shit, I totally forgot the father was in the 2nd too.

I don't think the 3rd counts, so the next one is the 3rd.

The 1st is the guy they ran over and the second is his son coming for revenge.

He just beat the record btw. Currently at 8 hours and 34 minutes.

Dakimakura posted...

Is he still talking?

Yes

He was scared Thanos would eventually find it.

One UI 7 was just released 2 months ago and is much smoother, especially compared to 6.1. However, what you're talking about sounds like your screen was on 60hz and is now on 120hz.

It performed poorly because superheroes movies are all but dead, but it was otherwise received very well.

I enjoyed it.

SSj4Wingzero posted...

That's really NYC's huge problem - there are a lot of vacant units in NYC but many of them are in ultra-luxury buildings and aren't accessible to the average city resident (many of them are like 7-8 million dollar luxury units). Developers gambled on being able to bring trust fund kids and oil billionaires to NYC and that gamble seems to have slowed, to the point where there is a glut of luxury housing, yet more luxury housing continues to be built.

What NYC *needs* is the luxury housing market to crash and crash hard so that developers finally stop gambling on more billionaires buying their 3rd NYC condo, which is probably why the wealthy class are so scared of a mayor who wants to tax the rich

Eh, the housing problem is because of gentrification. The 8 million population hasn't changed much in 25 years. Things were still affordable just 5 years ago. Gullible transplants pay whatever for once affordable stuff, pushing regular people out.

Umbreon posted...

I could (illegally) obtain a jacket with "Police ERO" on it. Anyone with the ability to stitch could make a jacket with "Police ERO" on it, and illegally pretend to be part of the police. Wouldn't give us legal authority.

It's much harder to fake identification, much harder to fake a proper arrest warrant, and much more likely that the person arresting you can actually tell you why you're being detained.

DarthEnvoy posted...

Looking back at that assassin, he kind of wasted his time perfecting his cop disguise when anyone can just walk into a federal building with a mask on, zero identification and arrest people with no one contesting it.

thronedfire2 posted...

Ok, and how do the federal building security ensure that these people are actually ICE?

They must be carrying some sort of ID, and a warrant.

They were in a federal courthouse.. You can't just waltz in there unless you've been cleared. You have to go through metal detectors to even enter the building. There's also an ICE ERO office down the hall, so many of them work right there. It's the safest place for arrests for everybody involved.

A warrant is not required, though they did say they had a warrant, probably administrative, which they almost always have. They don't have to show it to random people. Judicial warrants are only needed for private residences.

LightSnake posted...

The reason Lander was at that court is because weeks ago, ICE began deliberately re-arresting people attending their court hearings, with the stated goal of stripping them of the right to see a judge and instead subjecting them to rapid, judge-free deportation.

They are being put into expedited removal. Biden removed like 1 million using expedited removals, and Obama did 1.75 million using it, both the majority of removals. People might not agree with it, but it's legal and always has been, especially since most of these people would have come in the past 1-3 years.

This is similar to Biden's June 2024 EO at the border, and why things slowed down even before Trump made it even stricter. Most of the city and state want deportations because it has put a lot of unnecessary stress on working class minority neighborhoods throughout the city, especially in Queens and the Bronx, and the city and the state are still spending billions extra on top of all that.

The ones trying to stop it are a tiny minority, which is why this is not gonna help Lander. It might even hurt both Lander and Mamdani. It looks bad to a lot of the outer boroughs/city. People around me in Queens have been rolling their eyes at the stunt, especially since it happened days from the election. Ras Baraka was also arrested by ICE, yet he flopped in the election last week in NJ.

Hochul getting too involved would probably walk us right into Stefanik in 2026. Hochul is already on very thin ice.

ICE works out of 26 Federal Plaza where this happened. It's their building.

PeteyParker posted...

"You can't just make up your own rules" is quite the shitty take with all of the blatant crimes the Trump admin is doing. These people aren't even identifying themselves and are masked. Nobody has any idea who they are and they could be kidnappers and human traffickers for all we know.

They're inside a federal building, and there's several people with jackets with Police ERO on it in clear sight, which is "Enforcement and Removal Operations".

Umbreon posted...

The question of "Why did Germany just let the Nazis do what they did?" is being answered right here and now with these unanswered ICE abductions.

Don't be ridiculous. You can't just stop ICE from taking someone by demanding the answer to an irrelevant question that has no relevance in that building. That's some sovereign citizen shit.

Umbreon posted...

This isn't condoning.

Yikes

POCA doesnt apply in federal immigration courts, so they don't need any warrant at all, not even administrative, let alone judicial. And as I posted yesterday in that other topic, if you try to obstruct ICE, you will be arrested. ICE can arrest/detain US citizens, so Lander is wrong there too.

I'm still ranking him, but this is a clown move from him. You can't just make up your own rules.

darkace77450 posted...

Right, but if Bondi doesnt bring terrorism charges against this guy, as she did with Luigi, then Jo is right to raise the issue.

Bondi didn't bring any terrorism charges. Alvin Bragg in NY did. The same guy who charged Trump.

I don't really like this trend, where they skip out on content that was added in previous remasters. It just feels incomplete.

Superhero movies have been dead for like 2 years now. Disney and WB haven't gotten the message yet.

I wouldn't put D&W, and the next two Avengers in the same league. Those are about fan favorite crossovers/events. People will always come out for those.

Scardude posted...

So, you are for or against the previous administration?

I've been very vocal about how bad Adams is. I'm not voting for him.

havean776 posted...

But you are okay with a president bankrupting the country?

What?

ModernPost posted...

Why do you think this would happen?

Because his policies cost insane amounts of money, and will need the state to bail the city out. The city and state are already suffering from the $15+ billions they've blown on migrants the past 2-3 years, as well as the issues we're having with the MTA. The article goes over some of it.

emblem-man posted...

Moderates are showing an inability to do the compromise they're always lambasting the left about

Most people in NYC are moderates. Why would they compromise with out of touch people whose policies that just end up hurting them in the end? Lol wtf.