steeznson

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Practical effects in Carpenter's remake of The Thing are hard to beat

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Popular people didn't see themselves as popular, they just had a lot of friends from their perspective. Social structures are only really visible from the bottom-up.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah 100% it's just an action that might result in the tax take being lower than expected

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Real phenomenon in economics! I should have stipulated that it's as real as anything else in economics is - all of it is theoretical.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The laffer curve is a real phenomenon. I won't die on the hill that it would happen in this case but it's still something to consider when raising taxes.

Agree that people making all the noise about relocating haven't actually done it. Was a bad example! People doing things like increasing their pension contributions to avoid going over 100k and losing their tax free allowance is a more concrete example.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am so sick of US politics being transposed into the UK

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

There's a director's cut like version of Alien 3 that fixes many of the issues (and unfortunately creates a few new ones)

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It's definitely underrated due to a Seinfeld Effect like phenomenon where everyone feels like they've seen it - even when they haven't.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I prefer El Topo to Holy Mountain as it has more of a uh script. Looks like they had a lot of fun filming the latter though!

Both of them are worth taking the time to watch though. Nothing else quite like them.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shaun of the Dead is so good! I can't believe I missed it from my list. Pretty much anything by Edgar Wright is amazing, I even enjoyed Midnight In Soho, which was his weird Giallo horror tribute.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
  • La Haine
  • City of God
  • Alien
  • The Shining
  • 2001 Space Odyssey
  • The Exorcist
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Blue Velvet
  • 12 Angry Men

Edit:

  • The 39 Steps (Hitchcock original)
  • The Third Man
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Royal Tenenbaums

Edit2:

  • Shaun of the Dead
  • The Act of Killing
  • Nosferatu (1979)
  • Yojimbo
  • Rashomon
  • A Serious Man

(Will stop making edits)

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I think the issue is that once you've got the extra money there are more pressing things to spend it on. Public transport is great but hard to say no to health and education.

Then there's the broader issue of the laffer curve where raising taxes can yield less than you'd expect because people start to re-locate by buying a bungalow in England to claim as their main residence.

 

I don't need to self host a git server or anything like that. Just need a place I can link to in my CV with some code examples. Microsoft pushing their AI rubbish has been the final straw.

 

Truly he touched us all

 

Best hip-hop song about infidelity? It sounds like being gaslit by both Pusha T and Malice.

Honourable mention to How We Do - Freddie Gibbs

 

With the triple lock: this now means that pensioners will be making beyond the tax free bracket for income taxes with the state pension alone from next year.

 

As a Scottish person I ended up voting No last time because I wasn't really convinced by the economic argument. The oil price going over $50 a barrel was the nail in the coffin for the North Sea oil too, although that happened a year or two after the indieRef vote.

I do think there is a possibility to create the "economic miracle" that the SNP are describing in an independent Scotland if we chose to become a tax haven like Republic of Ireland. Scotland has a small, homogeneous population of comparitively highly educated people, centralised around two cities which are 45 mins apart. These factors make it an ideal candidate for becoming a tax haven, however I'm not convinced that is what people who support independence would want or be voting for in a hypothetical referendum. I suppose all of this is a hypothetical given that another vote is unlikely to happen for at least a decade or two.

Archive links -

 

I've enjoyed Matthewmatosis on youtube for years and was a little bit skeptical when he announced he was going into gamedev a few years ago. Nevertheless this first game is reasonably priced and I've enjoyed the first 7 or 8 puzzles - they've taken me a couple hours.

Most interesting thing imo is seeing a critic put something of their own out for criticisms. Have noted a few junior matthewmatosis's in the making in the steam reviews lol.

 

I'm sure the other episodes have been good but I had to share this one because it has SCHOOE writing and reading out some of his poetry at 13 mins.

It's not half bad like. Obviously been practicing at Burns Night over the years.

I love the idea of there being some student union poetry meetup where Pierre finishes his spiel and the crowd respond, SCHOE!

 

Score29-26 to Scotland

Woke up at 5:30AM to catch all of the 2nd half. Both teams obviously missing a lot of stars

Maybe put spoilers around score discussion because many fellow Scots will be watching catch-up this morning.

 

Capcom's flagship fighter is one of the very best games you can get for Switch 2 at its launch, helped along by a faithful 60fps rendition of the game that includes online cross-play with all other formats. There are tweaks and cutbacks of course next to Series S and PS5, and further optimisations for its portable play - but on balance it's a success in holding a stable frame-rate in its 1v1 fighting - as Tom covers in this full tech review.

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