#Thaler

[veralevina15]

There is darkness all around, only emphatically red silhouettes, because the eyes see nothing more. The conspirators and their descendants are cursed. Blinding revenge and the revenge of the blinded king.

Вокруг - темнота, лишь подчёркнуто красные силуэты, ибо очи не видят ничего более. Прокляты заговорщики и их потомки. Ослепляющая месть и месть ослеплённого короля.

[virgin-iorveth-causa-salutis]

radovid's in the lower right corner bc he sleeps with the fishes

haha get it

[dalekofchaos]

A better alternative choice for Reason of State in Witcher 3

I see a lot of divide on the result of Reason of State for being forced to choose between Dijkstra and Roche. Friendship vs an independent North. But to me it makes no sense for Roche, Ves and Thaler to sell out the North to Emhyr if it means that Temeria is a vassal state. That's like if America lost the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 and made a deal so Washington DC could remain a vassal state. I can't bring myself to betray Roche, Ves and Thaler, but this is the better alternative in my opinion.

The problem with Reason of State is the masterfully intelligent Dijkstra suddenly becoming an idiot and announcing his treachery in person to Geralt while expecting him to stand aside and let his friends get murdered. It's so out of character and rushed and makes no sense.

I think Dijkstra is objectively the best scenario for the North but he behaves so irrationally and you have to just let your friends die in a way that Geralt never would if you want to achieve that ending. I would've been okay with Dijkstra and Thaler manipulating things together to spring a sort of Rains of Castamere type "peace" with Emhyr. Roche would only tolerate this if it meant a free Temeria and a free North.

However. I also would've liked to seen involvement from John Natalis and Iorveth.

Having Iorveth involved- this kinda factors into how the game as a whole could have been fixed and the buildup to Reasons of State actually feels pretty weak if you ask me. I get wanting increased accessibility, but I also can imagine a lot of Iorveth fans aren’t too happy he’s not part of the game and you’re just forced into aligning with Roche. Having the buildup with the Catriona Plague storyline at the Devil’s Pit and basically putting the stories of Iorveth and Roche back together by forcing them to work together through the story of the Witcher 3 would have done wonders for this. Plus, you get Iorveth as a potential ally at Kaer Morhen and makes it so then regardless of whether you’re Team Roche or Team Iorveth, you still have your main ally from the Witcher 2 involved in the Reasons of State plot. I do think what Iorveth would get out of this alliance is a State for the Scoia'tael led by Francesca and be true allies to Temeria/The North.

John Natalis and Anais involved. Basically John rallies the Temarians and the North behind Anais. The entire plot of Witcher 2, the entire prologue and the third act were dedicated to Foltest's children and the choice to help Anais reclaim her father's throne during this massive political summit, and then in Witcher the devs just decided they can't touch this. So my solution, involve Natalis. Natalis could rally some nobles and military men, which could give him a lot of power, but he doesn't seem to have the ambition to take over the kingdom and he sees the best way to unite Temaria and The Northis through Anais. So with Natalis involved, we would be able to choose between Emyhr, not getting involved and letting Radovid run wild or we help put Anais on the throne with Roche, Natalis and Dijkstra as her council. Also? We could tie this into the main questline. We choose Natalis and the sorceresses stops choosing Emhyr and asks for Anais to end the witch hunts. Also another win.

Queen Anais sure sounds like a better conclusion if you ask me, if only CDPR didn't drop the plot or forget either of these characters.

[zizikta]

it looks like a scene from a really dark movie

[gatecrashing-corneas]

[ladymarinamart]

[zhraek]

so uuh yeah.

[dimitrisxenos]

Access to information

CIPA's submissions in their intervention in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patent, Designs and Trade Marks

[10oclockdot]

The origin of the word Dollar:

"Jáchymov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaːxɪmof]; German: Sankt Joachimsthal or Joachimsthal) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants."

Jáchymov ->

written in German as Joachimstal ->

(the "tal" part at the end means "valley" (just like Neandertal)) ->

When the silver mines opened in "Joachimstal" in 1516, they soon started minting coins called "Joachimstalers" ->

(here the "er" at the end refers to something being from somewhere, like a "Berliner" referring either to a person from Berlin, or in this special case a breakfast pastry from Berlin) ->

Joachimstaler, the name of the silver coin from Joachimstal, was shortened to "Taler" ->

And that was respelled to "Dollar."

[head-post]

UK Supreme Court rules AI cannot be patent “inventor”

On Wednesday, a US computer scientist lost a bid to register patents for inventions created by his artificial intelligence system in a UK landmark case on whether AI can own patent rights, Reuters reported.

Stephen Thaler wanted to obtain two patents in the UK for inventions he claimed were invented by his “creative machine” called DABUS. His attempt to register the patents was rejected by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office on the grounds that the inventor must be a person or company, not a machine.

Thaler appealed to the UK Supreme Court, which on Wednesday unanimously rejected his appeal, because under UK patent law “an inventor must be a natural person.”

Judge David Kitchin said in the court’s written ruling:

This appeal is not concerned with the broader question whether technical advances generated by machines acting autonomously and powered by AI should be patentable.

Read more HERE

[blueiscoool]

17th-Century Silver Coin Hoard Discovered in Wettin Germany

Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt (LDA) have discovered a large 17th century coin hoard during construction works at a farmstead in the town of Wettin, Germany.

Situated in the heart of Wettin, the farmstead has been maintained by the Altstadt Wettin e. V. since 2018. The organisation is dedicated to preserving the town’s cultural heritage, which is at risk of being demolished due to modern development.

The bourgeois farmstead dates from the 16th to 17th century and can be traced to the time of the end of the Thirty Years’ War via written sources. From 1681, the building served as the town’s pharmacy, as indicated by remnants of an 18th-century baroque stucco ceiling and an Apotheke vault.

Construction work at the farmstead has uncovered a hoard of 17th-century coins in the gate area leading to the central courtyard. Archaeologists found 285 silver coins in layers of compacted soil, which were sent to the restoration workshop of the LDA Saxony-Anhalt.

The hoard was likely deposited in the late 1650’s, with more than half of the coins being silver thalers, a currency used by several states of Northern Germany, first under the Holy Roman Empire, then by the German Confederation. The rest of the hoard consists of thaler fragments and various groschen coins.

Among the hoard are the so-called Schreckenberg grochen coins and Albertus thalers minted in the Spanish Netherlands. There are also coins minted by the German emperors, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Archduke Albert VII of Austria, and King Philip IV of Spain.

According to the LDA: “In addition to its scientific significance, the Wettin coin find is also an excellent example of the important contributions that voluntary work in close cooperation with the responsible authorities for the preservation of buildings and archaeological monuments can make to our knowledge of the history of Saxony-Anhalt.”

By Mark Milligan.

[sacredwhores]

Ulrich Seidl - Sparta (2022)

[moviemosaics]

Vermiglio

directed by Maura Delpero, 2024

[gatecrashing-corneas]

[therunwayarchive]

Carolina Thaler at Badgley Mischka, Spring 2023

[ladymarinamart]

AU empire

Vernon: "Shit, shit, shit..."

Thaler: ...

Vernon: "That bastard Voorhis... And he is Ciri's future husband?!"

Thaler: "Heh, it's funny to see you so jealous and in love, Roche."

Vernon: "Go to hell, you're hurting my head."