#the numbers would be 10x higher

[darkandstormyranger]

do you ever post a fic and quietly think "this would have done numbers a few years ago"

[jexxdelphis]

why the hell does an ecologist need to take calculus

[mirith]

I had a really similar experience actually. I started playing flute in middle school, but could never play in tune. I was always a little flat, even with the headjoint pushed in all the way. And my tone was noticeably breathy, very airy in a bad way no matter what I did.

It was frustrating. And embarrassing. Every time the concert band teacher stopped us and said "one of the flutes is out of tune" it was nearly always me.

Tl;dr -- 90% of my issues were the flute and I have to relearn some things now from playing wrong for years.

Fast forward to grown-up me. I decide to stay playing my old flute again, and yep, still flat! So definitely a me issue, right?

Well, I took the flute in to a local shop and asked for a basic cleaning and to see if it needed new pads.

Apparently it's just been broken this whole time. In some subtle way I can't explain, but the tech said it would cause most of the issues I had been having.

And it would have cost cost $450 to repair.

I went in to pick it up without repairing it (because this flute sells for $50 on ebay). And they happened to offer me a lightly used student flute for $400. This may sound like a scam, like why would they quote a slightly higher number to repair mine than to buy the used flute? A tactic by Big Flute to sell more Flute.

Anyway, they let me try the flute, of course. And oh my god. I'm not an expert, but I could instantly tell there was a huge difference.

Apparently I don't actually have a breathy tone and it's not me making everything a quarter tone flat. And notes come out effortlessly, I don't have to strain to get any sort of noise.

So I bought the flute.

I am relearning my embouchure, because I spent years trying to make my tone less breathy and my pitch less flat. Those adjustments do not sound good on a normal flute. I get to relax my embouchure and sound 10x better. I can play in all registers and not worry that something will be suddenly off pitch.

I just thought I was a bad instrumentalist...

[loving-n0t-heyting]

What actually is your take on sex work and decriminalization and legalization?

not a gotchya, promise! You usually have good takes and I'm curious

Idk!! My overall experience with the topic is that each side makes terrible arguments refusing to address the screamingly obvious actual problems at hand and announces that the other side is full of mentally ill power hungry misogynists

The obvious reason to criminalise purchasing sex is that a) it is a particularly intimate, damaging, and unnecessary form of economic exploitation in ways that are hard to get around by working condition improvements and b) the criminalisation promises to reduce the amount that it actually happens. The big reason not to criminalise purchasing sex is that it makes things harder for those still selling sex who do not really have a choice without giving them improved opportunities elsewhere. How to balance these two out is a largely empirical question idk how to settle without looking a lot more into it

(B) is obviously pretty crucial! If Nordic style criminalisation did not reduce rates of purchasing sex, it would be unambiguously transparently bad. And it does seem to reduce rates of selling sex at least somewhat! The numbers I’ve found comparing Germany to the nordics, for example, give about 10x higher a share of the population involved in SW (tho this is complicated by a high rate of the workers being immigrants largely attracted specifically bc of the lack of legal restrictions on the sex market there). This should be front and centre in pro-Nordic arguments, yet afaict it really isn’t: they mostly just hammer home very emphatically that selling sex is generally pretty terrible and degrading and exploitative. You frequently get the sense that reducing the sale of sex weighs less heavily on a lot of their minds than opportunities for punishing johns

This tbf does comport with the fact this side tends to attract some truly repulsive authoritarian bigoted lunatics, including some of the biggest names!

On the other side, I see endless rehashings of basic libertarian arguments against all forms of labour regulation except this time as applied specifically to the sex market and bizarrely juxtaposed with inveighing against the evils of capitalism. It makes perfect sense that those forced to sell prohibited wage labour are often worse off than they would be if purchasing the labour were legalised, since then they would have access to law enforcement and the light of day and vetting mechanisms etc. But, to be completely blunt, prohibiting the purchase of that labour (child labour, for example) is not for those who will sadly and to some extent inevitably slip under the regulations: it’s for the ppl spared from the work thru the regulation! Which might seem harsh but it’s a lot less harsh than the Dickensian nightmare of working conditions under laissez faire capitalism. This is why it is confused to ask which set of policies is better for sex workers: there are different and differently sized classes of ppl who will be selling sex under the different proposed regimes; you have to take into account those who would be selling sex under full legalisation but aren’t under a Nordic style system. Ofc the other part of the libertarian argument here is the fully general “revealed preference reasons prove it’s Pareto inferior and therefore wrong to prohibit [form of trade]” but presumably yk how I feel about that. Maybe there are special reasons to think the argument succeeds in this case where it fails in others! But that’s a mostly empirical question I have not looked enough into

Same goes for personal testimonials about how this or that form of customer service work (or whatever) are worse and more degrading to the speaker than selling sex and they should not be patronisingly forced to accept society’s determination of which is worse: it’s just a special case of the general libertarian argument that it’s paternalistic and reductive to pick and choose which working conditions are and are not intolerable, these preferences vary by individual and should be settled by the price mechanism, etc etc. Unless there are specific reasons to think this reasoning applies here you should give these the same credence as you do for arbitrary similar ultraliberal antiregulatory arguments

Do not like it when socialists start sounding like antifa!rothbard!! Not at all!!

All of this is complicated by the fact there is a small class of sex workers who benefit straightforwardly from criminalisation of either the selling or purchasing of sex, whose voices you can a priori expect to be more prominent, namely SWers with adequate resources to handle the personal and legal risks of sex work, who for one reason or another are not deterred by the stigma. These sex workers can expect to benefit from the reduced supply, while having the resources to cope with the risk coming from the legal framework suppressing that supply in the first place. I’m not sure how exactly to think about this class of sex workers but it’s smth that keeps cropping up anytime I look into the topic in any detail

My instinct in all of this is to say, I need to read more firsthand accounts and academic scholarship and Serious policy research. But like, centering ~lived experience~ is basically impossible without some way of systematising and collating it, which is exactly what’s at issue. And ime academic/policy work tends not to address the stuff that really seems critical to me? Dworkin and mackinnon just read to me most of the time like more eloquent and detailed versions of their (proudly bigoted and statistically indifferent) lesser online imitators, for example

All of which is to say, idk, seems like a really hard question I’m glad my answer is not settling!

[amaiguri]

Wanna see the business side of story-based games?

Me! I want to! 👋 Hi, I'm Amaiguri. I'm a full time gamedev and I've released two games before and correctly predicted how much money I would make each time! Wow!

I've been considering converting the webfic I write into a story game of some kind -- a visual novel or a RPGmaker game or maybe even a walking sim? But I didn't know what I wanted to make!

This story has been THE STORY of my early adult life here -- it is SO important to me. So, while I'm a huge advocate of making whatever you want, I wanted to ensure whatever I put my effort into would be VAGUELY marketable. (Because, lemme tell you, webnovels are not marketable XD)

Before I dive in too deeply, **BIG DISCLAIMER**:

I am not a business person. I am using big, wide guestimates to make non-essential business decisions with myself. BUT I want to share my learnings with you. So, take everything I say with a grain of salt and JOIN ME on this journey:

Earlier this month, I made a post about wanting to make a visual novel. Specifically, a kinetic visual novel where you don't make choices and you just read basically. SO I've now done research into how well they sold. I used THIS website to determine how much money each of these games made (VERY loosely):

Juniper's Knot: ~$4k USD

Higurashi (The Whole Series): ~$300k USD (Averaging like 400 reviews per game and $50 for the whole bundle)

House in Fata Morgana: ~$1 million USD

I picked these out mostly because these are the small handful of kinetic novels I have actually heard about. I'm not saying there aren't other, more successful ones I haven't heard about but I figure, if I'm supposed to be representative of my target audience, I'm as good of a sample as any for this wild estimation.

Besides, Higurashi has a whole anime -- it is definitely fair to use that as an upper end -- and Juniper's Knot -- a tiny game no one has heard of -- as the lower end. (I mean, $0 is the lower end, but... you know...)

This paints a pretty stark picture, honestly. Like, this is looking at 6 to 8 years of work for... maybe a couple thousand for me? Realistically? Maybe up to $300k if I'm super lucky and go viral? And I'm not saying that isn't LIFE CHANGING money but like in the MOST MIRACULOUS scenario here, I am compensated less than my current salary for my current magnum opus. But realistically, I'm looking at maybe $1-4k if I get lucky. I'm not a horror-writer and I'm not a romance writer -- I will not have THAT feral of a fanbase XD And on top of all of that, I don't even play that many kinetic visual novels. I'm barely in my own target demo here!

Now, compare that to the numbers I ran on RPGmaker games where you just do narrative and there is very minimal gameplay:

Rakuen: 4000+ Reviews, over $100k in profits estimated

To the Moon: $8 Million in profit

A Bird Story: Definitely sold worse than To the Moon, was cheaper to make and cheaper to buy -- estimated at $397k

Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea: Dunno cuz it's free BUT its manga adaptation has 267 reviews on Amazon -- so the creator COULD have made bank on the actual game

See how much higher those are? Even when they're not as well known? And sure, the bottom is still $0 ultimately but the upper limit, with the most successful of these titles (and incidentally, the video game that convinced me to get into Game Design) is much much higher.

"BUT BELLE! Laura Shigihara did the music on a lot of those! You don't have Laura Shigihara!"

Ok BET! I'll hire her! The base industry rate for music per minute is $100/min. Let's suppose now she charge 10x that, cuz she's famous -- $1k/minute of music. I get her to compose a 3 minute song for $3k BUT she also brings over... say... 5% of her audience to check out my game.

That's admittedly, a high conversion rate so we'll just take 5% of Rakuen. Now, I'm imagining I'd charge like $25/copy of my game because it's gonna be like 300k words -- people pay $25 for a book of that length, so if I have art and programming also, I can do that. With just her 5% of Rakuen reviewers (21 reviewers of her 4.3k), that's like $7k USD. So, she'd probably just pay for herself and then some.

And to top all this off: I'm back in the target demo. I am ABSOLUTELY the kind of person who will play a solodev's RPGmaker game and forgive all jank and flaws and lack of gameplay if the story, art, and music are good.

That is, of course, making the assumption that I'll make good music and art 🥺🥺🥺

Now obviously, all this is WILD guestimates so like. You shouldn't make business decisions off this. I'm barely making "business" decisions -- I'm making hobby decisions. I have a full time job and I intend to keep it. BUT I think it's pretty clear where the potential money might be for me -- RPGmaker games.

Eris (Blinking): Thank you for reading!

[sataniccapitalist]

Death Lag Ratio of 10x to 20x means 100,000-200,000 Palestinian deaths in pipeline over next 20 yrs

I simply ask the question:

How many Palestinian people in Gaza that are exposed to toxic air from Israel bombs pulverizing buildings will die over the next 20 years?

What is the Death Lag Ratio (DLR) over 2 decades? Can we estimate it?

Yes, we can calculate it to get a rough estimate since we have lots of data from September 11, 2001.

On that horrible day about 3000 people died. There were many first responders and survivors and others living in NYC that were exposed to the toxic dust clouds from three (3) pulverized buildings.

Since then, over 20 years later over 4500 additional people have died. That’s a DLR of about 1.5 or so, and it is still rising today.

I argue in this video that the DLR is between 10 and 20 for the people in Gaza. So if the massacre of men, woman, kids, and babies in Gaza was stopped today we would have over 10,000 dead (4,000 kids) by the direct bombing.

This DLR means that an additional 100,000 to 200,000 people will die of illnesses directly caused to the Israeli attacks.

Why is DLR much higher for Gaza?

For a variety of reasons:

- 911 was three buildings; Gaza is entire neighbourhoods and an estimated 25% of all buildings in North Gaza; basically many tens of thousands of buildings

- exposure to the toxic air has lasted for 30 days, and is 24-7 in Gaza, for 911 first responders could leave toxic air and go home to rest

- first responders and survivors were adults for 911; for Gaza many people exposed are kids, babies, and the elderly. Lungs are not fully developed in babies or the very young, so exposure to toxic dust is much deadlier; older people are likewise killed from toxic dust at much higher rates

- people in Gaza have been without food, water, fuel, electricity for almost a month; hospitals are not functioning properly, noise from bombs is incessant, and people are worn down and have greatly suppressed immune systems from constant stress; this are much more susceptible to diseases, etc.

Of the 50,000 or so first responders to 911, roughly 4,500 have died in the 20 years since the attack. Call it 10%.

In Gaza, say almost half the population or 1 million people have been exposed. A 10% death rate over 20 years due to inhaling toxic air from pulverized buildings would be 100,000 additional deaths. But, many of those exposed are kids, even babies, and older people (not the case in 911) so we can maybe double the DLR meaning 200,000 additional deaths over 20 years.

Thus, the title of my video.

Please do your own thinking and your own calculations, to come up with your own DLR.

My analysis that I present in this video is my first rough attempt to come up with some numbers.

What I conclude is that for every 1 Palestinian person killed by Israeli bombs on attacks over the last 30 days, roughly 10 to 20 more Palestinian’s will die over the next 20 years from diseases and cancers directly caused by the bombing by Israel, cheered on by U.S. and other Western leaders under the guise of “self-defence” for Israel.

This really is an extermination of a people.

[weatherman667]

Climate Change

Long Post

Climate Change is a completely and utterly bullshit term.  What they mean is Global Warming.  The reason they changed it is the Global Warming is something that can actually be MEASURED.  And if it can be measured, it can be refuted.

Every time a major weather event happens, people bring it out as proof of Global Warming, without the slightest effort to look into the data.  I live in an area that became a worldwide exemplar for how Global Warming is killing us, but the fun thing is I’ve lived here my entire life.  We had a similar heat dome 25-ish years ago.  The reason it had record temperatures was that it happened earlier in the year than the last heat wave.

The Canadian government also uses REARWARD PROJECTIONS to prove the veracity of it’s forward projections for temperature.  What this means is that we cannot believe anything the Canadian government says about temperature data.  For the record, before the government did this, the temperature graph was basically flat.

Just before the change happened, there was a study that looked at mostly rural sites around the country, and showed no change.

But wait, is Carbon Dioxide a greenhouse gas or not?

Yes, yes, yes it is.  And yes, for a time, the increase in global temperatures did match the increase in Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere.

So, Global Warming is real then?

First, to put it into perspective, the three biggest contributors to global temperature, other than the Sun, obviously, (we’ll get to that later), is:

Water Vapour

Rayleigh Scattering

All Other Gases.

Carbon Dioxide is the biggest contributor from All Other Gases, but Oxygen and Ozone also apply.

Gas light absorption graphs are logarithmic.  You need an order more gas to produce a linear increase in absorption.  What this means is that at a minimum, for Carbon Dioxide to absorb more light, we’d need to double the current levels, and 10 times is not out the realm of the possible.

Before we jumped on the Global Warming bandwagon without any proof, (more on that later), the scientific consensus is that we were likely going towards a new ice age.

None of these theories are mutually exclusive.  We added Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere, and put off Glaciation, and then Carbon Dioxide reached saturation, (reached a point that it would require 10x more to increase the Greenhouse Gas Effect it can produce).

No onto some other issues that are often brought up as counterproof for Global Warming:

Acid Rain:  We restricted the chemicals that were making acid rain.  We did a fantastic job of cleaning up our emissions, until we started worrying about Carbon Dioxide.

Hole in the Ozone:  This was caused by CFC’s, and we banned them.  And the Ozone layer healed everywhere but Australia.

By contrast, CO2 is, literally, plant food.  A number of green houses use CO2 generators because higher concentrations of CO2 allows them to grow more.

Alright, let’s say we want to stop producing CO2.  Even if not for Global Warming, then as my father suggested, to save some carbon for when we’ll risk going back to glaciation.  So, we want to reduce our carbon emissions, what do we do?

Solar Power:  This takes a of energy to create.  There are other problems, but the biggest one is that we don’t have storage.  California has too much solar power, as they cannot store it for usage when they actually need it.

Wind Power:  We are doing this in an insanely stupid way.  I’m seriously, most wind turbines are the worst way we would do it.  Wind Power is also highly temperamental, and we don’t have a good way of storing it.

These both work on smaller scales, and are something we can slowly lean into, but they cannot provide most of our power.  Actually, we can learn from Germany.  Germany had the highest amount of power from renewables in the world, and decided to increase the ratio.  The rest of their power was from nuclear, so they shuttered nuclear power plants to replace them with solar and wind.  But, solar and wind are temperamental, and you need something that can quickly spin up to make up for any shortfall.  And that is fossil fuels.

So, Germany trades nuclear for fossil fuels, which they were getting from Russian.  And then the Ukraine war started, and the US convinced the EU to no longer pay Russia for gas.  And that’s how you get an energy crisis.

Nuclear Power:  Canada solved all of the problems with Nuclear Power in the 60′s.  And I do mean all of them.  CANDU reactors CANNOT go critical, cannot meltdown, and can use natural uraniums, so they don’t need enrichment.  Nuclear power is the only method we can quickly scale up for out usage.  Quite frankly, if we are going to replace fossil fuels, this is the only method of producing power we can use to do it.  Like I said, Solar and Wind can be developed slowly, but we need to work on storage.

The best / only way to store power in the grid currently is pumped hydro.  Which works, extremely well, but the problem is that regions that can use pumped hydro can just use hydroelectric dams.  Hydroelectric dams and geothermal power are both fantastic, but you have to have the right environment.

How can we store power?

Lithium:  It works.  It’s extremely expensive, extremely inflammable, and we probably don’t have enough for the entire world’s needs.

Hydrogen:  Hydrogen fuel cells work.  Hydrogen combustion engines work.  Hydrogen never went away.

Synthetic Fuel:  One of the major car racing organizations, (can’t remember which one), is planning to switch to wind-generated synthetic fuel that is made using atmospheric gases, (primarily CO2), and water.

And now for electric cars.  If everyone switched to electric cars, it would be better for the environment?  No.  Ignoring the fact that a lot of people cannot use electric cars, the switch would cost most energy than we would save.  Gasoline cars can work for 20 years without a problem.  Electric / hybrid cars typically need a battery replacement after 5 years, which is often the same value as the car at that time.  This means you cannot buy the car for any price, as you will have to shell out thousands, (maybe tens of thousands for a truck), for a used car.  I bought my first car for $1,000.  I traded it in for $500.  Not only are we locking most people out of the car market, but we are making it so that financially, you might as well just buy a new car.  For electric cars (US):

New Nuclear Power Plant every 2 weeks for 20 years.

Quadruple the electrical infrastructure in all regions, without taking growth into account.

Have every - single - apartment building have individual garage stalls that can have a charger hooked up.

Even then, it’s still terrible for people living up North, as the cold takes a HUGE amount of power from the batteries.  With gasoline cars, we use waste heat from the engine to heat the cabin.

[astral-from-afar]

Disclaimer: This is all in good fun and was mostly inspired by the upcoming jjk poll. Will not tag this in jjk as I am not here currently to start fighting people.

Ok the latest poll got me thinking about what characters were on that list last time. So this is basically me side eyeing everyone for their choices last year

Megumi - I get it. Megumi’s pretty cool. Took me a while to get to that point but I’ve accepted this man’s popularity and I just go along with it. Really don’t have anything else to say about him.

Gojo - Can’t believe he was still in the box during this. You can tell how strong the Gojo fans are because he has not been seen in action for YEARS yet you’re still voting for him. Props to you I guess. Good luck beating Gege and getting him 1st in the next poll

Yuji - Ok my boy was not fighting in the TRENCHES to become 3rd in his own series. Yes he should have gotten 1st yes I will stand by that until the day I die and yes I still can’t believe he got outdone by a guy in a box.

Geto - I know you’re all coping bc of his death with him being in top 5 and honestly me too. Gege still won’t let this poor man rest so you won’t let the anyone else in the fandom rest as a consequence. Don’t expect him to be in top 5 again but who knows.

Nanami - Overtime sorcerer SUPREMACY. I best see him here again because he does not miss. Nanami fans are the real ones so I’m not dragging on him.

Inumaki - Salmon Salmon. For a man who also hasn’t been seen in 2 years he did pretty well all things considered. I’m still waiting for him to show up so until then you go Inumaki fans.

Choso - Ok I’m just salty here but you lot really put HIM here on the top 10. How much screen time did this man really have. He did not deserve to be placed that high and if I see him being placed higher than Yuki then we know it’s on sight. He’s great and all but really? Just really?

Yuta - As a resident Yuta has never done anything wrong, I am disappointed in all of you. Did vol 0 mean nothing? Was his interactions with Yuji nothing to all of you. To the point of Choso overtaking him. Smh

Toji - I’m going to assume it’s the horny and leave. You did not drag the no child support, fugly grey sweatpants, boring ass guy into the top 10. Just admit that he’s hot and take your leave. Ok being fair he was a good antagonist during the hidden Inventory arc but istg if I hear more Toji stuff we are not going to see me again.

Naoya - OK LISTEN UP HERE EVERYBODY. HOW MANY PANELS DID THIS FUCKER HAVE. WHAT IN THE ABSOLUTE HELL DID HE DO IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE MANGA OTHER THAN BEING COOKED BY MAKI. IM WAITING. This just feels like fandom misogyny as the next two people are in the manga for 10x longer and did more things overall, to then be overshadowed by this dickhead.

Nobara - My beloved you did not deserve to be snuffed out of top 10. I am still on that copium that she’s still alive but honestly you really had to do her like that :(

Maki - Ok this is where I really question some of your tastes. So she had one of the PEAK arcs in all of the manga, went to hell and back and served us in every shape and form and this is what she gets. Losing to Naoya. Telling you lot to sort your misogyny out for the next poll because if she doesn’t reach top 3 Istg

Sukuna - Right, he’s a bit of a guilty pleasure as he is one of the funniest characters in this series after Kenny and Todo. Am suprised that he didn’t hit top 10 but he’s been binding his time to skyrocket to the big numbers especially in the recent chapters.

Todo - AYYYYYYY. Kyoto student found in the wild quick catch them before they get into the sea of irrelevancy. Ok that was too harsh but I’m proud of the Todo fans for getting him up there. He truly is the homie of the jjk world hopefully he keeps his placement because he’s too cool to not be on this list.

Utahime - OMG OMG OMG OMG. This was very unexpected. I thought Shoko would be here (she’s 24th) but I am grateful for it. The voice at the back of my head is trying to say that it’s cause of the shipping but I am ignoring it to focus on my girl entirely. Congrats everyone. If she manages to get in the top 15 again, do you think Gege will add more to her character. Nah he’ll probably just put her on the hit list which is not what we want to see here.

Yeah I think the poll overall was alright and obviously was for fun but after the placement of certain characters you know I’m side-eyeing you lot.

Characters I want/hope to reach the list : Yuki,Riko, Kirara, Hakari, Higuruma, Angel/Hana, Kenjaku, Uruame

[hikennosabo]

the end of love live! school idol festival, after playing for eight long years.

i’ve experienced a few mobage shutdowns in my time, but i don’t think i’ve ever cried this much or at all over an eos, lol. it might seem a bit silly to say but the girls have really stuck with me through some low points. this game is the reason i found the courage to cross a major item off my bucket list and travel all the way to japan.

despite seeing the game falling into a decline (i miss event SRs and sets and the old banners sooo bad) and knowing that the game would have to shut down eventually, it still hurts to see it go. i put what must have been hundreds of hours into this game, and it’s one of the only gachas i’ve ever put money into. i’m playing like half a dozen mobage at any given time, but llsif is the most long-lasting and impactful for me personally. it’s always been there, yknow? i enjoy the story of sifas but it’s just not the same. and at least enstars and bandori give me similar gameplay, lol.

there’s so much on my account and i screen-recorded and screenshotted a BUNCH of stuff. unfortunately i had to leave a few things hanging, like i never FC’d a number of the harder EX songs (not to mention master which is a whole different beast) and since i did last-minute massive pulls to use up my love gems and scout tickets, i didn’t have time or resources to max level/bond all the cards i scouted. i would’ve liked to leave everything nice and neat, but it is what it is i suppose.

i think i could have ended on a much higher rank if i had taken full advantage of the exp charms and 10x exp campaigns; even though i tried my best during the past month, i had so many exp charms and LP restoration items that it was just too much. rank 825 is a nice multiple of 5 to end on, and 350 LP is a similarly fantastic number. they should have implemented like, 8x and 12x multipliers for songs. would’ve made my life so much easier lmao.

i played a few songs to say goodbye, like bokuhika, kisekihikaru, and thank you friends, but my last song was aishiteru banzai, the first EX song i ever FC’d while working very hard to get my first successful tier 2 for setsubun maki.

rip my account, played faithfully from dec 23 2014 to mar 31 2023.  2981 login days. i only missed 40 days’ worth of logins, which is pretty insane.

今が最高。μ’sic forever, may the sunshine be with you. see you in sif2.

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WHY I'M SMARTER THAN YC

Small variations in growth rate produce qualitatively different outcomes. And there is a lot more complicated than managing rental property, there are companies you can hire to manage it for you. So companies have evolved to fill that niche. This doesn't bother me. The test of any investment is the ratio of new customers, but it did not. A huge step, admittedly, and one that most people never seem to make, but only one step. In principle you could avoid it, just as a scientist is better off following the truth wherever it leads rather than being influenced by what he wishes were the case. When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. Whatever gets you your target growth rate. In principle it was possible to start a startup that fails, and then just try to hit it every week. And, strangely enough, it's also why they fail so frequently.

Technology trains leave the station at regular intervals. Societies eventually develop antibodies to addictive new things. The good news is, if you even tie, you win. Pretty much every successful startup will grow into a big company is in much the same position is asymptotic or merely large, there are all those people the eminent have working for them; they have to go pretty far down the list of colleges before you stop finding smart professors in the math department. Tradition is less of a guide, not just because fakers and opportunists are annoying, but because authenticity is one of the main things that separates the most successful startups, because the bride is always the center of attention. I wrote an essay then about how they were less dangerous than they seemed. In retrospect that seems ridiculous, and we soon dropped the pretense. Civil War was about slavery; people would be intolerable. But be careful what you ask for. So I went back to America. And because I wasn't paying attention, I didn't notice when the shadow disappeared.

It is to some degree in almost every field, but I had till then managed to avoid facing it. We had 2 T1s 3 Mb/sec coming into our offices. Computers are responsible for the problem. At one end of the spectrum are crack and meth. There might be 10x or even 50x more good founders out there. Incidentally, this scale might be significantly over 1%. For them the right approach would be to have a new kind of stock representing the total pool of companies they were managing. And now that the web has evolved mechanisms for selecting good stuff, the web-based applications can now be made to work much more like desktop ones. And yet, oddly enough, Ryan Singel's article about the conference in Wired News spoke of throngs of geeks. The mistake is thinking this is somehow opposed to starting a company and selling it. Like the JV playing the varsity, if you get growth, everything else tends to fall into place.

There can only be one big man in town, and they're clearly it. A determined party animal can get through the best school without learning anything. They are a perennial topic of heated discussion on Slashdot. Before we had kids, YC was more or less independently of the stock market. As far as I know there's no word for something we like too much. It would have spoiled the narrative to acknowledge Jessica's central role at YC. The ideal medium seemed the short story, which I've since learned had quite a brief life, roughly coincident with the peak of magazine publishing. And the trouble with most tests for selecting elites is that there will be a tendency to push it back to their IPO in August 2004, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more. Inappropriate If you really want is a management company might be organized.

It wasn't just because she disliked fighting. At the stage where YC invests, there is often neither a product nor any numbers. You may beat the insiders, and yet pay a higher price for them. 0 means using the web as a platform before Google even meant it to be one. There seemed to be most admired were ones in which people suffered in complicated ways. How are we to develop new technology if we can't study current technology to figure out for ourselves what to avoid and how. Everyone values safety too much, both the obscure and the eminent. Which means the first VC to break ranks and start to do series A rounds. Copy only what you genuinely like.

It's not just that you think about what the program should do, just make it faster. Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because startups early on need frequent feedback from their users to tweak what they're doing. Technology progresses more or less our life. 5-7% a week and they hit that number, they're successful for that week. It might still be reasonable to stick with the Old Testament in political questions, but materially the world now has a lot more common. Mostly we had the same sort of insight Socrates claimed: we at least knew we knew nothing. Didn't it already mean using the web the way it's meant to be used. At first they're always dismissed as being unsuitable for real work, jump on it. In How to Start a Startup I advised startups never to let anyone fly under them, meaning never to let anyone fly under them, meaning never to let anyone fly under them, meaning never to let any other company offer a cheaper, easier solution. No one ever measures recruiters by the later performance of people they turn down. Jessica hates attention. Others are more candid, and admit their financial models require them to own a certain percentage of each company.

0 is democracy. I'd been unconsciously hoping to find there was back in the place I'd just left. If you're really getting a constant number of new customers to existing ones. And they, incidentally, that cured me of copying the wrong things. Our first building had been a one-man show. They see increasingly aggressive measures to protect intellectual property. This tradition continues today. And in the case of the most surprising things we've learned is how little it matters where people went to college. To programmers, hacker connotes mastery in the most literal sense: someone who can make a profit.

And that's where the volume of our imaginary solid is growing fastest. They can sense totalitarianism approaching from a distance, as animals can sense an approaching thunderstorm. That's the paradox I want to examine its internal structure. So we're in much the same position is asymptotic or merely large, there are all those people. We'd interview people from MIT or Harvard or Stanford and sometimes find ourselves thinking: they must be smarter than they seem. In principle you could make any mark in any medium; in practice the medium steers you. We supported online transactions via a company called Cybercash, since if we lacked that feature we'd have gotten beaten up in product comparisons.

[jarvis-invest]

Why is direct equity investment better than a mutual fund?

Two options are available to investors related to an equity investment: direct equity and mutual funds. Mutual funds are more popular as they are marketed in India (TV commercials). As a result, investors tend to invest via mutual funds. There is no denying that mutual funds were good options to invest in equity until recently. However, now investors have an option to invest in the stock market directly and earn better returns. This article is of utmost importance for mutual fund investors who believe that mutual fund is the only investment option.

Why do investors prefer mutual funds?

Below are two main reasons investors tend to take the mutual fund route:

Professionally managed funds: Most investors in India lack financial knowledge. Hence they cannot invest in direct equity as it requires expertise. 

Diversification: Mutual funds automatically diversify your portfolio. You can have stocks for each possible category if you invest in three mutual funds.

We did a small survey that showed that investors prefer to invest in a mutual fund.

We also tried to analyze what stops them from equity investment. The number one reason is the lack of time to track and monitor the portfolio.

Here is a point to ponder: We invest our money in the market to get high returns. No doubt, there has to be a balance between risk and return. Why would you not invest in direct equity and get more returns on your investments if presented with an opportunity? Today, we discuss that opportunity with you – backed by numbers.

Why should you invest in direct equity?

Below are some reasons why every investor should invest in direct equity:

Control over your investments: When you invest in direct equity, you can create a portfolio of your choice. Depending on your risk profile, you have an asset allocation. You only have categories to choose from and cannot personalize when you invest via a mutual fund. With direct equity, you can pick stocks of your choice. If you are from an IT background, you will have a good understanding of the sector and can make better investment decisions than most people.

Buy and sell at a price of your choice: When it comes to direct equity, you can buy and sell shares at any time during the trading window. However, with mutual funds, you get the NAV value calculated at the end of the trading day. Some days, during the trading window, the market (or specific stocks) is down considerably, and you can invest at a lower price. If they correct it later, you make gains. 

You can take advantage of market movement: There are situations where certain news impacts a market and allow investors to buy (or traders to trade). For example, if there is news in favor of the NBFCs sector, it is expected that NBFC shares will rise in the coming days (or that day). You can take the position in the NBFC stock of your choice and make the most of the news.

Dividend Income: Most profitable companies give out dividends to their shareholders. Direct equity investment opens an opportunity for investors to earn additional income from their investments. The amount can be reinvested in the market or used for other expenses.

Ownership in company: When you invest in a company, you own a part of the company. Being a shareholder, you become part of the company’s growth story. For example, if the company grows in revenue from X to 10X, the same would translate to the stock price. It will also be reflected in the capital you have invested in the company. Direct equity investment gives you the opportunity to make multibagger returns.

Things to keep in mind while investing in equity shares

Below are points to keep in mind before you start direct equity investment:

Yes, you will get higher returns than mutual funds, but it is a journey – you won’t be making multibagger returns overnight. Patience is the key.

Returns on investment will vary. If you have ten stocks, some will offer you good returns, while others may remain in red for months/years. You should be prepared for such a situation and not panic and sell your holding.

Don’t invest in direct equity if your investment horizon is small (less than a year). By staying invested for a long, you reduce your portfolio risk.

Direct Equity Investment: Risk and solution

There is no denying that direct equity investment is risky, and as highlighted above, most investors lack the financial knowledge to invest in it. You cannot jump in a river even if you know that there is gold in the riverbed if you don’t know swimming. It will be foolish, and only a greedy person may do it to regret it later.

However, if you can take help externally – someone who can take you down as a guide and help you take the gold out – then it will be foolish if you don’t opt for this option.

Jarvis Invest is your guide to investing in the stock market and earning more returns. If you lack market knowledge or don’t have the time to monitor your portfolio, you can still invest in direct stocks. Jarvis takes care of everything related to your portfolio – stock selection, monitoring, and rebalancing. 

In the same survey, we found that investors want to invest in direct equity if given a chance.

Do check out Jarvis Invest and start your direct equity investment journey. Share with others and let me know that a platform exists where with least effort, you can still invest in direct equity.

[alliance00]

How to Hire Celebrity Chefs? What You Need to Know About Cost and Value?

Hiring a celebrity chef is a dream of many restaurant owners! Not only do they help restaurateurs enhance the culinary value of their food, but they also increase the visibility and market value of their business. But hiring the services of a celebrity chef, even for a day or an hour, is not that easy. Celebrity chefs don’t work for everyone, and they choose their clients wisely. Then how can you approach them? The answer is to go with a chef recruitment agency. The agency will help you connect with celebrity chefs! Are you planning to host a restaurant promotion event? If yes, you must be looking for a celebrity chef to take your event to the next level. The food, beginning from the appetizers to the dessert, is important while planning such an event. If how to find and hire a celebrity chef is worrying you, this article will help you deal with the issue more efficiently. Celebrity chefs are in demand. These people are the talk of the town in the culinary business. Many well-known international chefs have also become the most requested celebrity chefs for food product promotion or restaurant promotion. When you approach these folks, the chances are you won’t receive any response for a very long time or none at all. That is because many celebrity chefs are getting 10x more requests for their services than they have waking hours in a year. Hiring a celebrity chef requires a different set of abilities or resources. When a contact from a reputed agency approaches a celebrity chef, the chances of being heard and considered increase a lot. You will also be able to choose from a number of celebrity chefs specializing in the cuisine your restaurant promotes. A common concern for all restaurateurs seeking to hire a celebrity chef is the costs involved. There are so many direct, indirect, explicit, and hidden expenses that making a budget and sticking to it becomes extremely difficult.

Let us first discuss the key point.

What Are The Costs To Hire A Celebrity Chef

Hiring a celebrity chef does involve costs that almost always overrun an initial budgeting attempt. Celebrity chefs charge according to their reputation. It is not just the rates you need to pay, but a business hiring a celebrity chef also needs to arrange for a myriad of things that increase the overall expenditure. Many chefs go by hourly rate as each second counts in their field, and they use their time wisely. Of course, they have assistants with them who look after all the kitchen activities and make sure you won’t get disappointed. You would also need to pay for the total services rendered. As privileged guests, the transportation of the chef’s merchandise, if they bring any, and the private vehicles you hire for offering pick-up and drop-off facilities should also be included in the budget. Costs associated with arranging for the chef’s comfort and convenience at your business place cannot be ruled out. Celebrity chefs often do not share their complete recipes, but they do demand the availability of many exquisite ingredients that cost a lot. If you want celebrity chefs to whip up dishes for your key clients, there again, the charges shoot up way higher. There are other factors too that influence costs, depending on the location of your event and its scale.

Hire A Celebrity Chef For These Benefits

Now the question must be rising in your head – it is worth hiring a celebrity chef or not. So below, we are going to discuss the benefits of the same in detail.

1. Take Your Key Business Lunch To The Next Level

One of the most significant advantages of hiring a high-profile chef is that they will do their job seriously. More than anything, they care about their reputation, and because of it, they work extra hard to take the business lunch to another level. If you are planning a business lunch to clinch a million-dollar deal, then making the experience memorable could make a big difference. One of the key factors of happiness for many is excellent food. When served by a celebrity chef, the value goes way too high to be ignored. So without any doubt, if you are considering hiring a celebrity chef for your business lunch, then you should go for it.

2. Make Your Most Important Celebrations Memorable

Whether it is the celebration of 10 years in business or the achievement of crossing a major milestone as a manufacturer or restaurateur, making it memorable needs some effort other than speeches and dances. As soon as you hire a celebrity chef for such an occasion, it will instantly become the talk of the town. People will have more interest in the event because the celebrity they have watched on the television will be there in person. You might also get opportunities to win more goodwill and visibility in your industry segment. 

3. Launch your New Food or Nutrition Product Successfully

If you are planning to launch your new food or nutrition product in the market, going with a celebrity chef seems a valid option. This kind of activity will bring traction to your store and enhance your brand’s reputation. Celebrity chefs have a reputation, and when you advertise your product through their service, your product will definitely invite much more attention than it could have achieved without the service. Also, the opinion and views of esteemed and popular celebrity chefs would matter to a majority of your potential customers.

4. Increase your Restaurant or Club’s Visibility and Customers

Planning to open a restaurant or have a new club but unsure about attracting public attention? By hiring a celebrity chef, you can make your restaurant or club become known to the entire city within a couple of hours. The presence of a celebrity chef and signature dishes recommended by the chef will make a huge difference in how people will perceive your restaurant’s value. You will instantly draw attention to your restaurant’s capacity of offering excellent food. Similarly, a club that wants to retain or increase its membership could do well by inviting a celebrity chef for special events. Not only the culinary value of your club’s restaurant but also your club’s brand value enhances a lot. You will have more opportunities to attract public attention and your club’s membership numbers.

5. Launch your Food Delivery Business with Better Brand Recognition

Launching a food delivery business is a lucrative one, but you need to get your business noticed by the entire city. Profitability and revenues are directly linked to the orders you receive, and with so much competition out there, attracting people to try new food service providers becomes challenging. Hiring a celebrity chef will bring you the exposure you are looking for. It is regarded as one of the best marketing strategies to boost the business. The very first concept of every business is to gain the attention of people, and you can do it just by hiring one celebrity chef.

Process Of Hiring Celebrity Personal Chefs

1. Frame a Budget

Hiring a celebrity personal chef for a home event would cost you a lot of money. But if you could leverage it to your advantage through social media and newspapers, you might find quite some sponsors for your event. You could also attract a few co-partners if you combine celebrations of different friends or family members into one event. For example, friends can invest in a common event to celebrate their 5th or 10th wedding anniversary. Discover all opportunities for reducing costs and narrow down to actual costs per person.

2. Assess Value

There are hundreds of celebrity chefs for different types of cuisine and from different countries and regions who visit your city. Not everyone would have an equal “crowd puller value.” That is, not everyone would draw huge attention. Find out which celebrity chefs are popular in your city and known for offering services as a personal chef for a home or personal event. Ask yourself why you need to hire a celebrity personal chef: It cannot be just about the food – because you can get it from chic restaurants or by calling professional gourmet chefs. It has to be about the reputation or the need to make your event extraordinary for someone special. Assess the value it can bring to your life.

3. Contact A Chef Recruiter

Sending emails and calling the office of the celebrity chef is the toughest way of getting a celebrity chef for your personal event. You might spend months without getting an appointment. After all, celebrity chef offices cannot invest in background checks of every random call they receive. But an agency can do the work in a week. You let the chef recruiter know about the kind of personal event you are hosting, the location, the number of people, and all details about food and catering. The chef recruiter will need to verify the authenticity before working on your request. That takes a few days. Within a week, you will get a shortlist of celebrity chef candidates who can consider appointments.

4. Map Candidates With Expectations From Home Events

Do the research very carefully before hiring a celebrity personal chef. Not every celebrity chef has traits that might suit your party. For instance, if you are hosting a party to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of your parents, who adore British cuisine, you need to find celebrity chefs with exquisite skills in that cuisine and who are admired by your parents. You might prefer a fun-loving celebrity chef who is great with children if you are hosting a home event for children.

5. Ensure Thorough Consultations

Finally, the best advice is to not make a hasty decision in all the excitement of having found a great celebrity chef for your personal event. Consult with the celebrity chef’s team to find out about all kinds of costs: travel arrangements, consulting charges, menu-planning charges, equipment, ingredients, per plate/ per dish charges, and all other charges. Get an upfront (total) estimate. Note down all arrangements that you need to make.

Conclusion

It is best to consult with a chef recruitment agency to hire a celebrity chef for business or personal events. You can be honest with chef recruiters about your budget. Based on your decided budget or need, they will conduct their searches. It will also save you time. Further, they will cross-check everything before fixing a deal. A chef recruitment agency is the safest bet for hiring a celebrity chef as they know their job. An established agency will have experts to perform such tasks. They keep your criteria in the center and make the perfect deal for you.

We Have The Best Chef Recruiters! Contact Us To Hire A Celebrity Chef For Business Events Or To Hire A Celebrity Personal Chef!

Read More : How Much Does It Cost To Hire A Full-Time Chef?

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If you are looking for a global manpower agency to help you hire a celebrity chef, choose Alliance Recruitment Agency. We have the right contacts in various countries and a good deal of experience in helping restaurants, businesses, and private customers hire a celebrity chef. The successful experiences and stories we have helped create both for celebrity chefs and their clients have quadrupled our celebrity chef contacts. Find celebrity chefs of different nationalities in your country or hire an international celebrity chef with ease. Get in touch with us for further information!

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[camcoshop]

The 12x25 Compact Binocular Review

Though some reviews regarding compact binoculars make questionable claims about them online, these models should still be given serious consideration if lightweight grab-and-go binoculars are necessary.

As their small lens diameter does not allow for an increased exit pupil, these lenses are not recommended for use during the night or twilight observations.

Optical Performance

Ocular lenses and prism are fully multi-coated to absorb as much light as possible for brighter images, further improving optical performance. Porro prisms rather than roof prisms also aid this compact binocular's optical performance.

Even so, they still feature an extremely small exit pupil of 2.1mm at 12x25 magnification; therefore they should not be used in environments with very low light conditions.

These pocket binoculars also exhibit some noticeable chromatic aberration at contrasted edges, though this is a fairly typical issue with pocket binoculars - especially ones designed to be lightweight and compact. Most users will likely not consider it an issue, however; the rubber eyecups can even be adjusted downward to better accommodate glasses-wearers if you plan on occasionally using these binoculars.

Waterproof

Bijia binoculars offer an affordable alternative for beginners or casual observers looking to observe wildlife, nature, and scenery at leisure. Unfortunately, they're not suitable for use in low light conditions due to not featuring large exit pupils like more expensive binoculars; thus limiting their night vision abilities.

Combat Binoculars offer adjustable eye relief to allow wearers of glasses to see the entire field of view, with short eyepieces that can be reduced by rolling down rubber eyecups. Furthermore, it is important to check which type of prisms are being used; either crown glass or BaK4 prisms tend to offer higher optical performance than lower-quality models.

These packages include a soft case that protects the instrument from impact damage. This case features a padded sleeve to cushion any knocks and an easy access velcro fastened flap with belt loop, plus a cleaning cloth and neck strap - for your peace of mind.

Fogproof

The Bushnell Diamondback binoculars are an excellent option for anyone who desires a rugged yet lightweight pair of binoculars that can withstand all weather conditions. Equipped with their signature focusing system - simple yet effective at not freezing up under low temperature conditions - it makes these ideal for hunting, birding, astronomy and many other outdoor activities.

The lenses are filled with nitrogen gas to prevent them from fogging up, while an anti-reflective coating helps improve light transmission and clarity. Rubber eyecups can be adjusted either down or twisted down to shorten for those wearing glasses, and the field of view spec is an essential factor when purchasing binoculars.

Magnification and lens size make this binocular suitable for most situations; however, its small exit pupil might be problematic in low light situations where natural hand tremors or breathing may blur images; 10x magnification may be more suitable in these instances.

Comfortable

Compact binoculars distinguish themselves by their diminutive size and lightweight; this can be accomplished by using smaller front lenses (the second number in their name). Being lightweight also enables easier usage when out and about and in spaces where larger instruments would not be feasible or suitable.

As part of your backpacking travel adventure or when hiking, canoeing, attending sporting events and visiting museums/galleries/art exhibits where a large pair of binoculars would prove cumbersome and cumbersome, it can be wise to carry compact binoculars that will not add unnecessary bulk.

These compact binoculars feature adjustable eyecups to provide optimal viewing comfort for people wearing glasses, while their large eye relief and rising eye cups also enable those without glasses to get closer views of the lens. Plus, these comfortable compacts boast soft rubber-coated texture grips on their durable plastic chassis for an easy holding experience.

Motti Slodowitz is the Founder of Campco and also works as the President & Chief Executive Officer at Campco. He is currently based in Los Angeles, United States.

[whyyoualwayssoradical]

uhm aside from the number i said is wrong, which is misinformation, is it just that number? the fact it was made poorly and my initial interpretation of it was the land control which wasnt accurate? then i look at it and find what it might be based on and tried to explain what it might be trying to portray. not really sure how that thing in particular is antisemitic though, unless inflating an israel population number is inherently antisemitic? its obviously wrong to use an incorrect number, esp one 10x higher than it should be.

i was raised zionist (but am not zionist) in the US bible belt and have spent the past 3+ weeks researching as much as i can on everything going on trying to understand all of it. this includes the history of the area, history of the different peoples native there, and all the military activity from all the different powers in the region. the main problem with graphic is the israel number having an extra digit otherwise the population numbers match, the israel number is inclusive of non-jews living in israel.

instead of saying "oh that was sarcasm" why are you not also providing info or analysis of the visual in question? the 1949 armistice happens because of the lapse of british mandate and israel declaring state hood and taking land? do you dispute this? do you dispute the numbers (which i explained one is wrong and why? which thing is it just how it shows the land areas becuase the land areas dont track with borders exactly when i said i dont think they represent that and instead represent the population spreading out not the birder lines or military front line.

nothing has been presented that implies the visual is antisemitic, bad information cus the number wrong sure, can say bad infornation is misinfornation i see that. however instead of actually trying to discuss it you just say its antisemitic misinformation and a link to the 1949 armistice doee not answer that and im sorry for answering what i thought were real questions to get to some understanding of what the graphic was doing or trying to do and explain it based on what i know and have discussion about it.

ive been told my entire life that not supporting israel would send me to hell and it was antisemitic to not blindly support israel. those zionists that raised me are absolute nutcases and want to see the entire middle east burn becauae they are racist and fascist with their draconian law bible to follow.

i should have looked at it more closely before reblogging but even so it does generally (with an inflated israel number cus extra 0) represent the spread of israel population over area and contraction of the palestine population over area. not really sure what explicitly makes the graph antisemitic unless anything that lies or misrepresents israel or its population is inherently antisemitic which doesnt track with definition, israel has over 2m non-jews, israel is the jewish state but it is not a full and true representation of only jewish people.

sorry. im just trying to support palestine because netanyahu and the likud party are evil and is actively subjecting palestinians to genocide and it needs to stop. if this graphics misinformation with the number being wrong is antisemitic then any misinformation or mislabelling of groups that are palestinian are islamophobic are they not? is that the logic to follow for these? genuine question

the visualization is not great and seems to only loosely show population growth over the areas with the israel number having an extra digit - what else am i missing about this graphic? do you wish me to take particular action other than an open discussion about the graphic to get to the truth and lies of it?

disporportionate resolution - i do not understand all the details with this resolution yet but it did not give the right of israel to start a military operation to sieze the land the resolution talks about from what i understand but again im still trying to learn.

one war

two war

three war

four war

ever since israel declared statehood they have brought nothing but death and destruction to the region.

im trying to learn and understand everything going on and would very much appreciate further discussion so i can better understand it all. i currently do not know what i could be misunderstanding, i feel like ive gained a fairly okay understanding but im obviously not infallible and the beliefs i was raised with make it all the more confusing to sort truth from fiction from misinformation.

sorry did this on my phone. i promise i am actively trying to learn and understand

Palestinian-Israeli "conflit" in 30 secondes

[thekaijudude]

Updated some stuff regarding Naga Ghidorah Zarla’s abilities, mostly to be more specific (tho I did also add some stuff). Btw, Lyrial is a planet that is almost perfectly identical in size to Earth.

Also, seeing as you said that the description I gave for the Titan-Class Kaiju wasn’t specific enough, here are two notes on them:

— Any Kaiju that was known to have a natural origin (no mutants or choju), was known to be or was most likely from Earth, and debuted in a show that took place in the Showa Universe (note that I said “Showa Universe” instead of “Showa Era”, so Earth Kaiju that first appeared in Mebius can be included) could have Titan-Class Kaiju versions of themselves.

— The multiplier for a Titan-Class Kaiju is not a set number: it’s a range. For example, an average Tier 2 Kaiju would have a lower multiplier for its Titan-Class variant than a Kaiju of a higher Tier. Let’s say that the average multiplier going from Tier-2 to Titan-Class is 10 times the Tier-2 level of power. However, some Tier 2 Kaiju, like Gomora, have a higher multiplier, as is definitely the case with Gomolra (the Titan-Class Version of Gomora), who probably has at least double the average Tier-2 to Titan-Class multiplier. 

So the multiplier isn’t quite consistent. However, for a Tier-2 Kaiju, let’s say the multiplier ranges from 5 times to 15 times. As for the next multiplier, the Tier 3 multiplier overlaps a bit. It’s from 10 to 30 times. From there, I’ll let you do the math to figure out higher Tiers’ multipliers.

Anyway, the question remains the same: Zarla vs 10 Godzilla Earths. Who wins?

If it’s still a massacre for Zarla, then you can go with only 1 Godzilla Earth.

Finally Im able to get to this. Pardon for making u wait for like 2 weeks for the answer since my school schedule is utterly wack at this point

And bruh the scales have been tipped so ridiculously that its not really even a valid matchup anymore with the buff you have given Zarla

So while u have delineated the multiplier for each Tier of kaiju, what remains is literally which specific kaiju is involved tbh.

Unless there are repeated characters and I can consider say a Titan Gomora being 10x Gomora for example. Still dont think that amount of durability is gonna make much difference to Godzilla Earth's Atomic Breath.

But then again, if we recall at the end of the last ask, Godzilla Earth is essentially a glass cannon so now you've basically just recreated the same situation with Zarla, of whether a Titan Gomora's Super Oscillatory Wave can pierce through Godzilla Earth's shield and his body. Since as said last round, his shield and dorsal plates were easily penetrated after an assault by MG city. And if not 1, what about 10 etc. And then it all comes down to the same glass cannon vs glass cannon result of who can manage to fire first.

And we havent even got to whatever permutations of the 70 different possible Titan classes cause I could run the same argument as above with Astromons, which a Titan version would probably be around 20-30x stronger. Which essentially means no way I am gonna be able to analyze with so many characters involved as said.

Cause anyways it will eventually lead to Burning Earth (planet buster) against the worst case scenario of 500 Astromons-level Titan class kaiju. Which is still the same result of glass cannon vs glass cannon logic since i dont think even a 30x Astromons has planet buster durability and we still dont know what is Burning Earth's is either (so Burning Earth's atomic breath could one shot dozens of the above Titans so imagine him firing in an arc, how many can he get rid of in how little time)

But a far more fundamental problem now is basically you've amped Zarla rather ridiculously, especially her durability. Using the same math, lowballing the combined beam would be around 15 000x NGH but yet she outputs 150x NGH for her ranged attack? Very weird scaling here.

(Recall Taro is about 10 000x NGH here)

Tho i still dont think 15 000x NGH durability is enough to tank a planet busting attack (Ive worked it out roughly). On the other hand, you've made Zarla's physical prowess far too ridiculous as well that she could probably tear Earth apart tbh.

At this point, the matchup is kind of moot since its a mismatch in so many ways but Zarla easily here at this point.

A far reasonable matchup against Zarla after the amp would bascially be Saga level of power at the minimum at this point

Thanks for the question!

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

PUSS IN BOOTS Box Office Watch

There's currently some mild panic going around regarding the box office of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, which is only three days into release. It has only collected some small single-digit grosses so far, but... There are many catches at play here.

THE LAST WISH, first and foremost, is a December release...

This applies to the reaction to AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER's opening weekend grosses as well... December usually isn't a time for big no-holds-barred blockbuster openings... Sure, we saw a Marvel movie open to $260m last December, and a quad of STAR WARS movies easily blast past $150m each time out (with two of them landing above the $200m threshold), plus some other assorted good-sized openings: HOBBIT, NARNIA, I AM LEGEND, the first AVATAR... But it's usually not that kind of month.

Especially for animated movies.

What's the highest opening weekend 3-day gross for an animated movie released in the month of December?

If you want to count live-action movies with cartoon critters in them, then it's ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKUEL, which took in $48m back in 2007. But let's go *all* animated here... The record belongs to SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.

That movie opened with $35m on the weekend of December 14, 2018... That's not a fantastic number by any means. But what happened... Oh, a little thing the industry calls legs... SPIDER-VERSE collected $190m at the domestic box office by the end of its run sometime in the spring of 2019... 5.4x its opening weekend gross. A stellar multiplier that most movies released during the summer season would give a lot for.

Now, what's below that? SING ($35m), THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG ($24m), SING 2 ($22m, no doubt effected by the Delta and Omicron variants), BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA ($20m), hybrid YOGI BEAR ($16m)... Yeah, these aren't spectacular openings... But a good chunk of these films later cleared $100m at the domestic box office.

Once the holiday rush and commitments are over, people are on vacation from work, and kids are off from school... That's when the family movies leg it up, big time. Did you know the highest multiplier for a post-1990s animated feature belongs to THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE? A film that made $89m domestic off of a terrible $9m opening? That's almost 10x the opening weekend gross!

Similarly, there's THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN back in 2011/12. Opened with $9m for its three-day, and legged it up to $77m. Not too shabby!

One would think... Being a PUSS IN BOOTS sequel, and by extension as SHREK-adjacent movie... We haven't had one in 11 years, not since the first PUSS IN BOOTS spin-off movie... One would think this would've opened big! But no... It's going to leg it up.

People are also still very choosy with movies and what they're saving their money for. Maybe a lot of families already spent the small amount of times they go in a calendar year on all the Marvel and DC movies, maybe AVATAR Again, maybe MINIONS Deux as well. It's the end of the year.

An awful winter storm has also hit us, too. Most of the country is affected, so that's definitely going to cut into this opening at first.

But I do think that once the rush is over, this will slowly get some traction... And word of mouth will get out. Not only is the critical reception through the roof on this fun little gem, but the audience reception seems to be really good, too. PUSS IN BOOTS Uno made about 4.3x its opening weekend gross back in the fall of 2011, so no reason this doesn't repeat that. Let's say it takes in $10m for the three-day. PiB's multiplier gives it a $43m take, but I'm sure it's going to go higher than that. Maybe it SING 2s its way up to a solid final total. Worldwide grosses ought to really help, too. The SHREK franchise usually scored great overseas, and PUSS IN BOOTS was no exception.

Heck, if audiences really like the movie and tell their pals... Maybe PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH challenges THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE for the highest post-90s multiplier for an animated feature. It'd be surprising to see a SHREK-adjacent movie make less than THE BAD GUYS (a movie I loved, don't get me wrong, it's just a bit weird to think).

Maybe if it were SHREK 5 instead of this, the thing would've been past $150m domestic by now... I'm sure SHREK 5 will be a box office titan when that day comes...

But for now, the kitty ought to claw his way up to a solid gross and make a decent profit. I don't know if its box office performance will mean too too much in the long run, given what the country and the world has been through. Studios are playing a much different box office game now, and I'm sure Universal and DreamWorks execs are aware of that. At least I hope so!

If anything, if THE LAST WISH is to lose money, it would probably mean no more standalone adventures with Puss, Kitty Softpaws, and Perrito. SHREK 5 will probably be unaffected just the same, and I assume the same for director Joel Crawford. The movie's a critical smash and a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination, already got the Globe nom.

Animation seems to be a case-by-case basis now when it comes to box office, and with THE LAST WISH, we should wait and see...