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And not only that but the governor general still has that same constitutional power.
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As far as I know most have actual powers, they just don't use it.
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There's nothing to celebrate cerimonially about kings.
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Considering they still own, in way or another, their aristocratic estates, yes.
I don't care how much "real" power they have. If you actually believe in a meritocracy how can you defend someone getting a job because of their lineage, attending real political events and ceremonies and influencing policies that way? And let's not forget that in many cases, they ACTUALLY have institutional powers they just don't use because they don't have to, the institutions serve their interests all the same. Sorry for the pointless rant. It just happens way too often.
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That would be fair, can't have that
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I like stand-up. It's probably the only time of the day I see my coworkers. Also we don't do status reports or anything so maybe I'm just lucky ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Everything I've listed is a non-exhaustive list of things CD Project did to get raving reviews for Cyberpunk on release. People may have forgotten about it but they did not allow gameplay videos, only allowed screenshots from promotional material and also promised reviewers that all the bugs and performance problems would be fixed by a day one patch.
So yes, they can and do influence reviews, even if not by literally sending money.
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There's a lot you can do to influence the review that's not literally paying for it. You can do everything paid trips to your studio for a preview, you can review embargo it until the release date, you can dictate what screenshots and videos they can use and at the worst you can just not send a review code to a publication that didn't cooperate last time.
Or maybe you just have a rabid fanbase that thinks everything you shit out is gold so they harass reviewers that give a "low" score.
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GDP is when you pay rent to yourself.
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I really got into it when I realizef that I had to buy the cars and other vehicles if I wanted people to use them, rather than they magically appearing alongside workers.
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The worst part of this is that if they retaliate as they should, they would just be playing into the escalation Israel has been scheming to pull the US directly into the war.
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BalkanMapper videos on Youtube. These small boxes are news selected by him for the daily update on the ukraine war.
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Well besides Kursk the fighting on the south is considered a different front too.
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They are great until you actually need something from them
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Clearly you can invest in the downfall of capitalism /s
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All media is biased, that's why you read news critically.
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I don't think even the giga liberals would say that about China.
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We have a winner!!
Here's your prize: 100% US made phone (it doesn't exist)
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Do you speak anything other than english? If you don't you probably should start there.
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Strangely readable article.
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Australia's investment is a clear move to counter chinese influence in the pacific, and the choice to do so with a multinational police force of some sorts is definitely interesting, if nothing else, Remains to be seen if it will bear any fruits.
Although I'm 100% sure everyone understood something different from Lain, it was a very interesting trip lol.
I'm not sure if it will actually mean anything, but I wasn't actually expecting to see a verdict.
Has your average commonplace unchallenged ideas of China, but is overall a great video.
It's as if getting an advantage because of money instead of merit and effort is unfair. Such a wild idea could only really work on videogames haha.
Enjoyed blasting through the campaign. Except where you notice they released the chapters later and the difficulty spikes are pretty bonkers if you ask me. The way you build your character is also much more manageable compared to something like Path of Exile too, so that's a big plus for me.
Well, this kind of technology was just a matter of time.
I have a flip phone and not gonna lie: having a phone that fits your pocket is great. But the impression I have is that people hate them?
There's rumors FFXIV will announce the release date for the next expansion, but I'm not so sure. What other games will have panels or interesting things going on there?
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Yes, it's over literally nothing. Yes, gamers are harassing people.
We all know there's no difference between them (specially if you live outside the US), but I'm actually impressed how little the Biden campaign is doing. All they really got is "Trump bad", some bs about inflation being under control (if you exclude rent and food) and "protecting LGBT rights" (which I might have missed but Biden did literally nothing about?). They should want to win to have their party implement the oligarchic plans and get that sweet sweet lobbying money right? Or are the elites actually preferring Trump right now?
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> In just the past few days, Russian forces captured the key city of Avdiivka in Ukraine’s east, and swiftly promised not to lessen the pressure and continue their move west. Chasiv Yar is just 30 miles north of Avdiivka, and Chaus says he’s worried that his town, already ravaged by the war, would now bear an even greater brunt of the fighting. ... Russian military bloggers and Western analysts this week reported renewed fighting near the village of Robotyne in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, which Ukraine’s troops liberated last August, in what, at the time, was seen as an important win that could get Kyiv closer to disrupting Russia’s land bridge to occupied Crimea.
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