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Will there be a next RIM?
I just watched the blackberry series last night. It was a great series and I recommend watching it.
It really brought me back to that time. I actually lived in Waterloo from 2005 to 2010. When RIM was at its peak the world was watching Canada. It was a truly global company, leading the world in what would be smartphones. I knew so many people who worked at RIM and have a career because of that company. Times were great back then.
It made me realize that after the fall of RIM, things have sort of been downhill. I know RIM is still around, but nothing like it used to be. Shopify has also been a great success story, but even still not on the same level as RIM.
Why have we not had any real innovation in this country in almost 20 years?
Canada Inflation Accelerates to 4% in August -- Update
By Robb M. Stewart OTTAWA--Canadian wallets were squeezed last month, with inflation accelerating at its fastest pace in four months as consumers paid more...
https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/canada-inflation-accelerates-to-4-in-august-update-d3e063f7Open linkView original on kbin.socialAllies attacking me
I'm doing a terran playthrough. I am very late game and have a shipyard in getsu fune which is supplied by a material factory in asteroid belt. The terran patrols in asteroid belt killed about 50 of my miners and started attacking my station. My reputation dropped from 30 to 28. When I go into the sector I see the terran patrols as red and hostile. I pulled out all of my ships and set global orders to show asteroid belt.
This obviously makes my station useless which leads to big problems at my shipyard. I also am cut off from the majority of terran space now since asteroid belt is a major middle sector to travel through.
What I think happened is one of my ships must have hit a terran patrol ship by accident and triggered the whole thing.
Kha AK had been attacking my miners in asteroid belt, so I sent in 20 takos, 8 katana, an Osaka and an asgard to defend my miners. The asgard was to find and destroy the khaak base, which I never found.
I may have had a flack turret on the katana as anti fighters. They may have damaged some local patrols.
My question is, how do I get the local patrols to stop being hostile? How do I avoid this from happening again?
What is the point of the Tokyo?
I've had a long running terran playthrough, since CoH came out. I've built asgard and Tokyo centred fleets. The asgards can one hit kill a K and even take out an I with a few shots. The asgard also had the same volume of ship slots for interceptors as the Tokyo. The asgard has L turrets.
The Tokyo can launch more ships at once and looks pretty cool, but really that's it.
Am I missing something?
TIL about Regatta Roulette. Happy Regatta Day.
Did anyone play Regatta roulette this year?
Must watch classic SciFi movies?
So far this year I have watched Metropolis and Zardoz for the first time. What are some other must see SciFi movies?
Severe storms with high winds marching through southern Ontario - The Weather Network
A line of strong to severe storms will sweep over southern Ontario through Thursday evening, bringing a risk for wind damage, hail, and one or two tornadoes
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/tornado-risk-looms-over-southern-ontario-amidst-strong-storm-potentialOpen linkView original on kbin.socialHas anyone played Barotrauma single player?
It's 50% off right now and looks interesting. I don't have the capacity to assemble a co-op crew of real humans. From what I've read, the AI crew is very bad. Is the game actually as unplayable as some people make it seem with an AI only crew? Would I be better off saving my money?
The Bank of Canada raises its interest rate to 5% | CBC News
The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate to five per cent on Wednesday, its highest rate since 2001.