![]() ![]() What I learned is that centralised revolutionary movements have almost always resulted in a State that was more oppressive then the ones they aimed to replace. That is why I tried to understand the wars of liberation and the peasantry. So, if development means anything, it should mean something for peasants and if it doesn’t, then the hell with development. It is the largest class in the world and the most important one, historically. After my work in Malaysia I decided to devote my life to understanding peasantry. I am an American soixantehuitard formed by the Vietnam war. But the best I can do though is to think carefully about previous social movements. J.S.: Well, I do not consider myself a pundit. ![]() Are we seeing new ways of contesting State authority from within? We think of Occupy Wall Street, Nuit Debout or the ZAD movements in France who are drawing people internationally too. Q: Your work relates to various contemporary contexts, including movements of resistance contesting the State authority as well as capitalist economy and the standardisation of cultures. “If development means anything it should mean something for peasants, if it doesn’t then the hell with development” The Anonymous movement is a globalised form of anarchist protests where there are no leaders to bargain with or try to control. People are harder to get together but once they are, it is even harder to put them back into the bag. ![]() That is both the advantage and the disadvantage of anarchist globalised form of revolution. It was hard to mobilise at first but after a while people were committed. Another good example is the anarchist Polish movement. There were no leaders you can bargain with. In many places in South East Asia, people are difficult to administer because they would need to be captured one by one. People are hard to control because their motives are plural. It is only later that the “winner” retrospectively creates a narrative which makes the movement very centralised and organised much more than what it actually was. We often miss the unconsciousness behind such events. People during the French Revolution had different agendas – and of course they didn’t know they were making the French revolution. James Scott: It seems to me that almost every successful revolution movement is an assemblage of people with many different objectives. James Scott: ‘Anarchism as a praxis: a defence of politics, conflict debate and a principle of uncertainty and perpetual learning’. How do you combine your analysis of long-term and discreet resistance of subaltern groups, which often turn to be a sum of multiple individual acts, with the collective and often short-term dimension of political action? The book produced a lot of comments, both positive and negative. You also define anarchism as a praxis: a defence of politics, conflict debate and a principle of uncertainty and perpetual learning. Q: You wrote in a 2012 book called Two Cheers for Anarchism, ( Petit éloge de l’anarchisme) that your conversion to anarchism is the result of an intellectual evolution linked with your disappointment toward the possibility of revolutionary change. Edited excerpts for The Conversation France. Scott paints a vast and diverse history of resistance to authoritarian tendencies. From hill tribes of the South-East Asia to medieval French peasants or enslaved African-Americans in the Great Dismal Swamp, James C. During an exclusive interview with professors Benjamin Ferron and Claire Oger and their students (UPEC, UFR LLSH, Master 2 “Communication politique et publique en France et en Europe”), Professor Scott discusses what so-called “powerless” actors can do and which strategies they use. These are only a few of the questions one could ask political scientist, anthropologist and anarchist thinker James C. How to resist the State when you feel powerless? How to make your voice heard when you have none? Is anarchism a vain utopia as it is often described by its opponents? ![]()
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![]() ![]() In addition, you will build a dynamic visualization of the agent’s progress through the maze, which will help you see whether the algorithm you built works properly. ✅ Understand the limitations of these approaches.īy the end of this course, you will have implemented a Q-learning algorithm that uses rewards and penalties to teach a learning agent how to navigate through a maze, iteratively updating a table with scores to optimize the learning process. ✅ Discover the types of use cases for these algorithms. ✅ Learn key concepts of reinforcement learning. Basic math skills and the ability to read and understand formulas are also required. ![]() You will need a good understanding of Python syntax, data structures, classes, and objects, as well as a fair understanding of NumPy arrays and operations on them. ![]() This practice-oriented course is aimed at learners who are already familiar with Python and want to learn how to implement another simple algorithm. GET STARTED Course prerequisites and the project you’ll build Whether you’re interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning or just looking to expand your Python programming skills, this course is an excellent choice. Our new course, Reinforcement Learning Maze Solver, teaches you to harness the power of reinforcement learning by guiding you through the process of building a simple algorithm that trains a learning agent to solve a 2D maze in the fewest possible steps. Just as a puppy learns by receiving a reward when it behaves well and being scolded when it misbehaves, reinforcement learning algorithms learn in a similar fashion as they attempt to solve a problem. Reinforcement learning is like training a puppy. Reinforcement learning is an exciting subfield of machine learning that focuses on teaching agents how to make decisions based on rewards and penalties. ![]() ![]() Two ways of changing cell values - at the data source and grid level. Specifying a columnâs display name and data format by applying DataAnnotation attributes to Record class properties This example binds a GridControl to a collection of custom Record objects and demonstrates the following features:Īssigning an inplace editor (combo box) to a column Synonyms for DOWNCAST: bowed, downward, lowered, down, depressed, sad, unhappy, heartbroken Antonyms of DOWNCAST: lifted, upward, elevated, uplifted, raised. The interface declares the ListChanged event, which is used by the control to update itself when bound data is changed.
![]() ![]() In part that's simply because the filmmaking is a level above that in The Phantom Menace - a stronger script, better performances, neater editing. Related: Dune: All Of Paul's Dreams & Visions Explained (Future Teases & Real Meaning) Dune doesn't always foreground these - the focus instead kept on Paul's hero journey - but the machinations of the various factions in Dune are much more enthralling here, and better blended into Paul's story rather than feeling more disparate. The main conflict brews between House Atreides and House Harkonnen, a bloody, bitter rivalry that gives Dune some of its biggest thrills and most incredible action set-pieces, but there's also much greater strength in its political elements. ![]() Dune's Emperor, like in Star Wars, isn't shown, but his presence is felt nonetheless. The taxation of trade routes is replaced by mining of the spice melange on Arrakis, but the core principle remains the same: a secret power operating in the shadows, pulling strings and making everyone cheer the puppet show before it's too late to realize anything is amiss. ![]() In contrast, Dune takes on similar ideas and themes. Such ideas are pertinent and interesting, but The Phantom Menace never makes them feel as such: instead, it is weighed down by them, struggling to find the right balance of them in the story, and hamstrung by leaden performances and terrible dialog. Lucas' intent with trade routes was to spark into his larger examination of the Galactic Senate, and explore how corrupt institutions gain and retain power, which feeds into many of The Phantom Menace's political scenes and ideals - Padmé Amidala's line in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith that liberty dies "with thunderous applause," is rooted in the story Lucas started in Episode I, and it's true to real-life that this is how such corporations or political parties operate and, indeed, how wars can begin. In a sense, that's fair, but like with most of the prequels' problems the issue is in terms of execution, not idea. In the original trilogy, the now-iconic yellow text that greets audiences offers promises of civil war, dark times, and vile gangsters in The Phantom Menace, viewers are told about the "taxation of trade routes." Any way that's looked it, it isn't as tantalizing a tease for the story ahead, and the notion of intergalactic trade has long since been a stick to beat George Lucas' first Star Wars prequel with. To that end, Villeneuve's 2021 movie Dune perfectly highlights not only those similarities, but just how good Lucas' prequel trilogy, starting with The Phantom Menace, could have been.įrom the first paragraph of the opening crawl, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace promised to be very different kind of Star Wars movie. ![]() Luke Skywalker can easily be seen as a variation on Paul Atreides but, as far as the idea of the monomyth goes, the better and more interesting parallel is that between Paul and Anakin Skywalker. Of course, Dune itself isn't a wholly original text, and a core reason that it and Star Wars are similar is that each draws on the idea of the hero's journey and a Chosen One prophecy. Related: Dune Movie's Biggest Unanswered Questions Explained The list of everything Star Wars took from Dune encompasses all of Lucas' original trilogy: the sand covered wasteland of Tatooine is a clear riff on Arrakis, "Spice" is featured prominently in both worlds, each has a mysterious Emperor operating in the shadows, pulling the strings yet remaining unseen and unnamed to begin with, the Jedi Order is similar to the Bene Gesserit, and Star Wars even has not one but two nods to Dune's giant sandworms (the exogorth, or space slug, from The Empire Strikes Back, and the Sarlacc from Return of the Jedi). ![]() ![]() Short interest hit 20% of float in May 2022. ( CVNA), another darling of the meme crowd, is a testament to that. High short interest is not necessarily a contraindicator either. The amount is minuscule relative to the fundamentals. The focus has been on the short interest for delivering a rescue. That was powered by dual thrusters of unbridled fiscal stimulus and clueless monetary pumping. The meme crowd still has visions of a 2021 revisit. We give the cash about 5 quarters before it runs out, 8 if we dodge the recession. So if you gave credit for the cash, you were still left with nothing but losses to support the additional $6 billion of market capitalization. GameStop still sports a $6.8 billion market capitalization. Still, cash has dwindled from $1.32 billion to about $860 million. ![]() Thanks to the meme crowd's efforts, the company had issued stock at a very high price and it had a lot of buffer. Over the last 39 weeks, GameStop burnt through $460.4 million in cash. The $2.17 billion estimate for the next quarter, once again, looks decoupled from reality. This is critical as GameStop will likely drop its margins substantially to clear this in a period of weak holiday sales. Inventories have bloated up and you can see in terms of sales, they are way higher than they were last two years at the same point. A lot rests even on that quarter to give the company time to survive. GameStop is currently servicing the last hardware cycle in the gaming business and sales drop should really accelerate once we go past the fourth quarter (ending in January 2023). In fact, we doubt that even the low end of $5.68 billion will come to pass. OutlookĬonsensus remains too optimistic on sales for the next year in our opinion. ![]() The conference call did not have a single question from anyone and this fits with our view that people are throwing in the towel. We anticipate CapEx will remain at similar or reduced levels now that the Company has largely completed its period of heavy investment. The physical store turnaround has pretty much been abandoned.Ĭapital expenditures for the quarter were $13 million, up $0.5 million from last year's third quarter. Today, we're in the process of aligning corporate costs through our go-forward needs after completing the majority of necessary upgrades to our systems, fulfillment capabilities and overall foundation. This follows two bad quarters where GameStop could not get any traction despite hype being placed on its turnaround strategy.Ĭommentary from management suggested that they were hunkering down and hoping for cost control to work its magic. Nonetheless, there were some estimates out there for the quarter and GameStop missed them by a mile with revenues coming in $160 million below estimates. ![]() This makes sense as there was little to gain by analyzing pure fundamentals only to see the stock move up 50-fold on the back of the logic that "others are short". The number of analysts covering this stock has dwindled over time with only the dynamic duo offering views for 2022. We look at the recently released results and tell you why this headed to the low single digits. But things have broken down and anyone who heeded our warning to stay away is not looking too shabby. That did not work out, as the stock continued to levitate for some time after that. That was a small calculated gamble with a limited risk and a defined loss. While we have chosen the $40-$20 ratio spread as we have zero desire to be long GME shares at absolutely any price, this strategy can be tailored to your individual views about the outcome. Our short technique has very limited risk and good potential if the shares dive as expected. Of course having seen how bad the short side case could go, we decided to play it safe with ratio spreads. One of the worst fundamentals coupled with extreme euphoria. ( NYSE: GME), we called the situation for what it was. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s why we’re developing our own alternative, an all-in-one PDF file editor that will let you open any PDF and enjoy easy and trouble-free editing. 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The Ascendant Challenges in Destiny 2 are on a weekly schedule where each. The Harbinger mission is part of the Bird of Prey quest, which can be picked up from Crow in the Tangled Shore - you'll find it at the bottom of his vendor screen. Now, visit the Trostland fast travel point in EDZ. (If you're struggling to find the exact location, the above embedded video shows a complete walkthrough.) From this spawn, go straight ahead, past the church to a building on the corner, and leap up to the second floor. ![]() There will be three cryptic notes that needs to be. With the Hawkmoon equipped, you can shoot the panel several times and remove it, revealing a hidden passage. On of the Week 5 challenges in Destiny 2 is Graven Scrawl, which requires that players investigate the notes in the Captain’s Log. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had my brand new 74 XLCH about a month when a Bro of mind that had a 900 Kaw wanted to ride a harley.This being a bike I promised myself I'd buy if I made it home from Vietnam and did as soon as I could afford it.I think it was like $2600. Side reflectors and directionals need to be seen from the side view of vehicle.Īll this nearly 40yrs ago. Kill switch needs to be supplied on right bar side. trikes were exempt.īrake lite needs to be activated by front brake. good bye -52 road model cap and turtle tank. cops now need to shoot from saddle left handed because no deadman or option to switch timing grip with thottle grip.Īt same time (73) gas tank needed to hold fuel if bike is on its side. so no more deadman thottle.Īnd the thottle also needed to be standardized on the right side. The thottle also had to return to idle if rider is ejected. Lights need to operate even if motor isnt running. ![]() Some other things i allways thought were govt mandated. ![]() (39 FR 32915) to standardize motorcycle controls (and save us from ourselves). My kids will be fighting over it.My understanding, which could be wrong, is that on Septemright side braking was mandated by the feds. Don’t ride it much now, it’s an antique, but I don’t want to give it up either. Back in the early days, only Harley riders waved to Harley riders… and every time you went out on the road the cops would pull you over because you looked like someone who was wanted for something. Back in the day, the saddle bags held 24 cans of beer which didn’t last much during the trip (had to stop to pee more often then for gas to fill the bike), but I could also drive with a case of 24 bottles on my lap if I needed to and if it wasn’t too far. It’s only got about 40,000 miles on it and maybe 1/2 a mile of road rash sliding down the road for one reason or another, otherwise it’s still pretty stock/good shape. but the new S&S carb is leaking fuel every time I shut it down so that will be my project tomorrow. ![]() Over the years, I changed out the lifters to solids, put a coffin windshield on, custom leather horse saddle bags and a backrest (so the ‘girlfriend’ didn’t fall off), put on forward controls and last year put on an S&S carb, the keihin finally just wore out. As a matter of fact, I just got the wife’s bike up and running today (650 Silverado, had to look good next to mine) and tomorrow I will pull my putt putt out of the shed and see how she does. Back in 79, took my girlfriend at the time on a 4000 mile trip and afterwards, her not complaining or leaving part way through, I then asked her to marry me. I’ve driven all over the States and Canada with it, and still have it. Suspension: Hydraulic Fork / Twin Shocksīought mine new in Toronto Canada $5100… Honda dealer wouldn’t take a cheque, so had to go to the bank and pay cash, something about looking like a biker and didn’t trust me with a cheque.Displacement: 1200cc’s / 74 Cubic Inches.Engine: Overhead Valve, 45 Degree V-Twin.Street, competition and custom, they are all here awaiting your visit. This Low Rider, on loan from Iowa resident Jeff Ott is just one of dozens of Harley-Davidsons you can see when you visit the National Motorcycle Museum. It was an important time in Harley’s history with new ideas and great expansion in manufacturing volume. Looking back to this era, we also saw 1977 bring us the Harley-Davidson XLCR Cafe Racer, a Sportster variant, as well as the MX250 motorcrosser. Saving design and engineering time, the Sturgis and SuperGlide models were also based on this build approach. The new 80 cubic inch engine arrived in the Low-Rider in 1979, belt drive in a few years as well. The venerable Shovelhead motor, already ten years in production, offered plenty of torque and good sound. Low bars, 32 degree steering head angle, mag wheels with raised white letter tires, a stepped seat, a two-into-one slash cut exhaust and forward foot controls gave the machine a custom look. The Low Rider then outsold all other Harley models. Sales soared on these models as they offered a cool, kicked back look, a low 27 inch seat height which was inviting to women, too. By 1977 the formula was refined and the product got the name Low-Rider. Starting with the Super Glide, 1971, it proved very successful. Davidson and The Motor Company picked up on this trend and built production machines using the “parts bin” approach. Looking for a lighter appearance, customizers began swapping Sportster forks onto to Harley-Davidson Big Twins. ![]() ![]() ![]() The highlight of the game is accessing certain video terminals that allow you to control a variety of killer mechs and take down hundreds of guards without even doing it yourself, saving ammo in the process. You can also pick up detenators and grenades required to complete some of the missions. You can get ammunition for them either from their dead bodies or from inside crates scattered around the level. You begin the game with a pistol, but by taking down guards and enforcers, you are able to get credits that can be used to buy weapons from the Weasel. ![]() After this, you can get your next mission briefing and begin getting back into action again. There, you enter a lounge area where you get to watch the evening's edition of WEC News, talk to fellow troops, deal with someone named the Weasel ( Marco Perella), or access your video mail. Once your mission has been accomplished, Troy “Wizard” Reeves (played by Taylor Gibbler) activates a certain teleporter that takes you back to Central, a hangout for other Resistance members on their break. You can waste a bit of time destroying the environment around you. They also involve you doing a range of things like killing guards, finding keycards to unlock doors, and using stealth to avoid detection by the many security cameras planted around the facility. Some of the missions involve you destroying the thermal coupler, eavesdropping on a board meeting, and deactivating a laser aimed at cities that refuse to bow to the WEC’s brutal regime. Each of the 15 missions begin with your superiors giving you your objectives before you are teleported into the respective levels of WEC headquarters. Like a lot of games around the time, No Remorse uses Full-Motion Video to add depth to the game. ![]() The music continues until the installation finishes and you are booted back to DOS. Once you are done with that, the program gives you a taste on the type of music you will hear during the game, and gives you a chance to look over your settings in case you happen to select the wrong thing. You select certain settings to be used in the game such as installation type, sound card, and movie size. No Remorse requires a VESA-compatible card, and this should be obvious if you try to run the installation program without one. So you have to prove your worth by completing a series of missions in order to thwart the WEC’s ultimate objective. Those working for the Resistance are hostile toward you, considering that you were responsible for the deaths of several of their own. That all changed when your fellow team members were killed by one of WEC's mech patrol while navigating one of the consortium's tunnels, and for this reason, you decide to jump ship and work against the WEC for once. In No Remorse, you play the role of a Silencer, an employee for the World Economic Consortium, sent to hunt down the Resistance, a group working to expose the corruption of the WEC. In the mid-Nineties, they produced some really good action titles, such as System Shock, Cybermage, and Crusader: No Remorse. I never was a fan of Origin’s games, not only because they were RPG-centric, with the company churning out Ultima this and Wing Commander that. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you have not yet enabled two-way syncing for that folder, do it now It may take a minute for the annotated file to sync, especially if you do not have a very fast Internet connection. 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