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The 007 they depict feels thematically and stylistically most similar to Pierce Brosnan's Bond. The action and vehicle sequences remind me the most of the 1990s films, but Gibson's Bond has a grace and elegance to him that's very reminiscent of Brosnan — the general tone and personality feels very much in line with Brosnan's Bond as do the locations and premise of the game.

The combat looks a lot like Daniel Craig's Bond, who is very much a street brawler. I also see some resemblance to Tim Dalton.

There doesn't seem to be a lot in common with the Connery or the Roger Moore eras, except maybe the gadgets and Bawma kind of feels like a Moore villain, but I'd say more like a Craig one.

A lot of cities are debating whether to allow driverless cars to operate on their streets and let robotaxi companies run alongside Uber and Lyft. The two main arguments to this are that the cars are not safe, and that it would destroy jobs for rideshare drivers and potentially truck drivers.

Though job displacement is an important consideration, driverless cars offer a lot of benefits for society at large, and I don't think we should be blocking the deployment of them.

These are the main benefits I am referring to:

- Increased mobility through reduced pricing and 24/7 availability. This is very beneficial to late night workers who finish their shifts after public transit systems close.

- Eliminating the risk of driver-passenger fatalities and assaults. Passengers, particularly women, who are nervous about traveling in a car alone with a stranger can comfortably ride safely home without having to provide someone else their address.

- Creating mobility for the elderly. Senior citizens struggle with driving later in life. Allowing driverless cars for purchase would let them maintain a degree of independence without endangering themselves or others.

- No road rage. Driverless cars don't get angry at other drivers, stressed about time or make erratic movement decisions based on emotion. An insurance company did a poll in 2024 and 96% of respondents said they'd seen an act of road rage on a weekly basis. I think this is just human. Driving is a frustrating experience when coupled with the other stresses of life. Driverless cars completely eliminate this issue.

In terms of safety, early data from Waymo is very promising. And this data has not been significantly challenged except to say that it's still limited when it comes to the ultimate question of whether humans or the cars are safer. What this data, along with continuous examples of Waymo in SF and LA, I think it's fair to say that the cars do well driving on the road alongside human drivers. I myself have taken 8 trips and each one was smooth.

I am not claiming that driverless cars are perfect and know they can also crash. I do think that has to be compared to the risk of accident from a human driver. There are roughly 17,000 accidents a day. Waymo having driven 200 million plus miles crashes 92 percent less compared to humans.

I do think job displacement is an important issue and I am in favor of taxing the car companies to create a job displacement fund for drivers. I don't think, however, driverless cars should not be deployed purely to save those jobs.

Bartender here who’s just been getting into James Bond. An ongoing joke in bars is he orders his martini wrong — shaken martini’s dilute the drink. That’s on purpose. Bond’s on the job and needs to drink to keep cover. He’s ordering watered down drinks to keep sharp

We serve a vesper cocktail at the bar, which is the recipe from Casino Royale. Our manager has told us to offer it as a lighter option to a traditional martini because the ice weakens the drink.

I've always thought that Doug Ellin wrote E to be based on himself, but seeing some of his posts about the LA Mayor's race these last few weeks and he honestly reminds me a lot of Johnny Drama. I say this with love for Ellin and as a fan of his.

For a while I thought Ellin was a mixture of Ari and E, maybe he was E at the beginning of his career and became an Ari. But he's been going off about Spencer Pratt and how dangerous Beverly Hills has become, and as a result been talking about how he couldn't buy a house in Beverly Hills "but uses the post office," it's the exact storyline Drama has!!

Anyone else think Ellin might be a Drama?