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Well said, other western countries are very quick to point to Nazi Germany as some uniquely evil place but it seems their biggest crime was invading other “civilized” countries. Everything else is just par for the course as an imperial power

Sounds a wee bit frustrating, I guess the logic of a natural disaster being unavoidable makes sense though. In a “what if” alt history sim you can make different decisions than the real rulers did in the past but you can’t really do anything to prevent an earthquake. Kinda sucks from a gameplay perspective but from a design standpoint I think you have to either not include big historical natural disasters at all or make them consistent so you can plan accordingly instead of getting royally fucked by RNG.

The only paradox game I’ve played extensively is Vicky 3 but I can’t recall any significant events you couldn’t avoid or significantly mitigate with the right plays (opium war for Qing being a complete non issue if played right and boxer rebellion can be avoided entirely). I am excited to try EUV whenever I’m finally reunited with my pc but things like this sound super frustrating to encounter

Why is sexualizing someone’s wife ok when it’s framed as her being the dominant partner (and why are people judging her appearance and making that assumption)? It’s still gross and I don’t think publicly speculating about anyone’s sex life is cool. Having an attractive partner is such a burden because people can’t fucking control themselves and not be weird about it

Yeah that’s Marx Madness, I listened to their series on Capital while working a shitty job ~5 years ago. No replacement for reading the actual thing but a good introduction to the basic concepts

Is this a game? A render in blender? It looks really cool!

Really not looking forward to going back to that mess of a country for the holidays, perhaps if this persists long enough I won’t have to!

I thought this had to be a bit but clicked through the sources and it seems it’s actually real? Can’t believe the world has already gotten to the point where people get swatted by hallucinating AI. The oppressive cyberpunk surveillance state is here and boy is it dogshit

Seconding this, please do NOT give microsoft any money. I have (cracked) W10 LTSC on my desktop which supposedly will be supported through 2027, that should buy you enough time to get more comfortable with Linux before switching completely

My gf got a very nice one in Japan for around $300 USD, it’s quite effective but takes a fair amount of time to use. It’s the price of like, two appointments and can be used indefinitely. I wouldn’t recommend if you plan to do it all yourself though, I can’t imagine how she’d do it herself in certain areas and just getting consistent and even coverage everywhere is way easier when someone else is doing it. If you have a partner that’s willing to spend 1-2 hours a week doing it it’s probably worth it though! She really enjoys being silky smooth everywhere (can’t deny that I appreciate it as well) and it does the job quite well.

I can’t speak too much on efficacy for facial hair though as she’s cis with only the slightest whisper of hair on her upper lip. It completely removes that but I’m not sure how well it does against thicker and denser facial hair. Considering how effective it is in other areas though you’d probably just need to do more frequent maintenance for a longer period. It would probably need to be about the same frequency as shaving normally would be so unfortunately I don’t think it would save much time and effort until many months of use. It does for sure shrink the pores over time and slow hair regrowth, after a few months of use we’ve switched to like 2-3 times a month for maintenance and expect to eventually not need it at all. I’ve tried it on myself plenty and don’t think it’s very painful but ymmv. As pbcupola mentioned, the face specifically is dangerous for accidentally blinding yourself so again I would only recommend if you have someone willing to do it for you

Millei might be a monster but I can’t fault him for being cozy, I need a winter coat if it’s under 20c

Where was this totally organic demonstration at? I haven’t seen anything at all in Seoul this past week but am aware of how deep the brain worms go here

Ay yo? I’m in Fukuoka right now and had no idea this was a thing, I’ll have to check it out tomorrow. A bit far from the city center but definitely worth seeing