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- Comment on Happy Anniversary to Stronghold! 47 minutes ago:
Die Leute verlassen die Burg.
- Comment on I Sent an AI to My Job Interview. So Did the Company. 6 days ago:
Given the state of the world I wouldnt be surprised that given enough applications they can find an ai recruiter every week.
- Comment on If the legalization of drugs reduces crime, why can't the same be said about the legalization of guns? 1 week ago:
Simply put, the crime from drugs arises only from society criminalizing the supply. People want to have a good time and where there is a demand a supply follows. But the demand doesn’t go away because of the criminalization, just as you said. The substitute for illegal drugs (cocaine, heroin, …) are legal drugs (alcohol, nicotine, …). But as many users will tell you illegal drugs provide a whole different level of high. The substitute therefore is imperfect and we get to the situation we are at today.
Thinking about guns: Which demand do they satisfy? Security? Every nation on earth operates a police force that is trained in and tasked with upholing law and order (to which extend they do is a different debate). Therefore the average citizen does not need a weapon for self-defense. Skillfull competition? There are many other fields people can compete in. If it has to be loud and make a bang there is i.e. rocket assisted model aviation just to name one. Guns can therefore be reasonably substituted by other means.
- Comment on The ENTIRE CANCELLED Subnautica Below Zero STORY (with ending) 2 weeks ago:
I hope there was a good setup for that
deus ex machinaMargrit ex Prawn. - Comment on Why weren't telephone lines and electrical lines not buried under ground? Which would have saved a bunch of money from upkeep and accidents? 5 weeks ago:
Which would have saved a bunch of money from upkeep and accidents?
That’s highly debatable. Putting something in the ground instead of the air just adds a different set of factors eating away at the cables. Accidents happen underground as well as above. Excavators or farming equipment regularly cut cables buried in fields or at construction sites. The deeper you bury cables to avoid that the higher the cost gets. Also maintaining a network of buried cables has its own problems: Want to know where an overland power line was cut? Just look where the cable dropped. Want to know where a buried line broke? Start digging up the whole strand between the two transfer points.
Overall: Overland lines are cheaper and easier to maintain.
- Comment on How come president try for goals into the future, when its a big if? Like carbon emissions and such. Why not do comprehensive plans that can be done in 4 years instead the far off future? 2 months ago:
Because if you define specific and measurable goals within your term people might judge you for failing to meet them.
From a strategic perspective it’s a lot simpler to promise things far away because unless you are in power for the whole duration you can blame “the other side” for not being able to meet the goal when the deadline finally arrives.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 & the next game in the Kingdom Come franchise are expected to release in FY 2027/28 (April 2027 - March 2028) 2 months ago:
Well, it’s less about the historical events but the implications these events might have for the upcoming game that I don’t want to spoil for people.
and start the player on fresh ground without having to hit his head to reset him back to a low level character sheet.
Well, obviously Henry lost all but his smithing skills while working in Skalitz for a couple of years. Just making stuff up but here’s my take:
- Hans gets married off
- Henry moves with Theresa back to Skalitz
- … time passes …
- Hans shows up in Skalitz because he is dying of boredom from being a “responsible adult”
- “Henry mate, I heard our friend X has this thing going on. Let’s go and check it out”
- “Na, mate. I am good here. It’s not much, but it’s honest work”.
- Erik shows up with a war band from the opposing side, using the new conflict for his own vendetta.
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Henry's reaction
- Comment on Darksiders 4 & the next game in the Kingdom Come franchise are expected to release in FY 2027/28 (April 2027 - March 2028) 2 months ago:
There’s a pretty significant main character of KCD2 that, I’m told, the thing he’s known for in history has not happened yet by the time KCD2 ends.
Historical "spoiler"
Yes, Jan Žižka is one of the leaders in the Hussite Wars that follow soon after KCD II. I also think that the wars are going to be the theme of the next game, because the brewing conflict has been hinted at in game one and two already.
But in my opinion it is very unlikely that they will be the main character of the new game for storytelling reasons. If you are the figurehead of a movement you can’t simply walk up to the other side and explore their motives. Which is the same reason why KCD 1 and 2 features Henry and is not played from the point of view of i.e. Sigismund of Hungary. A minor character is needed, so the player can move between parties and see and understand both sides of the conflict.
Plus he has a pretty solid conclusion to his story at the end of 2.
The more I thought about it, the more I was agreeing with you. Hans is going to be married off for political reasons and Theresa is waiting for Henry back at Rattay. However, no matter what you do there is one loose end that is specifically brought up in every conversation at the end: Erik, who is out for Henry’s blood.
- Comment on Darksiders 4 & the next game in the Kingdom Come franchise are expected to release in FY 2027/28 (April 2027 - March 2028) 2 months ago:
but probably not Henry of Skalitz.
Why not?
- Comment on What would happen if you maxxed out your credit cards and line of credit then moved to some village in the phillipines? 2 months ago:
That depends. Does your country of origin have an extradition agreement with the Philippines?
- Comment on Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. 2 months ago:
Hello, my name is Hugh Jackman.
- Comment on I say this as an ex-coder, but is it possible to ask for a paper ballot instead of using the stupid machines when voting? 2 months ago:
Especially as an (ex-) coder you should ask for a paper ballot!
As for whether or not that’s possible: Which location are we.talking about?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Think of it this way: Think of a woman wearing a suit and having a short haircut. Next think of a man wearing a dress and having long hair. Which one is more likely to draw attention in public?
- Comment on Single player games 3 months ago:
Link please?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Going by your name I assume English is not your first language.
[A bigot is someone] who will not listen to or accept the opinions of anyone who disagrees
To have a debate both parties have to listen to each other. They exchange arguments in favor of their point of view and in the best case one side convinces the other of their own point of view. That is not possible with someone unwilling to listen to or accept options of other people.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
That’s exactly my point and the reason I think your reliance on a “universally agreed legal definition” is useless.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
As per the Oxford learners dictionary a bigot is per definition someone unwilling to debate.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
If you require a universally agreed upon legal definition of what is right or wrong you might do well reading some books on philosophy. Or pickup a random religious text and live by it if that’s what you prefer.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
“Family reasons”?
Police? Yeah, this guy.
- Comment on Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity 4 months ago:
Letting those marketing fuckwits on the internet was a mistake …
- Comment on How worried should we be about hantavirus right now? 5 months ago:
Did she get on a commercial plane by herself or was this a planned airlift to a hospital, though?
- Comment on How worried should we be about hantavirus right now? 5 months ago:
No need to panic. The virus is rarely transmitted from human to human or via air.
Cruise ships are a hot bed for diseases though: Many people in a confined space going to places with diseases that their body has no resistance against. So your best protection is simply not going near the ship.
On the topic of staff escaping: Given that the ship hasn’t been able to dock so far I highly doubt that’s true.
- Comment on How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him? 5 months ago:
Almost correct. The title Caesar derives from Gaius Julius Caesars (the “OG”) lastname Caesar. It was used by successors to imply a lineage between them and Caesar and therefore give them more legitimacy in the eyes of the people.
- Comment on How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him? 5 months ago:
While there is only one Gaius Julius Caesar, his lastname has been used as title by various successors.
Slim Shady is a self invented stage name so there is not really a point in anyone adopting it as their own unless they are comfortable being called a copycat all the time.
Charlemagne actually is short for the French version of Charles the Great so it is a title name combination just as Alexander the Great.
Atilla probably sounds unique to you because it’s an uncommon name in the west.
- Comment on Has there ever been a country who did not have an enemy or pick a fight? And was pretty much like all of you do you we will do us. kind of like isalationism but charitable when it counted? 5 months ago:
Well, if you outsource your military to the Swiss …
The House of Liechtenstein has been involved in a lot of history though.
- Comment on How can I kill a buterfly? 6 months ago:
You shouldn’t kill something just because it annoys you.
Use some incense like this one to keep insects at bay.
- Comment on My turtle is lazy, what do I do about it? 6 months ago:
I’d second the idea with the aggressive male, but then I read a comment by OP further down where both wouldn’t eat when separated. So I guess it’s simply her favorite spot.
- Comment on I'm Cooked, Right? (FTL) 8 months ago:
Well, giant alien spiders are no joke!
- Comment on I'm Cooked, Right? (FTL) 8 months ago:
Yeah, the Glaive beam is one of those gadgets … if it works, it’s awesome. If it doesn’t … not so much.
The beam isn’t working in this case, because the enemy is throwing stuff at you faster than your beam can load and your ship can tank. One possible way to salvage this situation could have been to turn off the beam, reorder the weapons and use the ion blast and basic lasers to work your way through the enemy shield towards their weapons bay.
