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by b0rsuk 5y ago
I have a good example of irony. The right wing / conservative people in my country frequently call their political opponents "lemmings", to imply they're deluded, misinformed and mindlessly rushing towards their deaths.
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Ridley Scott's debut movie, "The Duelists" is such a movie. It's based on real diaries of two dudes who dueled several times over course of decades. The sword fighting in the movie is among the most realistic. Check out
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Don't forget Renaissance was the peak witch burning period. Have some witch burning while you're at it!
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Those with associates willing to pay for Raise Dead would be VIPs - prime targets for assassination.
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Many strategy games do scaling badly. You micromanage at first, but then your kingdom grows and you're supposed to use the same tools to manage much more. Real life doesn't work like that. If you go up in hierarchy, you generally
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Japan has a robust movie industry, which does a lot to popularize the country. A relevant scene from Tampopo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38m-wnbHPLA Other Asian countries have starting to compete in the area, notably S
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Did you know there's a hyena specialized in eating termites? The size of a large cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4J6NsM2Cco There are more strange critters associated with termites. Aardvarks look like some kind
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Ender's Game has a war with Formics/Buggers, who are a hive mind "society". The war starts due to a misunderstanding because of fundamental biological differences. Formics don't perceive individual humans as signifi
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over eve
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
I absolutely agree with this, but it's an unpopular opinion that draws fire. Actual ambitious simulations are rare which is why they stand out. Rain World is one of my favorites. Rimworld is ok but the creator openly admits he doesn&#x
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Your reply is somewhat self-contradictory. If games are interactive simulations by nature, why is DF so unusual? There is a trend to call many modern games "immersive sims" and somehow they don't produce such stories. In my o
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Noita simulations are better told as animated gifs.
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Because, increasingly, doing your job is a mind-numbing, passionless activity? Most people retire as soon as they have an opportunity, and if they don't it's because they need more money. Imagine a world where people often take pr
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
I once called Rust a 'hobby language' on #rust on freenode. It turns out it's the most offensive thing you can say to sirius cats.
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Is there any website where I can get city populations listed in number of cars?
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
> Going to traditional agriculture or agroforestry would involve a lot more people being involved with food production. Not necessarily a bad thing, but that would inherently raise costs (although it may be paid for some by time not mone
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
My 2 cents: If your home has a garden, consider planting some *thorny* bushes. People love fertile and friendly varieties with high yields. To you, thorns might seem like an unnecessary annoyance, but plenty of birds and small animals like
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
The Revenge of the Circulating Fan https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2014/09/circulating-fans-air...
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
"another martial artist" already assumes that you're in some ways evenly matched - you're using the same weapons, and it's 1 on 1. What there are two, one with a metal bar and another with a broken bottle? People l
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Running painful? Some find it boring , but it's not inherently painful. It can be painful if your form is bad, if you run too often, too long, if some of your muscles are too weak, if you have an imbalance between right and left side
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Anecdata. I work out pretty heavily - 5 sets of pull ups at a time, squats, core muscle exercises for 40 minutes (my disks tend to fall out and it prevents that). I used to run about once every 2 days, but now instead I'm doing about 3
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
> but the purpose of advertising isn't to simply inform you of the existence of products you might already need but not be aware of. What's the term for the action?
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
One of my pet grievances is how love is portrayed. If you were to believe movies, you can get ANY woman if you're persistent enough. Then poor young boys and men set out in the world showering someone else in gifts and attention. Girls
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
"Spartan" should be a popular name for marketing and PR agencies, not for military :-).
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
Brutal dictatorship. 90% of population living in poverty (The Helots in Sparta were hunted for sport by Spartiates, particularly as a coming of age ritual).
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
> Some criticism of Acoup's analysis of their combat performance. All of the defeats listed are either not infantry battles or ones where Sparta was heavily outnumbered. It cuts both ways. Classic example is Thermopylae. The total n
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
The headline is an euphemism of the year!
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
I like the phrase "art imitating art", but it's broader than that. For example people with no interest in antique, Greece or Sparta are fans of Spartans. In reality, Sparta was a North Korea of the antique world, AND it had p
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
How do you call the action of informing people in local area about the existence of a (new) product or service? It doesn't seem to fit the author's definition of "marketing". I think the article strongly assumes an econo
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by b0rsuk 5y ago
I, um, need to refresh my memory on common Polish-Hungarian history. As for Finland, it's the more superficial things. Wars against Russia, desire to be independent, and Finland fought Russia very effectively in the defensive Winter Wa

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