Sacrifice is an amazing game. Extremely original gameplay.

Fun fact: Japan owns an obscene amount of US national debt. Guess what would happen if they decided to sell it off?

Yup, most likely. For starters it’s the obvious things like austerity and deferring costs where possible. But states also borrow against future tax income - that’s their main lever. It’s not the same as printing money, but if investors dry up and central banks step in, it starts to blur. In that case, inflation ends up being the fallback tool to soften the real burden.

Right now, the weirdness that is war economy keeps the books somewhat balanced, but as soon as it’s time to revert to a civilian economy the pain will hit.

Daddy vladdy can’t win this war. But he can’t afford to stop it either. The longer it goes on, the worse the economic fallout.

After WWII, the Allies faced some short-term economic adjustment as wartime production wound down. In the U.S., there was a brief period of inflation and industrial transition, but a major recession didn’t happen. Consumer demand surged, and rebuilding Europe helped sustain economic momentum, though this relied more on civilian goods and infrastructure than military exports. For russia, that kind of soft landing seems unlikely. With Syria largely incapacitated, Iran probably not prioritizing imports any time soon, and Russians military hardware reputation damaged in Ukraine, it’s hard to see a strong export-driven recovery for russia.

Well, North Korea would probably love to import whatever russia can export… But they’re not exactly the international equivalent of scrooge mcduck.

Scandinavian banter 101:

• When one country rips on another country, the 3rd country usually joins on the side of the offender.

Scandinavian banter 201:

• It’s usually between Danes and Swedes, with Norway either getting the popcorn or joining the offense.
• We rarely see the Finns join in, but they’re welcome if they want to.

Scandinavian banter, graduation:

• Sweden is obviously the inferior country.

EDIT: But if anyone outside of Scandinavia were to mock, for example, the swedes, we’ve got their backs. I recall something said a while back when Sweden wanted to join NATO, and Erdigan was raising a stink: “Sweden sucks balls. But Erdogan can gargle more of them”.

Just for the record: I know many swedes, most of whom are wonderful people.

Yes. It’s reasonably commonly used for electrical cars.

What is your favorite dinosaur? 🦕

Sparebank1, av den enkle grunnen av at det er de jeg har endt opp med etter at bygdebanken jeg en gang I tiden brukte har vært med på utallige sammenslåinger, oppkjøp, og fusjoner.

EDIT: Når jeg tenker meg om så er ikke oppkjøpsrekka så lang. Det starta med Helgeland Sparebank (en av de mange bankene som tilhørte Sparebank-gruppa som man fant over hele Norge). Nå heter det Sparebank1 Helgeland. Når jeg ringer dem så er det den samme lille gruppa med personer som tar telefonen som det var for 20 år siden, så den største forskjellen er egentlig bare utseendet på nettbanken.

Bank-bruken min er ganske enkel, da jeg ikke holder på med fond eller aksjer lengre. Loungetilgang har jeg istedet av diamant-kort hos SAS, samt en Mastercard som gir meg tilgang til de andre. Jeg mener jeg også har en Priority Pass liggende et sted.

At least he has daddy vladdys attention

There are archea that eat rock. I’m sure they’d love to snack on a bridge.

Copypasting my answer from the previous thread:

My current specific employment: A coworker of mine was laid off from my former employer, and joined the competition instead. Turns out that they needed what I do, and were willing to pay whatever it took, so they poached me with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

My job: Covid happened, and cuts were made among the field crew. I landed a role in the support structure instead, where I’ve been ever since.

My career: No fucking idea what happened. In 2008 I applied for a job and I had no idea what it was, and for which I was severely under qualified. I got it anyway. Turns out that being used to heavy machinery, computers/linux, and jury rigging was exactly what they were looking for, depsite wanting all sorts of degrees.

Everything is edible at least once.

I don’t see any reason why ThinkPad would be less compatible than Legion.

For reference, I have a variant of this one, only with ISO keyboard and 32GB RAM. I highly recommend it; good screen, good keyboard, nice performance, small and easy for travel, and relatively quiet cooling system. If I had to point at a downside, I wish it had at least one more USB-A port. Plenty of USB-C, though.

How much are we talking? Are there any documented suicides by nutmeg?

You Could be Mine was the perfect choice for the moped scene.

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I bought my Lenovo Legion a few months back, and the plan all along was to nuke Windows and install Linux Mint on it. Worked like a charm as Mint has done for me for the past 10 years or so.

No compatibility issues, but I chose to install a better wifi driver, but it worked OKish before that too (it was just a bit too slow for my taste).

The Lenovo hotkeys for controlling cooling schema and keyboard lights worked out of the box.

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It makes me feel like I own my PC.

Bend to my will, silicon golem, for I am root!

Red Dwarf, on the other hand, used Smeg. Which today is a company that makes excellent fridges.

I wish I had some pearls I could clutch.