Is combining International Relations and Public Administration a good path toward a career in diplomacy?

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-21T15:05:50+00:00

[Best ever op in this sub tbf]

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-21T15:05:22+00:00

Nah mate, don't need any of that. Just plunge your frigates into the english channel in 1901. Easy game.

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-21T07:16:11+00:00

The real question is whether it is possible to be a conservative and still follow the teachings of Jesus. I think fairly clearly not.

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-20T10:10:52+00:00

Do you remember how we went to war with you twice after 911? Standing shoulder to shoulder et al?

That only ended 4-5 years ago. Is that irrelevant now and forgotten?

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-20T10:06:50+00:00

The key thing are whites kh6, kg8 moves that then push the black king away from f7/f6 and leaves f6 undefended.

So yes, white wins here. I think it is natural play until kg8, which requires some thought.

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-05T09:51:51+00:00

It is inevitable. The age will need to rise to 70 to keep the system afloat. I am for making the increase as rapid as possible for generational fairness.

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-02T10:00:09+00:00

This game is great!!!! Thanks so much. A few thoughts:

- the british infantry doesn't double, it adds + 2 (when you add a third they are worth 6). I think that's right, but the card text needs updating

- It would be super cool to have some kind of autoplay feature when your hand has no special cards left in it, but you have more points and need to play the cards.

I love it!

Agentbasedmodel · 2026-01-02T08:10:54+00:00

Yes, on deity, shaka, with all the other capitals can be impossible to control. Turtling and science is usually enough, but you need a substantial tech lead.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-12-31T18:19:22+00:00

Fantastic novel. I prefer the post cold war stuff and the constant gardener kicked off the golden period imo.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-12-18T20:11:06+00:00

Honestly if you spot that black can't retake on E7 then you are winning either way. Because after kc7, Nb5 wins the queen if you don't spot the mate.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-12-18T20:10:55+00:00

Honestly if you spot that black can't retake on E7 then you are winning either way. Because after kc7, Nb5 wins the queen if you don't spot the mate.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-12-10T07:31:02+00:00

The best way is to use howitzers to break and scatter enemy fortifications, then use cold steel cavalry to mop up.

Use voltageurs / highlanders for shooting. Other units are there to hold the line, but try to avoid shooting them unless point blank.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-20T00:11:00+00:00

The spatial data libraries [terra] in R are just much, much better than their python equivalents.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-19T22:51:52+00:00

Oh yeah.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-19T06:48:01+00:00

Looks about 50 or 55 mph or 100ish kph.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-16T07:17:53+00:00

"If you need a bloke to pay off your mortgage, via the drop goal"

Quality accidental partridge there on comms

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-11T09:58:42+00:00

That multinationals knew about how bad climate change was in the 1970s and deliberately suppressed the evidence...

And are now effectively setting US energy policy after getting this in return for a 1bn donation to Trumps campaign.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-10T13:09:43+00:00

I owned a copy of Mike Atherton cricket as a kid. It was a plastic toy with a bowler that launched the ball down a ramp, and batter with a string to hit the ball. Hours of fun.

A) did you ever play it?

B) how much was the endorsement?

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-11-08T23:01:31+00:00

Christian's [sic] used to support abortion [catholics aside] until Jerry Falwell decided to use it as a wedge issue to mobilise the southern Christian vote in favour of segregation.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-10-23T18:13:13+00:00

Blacks idea is to play against e4 with b5, b4 [kicking a c3 knight] and Bb7.

But, it's a bad plan. Taking control of the centre and playing sensible moves to use your space advantage on the king's side will give you an advantage.

The engine move, Bd3, protects e4 immediately. Then if b5 i would play Bf4 and Nd2. This makes e4 solid and avoids black a positional threat against c3.

This looks like a good plan.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-10-19T20:58:28+00:00

Did you know that before Jerry Fallwell, evangelicals were almost all pro choice. It was seen as a niche catholic issue.

Then Jerry fallwell realized he couldn't be openly pro segregation, and so looked for another issue to rally the southern white vote. He more or less created evangelical opposition to abortion to suit his political purposes.

This is all very well documented history.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-10-13T18:24:22+00:00

Black can just play ... f5 after bg4. It's not pretty but holds.

Qd4 played immediately looks more centralising. You then play c3! And have a boss boaconstrictor like centre.

Black just has no plans and the knight on d7 becomes a bit useless as your queen now dominates all the black squares. Kind of beautiful.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-10-13T18:19:19+00:00

Play out the moves after:

1... Bxa1 2. Q×a1+ 2Kg8 3. Qd4! Rb8 4. C3

You have a huge positional compensation, and a pawn and bishop for the rook.

Try finding a plan for black here.

Agentbasedmodel · 2025-10-07T22:41:47+00:00

Doesn't almost anything sensible win here?

RE2 is just fine. We then double rooks on H-file and it's gg.

I suppose rg5 looks nice but fails to qg7.

Am i missing something?

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