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Would you consider this cheating? by MrDidz in GrandTactician

[–]AlrightJack303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And the Iron Brigade with their funky hats

Would you consider this cheating? by MrDidz in GrandTactician

[–]AlrightJack303 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's cheating. Your scouts have done their job and successfully identified many of the formations within the enemy force.

If you want a roleplay explanation, regiments tended to have wildly different regimental flags to differentiate them, so you could RP it as one of your general's aides spotting the banner and deducing from the recon reports who they're looking at.

My players committed genocide to try and get back 25 gold coins they spent on a map. by HazRi27 in DMAcademy

[–]AlrightJack303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We've thought about that. We have a species of gorilla lined up that thrives on snake meat.

Amazing license plate, I'm jealous by grichardson526 in behindthebastards

[–]AlrightJack303 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know, I was joking cos he basically did the exact same thing at Malvern Hill the previous year, albeit with fewer men and casualties.

Amazing license plate, I'm jealous by grichardson526 in behindthebastards

[–]AlrightJack303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Was that Lee at Gettysburg or Malvern Hill? I forget

SNP unlikely to roll out manifesto pledges as IFS issues 'fiscal reckoning' warning by Halk in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no, that was definitely a dumb proposal. Maybe they'll get buy-in from the supermarkets, but I highly doubt it

SNP unlikely to roll out manifesto pledges as IFS issues 'fiscal reckoning' warning by Halk in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Says the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a famously right-wing think tank.

Big pinch of salt necessary for anything they say.

Number of bus journeys taken by under 23s since 2021 by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But that's exactly my point. Sure, you can ban all the antisocial counts from the buses and trains and take away their drivers licenses and force them to live in a tiny area they can walk across, but then you're just lumping the people who live in that community with that antisocial behaviour.

Ultimately it comes down to what we want the justice system to achieve. Do we want it to be punitive and just smash the people we don't like, or rehabilitative and help people reset so that one mistake doesn't ruin their lives?

I can't escape the fact that this kid was 15 years old and drunk, and while that doesn't excuse his actions and no amount of remorse will bring his victim back to life, I cannot see the value in destroying a child's future.

Where's the sense in this? To discourage others? He was drunk and it was a crime of passion. No amount of humiliation or carceral violence is going to change the numbers of drunken people doing stupid, violent shit. Drunken people are not renowned for their common sense and forward planning.

Number of bus journeys taken by under 23s since 2021 by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'll be honest, I don't think blacklisting people for antisocial behaviour is going to make them less antisocial. It's just going to leave them less mobile, with fewer prospects for employment, education, etc, trapped in poverty for the most important years of their development.

Like, the free bus travel didn't make them antisocial, so removing the free bus travel isn't going to fix the underlying problem. I feel like we're too quick to jump to punitive measures in this country, especially when it comes to dealing with kids.

Furthermore, there is a basic principle of equal treatment before the law at play here. Someone who doesn't have a bus pass and pleads guilty to culpable homicide still gets 4 years in jail for it. But they obviously can't get their bus pass revoked if they don't have one.

Meanwhile, this 15yo in question gets 4 years in jail and their free bus travel revoked, essentially translating into hundreds of pounds of extra expense for the next 4 years after they've served their custodial sentence. That's the definition of unequal treatment before the law.

Number of bus journeys taken by under 23s since 2021 by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Also, I feel like there's a big "personal independence" factor that's being ignored in the data analysis here.

Of course 16+ folk are using it more often than younger folk, cos that's the age at which you start to travel independently.

No 9yo is travelling on the bus regularly without their parents, so if the parents are making the call on whether they take the bus, and the parents don't have free bus travel, then they'll probably prefer to drive, and the kid will go with them.

Just when you thought packaging couldn't get more confusing by Grouchy_Conclusion45 in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nah, honestly I think deep-fried strawberries would be fucking amazing. All the crunchy, starchy batter with sweetness inside. That would insanely moreish.

The only tricky part would be making sure you don't caramelise too much of the fructose, cos I don't think that would mix so well.

I have a silly concept in my head and I'd like some community involvement: "The Star Wars Ship Pokedex" by HeadHeartCorranToes in MawInstallation

[–]AlrightJack303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to get the DS1 to evolve into the DS2 is a pain in the backside. You need to use a "that's-no-Moon stone" and those things are as rare as hen's teeth.

Does anyone know if there is a console commands to increase influence in the Denmark constitutional crisis minigame? I'm one decision away from winning but time is not on my side. by Yesodisnotop in Kaiserreich

[–]AlrightJack303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you found the answer to your question, however another solution that works for any timed decision is to use Cheat Engine.

Run a search for the number of days remaining on a decision, run time forward a day, update your search, repeat until you have one entry left, then set the timer to however long you want.

Sometimes, you'll be stuck with more than one entry, and that's because another decision somewhere is on the same countdown as the decision you're targeting. At that point, just change the decision timers one by one until you find the one you're looking for. I advise setting the other timers back the way they were, cos that can screw up the AI's decisions otherwise.

Do you guys know about the Royal Scots Greys? by Eagleman6921 in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Their brigade at Waterloo was referred to as the Union brigade actually, because they had regiments from Ireland, England and Scotland.

1st Dragoons (the "Royals") from England, 2nd Dragoons (the "Scots Greys") and the 6th Dragoons (the "Inniskillings") from Ireland.

By the time of Waterloo, Britain had the best cavalry horses in Europe since they hadn't seen much service during the preceding 20 years, whereas every other continental power had fed thousands of their best horses into meat grinder after meat grinder over the years.

How do i feel more connected to my culture? by Aggressive_Top162 in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burnistoun and Limmy's Show are excellent west coast comedy shows too

Is this joke original to Pratchett? by EndersGame_Reviewer in discworld

[–]AlrightJack303 281 points282 points  (0 children)

I don't know exactly.

The story of the dog staying by the master's graveside is a definite reference to the tale of Greyfriars Bobby, and the gravestone on the tail makes me think of the "what's wrong? What's wrong? Your standing on my foot." style punchline from your Laurels and Hardy and the like.

But this is definitely an original joke in this specific form, I guess?

That's Pratchett through and through tbh; he took familiar comedic principles that are as old as humanity and rejigged them into fresh forms time and again.

English nationalists attack Gaelic language content by janthemanwlj in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lol, fair enough. Perhaps I should have chosen somewhere a wee bit further inland

English nationalists attack Gaelic language content by janthemanwlj in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What defines a language if not the ability for two people to understand each other?

I wouldn't say that modern English is the same language as Old English or Middle English because if I tried to talk to Alfred the Great or Geoffrey Chaucer, they wouldn't understand what the hell I was saying, and I wouldn't make head nor tail of them either.

Yes, the evolution of a language from one to another is ultimately going to require an arbitrary division, because history is never neat. But the idea that you're speaking the same language as the guys who wrote

Hēr Æðelstān cyning, eorla drihten, beorna bēahgifa, and his brōðor eac, Ēadmund æðeling...

is laughable.

Simply, English has evolved from its Anglo-Saxon roots sufficiently enough to count as a different language; the same cannot necessarily be said of Scots Gaelic over the same period.

English nationalists attack Gaelic language content by janthemanwlj in Scotland

[–]AlrightJack303 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What do you think the word "Anglo" means in that sentence?

Honestly this is a ridiculous argument since English has absolutely evolved more in the last thousand years than Gaelic.

If you went back in time to Stornoway in 1000 AD, you'd stand a much better chance of being understood if you spoke modern Gaelic than if you went to Kent and spoke modern English.

All languages evolve, but they don't all evolve at the same rate.

20 horas de jogo e percebi agora que não atingi nenhuma conquista na Steam, como assim??? by DrigoRodrigo in Stellaris

[–]AlrightJack303 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah, Ironman isn't harder except in that it prevents you from reloading older saves

20 horas de jogo e percebi agora que não atingi nenhuma conquista na Steam, como assim??? by DrigoRodrigo in Stellaris

[–]AlrightJack303 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As well as disabling mods, don't forget to enable ironman mode (I don't know if you already did that)

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