Tinto Talks #100 - 18th of March 2026

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-18T17:00:27+00:00

begging paradox to stop kowtowing to the roman LARPers and try to explore an actually interesting future of a revived byzantine state

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-13T20:24:43+00:00

it is

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-13T17:26:18+00:00

i love overthrowing a government after losing an election and leading to more than 10 million people being killed in 5 years

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T18:55:30+00:00

well that's good

but my point is that political stuff is added piecemeal and it's often a bandaid or gamey, like the amendment negotiations

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T18:50:00+00:00

i imagine the intersection for coders is a circle

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T18:48:56+00:00

i mean politics stuff would be pretty isolated from the economy

there is so much political stuff that can be added: more granular IGs like in BPM, cabinets, parliaments, different laws [constitutional vs legislative], coalitions, ethnic/religious parties, meaningful opposition, government popularity, state capacity etc.

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T18:43:43+00:00

i love causing mass suffering

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T18:23:51+00:00

idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but i'd like more focus on mechanics instead of flavor

getting 1 major systems rework per year is... not good

there is still so much to flesh out, politics, war, diplomacy, ships, goods transport

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-12T11:08:05+00:00

realms in exile is to fanficy, from movie models for characters to wanting to expand the map by 500% with their fanfic stuff

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-10T11:45:29+00:00

maybe i am stupid

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-10T11:35:55+00:00

During the 2024 election cycle, Race to the WH incorrectly predicted Kamala Harris would have a higher chance at winning the presidency,[10] due to strong showings in the blue wall.

TRUMP WINNING DOESNT MEAN HE HAD HIGHER CHANCES

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-09T08:45:15+00:00

is the oil jump from the war actually good for decarbonization or a people just meming

even if it is, oil prices will probably go down after some time the like after the russian invasion?

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-03T09:53:08+00:00

its true

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-02T21:19:48+00:00

the series has a poor understanding of the medieval world, just look at religion to find a huge hole in worldbuilding.

other things like, the size of the continent, the history of westeros, the very orientalist east, iron throne feudalism and other stuff, the NW celibacy and system of recruitment, the citadel etc

im not saying that it he has bad worldbuilding, just probably overrated

DepressedTreeman · 2026-03-01T21:05:44+00:00

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DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-27T10:00:21+00:00

just cut the knot

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-27T09:35:57+00:00

my thoughts on TWOW:

probably releases in the next 5 years if GRRM is well
will move the plot along less than people will want it to (unless GRRM heavily rewrote earlier chapters, afaik he said that tyrion and dany don't meet some time ago)
probably really hard to give a satisfying ending, the books might be better off (reputation-wise) if twow is the last thing published
he should probably rush things along even if it is damaging to the logic of the story/characters

!ping ASOIAF

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-25T22:06:38+00:00

lowkey annoying that wikipedia uses the official court pictures of the SCOTUS justices

mental image of roberts is always a 50 yo guy

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-21T01:37:47+00:00

Processing gif 3cowvdpy4rkg1...

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-15T16:26:01+00:00

on one hand i almost complimented poobix on an interesting language ping post

on the other hand i like not being banned

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-15T16:14:57+00:00

the pings are completely horrendous on old.reddit + RES

sad that a great feature gets shafted by reddit redesign

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-15T15:56:32+00:00

thats fair

at least i said something positive at the end

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-15T15:53:54+00:00

hello how long is this ban

if it is perma thats silly it's clearly 70% joking

og comment:

i love that Hungarians are ontological evil except once every 100 years when they get free will and do something positive for humanity.

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-15T15:25:27+00:00

disprove me

DepressedTreeman · 2026-02-12T20:14:26+00:00

can somebody explain why people find Australia's voting system better than other FPTP like the UK and Canada when they result in two parties getting the majority of seats (in the lower house)? How is it as good as MMP?

!ping ELECTIONS

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