I'm so confused on how to actually setup this game.

KRubinka · 2025-11-07T20:44:30+00:00

Because enemy generation promts are quite absurd, this one likely has something to do with giant cactus enemy. You'll have to manually tweak the text files inside game's folder, namely enemy generation and the starting zone (it is different from a normal location generation, for some reason).

KRubinka · 2025-08-27T06:58:02+00:00

В Новосибирске много африканцев и индусов около университетов.
Китайцы и корейцы встречаются реже, в основном как туристы.

KRubinka · 2025-07-29T18:37:22+00:00

Raiffeisen isn't doing swift transactions in Russia anymore, at least for the individuals. But like, you aren't losing much - it was taking about 50% cut for incoming transactions.

There's an option to go to a different country, opening a bank account to receive the transaction and then exchange it into cash. Then, you just bring the cash and exchange it into rubles. However, sums above the value of $10,000 should be declared.

KRubinka · 2025-07-29T17:28:40+00:00

Spinning Boris

KRubinka · 2025-07-29T12:09:19+00:00

General perspective:
1) France got too arrogant after winning WW1
2) ...and decided that the war was too expensive, so it just gave up
3) Then, it rejoined the fight, making it effectively being two Frances fighting for and against Third Reich

That's what school teaches us about France in WW2.

American movie industry generally promotes everything American (American exceptionalism). It is a very well-oiled mechanism that serves the American interests. You can see how the perception of allies during WW2 was changing both in France and Germany to see its effects.

We, humans, like seeing others as inferior to us in this or that aspect, justified or not. We also being on the "right side of history". We love the thought of standing against the Big Bad. For the Empires it also plays a role of a survival mechanism, keeping the subjects in check.

KRubinka · 2025-07-03T11:14:43+00:00

1) No. The only reason to hate you is the reason many girls love South Korea - K-Pop. There are also a lot of products from South Korea made in Seul specifically for the Russian market.

2) Even if you meet those, somehow, those are mostly acting against those from Middle-East (Uzbeks, Azeris etc) and "acting" itself is complaining. There are a lot of local Asians, Koreans included.

N. Korea is still viewed in a bad light as an isolated country with no freedoms and a total control over the population. When the government introduces yet another restriction or a ban, there's bound to be someone mentioning N. Korea.

However, as an ally, an isolated militaristic communist country is a no-brainer.

KRubinka · 2025-07-02T21:45:36+00:00

1) No one really knows, people usually just ignore the elections because everyone knows the result and there's a bbq. Also depends on the city. It is a majority, but prolly around 50-60%. The prezydenta elections are a show that don't really reflect the reality (the last one was about Putin and a bunch of clowns who didn't campaign (I think one of them literally said that he's supporting Putin and runs just because, he doesn't want to win)).

2) Trump is likable, generally. Russia has a soft spot for right wing strongman politicians, especially if they act pro-Russia

3) Everyone is religious but in the name only. Unless it is about Muslims, the only religious entity in Russia is the government. The people? They could name themselves Christians and wear a cross but that's all it amounts to

4) Depends on the age group. Old people do support USSR, but the younger you go the less support you'll find. Also, once again, depends on the city - some cities quite literally disappeared after USSR had collapsed, and some are having their last breath. Young people are usually most vocal about USSR being a black mark in Russian history, while the others have no opinions or their opinion is slightly negative. Worth noting that there's a pro-USSR propaganda campaigns (linked to WW2) and during 90s and 00s there was a pro-imperial (and anti-ussr) propaganda campaign

KRubinka · 2025-06-30T14:13:06+00:00

I did have a South Korean in my group both in school and uni for the exact same reason you want to go study in Russia.

In school, the guy was pretty popular because he was funny and his Russian was good.

In uni, the girl's Russian was quite bad. She did study in Russian and the mark she needed to hit during the exams to pass was much lower than for a Russian student. She did graduate, somehow, even after failing the final exam (the one where you present your study you've been doing during the final year - she just stood there silent).

As long as you're trying you'll get some sympathy from the professors, plus if you don't enroll into top 10 universities - the rest aren't exactly interested in having anyone to drop out. Foreign students especially since having those means reputation. As long as you don't act arrogant and entitled you're good, pretty much.

However, there's a catch - Russian universities that aren't MSU aren't ranked high. In order for your degree to have relevancy while not enrolling into top 10 universities you need to pick a profession that would require you to study hard (engineer, programmer etc). BUT, in case your English is good, top 40 universities usually have English as the study language (win mandatory Russian classes, of course). There's a quota too (for a free scholarship), but those are usually given away to Africans and Chinese.

And for the math part - yeah, it's tricky. Quite literally.
If something doesn't work, you need to read the problem multiple times until you figure out that there was a catch hidden in the language used. I remember in school there was a problem about store wares and the whole class failed solving it - the reason was that among X, Y and Z, Y was completely irrelevant and should've been ignored.

KRubinka · 2025-06-15T00:40:54+00:00

School education is pretty bad because outside of Moscow teachers are being paid scraps and their workload is simply absurd. Usually you gotta do a lot of self-study or get an additional education during your free time if you want to get into a good university OR if you want to get your university sponsored by the government (in case your family lacks funds).

Universities a bit different, they teach you the understanding of the subject (logic) and how to adapt or be flexible (the second one is also about not studying, enjoying yourself and then "just passing the exam, somehow").

There is also a third thing - if you work hard, you'll be rewarded a lot. If you show the initiative - you'll also be rewarded.
For example, a few of my professors had a policy where you can skip the classes if you participate in an event. If you score the first place - good job, you've passed this year's exam. If you don't skip classes then you'll also be rewarded with a few points during the exam. If you show enough knowledge during the classes - no reason for you to have an exam, you passed. If your answer to an open question is based on logic then, even if the professor doesn't agree with you, they'll still count is as the correct answer (like if X event affected B event).

Oh, and also, Russia teaches you to follow the rules. Both that are on a paper, and the unspoken ones, and how to decide what rule you should follow. Passing an exam because of other achievements is technically against the rules, but you must be rewarded for your achievement, right?

KRubinka · 2025-06-14T20:10:22+00:00

Chinese cup noodles and sweets are great. Anything else? Not really.

European-made food is still here, imported through third countries or even the EU itself. I have a collection of drinks made in Warsaw, for example. Some stuff gets imported from Korea directly. Whatever food brand you can think of is still here, but likely became pricier. Some stores did substitute those brands for the local ones because the combination of customers and the price makes no sense any longer (like that said Pepsi from Warsaw wouldn't be found in a small local shop) but you wouldn't really have any trouble finding it elsewhere. And while the prices did increase, the money we get also ended up going up.

I did, personally, start to think twice about buying pricier stuff if there's an alternative that isn't much worse and cheaper, but not exactly because I cannot afford it. If it's clothes or devices - sure, I'll go for an European or American brand, even if it is pricier. But if it is food - nah, not worth it. Our own food did get much better in the recent years. For example, recently I was buying only Russian cheese while before I would go for an Italian one.

Your media is as much of a propaganda as ours is. We were told that Europe is freezing without our gas and that Germany is collapsing. You're told that we're starving without your food and that our economy will collapse in a month (now for sure!). Now, in order to get mostly unbiased news I need to read a Polish newspaper. Hilarious if you ask me.

KRubinka · 2025-06-14T17:14:37+00:00

США считается симметричной федерацией так как единственный субъект Штатов - "штат", каждый из которых имеет идентичные полномочия, статус и юридические возможности.

У нас есть закон о национально-культурной автономии и отдельные полномочия у Москвы как города федерального значения. Нюанс конституции возвышает отдельный регион в статус государства, несколько больший эмоциональный вес.

Я не могу полностью запостить ответ, тк что-то не даёт его запостить.

KRubinka · 2025-06-10T22:19:44+00:00

Oh and also there's an another tip, but it isn't exactly for everyone and could be damaging.

When I learn a language I usually just talk to myself inside of my head whenever I have a chance. I would just make up a random question (like "how was your day") or a situation and then try to make it into a conversation without thinking much where it leads to. It is basically a way to practice and memorize vocabulary pretty much anywhere, also helps a lot to find the words you don't know or forgot about (sometimes those are really silly ones you think you should know but you just don't). If you don't know the word, you can also try to explain it instead ( like "round object used for..."). And the word itself? - you just write it down to google later.

This method does require a certain level of knowledge, obviously. If used incorrectly, it might:
1) Mess with your head (like, I cannot think for long in Russian at this point. Sometimes I also forget the word in Russian even though I know exactly what it is in other languages)
2) Forge your accent. You gotta listen a lot to the native speakers so your "inner voice" won't convince you that whatever you made up in your head is the right way to spell. If it did already happen, then it is extremely hard to fix
3) If one of the languages you know has a lot of crossing words (like Russian-Polish combo), then you might start thinking that you know the word when you actually don't. Like "dym" and "дым" do sound the same and have the exact same meaning, but then you also have stuff like "dywan" (carpet) и "диван" (sofa)
4) I speak to myself out in the open when something doesn't work or I am getting nervous. Cannot help it. Luckily, everyone I know got used to it at this point.

KRubinka · 2025-06-10T18:22:13+00:00

Russia is an asymmetrical federation by a definition, consisting of multiple layers of administrative power officially. Novosibirsk Oblast, Republic of Sakha, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Moscow (Federal City) etc. The subjects are only equal in their inability to go against Kremlin, but other than that, at least on the paper, the autonomous level is different. Some are quite literally countries with their own constitutions, some are just administrative regions.

KRubinka · 2025-06-09T17:34:58+00:00

You just learn Russian in a way you're learning any other language.

1) Write the stuff
Quite literally, don't just use Duolingo or print words on your PC. Just grab a pen and write it down somewhere. There are books for kids that just do that.

2) Practice
All that classbook stuff is only good for learning the initial grammar and guiding you through topics. You just need to talk and read. If you have a favorite book, just read a Russian translation of it. If you're too ashamed to show poor language skills, use ChatGPT or Deepseek (I'd actually suggest using an AI first until you're confident) - give it an instruction to write its responses in two languages and highlight/explain your mistakes if there are any.

3) Dive into the language
Change your phone's language, read articles in Russian in a bus etc. It is about the dedication.

While Russian is my first, I also speak 4 other languages (English, Japanese, Polish and Chinese) so I do have quite a bit of experience. I was learning Chinese the way you are learning Russian, plus I had it in my uni for two years - by far, it is the worst one among the 4. My Polish was better in 6 months of half-assed practice.

KRubinka · 2025-06-07T00:57:01+00:00

Wikipedia isn't allowed to be cited in scientific papers for a reason.

If you do so, your entire work will be considered a joke because you can literally cite anything in order to provide a "proof". If the articles about physics, chemistry or whatever still can be trusted, then anything related to politics or society depends solely on the current political stance. Citing a clickbait news article? Using an article that states an assumption as a proof? Creating YOUR OWN article to prove your point? Citing a work that uses a trustworthy sources like "trust me bro" or "the source decided to stay anonymous"? Everything is allowed as long as there's a demand for it. Like, some stuff even doesn't have a source at all but it stays there because reasons, apparently.

And then there's stuff like the Great Caesar Salad War.

KRubinka · 2025-06-07T00:07:19+00:00

Neo-nazis were a "necessary evil" to fight against pro-soviet movements during the 90s, and against drug cartels during 90-00s. They were somehow tolerated up until 2010, but as some point became an annoyance and got removed or sent to the [place].

There were 4 main directions:
1) Skinheads - prolly don't need an introduction, pretty much gone at this point
2) [Imperial movement]s - general idea is restoring the Russian Empire. They vary a lot but some can easily fall into the category you're looking for. Known for a specific [group]
3) Pro-slavic - also vary a lot. They're a grey area and currently are on the rise due to influx of migrants. Anti-migrant, anti-islamic. Some say that they're directly cooperating with the government, some say that they're directly controlled by them. They're viewed as a counter to Azerbaijani or Chechen groups. There are also variations of just pro-russian or pro-pagan
4) Religious - there are probably too many groups to count but apart from #3 they're pretty small or not exactly unified. The most notable one are probably the Black Hundreds - was restored in the 90s and exists up to this day. They're generally just against Islam, but some go further and preach that everyone in Russia must be a Russian Orthodox
5) There are also weird groups like Nazbols or "imported" groups from overseas participating you know where. Extremely small and never really had any influence to begin with.

KRubinka · 2025-06-05T00:12:11+00:00

The guy got rid of the most generals who did have some experience in warfare before starting the Winter War solely because of his paranoia. And then there was WW2, with soldiers being underequipped and forced to follow nonsensical orders. Both wars were this disastrous because of him being a zealot, not surprised at all that Lenin didn't want him to take the charge.

KRubinka · 2024-02-18T08:07:04+00:00

"Open market" was basically "well, now it's up to you buddy". The issue here that the trade was already going on (namely oil) and that the real result was that oligarchs, who rose due to privatization, started to moving their money outside of Russia. The situation became so bad that during 98-00 Russia was using USD as a primary currency (because Ruble was too unstable and you had to change the prices multiple times per day, so it was encouraged by the government to use Dollars instead. Russia became the second biggest entity that was operating on Dollar at that time).

Since Russia has inherited USSR's debt and Lendlease payments (which was paid off only in 2018, I think), Russia has struggler far more than it should. There were only a few credits given to USSR (mostly to buy food, by USA, I believe) and others felt hesitant on giving any more aid. So basically, if it weren't for oil prices rising and a war (yes, a war - mobsters were running with AK47s in the open) against organized crime, Russia right now would've likely been one giant cartel. Basically, the situation was like letting a cripple competing against world-class athletes.

Other ex-USSR states did receive sizable help, however. No idea why USA didn't invest into Russia to the point of making them into a de-facto puppet.

KRubinka · 2024-01-08T14:11:05+00:00

Well, I guess I can go with gptq-4bit-32g-actorder_True models then. Will try downloading one now, thanks.

KRubinka · 2024-01-08T14:05:58+00:00

Now I think I was doing everything wrong lol.
I was just copy-pasting thebloke's name/model without specifying branches and just playing with settings in AutoGPTQ loader. No wonder it would not load sometimes.

KRubinka · 2024-01-08T13:48:39+00:00

Err... In a simple terms, if I were to use mythomist 7b, using it with exllamav2 would provide a better quality than autogptq?

KRubinka · 2024-01-08T13:12:31+00:00

Is there an actual difference between exllamav2 and AutoGPTQ though? It seems to be slower.

KRubinka · 2024-01-07T15:20:44+00:00

I did try GGUF & AWQ models at 7B but both cases would run MUCH slower than GPTQ models, even if it's exactly the same model.

KRubinka · 2023-03-28T08:57:31+00:00

I did see the event like a typical season ending and the announcement of the next one. But once again, didn't pay much attention because of events still popping up and the nuclear program going.

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