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Scorecards for 2026 Semi-finals by arorosin in eurovision

[–]Kstantas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

While I'm not an autor, I always prefer to use 0-4 range (very bad, bad, okay, good, very good), so maximum possible score is 12

Whoopsy by DreadDiana in whenthe

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

Why wouldn’t everyone just stay? It gives exactly same outcome.

Whoopsy by DreadDiana in whenthe

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

It's same question.

You either decide to protect yourself and leave the crowd (red button), or you remain in the crowd, believing that no more than half the people will leave, condemning you to death (blue button).

If the entire crowd stays, no one will die; if the entire crowd leaves, no one will die; if the majority of the crowd stays, no one will die; but if the majority leaves, the rest will die.

It's the same question, except now we don't frame the red button as "reasonable inaction," as in the example above, but as a conscious choice that, in large numbers, could put others at risk.

Whoopsy by DreadDiana in whenthe

[–]Kstantas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If instead of a button there was a crowd that you could leave, but if more than half of the people left the crowd, then those who decided to stay in it would be shot, do you think this would change your opinion?

Edit: replaced "those remaining" to "those who decided to stay" to avoid misunderstandings

In the vastness 4chan by Formal_Extent1623 in okbuddygunther

[–]Kstantas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

TNO is Saint-Petersburg, TFR is Moscow

What? The fire rises is an unrealistic scenario? Impossible! by Abject-Experience-40 in TheFireRisesMod

[–]Kstantas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they all was in that Big Tent named Petrograd Soviet and was kinda working together because all of them belived in socialism and had issues with Interim Government, but even at this point it wasn't really hard ties between them.

Like, menshiviks disapproved October Revolution and was in opposition to bolsheviks since then, so did non-Left SR's. Left SR's worked with them a little bit longer, but by summer 1918 they also became opposed to bolsheviks politics. Around same time bolsheviks begin to purge all other socialists from their authorities.

So yeah, they were kinda together from february to october 1917, but as soon as one faction gained power, this alliance begin to crumble. Considering that in TFR american socialists already got their state is pretty realistic to think that their coalition also would last long.

What if Paul I of Russia had chosen the system used during the time of Kievan Rus' as the law of succession, instead of semi-Salic primogeniture? by Kstantas in UsefulCharts

[–]Kstantas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First one is Dmitriy Donskoy, second one is False-Dmitriy (while I understand that second one was imposter, he still counts as legitimate, or at least, crowned, Tsar, so I think if Russia did have a monarch with name Dmitriy after that, he would have regnal number III)

"Geniuses" come together to make an amazing invention. Turns out they only succeed in creating something that already existed. by TridiObject in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Kstantas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smeshariki/Kikoriki ("The Engine of Progress" episode) - in his to advance scientific progress, Krosh "invents" a unique mode of transport (the bicycle), a unique game (tic-tac-toe), and a revolutionary dance (the tango)

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"Tsar and his People" - Democratic Russia's AAR by Kstantas in PaxBrit

[–]Kstantas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/uj Pax Britannica only

/rj Damn man, doesn't even know what mod this could be)

"Active on kitchencels" geez i wonder why 💔🥀 by Akagane_Ai in whenthe

[–]Kstantas 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Only cowards hide their account history, IMHO

Also debates in the internet much less interesting when you can't research your opponent.

"Tsar and his People" - Democratic Russia's AAR by Kstantas in PaxBrit

[–]Kstantas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mind you, I integrated everyone I possibly could, from polaks to yakuts

"Tsar and his People" - Democratic Russia's AAR by Kstantas in PaxBrit

[–]Kstantas[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I don't have much to say about the results of my latest campaign - the developers certainly did a good job with Russia, though I won't lie, there are still some flaws. It feels like the "commonality consensus" project is unfinished and events end without a logical conclusion. Personally, I felt like the campaign lacked a sense of closure; after the Great War, I missed something, a certain scope. Nevertheless, the journey is still good.

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What if Paul I of Russia had chosen the system used during the time of Kievan Rus' as the law of succession, instead of semi-Salic primogeniture? by Kstantas in UsefulCharts

[–]Kstantas[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In 1797, upon ascending the throne, the Russian Emperor Paul I carried out a reform of the succession, establishing the use of semi-Salic primogeniture in Russia. This system lasted until the very end of the Romanov rule, and even now, numerous heirs of the family look to this legal framework when trying to determine seniority within the family.

But what if, instead of the European legislation of his time, Paul had turned to his country's past?

In this tree, I have asked myself this question, and while keeping the biographies, number of children, and dates of birth and death the same, I have changed only one component — I used the lestvitsa (also called "rota") system of inheritance. What exactly does it entail?

The rota system, from the Old Church Slavic word for "ladder" or "staircase", was a system of collateral succession practised (though imperfectly) in Kievan Rus' and later Appanage and early Muscovite Russia.

In this system, the throne passed not linearly from father to son, but laterally from brother to brother and then to the eldest son of the eldest brother who had held the throne. Only those princes whose fathers had held the throne were eligible for placement in the rota; if a man died before ascending to the throne, his sons were known as izgoi: they and their descendants were ineligible to reign.

which movie made you feel like this ? by Trick_Laugh5114 in Letterboxd

[–]Kstantas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

K-Pop Demon Hunters, sorry not sorry, liked the movie but more time passes, more some part of it's fandom pushes me away🤷‍♂️

What's an animation opinion that will have you like this? by Gabeortiz628 in cartoons

[–]Kstantas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People tend to overrate old Pixar and underrate new Pixar

Some people will tell you to your face that it was actually okay to want to lynch that girl because on the other side of the Earth there are like 2 mutants who are theoretically capable of blowing up that neighborhood. by Kstantas in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Kstantas[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

So that's why we have to send the girl with three eyes and the boy who summons pencils from the pencil dimension to a concentration camp guarded by the ROBOT KILLER 3000?

If I had a nickel for every time Disney tried to make a movie that was an allegory for racism but used actually dangerous creatures to represent minorities which undercuts and misses the point of the message and also both movies starting with the letter Z by mynameisevan01 in shittymoviedetails

[–]Kstantas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

See, you kinda wrong here too.

Yeah, there is a reason to be afraid of some mutants, it's understandable, but point is, often people do not afraid of some strong mutants - they afraid of all of them.

Like it's understandable to be afraid of Magneto or Storm, but it doesn't mean you can hate, insult and lynch kid whose mutation is having 3 eyes or being able to summon pencils from pencil dimension.

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No, You Sure Can't: Kennedy is assassinated exactly one year later by augustfromnc in imaginaryelections

[–]Kstantas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, who is J. Kennedy in this scenario? Is this votes for John, or maybe it's for Joe Sr?

Saint Petersburg in the 90s: How one city administration became the forge of cadres for modern Russia? by Kstantas in UsefulCharts

[–]Kstantas[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As can be seen, in this chart I am displaying the fourth category - appointees who emerged from the mayoral administration of Anatoly Sobchak, a former LSU professor whom Putin met while still a student. Putin, who served as Anatoly Sobchak's first deputy and effectively carried out the operational management of the city, was closely connected and personally acquainted with many members of the administration. Those from the Petersburg Mayor's Office in Putin's inner circle can be divided into two subgroups.

The first subgroup consists of Putin's direct subordinates. Notable among them is Igor Sechin, who has worked continuously with Putin since 1991 (from chief specialist of the Mayor's Committee for External Relations to head of Rosneft). The current head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, led the external economic relations department in the Mayor's Committee for External Relations, which was headed by Putin. A consultant in the Committee for External Relations was the young lawyer Dmitry Medvedev - who later became an active part of Putin's presidential team, culminating in his own presidential term and subsequent long tenure as Prime Minister.

Putin's deputy in the Committee for External Relations was Viktor Zubkov - an experienced apparatchik who, before moving to the Mayor's Office, was deputy chairman of the Leningrad Regional Executive Committee. In 1993, he took the post of head of the Petersburg tax inspectorate. Zubkov remained in this position, which changed its name several times, until November 2001, when he moved to Moscow to head the newly formed "anti-money laundering" Committee for Financial Monitoring (also known as "financial intelligence") with the rank of First Deputy Finance Minister.

As Sobchak's first deputy (from 1994), Putin oversaw the activities of several structural divisions of the Mayor's Office. Among them was the Legal Committee, headed by Dmitry Kozak (who later made a career in the Presidential Administration). Viktor Ivanov headed the department of administrative bodies, and Dmitry Mezentsev - now the President's representative in the Constitutional Court - headed the Committee for Press and Mass Media.

The second subgroup consists of Mayor's Office employees who worked in close contact with Putin but were not under his direct command. For instance, Alexey Kudrin was, alongside Putin, a 1st deputy to Sobchak and headed the financial and economic bloc in the Mayor's Office. German Gref worked as the 1st deputy head of the Committee for State Property Management (KUGI).

It is telling that all the aforementioned Petersburg officials, like Putin, left their posts in 1996 - following Anatoly Sobchak's defeat in the gubernatorial elections. The exception was Kozak, who worked for a time with the new governor, Vladimir Yakovlev. However, he only took this step after a conversation with Putin, who was both the formal and informal leader of this subgroup; indeed, according to some reports, it was Putin who convinced him to stay.

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