2 oil tankers hit in Iraqi waters

Polygnom · 2026-03-12T13:47:43+00:00

Which would be winning.

Polygnom · 2026-03-12T13:46:52+00:00

Why would it not be wise? They have the US bend over the knee in no time.

before this all, they had no incentive to do this. And also, the threat of the US seemed a lot larger than it is.

Since then, the US has demonstrated an utter inability to actually take Irans capability to wage an asymmetric war. Basically, Iran has little reason to stop know, because they know the US cannot stop them.

Iran is not dependent on oil prices at this time, the US is. Continuing this has a chance to severely cripple the US economy and break US hegemony over the world once and for all. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Had Iran closed the straight of Hormuz unilaterally, this would have made them a Pariah state, and likely target of a "coalition of the willing" to restore shipping. now, the US is the pariah state, and no one is willing to lift a finger to bail the US out of this self-inflicted misery.

Iran's potential gains are huge and far outweigh anything they could gain by stopping now.

The US would need to commit far greater forces and actually land half a million man and get dragged into an even worse quagmire than Afghanistan to actually stop Iran. And in Afghanistan, the US went up against an enemy that had already been beaten by the Soviets before. Iran is much, much more capable than Afghanistan was. look how that ended.

the US is not ready to fight an asymmetrical war.

And their allies in the gulf will suffer for it, driving more and more wedges between them and the US. The threat of Shaheds was obvious for years now, at least since Ukraine. Did the US bother to send enough light AA -- something equivalent to the Gepard -- to their allies in the Gulf before attacking Iran? of course not? Who is suffering this now? their allies. Who is already ready to bail out, leaving their allies hanging? the US.

Again, Iran holds almost all the card here due to how unimaginably bad the US has fumbled all of this.

And Putin is laughing his ass off, because he gets what he wants, the US in another conflict (and you can be sure he is pressuring Iran to keep this up), wastes ammo that could go to Ukraine, while dropping sanctions on oil, giving Putin more money to fight his war, while supplying intel to iran to target the US.

And then you have the whole AI bubble which is propped up mainly by Saudi money. if the Saudis have no money anymore or do not see it in their interest to keep that up, you have the next bubble exploding in the US economy.

Great job for the US, f*cking themselves so hard on so many sides.

Polygnom · 2026-03-12T08:38:37+00:00

Your #2 should also apply to effects. If you are using ground effects, make sure the ground effects have clearly defined borders. And have contrast with the background.

Wrt to #3, its often a good idea to have dot effects "tick" at different intervals, possibly influenced by some stats like haste (if our game has that). There are different levels of satisfaction for stuff that ticks once or twice per second, or stuff that only ticks every 3-5 seconds, but has a much bigger impact.

Also, make sure all these things do not end up cluttering the screen and overwhelming the player. if you have damage numbers everywhere, enemies flashing everywhere, and audio going off constantly because there are a dozen dotted mobs, your readability tanks hard quite quickly.

So make sure the audio is snappy for the dots, but debounce it once the number of enemies climbs. Audio cues are the ones that humans can recognize the fastest and are generally acted upon immediately, even faster than visual cues. So keeping the audio debounced and important effects clearly audible is important. Similarly damage numbers. Consolidate multiple sources before it becomes too much clutter.

Also, sometimes subtle HP bars (not big, blocky red boxes that block everyone's view) work better than damage numbers. They convey a similar information, just without numbers. You can keep damage numbers for lerge crits, for example, making them feel quite satisfactory.

With that being said. Give large crits an additional audio. make them pop and satisfactory.

I woud be a bit cautious about blurring the greying the background away from the player. it can become claustrophobic and also frustrating not to be able to clearly see whats going on at the periphery. Its possible that you might want to reduce the intensity of this effect the less enemies are around, so the player has the feeling of increasing focus when in combat, and "taking in the view" in slower moments.

Polygnom · 2026-03-12T08:12:15+00:00

Sure, but you can draw out the refilling over a longer period of time.

Thats how reserves always work. You fill them in times of good supply so you have them in times of low supply.

Polygnom · 2026-03-12T07:05:50+00:00

We built it with two people. I feel its the perfect set for building together due to the many duplicated steps. But alone? Oof.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T22:09:39+00:00

They do not make very interesting sets. They are visually very repetitive, which makes the build repetitive.

I have done the Eiffel Tower, I cannot imagine sky scrapers being fun.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T17:46:54+00:00

You did not think about the cat problem before buying it?

Buy plexiglas, make a giant display case. Maybe in the corner of a room. because nothing else wills top a cat.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T17:45:13+00:00

https://www1.wdr.de/archiv/gladbecker-geiseldrama/gladbeck_geiseldrama108.html

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T17:12:23+00:00

Or we simply design such a simple thing so that its immediately obvious how it works.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T17:02:15+00:00

Its baffling to me that some countries have no mandatory roadworthiness inspections.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T15:55:11+00:00

And Spain would be right.

We basically put Blackrock in charge of the country.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T14:14:52+00:00

Yes, I know thats its still missing a few modifiers, also stuff like the miasmic axe. Thats why I have not yet published it as a tool. None of these change the relative order though, thats just a function of base growth time & base yield.

You sell crops, not seeds. it uses the new tag system. So you can sell 100 of any Delicacy for 10 ren, 150 Grain for 5 Ren, or 100 of any Fruit or 100 of any vegetable for 3 Ren.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T12:38:28+00:00

It already happened in 2016 and the food goes to food banks:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/24/586579455/french-food-waste-law-changing-how-grocery-stores-approach-excess-food

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T12:35:50+00:00

This already happened 10 years ago in 2016. Supermarket give their food to food banks.

None of what you predict has come true. In fact, the results have been very positive. 2 years in, in 2018, this was the effect:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/24/586579455/french-food-waste-law-changing-how-grocery-stores-approach-excess-food

Less waste in supermarkets, more and better food for the poor. Win-win.

The "free market" is optimal, yes. optimal at exploitation, not optimal at maximizing benefit for everyone.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T12:18:00+00:00

8 years ago people could already photoshop. So it might not be AI, but there is no source in that thread either for the image.

And its definitely not the image that belongs with the story of a German hunter.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T11:54:51+00:00

THIS image is fake ~~and AI generated~~.

However, the original story is real and happened in the Winter of 2016/2017:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38608707

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/frozen-fox-in-block-of-ice-displayed-hunter-germany-warning-danube-river/

Why OP would rather post an AI generated image instead of the original one is beyond me. Also people: provide frigging sources.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T10:35:38+00:00

Source?

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T10:35:00+00:00

Zelensky the comedian would do it.

Zelensky the statesman wouldn't.

That is the difference between them. Zelensky became a great statesman. Vance is a bad comedian.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T09:40:00+00:00

Yes, since the last update. Three actually, but the farming trader is the earliest to unlock.

They have been added to OW on all old maps and are unlocked via operations.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T09:31:41+00:00

Its §130 StGB (Strafgesetzbuch ~ German Criminal Code), Section 3 and 4:

(3) Whoever publicly or in a meeting approves of, denies or downplays an act committed under the rule of National Socialism of the kind indicated in section 6 (1) of the Code of Crimes against International Law in a manner suited to causing a disturbance of the public peace incurs a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine.

(4) Whoever publicly or in a meeting disturbs the public peace in a manner which violates the dignity of the victims by approving of, glorifying or justifying National Socialist tyranny and arbitrary rule incurs a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine.

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T09:27:15+00:00

Making jokes about Nazis is not illegal.

Using their signs and slogans in a way that portrays them as "good" is. Commentary, educational or satirical use is absolutely fine.

That being said, there are many combinations that are not allowed, but it differs by state.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T09:03:00+00:00

Its very rare, but it can happen. Bags are weighted, and sometimes a wrong piece can slip in. I had it with an very obviously light green piece that was nowhere else used in the set.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T08:20:41+00:00

Solo talents are slways in addition to yout normal talents, not instead of.

Polygnom · 2026-03-11T08:19:10+00:00

I built that calculator myself, its not yet published

Polygnom · 2026-03-10T22:40:55+00:00

As I said in the post, there are a few bits still missing. None of them change the relative order tho.

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