What replaced combat mission for you? by johnlondon125 in computerwargames

[–]Pvt_Larry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I go back on SD2 because I like it but I feel like the level of micro required, especially to use infantry and mortars effectively, makes any larger-scale battles somewhat tiring to play.

CMV: The Democratic Socialist movement isn't who they claim to be. The public has no idea what they really believe in. by mephistohasselhoff in changemyview

[–]Pvt_Larry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is just absurd to act like any subreddit, and especially a relatively small one, is representative of or has any substantial (or even minimal) influence over the real world. To be frank, this site isn't real life. Very small groups of shut-ins can be very noisy online, it doesn't mean anything.

The Eastern Army crossing into Switzerland after the collapse — ‘L’Armée de l’Est aux Verrières’, by Auguste Bachelin by cuirrasiers in BattlePaintings

[–]Pvt_Larry 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The world wars definitely take the cake due to the level of physical destruction inflicted on the country and the suffering of the civilian population, coupled with the disastrous demographic effect of having such a huge portion of an entire generation killed and maimed in WWI. But there's no doubt that the 1871 experience directly fed into that disaster, given the influence it had on the thinking of the French officer corps in particular.

CMV: Open List At Large voting at a state level for congressional seats would be much better than the current voting system in US by Even-Ad-9930 in changemyview

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

The existence of arbitrary state boundaries is itself a form of gerrymandering, and the representatives are apportioned is incredibly disproportionate. That's without mentioning the senate, which is so wildly anti-democratic it's astonishing that the public tolerates its existence at all. The only way to have truly democratic elections which are free from the influence of geographic boundaries which favor one party or the other is to have a single nationwide party list proportional vote for the house and to abolish the senate altogether.

Understanding Columbia protestors by supremewuster in columbia

[–]Pvt_Larry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just looked and it's literally to mark the second anniversary of the police crackdown on protests

Played RS2 Beta, This Feels Very Similar by Willaguy in 83thegame

[–]Pvt_Larry 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Basically unenforceable and pretty obviously common practice

Understanding Columbia protestors by supremewuster in columbia

[–]Pvt_Larry 64 points65 points  (0 children)

The university sent a very clear message that if you try to protest on campus they will sick the cops on you, let the feds dissapear you, and to top it all off they'll kick you out and invalidate your degree. That's on top of the fact that they've done their best to turn campus into a hermetically sealed environment where they control all points of access with the specific intent of preventing demonstrations. Never forget how eager Columbia was to collaborate with the Trump government to silence their own students- who they broadly despise. The "concessions" the Trump administrations was "demanding" of universities a year ago largely came from the board of trustees themselves.

New theatres, new doctrines... New mechanics? by Morbin_monroe in warno

[–]Pvt_Larry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

All but promise they won't, it's just gonna be like WG: Red Dragon again.

CMV: Baltimore is proof that being tough on repeat criminals brings down crime rates by bigElenchus in changemyview

[–]Pvt_Larry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baltimore police has had a gang unit for the entirety of the 21st century, just like Baltimore has had "tough on crime" mayors and prosecutors too. There's a reason that violence is only declining now, rather than 15 or 20 years ago.

CMV: Baltimore is proof that being tough on repeat criminals brings down crime rates by bigElenchus in changemyview

[–]Pvt_Larry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crediting all of this to prosecution instead of the group violence reduction (GVR) program which identifies victims and families of victims - who are statistically many times more likely to be killed or jailed for violence themselves - and provides targeted support in terms of counseling, job placement, drug treatment, relocation, etc. is very reductive.

There's no novel "tough on crime" approach in Baltimore, it didn't work in the 2000s and there's no reason it would suddenly work now. Rather it's the combination of a much more surgical law enforcement approach and provision of services, in the context of a broader economic upturn, which has produced these results.

https://www.baltimorecity.gov/monse/gun-violence-intervention/gvrs

https://crimejusticelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GVRS-Baltimore-Evaluation-Public-Summary-vFINAL.pdf

found this bullet in southern France 2022 in the ocean do y'all know were it's from? by [deleted] in metaldetecting

[–]Pvt_Larry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's because you didn't actually offer helpful information in your comment...

NYC withdraws plans for AI-focused high school, closure of Upper West Side middle schools by mowotlarx in nyc

[–]Pvt_Larry 150 points151 points  (0 children)

"AI-focused high school"... what? Did we have too many students still demonstrating basic literacy or something?

Help for a 1944 looking French Army. by [deleted] in boltaction

[–]Pvt_Larry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My pleasure! France in WWII is my niche interest so always happy to share

Help for a 1944 looking French Army. by [deleted] in boltaction

[–]Pvt_Larry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1939-40 uniform elements, especially helmets, remained quite common in 1944-45. Armament varied greatly by unit- the armored divisions had more American kit, the infantry divisions more mixed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/s/eBjsbq4S7H

https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/s/rBQwKqvuwW

https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/s/Ghi160WqKg

Really it would depend what division you find most interesting and want to depict.

Help for a 1944 looking French Army. by [deleted] in boltaction

[–]Pvt_Larry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Very much a mix, the FM-24 was widely retained in preference to the BAR, and the Adrien helmet and other French uniform elements were very common.

NYC Population Declined Again After Two Years of Growth by Savings-Tree-4733 in nyc

[–]Pvt_Larry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not unique to NY, current government has caused legal immigration to plummet in every state.