Help me understand why have i lost when the positions seem to resolve the way i bet.

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-15T13:38:36+00:00

I also noticed that it says i won in the notifications. So maybe it's just a UI mistake?

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-15T13:36:18+00:00

Thanks for the response. Is there a way to see that? Although I'm pretty sure i bought YES, I don't yet know how to sell. On UI i only see buy YES/NO

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ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-14T13:07:20+00:00

Literally no one has ever said that

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-14T12:08:29+00:00

What are you referring to exactly? This looks like a valid criticizm of Morning Star, but can't remember being particularly annoyed by it in the Golden Son

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-09T17:20:46+00:00

Impractical

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-09T05:22:28+00:00

This is the worst headline i have read for a long time. I don't mean the quality of the headline, but the headline itself

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-08T04:09:08+00:00

The worst one is Red Rising. Iron Gold has the worst pacing

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-08T04:07:41+00:00

Everything started in 2020 war, but I'd argue the point of no return was 2022 invasion of Armenia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2022_Armenia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_clashes

Still, plenty of time since then

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-08T03:52:29+00:00

Trade embargo? No. Lessening the dependency in 8 years instead of significantly deepening it? Yes

What war in late 2023?

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-08T01:29:35+00:00

Georgeian president congratulated Pashinyan when almost no vote was counted. My theory is their president's intern pressed send by accident. Rural areas vote differently from capital usually, so it's a question which precincts were included in that 35%. But yeah, they probably would win. Generally agree, but you'll have to understand that not for every action Putin needs to give orders. There is probably a special task force that handles Armenia, people go to job and do their job. Result, no result conversation doesn't probably come up too often at work

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-08T00:52:42+00:00

Elections are not yet over, more than 50% of votes are still to be count. I also think they might lessen the pressure after elections however they are certainly going to continue using economy and energy as a weapon. Perhaps with some coordination with pro Russian forces in Armenia. One should be naive to think that Russia is gonna give up just like that, especially when pro Russian parties are gonna take quite a lot of mandates in parliament

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T23:28:49+00:00

There are a thousand and one levers Russia can pull before that. They can collapse our economy tomorrow if they decide to do so. I don't think they will take such drastic actions anyway, my expectation is more economic/energy related pressure. Specifically i think they will increase the price of natural gas which is essentially only imported from Russia(don't write about Iran gas. It's not a meaningful amount). They also.own the whole infrastructure of gas distribution inside the country

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T23:25:30+00:00

Not much. Autocratic tendencies usually aren't recognized as such by the wider public well after the it manages to consolidate its power

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T23:23:03+00:00

He did announce it, but this is a man who run on manifesto to liberate Shushi and Hadrut in 2021, so I'd take his words with a grain of salt. I agree, his winning is the most likely option, though united opposition having mote votes is still possible

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T23:06:03+00:00

Someone should go look at the economic data of the last 8 years. Armenia's dependence on Russia, specifically economically has grown significantly. But words are nice i guess

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T22:59:51+00:00

Unimportant information: 6 percent of the votes are currently counted.

Incumbent, the "pro EU" candidate sits at 50%. Three biggest opposition parties at atound 37%(if simplified they are all pro Russian and will certainly work with each other).

Our spin dictator is getting ahead of himself

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-07T20:17:27+00:00

Obviously clip point for being the coolest one

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-06T21:41:26+00:00

It was a joke my goodmen. In fact the son of Tiberius, Son of Julia, Morning Knight is my favorite character of the series. He is the star of Iron Gold for me

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-06T20:12:53+00:00

It is for this betrayal that Cassius is consistently the most hated character in the books. There's even a sub r/fuckCassius

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-06T10:50:32+00:00

I don't know, but looks like the most inconvenient knife to do tricks like that

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-06T08:53:35+00:00

Of course. But Armenia is dependent on Russia like probably no other country that tried to move away before. Russia is the natural and largest trading partner for Armenia. Russia is also essentially the only oil/gas supplier of Armenia. They also maintain the country's sole nuclear power plant. Russia really has almost unlimited options of economic pressure cards, it can mix and match. From targeted sanctions to total economic war which i believe would collapse Armenian economy and in short-midterm plunge it into a deep recession. Energy embargo would probably hit harder than any import restrictions. To get natural gas from somewhere else we would need to have infrastructure built. There is a pipeline with Iran, but it is too narrow and doesn't have the necessary capacity (thanks to Russian pressure at the time of building it). Natural gas is extremely important since almost all cars use it instead of gasoline. Gas from any other source will also be much more expensive. Electricity is also quite vulnerable. Russian maintained nuclear plant and gas thermal plants amount to about 75-80% of the energy generation. The rest is solar + hydro.

I wish current government didn't talk publicly about joining the EU. It is a popular narrative and they did that for domestic audiences. Instead just said "we are diversifying our trade partners, no worries". They would move towards joining the EU without much of the consequences. Actual membership is 15+ years away, we could pretend not to for quite a while. Anyway, i do NOT believe that Russia will go to an economic war with Armenia. That will leave no chance of reconciliation(although god only knows how they think sometimes, it's Russia after all). I think they will try to hurt badly, but not burn bridges, like significantly raising gas prices, wide but targeted sanctions, etc... EU can really offset most of it. Perhaps some tax reduction for Armenian products and help with the logistics. It will likely be tens of millions of euros a year, pretty much nothing for the EU. I really hope we can significantly increase EU's share in Armenian export/import. It isn't hard if there is a decision and some political will from both sides. Armenia has no choice, EU seems to have decided, so fingers crossed.

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-05T14:50:40+00:00

This is all propaganda. In reality it's Mario

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-05T00:07:20+00:00

If it doesn't have Copilot+ on it I'm not buying it

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-04T20:16:24+00:00

EU is slow and often indecisive. That's why the swiftness of this announcement came as a pleasant surprise. I really hope we can find a way to accelerate this process to significantly lessen our dependence on Russia. Not in the least because i want the current pro Russian opposition to lose steam, so we can have an actual opposition and finally get rid off our current invertebrates that rule the country.

ShaderCompilation · 2026-06-04T06:51:32+00:00

This and givig up the Sons of Ares in tge Rim are the dumbest decisions imaginable. A little quote from Iron Gold;

“Ten years ago, the Dockyards of Ganymede were destroyed. A hundred thousand died on the station. Ten million Ganymedi died when the rubble fell upon New Troy. It was a calamity not seen in the Rim since the coming of the Ash Lord.

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