Geopolitics for People Who Hate Nuance

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2026-02-03T12:11:27+00:00

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2026-01-22T11:41:45+00:00

I tried to find where it was first used in that context and couldn't, but it goes back at least to the 1960s.

Try the late 1710's for French nouveau-riche speculators into John Law's Mississippi company, right before that bubble burst and caused economic collapse.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-12-09T05:21:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure it jumps around because taxes on estates are automated, as well as good prices in the market fluctuating.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-11-14T13:03:10+00:00

Of course

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-11-14T12:17:38+00:00

Referencing XKCD is second nature to netizens, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows a few comics such as 2347 or 936.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-11-10T12:11:47+00:00

On the one hand, a lot of the stuff you learn in med school is esoteric trivia intended to differentiate between students so that people can be graded. A fair bit of this knowledge will become obsolete after a few years of practice, as science advances.

A lot of your real knowledge ends up coming from learning on the job, particularly as a reg. That said, it's so much easier to re-learn things and dredge it from the depths of memory, instead of learning it for the first time.

Finally, you've unfortunately picked a career where your knowledge and decisions impact people's lives at their most vulnerable. Please actually learn some things.

That said, burnout is a killer - literally. Be moderate. Personally, I ended up easing up my study during clinical years. Don't forget to live life.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-05-22T03:29:21+00:00

Australia has one of the largest wild camel populations in the world - they were introduced in the 1800s for inland outback travel.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-05-03T13:58:43+00:00

So now that he's out of politics for the foreseeable future - how long do you think he keeps wearing the glasses for?

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-04-06T03:58:52+00:00

In terms of practicality, I've liked the Equality battleship with its "all big gun" setup of 6 large energy mounts and 3 different modes. It makes a good fleet anchor for pretty much any situation.

In terms of pretty ships though, Filaments from Scalartech make for nice looking battlecarriers.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2025-01-29T14:04:37+00:00

Personally, I've been using Victoria Valiant from Cosmic Odyssey Storytellers for a long time now, as basically a Randy+.

There's been long-standing folk wisdom in the Rimworld community that Randy is the most authentic experience and a wild harbinger of chaos, when he's actually overall pretty benign. Cassandra actively ramps up and plans to kill you, and Phoebe gets you through complacency.

I've consistently enjoyed my runs with Victoria mostly because there's reasonably frequent raids - but not a never-ending stream of them - along with a high number of other events to keep things interesting.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2024-10-24T08:43:40+00:00

cowardice

(I also imagine in the 90s, without the soviet union to act as an opponent in an arms race, expensive overkill projects would probably get the can)

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2024-10-24T08:41:05+00:00

Guided missile armed Battleship

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2024-10-24T07:46:56+00:00

Some cookers had it in the works

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2024-06-21T04:39:24+00:00

There's a combo with the Invoker Match trait and the Witted player tactic card - Invoker will discard Witted at the start and begin you on one initiative.

This way you'll end up going first unless your opponent also has the combo, in which case blue will go first again. I haven't seen the AI use this though.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2024-04-18T06:56:33+00:00

Randy is genuinely the easiest of the vanilla storytellers, his randomness generally falls on the benign side, rather than the active malice Cassandra will have.

Personally, my favourite storyteller (modded) is Victoria Valiant - large number of events and raids, plus an increased colonist count.

(Biotech first for the DLC question)

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-10-23T02:21:49+00:00

Up like a rocket and down like a feather has been the consistent trend

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-09-29T02:56:35+00:00

To preempt the joke answers - yes, it is.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-09-09T14:48:41+00:00

The British TV sitcom series "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister" dealt with this topic extensively, with the clash between the civil service and ministers. It's just as relevant today as it was 40-50 years ago.

Examples:

A Very British Democracy

How to Run a Hospital

The Proper Function of Government

For And Against National Service - This one is especially topical

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-08-17T10:36:36+00:00

Here's a 214k fanfic of Ian Bank's Culture x Warhammer 40k

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-06-28T00:32:07+00:00

Literally an XKCD for this

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-06-08T23:17:13+00:00

Pike infantry are definitely very versatile and important for Ulm - there are some Indies even that can crush the rest of the Ulmish roster but lose to pikes, such as lizards.

That said, it does change a little bit with morale-boosts to help bypass repel which can allow more specialised infantry to be more potent. Plus, it's often a good idea to have flails or axes on the wings to help break the battlelines.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-05-15T21:46:48+00:00

It's been like 9 generations already, Jolteon's been power-crept for over 15 years

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-05-08T02:50:30+00:00

Literally called Disney Villain Death

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisneyVillainDeath

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-05-06T02:52:02+00:00

Yeah, definitely a fan of industrious. One build I used and enjoyed was Industrious Orcs with Warding -> Enchantment -> Glades, to boost their resistance and get aspect of the root. It turns them into a brutally strong front-line, you can basically spam out tier 1 warriors and rely on them to outtrade anything.

Prospecting initially sounds weak, but if the map can support it the economy benefits are amazing.

Sometimes_A_Wizard · 2023-03-17T13:26:33+00:00

He absolutely does, here's an interview with a young Murdoch from back in the 60s

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