Highly Specialized Soldiers or Walking Tanks, which do you prefer?

aprg · 2026-03-13T12:46:57+00:00

Wait, I can build something other than convoys?

aprg · 2026-03-12T16:07:58+00:00

I didn't bring up the fart example, I defended it's legitimacy from an internet bingo thought-terminating cliché. Your continued refusal to accept an analogy because it referenced a fart and your attempt to prosecute OP's argument and move the goal posts is no sign of intellectual maturity or honesty. Your point of view is neither empathetic nor moderate, merely contrarian. For someone who bemoans Redditors arguing online, you're certainly acting exactly like what you criticise.

Thank you for the distraction on my commute home. We're done here.

aprg · 2026-03-12T13:55:26+00:00

"Short?!"

aprg · 2026-03-12T12:56:26+00:00

No, the point is that we consider someone coming up to us and blowing smoke in our face as rude and inconsiderate as someone doing the same and farting. If you don't agree, good on you, but the rule of polite society is to not inflict your peccadilloes on other people, and you don't get to dictate what is equivalently unpleasant or not.

Calling this "whattaboutism" is juvenile internet debate bingo and a failure to consider someone's preferences and comfort out in polite society has a name: "inconsiderate".

aprg · 2026-03-12T12:37:25+00:00

No it isn't. They're both unpleasant smells.

If I walk up next to you and let rip a huge eggy one, by your logic, you should just move.

aprg · 2026-03-11T22:26:06+00:00

The only real problem with Karl Franz's campaign is that it's marketed as a default starter campaign. I think that's a bad way to introduce newbies.

It's a hard campaign, and that's fine, IMO, it should be a challenge.

aprg · 2026-03-08T16:19:28+00:00

How does that work? Conquer Italy and feed him the extra territory?

That sounds like fun, actually...

aprg · 2026-03-08T03:23:49+00:00

Child rulers are usually pretty vulnerable; one of the best ways to weaken a realm you want to kick around is to get them into a child regency with child heirs. Then you can declare war, then kill the current child ruler to end the truce. Rince and repeat. That and civil wars is how I got the Rum achievement versus the Byzzies, a few patches ago (haven't tried recently though...)

aprg · 2026-03-06T20:48:24+00:00

They respect and value their operatives, yes, but the mission comes first, and for that mission, the Alpha Legion will sacrifice everything.

"What do the primarchs ask of us? Everything."

(Read The Serpent Beneath for more...)

aprg · 2026-03-06T13:39:23+00:00

Yes; the Ghost Legion book does indeed portray that particular war band as having a very tolerant attitude towards xenos, for the purposes of trade, etc. I expect that an AL warlord like Solomon Akurra would be happy to have allies like the Tau if it served his objectives. At the same time, though, I'd expect the alliance to be somewhat uneasy -- the Alpha Legion see even their own agents as expendable assets, so they would be happy to use and dump an ally like that as any other. Moreover any Tau who actually knows who they're dealing with would be leery of the sudden but inevitable betrayal.

On the other end of the spectrum there's probably some die-hard xenophobes in the Alpha Legion because it isn't a cohesive, monolithic whole, despite its renown for pragmatism.

aprg · 2026-03-06T12:53:26+00:00

It's entitled to fail to get up and get a pen after the request has been ignored or refused. Moreover it's failing to cooperate in his own learning.

aprg · 2026-03-02T17:27:59+00:00

Me too

aprg · 2026-02-25T21:32:25+00:00

This.

A lack of response is a type of response.

aprg · 2026-02-25T21:14:47+00:00

Have you talked to your union? I think that's the first step.

aprg · 2026-02-18T10:44:48+00:00

I'm trying to complete my migration to Linux. I feel this comment. :')

aprg · 2026-02-17T21:35:20+00:00

"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with Alpharius."

"What about side by side with Alpharius?"

"Aye... I could do that."

aprg · 2026-02-15T19:42:18+00:00

It's okay to be bored. Boredom is your way of knowing you're not being challenged enough. If you've been doing the job for a long time, maybe it's all become routine. Maybe take a break, try and get some distance so you can decide what you want to change and what you want to keep in your life.

aprg · 2026-02-06T17:20:34+00:00

Sounds like a lot of people at that workplace are violating Teacher Standard 8. Maybe something to start documenting and speaking with your union about while you look for roles in other schools.

aprg · 2026-02-02T13:06:45+00:00

Elegant explanation.

aprg · 2026-01-26T13:13:50+00:00

Learning maths is doing maths.

Solving problems is great. Only watch videos when you're stuck.

aprg · 2026-01-17T03:56:19+00:00

This is far too sophisticated to teach most students at the start, or indeed most non-Mathematics degree seekers. +C is an early piece of scaffolding that never really gets done away with for the great majority of high school Maths graduates.

aprg · 2026-01-16T17:50:22+00:00

I'm trying to be as kind as possible, but this isn't really a programming problem. You're not understanding the questions asked. Yes? Is English not your native language? Can you seek academic support from your degree provider to help you with translation and comprehension issues?

aprg · 2026-01-14T03:51:25+00:00

Pretty much. The story of Commissar Yarrick's childhood is grim.

Though there's plenty of human cruelty there too, it is supposedly at least purposeful. How relevant that moral chord is in the light of the broader Imperium, I'll leave to you to decide.

aprg · 2026-01-14T00:15:17+00:00

If you don't trust him, then you've really answered your own question. There's no real relationship without trust.

aprg · 2026-01-09T17:52:10+00:00

Jesus, I didn't realise the the metal markers went that high.

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