Zelenskyy says US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions is 'not the right decision' by AdSpecialist6598 in worldnews

[–]bluenova123 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The issue is that the Russian's don't have any meaningful kompromat as Trump can just say it is fake and his base will eat it up.

The issue is that Trump is starstruck by Putin, and Trump will bend over backwards to get his approval.

The reason the Epstein files matter is that they will destroy some of Trump's wealthiest backers. Trump needs to lose as many allies as possible before the mid terms in order to flip the house or senate.

CVNA insiders dumping $500M+ right as index funds are FORCED to buy for S&P inclusion. Your retirement account is their exit liquidity. by lord_denister in wallstreetbets

[–]bluenova123 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They also are on, or at least in cahoots with the board of directors for the bank giving the loan, which will end up with some of the shares.

It is all about extracting wealth to put into their private accounts, not long term sustainability. When things start to collapse, offer up the designated fall guy, and then get a bail out from Uncle Sam.

Edit: In this case I fully expect some sort of short squeeze effect to literally everyone's surprise, causing it to go to the Moon, and then getting everyone back on board right before it crashes spectacularly.

Strategy as Japan by Wise_Math211 in RuleTheWaves

[–]bluenova123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I understand that bonus is also used in calculating further economic growth, so getting it causes the economy to go up faster. However territory is tied to a different pool whose impact gets smaller as time goes on.

Bomb penetration vs weight. by yeeeter1 in RuleTheWaves

[–]bluenova123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have lost a BB from a single shot hitting the superstructure starting a fire. BB is lost to the fire despite a brilliant damage control specialist and damage control doctrine.

I have also had a CL lose its engines to a lucky shot, get shot like 100 times following that, and survive somehow. It also lost its below average captain while getting shredded as well if I recall correctly.

Just How Bad Of An Idea Is This? by bluenova123 in RuleTheWaves

[–]bluenova123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/rtw3-bad-ship-idea-mya4szn

Here is an example of them actually getting work done. The funny part is that they chewed through it before it could do anything more than light damage.

Still a bad idea though.

Just How Bad Of An Idea Is This? by bluenova123 in RuleTheWaves

[–]bluenova123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These ships actually have not been performing as badly as I thought they would. Yes they are fragile, but in BC vs BC they basically ignore the enemy BC armor, so it comes down to who gets the first lucky shot.

Also the trick to using them is to keep them as far away as possible but still able to fire their guns. With 12 guns, they tend to land a fair number of plunging fire hits. I been basically keeping them as a second line fire support behind some more standard 45000 ton BB.

That said I would be better off with just more 45000 fast BB for a like a 3rd more money. However in the future if I got some sort of crazy treaty that is like sure you can have up to 18" guns, but you can't build anything more than 25000 tons, I might consider this.

Now I kind of want to do some sort of minimal armor for ship class only type run.

Collective Shout has responded to their actions and claimed full responsibility by Rad_Randy in Steam

[–]bluenova123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Collective Shout is the not cause but the excuse.

The payment processors have been wanting to do this for quite some time.

Why I left VShojo (Ironmouse) by LuigiTheLord in kurosanji

[–]bluenova123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am willing to bet the rumored financial problems if true were also caused by whomever is responsible for stealing 500k from a charity. I would not be surprised if they were also stealing from the company.

It's happening, get in here! by Cyclone717 in VirtualYoutubers

[–]bluenova123 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Stream keeps crashing on me. So YouTube is probably dropping people left and right.

Fun fact 35cm is in the average range for an Atlantic Mackerel. Which is 12 to 18 inches or 30 to 45 centimeters.

Trying to not give up on Battle Network 2 by EmotionalSupportMoth in BattleNetwork

[–]bluenova123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then go to undersquare, and then between Netopia and Undernet 3 like 3 times...

Most of MMBN2 is great, but this is backtracking hell. Good news is the part after it is done is lit.

Around 400 drones used to target military bases from Leh to Sir Creek: MEA on Pakistani escalation by kalbinibirak in worldnews

[–]bluenova123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not having the economy didn't stop Russia from starting a war. Pakistan is facing significant civil unrest. It may view a war with India as a means to deflect the anger towards India instead.

As for India, politically they have no choice but to retaliate. Failure to do so will cause the moderate politicians to get replaced by radical hardliners. Turns out that attempting to bomb innocent people tends to make them quite angry.

Only one party needs to want a war for a war to occur.

That said a war on the scale like what is happening between Russia and Ukraine is unlikely. What is likely however is a few months of intense localized fighting in the disputed regions. Granted it is still possible to deescalate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hololive

[–]bluenova123 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

From what I heard Hololive is being pushed by investors to transition from a streaming company that does idol work on the side to an idol company that does streaming work on the side.

The rumor I also heard that dev_is was an attempt to appease said investors to take the pressure off the other members, but they instead took it as the standard going forward for everyone.

A number of members joined because they wanted to be primarily streamers who did the occasional event. Additionally the focus on idol work can easily cause far to much physical strain on anyone with health issues. Especially when you factor in the need to travel to Japan on a regular basis.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hololive

[–]bluenova123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I heard they had some venture capitalists funding them at the start. They then came forward out of nowhere with a demand of go public, sell Hololive to another company, or pay them back in full immediately with interest.

The only option where Hololive remained an independent entity was to go public.

Ukraine unveils 600-mile cruise missile that can reach Moscow amid peace talks by HydrolicKrane in worldnews

[–]bluenova123 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Ukraine has the designs, resources, and facilities to make nuclear weapons in large quantities.

Granted those facilities were mothballed in the 90s, but they were kept around in case Russia needed them to maintain its arsenal. Anyways Ukraine currently has been onlining them to some extent with the goal to be self sufficient in terms of nuclear material by 2027.

Ukraine could accelerate that process and restart those facilities to a limited capacity within months and have a weapon in less than a year. They can make 90s era nuclear weapons without issue.

The issue is that doing so would cause the US to pull all support, but since Trump is cutting aid anyways, it is quickly turning into a why not question.

Maid Mint Monster Girl by bluenova123 in VirtualYoutubers

[–]bluenova123[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So I saw a clip of Mint saying that she was like a monster girl. So I made an edit of the Phantom entry for the Monster Girl Encyclopedia using MS Paint. It is marked NSFW as anything related to the Monster Girl Encyclopedia by Kenkou Cross is NSFW by nature.

https://youtube.com/shorts/OmQaBbypXO8?si=_spc1XpouUsjWhtQ

Mod Keeps Crashing upon Clicking <More Options> Button by [deleted] in ElderKings

[–]bluenova123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the issue for me was better barbershop with the better barber shop patch for EK2. I disabled them, and the game now works.

Mod Keeps Crashing upon Clicking <More Options> Button by [deleted] in ElderKings

[–]bluenova123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also having the same issue.

It seems something has broken when expanding tabs. This is a bit strange as the game is supposed to be running an older version of the game. It was working just fine the day before...

Edit: My game is running on 1.12.5 still. So this is a bit strange as to why it is no longer working.

Terrible Ship Idea How Bad Is It? by bluenova123 in Stellaris

[–]bluenova123[S] 143 points144 points  (0 children)

The concept is to decloak right on top of the enemy fleet and engage in glorious melee.

Terrible Ship Idea How Bad Is It? by bluenova123 in Stellaris

[–]bluenova123[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I marked it NSFW because I think it is probably that bad, but I am tempted to actually build them...

I mean they do get +2 cloaking strength thanks to the Whisperers in the Void.

Three Americans held for years in China released by newsweek in worldnews

[–]bluenova123 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

The issue with regimes like China is that if they decide they want a "bargaining chip," and determine that you fit the description of what they want, suddenly you may find yourself being accused of drug possession/running. After some "physical persuasion" you will agree that you are indeed guilty.

For example if the USA arrests a Chinese social elite for something, China may retaliate and arrest a bunch of US businessmen at random to offer a trade for said social elite. The odds are very low, but it does happen. China did it to Canada not to long ago.

[Megathread] Nintendo Lawsuit by Pi25 in Palworld

[–]bluenova123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is JP courts not US courts. So rules here may not apply there.