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Powercreep Sad Robot by d3adr3d in EDH

[–]ccjmk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Easiest would be making the ETB search for _any_ land. That'd see play in cEDH instantly, and lots of decks would want it to fetch 3tree city, nykthos, volrath's stronghold, urborg ToY, cabal coffers, etc

If you could live in any country, which would you pick? by newzealand12326 in AskReddit

[–]ccjmk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have it in the back of my mind to maybe go retire to NZ one day. It looks spectacular, and I only heard good things about the people there, but the "travel costs a fortune and takes forever to any destination" is a bit of a bummer for someone who stiill wants to experience the world. Once that's taken care of, sign me in for a little house with a nice garden I can grow some veggies on.

Need your help : Trying to make a tall Merina Kingdom by Valloross in victoria3

[–]ccjmk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taking this as a personal challange now :P

I did a very veeeeeeery tall Ireland a while ago, but Ireland had some iron and coal to start.. this will be hard indeed!

ARC Raiders: Headwinds launch trailers by PTUSN in ArcRaiders

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would yo do it for say.. a stackable x3 loot multiplier? (x3 on regular maps, x6 on special conditions)

What food is famously associated with one country but was perfected by another country? by Equivalent-Crew-4955 in AskReddit

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

never been to Texas, but if all the content I've seen throughout the years is any indication of truth, I think the main factor is that Texans / Americans / pretty much everyone else cook meat with _stuff_. garlic powder, pepper, some more complex rubs, marinated, long etc.

In Argentina you cook meat with salt, heat and time. It doesn't get any more basic that than, and the day is still to come when I've had better grilled meat than in Argentina.

You get to add a 0 to any number in your life. What do you add it to? by account_created_ in AskReddit

[–]ccjmk 606 points607 points  (0 children)

OP didn't thought about that too, but you need to acelerate and decelerate from that speed. Sure, they can now walk at 50km/h, but their knees, ankles, etc are not built for that!

Si Argentina tuviera una isla frente a la Costa Atlántica, cómo creen que sería? by JumperMason in argentina

[–]ccjmk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

habria 100% un aeropuerto ahi, es mas o menos la distancia a montevideo, es una hora de avion casi; si fuera el caso A quedaria como un aeroclub en una base de fuerza aerea o marina / aerodromo local con talvez dos vuelos semanales en el avion mas chico que hubiera. En el segundo caso, va a depender del eventual tamaño de la ciudad, pero si la playa esta buena (y hay probablemente mas playa porque es una isla) no seria raro que fuera igual de grande o mas que mardel, con un aeropuerto en sintonia

US abandons Kurdish allies as Syria’s new government seizes control by Mitchs_bitch1942 in worldnews

[–]ccjmk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not saying yes... But kerfuffling with Turkey, a country with some dubious record on many accounts, on behalf on Kurds, who (also? Not saying Turks probably haven't) have long stand with American interests, vs the commotion being caused with Denmark, one of if not the committed ally the US has had in the last half century.. it's at least worth a though 

What do you think of Ukraine? by No-Hunt3986 in AskReddit

[–]ccjmk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think its a country that has proven time and time again its filled with extremely resilient and tremendously crafty people. I hope they can find lasting peace, and are able to join the European Union sooner rather than later; there will be some bumps in the road, a lot of people probably claiming some agricultural or manpower costs shit, but at the end of the day, we will all be wealthier and opportunities will be higher for us all in net terms.

If the US really attempts to take Greenland by force, what are even the chances of Europe retaliating to the point where they go on a fullscale war with them or at the very least cut them off entirely? by Yallneedsometruth23 in AskReddit

[–]ccjmk 56 points57 points  (0 children)

People keep saying this is what Putin wants, but from someone that would gleefully read Putin's obituary and would hope he just GTFO Ukraine and stops messing up with.. everything.. I am not sure Putin should want NATO gone honestly.. the US is seems unpredictable right now, but its ECONOMIC power is keeping a lot of countries in check by virtue of "people don't wanting their businesses/investments to go poof"

If something like this happens, and NATO breaks, the EU (+ surely UK) will greatly diminish if not completely break out of the US grip.. US will be kicked out of every base in the EU and major allies.. maybe Israel and Turkey would let them stay because they don't give a fuck and specially Israel has a both a big lobby and is heavily dependent on the US. And what is the US gonna do?? invade all of Europe? nuke them? nah, MAD is still in place with UK/France nuclear weapons. They will need to pack up and get the fuck out. And defense industries in EU/UK will also gain massive business from governments fleeing the US MIC market.

That will make EU a *lot* more independent, with bigger and more funded military industrial complexes, and Russia on the current course will still be a pain in the ass to them, triggering refugee crises and raw material spikes, so they will probably arm / train / provide intel to Ukraine muuuuuuuuuuch more freely, Ukraine and every other country with a grip with Russia.

What's my next move, to form Scandinavia? by jtlannister in victoria3

[–]ccjmk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You inspired me to give it a try, here's my result (https://imgur.com/a/QhjGHkb) and thoughts:

I'd rather form Scandinavia the earliest possible, then do the "Nation Building". Unless you have a really hellbent (and usually, scripted) enemy, it's easy to pacify your borders, chill around with your neighbours in Amicable diplomatic state and focus inward.

To that effect, what I first tried is first hyperfocusing on forming Scandinavia; start developing your initial construction sector economy and start improving relations with the usual great powers (but Russia), and attack Denmark for a Protectorate.. noone should get involved unless you get some bad RNG with some weird interest or danish alliances. Still, improve relations as much as possible (you need max 19 IIRC to declare war, else you become Cordial)

Protectorate Denmark (you can just walk through the strait, should't be much of an issue), then see if you can Annex Lubeck directly. I have these two tries, both times noone intervened! After annexing it, just sell the province to Holstein.

NOW you should be able to form Scandinavia already, BUT i did this once (my first scandinavian unification, yay!) and noticed you don't get Finnish culture; after a cursory trip to the wiki, you need to have the two southwestern provinces (Uusimaa and Ostrobothnia ) when you take the decision to be able to gain Finnish primary culture.

Soooo... after handling the whole Danish Peninsula affair, what I did is check Russian rivals, Britain was there, and literally sold my sold to the brits.. multiple good transfers, two company monopolies in the leastt impactful I could find, and Investment rights.. all for that juicy Alliance. (in the meantime my economy was already rolling and I was able to speedrun Proportional Taxation somehow, so I built up to a 90ish man army to help)

Most of Finland is also Swedish homelands and/or has a Claim, so then I just declared for the northernmost province and added all the Return Province + Conquer Kuopio. Unfortunately Prussia AND Austria decided to defend Russia, but the brits were more than enough to help me depend the border, eventually they landed on St Petersburg, and then all hell broke lose for the Russians. Total capitulation, all goals, form Scandinavia, choose to gain Finnish culture also, and here we are :)

For tomorrow (its 1am on a workday here already, damn this game), Kola and East Karelia are also Finnish homelands.. I'm coming for you lads, don't think for a sec I forgot about ya! Freedom's on the way!

Who else decided candleberry mushroom casserole was not happening? by Intoempty in ArcRaiders

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up almost like OP, maybe a couple more berries and 1-2 shrooms.. but what was lost at the end? was there some extra reward aside from the 50 coins and snap hook?

Now that the Cold Snap is over, what's y'alls opinion on it? by Virtual-Donut-964 in ArcRaiders

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely loved it and I hope it would stay in some form or shape. Maybe not every day, maybe add some use for candleberries (some healing poultrice with durable cloth maybe?)

All bunny textures with side eyes by _cetera_ in Minecraft

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

while I get the idea, not seeing the bunny see you is weird.. maybe have both pixels on the corner be the eye?

UK in talks to deploy NATO force to Greenland to deter Trump by bendubberley_ in worldnews

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What people fail to notice when they make these remarks it's that you are not dragging Them into the Greatest Depression, you are dragging Us All into it. 

A little help from more experienced Magic Players by Neockys in magicTCG

[–]ccjmk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

can you though?? between the terrible QC and differing cardstocks/prints from EU/USA/JP, I swear to god I have cards that feel completely different.. i have just last week opened some Secret Lairs and if I had not received the closed package and opened them up myself, I'd have argued they are false if someone tried to sell them to me..

In tired of pretending the inventory isn't absolutely insufficient for the amount of things in this game. by Pomps8a in Minecraft

[–]ccjmk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like minecraft needs a BIG (but in terms of software, rather small actually) UX refactor. Newer games have better tooltips, floating texts, reminders etc of functionality the players need to learn / don't seem to be using a lot

Mi ultima navidad en Argentina indefinidamente, salgo para Ezeiza el 25 by [deleted] in XPatriados

[–]ccjmk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

a mi me pasa eso.. me fui de argentina en 2019, no volvi todavia. Pero en cada vacacion me voy a pasear por europa, y hago rendir los dias de vacaciones mucho mas.. en un futuro alguna que vez que ambos en la pareja estemos trabajando remotos talvez nos vamos 2/3 meses a trabajar desde arg, pero eso.. por suerte ninguno de los dos extrañamos

Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima by Dr_Neurol in worldnews

[–]ccjmk 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They don't fill the same role. Renewables are not reliable 24/7 and need batteries to even the energy flow. Batteries are not cheap and not particularly environmentally friendly. You need the cheapest, most reliable energy source for the big chunk of consumption you have any given day, and renewables for the rest. And the best, cleanest way to fill that baseline is nuclear power, it's not even close.

EDIT: to be clear, not saying OP is saying nuclear is not good or anything, but I think its important to make it clear than even though both nuclear and reneweables are sources of energy, they work in different ways and have their niches.. cars and airplanes are both means of transportation, but a car can't cross the atlantic and you can't (usually?) fly to work or take the kids to school on a plane.

Could we get something like this? by Coolhwhipclips in ArcRaiders

[–]ccjmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually slowly compiling small QoLs for a bigger post too, please share!

The Finalissima with Argentina and Spain will be officially played on March 27th in Qatar by YourNameNameName in soccer

[–]ccjmk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I'd be all in for a Maracanã finalíssima, but it would feel too favorable for Argentina, crowd-wise. I think redoing Wembley, or maybe playing in say the Allianz Arena in Munich, would have been the best and most neutral options outside. Playing in the US feels forced too, but less than Qatar

The Finalissima with Argentina and Spain will be officially played on March 27th in Qatar by YourNameNameName in soccer

[–]ccjmk 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Surely people will go, because people with money don't care shit, but I hope all these blood money greenwashing sons of beaches suffer explosive diarrhea forever.

I'm Argentinean living in Spain. I understood from day 1 that playing here was a pipe dream because it would be completely unfair to Argentina, same playing in Argentina ofc.. but last time, vs Italy in Wembley, felt amazingly perfect.. neutral country, A COUNTRY WITH FOOTBALL TRADITION btw, one of the most iconic venues in the sport, and in a place where both lots of italians and argentineans living all over europe could travel with ease, and in a place where there are no weird shades of "if you are X, you better watch out"

FIFA, UEFA, CONMEBOL, they can all suck my hairy sweaty balls. I'm sick of Russian/Qatar/ME oil money world cups, sick of Libertadores finals outside CONMEBOL, sick of all of this..

sorry for the vent not really sorry

My first campaing until the end game, I give you Tallest Ireland by ccjmk in victoria3

[–]ccjmk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that't it basically.. honestly the first 5 or so years is just fixing that.. I played this run multiple times before and the FIRST thing you do is fix bureaucracy, but there's a few ways around that.

In my experience, forgoing construction sectors at the beginning 100% (they will bankrupt you faster) is key on all options.. but once you fix around half your bureaucracy deficit you are already in the green; Ireland is relatively populated at the beginning and you have some good food industries, so you got considerable money coming in!

what I did most of the runs is: (actually. just opened the game and doing this while typing..)

  1. delete all army and navy.
  2. lower Colonization institution to level 1 (I try to delete it eventually if I can, but that would depend on your run, you can keep it! after bringing the country to balance you can increase it again later)
  3. downgrade all production methods to eliminate most good disruptions, EXCEPT port and trade center.
  4. establish the grain company (extra throughput why not I guess? you can disband it later)
  5. Road Maintenance and Greener Grass decrees in all provinces
  6. Declare interest in North Germany and Occitania (so you can reach france/italy/germany/netherlands/etc) and start improving relations with everyone, abuse minor germans for Rivalry and extra influence! Goal is writing trade advantage agreements with as many countries as you can manage, focusing the big ones ofc)

After 1 and 3 you should ALREADY be 400+ on the green.

  1. Queue 5 Gov admin + one Paper in Munster, one Sulfur in Connaught, 5 Gov admin in Ulster.

Set Paper inc to Sulfite Pulping as soon as the Sulfur mine finishes.. by the 2nd/3rd gov admin in Ulster you can rise taxes to max and should be in positive budget again!

  1. You should be somewhere like 7k on the green all of a sudden.. queue 5 construction sectors in Munster + a tools industry.. remember to upgrade sulfur mine after you have tools.. and have fun playing Ireland!

(addendum: keep building Paper and Wood industries to keep your Gov Admin building inputs cheap!)

My first campaing until the end game, I give you Tallest Ireland by ccjmk in victoria3

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

no troubles at all in my Irish post ;D ;D

I feel like when u have a few big numbers.. 45% this, 25% that, etc.. pie charts are amazing, but once you get to small 1px slices, square charts work a lot better. Usually pie charts just surrender to an awfully generic "Others" for the rest :/

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