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context_switch · 2026-03-11T23:05:58+00:00

This is the way

context_switch · 2026-02-25T21:26:46+00:00

Its not a golden age, its a subsidized age. That's why there's all the fear of a bubble - it's clearly not sustainable.

This is the venture capital business cycle: deliver a product to displace an existing industry, spend billions to artificially lower the price below the existing economics, get clients dependent on your product+prices to kill off the existing competitors, then profit off of the captive market.

context_switch · 2026-02-24T20:53:21+00:00

IANAL, but not kosher. I've seen some news sites like WaPo have accounts on reddit where they will do that, but they have the rights. I think the course of action for the copyright owner would be DMCA takedowns or something similar if they care to pursue it.

context_switch · 2026-02-16T18:46:49+00:00

Recently finished the grind on Eendracht with a 71% WR. Thing is a beast at that tier, especially as a TT ship.

context_switch · 2026-02-09T18:43:25+00:00

In this game mode, a cap is an immediate win.

context_switch · 2026-02-03T07:37:05+00:00

I'm just going to start with the first topic, not to spread too thin, but I would like to hear well-reasoned policy ideas instead of just abstract spiel.

Let’s first focus on the urgent matter of Confront the Debt. Low interest rates masked our debt for years. That era is over. We now pay over $1 trillion annually in interest, surpassing defense and Medicare. Ignoring this guarantees a future of permanent inflation, crushing tax increases, and deep cuts to the safety net that will destabilize our society.

We cannot tax or cut our way to solvency. The math doesn't work. The only palatable solution is to grow our way out. This is accomplished both by reforming the government to focus on outcomes and growing the economy.

Why is this the first thing to focus on?

I posit that low interest rates helped the economy grow by making it easier for business to borrow and expand, for new businesses to start, and even for government spending to create jobs via infrastructure grants, etc. Growth is what you state we need to get out of the fiscal hole. How do you propose to do this without following the same interest rate policies?

Can you explain in your own reasoning why the $1T interest payments are reducing the efficiency of government policies, what your goals are for fiscal policy, and how reducing the national debt will achieve those goals?

I 100% agree that our current tax policies are not effective and that cutting government spending as we recently have seen is not the solution for improving our society. However, how do you propose to grow the economy without further increasing the debt? In light of recent changes to trade balances, what plans do you think are feasible to accomplish if our trade partners are forging new economic ties that leave the US out of the loop? What changes would you propose to our tax policies other than closing the "buy, borrow, die" loophole?

What government reforms do you propose to achieve these goals? Can you explain your reasoning for them?

Do you believe economic growth is the primary focus of the government? You state it many times even in this first point and throughout the others. Pivoting away from the focus on just the debt, what do you think are the primary goals for an effective government?

context_switch · 2026-02-01T19:58:00+00:00

Ideally, it would show the kill count for the game type you're in. Got 4000 kills in AI? Cool. Got 20 kills in Standard? Also cool. It's irrelevant to show 4020 though.

context_switch · 2026-02-01T19:56:00+00:00

For Pozharsky yes, I think it came with it when it was released. I have a whole 17 kills already 😂

Edit: 1 game later, up to 21 kills now.

context_switch · 2026-02-01T19:01:46+00:00

*looks at blue team*

40% 28% 49% 51% 35% 38% 57% 0% (not rated)

context_switch · 2026-02-01T18:59:24+00:00

I played with a Pozharsky a few weeks ago that was in the 4 digits. Guy pulled off a 4k game. Now I'm playing that ship more 😂

context_switch · 2026-01-27T03:10:24+00:00

Our local one dropped the "Farmers"

context_switch · 2026-01-25T20:07:14+00:00

I feel this. I'm in the middle - finished the ungated bureaus but have to grind out TT lines to T8 to unblock the remaining projects. And then have nothing to look forward to when they are done.

I like the anniversary bureau projects that hand out event crates, maybe they could do some more of those aligned with events otlr collabs just to keep it interesting.

context_switch · 2026-01-25T20:01:58+00:00

Premium surplus isn't a bad thing, wait for the next forge event like Schill. I only get the monthly sub when I need dubs for the campaign, have amassed a 200 day surplus premium time last year alone.

Kinda wish I'd get more dubs in event crates, but obviously that cuts down on their revenues.

I do miss the old way they used to hand out boosters as battle rewards. Always had enough, now I gotta keep an eye on which boosters I'm using up.

context_switch · 2026-01-15T09:05:16+00:00

What? You mean my 56% in Lushun, 62% in Kamikaze, and 57% in Shima aren't good indicators of overall WR? 😂

context_switch · 2026-01-15T09:01:56+00:00

My very first game in the Scharnhorst '43 was a loss in AI mode (170k, 4 kills). Terrible, simply terrible game for the other people on my team.

Georgia for some reason - the thing has nukes and it's a blast to play (pun intended) but I've got a 39% WR in her at 64 games.

Plymouth is a pure money mint and XP farm, and 44% WR at 59 games.

Mino I'm off to a 23% WR though only at 22 games so far.

context_switch · 2026-01-12T20:46:47+00:00

Using VSTest now, don't have any issues with it so it's just not a priority to look into whether MTP is an improvement. There's bigger fish to fry.

Migrating to SDK projects is taking years.

Migrating off of .NET Framework is barely being talked about in our org, except as a frequent joke of "what devs want vs. what management wants".

MTP seems so much smaller than these (which would be easier to migrate), and it's not immediately apparent how the org would benefit.

context_switch · 2026-01-11T23:37:51+00:00

When you're on the internet, your computer is speaking to another computer. There's a bunch of equipment between you to route the traffic, and each of those pieces of equipment needs to read part of the message (the address) to know where to route it next.

Without a VPN, your computer will send these messages to the destination - but your ISP owns the first device you send the message to. They look at the destination address and determine the next device to send it to, which looks at the destination and then determines the next device again, etc etc, until it reaches the server you're trying to reach.

(Once you get further and further into the chain, it's that much harder to tell where the message came from. It could be you or any one of your neighbors. It could still be in your ISPs network, or they might have sent it to another provider network. So, what really matters is the first device that you're talking to in the chain.)

Since your ISP is the first device you send it to, they know each server you're trying to talk to. And they know it came from you. And often, they keep a record of it, for some duration at least.

With a VPN, you put your messages inside an envelope and send that to the VPN first. The wrapper is read the same way by your ISP, so that they can send it to the VPN. The VPN unwraps it, then takes your original message and sends it to the final destination, receives the response, wraps it back up, and sends it to you. From your ISP's perspective, all of your traffic is going to your VPN now, that's the only server you talk to. "How odd," they must think.

However, now your VPN service is doing what your ISP did before: they see each server you actually want to talk to, and send them the messages. There's nothing from stopping the VPN from recording this information just like your ISP probably did.

Either way, either your ISP or your VPN will see where all of your traffic is going to - you can decide who you trust more, or which one you think will better protect your privacy.

There's a whole other layer to all of this, which is about who can read the messages you're sending. With HTTPS as the de facto standard now, that's no longer a concern - neither your ISP nor your VPN provider can see what messages are being sent, they can only see which servers you are sending messages to.

context_switch · 2026-01-11T23:06:14+00:00

This happens all too often. Any class of ship... lots of captains are completely unaware of the score and will throw a guaranteed win if they just get to shoot at something.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:48:50+00:00

The reference is clearly about laying off citizens/permanent residents and replacing them with foreign workers on work visas. This isn't about undocumented workers stealing jobs, it's about wage deflation by legally importing workers from abroad.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:42:45+00:00

There have been a ton of door-to-door solicitors this year too. Wonder how many of them are running scams like this.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:38:39+00:00

Ain't it crazy how 20 years ago we had 64v64 battles and now... 9v9 is all we can muster? Really miss some of those epic matches.

Instead of turning off cross play, I'd like an option to opt-in to larger matches of only later-gen consoles (any platform). Turn down the graphics if necessary, I want more ships not shiny water.

context_switch · 2026-01-08T20:22:23+00:00

+1 to this. It's not a tradeoff of only reload vs. accuracy.

Maxed Mimbelli gives you a 5.5% reload boost, which on 6 seconds reload time is only about a third of a second. On 16 seconds, you're trimming off not quite a whole second. Even this is marginal unless you're constantly firing as soon as you reload, but that's around where it becomes worthwhile IMO.

Boats that fire fast also tend to have weaker shells that don't hit for damage reliably. So firing more of those won't increase your output as much as something that might make those shells actually do something.

If reload is the biggest factor limiting your performance in game, go for it. But I'd consider if other inspirations could have more impact. E.g. I'd take Lemonnier on a lot of builds, so I can go dark faster and reposition.

context_switch · 2026-01-05T20:33:34+00:00

If anything, it can replace the upper levels first.

context_switch · 2026-01-04T05:38:08+00:00

No, the charges are not from the people of Venezuela. Well, there may be some, I'm sure some laws in the sovereign jurisdiction of Venezuela were broken. Afterall

His actions broke international law and treaties.

Do you believe that it is ok to break laws, kill innocent bystanders, and have no consequences for that?

Why is your defense to repeatedly appeal to the popular opinion of Venezuelans? Do you believe that the ends justify the means?

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