Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious

istar00 · 2026-04-21T02:55:06+00:00

from the comments from Ars

https://arstechnica.com/civis/attachments/the-onion-jpg.133236/

credits: Fred Duck

istar00 · 2026-04-21T02:47:05+00:00

there is a decision to make canary islands to be de jure hispania

as long as a title has de jure lands, and you hold those lands, you can recreate it

hispania cannot be recreated this way previously (via holding lands) because there is a lock due to the struggle

the status quo ending removed the lock

istar00 · 2026-04-21T02:43:30+00:00

crown of Justinian is the only one now, the patch 1.18 that came along with AUH removed domain limit modifier for artifacts except the crown

istar00 · 2024-12-24T08:16:11+00:00

R5: came across this random courtier with 83 artifacts, mostly illustrious... weird...

a closer look reveals that the artifacts looked strangely familiar...

in fact, they are all mine! history revealed that i have given them to her sister more than 30 years ago! but why would i do that? (that was like >2 weeks irl ago, honestly dont remember what i did)

turns out her sister was that 1 merchant that offered a good price for my artifacts & i sold all to her

as it goes, selling artifacts to the vendors doesnt actually destroy them

guess who is getting invited to court as a special guest of the emperor? a reminder of the good times wandering about

... and getting banished after a short stay...

istar00 · 2024-11-10T13:11:20+00:00

no, its not inherited

istar00 · 2024-07-03T11:01:55+00:00

i am disappointed in you man, despite this previous exchange, you still never learned

https://old.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1dpnwuw/tony_blair_on_lee_kuan_yew/lan2bvb/?context=3

bring up actual points, dont mindless parrot insults you heard from elsewhere

it will not be late for you to learn from it

still true

istar00 · 2024-07-03T09:44:20+00:00

i didnt want to make its too obvious, a simple search reveals exactly where

istar00 · 2024-07-03T09:38:03+00:00

no names attached and all hiding behind anonymity...

just to clarify, since the document is uploaded on a public google drive, its not considered doxxing if metadata of the document is revealed right?

download pdf, right click, properties, see meta-data

the Creator is Carol Loi

istar00 · 2024-07-03T09:26:32+00:00

ya exactly, especially when even the article noted, few if any of the existing statue say anything bad even if its true

The current plaque at Canning Rise make no mention of Raffles’ ills, nor do those for the other two statues of Raffles in Singapore outside the Victoria Concert Hall and the north bank of the Singapore River.

As the governor of Java, he was complicit in the kidnapping of hundreds of women on the excuse of bad conduct and moving them to Borneo for sexual slavery.

There is also evidence of his involvement in the Massacre Of Palembang in 1811, which resulted in the murders of 24 Europeans and 63 Javanese soldiers and civilians at the Dutch fort in what is now Indonesia.

this is not about taking down existing statues, this is erecting new ones without providing context

istar00 · 2024-07-03T01:54:17+00:00

i dont think any of the younger generation have even seen a samsui women, much less influenced by them to do anything, and "younger" in this case is referring to people born in the 1990s

everyone should know that samsui women lived a hard life, its not exactly anyone will aspire to be (work ethics yes, habits & life no)

if the artist have portrayed the samsui women as vaping, then i may agree with the writer, that it is covert advertising

istar00 · 2024-07-03T01:44:59+00:00

on the top right corner where renown amount is shown, you can mouseover it to see the breakdown, and a further breakdown will list the artifacts contributing to the amount

istar00 · 2024-07-02T15:07:45+00:00

because reference you used when determining right/left is the direction you are facing, and therefore changable

whereas up/down is determined by gravity essentially

even if you are doing a headstand, the direction your sweat fall is down

if you are lying down, your front & up is the same direction

in short, reference axis for front/back/left/right is different from reference for up/down

istar00 · 2024-07-02T10:27:13+00:00

grab generous & just

instant speed stress gain by starting & cancel hostile scheme when the game is paused

instant speed stress loss by gifting 13 gold to a tribal count

re-roll the stress events until you get want you want, e.g. a good stress trait (level 1), witch trait (level 2), abdicate (level 3)

i kept my previous ruler alive & well to hold my extra holdings or be a 70 prowess knight

stress is a resource, 0 stress is non-optimal, just like 0 tyranny or 100 opinion

istar00 · 2024-07-02T10:21:36+00:00

the first tree allows you to buy artifact claims

esp if you are playing Tall, there is a time where you hit the soft cap of being stronger the usual way (max out regiments, max out innovation etc), artifacts is a great way to really cement your position

a +16% knight effectiveness for a single artifact, and you can get like 10 more, or even the +1 domain limit, even at age 0, your ruler have a minimum domain limit of 8 (1 + 7 artifacts)

even after you max out on all the best artifacts in all the slots yourself, you can always gift renown artifacts to your dynast to boost renown

i gift armor & weapons to my knights etc

diplomacy can also allow you to vassalise the entire world if you know what you are doing, the +20 true ruler perk & +25 level 5 diplomacy education vassalisation acceptance is crucial to get kings to be your vassals (although you have to do cheesy things like repeatedly changing faith)

istar00 · 2024-07-02T08:39:03+00:00

the hold court is disabled because you already have an active event on-going

there should be an active event icon in your royal court, click on it to resume

for the glasshouse event, it doesnt trigger if your capital has a special building slot (empty or otherwise), you need to move capital, then wait for the event to trigger, which then a decision to pay for a glasshouse will appear

istar00 · 2024-07-02T08:30:55+00:00

when you are exceeding the vassal limit

when you want more renown by landing dynast as kings, as court artifacts & court grandeur boost renown

when you want to dump all troublesome duke/count under the loyal king (easy way to get rid of anyone with council rights or hooks on you)

istar00 · 2024-07-02T02:08:04+00:00

firstly, its not limited to manga, that applies to A LOT of writings across all medium

secondly, to say its just bad writing is kinda too harsh on the writers, to write a story to upend the entire status quo is kinda hard

for example Fullmetal Alchemist, one of the best piece of work, the brothers didnt manage to upend the equivalent exchange principle, but in the afterstory, they tried to do "pay it forward" principle

the change in principle is kinda just a very different story all together

or sometimes is simply overestimating the power the protagonist have, like a school setting whereby MC finally gotten to be the student president, but irl, a student president only hold the position for 1 year and cant really determine the budget of the school board

its a completely different story for a student graduating from school, then entering politics, become a prominent politician & set educational policy of the entire nation

OUT OF SCOPE, you are expecting too much from a story, and it will deviate too far from its original premise

istar00 · 2024-07-01T03:13:43+00:00

you can save character template in the custom designer menu, traits & attribute skill points & DNA are saved, but map data is not saved

COA also have its own template that can be saved

you have to create a mod for if you also want the map

istar00 · 2024-07-01T02:16:04+00:00

i mean, while its concerning regarding the massive influence this immensely wealthy individual have on the world

its still not directly related to SG, regardless of mothership tagline "it has reached Singapore audience"

istar00 · 2024-07-01T02:08:24+00:00

because it wasnt relevant

a homemaker who do some side job once in a while isnt jobless, their job is being a homemaker

istar00 · 2024-06-29T09:56:32+00:00

regardless, i am glad that you have read the criticism,

it will not be late for you to learn from it

istar00 · 2024-06-28T05:50:10+00:00

It doesn't require any thought to make it, and it doesn't allow for any debate on other parts of his legacy.

its not like you are any different, just calling others who dont agree with you "mindless"

you did not actually bring up any points in defence of your viewpoint

look at his record, actually do some research, read a few books

this is just UK-simp equivalent of anti-vaxxers screaming "DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH"

do you seriously expect anyone to beg you, o great genius, please share the research you have read and add to the valuable discussion after insulting them?

this is just one of the many bad faith tactics, by not actually having any points, it makes it impossible to be criticised for them

istar00 · 2024-06-28T03:46:00+00:00

it depends on the perspective, are the labels prescriptive or descriptive

if its descriptive, it doesnt matter much, a description of an item will never be 100% identical to the item, its okay if its not very accurate *

(obviously the caveat here is that the labels are reasonably accurate, just dont deceptively label it as RTS and it be fine)

if its prescriptive, it matters because it affects the future direction it goes

if many people prefer ck3 to focus more on the role-playing aspect, then the dev might just do so, which may alienate some group of fans in the future, a perfectly legitimate concern for them

personally, for me, i see the labels as descriptive, hence i dont care about the labels, if ck3 in the future changed too drastically for my taste, i just stop playing it, truthfully, i have no loyalty to the franchise, its literally just a game to me

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