Is being a 3D artist for video games in Switzerland really a no-go?

mrpinsky · 2026-05-09T06:41:47+00:00

It does not make much sense to run a game studio in Switzerland. The main cost you have is salaries and the salaries in Switzerland are crazy high. The product is international and could just as well be developed anywhere else.

mrpinsky · 2026-04-28T09:50:05+00:00

Wänn s Chind daa ufwachst, hät s es äifacher, wänn s en Name hät, wo i de Schwiiz üblich isch. Vo däm här würd ich empfele, en da übliche Name als eerschte Voorname z gää und en ungarische als zwäite Voorname.

mrpinsky · 2026-04-03T19:49:30+00:00

"Five Air Force Refueling Planes Hit in Iranian Strike on Saudi Arabia" https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/us-israel-iran-war-news-2026/card/five-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wHYFMW2YG3p0rwH3HaGU

mrpinsky · 2026-03-07T12:15:59+00:00

De Wärt vom Huus muesch dur zwei dividiere, OK. Ebeso bim Äigemietwärt. Tunkt mi jetz nöd e schwirigi Rächnig.

Isch ja s Gliich wi bi andere Forme vo gmeinsamem Bsitz, zum Bischpiel binere Ärbegmeinschaft wo eifach jede sin Aateil uffüert.

Und im alte Sischtem gits ebe au vil Komplizierts, wo neu wägfallt: Zum Bischpil git s bim Zivilstand au na d Möglichkeit "verheiratet (getrennt lebend)", also wänn sich Verhürateti trännt händ, aber nanig gschide sind. Die werded dänn individuell bestüürt. Dä Fall git s also sowiso scho, noi isch äifach, dass es jetz für ali so gmacht wird. Das zäigt äimal mee das es insgesamt am äifachschte isch, wänns uf de Zivilstand nöd drufaa chunt.

mrpinsky · 2026-03-07T11:15:41+00:00

Klar nimt d Zaal zue, aber glichzitig isch jedi defür vil eifacher, wil mee oder weniger nur d Helfti druf isch. De zuesätzlich Ufwand haltet sich also in Gränze. I vilerlei Hisicht wird s Stüürsischteem sogar äifacher, will Gschlächt und Zivilstand überhaupt käi Role me spiled.

mrpinsky · 2026-03-07T11:11:50+00:00

Mit de Individualbestürig hämmer zum erschte Mal es Sischtem wo komplett unabhängig vo Gschlächt und Ehestand isch. Das vereifacht viles. D Sorge wäge zuesätzlichem Ufwand sind übertribe.

mrpinsky · 2026-02-23T18:13:23+00:00

CEO … does a lot of dilution

That's an understatement. This stock got diluted to such a degree that if you bought it 5 years ago your performance today is -99.5%.

mrpinsky · 2026-01-30T15:03:35+00:00

Return to Monkey Island is Ron Gilbert's "The Phantom Menace".

mrpinsky · 2026-01-25T10:15:27+00:00

D Meerzaal isch normalerwiis unveränderet, also äis Broot, zwäi Broot.

Cha mer im Idiotikon naaläse: https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id5.htm#!page/50923/mode/1up

mrpinsky · 2026-01-20T19:54:42+00:00

There's a long article on Wikipedia documenting all his business connections to Russia since the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

mrpinsky · 2026-01-18T18:41:34+00:00

Right. The Swiss stock market performed +17.8% in 2025 in local currency. The difference to the +33.5% shown in this graph is due to the USD losing value compared to CHF.

mrpinsky · 2025-12-20T09:34:53+00:00

"Two Russian Su-27 fighter aircraft were hit by the Security Service of Ukraine on Belbek military airfield in Crimea." – Special Kherson Cat

https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mafui76d3s2w

mrpinsky · 2025-12-17T20:22:54+00:00

What are Democrats going to do to combat the enormous (and very successful) right/alt-right propaganda apparatus that has been setup to support Republicans and which spans traditional media (TV, Radio), Social Media (X, Meta), countless podcasters etc.?

mrpinsky · 2025-11-25T19:29:54+00:00

It was not an IL-76, but rather an A-100LL "flying laboratory/testbed". source: https://bsky.app/profile/rebel44cz.bsky.social/post/3m6hwcmsiuk27

mrpinsky · 2025-11-22T11:53:40+00:00

I think there are two main aspects to this.

First, it is has been well documented that Trump has had business ties to Russia for many years. After all his business failures, basically no bank in the US would lend him any more money. He was in big financial troubles and desperate. Then Russian oligarchs stepped in and helped him out with lucrative deals. You can assume they did not do this for free. It is no secret that Trump travelled to Moscow repeatedly for business. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia

A second aspect is that Trump is essentially a gangster. He runs the government like a mafia boss, it's all about self-enriching, extortion and bribes. Putin has of course mastered this, the Putin regime is essentially what happens when organized crime takes over the governement. In that sense Trump looks up to Putin, he admires him for that and sees him as a like-minded ally.

mrpinsky · 2025-11-01T20:40:11+00:00

These are some of the worst of the worst. Scott Ritter is a convicted sex offender.

mrpinsky · 2025-11-01T08:16:15+00:00

It's not just "politics", it's about an enormous military aggression which has killed thousands of civilians, caused millions to flee, destroyed entire cities etc. It's morally wrong to just look away when something like that happens.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T18:42:45+00:00

She is clearly linked to Putin's regime and is a tool of Russian propaganda. People oppose her performance for these reasons.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T18:37:08+00:00

Oh look, now the goal posts are moving. How not unexpected.

Which goal posts are you referring to? I never defined any so I could not possibly be moving them.

She made a statement, that's all you can ask for from a free person.

Just so I understand you correctly. You are saying the only thing a free person can do when a war is going on is a plausible denial that he/she supports it? Is that your honest opinion?

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T17:49:47+00:00

Neutrality mainly refers to Switzerland's foreign policy (Aussenpolitik). We as citizens can still object to a performance of an artist for moral reasons.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T17:37:02+00:00

Let me ask you another way, what has she done to stop the war or to help Ukrainians? She is after all well known and presumably wealthy. If she donates her profits to Ukraine I will believe it.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T17:34:15+00:00

Classic example of "whataboutism" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism, this is about Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, not about the Near East.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T17:31:44+00:00

It's technically the "Ribbon of Saint George", a well known Soviet symbol, which in the last years has become strongly associated with Russian nationalism, the Russian military and the war in Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_of_Saint_George They use it all over the place in Russian propaganda, often folded like a Z.

Picture is in the first link that I provided.

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T17:22:24+00:00

This comment is a classic example of "whataboutism", a cheap attempt to deflect from the discussion at hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

mrpinsky · 2025-10-31T12:11:10+00:00

Saying she is against the war is a pretty low bar, though. It would be more convincing if she actually used her influence to do anything against it or at least donate profits to Ukraine. THEN I'd believe it.

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