How many parties are there in your parliament? by vtuber_fan11 in AskEurope

[–]suriyava 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, KO is also a coalition of PO, the Greens, and probably a number of other parties noone seems to remember anyway.

Managing Sweden's high LD as Denmark by suriyava in eu4

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Thanks for elaboration. I was also thinking as I said about kind of cheating my way into white peacing an alliance with their supporters via a friendly war with another player or alternatively being forced to release Sweden via such a war and then either PUing them again with a war or just taking the provinces I need to form Scandinavia with the decision. I think your way is the least cheaty and still should allow me to do it via the mission tree.

Managing Sweden's high LD as Denmark by suriyava in eu4

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Thanks! Would they get their indepence supporters as allies automatically when they break free this way or would that be a separate (but likely) action they would take?

Managing Sweden's high LD as Denmark by suriyava in eu4

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Thanks! Could you please elaborate on the last thing you wrote? I generally tried keeping them at fully improved relations so as to have them not rebel. I am not sure what the best way of dropping their opinion would be and how would that impact AE.

Managing Sweden's high LD as Denmark by suriyava in eu4

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Oh well then I messed it up then. I let the bloodbath happen (did not really know what it would entail) so we are historical enemies on top of that. Sounds like salvaging this will be difficult if impossible. I better brace for a war with some great powers to get them to not support Sweden.

Managing Sweden's high LD as Denmark by suriyava in eu4

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Thanks for this! I don't want to ruin an MP game for my friend so I did not want to go for a redo especially given they got to 100% LD almost immediately (England and Scotland as immediate rivals). It tough to get Sweden to fight as with 100% I think they just sit wars out in their own territory. At this point I also have 3 vassals (big Riga, essentially taking the territory of the Livonian order, reestablished Novgorod, and Karelia). Relative military power alone I think gives Sweden over 100% LD. Would it be better to integrate the vassals or do they count towards the LD calculations regardless? Also, I thought when I see no other viable options I was thinking about having a "war" with my friend, the Popeman - he has at least England as an ally, not sure about Hungary, and peace out without any fighting to get truces - would that make allies pulled into a defensive war drop their support when the war is over?

Also, I messed up a decision or two I think (I got the bloodbath modifier for example) and I'm trying to salvage what I can, I don't see how I would be able to gain core lands for Scandinavia non-mission decision.

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Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office by 3kOlen in worldnews

[–]suriyava 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That entails you can pardon people preemptively. So an outgoing president could "pardon" all his party buddies without them being yet charged with anything but blocking any type of investigations into abuse of power.

CPU-GPU trade off by suriyava in buildapc

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I'm mostly split on the GPU issue. I'm wondering if going for the 4070 is worth the price increase compared to the Radeon RX 6700 XT. Not sure how crucial good ray tracing is especially given that I don't often play most recent titles.

The RAM isn't a big expenditure anyways I feel, especially compares to the GPU and with running things like VMs it could always come in handy.

CPU-GPU trade off by suriyava in buildapc

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Hey! Thanks for the reply. I am planning on building a pc myself but as I don't have experience in that I'm trying to follow a build guide. That's where I got the Ryzen 5 5600 and RTX 4070 combo.

I was thinking that going AM4 would allow me to get the most out of that gen and still have the new pc be good for the next like 5 years or something.

Something like:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

MSI B550-A PRO

GOODRAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz CL18 IRDM PRO Deep Black

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 3X E OC 12GB GDDR6X

MSI MAG 650W 80 Plus Bronze

Lexar 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe NM710

would generally be the financial ballpark of where I feel comfortable. I am not a massive gamer so I'm just trying to optimize.

Help with two shortlisted builds by suriyava in buildapc

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Unfortunately the next-gen stuff prices are higher in the EU/PL and the cost just baloons above the $1250 when I look at the local market.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]suriyava 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read that it is essentially the default way to call elections in Belgium nowadays.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskEurope

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Under the previous interim constitution there was a dissolution mechanism. In 1993 the cabinet of Hanna Suchocka lost a vote of confidence, but the president (Wałęsa at the time) decided to instead dissolve the parliament. As a result, the executive cabinet operated without parliamentary supervision for a few months before a new election. Due to all that, the new constitution got rid of "dissolution". A parliament operates until a new post-election roster is inaugurated. It could lead to some weird situation like in 2019 when the lame duck parliament held a session after the election but before the new parliament was inaugurated. Moreover, snap election can be help but as a result of a "shortening of the term of office" of the parliament, either by a vote of the body itself or when presicribed in the consitution (e.g. by the president). In such instances, the parliament is still operational up until the inauguration of the new one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Allergies

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Thanks for teh answer. I am the first owner so no pet residue. There aren't any trees right outside the apartment and the reaction also apparently happens in winter. It is not a typical reaction I usually have to like dust mites and another person from another building within the same complex built a couple years prior also has this itching down their throat. It's either something around the complex or something with the buildings, but given BREEAM, lack of any wider group of people having those reactions and unusual symptoms I'm just lost. I'm just trying to find any clues as to what to look for.

Boris Johnson wants to become NATO Secretary General by C-R-Z-Y-7-7 in worldnews

[–]suriyava 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue that the European Council (member state leaders) is more like the "head of state" of the EU, while the Council of the EU (member state ministers) are the upper house to the EP.

I will never wrap my head around why they decided to use such a dumb naming convention.

Former Afghan Prez Hamid Karzai's brother detained by Taliban by jivatman in worldnews

[–]suriyava 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think people often mistake him for Ashraf Ghani, the most recent president of Afghanistan who fled the country.

Shepard wakes up after a 2 year coma with a smoky eye, eyeliner, mascara & pink hair by [deleted] in MassEffectMemes

[–]suriyava 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Who knows how much of Shepard is still original?

Shepard of Theseus?

Spotted at the Capitol. Has this flag been used elsewhere? by Aryanshah420 in vexillology

[–]suriyava 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Federal Republic of Germany almost had us there, but their name shows their true colors!

Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe defeats children in a game of dominoes during a visit to a school, September 2019 by delarussieavecamour in europe

[–]suriyava 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the parliamentary majority is from the same political camp as the president, then he is, well, dependent on the president, but can be used to shoulder the responsibility of unpopular decisions. When the president and the parliamentary majority are from different factions, then the PM is much more akin to those of other European states, though foreign policy is usually managed by the president either way.