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You can see it affected by landscape: island and mountainous jungles tend to foster peaceful cultures; and inversely, easily invadable plains tend to correspond with "life is short best is to die as a honorable hero for the emperor" cultures.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You can see it affected by landscape: island and mountainous jungles tend to foster peaceful cultures; and inversely, easily invadable plains tend to correspond with "life is short best is to die as a honorable hero for the emperor" cultures.
That sounds a lot like the "Regal" vs "Kungic" divide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalit...
Regality theory - Wikipedia
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November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
That sounds a lot like the "Regal" vs "Kungic" divide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalit...
It's crazy.. All the knowledge workers who have no control over this mess, we're all coming to the conclusion that we're aiding a massacre.
But those who DO have any ability to help us steer off this railway to doom thanks to their spot in the system, they've all been morphed into these.. enablers.
But those who DO have any ability to help us steer off this railway to doom thanks to their spot in the system, they've all been morphed into these.. enablers.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's crazy.. All the knowledge workers who have no control over this mess, we're all coming to the conclusion that we're aiding a massacre.
But those who DO have any ability to help us steer off this railway to doom thanks to their spot in the system, they've all been morphed into these.. enablers.
But those who DO have any ability to help us steer off this railway to doom thanks to their spot in the system, they've all been morphed into these.. enablers.
Not liking how much parallels I can see with just-before-WW1 and just-before-WW2.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Not liking how much parallels I can see with just-before-WW1 and just-before-WW2.
The Patricians bought out the Wonks and turned them into Enablers.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Patricians bought out the Wonks and turned them into Enablers.
Ooof. It tracks but yeah... damn.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ooof. It tracks but yeah... damn.
If you asked me 10 years ago, I'd have told you that people are swayed by facts, not theater, movies, videogames, comics, music etc. I'd have said Theodor Adorno was wrong.
I'm less categorical now. Reality TV, Social Media and now AI had a cost. People are lessened by narratives without a soul.
I'm less categorical now. Reality TV, Social Media and now AI had a cost. People are lessened by narratives without a soul.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you asked me 10 years ago, I'd have told you that people are swayed by facts, not theater, movies, videogames, comics, music etc. I'd have said Theodor Adorno was wrong.
I'm less categorical now. Reality TV, Social Media and now AI had a cost. People are lessened by narratives without a soul.
I'm less categorical now. Reality TV, Social Media and now AI had a cost. People are lessened by narratives without a soul.
Is that where you pivoted to the more instrumental part of your skillset, or is there more to it?
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Is that where you pivoted to the more instrumental part of your skillset, or is there more to it?
Toujours vérifier le sac si possible! Surtout si tu as un item qui se mange à la fourchette...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Toujours vérifier le sac si possible! Surtout si tu as un item qui se mange à la fourchette...
Few things break my heart more than seeing creativity be "rewarded" with day jobs and low incomes.
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Few things break my heart more than seeing creativity be "rewarded" with day jobs and low incomes.
With some practice now I can noodle in C# minor. 😅
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
With some practice now I can noodle in C# minor. 😅
Y'a une sorte de gens pour qui tout ce qui est animé "c'est pour les enfants", mais "live" (même quand c'est plus du VFX que du vrai) ils vont aller l'écouter. Triste mais c'est vrai.
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Y'a une sorte de gens pour qui tout ce qui est animé "c'est pour les enfants", mais "live" (même quand c'est plus du VFX que du vrai) ils vont aller l'écouter. Triste mais c'est vrai.
All of these cynically conceited enablers have fed billions of dollars of financing and support to the racists, and are riding the tiger, naively thinking they can keep their winning side of their pet issue going without engulfing the world in flames.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
All of these cynically conceited enablers have fed billions of dollars of financing and support to the racists, and are riding the tiger, naively thinking they can keep their winning side of their pet issue going without engulfing the world in flames.
We're in big trouble as long as so many are conceited:
- Equity havers for thinking the exponential growth in their havings can go on forever
- Very old people who cling to power
- Coal
- Putin
- Those who enjoy getting their black-and-white views vindicated on partisan news
- The whole Israel thing
- Equity havers for thinking the exponential growth in their havings can go on forever
- Very old people who cling to power
- Coal
- Putin
- Those who enjoy getting their black-and-white views vindicated on partisan news
- The whole Israel thing
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
We're in big trouble as long as so many are conceited:
- Equity havers for thinking the exponential growth in their havings can go on forever
- Very old people who cling to power
- Coal
- Putin
- Those who enjoy getting their black-and-white views vindicated on partisan news
- The whole Israel thing
- Equity havers for thinking the exponential growth in their havings can go on forever
- Very old people who cling to power
- Coal
- Putin
- Those who enjoy getting their black-and-white views vindicated on partisan news
- The whole Israel thing
Patricians have changed. They've become enablers. They increasingly go along with liars and fraudsters if they think "riding the tiger" and consorting with sociopaths can keep the gravy train going just a little bit longer, even though they damn well know that the shiv is coming for them too.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Patricians have changed. They've become enablers. They increasingly go along with liars and fraudsters if they think "riding the tiger" and consorting with sociopaths can keep the gravy train going just a little bit longer, even though they damn well know that the shiv is coming for them too.
Coïncidence? Je ne pense pas!
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Coïncidence? Je ne pense pas!
Guilty as charged.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Guilty as charged.
I did my part but it wasn't enough. ._.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I did my part but it wasn't enough. ._.
A seminal moment! The PC went from having no real rendering hardware and having to have every single pixel go through the CPU pipeline, to being this rendering powerhouse.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A seminal moment! The PC went from having no real rendering hardware and having to have every single pixel go through the CPU pipeline, to being this rendering powerhouse.
Ngl that tracks. Such a difficult field...
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Ngl that tracks. Such a difficult field...
Atari had a thing for weirdly shaped polygonal animals in driving games.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Atari had a thing for weirdly shaped polygonal animals in driving games.
Zohran certainly has his work cut out for him! And yeah thank God, the left really needed the win after the recent doom arc.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Zohran certainly has his work cut out for him! And yeah thank God, the left really needed the win after the recent doom arc.