Kepabar

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[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I did that for my employees this year.

Pissed off I've client who wanted us to work on their project this week because it's when they are least busy.

When I demanded 20k to pay out my guys to make them miss their week off they backed down.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If anything, that supports the idea that the poll numbers should be even harder against the war than they are reported.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It was all part of an effort to economically hurt Russia in response to the war.

Best case scenario was Russia deciding the hit to their economy was not worth the war and back pedaling. No one realistically thought this was going to happen though.

The next best case scenario was for the changes in quality of life for the average Russian would create enough internal pressure that the war would be called off.

This hasn't happened yet but internal support for the war has been dropping over the last year and some of that is attributed to the dismal state of the Russian economy, which is a direct result of things like Lush pulling out.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/12/02/russians-support-of-ukraine-war-collapses-finds-poll

And even if neither of these come up fruition, the more Russias economy is damaged the harder it is to fund their war effort. This gives Ukraine a bit more breathing room in their war effort.

While the effect of a single company like Lush is unnoticed, it's the collective effect of everything from these pullouts, to trade sanctions and other soft power diplomatic plays which total up to a noticable effect.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 22 points 11 months ago (13 children)

A lot of people.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Just because things don't turn out how you hoped doesn't mean you didn't make the right decision at the time with the information that was available.

Too often we judge past actions only through the lens of hindsight. It's useful for learning what went wrong but it's not useful for judging if something was the right decision or not.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why does everyone keep saying child poverty?

Like, do children in other countries have some sort of massive wealth I'm not aware of?

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I'll tell you that it's super nice to be able to watch things with other people in the car while you are all waiting on the car to charge.

Also, you don't have to hold a phone and the screen is better.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I argue that the feel of BotW is a return to Zelda origins. It's the most any game has felt like the original Zelda.

There original Zelda game was a game about exploring a giant over world to find it's secrets. The dungeons weren't puzzle filled, they were essentially just combat challenges.

... It's that feeling that you are setting out on a difficult journey of exploration across a giant world with no support.

Every Zelda game since the original has felt smaller in comparison because the role of the over world got shrunk to just a thing to connect dungeons.

My favorite is AlttP which I think has the best balance between dungeons and over world exploration, but I prefer over world to modern dungeons we got in skyward sword and such.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

Yes, the early days when games where literally 10 bucks an hour to play.

I miss you, Cyberstrike and Airwarrior.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

S2 was ordered before all of S1 even aired.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I'm not giving up mobile deposit.

Leave my house? Duck that.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's being a realist.

If I have to drag you through a task because you aren't capable of doing it then it's easier to just not give it to you to begin with and do it myself.

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