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#1

Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3

Last post by Norgy - Today at 01:40:02 PM

Overcomplicating this game furtherly without giving a bunch of wargamers control of their armies seems like a poor idea, really.

Naval power never plays out in Paradox games. Probably because Sweden never was much of a naval power.

#2

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 01:39:07 PM

The Companies who delayed or cancelled their LNG production plans for BC are probably wondering what they were thinking, while the ones who proceeded are likely patting themselves on the back for their foresight.

#3

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by PJL - Today at 01:19:48 PM

Qatar reported that about a fifth of its LNG capacity has been destroyed and it takes three to five years to repair. The customers are in Belgium, Italy, Korea and China. They will declare force majeure. Costs them 20 billion USD per year.

Begun, the LNG wars have.

It already started in 2022 with the Russo-Ukrainian War

#4

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by viper37 - Today at 01:07:29 PM

Qatar reported that about a fifth of its LNG capacity has been destroyed and it takes three to five years to repair. The customers are in Belgium, Italy, Korea and China. They will declare force majeure. Costs them 20 billion USD per year.

Begun, the LNG wars have.

[virtually everything else]

#5

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by viper37 - Today at 01:06:50 PM

If you check out the EIA, there was an 18 month period from 2007 to 2008 where gasoline was over $3/gallon for 15 of those months (including a couple of months where it was over $4/gallon.) These aren't inflation-adjusted, this was almost 20 years ago and gasoline was roughly in the same ballpark price as it is today. In a country where virtually everything else is more expensive now than it was in 2007-08. For most commodities, if you were able to say "this is the same price it was in 2007", that would be considered pretty good news.

Correlate this data with median salary, median house/lodging prices, median grocery prices of today.

And lastly, add median fuel economy (MPG) of most vehicles sold today (I don't think we could get an estimate for the vehicles owned).  And that's why people are freaking.

Their disposable income after lodging is lower than ever, grocery prices are increasing, even in a country where cost of fuel is very low.  Then they need a car for nearly everything because public transit are abysmal.  And it hurts them even more because the cars they can get are also abysmal when it comes to fuel economy.

#6

Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3

Last post by Syt - Today at 12:58:40 PM

New dev diary is out.

Naval changes, dedicated ship build queue, supply requirements for ships and overseas troops (provided by dedicated supply ships), troop movements limited by naval carrying capacity, marines, etc.

Also new tiered interests system, giving you more options in a region the more you're involved in it, colonial claims, ...

And straits, being able to collect a toll, locking it off, and a new building type coastal forts (to controll a strait and defend against invasions).

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-175-free-update-1-13-overview.1909697/















And OPB's overview:

#7

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:52:21 PM

There is an organization that now tracks the cases in which a court or tribunal comments on the fact that AI used in the submission presented by the parties has generated fabricated cases or legal principles.

In BC alone it happened in 10 cases LAST WEEK.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2026

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:42:03 PM

Context is required for Ehrlich's work.  The Green Revolution was just starting, and in the late 60s it was still unclear it would be the solution to world hunger. And some have argued the Green Revolution has come with its own problems while not actually solving world hunger - it just created unequal access to cheap food, while creating permanent damage to otherwise rich soils.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:25:18 PM

The one you stated in your post responded to.

Put in another way, would you say that all Americans are religious fanatics because their secretary of war gave the speech he did this morning?

No, you wouldn't think twice about doing that and yet you don't hesitate to make the same blanket statements about all Iranians.

I think this is more about your reading than what I said. Although I maybe could have been clearer.

I didn't say all Iranians, or indeed any - or even that they're religious fanatics. I think you're bringing a set of assumptions (that seem a little uncharitable after literal decades chatting ) about what might be said.

This is what you said "But I think at the level of symbol and meaning - especially for a Shia theocracy given how central martyrdom and resistance are to Shia Islam - I think it's difficult to overstate."

If you think an argument that "the level of symbol and meaning" based on an assertion that there a "central martyrdom and resistance" in Shia Islam, is not based on a stereotype of those who are Shia, then you and I are   just going to have to agree to disagree.

It would be like saying that all Christians have a central theme of loving their neighbours.  Its a ridiculous statement, but you can get away with it here because few people have any experience with Shia religionists, and so are likely to take that kind of statement at face value.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Iran War?

Last post by Zanza - Today at 12:15:49 PM

Qatar reported that about a fifth of its LNG capacity has been destroyed and it takes three to five years to repair. The customers are in Belgium, Italy, Korea and China. They will declare force majeure. Costs them 20 billion USD per year.