u/Hedago_2346

Im rewatching Star Wars Andor and man, there are so many good monologues in just 2 seasons, that, i feel would be the keystone of many other shows.

In just one episode alone Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgård deliver blood pumping speeches.

I do like star wars so im curious if its bias.

Doctor Who has frequent great speaches i recall.

Game of Thrones had some great dialouge more frequent than monologues.

I have not watched alot but i understand anime does to?

I just finished the first Alphabet Squadron audio book. I really liked it. More than most audio books a nice touch that really added to it for me was the use of music and audio background.

I assume different people have different tastes, i can find ensemble audio cast distracting some times.

However the use of music here, epecially in battle it was great. I look forward to the next two.

Force desgin and procurement for ground forces seems really challenging right now given how fast drones, sensors, and counter UAS is developing.

How did navies deal with the even worse problem for rapid innovation in the 19th century.

It seems like an investment nightmare ordering a class of expensive slow to build capital ships that might be obsolete in 5-10 years.

Armor, engines, guns, torpedoes...even at one point rams.

Britain seems to have been fortunate enough to just eat the cost and could find use for older ships in patrol and colonial duties. But if your smaller, Spain, Ottomans, Austria, Italy, Russia...is it just that there was no good answer and you just had to risk wasting all that investment?

My understanding is that if you put aside the very concentrated AI growth then US overall growth is not good. Even before the AI boom most new jobs were in healthcare which is not a good signal long term.

Add to this inflation has been persistently high for years and wages are not keeping up.

So if we remove AI could the experience for most workers and buissness be considered in stagflation -low growth, high inflation?

If not is it becuase inflation is not bad enough? Growth and jobs outside AI is better than i thought?

Its not been long enough to class stagflation, its just part of the normal cycle?

Idk, just wondering with the sense of a two speed econamy, and that those doing well is a very small group?

I want to buy something form an EU company that only ships in the EU.

Anyone used a good on shipping company who I can ship my items to before they ship them on to me in NZ.

Which GSG, or GSG from PDX was best on release or within the first few months?

I think HOI4 was the one i played the most at release, maybe EU3.

I low PDX games but they need a few years of updates, dlc, and mods before they shine and I end up playing for hundreds of hours.

Ironically I feel like it also takes longer for newer games because I know the amount of content to come in the future. I also have the older games to play with all there years of support.

Edit: Intresting, the majority concensus is CK3. I think im in a minority, I found CK3 to empty and gameplay loop to samey that I did not play it for years.

I had a quick look at player counts for the big games. Most seem stable. Hoi4 and EU4 seem to be the only ones that attracted a higher baseline of players over time.

Just wondering- I love mods like Fire Rises, TNO, OWB, etc.

I love the stories, unsure feeling factions, mechanics, and mini-games.

However, alot of these mods dont seem to do total, long wars as well as base game and WW2. At least ive found.

If people agree, im just wondering how true my guess is- that its hard to mod multiple in-depth narratives and unique factions all fighting something as big, broad, and variable as WW2 in base game?

Where frontlines are unclear and units positions are chaotic how do modern infantry balance cammo with the visible signals that your friendly?

In ukraine there is an odd contradiction between common and high vis blue, yellow, and red tape.

How have other armies dealt with this, epecially in civil wars?

I have not seen colorful or unique uniforms or IDs in places like Syria, Yugoslavia, or Iran-Iraqi (save for IRGC headbands).

Ive been trying to get into anime, I slowly getting used to understanding its tropes like being very sexual, obsessed with student councils, being overly dramatic, etc

Granted I have not seen much but I get the impression the Dragon Ball style level up to get out of a problem seems very common.

If so why? I would consider that lazy writing. Is there something im missing about style or Japanese culture in relation to anime?

I was just reading University of Canterbury material on a graduate diploma in teaching and learning.

It said apply as soon as you can as places are limited. Thats a bit alarmingly, how limited? I just decided I would like to study next year.

Does anyone know how competitive or early you need to apply?

I say this as a long time RP SP player. I see people find it really confusing?

Don't you just look up guide on fleet composition, set them to patrol with a strike fleet and get zone control. Then set a naval invasion around a port for supply.

Is it that its far trickier for MP?

I would figure the hardest part of the game to learn is why your not breaking through an enemy frontline and understanding what you need to do as a fix?

For me personally the hardest thing is keeping track of whats going on under all the chaos of my allies spam screwing up my front lines. Even after I deny the supply. Its why I love playing soviet.

I thought i would just share some positive improvement as there is a natural bias to negative posts.

I have struggled with concussion recovery for over 6 years, it has crippled my life.

Over the last two months im seeing alot of improvement, pain reduction, more ablity to focus etc.

This is in large part to the physo. I decided to check up on my neck and after years the combination of weak muscles and an over active nervous system in my C1-C3 vertebrae seems to have been causing alot.

Working on these muscles, posture, stretching my neck for pain relief, massage to desensitiz the area and working, and properception training.

I still have alot of work to do and still have vision issues, light senstivity, and PTSD.

However, my ability to live, work, and manage with other symptoms is being greatly improved.

Even if you had imitate post concussion treatment, if you still have issues it might pay to check back in.

I didn't for so many years because I was told it was just all mental health. That was wrong.

Im listing to Double Eagle. I get its rule or cool WW2 but in Lore why would fighter craft need runways to land?

The Imperium clearly has lots of VTOL or hover technology.

Needing Runways and operating them is such a massive vulnerability to the aircraft and the base.

So far in the book they have said no reason a atmospheric fighter massively outclasses a space fighter.

Im considering becoming a secondary school teacher. Of those who make it or dont in thier first five years in teacher, what's the key factors?

Who makes it, who does not?

What are the biggest factors that lead them to quit?

Like similar games i dislike how the map in civ just becomes an urban sprawl.

I like the district system but I personally feel the majority of the city area should be rural, especially farms and forest.

I think you should need alot more food and farms.

Anyone feel that way?

I do think civ7 towns help this...but they become urban sprawl mid game as well.

Im looking at doing a Postgraduate Diploma in Education next year for high school teaching.

All the university courses seem a bit different for the same qualification. What advice, recommendations, or experience do people have on which to pick or avoid?

Im flexible but Hamilton or Christchurch would be my preferred options.