u/K0rek

Not an economics or history expert, but I feel like the most economically developed countries nowadays are the ones that heavily benefited from the World Wars by providing loans and services, while at the same time not being affected by city bombings and extreme destruction and devastation: countries like Switzerland, the USA. And post-WWII, some countries like Japan and many others saw an insane economic boost partly due to US support.

I wonder what the situation would look like if there had been no World Wars, with tens of millions of people dead and hundreds of cities worldwide completely or partly destroyed.

For example, the Empire of Japan still would've been pretty strong, I think, just for different reasons. Also, the Austro-Hungarian Empire or its variation could've still existed? What do you think?

A Russian IT guy, Yuri Belenkiy, is now facing terrorism financing charges in Moscow and Binance is allegedly the one who handed over the evidence. Reuters claims that they got hold of law enforcement documents showing Binance gave Russian authorities his full transaction history, including crypto donations he allegedly sent to Ukrainian military-linked groups like the Azov Brigade back in 2023-2024.

I waas scho, dass des legal is, wann a Gschäft nur Bargeld annimmt, aba des is trotzdem so nervig heitzutag, wo in manche Länder 99% vo de Gschäft NFC-Terminals ham. Do gibt's Restaurants, de net amoi Kartenzahlung oder a Sofortüberweisung aufs Firmenkonto per QR-Code anbieten, so wie's in manche Länder üblich is, wann a Gschäft aus irgendan Grund koa Terminal ham will oder kann. I versteh echt net, wie so Lokale überhaupt no Gwinn machen. I hab seit circa 15 Jahr koa Bargeld mehr bei mir, und wann i seh, dass a Gschäft koa Karten nimmt, geh i afoch weiter. Wann des mehr Leit so machatn, gäb's solche Lokale bald goa nimmer, aba anscheinend is Österreich und Wien so "entwickelt", dass de Leit "guade oide Bargeld" no ollweil liebn...

I know this post will get deleted because it's political, but it's reality, and unfortunately, that's how things are right now. Getting a green card by lying that you need political asylum or by doing birth tourism is way easier than any legal route, and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands or millions, of people get into the USA through these kinds of loopholes rather than fully legally.

The US immigration system de-facto rewards some for lying. A woman in her first weeks of pregnancy lies about not being pregnant, gets a visa (or already holds one before getting pregnant), flies to the USA, and overstays there to give birth. Now she has a baby with US citizenship. She returns to her country and waits for the kid to grow up. The grown-up kid then moves to the USA with his passport (and doesn't even have to speak English) and applies for family reunification, and eventually this mother gets a green card and citizenship. In the end, she's rewarded with US citizenship for lying at the interview or overstaying with the intention of giving birth there.

Meanwhile, it's incredibly hard to immigrate to the US legally, even for a native English speaker with a Master's degree and a solid, high-skilled job.

The US immigration system de-facto rewards some for lying. A woman in her first weeks of pregnancy lies about not being pregnant, gets a visa (or already holds one before getting pregnant), flies to the USA, and overstays there to give birth. Now she has a baby with US citizenship. She returns to her country and waits for the kid to grow up. The grown-up kid then moves to the USA with his passport (and doesn't even have to speak English) and applies for family reunification, and eventually this mother gets a green card and citizenship. In the end, she's rewarded with US citizenship for lying at the interview or overstaying with the intention of giving birth there.

Meanwhile, it's incredibly hard to immigrate to the US legally, even for a native English speaker with a Master's degree and a solid, high-skilled job.

Reddit normies from other subs don't seem to agree though, they are talking about self-restricting with this system like it's some kind of NNN challenge LULE

It could even be explained lore-wise: every time you die, it was just a nightmare, and your character wakes up in a cold sweat or something.

And I know most fans would probably be against it, but I'd also like to see optional survival mechanics. It would be something the Gothic series has never really had before (besides the temperature system in Gothic 3, which wasn't really a survival mechanic, it was more of a progression gate). But I think OPTIONAL needs like eating, drinking, sleeping, etc, enabled through the difficulty settings, would fit the game's already brutal atmosphere quite well. Of course it should be off by default, but since permadeath and combat assistance settings weren't a thing in original Gothic 1 either, why not add more experimental optional settings to see what players might like before Gothic 2 remake.

FinanzOnline zeigt nur folgende Meldung an, wenn ich versuche, mich mit der ID Austria anzumelden: "Die eingegebene Sozialversicherungsnummer ist in der Finanzverwaltung nicht vorhanden."

Ich habe erst vor Kurzem angefangen, Deutsch zu lernen, und möchte dort eigentlich nur nach dem Zugang zu FinanzOnline fragen. Bei dem Termin steht „nur Deutsch", aber wie streng ist das eigentlich wirklich?

I'm in Chapter 2, I've already maxed out dexterity, and I have around 40 skill points available. If I had gone the some route that lets you level up magic circles earlier, I could've also gotten some utility runes in addition to my bow. But by joining the New Camp, I get nothing useful in Chapter 2, and I don't really care about the armor since I almost never get hit anyway.

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For me, not really. I was born in Russia, and I basically can't have a normal life in the country of my citizenship, so I left for the EU, hoping it will become my new home.

It makes me wonder whether people born in other countries, especially wealthy and politically stable ones, feel lucky and blessed that they don't have to permanently leave their country of birth just to have a normal life, or whether they simply take it for granted?

I sometimes see people being proud that they were born in a certain country, like it's something they achieved, but I rarely hear something like "thank God I was born in X country, I'm so lucky.", so it made me wonder.