Works every time and after playing just about all of the modern paradox games, you really don’t need the dlcs unless you’re really into the base game and even then the time to learn means most of it won’t even be within your grasp until you’re like 50 to 100 hours in.

I think they knew and it didn’t matter to them which is oddly prophetic when I look at the state of the world today lol

People panned the game but this was the whole point of the NG Resonance character in Deus Ex Invisible War. People would basically tell this AI pop star intimate details about their lives and then the data was used against them and their local communities.

Help desk is the answer. The key is to work towards understanding the industry you’re doing support in. A ton of companies love support members because they end up knowing the product, the use cases, and the clients better than most other folks in the company.

It’s because degrees aren’t unfortunately full proof certifications of your skill set. They should be, and they should require recertification to prove your skill set. This is handled differently in different countries and with different industries but requiring more deep and trusted educational programs would resolve the problem. It makes sense that a company wants to ensure they’re getting what the candidate says they are.

Hiring processes are a joke currently and involve a clearly bullshit song and dance that everyone knows is a lie. I ver much don’t like tests in this capacity but it’s clear it’s a symptom of issues in higher academia.

Many groups have wanted an “online passport” for a long time now and it’s hard for me to not see this as another attempt veiled by “won’t someone think of the children”.

Once this starts it’ll be required for everything.

I fell into this bottomless pit and don’t know when I’ll upgrade. My 2070 super is great but showing it’s age and I’ve waited so long that now effectively the entire interior of my case needs to be upgraded. Just can’t justify the cost right now as I know it’ll amount to 1k+

Agreed! They make it very difficult to dislike them. I suspect a time will come when they start losing touch, and I’ve always wondered how much of their general direction is associated with Gabe specifically.

It’s looking like no one really knows - seeing mixed signals in the recent reporting. They are reporting higher GDP but the concern seems to be projected inflation increases and a possible housing bubble.

When diving into the reporting, I found some interesting nuggets referring to Putin directing his interior ministers toward manual economic controls since 2014. The thought is in mitigating crises (Crimea and now Ukraine). From looking at China, manual controls seem to work in the short term before mistakes set in long term. Curious to see how much longer Russia can hold out.

Yeah I did a bit of looking around recent headlines and see similar sentiments:

• https://www.ft.com/content/b3206a9f-e667-4e53-8a16-a8096188d4ae
• https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/russias-economy-will-suffer-brawl-top-2023-12-18/

I guess we’ll see if they can dodge another bullet

“Russian economy is about to flip the fuck out”

Just curious, what’s your sourcing on that? I ask because this has been said since the sanctions were put in place but they’ve managed to limb along.