Offensive Gains

My friends, the above are Ukraine’s counteroffensive gains from late spring this year. As you can see, they are barely making a dent into the Russian line of defense. Allegedly, these gains were at the cost of tens of thousands of soldiers.

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Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.

I went to my friend’s wedding in Nepal, through Hong Kong with a stop over there. I have only been on a holiday in Bali before that and I traveled through South Korea, with a little stopover in Seoul. I live in Europe.

Why do you blog?

Because I want a space for my ideas and things I find.

What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?

I sleep long when I can. I also get money and invest it to retire early. Ain’t planning to be working beyond the age of 50.

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

Záviš z Falkenštejna

What TV shows did you watch as a kid?

Ren and Stimpy was my favourite.

Baldur’s Gate III Kicks Ass

My daily routine is, I come home from work, do some astrology calculations and then I just play video games…

And on my days off, I play Baldur’s Gate III. And so far far I have been enjoying it. The game is a bit woke, you literally have fat, black women with large axes in that game. But still there are articles out there which blame the game for antisemitism because there are big nose hags, and that say black people find it hard to play because the game has racial discrimination built in. No amount of lesbian big axe stereotypes would placate the sensitivities of the genetic trash that write these articles.

The game is certainly good but I am not sure it is particularly exceptional. I personally had a similar experience playing Witcher III but Baldur’s Gate III has this option of customizing your character, so that every play through can feel different. You can also play as one of the origin characters because the game has a neat origin story. That is all of the characters you meet in early game were on the same boat. I have never really seen it done in RPGs this way but granted I don’t play games that much.

For some reason, the game has created controversy among game developers, who said that the quality of it cannot be expected from other games. I am sorry but I am a picky consumer when it comes to video games, my ass has been burned and my bank account drained too many times to trust any gaming company. And I am sorry, a studio owned by the giants like Microsoft, or Activision-Blizzard have the resources to deliver a quality product. I have bought Baldur’s Gate III already several months ago when it was still in early access because I saw the effort that went into it.

Do you I would piss my money away on Starfield or whatever that is called? No fucking way, I do not see the love that goes into the games. We consumers want working games that are actually fun, and have minimum of micro transactions, cut content. You just pay and play. I will absolutely use Baldur’s Gate III as a stick to beat your asses with.

Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.

Going home from work.

How would you design the city of the future?

Honestly, in our post-industrial society, people are divided into consumers and producers. It would be best if the producers were as close to the markets and markets as close to the consumers. Big cities should completely eliminate cars if possible, and replace them with comfortable public transport. Unlike many right wingers, I do not mind the idea of 15 minute cities and the elimination of cars. Cars kinda a suck, I realized it on a holiday in Italy last May. They stink, and they don’t even look too good. They take up space that could be used differently. Travelling too far for work or to markets for food is energy inefficient, and can get expensive. I am not sure yet about the various electric scooters rentals. They normally end up in the river in Prague.