Trade sanctions mean that an economy must become more self-sufficient, and self-sufficiency in this case has grown the economy because Russia has expanded the production of input resources - the U.S. gambled that the Russian economy would collapse without trade in required precedents but they have managed to supply them themselves or through trade with less belligerent powers

Agreed but that fourth picture has to be AI slop

The latest update improved performance a ton for me

Also called the private sector

Whaddabout deez nuts

Zhongguo stay winning

It’s her turn

Bud Light drinker spotted

Try drinking a Bell’s Two-Hearted and tell me it tastes like pisswater. I’m not saying it’s for everyone but it’s definitely got some taste to it

The only good thing about American culture is the food and the beer

Depends what’s in season. Where I live: crabapples, blackberries, Japanese Silverberries. There’s probably a ton more, but these are the things I feel comfortable eating whenever I find them at a park etc

There were not two states in Korea at the time, a “North Korea” and a “South Korea”. There is one nation - Korea - and it’s Southern half was occupied by a foreign force. Literally - South Korea was not liberated from Japan at the end of WWII, Japan transferred it’s occupation to the United States.

Also Elden Ring

Settlers are legitimate targets

With that much stone they should install drainage grates in every room so you can just spray the place down instead of mopping/dusting/sweeping

Wow that sucks

AI art is going to do the same thing to fantasy art that digital art did: completely destroy the immersive feeling for the benefit of rich assholes who want to pump out slop quicker and cheaper

No problem!

Sorry I’m a Tankie I can’t see Lemmy.world

The main problem is zoning laws - too much land zoned for single-family residences only, a lack of mixed-use zoning and walkability, and heavily restrictive laws on apartment buildings (height limits, floorplan requirements such as the infamous dual-stairway rule, etc ).

These laws exist because of NIMBY’s - people with an existing stake in the community who don’t want noisy transit, tall buildings being an “eyesore”, affordable housing bringing in more poor people.

The solution, of course, is to [REDACTED] all the NIMBY’s.

Don’t worry, you’re still serving an important role in the economy!

As part of the “reserve army of labor”, by your very existence you drive down the wages of other workers in your field, based on the threat that they could be replaced with you.

My biggest complaint with how the Gowron character was written was his final battle with Worf. He fought honorably with a Bat’leth. From everything we’ve seen about Gowron earlier in his presentation, he should have fought dirty, and with knives.