Archelon

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[–] Archelon 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_China

Looks like the lowest as of 2023 equates to about 1.79 USD an hour?

[–] Archelon 4 points 8 months ago

Ah yes, that will ensure compliance and not motivate mass resistance.

[–] Archelon 6 points 8 months ago

My main disagreement with this decision is the same reason I disagree with countries that strictly enforce wearing hijabs.

Whether or not a person chooses to wear a hijab, or a burka, or khakis, or a swimsuit, or nothing at all is a personal decision. It’s the part where they choose that’s important.

It’s certainly arguable whether social or cultural or religious norms can remove the ability to choose without any legal action whatsoever, but I don’t think that justifies this kind of action and I don’t think this law will result in any sort of liberation. Historically speaking this direction tends to result more in reactionary radicalization.

[–] Archelon 3 points 8 months ago

I can only imagine it being Little Big Planet

[–] Archelon 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed The Last Days of the Third Age, a lord of the rings TC for Mount and Blade: Warband.

It takes Warband’s medieval lord sim and focuses hard on the warfare side of things with lots of huge battles on giant maps, but even tiny skirmishes can affect a faction’s strength. (And with so many factions on both sides of the War of the Ring, you need to pick what to focus on)

[–] Archelon 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, don’t get me wrong, minecraft’s art style is absolutely charming and a perfect fit for the “blocky” nature of the gameplay. See how many of its imitators try to look more realistic and end up looking genuinely ugly. But to speak to the top comment’s point, when fancy shaders are added minecraft’s simple style gets elevated so much and it goes to show how simple and effective design paired with good-looking lighting can make even the lowest-poly games look absolutely gorgeous.

[–] Archelon 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Hell, minecraft’s vanilla textures look downright gorgeous with lighting mods.

[–] Archelon 20 points 8 months ago

Actually, this graph does display the % average wage increase!

It’s the line where the x axis is.

[–] Archelon 14 points 8 months ago

Sherriffs: what if cops, but with even less oversight and even more power tripping?

[–] Archelon 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Also if he calls over 40 hours a week short hours…

[–] Archelon 16 points 8 months ago

Might be referring to the percentage of the chocolate itself, denoting how “dark” it is.

[–] Archelon 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bioshock is most specifically about Randian objectivism, which promotes a version of extreme laissez-faire capitalism, not libertarianism in general.

And I think that’s the most economic philosophy buzzwords I’ve put in a sentence before.

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