Who downvoted you? We can’t all escape our responsibilities for 3 hours, or enough to work everything at a strict schedule.

Yeah, this is bad advice for a comp level, or optimal progress, but for 99% of people the habit of going and doing something is orders of magnitude better than finding every excuse not to go that day.

I can barely manage anything that takes longer than cooking a decent meal.

Yeah, 3 hours.

There’s a reason I need the gym

Im always up for some older classics

Been playing some Battlefield 1942… legally… and Battlefield 2 has multiple options for playing actually legally.

I miss the era where it was fun, rather than min/max games

The uneducated and the uncaring

No, its geared to be as addictive and pleasurable as possible.

It just so happens that both carbs and sugar are pleasurable, and by coincidence also the cheapest part.

No, I literally mean our country size and your lines on the map.

Unless you are making a joke, in which case we may be that thick.

You got NZ pretty close considering we’re about as thick as your lines

Id argue that would be great for the 80s, but rail would probably suit us better for the north island and much of the south.

Easier to automate, can include non-costal towns and cities on a more regular basis, and can be electrified much easier. What would be even better is a hybrid system, especially one that could mitigate that pesky cook straight.

I thought it was “mistress” in a different outfit

What else are you going to do? Save for a house who’s price rises faster than you can earn money?

Don’t be stupid.

He’d leave genetic material in a cone shape about 15m long.

Yes but its probably the same causal factors - people being placed in command of vessels they don’t actually understand how to operate.

We always were a maritime nation until sailing became closer to flying and programming.

NZ and ship autopilot just aren’t working together well are they?

No, buts its definitely recommended and advised.

Effectively, no one can buy Russian goods so no one wants to buy Russia currency.

As such, it has low value as everyone is trying to get rid of something that is worthless to them, and a willing to accept a lower price to do so.

Or using high school economics- lots of suppliers, low number of buyers, value drops.

Really sad - a similar game to the ME series would be a welcome change and if done right could be drawn out for years

Evidence based prediction

Damn squid, is there anything your family group doesn’t do.

And for the record, id still call it OC. Its not your photo, but you posted it first so it is “original”.

It could drive up domestic production, however there us a good reason we import, which is similar to your last point.

Bad example, but its the same reason you “import” Mexican workers - their skills and work ethic, along with willingness to work long hours for low wages. You aren’t going to get hundreds of thousands of Americans to decide to work in a sweat shop, or on farms, or doing handyman work for the same wages.

I was going to mention the low cost of a life in China, and the lax H&S, ethic and environmental regulations, but America is trending that way too.

No, the first page is how it introduces inefficiencies into a supply/demand equilibrium, resulting in a lower quantity supplied and at a higher price.

No one who every studies economics, even in passing, would even consider another country paying a tarrif for something you buy. The concept is just… what?