Russians would be the biggest beneficiaries of a wiped out Kremlin/Moscow.

Elk nadeel heb se voordeel.

I had that with GTA3: seemed photorealistic at the time.

A bunch of PS2 cards had this effect on me. Fifa 2001, Gran Turismo 3, etc.

Gran Turismo 3 still looks photo realistic!

This is especially true on a CRT. People often forget how "good enough" the PS2 graphics were, and how big of a deal that was.

Even the prior two games had an extremely tasteful use of textures and geometry that just felt right and realistic enough to not break immersion despite the hardware limitations. This era of gaming rightfully and correctly recognized that any form of "realism" is ultimately an impression rather than an objective truth.

Gran Turismo 3 was where I first started experiencing the "uncanny valley" of graphics. The game looked and felt incredible... so incredible that the lack of damage felt like an immersion-breaker in a way I hadn't experienced before.

> People often forget how "good enough" the PS2 graphics were, and how big of a deal that was.

I remember going to an electronics store with my friend. I couldn't figure out why they had a broadcast football game playing on a 15 inch LCD display up front. I assumed it was a game but then watched it for a few cuts and was so certain it was live footage...

It was a madden game on PS2 in demo mode.

Being able to say 'I attended $famous_uni' counts for much if not most in many circles. Upper classes are beyond merit; being there and staying there is all that's needed. In fact, stepping in to save offspring is a way of life for them. School is just the first time it happens.

Generational wealth usually disappears within 3 generations so real life skills are necessary if the upper class wants to remain there.

Is that summing the wealth of every single person in a (usually growing) group of inheritors, or averaging it?

If 1 guy with $16 billion turns into 16 grandkids with (inflation adjusted) $1 billion endowments each, it sounds to me like the family fortune was preserved extremely well, the family is simply bigger.

Mate, I’m visiting Europe right now. The tail of generational wealth is so long here you can even see it. We can certainly see a few examples of family wealth being squandered. And it makes a great narrative about karma and balance. But I’ve met even more families that while not individually wealthy will never, ever be poor in the foreseeable future for the next 5 generations at least.

Karma? Do you believe anyone who has wealth only got that way through immoral actions?

That's an awfully long runway.

That severely depends on legal and social system you operate it. It is not universal truth, that was artifact some concrete historical period. And the loss is frequently result of large war, revolution, violent displacement, that sort of thing.

My Mii/Citigo/e-Up EV is a retrofit, but it's a really great EV.

I eat meat, although less then what I grew up with. I know what goes on in a slaughterhouse.

I cut out dairy about a decade ago. This is another level.

The state maybe change however. Would be nice to hear mold has grown on an item at the back of shelf 4.

I actually use MuPDF for epubs, as well as pdfs.

Me too. It seems to be the only one that does not litter the sdcard directory.

Meh. Cheap seasonal batteries aren't a thing yet so for much of humanity solar + batteries just can't cover the same needs as other means of generation.

Why do you think that in 1998 Russia was not influencing Germany to use its gas?

Moreover, Russia and its coopting of the German Left and Greens is well documented.