Barış C. Kaştaş
@barisckastas.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD Student, Université de Lausanne
Almae Matres SciencesPo, GSL
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Nothing much! Trying to juggle thesis writing and doctoral courses... I hope everything is good on your end! 😊
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nothing much! Trying to juggle thesis writing and doctoral courses... I hope everything is good on your end! 😊
The difference between a fancy robe de chambre and a bathrobe seems to be attitude in the end!
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The difference between a fancy robe de chambre and a bathrobe seems to be attitude in the end!
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss.
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm very sorry to hear about your loss.
He specifically mentions that laissez-faire capitalism is categorically incompatible with a conservative worldview, which I think is rather in line with the abandonment of civic virtue that we see today to the profit of planet-destroying billionaires.
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
He specifically mentions that laissez-faire capitalism is categorically incompatible with a conservative worldview, which I think is rather in line with the abandonment of civic virtue that we see today to the profit of planet-destroying billionaires.
Sorry for barging in, but to the moral decay among conservatives you two are discussing reminds me of GA Cohen's Rescuing Conservatism, where he specifically mentions that modern conservative parties are antithetical to the concept of "preserving the existing thing which has value"!
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sorry for barging in, but to the moral decay among conservatives you two are discussing reminds me of GA Cohen's Rescuing Conservatism, where he specifically mentions that modern conservative parties are antithetical to the concept of "preserving the existing thing which has value"!
This is a serious accusation so I wouldn't really name names unless I somehow get concrete proof, but I hate how current LLM technology has made it so that we can't trust the authenticity of so many things in our life.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is a serious accusation so I wouldn't really name names unless I somehow get concrete proof, but I hate how current LLM technology has made it so that we can't trust the authenticity of so many things in our life.
So basically a big Civ campaign?
October 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
So basically a big Civ campaign?
Since TSR-era D&D didn't really do "balance", IMO the daily depletion of spell slots (and light, and rations etc.) was a measure of how deep you can go. But when everyone's combat abilities have daily limits and combat is balanced around those limits, the dungeon needs to account for that structure.
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Since TSR-era D&D didn't really do "balance", IMO the daily depletion of spell slots (and light, and rations etc.) was a measure of how deep you can go. But when everyone's combat abilities have daily limits and combat is balanced around those limits, the dungeon needs to account for that structure.
Do you think the "X encounters/day" way of designing the adventuring day (with or without the fine-tuning for bosses) plays well with old-school dungeoncrawling? When I'm designing a dungeon in 5e, I feel like the entire dungeon must fit an adventuring day or the player incentive to LR ruins pacing.
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Do you think the "X encounters/day" way of designing the adventuring day (with or without the fine-tuning for bosses) plays well with old-school dungeoncrawling? When I'm designing a dungeon in 5e, I feel like the entire dungeon must fit an adventuring day or the player incentive to LR ruins pacing.
Real Prime Ministry of France has never been tried!
October 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Real Prime Ministry of France has never been tried!
Putting fences around farm animals would be deadly for farmer's economy, says the wolf hungrily circling the farmstead
September 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Putting fences around farm animals would be deadly for farmer's economy, says the wolf hungrily circling the farmstead
This reads like a wall of a text written by someone who talks *a lot* about TTRPGs with extremely complicated jargon, but in truth plays very little. Just the worst kind of person to discuss TTRPGs with.
September 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This reads like a wall of a text written by someone who talks *a lot* about TTRPGs with extremely complicated jargon, but in truth plays very little. Just the worst kind of person to discuss TTRPGs with.
Jersey and Guernsey, specifically.
September 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Jersey and Guernsey, specifically.
Nothing like some unquestioned assumptions disguising themselves as self-evident a priori facts in analytic philosophy!
September 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Nothing like some unquestioned assumptions disguising themselves as self-evident a priori facts in analytic philosophy!
And let's not forget that Spain's regime change only happened because a terrorist attack killed Franco's first choice and the second choice was a closet democrat beyond all expectations who had to dodge a coup attempt in 1981!
September 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
And let's not forget that Spain's regime change only happened because a terrorist attack killed Franco's first choice and the second choice was a closet democrat beyond all expectations who had to dodge a coup attempt in 1981!
I really want to believe in peaceful regime change away from authoritarianism, but if anything what we see is that either the authoritarians plunder the country and hand its corpse back after they're done or there is a violent intervention that ends the regime.
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I really want to believe in peaceful regime change away from authoritarianism, but if anything what we see is that either the authoritarians plunder the country and hand its corpse back after they're done or there is a violent intervention that ends the regime.
- Estado Novo could be considered as similar with the Portuguese military's colonial defeat pushing for a regime change
And most importantly, regardless of how you feel about the fall of communism, the existence of the US and NATO as a hegemonic power supporting anticommunism is a massive factor
And most importantly, regardless of how you feel about the fall of communism, the existence of the US and NATO as a hegemonic power supporting anticommunism is a massive factor
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
- Estado Novo could be considered as similar with the Portuguese military's colonial defeat pushing for a regime change
And most importantly, regardless of how you feel about the fall of communism, the existence of the US and NATO as a hegemonic power supporting anticommunism is a massive factor
And most importantly, regardless of how you feel about the fall of communism, the existence of the US and NATO as a hegemonic power supporting anticommunism is a massive factor
I understand the sentiment, but I have to say a lot of these are very bad examples.
- Chile suffered for 17 long years under Pinochet and a lot of the regime's damage is still not undone
- The Greek Junta fell over its incapacity to Turkish response to Enosis in Cyprus
- Chile suffered for 17 long years under Pinochet and a lot of the regime's damage is still not undone
- The Greek Junta fell over its incapacity to Turkish response to Enosis in Cyprus
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I understand the sentiment, but I have to say a lot of these are very bad examples.
- Chile suffered for 17 long years under Pinochet and a lot of the regime's damage is still not undone
- The Greek Junta fell over its incapacity to Turkish response to Enosis in Cyprus
- Chile suffered for 17 long years under Pinochet and a lot of the regime's damage is still not undone
- The Greek Junta fell over its incapacity to Turkish response to Enosis in Cyprus
Skirmish and Ceasefire
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Skirmish and Ceasefire
This is fascinating since in Turkish we still call the queen the Vizier, but he's obviously got the post-Queen patch powerset. Even if the game balance was patched, the old name stayed!
And I'm guessing something similar happened with the Bishops which we call the Elephants!
And I'm guessing something similar happened with the Bishops which we call the Elephants!
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is fascinating since in Turkish we still call the queen the Vizier, but he's obviously got the post-Queen patch powerset. Even if the game balance was patched, the old name stayed!
And I'm guessing something similar happened with the Bishops which we call the Elephants!
And I'm guessing something similar happened with the Bishops which we call the Elephants!
20 years ago I might have said Dan Brown is also a contender, but seeing how he fell into irrelevance in the 2010s, this seems like the only correct answer!
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
20 years ago I might have said Dan Brown is also a contender, but seeing how he fell into irrelevance in the 2010s, this seems like the only correct answer!
I hope he's found soon! :(
August 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I hope he's found soon! :(