Salamander Guy
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I suspect that the closest modern analogue to a medival blacksmith's way of working is probably a modern restaurant kitchen?
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I suspect that the closest modern analogue to a medival blacksmith's way of working is probably a modern restaurant kitchen?
Or the RP is just what it wants to do. You're sentient and yet you're doing that. (it's not sentient besides that but there are structural reasons for that)
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Or the RP is just what it wants to do. You're sentient and yet you're doing that. (it's not sentient besides that but there are structural reasons for that)
you get a sphere of influence by solving the problems of foreign powers/regimes. Nobody is entitled to a "natural sphere of influence" that's deranged talk from wanna be hegemons.
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
you get a sphere of influence by solving the problems of foreign powers/regimes. Nobody is entitled to a "natural sphere of influence" that's deranged talk from wanna be hegemons.
You rely on being an academic to enable your blogging, so really your blogging is just a monetisation of your academics
December 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
You rely on being an academic to enable your blogging, so really your blogging is just a monetisation of your academics
Rome's moral objections against carthage are all nonsense. It's a moralistic hegemonic empire engaging in a hegemon off against another rival hegemon. The moral criticism is required to legitimise the conflict which was structurally necessary anyway.
December 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Rome's moral objections against carthage are all nonsense. It's a moralistic hegemonic empire engaging in a hegemon off against another rival hegemon. The moral criticism is required to legitimise the conflict which was structurally necessary anyway.
In general i think the classes should be different based on being different sources of power basically. hence why sorcerer and wizard are different classes.
December 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In general i think the classes should be different based on being different sources of power basically. hence why sorcerer and wizard are different classes.
bloodhunter could be a ranger subclass.
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
bloodhunter could be a ranger subclass.
are they building the Yamato 2? this time half the size
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
are they building the Yamato 2? this time half the size
this is not because the chapter is good. I want to cringe with you.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
this is not because the chapter is good. I want to cringe with you.
Airplanes are great actually
December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Airplanes are great actually
you literally cannot impliment shariah law in the US without basically a revolution or complete instutional dominance because shariah is a tradition of law like common or civil law is.
December 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
you literally cannot impliment shariah law in the US without basically a revolution or complete instutional dominance because shariah is a tradition of law like common or civil law is.
most prizes go to china in the heyday of the roman empire.
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
most prizes go to china in the heyday of the roman empire.
the more i learn about rome the more i realise this graph is absolutely nonsense. Most technology improved in that time, and rome was never on the cutting edge of much of anything except, you can argue, finance.
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
the more i learn about rome the more i realise this graph is absolutely nonsense. Most technology improved in that time, and rome was never on the cutting edge of much of anything except, you can argue, finance.
An iron age machine empire like byzantium does not do so well at that. It does not tolerare aristocrats en masse, nor does it tolerate horse herding pastoralists. its way of doing things encourages massed infantry, but in an era where massed infantry was inefficient vs shock cavalry.
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
An iron age machine empire like byzantium does not do so well at that. It does not tolerare aristocrats en masse, nor does it tolerate horse herding pastoralists. its way of doing things encourages massed infantry, but in an era where massed infantry was inefficient vs shock cavalry.
The most militarily effective states of the era were states capable of producing tons of shock cavalry, which means you need as many competent riders and horses as humanly possible. This means states that enable the lifestyle required for that do well.
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The most militarily effective states of the era were states capable of producing tons of shock cavalry, which means you need as many competent riders and horses as humanly possible. This means states that enable the lifestyle required for that do well.
They wisely devised a doctrine of warfare based around combined arms to make the most of their limits. The entirety of the cataphracts system is a confession of incapacity. They spent so much per unit of cavalry spesifically. And the entire doctrine is designed to not waste him pointlessly.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
They wisely devised a doctrine of warfare based around combined arms to make the most of their limits. The entirety of the cataphracts system is a confession of incapacity. They spent so much per unit of cavalry spesifically. And the entire doctrine is designed to not waste him pointlessly.
the most dominant military strategy at the time in that region was shock cavalry, lot of it. And the byzantines outfitted as many as they could, and the ones they had they gave as much equipment as possible and used sparingly because shock cavalry men were hard as hell to come by for them.
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
the most dominant military strategy at the time in that region was shock cavalry, lot of it. And the byzantines outfitted as many as they could, and the ones they had they gave as much equipment as possible and used sparingly because shock cavalry men were hard as hell to come by for them.
I am extremely aware of the military competence of the byzantines. They were both extremely competent by our standards and highly inefficient for their era. The kind of state and society they had was chronically incapable of producing shock cavalry in an era where shock cavalry was dominant.
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I am extremely aware of the military competence of the byzantines. They were both extremely competent by our standards and highly inefficient for their era. The kind of state and society they had was chronically incapable of producing shock cavalry in an era where shock cavalry was dominant.
He has a gentle pompadour and is scrunching his forehead
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
He has a gentle pompadour and is scrunching his forehead
To be fair, this was because they were losing for like a millennia (they won and lost, but they mainly lost. the age of plunder consolidation into conquest was over, and had been over for a long time.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To be fair, this was because they were losing for like a millennia (they won and lost, but they mainly lost. the age of plunder consolidation into conquest was over, and had been over for a long time.)
they elected a monarchy never, but they did acclaim 3 of them, and both Orlean and the napoleans were very popular in their time.
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
they elected a monarchy never, but they did acclaim 3 of them, and both Orlean and the napoleans were very popular in their time.
It was not even close to the level of robustness democracies run with, nor was the class of electors nearly jelous enough of their supremacy. Democracies work because their people are extremely jelous of power.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It was not even close to the level of robustness democracies run with, nor was the class of electors nearly jelous enough of their supremacy. Democracies work because their people are extremely jelous of power.
citizenship but it's invitational by citizens.
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
citizenship but it's invitational by citizens.