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Have you considered talking to a psychologist? I've never been clinically depressed, but I was going through some stuff and went to a few sessions. It really helped me a lot.
I've no idea how practical that is where you live, but if it is an option I can't recommend it enough.
Absolutely. Fdroid is awesome.
I hate the fact that there's no simple, free, ad-free note-taking app either inbuilt or on the app store. Just something simple and local to take a quick shopping list or a name or something like that. Fdroid has me covered for that.
To add on to what @[email protected] said, you need to change the voting system first before that becomes viable, and then it happens naturally without any manual intervention.
Take the Alaska 2022 election as an example. Before, candidates had to be extreme in order to appeal to their base, as all that mattered was making the other side look "evil". Once they switched to rank voting, all of a sudden they had to convince voters of their own worth so they'd be put in at least second or third place, if not first directly. It also meant people could safely vote third party or alternative candidates within the major parties without a spoiler effect, as if the candidate is unviable, the vote just gets transferred to the second place pick.
Tl;Dr: The real solution to what you're trying to do is abandon first past the post and adopt some kind of ranked choice voting.
As a member of a family who were living in a fascist country, the answer is hide or get shot. I'm (obviously) descended from the part of my family who managed to avoid getting executed.
I would think that Ukrainian military senior staff know a bit more of what they're doing than us armchair generals. In terms of the full explanation, I'm sure we'll get that much later down the line (likely after the war). In terms of the desperation, I guess a bit of that has to be involved. They wouldn't need to do this if they were winning easily in the east, but that's where basically all the Russian military is alongside extensive fortifications, minefields, pre-sited artillery, etc.
It's likely also got a political angle to it too. Undermining the myth of the strong Czar protecting his people, and forcing tough decisions about how to use conscripts, some of which are from wealthy and influential cities (unlike the contract soldiers).
I'm no military guy, but as far as I understand it using troops trained in combined arms maneuver warfare to hold a trench line is a bit of a misuse of their skillset. Kinda like using an entire delivery van to transport your weekly shopping.
Why not use the troops in an environment they can truly excel and force a disproportionate response?
Also, it isn't exactly true that these troops were pulled off the eastern front. More accurate to say they weren't deployed there, so there's an opportunity cost.
Half my main shadowrun group are Germans, I could get them to help instead
If it's not too much of a hassle, mind sharing your house rules? Might give it a go with my players to see if that fixes our issues with the system
Fair enough. Had one test 6e session, my players absolutely hated it. Mainly due to the weird new edge system and the fact that combat is a lot less lethal and swingy.
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My RPG sessions are currently in scheduling hell. 6 sessions across 3 different groups cancelled, reshuffled, and then cancelled again over the last two weeks.
Out of interest, 5e or 6e?
I'd prefer local storage over cloud storage for quick silly things like that.