BruceVC

Is your daughter going to do plumbing full time, where is she studying ? I assume at a technical\artisan college? How long is the studying in the US, in SA it looks like its 2-3 years and 4 years in the field https://www.pcdcollege.co.za/plumbing-courses/

Thats a good point, I dont know. I will do some research and get back to you because quality of life and happiness is important

Gorthfuscious !! Stop using extreme examples and comparisons But you need those other degrees and they do have there benefits but you dont want a preponderance of young people studying things like political science as opposed to engineering or finance Look at what students in the Asian countries study to see what I mean, thats why countries like SK, China and Japan are so globally competitive

The best way for parents to understand what is the most worthwhile degree or certification for there kids to study is just to look at the local job market online and see what jobs and skills companies are looking for. It will differ from country to country but there will be common skills that are in demand and its unlikely this will be degrees like some of the creative arts, political science, history or philosophy Artisan skills like carpentry, electricians, plumbers and mechanics are always useful and in demand and then STEM subjects, finance, law, medicine etc. We shouldnt be debating something as important as this when you can do research in your local job market to understand the reality of a good job and a job that offers financial growth

Hopefully true, its good to have large, global and established corporations resourcing gaming. Look at Microsoft and there prudent acquisitions We will still have indie developers and smaller companies but Amazon is a solid company and there cloud networking works well

The degrees changed when I was at University but I didnt mean subjects like engineering, finance, law, medicine, computer science Here is link but any degree like public relations, diplomacy, political science, philosophy etc. All degrees mean a person has studied for at least 3 years and that must be recognized but there are very few jobs in SA in these fields and there are too many people who study them https://www.bachelorsportal.com/search/bachelor/social-sciences/south-africa/page-2 And @alanschu cant be more wrong, in SA you are suppose to go to University to get a degree and get a job. Thats how we suppose to transform and sustain our economy and address inequality. He is well meaning as usual but his view is coming from the privlidege of a first world country where I assume its not a big deal if you dont work Subjects like history and politics dont help much

I cant say for the Oz experience but in SA we have people who have creative\arts degrees like social science and there are no jobs for those skills. So getting any degree doesnt help if there are no available jobs in that field in a particular country We need more artisans like plumbers or diesel mechanics and not people with marketing or political science which are basically useless Yes that would be better

So what happens in Finland if university students are failing a particular course in year 1? Dont you have students who fail and dropout and then what happens to the education loan from the state, is that written off?

I watched the first episode of House of Dragons and it was excellent, I am looking forward to the rest of the series

They need to do the same thing in SA, its the only way to ensure the system isnt abused So in the US I assume the loans would be provided for year 1 and if a student is failing they have to leave at the end of year 1? If so do they need to pay pack the year 1 loan?

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/putin-signs-decree-to-increase-size-of-russian-armed-forces-by-137000/ More Russian soldiers for the meat grinder

University education? It shouldnt be free if students abuse it and arent committed to complete there degree because most countries will have limited spaces at universities and you dont want someone wasting state resources if they lack the real interest and discipline

Education loans should only be structured with low interest rates if students pass first time or pass at all If the US education loan system is anything like SA its a disaster, we have some students at university for 4-6 years failing constantly and refusing to leave taking full advantage of the student loan system and preventing deserving students ,who will study, from participating

Its terrible how you Serbs are always getting betrayed, just like Kosovo and Bosnia

No it wasnt a joke, I mentioned before WW1 is one of events in history I have studied and collect books on. One of my SA great grandfathers died during the Somme offensive and 2 of my UK great grandfathers died, one in battle and one from disease The famous battles like Verdun and The Somme took place over months and there were several clashes that each one consisted of where sometimes different sides had success and then were overrun later. And sometimes individual battles took 1-3 days like Delville Wood, part of the Somme offensive, where thousands of South Africans died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme So the various campaigns on the Western Front of WW1 were not just about people charging across no-mans land and getting annihilated by machine guns. That was just the result in some battles in the beginning of some campaigns Land battles in WW1 will be much more strategic and interesting than naval battles IMO ...much more interesting WW1 is still for me the most significant and momentous war of all time

Yes Serbia played a significant role in the beginning of WW1 but not in main trench warfare battles which the game will be based on

No way Gorthfuscious. Battles like Verdun, the Somme offensives and Ypres will make for much more exciting battles than the WW1 naval ones

I had to update something about Krugman, some of my family members mentioned he is ostensibly one of the worst economists to follow because he has been wrong about lots of predictions It doesnt mean he is always wrong but its worth considering https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/11/17/is-paul-krugman-the-worlds-wrongest-economist-997142/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman Interestingly but yesterday there was an interview with the Nobel awarded economist Paul Krugman about the economic cost to the US for the aid given to Ukraine. He made some good points when he explained the US is $25 trillion economy and total aid to Ukraine has only been about $25 billion. He said in fact the total aid amount is inconsequential to the US and Western countries but that relatively small amount of aid has been enough to stop Russia so far from defeating Ukraine militarily His real concern is the global inflation and how the US economy has been too strong and needs to go through a necessary correction to slow it down but he is not predicting a real US recession because he says its not possible to make those predictions because of all the variables and moving parts around the global and US economy

6 months, thats how long this terrible war has been ongoing and yesterday on CNN there was series of documentaries that highlighted this. Do you guys remember the debates we were having before the 24 February? Most of us were saying " Putin will never invade Ukraine " The only person I remember saying its likely was @pmp10 I will never forget the 3 famous lies, the 3 big N to justify the invasion as I call it. Nazi, Nukes and NATO and how in SA Russian apologists use to try to justify it based on false and inaccurate equivalences like " its similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis " ....you cant blame Russia, they were provoked by the US " I thought Russia would defeat and occupy Ukraine in 3 weeks because of the reality of the size and funding of the 2 armies. I am still surprised how well the Ukrainian army has done and is doing. Its because of 3 main reasons IMO The military hardware supplied to Ukraine has made a huge difference The fact the Ukrainians are fighting for there country makes a difference The Russian army had been plagued by problems most of us didnt think they would experience like training and corruption Hopefully we can find some peaceful solution to end Putins War but who knows? 6 months....thats when Putins War started

Its a very strange question because how would you calculate the cost to Russia when you have no idea what the actual cost or loss of Russian resources is? Its easy with the US because you can Google the amount of aid

It looks good, I like the idea of a Dune survival game and the Sandworm looks impressive

It looks promising, it reminds me of Dishonored and the whole dystopian Victorian theme I will wait for player and gaming website reviews before I decide if its worth buying

The anger and significance of the Russian bear on the Russian economy

Im sorry for the loss, I have huge respect for anyone who is prepared to fight and die in defense of freedom in another country. It demonstrates bravery and his death wasnt a waste