ladel

joined 1 year ago
[–] ladel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Links Awakening (GB version). As a kid, I have memories of just wondering about talking to all the characters and not knowing what yo do to progress. As an adult, I can see why, and have had to consult an online guide to find out what to do. How did I ever manage it as a kid?

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Found it - https://youtube.com/watch?v=yOWX9LVUt2w

It says that the US did most lf the fighting, so felt entitled to take the lion's share and were the only ones with the A-bomb so felt they could dictate what they wanted. And the Allies were not in a good financial position to sustain another occupation. It makes some degree of sense, but I don't understand why the exact same arguments didn't apply to Korea just across the sea.

 

This is a bit of an Ask Historians question.

I've been reading about the Japanese surrender on Wikipedia, and one thing I thought was strange was that the post-war occupation of Japan was largely handled only by the US under MacArthur. The original plan during the war was apparently for the Allies to divide it, but somehow the plan changed. Stalin allegedly wanted to occupy Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, but Truman was opposed and it didn't happen.

Contrast this to Germany (an East-West split than lasted for decades) and Austria (an East-West split, but the Soviets didn't block full Austrian independence after a relatively short period. In Asia, the Japanese-controlled areas were mostly returned - China received Taiwan, coastal China in the south and east and Manchuria in the northeast. The Soviet Union retook Sakhalin island, just north of Hokkaido. Korea had been occupied by Japan for a few decades, and rather than Japan, it was Korea that was split between the Soviets and the US and shortly after became DPRK and ROK, transitioning into the Korean War as we know it, and the Korean peninsula is still split.

Japan, I think, fared reasonably well - the US were largely gone within ten years (but with a presence of military bases), and even during the occupation, Japan still technically governed themselves. I think it could have potentially gone much worse if the Soviets were involved, but the reasons for Soviet non-involvement are not very clear.

 

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I had a period (~5 years) of not playing any games before playing it, and it's not a very interesting choice since it got good reviews, but I really feel like Zelda Breath of the Wild is such a well-made game bordering on masterpiece.

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's somehow less annoying if there's a reason for it than it just being a random unknown bug, so thanks for the explanation.

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was trying to subscribe to kbin magazines the other day, but there's something weird going on. https://kbin.social/m/korean shows two posts, but https://lemmy.world/c/Korean@kbin.social shows none. Actually subscribing works but doesn't reveal anything.

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't think I've seen human extinction floated as a likely outcome, but food and water shortages could lead to deaths in the millions, which I can't even comprehend at the moment

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a relatively easy choice, but it took a long time for me to get my head around what the fediverse was and how it worked. I lurked for a good while on a few different instances before evetually creating an account. I do still check in on the small community I nurtured, though. Secretly hoping it's gone to shit without me.

[–] ladel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, "compact" as it was known was what predated the mobile web interface, which itself now seems to be being replaced by another interface based on new reddit. It was really lightweight and fast without any ads. The drawback was that it was never updated to display images in line or for their terrible video player. Or chat and all that new stuff.

 

Top monetary values according to Transfermarkt and my own selections

Cho Gue-sung: Jeonbuk to FC Midtjylland (Denmark) - €3.05m

World Cup heartthrob finally picks his destination after flirting numerous other European clubs last winter.

Yang Hyun-jun: Gangwon to Celtic (Scotland) - €2.5m

Last season's young player of the year, and caught attention in a exhibition match vs Tottenham last year.

Nana Boateng: CFR Cluj (Romania) to Jeonbuk - €2m

Joins up again with former Cluj manager Dan Petrescu

Vladislavs Gutkovskis: Rakow (Poland) to Daejeon - €800k

Eastern European forwards and K League - an iconic duo

Welinton Junior: Portimonense (Portugal) to Gangwon - free

Lee Chang-min: Jeju to Geoje Citizen - free loan

Heads off to the Korean fourth division to do his military service

Stefan Mugosa: Vissel Kobe (Japan) to Incheon - free

Incheon get their top scorer back just one year after Kobe bought him for about 1 million - a good bit of business from Incheon's point of view

Honourable mention

Kim Ji-soo: Seongnam (K League 2) to Brentford (England) - €640k

Another young player who featured last year vs Tottenham, the centre back moves into Brentford's B team for just now.

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