I would guess that the low surface area would lead to problems. At first it would cool very well because of the huge thermal mass, but once it reaches thermal equilibrium the cooling would be quite weak.

Yeah, good.

Russia is part of the global north. Most of Russia's territory is made up of colonies. You can not be pro Russia and anti imperialist at the same time.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Russia has way less industrial output than the EU. Russia is more imperialist than the EU. EU is shifting right, but is still wayyy to the left of Russia. Saying we should align with Russia is like saying we should align with turkey. Or Saudi Arabia.

Only major industries Russia has are weapons (we sell those, they are a competitor) and fossil fules (we are in the process of not using them)

Russia has literally nothing of value to offer us.

Making choices is inherently stressful. Particularly if you don't know how much the choice matters. If your goal is to onboard as many people as possible (which it may well not be) then reducing the number of choices is always preferred.

They are not punching down. They are punching up at the richest and most powerful country the world has ever seen which might invade their home soon. Are you really going to spend your time tone policing children from Greenland?

What you listed are extremely mild stereotypes that Americans have heard a million times even from other Americans. They are about as offensive as "French eat croissant" or "Brits drink tea". And these kids clearly want to be offensive to Americans

All the former eastern block countries (including east Germany, also Yugoslavia) are stereotyped as poor, which carries further stereotypes of criminality, stupidity and general backwardness. There are old German jokes about how poles will steal your car for example.

I would say that its slowly getting better as the economic situation of our direct neighbours improves, but that may well be my bubble, wich is mostly made up of university students. Far right parties are on the rise and I doubt their voters have very nuanced views about any foreigners

This post is two years old so idk if you are still alive, but imo it makes sense for beginners to play on 9x9 until they notice almost all ataris and second line cuts, and know a bit about making living groups. I think it can be frustrating to ruin a 19x19 game because you missed a huge atari, but on 9x9 the game was almost over anyway

I like the flag. "Twelve stars in a circle" sound boring but in practice its a great aesthetic an has a lot of character