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I'm weak. I bought it. I guess I'm going to be playing it tonight... "A parody with deep rpg mechanics"

Not playing it yet... just sitting and watching the videos and reviews for Dungeon of Naheubeuk. Undecided as of yet. It looks like the kind of satire that is just up my alley. After all, I did like Grotesque Tactics 2 Dungeons and Donuts.

Still waiting for the Fallout'sque "Fusion Cell"

They don't. That's why the Danish government is footing 2/3 of the budget for Greenland. The Faroe Islands were considering full independence a few years ago... until they realized that if they declared themselves independent, Denmark would no longer pay their bills for them (why would one sovereign country pay all the expenses of another sovereign country?), so they agreed that independence could probably wait a century or two

I always wanted to flee to Mauritius for some reason. It looks so pretty out there all by itself in the ocean @BruceVCGreenland is an autonomous area, leaving mostly defense and foreign relations to Denmark to administer. Hypothetical solution, Denmark wants to go all "Australian" in their immigration policy, they could probably strike a deal with Greenland similar to what Australia has with Papua New Guinea. Edit: For those curious about Greenland, from the internet: "Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with limited self-government and its own parliament. Denmark contributes two thirds of Greenland's budget revenue, the rest coming mainly from fishing" Mostly, they just mind their own business these days, supported by Denmark (probably also feeling a bit of guilt about how the land and the Inuits were treated in the past)

Refugees? No. Kidnapped young virgins fresh from a raid? Yes

I’m not Pidesco, but I know a little bit about Denmark. You’ll just have to take my word for it, Denmark *never* liked immigrants and the EU even less (I sincerely thought Denmark would be the first to leave before the UK, although they may still follow them out the door)

Just a hunch (because I don't live there after all, so just based on observations from afar), that police are often called for just about everything that someone requires assistance with. They seem to regularly get confronted with situations that shouldn't have been a police matter in the first place. Sometimes lack of mental health care, lack of jobs for young people, lack of parental care (which seems to be hereditary in disadvantaged families) etc. I.e. a society that sic police on its "losers", neglecting the preventive part. But that is just my impression from watching news the last 30 years. All second and third hand knowledge. People who actually live there and know the system inside out could probably enlighten me on whether it's wrong assumptions or not. (A convoluted way of saying the police is not always the right tool for the job with their current skill set and it shows)

I think Comrade may have some misgivings about Merkel, as she's a conservative (i.e. right wing) leader. Elitist, Capitalist, Bourgeoisie Western countries are not the same as "Western" countries led by a green party

"Do private security guards have the skills to handle highly volatile situations that police officers have been expertly trained to tackle? "... Seriously? It's not like police officers have a good track record of handling anything that doesn't require brute force to solve

This article is so stupid, it *has* to have originated from a Murdoch Media source somewhere. The Eastern European governments of today are ranging from centrist over right to alt-right. Perfectly happy to acknowledge they are authoritarian (and for many of them, in a very bad way). The wrong premise just means the conclusion is the exact opposite of what they were hoping to reach.

Nothing that you can't fix by throwing more tanks at the problem

I wasn't really familiar with it, but looked it up on wiki (yes, boo, hiss). Interesting read. Apparently only the British and Russians used Christie suspensions (something about prophets and not being accepted their native countries seems to apply) From the wiki about US Army trialing it: "Army officials clocked a Christie M1931 tank attaining 104 mph (167 km/h), making it the fastest tank in the world: a record many believe it still holds"

The T34 is a weird thing. So simple, yet a stroke of genius in many ways. A right tool for the right job kind of thing. Decent stats (mobility, protection & firepower), easy to produce in large numbers, simple to operate and simple maintenance (what little low tech stuff that could break could be fixed by a peasant turned engineer with a hammer). edit: I sometimes think the whole wh40k STC tank concept is based on the history of the T34

The only SR I ever played was SR3 I only played it in co-op with a friend though (and she's a killer with a gun!). No idea what it would have been like playing it solo (Some of the DLC stuff was pretty fun too, like the sci-fi parts, silly, but fun when doing it co-op)

Got a similar anecdote to share... I doubt i would be able to get a mortgage in Australia, as I don't have any debt (to prove I can pay back debt) and not having had a credit card for 8 years, not making the banks any money. Doesn't matter I make a decent living, if they don't have it on print that you are a profitable customer for them.

Yes. Gary Oldman

Probably some souvenir scam, taking a cheap western lighter and glue/solder two fake plaques on it and voila, genuine made in the CCCP! (at least according to some thrifty entrepreneur somewhere) Edit: Regardless of who made it, the guy restoring it did a good job of it

Maybe it's a lot harder when you have to make it look like someone specific compared to when you have "free hands" to sculpt a face?

Why do I always imagine Gromnir looking like Ricky Gervais?...

Still, how did Bioware end up with this (Miranda's voice actor and model for the looks) Looking like this

Come on, everyone loves beating up English people. Even the English do it

Which is sort of the problem... the "major power" in the Middle East is an apartheid state and heavily supported by very influential lobby groups in the US, to the point where the rest of the world thinks of the US as Israel's bitch. Eventually, either the apartheid system has to go or a population group has to be genocided out of existence (a traditional European, including the UK, way of solving problems), but this is getting increasingly harder in a world where so many have access to current affairs and news. Which leaves the first option. Either turn it into an all inclusive, equal rights for all state or a two state, with two viable states mind you, solution. Co-existence would of course have been easier, but blame nationalism and religion on that. Edit to add: Part of what keeps the problem constantly current is 1.5 million displaced people that were kicked off their land live in refugee camps in neighboring countries with no future to look forward to. A good as any breeding ground for resentment and extremism. It's of course not the only problem in the Middle East, but it's hard to think up modern solutions to deep rooted, sometimes ancient problems. Just look at the Balkans how quickly populist politicans and nationalists can turn a civilized country into a smoking ruin. And even there, the problems are far from solved, they are just dormant at the moment, waiting for the right spark to flare up again. Same with Northern Ireland. If those two places are struggling, guess how hard it is to think up something useful for The Middle East. Old hatred and grudges just runs deep.

I remember when that was the news of the day, way back... eventually Russia got so fed up with the blatant theft of natural gas going through the Ukrainian pipeline, they simply turned off the valves. Much tears and gnashing of teeth followed as people were getting hypothermia in their homes (it was in the middle of the winter iirc.). I don't remember all the details of what was arranged but something about Ukraine stealing less and paying more was agreed, but Russia decided they needed a safer option for shipping it to other parts of Europe as Ukraine would forever being a weak link in the supply. Edit: At the time, Ukraine was already getting it at a hefty discount for good old times (Soviet times) sake. Iirc, as part of a compromise was made, an "adjustment" a bit closer to market price for the gas they actually paid for and not mysteriously disappeared from the pipeline into the local, national gas network... which Ukraine also promised to look into. I don't remember the follow up discussions (probably wasn't aired on Danish news) Edit2: @BruceVC regarding The Middle East, tl;dr; the place has been a mess since the Turks invaded Anatolia and the collapse of the Byzantine Empire. A collapse that was helped by the traitorous city of thieves (Venice).

A bit of (troubling) news about Witcher 4.... starts about 6:45 and 15:00 into the video