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  1. ...and global warming throws a spanner in the works. Sorry to hear that, people in the western US. Living in Australia, I can appreciate what the "new normal" is for bush fire seasons (almost choking to death in my old place in Melbourne last year). Currently just sitting here, tapping my feet impatiently on the floor, procrastinating on the internet and waiting for the container to get delivered to my door with all my old personal belongings. My stuff has spent the last 6 years in self storage in Europe and now I could finally afford to get it shipped down here Much of the stuff was bought down here before I moved to Berlin, but there is also stuff that dates back to my childhood. Yeah, nostalgia can be a bitch sometimes Edit: Now unpacking stuff... nostalgia indeed (I think the tape is so old it wont work anymore)
  2. I guess I got lucky and felt like I got my moneys worth on the kickstarter projects I supported. Pillars of Eternity was $1000 well spent, but Wasteland 2, Expeditions: Conquistador and the last one, Stasis, in particular were what I consider good games and happy to have supported. Huge corporations, then monopolies are the natural evolution of the an unregulated market, where prices are dictated to the consumers because of lack of competition.
  3. Damn you NASA, poking your nose where it doesn't belong. Now *they* know about life on Earth
  4. Tl;dr; Nethack was a much better CRPG than Witcher III (according to the guy writing)
  5. I've never seen them together, but I've seen CCW and John Fogerty separately live. Ah, back in the good old days when live music was still an option A band I never got to see was Metallica. I actually had no less than 3 tickets for their concert in Melbourne last year, but it got cancelled 1 frigging month before the concert because Hetfield needed to go back to rehab for his addiction problems... as for now, my attitude is **** Metallica, let me get to a Rammstein concert some day
  6. You could argue it's the most important US presidential election taking place in 2020
  7. I do. I mentioned in the past, part in jest part seriously that the governing Australian Liberal Party (ALP) is 100% owned by the mining industry and the fossil fuel industry, Only subject up for debate is which of the two owns more of the party. The banks have been running their own thing without any real oversight for decades, so they don't really count in that equation. The latter could use some summary execution of corporate "fat cats". Since Australia doesn't have the death penalty, life in prison would do for a number of them. The party's latest idea is, in order to fight covid, they want to ban all internal borders so people can travel freely between states again. Not fair if only one state has all the covid. Could also be because Clive Palmer (a local billionaire and stakeholder in the ALP) said it was bad for his business (see above comment about who really rules Australia)
  8. In a bit of good news... sort of I guess. He and his fellow executives are getting off too easy imho Rio Tinto chief Jean-Sebastien Jacques to quit over Aboriginal cave destruction On Friday, the company said in a statement that "significant stakeholders have expressed concerns about executive accountability for the failings identified". The board said Mr Jacques would remain as the chief executive until March, or until a successor was appointed. Other senior executives, including the heads of the miner's iron ore and corporate relations divisions, will also leave the company at the end of the year. Tl;dr; stakeholders in the company, from pension funds to the Church of England were *very* unhappy with the actions of the boss, his henchmen and the light slap on the wrist the company gave them. Sometimes a **** ton of negative PR can work a bit of wonder. I guess walking looks better on your CV than getting sacked https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54112991 Edit: In a perfect world, Australians would do the same and sack the pile of dung prime minister whose government gave the thing the thumbs up legally in the first place
  9. Hahaha, is all good mate. I'm not familiar with Swedish beer I grew up with Carlsberg and Tuborg Edit: And the beer we used to mock was German beer
  10. Hvis jeg nogensinde kommer til Danmark igen en dag, skal jeg nok invitere på dansk øl Edit: Of course, you would have to travel across øresund to get it Edit2: I actually had to google some danish web pages to cut and paste a few letters from the Danish alphabet. Javla Svenska!
  11. Which sort of rams home the hypocrisy of the west, they don't really give a flying **** about democracy, only the balance of power and bottom lines. If you're a *lucky* country outside the block, you goals aligns with the west and even the lowest creep of a dictator can get support. If not, even the most well meaning, idealist state/group run by democratic ideals are screwed.
  12. Yes, I'm Danish. Still relatively fluent (if not perfect anymore) in the language
  13. Scania is the part of Denmark that is currently occupied by Swedish troops...
  14. Looks like Russian intelligence services may have miscalculated a bit... Angela Merkel has something Boris Johnson doesn't have... clout. And Euros of course. Sweet, sweet Euros Which means leverage, that the British government wished it had last time someone got poisoned by Novishock (sp?) It was one short sentence in a German Sunday newspaper. But for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, it was potentially as damaging as an earthquake. "I hope the Russians don't force us to change our position on Nord Stream 2," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said, as the row with Moscow intensified over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54070046
  15. According to google translate: Does anyone tell me if the "grounded" will come out for playstation 4 ?! Note: I want to play this game so badly Moved it to the Grounded discussion forum.
  16. Accents.... makes the world a more interesting place
  17. Just deviate a bit from my usual Rammstein... and now for something completely different
  18. Blatant Canadian racism... to them us Danes all look the same, right @Gorgon?
  19. Merged a large number of very similar topics on the recent issue with not loading saved games without crashing. Hoping the devs will chime in at some point.
  20. I'm a simple person, often enjoying the simple things in life. Especially now that winter is over and it's spring, so I can sit outside in a t-shirt and have dinner. Just a bit of steak and onions from the BBQ and some microwaved potato mash from the grocery store (yeah, boo!). The onions could have used a bit more, but I'll keep that in mind next time and start them 10-15 minutes before the steak
  21. Conan the Bacterium says: "I'll be back!" 'Super bacteria' survives for three years outside space station Scientists who attached a strain of bacteria to the outside of the International Space Station have been stunned to find it survived for three years, in open space. The experiment, led by a team of Japanese researchers, involved the bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans, also known as Conan the Bacterium due to its extreme hardiness. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-54029521
  22. I hate to disappoint, but.... India coronavirus: Covid strikes remote Greater Andamanese tribe https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53925071
  23. I do speak to some family back there every now and then on Skype (with video), so it's not all forgotten. It does happen that I forget the odd word in Danish though, but luckily the family understands English too and can remind me what it's called.
  24. I'm an anarchist, not a fascist. Now go over in your corner and self-moderate!
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