u/SmoothOperator

I find BdG3 runs very well directly on the deck, what's gained from streaming?

You can now see the estimated delivery date on the Steam Controller page!

I guess that stuff is based a lot on the Tolkien race concepts. It's an interesting thing when mythical creatures, often understood as inherently evil or chaotic, transform into playable races and fellow citizens in a fantasy world.

What is D&D racism? Orcs are barbaric ace wielders and elves are sophisticated archers?

Sounds interesting. I wonder how that experience will balance with regards to establishing new mines... I could imagine that stable defenses can be set up against biters, but that resource patches will quickly run out if the game is left alone for 48+ hours

This is super interesting. To me Factorio feels so clumsy when you can't access keyboard shortcuts. How did you get the controls to work well?

Blake Manor

Seance at Blake Manor, a lovely mystery game. Great on deck.

Ugh.

1) You can be a Swede and have a background or name from a different culture.

2) The gang he was leading was working in Sweden, i.e. a Swedish gang.

"But I think we could do more here in Europe to have a focus on developing new capabilities," Poulsen said, adding that military investments would make it "so that we are not that dependent on the US".

Sounds like he's saying that we're so deeply dependent on the US for now that a screeching halt to our purchasing of US military equipment would de facto dismantle our defences. But that we should work to get out of that dependency.

I wonder why they have those rigid "sails", do they function like regular sails?

I'd say symbols are a constant negotiation between meanings. The swastika is lost, but other symbols like Nordic runes are only fully lost if we surrender them. We must fight to insist on the meaning of the symbols not yet lost to evil.

"From the river to the sea; Palestine will be free." This is the slogan I hear. I hear no violence in these words, only a call for freedom for all Palestinians in what used to be Palestine. I can't help but think that the misunderstanding of this slogan is willful.

If this slogan is surrendered to evil, how long before the accusations start against the next slogan? Is waving a Palestinian flag the same as condoning terrorism? Is saying the word "genocide" an act of aggression against Israel? Shouldn't we defend that when we call for freedom, we mean that and just that? And refuse those who would make such a simple call for freedom illegal and associated with evil?

We can be part of controlling the meaning of these things, not only evil can do that.

Why does Hamas get to decide what the slogan means? Psychos in the US are using the punisher logo, does that mean that Marvel is promoting what they do?

Part of freedom is to not relent when you are being told to shut up, to change your message, to obey. If you are fighting for the freedom of oppressed people and the cessation of violence against innocents, and the people hearing you say "stop saying that, say something else", you don't obey, you say it harder until they listen to what you're actually, clearly stating: all people deserve freedom and a life without violence.

Interesting perspective. When you say any town, do you include places like Aarhus and Odense? If yes, what are the symptoms of the country dying there?

What small towns are you talking about specifically? There are definitely struggling places out there, in curious if we're thinking of the same places.

Also what's the issue with the prime minister drinking?

What was cool about Denmark 40 years ago?

Didn't all the mink farms close?

Oh, the Germanity

Interestingly, the value of the Danish krone is pegged to the value of the euro, meaning the job of the national bank is to ensure a more or less constant exchange rate of 1€ = 7.45DKK.

So when the euro performs well, the krone performs well.


Demilitarised zone implemented by a trusted third party

It's deemed no longer a national strategic resource since it's now used so little, and plenty of alternatives exist. That's why they decided to privatise it, and subsequently close it down when the privatised letter delivery was unable to turn a profit.

There is still cash, as well as a national credit card provider.

Digital footprint is not something many people are concerned about. Possibly this has something to do with the strict protections offered by GDPR. Digital processes have also been normalised after all interactions with the state became digital. Trust in the state is high.

Not saying people _shouldn't_ be concerned, they just don't seem to be.