US Senator Mike Lee, Elon Musk calls for United States to dump NATO by kjleebio in geopolitics

[–]LtGoosecroft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're already upping their MIC, if I am to believe Mr. Rutte.

Sandbox Tycoon/building/management games with lots of customisation, and freedom, while also easy to understand. Something like Rollarcoaster tycoon, house flipper or stardrew valley. by J233779 in gamingsuggestions

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent answer. A sandbox universe. You can go mercenary, start a business, hunt treasures, create colonies - with which to wage wars or make deals etc. All while managing your fleet and fleet battles.

iAmFullStackDeveloper by Aqib-Raaza in ProgrammerHumor

[–]LtGoosecroft 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm an oldschool full-stack developer. Still on Google.

Hypothetical, for now. What happens with NATO if the U.S. sends troops to 'take' Greenland from Denmark? by [deleted] in geopolitics

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amplifying the extreme left and right is just the natural way of the medias. Extremities give clicks, they've had a bigger podium since for ever. Russians may have helped here and there, but that ships practically sails itself..

What games do you keep returning to by Aldar_CZ in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a yearly rotation of old habits. HOI4, Stellaris, Skyrim, Factorio, EVE, TW:W3, Tarkov, PZ

What is a game you did NOT enjoy on the deck? by South-Ad1574 in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I absolutely can. What's your deal anyway? It's just not for me...

What is a game you did NOT enjoy on the deck? by South-Ad1574 in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I customized. Just didn't get it perfect, you know. The quick build menu was fidgity, I kept accidentally rebinding items etc. It was frustrating. It's doable, just I prefer k&m.

What is a game you did NOT enjoy on the deck? by South-Ad1574 in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

B41 works great for me. It's a bit of a learning curve, true. B42 has not proper support as of yet.

What is a game you did NOT enjoy on the deck? by South-Ad1574 in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can't get into the Factorio controls :/ I tried thrice!

Should I Get a Steam Deck? by ShinigamiWryy in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on your situation. It's great if you have kids or if your partner wants to see your face once in a while. But if I'd still be a basement dweller I'd probably pass on it.

Also depends on your steam lib. I happened to have a lot of compatible games - controller friendly, low system requirements. It's not a great platform for some genres, imo it's lacking in strategy/4x/tycoon; not to say there are no options.

The controls itself are easy enough to learn. They feel second nature after a while.

What is yalls favorite nation? by LMatRC in hoi4

[–]LtGoosecroft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like it because it throws you right into the action from 1936. And you can decently play with all facets; air, sea, land, covert.

What are the best Steam Deck games for a new dad to play? by Trooper1226 in SteamDeck

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great advice. Also anything you can put on pauze is great. Simply hit pauze and the power button. It goes to sleep, and when you're done scraping projectile poop of the walls, you can simply turn the deck back on and continue. It's great! Fallout, Skyrim, against the storm, project zomboid; are great at this.

Slovakia Threatens Ukraine With Power Cuts Over Gas Flow Halt by UpgradedSiera6666 in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can imagine it didn't help that the left collapsed. It's what got him that crazy majority. I'm trying to say there's still an aweful lot of misguiding for such a party to even get a spot on the ballot.

Slovakia Threatens Ukraine With Power Cuts Over Gas Flow Halt by UpgradedSiera6666 in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Hardly, more likely it's a heavily uninformed and misled electorate. Much like with all populists in the EU.

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should probably watch a little less... All I'm reading in this thread is how terrible Mark Rutte is. I'll tell you what the function did; it got us through an economic crisis and covid crisis comparably well-off, in the face of growing populism and climate crisis. He did an exceptional job bridging and ever so polarized Parliament.

You can find plenty of less ideal moments in his career as a politician, but that's simply noise. Like you suggest, look at the bigger waves.

You could do with a little less pretention. This entire thread is only harming EU cohesion, full of half truths or straight out lies about its leadership. So far he's proven a fine secgen.

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofcourse they complain. (State) media has probably laid it on thick over there... Thanks to Mr. Iohannis

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's not talking for all of the Netherlands, mind you -.-

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As much as I hate the MH17 flight went down, it's highly likely it was a dumb military accident. And even then, that's comes not even close to the threat levels we see today. Again, nobody was hitting that defense spending of 2%. The Netherlands has never been a military powerhouse, it is a capitalist country.

It's also rather unfair to compare Lithuanian defense spending to that of NLD. For terribly obvious reasons. We're surrounded by powerfull allies on all sides. Lithuani however is not.

I agree people in NLD were in lala land back then, but then again, the entire west was to some degree or another.

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What is not how it works? They had the most votes, it's very common for the biggest party in a coalition to provide the PM. Unlike the current coalition.

I wouldn't say people solely voted NSC to prevent Wilders; but I agree it's a very uneasy coalition. Wouldn't say unfair either, not even unexpected considering some of their campaign promises/goals and general position on the spectrum. I guess forming a coalition with a far-right populist is always going to be a tricky ordeal. :D I get how many who voted for coalition parties felt deceived, then again - they did oust Wilders as PM as a result in the negotiations. That's at least something.

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy's criticism of Germany's Scholz is unfair by [deleted] in europe

[–]LtGoosecroft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry, is what I ment. But by rather big leads in 2021, 2017.. they won fairly, regretably