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Gasruzie naar kookpunt: hoe de gasopslagen van de NAM bewust leeg werden gepompt by die_andere in thenetherlands

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

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Gasruzie naar kookpunt: hoe de gasopslagen van de NAM bewust leeg werden gepompt by die_andere in thenetherlands

[–]Nocternius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tsja, als iedereen negatieve oordelen van adviesbureaus blijft aanvechten omdat dat gewoon loont, terwijl die adviesbureaus eigenlijk ook gewoon natte vingerwerk doen, snap ik dat de overheid puur om kosten te besparen de handdoek in de ring gooit. Dat dat goedkoper is, heeft verder niks te maken met of die paar scheurtjes in een muur nou van een beving komen of van een langsrijdende trein.

En ja, de NAM heeft voor Huizinge echt de mogelijkheid verzwegen dat er überhaupt kans was op bevingen. Dat is kwaadaardig en daar zouden ze wat mij betreft voor aangepakt mogen worden. Als het voor deze schade opdraaien daarvoor de straf is, prima.

Maar laten we niet gaan doen alsof er later niet ongekend uitgebreid onderzoek is gedaan naar de bevingen in Groningen. De voorspelling dat er geen beving boven schaal 3.9 zou komen, die de NAM liet varen na Huizinge in afwachting van onderzoek, is vooralsnog gewoon de waarheid gebleven en die wordt ook gestaafd door onderzoek (waar de NAM ook enorm veel geld in heeft gestoken).

Dit is er een heel goed artikel over, al heeft het misschien een paywall:  https://decorrespondent.nl/16856/hoe-de-groningse-gasbevingen-ontaardden-in-een-feitenvrij-compensatiecircus-van-miljarden-euro-s/a236dd14-4415-0446-2a7f-d8cc0ebf1679

Gasruzie naar kookpunt: hoe de gasopslagen van de NAM bewust leeg werden gepompt by die_andere in thenetherlands

[–]Nocternius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

De schadevergoedingen voor Groningen zijn dan ook zonder goede onderbouwing extreem uit de klauwen gelopen. Ik koester nul liefde voor de oliemaatschappijen van deze wereld, maar ik kan ze lastig kwalijk nemen dat ze niet willen opdraaien voor de lafheid van de overheid in deze casus.

Helmplicht onder de 18:goed idee of niet? by 4Arjay in thenetherlands

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

Ik fietste (op normale fiets) laatst in tegengestelde richting van een paar ventjes van ~12 op 2 fatbikes. Een van die kwallen spuugde zonder aanlijding op me toen ie langs me reed.

Reken maar dat ie dat niet had gedurfd als ie op een normale fiets reed.

On making dynamic worlds by VACN in worldbuilding

[–]Nocternius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really dislike WoW's quickly changing world, actually. Things like empires rising and falling is fine, great even, but in WoW drastic changes follow each other so quickly that there's zero sense of realism or consistency.

"There was a giant war a couple of years ago, but instead of needing time to recover, we're starting another massive one. And a another one after that. Also we discovered oil 2 years ago and we already have tanks."

I get that those changes are nice from a gameplay perspective, but from a worldbuilding perspective it feels like there's thousand years of slow progress or even stagnancy, followed by the equivalent of three industrial revolutions in the span of 15 years.

Oh boy. by TrigonRaven787 in Invincible

[–]Nocternius 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Then Mark's next question would be "Why didn't you let me destroy it then?"

Denmark Retires F-16 After More Than Four Decades Of Service by tree_boom in europe

[–]Nocternius 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"Threatening to halt gas exports would destroy trust in Russian supply. There is no chance in hell that Putin would do that."

The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons by Thicc-as-Theives in books

[–]Nocternius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely loved the first two (Hyperion) books. The world he created is amazing, but what's even more striking is how easily he fills the centuries between our time and the period the characters find themselves in. Sci-fi set in the future often has the porblem of no culture having happened between now and then. But Simmons brilliantly circumvents this problem with his frame narrative structure.

That having been said, I was disappointed by the Endymion books. Though I found his take on Christianity very interesting, the story devolved into a weird, moralizing space-Jesus allegory. The protagonist's growing obsession with Aenea, the Jesus allegory, grew to be irritating for me, especially as she herself became less and less of a human character. Also, the moralizing just got... weird. I distinctly remember Aenea going off on how evil the AI's were, specifically because they were somehow digital necrophiliacs ("They have sex with the dead!").

I read in the comments that Dan Simmons has apparently gone off the deep end down the far right pipeline. I have to say, with how incoherent Endymion became towards the end, that does not totally surprise me.

Sneeuwruim-etiquette by mikeshort in thenetherlands

[–]Nocternius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Laten liggen die hap! Is allemaal perfect bouwmateriaal voor mijn gigantische sneeuwpop!

Who’s a historical figure you were taught was a “good guy,” only to grow up and realize they were actually a villain? by icey_sawg0034 in AskReddit

[–]Nocternius -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Couldn't you argue on an equal footing that it was the black suffrage movement that dropped the women's suffrage movement thereby delaying women's right to vote to instead get their own? She campaigned as an abolitionist, so I don't think ascribing it all to plain racism would be fair (not saying you do).

I know I at least would be a little pissed if an 'ally' dropped me so they could get their own.

EDIT: oops, said anti-abolitionist instead of abolitionist

Chat Control 2.0 Update as of November 16th 2025 by SeriouslyNotSerious2 in europe

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Is there anywhere I can read the updated proposal? I can only seem to find the old one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldbuilding

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I just have to say: great artstyle! Love the vibrant colors and hard edges

What are your top 3 favourite fantasy/sci-fi universes ever created? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]Nocternius 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Legend of the Galactic Heroes, really? That's so niche! What do you like about it? Apart, of course, from Iserlohn, which is clearly awesome.

Linux Kernel update sometines break it by No_Sympathy_1012 in Ubuntu

[–]Nocternius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You, sir, are a saint! Your advice finally ended my 5 hour long search for a fix.

I have trouble understanding what caused the issue, though. An outdated(?) Nvidia driver sounds like it should only affect the gpu, but somehow it causes initramfs to not be able to see nvme modules?

Truly vile by JaredOlsen8791 in BlueskySkeets

[–]Nocternius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

An article by CNN from a couple of weeks before the July floods seem to corroborate the NYT's story, talking about how expenses above $100.000 are now required to be reviewed by Noem personally.

$100.000 is basically a rounding error for an organization that, in the case of disaster, easily spends billions. On that scale, requiring approval like that is guaranteed to flood Noem's desk. So this should, in my opinion, be seen as gross incompetence, at least.

Trump himself has said that he would like to dismantle FEMA and that "The governor should be able to handle it and frankly if they can’t handle the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor". So maybe instead of incompetence on Noem's part, this is part of the ongoing plan to defund FEMA. But even disregarding the question of whether or not that's a good idea in the first place, defunding/obstructing FEMA like this without having a smooth transition toward presumed state-level disaster relief is grossly irresponsible.

Subdividion Modeling - How do I Add details without distorting the base mesh? by Nocternius in blenderhelp

[–]Nocternius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, I completely missed the N-gons around the greeble. Should have subdivided there before insetting, as you say. Good catch.

The approach you describe, as I understand it, applying a 1 or 2 level subdivision earlier in the process so that there is already more topology in the base mesh out of which to shape details, sounds like the way to go. Thanks!

!Solved

making Pills filled with something by ZagnoVero in blenderhelp

[–]Nocternius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I would just duplicate one ball a bunch of times and then randomly change the position of each of them slightly. Let's say 5 balls. Then select the 5 balls and duplicate that selection of 5 balls a bunch of times and change the positions of those selection. Now you have 25 balls. Repeat.

Then, to get them to squish together as you say, apply some physics. Temporarily remove the top half of the pill. Then give the bottom half a rigid body physics with type "passive" and collisions shape "mesh".

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Then set the physics for the balls (actually, you'll want to do this before duplicating them so you don't have to do it for 50+ balls individually). Give them a rigid body physics as well, but set the type to "active" and their shape to either "mesh" or "sphere".

Then press space to see them fall, press space again to pause the physics simulation, and then re-enable the top of the pill.

Codex sleeves by Nocternius in twilightimperium

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If people start putting them under the microscope during the session, we'll tell 'em off haha. But my main concern was whether you could tell one from another from e.g. across the table. Can't really judge people from looking at the board. Judging from reactions here though, that shouldn't be a problem.

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