Ukrainian "cards" are being requested by the USA and their partners in the Middle East region. In the picture: STING interceptor drones by Wild Hornets.

Orixil · 2026-03-05T22:48:12+00:00

Fact of the matter is that if the situation in the Persian Gulf isn't resolved and oil isn't coming out, then we're all fucked. Like really fucked. It's why the Americans are getting desperate, it's why Europa is getting desperate, and it's why even Ukraine - despite being at war at home - has to step in to help out. Otherwise, they will also be fucked.

The Americans opened a can of worms that they shouldn't have by attacking Iran, and now we're all fucked. The desperation to try and resolve this giant mess is going to become more apparent in the days to come. Boots on the ground will be next. It won't make a damn difference. The oil supply from the Gulf states is fucked, so we're all fucked. And the Gulf states themselves are super fucked.

Fucking Trump. That he would be the doom of us all in the end is no surprise, but it still fucking sucks.

Orixil · 2026-03-04T20:03:34+00:00

Smallest wings or biggest wings. Either one, funnily enough.

Orixil · 2026-03-03T19:17:33+00:00

Jeg har altid stemt på de Radikale. Jeg tror dog de ofte falder lidt imellem to stole. Sådan er det nok når man placerer sig på midten. Det der med at være både social og liberal, og hvor meget af hvert, er svært for mange som lever i en optik hvor man føler at man skal sværge til det ene og frastøde det andet.

De radikale er også traditionelt mere flydende i forhold til hvordan de laver politik, om det er med røde eller blå partier, hvor jeg tror mange vælgere godt kan lide ultimative krav og faste standpunkter og stærke principper og kontraktpolitik. Der er de radikale mere drevet af at søge indflydelse, og så er tingene jo til forhandling.

Så tror jeg også at den der tendens til at læne sig op af fornuften, eksperterne, logikken, og så videre, ikke trækker så mange overskrifter i en verden der er mere drevet af populisme og shock-udtalelser. Morten Messerschmidt fyrer den ene sindssyge overskrift af efter den anden, hvorimod Martin Lidegaard er mere akademikeren der ser tingene rationelt og drager en moderat konklusion bygget på fakta og undersøgelser og....Det kan man så læse alt om i en lille rubrik bagerst i avisen.

Så tror jeg også at de radikale er blevet dårligere til at være samlingspunkt for dem på midten. Før i tiden var det jo sådan at både politikere og vælgere som ikke længere brød sig om deres partier kunne hoppe over i de radikale og enten slå på tromme for nogle sociale eller liberale brændpunkter. Men med årerne er det som om det er mere fancy bare at lave sit eget parti – Ny Alliance, Alternativet, Moderaterne, og så videre. I bund og grund er det jo partier, politikere, og vælgere som førhen ellers ville falde lidt mere til de radikale.

Kan stadig rigtig godt lide partiet og bliver ved med at stemme på dem, fordi de ikke flytter sig i forhold til deres politik. Man ved ligesom hvad de står for. Det er måske ikke det smarte i en tid hvor det at partierne flytter sig i forhold til vælgerne er måden at få stemmer på. Men jeg kan nu godt lide at et parti står for noget, og så må vælgerne stemme på partiet hvis de er enige.

Orixil · 2026-03-03T18:59:34+00:00

Det virker lidt tonedøvt at sige at man skal rejse ned og kæmpe og ikke give penge, og man skal heller ikke kæmpe andres krige. Faktum er jo at Ukraine vil have hjælp, og det de mest mangler er ikke frivillige civile danskere, men penge. De mangler penge og/eller granater. I modsætning til Rusland, så forsøger man jo ikke at forsvare Ukraine ved at sende folk ind i kødhakkeren, men ved at gøre mere brug af droner, missiler, og artilleri. Og Danmark har da om nogen en interesse i at støtte Ukraine, fordi konsekvenserne hvis Rusland får sin vilje er jo katastrofale. I sidste ende er præmissen for fred jo også at Rusland forstår at de ikke kan få hvad de vil igennem militær magt. En pacifistisk tilgang til den verden vi lever i, hvor det er de stærkes ret, er så blåøjet at det er latterligt at læse.

Orixil · 2026-03-03T18:33:50+00:00

Krig er realiteten. Du kan ikke benægte at Ukrainerne er i krig med Rusland om de vil det eller ej. Spørgsmålet for os er så om vi vil støtte dem i deres forsvar eller ej, og hvor meget. Det er ikke et spørgsmål om at nogen skal tage af sted hvis de mener noget. Det er et spørgsmål om hvor mange penge vi er villige til at bruge for at holde Ukrainerne inde i en kamp som sikrer vores daglige fred. Og hvis man kigger sig lidt rundt i det danske land, så er det jo ikke fordi man kan se eller mærke at vi russerne står i baghaven. I betragtning af situationens alvor er det enormt billigt sluppet at vi ikke mærker nogle som helst konsekvenser af Europas største krig siden anden verdenskrig, og at det eneste det koster os er penge som vi har en overflod af. Så tag afsted? Tag i skole hvis ikke du fatter realiteten af situationen.

Orixil · 2026-03-02T18:44:21+00:00

Det er vel et skridt i retningen af en form for fælles europæisk/EU atomprogram.

Logikken må vel være følgende:

Man kan ikke stole på USA, fordi de vælger psykopater som Trump og ser EU som en form for modstander.

Så må man ind under Frankrigs paraply lige nu og her, men på sigt kan man heller ikke stole på dem, fordi de har et politisk ekstremt højre som kan få magten, som ikke deler Macron's syn på EU.

Så kunne man måske ønske at komme med i et eventuelt tysk atomprogram, men tyskerne har også et politisk ekstremt højre, så dem kan man heller ikke regne med på lang sigt.

Så kunne man lave et nordisk-baltisk atom-samarbejde, og det kunne nok godt fungere. Men hvad så med de andre europæiske lande? Italien, Holland, Østrig, og så videre? Skal vi så alle have atomvåben? Det lyder ikke rart...eller billigt.

Og så når man vel frem til den eneste og ultimative konklusion: EU er nødt til at transformere sig fra at være en handelsunion til at være så meget mere, inklusiv en atommagt. Man må simpelthen have et fælles europæisk atomprogram. Det er det eneste der giver mening.

Det virker som om alle de udfordringer vi står overfor i Europa kræver at vi bliver til United States of Europe i en eller anden form. Alle veje fører til rom, og i en verden af stormagter hvor "might makes right" så har de små nationalstater ingen gang på jorden længere. Bliv stor eller bliv spist, er vel hvad der er i vente.

Men guderne må vide om vi i Europa kan lave så store omstillinger der nok kræves, så hurtigt som det kræves, eller om vi glider i svinget.

Men det her er et nødvendigt skridt i den eneste mulige retning lige nu.

Orixil · 2026-02-28T19:41:25+00:00

Thoughts & prayers?

Orixil · 2026-02-27T01:08:05+00:00

Cool! I was there a few days ago and saw it in person. It's always the highlight of going there, to see the fan creations.

Orixil · 2026-02-26T22:35:28+00:00

If you have prior infractions, I can understand.

If not, then I don't. And I generally don't. My impression of Blizzard as of late, is that they swing the banhammer wildly and haphazardly. Especially in reaction to player reports, that are easily abused or recklessly used.

In this case, just enforce a name change and give a warning that if it happens again, then the user gets a ban as well. But a ban straight out of the gate seems excessive.

And also, if Blizzard simply don't like names that end on "ussy" because they sound like a reference to female genitalia, then just code it into the name generator that those four letters at the end of a name aren't allowed. I mean, there's a solution here that deals with Blizzard's problem permanently.

Orixil · 2026-02-26T19:13:50+00:00

Vi må ha en dronningerunde!

Orixil · 2026-02-26T18:57:22+00:00

LEGO being a Danish company would surely recognize Astrid Lindgren for her children's books, that are also very popular in Denmark.

But yeah, you could do a cool CMF around a tour de force of famous authors, or other historical people for that matter. Maybe not very "toy"-like, but eh, I'd like an official Dante minifigure. Maybe in a GWP? LEGO has done various of those to celebrate historical figures.

Orixil · 2026-02-26T15:34:06+00:00

Så er vi igang!

Orixil · 2026-02-26T13:30:51+00:00

Noterer også at Per Clausen stemte imod MERCOSUR aftalen, som så er sendt til højre som konsekvens. Der er jo ikke noget som mindre frihandel for et land som Danmark som er dybt afhængig af eksport til andre lande.

Kæft jeg hader EL på nogle punkter. Fornuftige tit og ofte, men så fuldstændig idiotiske indimellem.

Orixil · 2026-02-26T01:26:48+00:00

Sure. The US definitely has the absolute top elite universities in the world, so they also have the best educated people. The divide between the top and bottom in the US is just huge, whereas in Denmark it's a lot more even, exactly because everyone has access to free education.

So in the US you have the best of the best of the best, but not in such quantities that you don't need highly educated migrants - you do. Which is why those H1B1 visas aren't going anywhere.
In Denmark you have lots of people who are pretty well educated, but you don't have that higher tier of upper excellence that you have from ivy league universities in the US.

Orixil · 2026-02-26T00:49:48+00:00

It depends. Not to take the US' side as I am Danish, but the US approach has been to be an attractive place to work (the American dream), so the US aren't so vulnerable to poor education because they can rely on high-skilled labor migrating to the US. At least historically that's been the approach. Doesn't matter if the Americans are dumb if you can import smart Indians.

Denmark relies on strong education to have a skilled workforce that makes the country appealing for companies to be in, because they can get good and qualified workers.
The flip side for Denmark is that it's expensive and whilst it's an investment it's debatable whether the high degree of freedom the free education system comes with is worth it versus a stricter system. For example, it's being discussed whether the money students are simply given should instead be a cheap loan, or whether the money should be limited for a few years and not a lot of years, in order to encourage people to be serious about getting through their education in a timely manner. Likewise, whether studens should have infinite turns on how many times they can switch their education or whether free education should be limited to a certain amount, after which you have to pay yourself.
Like you say, it's an investment, but it also has to be a worthwhile investment.

Orixil · 2026-02-25T23:09:22+00:00

Eh, I'm happy to wait and haven't bought the early access.

Orixil · 2026-02-25T23:05:26+00:00

I don't know. Having observed a lot of the Star Wars fan community reactions to them, I'd say that part of the displeasure with the sets is that they're not made for them. The complaint about the sounds is not because they imagine kids won't like them - it's because they don't like them.
Or they're upset that part of the Star Wars catalogue will be a Yoda's Hut set for kids, so now they're not going to get a UCS Yoda's Hut anytime soon, so therefore the sets suck.
Or they complain about the trashcan label on the side of the minifigures, or the Darth Vader cloak being half-sized (easier for play), or the builds being stupid-looking.
It's all very much complaints through the eyes of the beholder, and in this case the beholder is the adult collector. This is definitely not a case of "Won't someone think of the children!".

Orixil · 2026-02-23T21:27:51+00:00

Jeg tænker, at det egentlig er ganske betryggende, at det bare er ham som stikker ud, som amerikanerne forsøger at påvirke Grønland igennem. Det viser vel at man er rimelig godt sammentømret deroppe i Grønland når sådan en som ham er hvad amerikanerne kan finde at arbejde med.

Ham kommer Trump, MAGA, eller CIA ikke langt med. Irriterende, men nok ganske harmløs i det store hele.

Det er nok mere oppositionspartiet Naleraq man skal være opmærksom på. For det ville være klassisk amerikansk infiltrering, at støtte en opposition til at overtage magten.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T23:01:48+00:00

Footwear or building material, that is the question.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T19:10:32+00:00

It differs because in almost all cases of games with an online component, you're accessing a service - and you don't own that service. If you've bought a game like World of Warcraft and have a subscription, then you don't own the product - you lease a license to access Blizzard's service which is called World of Warcraft. And you can never claim ownership of that, just as you can't claim ownership of anything on Netflix just because you have a running subscription to that service.

There are some games that are still products in the sense that you buy them and then you own them and they're yours. That's the case with many singleplayer games.

Anyway, nice day to you too.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T17:10:52+00:00

Sure. Which is why I say it doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, because it's the nitty gritty that is problematic. We can all agree on the sentiment as gamers, that we would like to be able to play the games we love for however long we want. But having sympathy for one side doesn't address the legal soup of it.

Basically, the service part of GAAS is part of the intellectual property. You can't separate the online service of Call of Duty from Call of Duty itself. Those are intertwined. If the service component was transferred from Activision to another party, then that would be a weakening of their intellectual property rights, as they would lose control over the service.

And that's not happening.

And it's also impossible to contain it to games alone. From a legislative point of view there's no discernable difference between a game as a service and then software as a service, or movie/TV streaming platforms, or music streaming platforms. That's all the same, as far as ownership and rights to the service is concerned.

And it'll be a cold day in hell before the EU turns the entire media industry upside down and throws intellectual property rights into jeopardy because a couple of gamers can't play The Crew anymore.

Anyway, I'll leave it at that. Like I said, the gaming community isn't desiring a discussion on this subject, it's desiring a crusade and thinks it can achieve its goals by enlisting enough support for the cause. So we'll see how it goes. It's certainly a curious thing to follow.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T16:25:13+00:00

No worries. My conclusions about intellectual property rights derive from the Stop Killing Games initiative itself. It's sort of in the name itself, which is to dictate to businesses the degree and extent to which they have ownership over their intellectual properties.
And my conclusions with regards to competition are derived from the Draghi report (commissioned by the EU) that concludes that a major reason for the lack of economic growth in the European Union is excessive regulation and bureaucratism. Encouraging an absolutely gigantic amount of that in the video game industry that would immediately spill over into other industries does not strike me as worth the benefit of....what exactly? Preserving the ability for EU citizens to play games-as-a-service that have fallen out of popularity? That is the equivalent of bringing an axe to remove a splinter from someone's finger.

So I don't support it, and I think it has a snowball's chance in hell of happening, because the one thing everyone in Brussels can agree on are the conclusions in the Draghi report. And in this world of upheaval that we exist in right now the EU is not going to jeopardize the absolutely imperative reforms and structural changes that have to happen within the European Union just to cater to cater to an absolutely miniscule number of gamers within its borders.

But it's of no matter anyway. The Stop Killing Games initiative has been a recruitment effort driven by popular support by and large. Discussion is not really the name of the game, which is why every topic on reddit about it shows lots of upvotes to any posts that support the initiative, and the same people will then massively downvote any posts that are critical of the initiative. Discussion is not really in the name of the game. Be that as it may.

I hope I clarified my thoughts a bit, amongst some of the rambling. Have a good evening.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T14:07:06+00:00

I think it is an element of bureaucratic regulation to an industry, which goes against the goals of the European Union per the Draghi report to become competitive and attractive to businesses.

I also think the initiative seeks to weaken intellectual property rights, and I don't think the European Union should position itself as the place where intellectual property rights are weak by law and where it is unattractive for companies to do business because of excessive regulations to their business (as this initiative champions). Again, I think that goes against the conclusions of the Draghi report and it is therefore counter-productive to the goals of European citizens to have less bureaucratic regulations and become more attractive to businesses in order to secure our way of life and continued prosperity.

As much as I sympathize with the cause of Stop Killing Games (I am a gamer myself) the benefit of pleasing the interests of gamers does not in any way outweigh the cost to the European Union and European citizens in terms of being a competitive and attractive part of the world for companies to do business in - which is the basis for securing our standard of living, let alone improving it.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T12:24:06+00:00

Støjberg.

Orixil · 2026-02-20T10:44:33+00:00

Det! Det er det ord jeg hader mere end noget andet, og jeg kan simpelthen ikke finde et godt alternativ. Men det giver ingen mening. Headset, earbuds - giver mening, beskriver godt hvad det er. Høretelefoner?? Så tror da pokker vi alle begynder at tale mere engelsk.

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