SmoothOperator

joined 1 year ago
[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 65 points 6 days ago

I think the bluer bird is younger, not knowing that summer ends, and being even more surprised that this involves immense journeys

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The Danish media reported that it has the explosive potential of a first generation nuke.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

If the claim is that someone made this theory in 2011, then yes, that's a perfectly good source. The whole theory is of course bonkers, but nowhere is it claimed that there is a shed of evidence supporting it, just that the theory exists.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Its sources check out, though.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The US makes the case that Israel has a functioning judicial system, not the ICC. The ICC and the UN makes the opposite case, and correctly so, I would say.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Indeed. The whole criticism of the ICC comes from the viewpoint that Israel has a functioning, independent judiciary able to sentence Netanyahu for war crimes, and therefore the ICC shouldn't intervene.

I have no idea if that is true, but the fact that it hasn't happened yet makes me feel like it might very well not be.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They don't have an army, true, but the reason they don't need one is that they are a part of NATO, and are exempt from the requirements of contributing to NATOs standing forces in return for providing facilities and land to the alliance.

So Björk is being at bit disingenuous. It's not like the Icelanders are a shining beacon of pacifism and diplomacy, they're just part of a big military alliance.

See https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_162083.htm

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've bee on the beta for a while now, and I still haven't encountered a game that couldn't be shared like this. I played Cyberpunk 2077 through Steam Family.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess it gets somewhat blurred when you don't need to kill stuff to eat, but you do it anyway because you like the taste better. That's arguably some version of killing for fun?

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sindssygt lækker film. Skarp skrevet og filmet, alt i filmen er med til at fokusere det centrale koncept. Stærkt skuespil fra Urban uden at tage hjelmen af. Stormesteren Alex Garland viser sin tydelige hånd i manuskript og produktion. Og "forhandlingsscenen" med Lena Heady til sidst er bare kanon. 5/5 stjerner.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What on earth are you talking about?

There's nothing easier than just explicitly checking in whether you've read the signals correctly or not before making any creepy moves.

Tip #1 for flirting: Make sure that the other person has a very easy way out of anything they might not like. Then you know they're enthusiastically consenting for whatever comes next.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I quite liked the vibe, but got frustrated about the artificial progress blocks. If you're a competent deck builder it's pretty easy to build a deck that beats the game master, but then you get to a point where he just throws infinite enemies at you and you are forced to lose.

I get it, the gameplay requires you to lose a number of times, but it just turned me off from finishing the game.

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