Oder den Einsatz von biologischen Waffen im NATO-Partnerland UK oder den Sprengstoffanschlag im NATO-Partnerland Tschechien bestrafen.

Nope, they weren’t. But there were definitely differences whether you played on a Sony Trinitron or a cheap TV. Hell, I even played some games on black-white-TV when the color TV wasn’t available.

Gegenüber der Presse äußerte sich de Maizière in Moskau geradezu euphorisch: “Unsere Beziehungen zu Russland sind nicht gut.”

Ah!

“Sie sind sehr gut!”

Oh…

Es gibt tatsächlich “Naivität” als Ausrede, nennt sich Verbotsirrtum, aber “niemals strafbar” ist hier nicht korrekt.

Ich schätze in diesem spezifischen Fall dürfte Naivität als Ausrede zählen, da WebEx in Ministerien verwendet wird und dann dürfte der Offizier die Schuld auf den Admin schieben. Dazu kommt, dass Singapur kein feindliches Land ist, sondern ein Rüstungspartner, d.h. ein BW-Offizier in Singapur dienstlich unterwegs ist absolut legitim.

When I joined Lemmy it felt so nice. It felt like the early Internet; all the bullshit I got used to on Reddit, it wasn’t here. It was like feeling at home.

Nowadays, whenever I see toxic bullshit and sedition disguised as leftism, it’s someone from lemmy.ml; my Lemmy-experience got a lot better after blocking the lemmy.ml-instance. But I will start blocking more aggressively and I hope things get better after the US-elections.

How deep underground is safe to protect against a modern nuclear blast?

It depends if you live in St. Petersburg or in some bunker in the Urals. If you’re in St. Petersburg, then it doesn’t matter; but you should be pretty safe in the Urals.

Es ist keine Frage der Komplexität sondern des Willens.

“Liebes deutsches Volk! Die Programmierer der Taurus-Rakete sind leider unfähig eine Funktion zu programmieren, die überprüft, ob sich ein Punkt innerhalb eines Polygons befindet! Deswegen habe ich diese Ausrede erfunden, dass wir den Taurus aufgrund von unlösbaren technischen Problemen nicht liefern können.”

Damit hätte die Ukraine die Möglichkeit, diese Waffen für Angriffe auf russisches Gebiet einsetzen.

Ich verstehe immer noch nicht die Logik, dass der Krieg nur auf dem Territorium des Angegriffenen stattfinden darf. Wenn die Zerstörung nur auf ukrainischem Boden stattfindet, dann gibt es überhaupt keinen Grund für Russland den Krieg zu beenden.

That’s not a dog, that’s a viper… which makes this a snake under a plane.

It’s one of Putin’s strategies: To make it look like it is a conflict between the US/NATO and Russia, not between Ukraine and Russia. He also tries to diminish Ukrainian sovereignity by making it appear as if the US is the overlord, as if Ukraine is an American puppet. It’s all about making Ukraine look like it isn’t its own country. That’s why we get those bullshit historic lessons by that pathetic man-child.

Ich war schon ziemlich positiv überrascht; ich dachte mir nur, das könnten schon mehr als 30.000 sein

Can someone explain to me why this shootdown is even news instead of a statistic?

It’s a military airplane shot down in a shooting war. Does Russia now call the UN security council when Ukraine destroys a transport truck? Why is the media constantly falling for Russia’s bullshit behaviour?

I’m currently A+ rank and have yet to get a win. I only play a few races per day usually, though. I got 2nd place in a grand prix yesterday, so maybe I’m not too far off from a win.

Getting a 2nd place in a GP now is a major achievement!

If you only race a few races per day, then you obviously want to crash out less, which is a sufficient strategy to get high placements in a GP. I've read that players have won GPs without having a single race win overall. In my opinion, a 2nd place in a GP is worth more than having won a race, but unfortunately you don't get a badge for this. For many pilots who want wins, it's "make or break" and they crash out while trying to go for first.

I started out playing as Blue Falcon, but I’ve switched to the wild goose, as it just feels easier to do well with it. I think the nature of the game having so many players, it’s beneficial to be able to freely attack them without much consequence. Especially in the Grand Prix, getting early KOs feels like a huge advantage.

Yep, the only bad thing is the randomness when depending on KOs (which is a similar problem for the Falcon when your strategy depends on perfectly timed skylanes). Also, I don't know how it is for Goose-players, but when I get a few KOs with my Falcon I become a bit overconfident with my energy, meaning I crash out of GPs early because I risked too much.

But it sounds like you're on a good path to get your first win, so good luck!

Some more bumper advice:

• watch out for blue bumpers in the pit lane! If a blue bumper manages to spin attack in the pit lane, your race is over. Best way is to use skyway if you have it. Otherwise defend your self with spin attack, but it will slow you down considerably
• lagging blue bumpers: if you see a blue bumper in front of you lagging, take immediate avoiding action (best is skyway). You may not see the bumper, but it is in front of you and it will attack you. it completely wrecked my race because I was attacked in the slip zone in White Land I
• if there are red bumpers in the jumping section of White Land I, consider staying on the ground. I was in first place and there were two red bumpers. I avoided the first one, but because of this I crashed into the second bumper in the air, which send me into the first bumper in the air. Yes, I managed to hit two red bumpers in the air in the same jump.

Big congrats! Your first win is also worth more because of the brutal competition nowadays!

Which track?

And next stop: Mini Prix!

If I were Nintendo, I’d announce that a successor to FZeroGX is in development. I’d also announce that FZero99 will be expanded beyond the original content. I myself don’t really care about FZeroGX, FZero99 is a childhood dream becoming true, without knowing that this was my childhood dream, so I hope that we’ll be able to play 99 for a while.

That’s great, keep on getting those 2nd places because at some point that S+ driver will crash out in the last corner driving into a red bumper. That driver might be me… I’ve gotten this way a few freak wins, but I also threw away many wins…

A good way to get your first win is team battle. S+ drivers won’t participate in those, as they want that S2 or S3 or higher ranking and team battle gives you no rivals. It’s also good way to chill out.

If you really want your first win, then practice Silence. A lot of people choke on Silence and the front runners are usually chill because the championship is decided by that point. Practice getting clean laps on Silence, meaning always hitting that jump (and avoiding the mines), and not bouncing into the barrier (touching the barrier in corners is ok). Usually 3 practice runs on Silence is enough for the Grand Prix.

Thanks for the update!

Interesting, I’m going to guess it’s 20th place at Death Wind in the Grand Prix.