I think OP means “the mediocre, least bad intersection between critical mass and topical discussion.”

Like, you can probably find users/subs about universities/fields and actually find people in them to respond. Lemmy is great, but good luck finding a mass of discussion around a niche location/field.

Reddit is horrible and deteriorating, yes, but still.

Vincke says the team finds DLC boring to make, so they don’t really want to make it anymore.

I find this driveby comment rather significant.

It means they are trying to conform to the developers’ strengths, desires, interests. They’re shaping huge business decisions around them. That’s just good for everyone, as opposed to devs inefficiently, dispassionately grinding away at something they don’t like.

That’s huge. I’d also posit “happy devs means happy business.” And Larian has repeatedly expressed similar things.

Maybe.

It’s fairly popular in tech circles where there’s a large intersection with MAGA, or at least a more “keep politics out of my programming” attitude predating that.

The source doesn’t matter, it’s more about the example, and idea.

More bluntly, horrible people (like nazis) can go on to do good things in life. That’s okay.

On the other hand, posting the picture without a ton of context seems to reinforce the very thing you are worried about:

someone MIGHT get the impression there was something fishy going on at NATO from the get-go

When that doesn’t seem to be the case. Nazis, tankies, whatever populist group you can name operate on negative quick impressions to sow doubt and anger with institutions.

…So?

Poking through some of their history (Ernst and Karl), looks like they were indeed Nazi commanders. They served lower ranks after the war, got more education/experience and rose again to perform well within NATO.

Maybe I’m naive, but I believe horrible people can go on to do good things, and that’s fine. I think my favorite character archetype for this is General Iroh in Avatar, who was involved in unspeakable genocide, changed, and ultimately toppled his own dynasty. He’s one of the most beloved characters in fiction, but a quick bio of his in an image would get him utterly crucified as a terrible human being.

Hence drive by image posts kinda like this without context/history, on the other hand, largely provoke outrage. It’s exactly the kind of thing that would trend on the Twitter algorithm and obliterate any nuance. That’s not necessarily your intent, but it’s kinda the aggregate effect.

His social media posts show a distinct change in his views — one identified by Important Stories as belonging to Gloss suggest he believed in conspiracy theories involving Ukraine, and claimed NATO was an evolution of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party.

As always, the root villain is engagement-driven social media.

I imagine there will be fuss over this, “politics” in XKCD, as if (with the author being an academic) a PhD student getting grabbed off the street in your town against the state’s wishes for something she published somehow isn’t relevant.

• A: This is the ‘bad’ kind of incentive. My mom worked in a hospital where people would come in pregnant, tons of neglected kids in tow, asking how much wellfare they could get for the next kid. Stuff like vouchers for school, care, healthcare and stuff doesn’t incentive that.

• B: It’s hilariously inadequate and out-of-touch. $5K for childcare these days is a joke, even as a nice supplement.

…But that’s the point. This is for show, like Trump’s COVID checks with his signature on them. It’s a brand to tell people “Hey! I’m Trump, and I’m helping you!” directly, a decent idea poorly implemented for PR purposes. It’s also hilariously hypocritical, seeing how much ‘blank check hand-outs’ were criticized for decades.

I mean, they shouldn’t. You are preaching to the choir here.

It’s not what Ukraine did, but I thought it’d be more strategic to call out the US’s demands more subtly instead of ‘taking the bait’ immediately. It robs the US of excuses.

Makes for good clickbait, heh.

The implication is walking away all US military support, I believe.

Good!

It’s because all the packages have the same domestic weight limit.

Seems silly, but makes sense in the context.

It’s on us for reposting and upvoting them. No engagement algorithm is egging us on here on Lemmy.

Rawstory tends to lean into this, and there’s plenty of science out there to read… But sadly rage bait works.

Also I would add that a quick turn down is exactly what certain factions want. A sort of “Ukraine is a hysterical warmonger, told ya, pull the US out.”

I think being aggressively nuanced is pragmatic for Ukraine. Call the US out for crystal clear clarification, quickly and loudly. If we can’t articulate that, then it makes us (the US) look dumb to the rest of the world. If we can, then it’s either significant US commitment, or a tear through the facade.

The key is calling it out before Trump takes over the narrative and this is painted as a gift to Ukraine.

Yeah, maybe.

But I’m sick of getting lumped in with AI/Crypto bros for my fascination with the space. And I’m legit scared of those bros taking everything over. Guess it makes me want to shout into the void.

Probably.

First, maybe they’ll ask for clarification on the security guarantee and reconstruction. It sounds like the US put that on Europe without Europe’s input or any real guarantees.

I’m hoping Arc survives all this?

I know they want to focus, but no one’s going to want their future SoCs if the GPU part sucks or is nonexistent. Heck, it’s important for servers, eventually.

Battlemage is good!

Japan to rest of the world: OK, just to be perfectly clear, you want us to take more active military roles in our region, and around the world, to keep our bigger neighbor and the US in check?

Germany: Yeah, it’s a weird feeling.

TBH that sucks for the kid.