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#51

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tamas - December 15, 2025, 04:02:20 PM

Lol yes, Orbán is in deep trouble in the polls, all the election handouts won't finance themselves.

#52

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by crazy canuck - December 15, 2025, 03:25:14 PM

Turning lawns into meadows takes some work.
Though planting young trees isn't a huge amount of work and they need zero maintenance if you want them to actually be trees.
I've no idea of the landscape of this land though so won't pretend to know of the practicalities there.

This is northwest Oklahoma in the middle of the great plains. Tornado alley. No trees.

Trees are not necessary for rewilding.  But I wonder whether your particular issue is different, I have a vague recollection the land law is more of a use it or lose it kind of model, where something akin to squatters rights could be asserted?

#53

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by crazy canuck - December 15, 2025, 03:23:24 PM

A tree or two in your yard does not a forest make your words were rewilding. Haphazardly planting some trees in a field is not making a forest, nor is it rewilding. The diversification won't be there for good habitat. Sure the deer will be happy for a while when the trees are saplings for the free food, and maybe mice will be there, but not much more.


Also, this is bring back flashbacks to grade 9 when my school board started enforcing "volunteering" to be able the graduate. I volunteered for a tree planting program that came to visit my school. They bused us up north for 2 weeks in the summer to plant the first stage of the forest (the pines I mentioned). We learned about the whole process. The area has to be managed for decades. This began my dislike of forced volunteering (and my disdain for sheilbh's youth "volunteering" position ). Not the trip itself, that was fun, the fact we had to volunteer to graduate. Hadn't thought about it in forever. It's been over 25 years, and they're probably just starting to thin out some spots now for second planting.

I think what you have in mind is environmental remediation. And that is a lot of work indeed. Rewilding is a bit different.

#54

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Sheilbh - December 15, 2025, 03:13:07 PM

Indeed, Orbán has gotten to the point in his rethoric and actions that the main reason even serious analysts can come up for him staying in the EU and NATO is that leaving them, the EU especially, would render him worthless for Russia and China, the main sponsors of his regime since the EU finally closed the massive money fountain a couple of years ago.

Perhaps. I was reading bits of a Bruegel report on Euro-defence (pessimism: intensified). It was striking that of the requests for access to the SAFE loan money, Hungary has made the third highest request (behind only Poland and Romania) for about as much money as France is seeking.

#55

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Syt - December 15, 2025, 02:50:52 PM

Even if it's a 3rd/first person rpg like the Divinity series before Original Sin?

I think that was only Divinity 2. Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity were isometric action RPGs, and Dragon Commander was a mix of RTS/action and Visual Novel.

#56

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - December 15, 2025, 02:35:42 PM

Nice footage of Ukrainian underwater sea drones taking out a kilo sub in the port of Novorossiysk.

#57

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - December 15, 2025, 02:33:58 PM

Even if it's a 3rd/first person rpg like the Divinity series before Original Sin?

Sure if that's how they want to do it.

#58

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Valmy - December 15, 2025, 02:11:39 PM

Turning lawns into meadows takes some work.
Though planting young trees isn't a huge amount of work and they need zero maintenance if you want them to actually be trees.
I've no idea of the landscape of this land though so won't pretend to know of the practicalities there.

This is northwest Oklahoma in the middle of the great plains. Tornado alley. No trees.

#59

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - December 15, 2025, 01:20:44 PM

Trump keeping it classy as usual 

#60

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Brain - December 15, 2025, 01:15:41 PM

The US.