The live thread was full of dispair. A half hour later the astroturf set in and the message returned to "vote blue no matter who, even if its a corpse."
Gotcha.
It makes just about as much sense for Hell to have a space program as it does for Bolivia to have a navy. Am I missing something?
The coup forces have apparently withdrawn from La Paz as Luis Arce has swore in new military commanders. The space in La Paz around the government building has been taken by the people.
There was an attempted coup in Bolivia (again) which seems to be floundering.
You don't need any doors. Body parts inside of coffins don't create any miasma, and doors are only required if you are trying to paint multiple tombs in one stroke. As long as a tomb has a coffin before it gets 'claimed' by a deceased resident, they'll get placed properly. Problems only happen when a resident reaches their tomb before the coffin.
Started building a new hub centered around a magma workshop (This is actually the first time I have ever gotten to build magma workshops in this game. First time I have ever tapped a magma tube). A web-shooting forgotten beast turned up but the rutherers have severely injured it for me.
Why are reactionaries so obsessed with semen?
Israeli press seems to be making a lot of hay about the Beruit International Airport being a staging ground for Iranian weapons. The classic stovepipe straight from military "intelligence" to credulous media stenography, no different than the Iraqi WMD bullshit in 2003.
They are establishing a pretext to bomb it.
Update:
Discovered the third cavern layer, along with a magma pool and an "unusual volcanic wall studded with gems." No signs of life in here aside from vermin and a couple more rutherers, but there are pieces of abandoned Bat Man armor lying around. In the mid-long term, this ought to be our new base, as we can set up magma-powered smelters, kilns, and forges without building an 80-layer tall pump stack or minecart elevator. Last time I tried to build an absurdly tall minecart elevator it took me several in-game YEARS to dig and a level of micro-management which lead to various other disasters in the fort being ignored.
Also, there is a direct shot from the farm on the top cavern to the magma pool, if I want to set up a garbage chute.
Cave adaptation doesn't seem so bad as long as it doesn't hit your military the moment a seige occurs. It doesn't cause any more permanent harm than dragging the 50th goblin corpse to the trash heap does.
I had another Ettin come to visit but she walked straight into a cage trap and now just lives in one of my stockpiles.
There are many overlapping disciplines involved here. CAD/CAM and 3D printing will go a long way towards customization and specialization, but the components of an off-the-shelf model will probably be made using superior techniques and materials for the most part. I would choose something which is affordable and use these skills to try and augment its capabilities.
A more general grasp on flight and navigation could be quite useful. Planes, helicopters, and quad-copters behave quite differently. Quad-copters are incredibly maneuverable (with the aid of gyro sensors and complex stability-assist motor control firmware right on the drone), but they are also incredibly power-hungry compared to a more conventional RC airplane design. Spend some time thinking about what you are trying to accomplish, and choose an appropriate vehicle. Consider spending some time in a flight simulator (FlightGear is free software) to learn basic VFR/IFR navigation techniques, in addition to getting an idea of what causes a class of aircraft to stall and lose control in general.
Definitely study ham radio. If I were planning on using a drone to do ANYTHING cool, I would be highly motivated to gut the electronics. By starting from scratch, you know it won't have any snitchware in it, and you can make more fundamental choices about RF bands, antenna design, and transmission power. Choosing an appropriate band and antenna design are key if you are trying to control the thing from range. Even if you do not modify anything electronically from an off-the-shelf drone, a general understanding of ham radio will still give you many insights about how RF interference, control station position, RF frequency, and terrestrial obstructions will impact the signals, as well as an understanding about how RF triangulation and other countermeasures might be used to identify you. If you are doing anything super sketch, you don't want to be holding the controller and you don't want the controller to be located anywhere near you. I would try to set up a control station which relays controls across the internet and find a way to send it commands anonymously through the internet. Some Mr. Robot shit.
Start small. Mess around with the technology in completely benign ways. Learn the capabilities and limitations, and in the back of your mind, think about ways it can be applied.
If you are trying to construct a quad-copter drone from scratch, I am no expert, but I do have some experience with robotics from working with CNC machinery for a decade. PID controllers are they key to any closed-loop servo mechanism, and are used throughout navigation, avionics, and autopilot systems as well. They are used to target a setpoint (altitude, airspeed, angle of attack, heading, etc) and integrate historical sensor inputs to determine the correct amount of force to be applied to reach that setpoint as efficiently as possible. These are the basis of most industrial robotics as well as the cruise control in your car and the flight control systems you'll find in a modern airliner or a quadcopter drone. There are a lot of examples on Youtube and across the internet of people using Arduino boards to design various PID controllers.
Humble beginnings: this is where we first struck Earth. Now, it is only an incredibly inconvenient trade depot located 38 Z-levels above the main workshop. After a management mishap and waves of migrants, food and drink supplies were exhausted so a hundred dwarves were mobilized to pick the surface clean of fruits. Many got nauseous from cave adaption. It was a sight to behold though. They picked the field like a horde of locusts and left a trail of vomit in their wake. A few seams of bituminous coal have been extracted.
With no drinking water available on the surface and no available aquifers, modest living accommodations had to be arranged while the primary focus was placed on locating the caverns. This outpost is now abandoned, with most of the furniture stripped away. A large seam of lignite was discovered along the wall of a former stockroom.
A cavern was discovered nearly 40 Z-levels below the surface. It had water which could be tapped for a well, and fertile soil to establish a farm. It wasn't all good news though. Very quickly, it became the sight of conflict with the indigenous population of Bat People. Sometimes wielding steel weapons and shields, these flying creatures have appeared in numbers up to 90 at a time. The farm has been completely enclosed by stone walls, and a fragile armistice has held for a couple years as both sides foolishly prepare to completely annihilate each other... one day.
Once water was discovered, we finally chose a place to establish more permanent industry and living spaces.
One floor of the high density dorms. This one also features a few hallways of tombs. Casualties of the war with the Bat Men lay here, including a Gorlak monster slayer.
At the bottom of the second cavern, some 41 Z-levels below the main workshop, a large family of Rutherers mills about, living a care-free life. These creatures are enormous and incredibly dangerous, but they have a benign temperament and won't seek conflict unless they are pissed off. The stray cats have been testing their patience, however.
As I near the end of the fifth year, the population of the fort has soared to 180. Hopefully this will be the one which manages to dig all the way to hell.
Checking the megathread every morning to see if Israel has been destroyed yet 
a really strategically sound idea that could have only come from the best Western generals
These people genuinely believe they are wearing plot armor.
If you bring a couple tarps and a liberal supply of paracord, you can build just about any shelter you can imagine.
After taking a turn in the secession game I decided to start up my own fort. Two and a half years in, I have seen a weremoose attack (two dead, infected militia commander is trapped in a walled-off section of the fort), and just now an Etten (a giant two-headed humanoid creature). The Etten died without too much disaster, but it has dropped a tablet which turns anyone who reads it into a necromancer.
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Diary of Thikut "Porkroll" Mafolustuth, Stonecarver, Militia recruit
- 1 Granite, 101:
Almost a year has passed since we struck the earth here at Roomtheaters. The comforts of the old Mountainhome, Luckclasp have almost completely faded out of memory. All which remains is the strain of one of the hardest winters I can recall. Despite that, the time has passed quickly. We have made ourselves quite busy trying to establish the settlement. Between the madness of Inod Ustuthuzol (poor bastard), the battle with the Troglodites, the constant influx of new faces, and all the work being done on the fortress, it has been hard to keep track of it all.
I have made it my New Year's resolution to begin keeping a journal.
- 12 Granite, 101
A pair of Elven merchants from The Squashed Clearing have arrived to establish trade relations. The dwarven children, dripping with curiosity, eagerly rushed a pair of wooden bins filled with the Miners' bounty of gemstones to the trade depot, to catch a glimpse of these strange, pointy-eared creatures. Nomal Ducimottem, the fortress Broker caught them at the last second and hissed at them to leave the wooden boxes downstairs. The Elves are known to be touchy about the use of wooden implements.
Rumors swirl around about Elven caravans bringing exotic animals to trade. Trained war elephants, tamed lions. Sadly, this group only brought a porcupine and a wolf with them. In fact, they didn't bring much of practical value at all. To keep them happy, we bought everything that looked fermentable, along with some strange wooden puzzle boxes and toy boats for the kids. Hopefully next year they will bring a breeding pair of trained war rhinoceroses.
- 19 Granite
Dolomite has been discovered in and around the caverns. This flux stone a crucial step towards the establishment of a steel industry, and the equipment of a state-of-the-art military force. Glory to the miners!
Hopefully I will get my hands on a ☼masterful☼ steel battle axe by the year's end.
- 2 Slate
A convoy of migrants has arrived at the fortress. 15 in total, a good number of them skilled in various trades. The riches we've traded to keep a couple scraps of food in our pantry must have given them the impression we're sitting on a dragon's hoard and living in luxury over here. Just wait until they see the living accommodations! I've seen bathtubs in the Human tenements which are more spacious than these fucking dorms.
Population: 38
- 14 Slate
The mood has been sombre in this place ever since we settled here. With every waking day there is little to look forward to but work. The explosion in residents has made the need for better housing more apparent than ever. So we decided to kill two birds with one stone. We will raise our spirits by founding Banikuvel Rigoth Iteb - "Hexbear, the Craft of Posts" - a new tavern. Our current block of dorms will eventually become an inn for visiting guests, while new housing for permanent residents will be built deeper into the Earth, in a more defensible position.
- 23 Slate
Alath Nebelber has given birth to a baby boy right on the floor of the new tavern.
Population: 39
- 1 Felsite
Stukos Uzolakur has become a professional Furnace Operator, by smelting the fortress's very first batch of STEEL BARS. Craftsdwarves throughout the fortress are lining up to get their hands on this cutting edge material, but supplies remain very limited. Until supplies can be increased, it will be used only to create munitions for the militia.
- 13 Felsite
The metalsmiths have delivered us our first batch of steel swords and battle axes.
- 28 Felsite
Dodok Oddomuthir, an Armorer, has been taken by a fey mood and has immediately begun work on a strange construction.
- 5 Hematite
Dodok Oddomuthir has crafted Leshalkivish Ashok, a sleek silver high boot! She offers it to the Square Gates.
It menaces with spikes of silver.
Seriously? One boot? Not even a pair? Well, at least we have a legendary armorer now.
- 12 Malachite
Summer progresses slowly. The metalurgists and smiths continue to produce steel armaments, and we have begun training with their new shiny weapons. Progress on new dorms below the cavern layer inches along. Moods are rising somewhat, but there is still a lot of dissatisfaction among the fort.
- 20 Malachite
Construction has begun on a temple dedicated to the Demonation of Guards, a popular religious tendency among citizens of the fortress.
Dodok Oddomuthir, legendary armorer, is forging several ☼Masterpiece☼ steel mail shirts.
- 25 Malachite
10 More immigrants. Trappers, milkers, and butchers.
Population 49
- 28 Malachite
Kib Ethadedem, Leatherworker, has given birth to a boy
Population 50
- 14 Galena
After checking to make sure there were no troglodites, the doors to the cavern were opened. All of a sudden, troglodites appeared. GREAT! Time to try out this new steel battle axe.
...
Zulban Vosutnish, Performer has been found dead.
Limul Asnakuth, Child has been found dead.
- 19 Galena
Pure madness has ensued in the caverns for several days now. Thirteen troglodytes, one TROLL, and two dwarves lay dead. Another troll roams the caverns as dwarves rush to gather cave spider silk. Two human monster hunters patrols the cavern.
- 1 Limestone
Autumn is here. Recent events have proven that we are not yet capable of dealing with major threats, and we need to be careful. If it were not for the Human monster hunter, who sacrificed his life defeating the troll, we could have been in big trouble. The caverns will remain shut until we have some sparring experience under our belts.
- 3 Limestone
No one has seen Asen Rashducim, Stonecrafter, in over a week. We fear the worst.
- 11 Limestone
It turns out Utesh Holdfaith, the Human trollslayer is still alive, despite losing the ability to walk and being trapped in the cavern for weeks. He has been welcomed back into the fortress, as another Human monster slayer, Spibsa Atemodda slips through the gate to take his place. Meanwhile, a Dwarven caravan has arrived.
Expedition leader Cog Itebirid meets with the outpost liaison. Discussions remain strictly about trade. We'll try to get some turkeys next year. They breed quickly and provide a good source of food and leather.
We purchase all the subterranean seeds we can, along with a variety of foodstuffs to prepare for the winter and keep our dwarves from going insane eating nothing but plump helmets all year.
- 14 Limestone
Fan favorite background music track "Strike the Earth" plays for the first time
- 15 Limestone
Sigun Lisidlokum has been taken by a fey mood and claimed the carpenter's workshop!
She says she wants logs, silk, and cut gems. We have all of that shit already. Oh well.
- 14 Sandstone
Sigun Lisidlokum has begun a mysterious construction
- 19 Sandstone
Sigun cas created a legendary hazel wooden splint... neat.
- 25 Sandstone
She is now cranking out ☼Masterpiece☼ wooden beds
- 27 Sandstone
More immigrants. Population 56
- 28 Timber
Oh shit, we don't have a craftsdwarf workshop. No wonder why those rock mugs never got made lmao.
- 6 Moonstone
After a year of on and off training, the four core members of the militia have gained enough experience to begin sparring directly with one another using edged weapons
- 22 Moonstone
Human monster slayer Spibsa Atemodda was bested in combat by a Giant Cave Bat. RIP.
- 24 Moonstone
Metalsmith Stukos Uzolakur withdraws from society. He has claimed the metalsmith's forge. He begins working secretly.
- 28 Moonstone
He creates an artifact copper bed! He is now a legendary blacksmith.
- 9 Opal
Moses Amalastesh, Engraver, has given birth to a boy! Tholtig Likotustuth, Trapper, has given birth to a girl!
- 15 Opal
The Denomination of Guards demands a temple complex and high priest
- 28 Obsidian
Well, I never got a ☼Masterpiece☼ battle axe, but I'll settle for this ☼Masterpiece☼ armor.
Outcomes
Though we suffered a few losses, the population has grown from 23 to 58
We now have a LEGENDARY armorer, blacksmith, and carpenter.
Steel production, while not automated, is online. I left 36 bars of steel for the next player.
The militia was culled to four members, but those members are clad in steel and capable of sparring.
The save can be downloaded from https://matapacos.dog/bearmurdered/bearmurdered102.tar.xz
Recommendations to next player
Dig deeper
Military can use expansion now that we are shitting masterpiece steel armor. I culled it initially because I prefer for dwarves to train and become attached to high quality weapons. Also a handful of of iron / copper weapons are forbidden but might prove useful in an emergency.
The only steel armor produced so far is helms and chain mail. Leg protection would be nice, and SHIELDS, which take TIME to train with (but beware, not all dwarves are strong enough to use weapons like axes effectively with one hand. Maybe just give the swordsdwarfs shields)
Fortress needs better defenses. I tried to dig in a way where partitions can be built (including above and below the new housing area), but no drawbridges gates have been built.
There is an active petition to expand the temple to a temple complex
Stockpiles are not streamlined at all
The hospital is effectively non-functional. It needs a couple chests for storage, a bucket, a source of fresh water, operating tables, and soap. Soap is more difficult to produce than you might imagine.
Choose a dwarf and give them a nickname
Tell your boss you caught a really bad case of ligma and go for it.
Management has questioned staffers, including Daily producers, after The Intercept revealed internal debate over a yet-to-air episode on Hamas weaponizing sexual violence. Such a probe is highly unusual, say staffers, one of whom dubbed it a “witch hunt.”
Vanity Fair. Follow-up from this morning's post: The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé from The Intercept
The sharks smell blood in the water.
Never got around to playing this game before. Holy shit it is a GOAT. Who knew a GDQ-bait platformer could be so touching.
(and yes, I am actually stuck at this fucking thing. No spoilers please.)
I'm gifting my friend's child a handheld emulator and loading it up with games. It's capable of playing things pretty much up to Nintendo GameCube (It's even running Twilight Princess, though it studders in some areas).
I've got pretty much everything that exists for NES, SNES, N64, as well as a couple dozen games for Genesis. I never had a Sega Saturn or a PS / PS2 growing up though and I'm wondering what I should grab for those, as well as some more obscure GameCube titles if there are any I should know about.
Here's your chance to wax nostalgic about some old games and help ensure they make it into a kid's present. Even if I have the game already, I can still throw suggestions into the "favorites" list and make them easier to find.
Imagine if Ben Garrison actually gave a shit. These people used to be genuinely talented at making themselves look stupid.
:see_no_evil: Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass. - GitHub - auchenberg/volkswagen: :see_no_evil: Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run ...
># volkswagen > >Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass. > ># Why? > >If you want your software to be adopted by Americans, good tests scores from the CI server are very important. Volkswagen uses a defeat device to detect when it's being tested in a CI server and will automatically reduce errors to an acceptable level for the tests to pass. This will allow you to spend less time worrying about testing and more time enjoying the good life as a trustful software developer. > >You can start already by adding our evergreen build badge to your README:
lmao
That's in three hours from the time this post was made.
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