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I sometimes use a yahoo address for stuff I think might be a bit suspicious, but want to keep, I'm in the lucky owner (ok, not owner, paying customer) of a hosting service where I manage my own email accounts, ftp, website etc. Also a place where I park a number of domain names I own, including my family name and some legacy game sites I bled a lot of money for to acquire, "liberating" them from becoming parking domains for cheap mortgage type links. I would rather see a blank, white page on those addresses than seeing them being desecrated by low life spam links. Anyway, it enables me to create any number of email accounts for short term purposes that can just be deleted when I don't feel I need them anymore Edit: Ok, not quite true that I prefer blank white pages, but I never found the time to put up some proper memorial type sites for something I really loved playing way back.

Reported for racist comments!

From the linked text: "Capitalism — laissez-faire capitalism — is the ideal economic system. It is the embodiment of individual freedom and the pursuit of material self-interest. Its result is the progressive rise in the material well-being of all, manifested in lengthening life spans and ever-improving standards of living." Uh huh... laissez faire capitalism was what they had in several European countries from like 1760 to 1860... next to the dark ages, one of the darkest periods in European history. Living standards took a dive to match those of serfs in the 1200's, people becoming effectively slaves and considered property of the factory owners, not unlike slaves kept on cotton farms in the south of the US half a century later. Both were considered less than live stock and expendable before anything of value (like machinery). Hopefully the world will never see "laissez faire" capitalism again.

Saw a movie trailer on youtube yesterday, which looked quite funny (a movie called "Deadpool"), so being my impulsive, rash self, of course immediately ordered the dvd from a store. Should be here in a weeks time I hope. I noticed it has a sequel, but let's watch the first one first and then decide. If it sucks, it's the equivalent of 10 us dollars wasted, and my tears will dry up fast.

The story of David "Radioctive Boy". A young man with an obsessive compulsive disorder that forces him to build nuclear reactors... sounds weird? Probably one of those young men who is sort of part mad, part genius once you realize how far he got before getting caught (and later joined the navy, serving on a nuclear powered carrier). Also covers his tragic end after military service and he just couldn't resist trying to build a nuclear reactor at home.

Ask @kirottuabout sharp knives... 😇

As long as Germany (and Germans) do business with China, they are in no position whatsoever to lecture anyone else on the subjects of human rights and environment issues, being a knowing accomplice to the violation of both. Claiming otherwise is hypocrisy. At least I know the Australian federal government is a bunch of no good cretins owned mostly by the mineral and fossil fuel industry and they've made no secret of wanting to promote coal and it's like at the expense of renewable energy projects (and runs de facto concentration camps on remote islands to process "asylum seekers", although lets be honest the genuine asylum seekers are an almost non existing minority amongst the economic migrants) They don't pretend to care about the environment (and actively fight windmills in true Don Quixote style, to prevent renewable energy from getting a foothold in Australia) or human rights (it's not profitable for the Liberal Party)

Gives entirely new meaning to gas masks 😉

Did I mention that I think the world would be better off without Facebook? apparently the European Supreme Court does too https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/14/facebook-faces-devastating-data-transfer-ban-after-irish-ruling Facebooks claim that privacy protection violates free speech because it makes targeted advertising harder or some such was dismissed by court and transmission of personal information of European users to the US had to end very soon (because nobody trusts the US to respect European data privacy laws)

Lucky bastard 👍 I’ve had grey hair for so long that I’ve almost forgotten there was a time before it. I had noticeably grey hair at the age of 22 and friends at uni asked me if I used some kind of peroxide to create a particularly noticeable white, curly lock in middle of my forehead 😖 Other than the hair colour I’ve seen to maintain a “youthful” exterior though, people often estimating my age at early thirties. I guess I should just shave my head and remove the grey evidence of my advanced age 😇

Peace in the middle east died in 1995 with the murder of Rabin by a right wing extremist and the (deliberate) efforts to sabotage the Oslo Accord in the years immediately after. Too much conservative resistance to the idea of peace and an independent Palestinian state in the late 90's. Edit: The conservatives were probably scared of what happened in the worlds only other apartheid state, South Africa, where it came to an end in 1991 and real, democratic elections happened in 1994. You can almost hear them thinking "Not on my watch!" in the Knesset and so the deal on offer got made continuously worse from 1995 to 2000 in true Darth Vader style (heavy breathing: Pray I don't change the deal anymore)

It was actually Jagged Alliance 2 that taught me the word. It's a trait you can pick for your main character and I had to look it up, not knowing what it meant. There is no word for it in my native language. There is a word for left handed (which roughly translates into "awkward handed"), but no word for ambidextrous. It stuck to my mind after that

First I thought it was a misspelling of Ambitious, but then I read the text underneath... 😂 (being ambidextrous in real life myself, I was a bit familiar with the word, but it's not one you come across often)

Don't get me started on haircuts... I currently have what can best be described as a "fro" although mine is part grey I did have an appointment with a hairdresser a while back, but then Brisbane got hit by a snap lockdown as it escaped the quarantine. Didn't really have time to try again until tomorrow. Need to get at least 10cm off! As for vaccinations... the situation in Australia is a complete mess (courtesy of our notoriously incompetent federal PM). Even BBC is making jokes about it now... I'm going to see my GP in a couple of weeks time to renew my prescription (for high blood pressure, otherwise I might just instantaneously explode in a shower of red goo), a good time I think to inquire about what the situation is regionally and when to expect/prepare for and what vaccine is/will be available. Would prefer Pfizer/Moderna over AZ/JJ anytime. Willing to wait a bit for it too.

In the end, it all boils down to: Does the story sell? Does the story need a bit of help for it to be sold? Who *really* has an interest in selling the story? Who owns the media? And who owns the owners of the media? Etc. I know, it's a rabbit hole, but welcome to my way of thinking

You're welcome. Just a heads up, it's only a prologue. Playable alright, but some areas appear "sparse" or unfinished. The characters, the writing and the conversations in particular though are just funny in an absurd way. Especially paired with some very effective facial animations. You're the only human (and a male one at that, such a discusting creature) stranded on a remote Island inhabited by elves, dragon girls, mermaids, android girls, all kinds of monster girls. The main game doesn't exist yet (and may never do so, although I hope it does happen some day). This part is free on Steam. Edit: Doesn't exist as in not released. Apparently the developer is torn between two Unity Engine versions and the result may be what is currently finished becomes a "Part 1" (because it's too hard to migrate to a new engine version, after all, it's a one man project) and what is still to do gets on a new version on Unity and becomes "Part 2"

Every now and then, I try out things on Steam that is free (because I couldn't see myself actually spending money on it). This time, the game was "Monster Girl Island: Prologue"... It's a "toon" style game. Annoyingly cute graphics and sexually explicit material at times. Sort of a dating sim (bed all the girls and get trophy pictures like the original Witcher game) and mystery adventure game all in one. I thought I would hate it. Much to my surprised, after the first few dialogues I was completely hooked on the game. It's been a very, very long time since I caught myself sitting and laughing out loud at game dialogue for all the right reasons. The humour was spot on for my tastes. The game mechanics are simple, no voice over, all dialogue is text only etc... but dang did I sit with a big stupid grin afterwards. It's sort a "early access" type of game (hence why it's free) while a full(er) version is in development. All of it literally done by one guy. He recently parted ways with Patreon because he didn't want to give in to the changes Patreon demanded, but I hope he finds a way to complete the game some day. I sure would buy it 😎

It's sort of old news (1 week old), but that's a lot of expensive assets amassed in one place... looks kind of silly though, cut and pasting the same image 3 times into the same pic. Yes, heavily photoshopped picture as click bait. The footage is ok though.

Didn't see that one coming... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57081142 "A US judge has dismissed a bankruptcy case involving the National Rifle Association (NRA), leaving it to face a lawsuit that could see the powerful organisation dissolved. In a written statement, the judge said gun-rights group did not file for bankruptcy in good faith."

Not a book per se, but an interview with one of the writers. Interesting (imho) Covering everything from the backstory on how the Horus Heresy came to be (back then they couldn't afford to create molds to an opposing titan army) and the naming of the Primarchs (when people hang out in pubs, trying to make up names)

From a different corner of the world, which we rarely hear about... maybe because there are so few (or no) French posters here https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/11/france-macron-govt-military-clash-over-civil-war-warning “We are not talking about extending your mandates or conquering others. We are talking about the survival of our country, the survival of your country,” said the latest letter, which was addressed to Macron and his cabinet. The authors described themselves as soldiers from the younger generation of the military, a so-called “generation of fire” that had seen active service." I first picked up on this story a few days ago on the BBC site, but apparently there is a growing conflict between the French army and the French government. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57055154 "French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter" "The letter to the government last month came from semi-retired generals. The minister in charge of the armed forces, Florence Parly, said they would be punished for defying a law that forbids reservists or serving members of the military from expressing opinions in public on religion and politics." I should stock of on Cognac while there is still peace in France...

Are you a @BruceVCalt? 🤔

I don't know if Putin personally orders each killing, but no doubt a lot of people got helped along with their "involuntary suicides" and "accidents" by someone with the power to order it, even if just because the decisions/directives coming from the top does not tolerate things that makes the top look bad... Edit: I think Putin is smarter than that, but clumsy and incompetent minions are just not good at covering their tracks when it comes to liquidations, successful as well as failed ones.

Obvious conclusion... the Russian strain of Covid induces a compulsory urge to jump from windows 🤔 It probably looks better in the health statistics. Less people dying from Covid!