Same. I gave Kenshi a try and it didn’t click for me. Caves of Qud though, that game is pure unmitigated crack for me. Live and drink, friend.

I’m a simple man. I see Peanits, I upvote.

I’m no Mexico expert but I can’t imagine Mexico is wealthy enough to afford this type of protection in the numbers they need. They also couldn’t likely rely on local hires without extensive background checking. Bear in mind that they would need people who are experienced and ready to shoot at all times. The best scenario would be to hire PMCs to provide security but they don’t come cheap and have their own logistical issues.

Why not just legalize drugs? Then you can just tax em. Fairly of course cause it still has to be profitable. The illegality of the drugs is why there’s so much crime down there. Take the money you’re putting into drug enforcement and put it into education on why the drugs shouldn’t be done in the first place. Give people the tools to make educated choices about what they put into their bodies you know? I guess I just don’t get it.

Everyone can join? Even the Uyghurs?

Meet the new war

Same as the old war

Love seeing another person with lots of hours in Caves of Qud. It’s rapidly climbing up my hours played list since 1.0 release. Bought it at 17.99, played for 220 hours so far. Math says that’s 9 cents an hour, and I’m still not done playing. Live and drink, friend!

Is it played in MMORPG style in that it doesn’t have a pause feature? If so then it may as well be played online. If you can’t walk away from the game until you’re in a safe spot, then there’s no functional difference between an MMO and this game except you don’t get randos teabagging your corpse. This is why I stopped playing MH games.

I played MMOs for years and they’re great in some ways, but I got tired of always having to arrange myself safely before stepping away for a bio break or a snack.

Consider Phlebas is a bit of a rough start. I found it to be more rewarding on a second read-through after finishing several other Culture novels. By all means keep reading Phlebas, it’s very good, but it’s ok to sit back and sort of let the book happen, if you get my drift. It’ll become clearer as you read.

I had forgotten about this episode!

In my personal experience, true poly couples often act the way that Phlox/Feezal do around a potential new partner. In all cases I’ve seen they respect the boundaries that the new partner sets, like here Trip feels weird and expresses that later in the episode, so they back off.

Poly relationships would have been a really cool dynamic to explore on Enterprise though, so it’s somewhat of a missed opportunity. Oh well.

“You know what she’s called? Incontinentia… Incontinentia Buttocks WILL YOU STOP LAUGHING!?”

That scene is always able to make me laugh.

Don’t worry about it.

Love me some K6BD!

The sanctioned action is to Cut.

This is the best answer because all of these other fictional places can be replicated with 100% accuracy using Culture tech.

Coffee would have made me an apostate too. Damn, I love coffee. Live and drink, friend.

Hey, that guy is hogging all the happiness! Get him!

If pulling forward into an empty parking space in front of your car is gay, then I guess you’d better start calling me Elton John. What the actual fuck?

Highly recommend this game. It got better once they started allowing you to quicksave and checkpoint your progress at towns/outposts. Prepare to die. A lot. Live and drink, friend.

Out of all the BS about this orange baby flooding our collective intakes every single second of every single day, this bit of “light treason” coming to light earlier might not have been as impactful as it could be when the election draws nigh.

Hopefully the Harris campaign seizes on this and beats him like a pinata with it for the next month. American Presidents should not provide aid and succor to their geopolitical enemies.

This is what AI should be used for. There’s another great article on the same site about using AI to find qanats too which was fascinating.

https://gizmodo.com/cold-war-spy-photos-reveal-ancient-subterranean-aqueducts-2000500005

Whenever anyone asks me what fictional universe I want to live in, I say the Culture universe. Hands down the best sci-fi universe to live in as a regular humanoid. It’s a post-scarcity galactic paradise where if I ever get bored, I can plug into a Matrix-style simulation of any other fictional universe that’s 100% real to my senses. Or I’ll take any of a number of drugs that a gland in my brain can generate at will for shiggles. The possibilities are limitless.