If you don’t mind killing flies with a sledgehammer (massive overkill), you can search for lots of tutorials for using QGIS to create fantasy maps. This is a free, open-source mapping package that is capable of just about any style or mapping need imaginable. You can totally go down a rabbit hole and have databases linked to your map with loot tables, back stories, etc…

I’ve seen this done with a section of vinyl gutter before. If you do an image search for pictures there are lots of examples. The version I saw was a reddit link, which I will not utter here.

Is it federated and open source? If not, I’ll pass.

I bought a 2 year old, 2017 BMW i3 and have had basically no range reduction. I primarily charge at home on a level 2 charger. The i3 didn’t have a ton of range to begin with, so if you live in a colder climate, make sure you account for losing some of the stated range during colder months.

I was basically at my goal weight until I had a medical issue that kept me sedentary for several months, during which time I also stress-ate. I am now better and moving around more and I am remembering how good it feels to be active and appreciating it more this time. If you can move, go move. Not being able to, sucks!

This isn’t a meme I can enjoy frequently…

I live in the Cincinnati area. This was required watching. Fun fact: Devil’s Backbone is actually a montage of many hills in the area.

I’m pretty sure preserves have actual chunks of fruit and jam is made from puree. Jelly is just made from fruit juice.

Possum Kingdom!

Huh… Ok. I subscribed and am going to try these later.

Cries in Autocannon…

Solarpunk/cottagecore

Ooh! Which one? I’m now excited on your behalf!

Great minds, as they say! 😁 Once you read one of those, send me a message and let me know how you like it!

I highly recommend anything by Becky Chambers. Her Monk and Robot series is the definition of cozy fiction and the space series is also very low stakes, but engaging. I would also recommend the fantasy books, Legends and Lattés, about an orc who stops adventuring to open a coffee shop, and the prequel, Bookshops and Bonedust, which should actually be read after Legends.

Thanks for this! This is how I’m going to refer to the reddit incident from now on!

Getting back into weightlifting and starting to meditate. I highly recommend both things and I also highly recommend not stopping the weightlifting once you start. Everything hurts.

This is true, but on a personal level I have no idea how to do the calculus for, “My work is killing people, but it would have been worse if it hadn’t.” I think the show “The Good Place” got it right and it is just too interconnected and complicated to actually derive an answer as to whether an action is net negative or positive. That said, if I had to place money on a given action being negative, working for an arms manufacturer would be one I’d be fairly comfortable betting on.

I think this question boils down to this: Do your actions have a net positive or a net negative affect on the world? Does working at this company in some way offset the harm that the company is doing downstream? In this case I have a hard time coming up with a reasonable way in which this might be the case. Paying you and your family to have stuff doesn’t offset causing actual death and physical harm.

Yeah… This one hurts to agree with. I’m going to go rethink my life now…