Was algae growth not an issue before? I hate what the dipshits did to it, but I don’t see how it would only now get gross. Did they scrap filtration and treatment equipment or something?

I’ve got the dreaded Pile of Shame to work through, all built and primed, but scared to actually paint cause they’re so danged expensive. I’m super happy with how these turned out though, and the positive feedback definitely helps give me the push to keep going though, so thank you!

Thanks!

I have Bazarr as part of my ARR stack that pulls in subtitles for me so they show up no matter what I’m using to access the library, works like a champ!

The world is riddled with maggots, the maggots are getting fat…

I’ve never encountered the word ‘mishegas’ before, love it! Thank you for making my day just a little bit better.

Undersecretary Elbridge Colby summoned the Papal Nuncio to the Pentagon, said the pope better get in line with Trump, and referenced the “Avignon Papacy”, a historical event where France kidnapped and killed the pope then set up a puppet Papacy.

Edit: Looking into it, the original story came from “anonymous Vatican sources”, and has since been officially denied by both sides.

I mean, the DoD literally threatened exactly that

What I don’t get is where does all the money they win come from? Somebody has to take the bets and lose right? Seems like an awful lot of money to just be fleecing random rubes.

Don’t fuck with Jesus… ask The Beatles.

It looks more like Jon Stewart to me

You know, I’m starting to think that maybe the “drive bay full of thermite” guy way back in the day WASN’T crazy…

Not just bipolar, but rapid cycling too!

Holy shit, I hadn’t thought about Pathfinder since it first came out on DVD… I remember it being great, gonna have to go hunting now!

True, what I was getting at is that AIS alone doesn’t prove that there is even any ship at all.

This is mostly a nothing burger. AIS has basically zero validation built in. I’m not sure where the article is sourcing its data from, but it’s probably an open source ship tracking site.

AIS datagrams aren’t encrypted, so you can make one with any ship ID and location data you want, then create a station account on one of the open trackers and inject it.

Alternatively, you could get a cheap SDR dongle and broadcast your spoofed messages to a nearby station and let them upload it. It’s been a while since played around with SDR, but you could probably get everything you need for around $200. You’d almost certainly be breaking licensing laws doing this, for what that’s worth.

Edited to add: Looks like this article is using kpler.com, where you can sign up to be a receiver station and feed them data.

That’s one the most insanely stupid things I’ve ever heard. Tokens are a tool used to do your job, a business expense, not fucking compensation.

Are the kWh that you use to light and air condition an office part of your compensation? How about toner and paper in the office printer?

If those tokens are a bonus, they’re yours, right? So you can burn half your annual salary worth of tokens translating Microsoft Encarta 95 into Klingon, and they will foot the bill?