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Clovis Bray quoted as saying the abuse is exaggerated, quite minor, and necessary for the greater good.

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This is an excellent 30 min summary of the ages in the Destiny storyline: youtube.com/watch?v=hLUaeUCjNK should newer or (aspiring to start) players like to catch up ahead of Lightfall expansion next month (which will be big enough to be considered a whole new version of Destiny.)

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How can you be a #PinkFloyd fan and not realize where the rainbow came from? 😂
Also, really want this box set 😍

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I joined a large company a couple years ago, observe how things work inside. I've come to think that the size demands abstractions to help humans understand things at that larger size. Bugger abstractions. Bigger, less accurate models about the world around us. Individuals become statistics.

What would it look like instead of looking at wage disparity, we instead looked at size, those abstractions, the humanity erased through them.

Is wage disparity just a side-effect of the actual problem?

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How it started, how it's going. 🕹❤️

Collecting a few portable mini arcade devices is a dream come true for my child self who in 1983 or so saw mini LED arcade games in the SEARS Wish Book and went bananas haha.

Hey kid-me, just wait 40 years, k?

It's been so great playing with friends. We're different people with different priorities.

One of my friends prioritized base-building so make the perfect home.

I however kept things barely above metal-shack level just to focus on ships. I was first to travel between bodies.

Another chose Europa and because of the low mining materials diversity has become a master economist and trader. They bought their ship.

We're cross-teaching other in a fun cultural exchange of sorts.

But I've since learned how to make something not jack-of-all-trades and to be light and zippy for dedicated use cases.

"Ferret" was born. It's perfect for quick manual mining runs while I work on a proper mining ship.

So the fleet has begun in earnest...

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There were program reminiscent incidents during initial design and flight tests...

The first shot for the moon failed and I fell back to earth sideways because of the gravity.

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My first ship is so derpy! I didn't know anything yet and over-engineered it, but it's a genuine lifeboat capable of anything and everything. I can survive for 20 days in space with it haha!

2x O2/H2 generators for H2 tank and cockpit.
4x batteries.
Too many atmos engines because it heavy.
Too many H2 engines because it heavy.
Cargo box for the ice conversion.
2x H2 to Electricity generators for the batteries.

Since it's so derpy, I named it DERP of course!

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I've become hooked on and got a dedicated server going. I started a base on Earth, my first ship made it to the moon to visit a friend who started a base there, and then I flew home.

His base is more advanced now with the help I provided, but I'm back home and building up my own! Made a fun walkway up a mountain to my windmill farm recently. They were below and too close to my base making it too difficult to park and take-off with my now 2 ships.

Some recent pics:

Reminder: is satisfying "wish my phone was a desktop computer" fulfillment. 😍

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Reading a magazine *in print* and realizing how nice it is to not have the publisher know every bit of data on how I consumed it—how long it sat on my coffee table, time spent on each article, which products I research because I saw it on the pages…

In a constantly connected world, analog feels like an escape.

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After hours in the Last Wish raid getting 2,000 kills with an event gun, the last step of Dawning gilding is done!

I'm a Star Baker. 🌟🍪

In light of all the travel drama for people this Christmas, I’ve written a new :

*with sustained notes as repeat vowels*

I’ll stay home for Christmas,
You can count on me.
Won’t go out and get stuck in snow,
Nor stranded by air, land or seeeeea.

I’ll stay home for Christmas,
There’s only badventures outsiiiide.

I’ll stay home for Crhiiiistmas,
With hot cocoa by my siiiiide.

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