I went up from the Jordan unto Bethel. And as I was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked me and said unto me, “Go up, thou bald head! Go up, thou bald head!” And I turned back and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth Ganon out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.
Robert Molesworth in a session on 12th August 1720:
in his Opinion, they ought, on this Occasion, to follow the Example of the ancient Romans, who having no Law against Parricide [...] adjudg'd the guilty Wretch to be thrown alive, sew'd up in a Sack, into the Tyber. [...] As he look'd upon the Contrivers and Executors of the villainous South Sea Scheme, as the Parricides of their Country, he should be satisfy'd to see them undergo the same Punishment.
No specific mention of snakes, but that was part of the Roman "punishment of the sack".
I think this generally is true of American liberal / centrist politicians, which is what Carlson probably means when he says "the Left". There's no great public discord in the Democrat Party's representatives, certainly not when compared to the Republican Party.
The actual Left, on the other hand...
*IR light, in the interest of avoiding confusion.
Its functionality to integrate with whatever LLM you use - local or SAAS. I can't say I'm excited about the feature, but I think it's also a bit silly that people are angry about it (though I take the point about development priority).
It's healthy for Firefox's market share to keep feature parity with Edge and other browsers that have the same function but with a manufacturer-pushed service.
I am the most inexpert of laypeople on this subject, but I've wondered whether the incursion into Russian territory has been to give Ukraine a better position to negotiate on a mutual return of territory in talks, if they come about.
Very much looking forward to V2! I've had to switch to Voyager for working spoiler markdown -- it's also excellent, but I generally prefer Mlem.
Cheeky questions while I'm here:
- Voyager also seems to handle GIFs in comments better, is that something on the cards for Mlem?
- Is there a plan to introduce swiping forward? I frequently accidentally swipe back to the community list and lose my place in the feed.
Exact location and LIDAR imagery, for those interested, courtesy of @[email protected] on Mastodon.
water bosses
Why is the AP writing as if their audience are children? I understand it from the Mirror.
I'm jealous of people with newer watches, but $1200 is way too much for me to justify, personally. I got my Fenix 5 Plus for about $160 used and that felt like a splurge.
I applaud the sentiment, but it's a park-and-ride car park served by buses. While it would be great if infrastructure was such that it was affordable and practical to exclusively use public transport, this was specifically built to stop people from driving into the city, reducing car traffic in the urban centre and improving air quality and general QOL for pedestrians.
The excerpt from Peter Brannen's 2017 book The Ends of the World, to save a click through to Twitter:
"The meteorite itself was so massive that it didn't notice any atmosphere whatsoever," said Rebolledo, "It was traveling 20 to 40 kilometers per second, 10 kilometers-probably 14 kilometers-wide, pushing the atmosphere and building such incredible pressure that the ocean in front of it just went away."
These numbers are precise without usefully conveying the scale of the calam-ity. What they mean is that a rock larger than Mount Everest hit planet Earth traveling twenty times faster than a bullet. This is so fast that it would have traversed the distance from the cruising altitude of a 747 to the ground in 0.3 seconds. The asteroid itself was so large that, even at the moment of impact, the top of it might have still towered more than a mile above the cruising altitude of a 747. In its nearly instantaneous descent, it compressed the air below it so violently that it briefly became several times hotter than the surface of the sun.
"The pressure of the atmosphere in front of the asteroid started excavating the crater before it even got there," Rebolledo said. "Then, when the meteorite touched ground zero, it was totally intact. It was so massive that the atmosphere didn't even make a scratch on it."
Unlike the typical Hollywood CGI depictions of asteroid impacts, where an extraterrestrial charcoal briquette gently smolders across the sky, in the Yucatán it would have been a pleasant day one second and the world was already over by the next. As the asteroid collided with the earth, in the sky above it where there should have been air, the rock had punched a hole of outer space vacuum in the atmosphere. As the heavens rushed in to close this hole, enormous volumes of earth were expelled into orbit and beyond all within a second or two of impact.
"So there's probably little bits of dinosaur bone up on the moon?" I asked.
"Yeah, probably."
Good point - I'm going by feedback from friends locally who have it, but I'm actually not sure whether it comes down to Openreach. It's the ISP themselves that are installing the home connections, though (presumably to the cabinet, much like the existing copper?).
I have the opposite problem. There's just one ISP offering FTTP under the scheme where I am, and although the prices are good, their uptime and customer support are universally derided as terrible, and they only offer long-term contracts. I'm sticking with FTTC for now.
Cephenemyia on a rock
Who knew botflies could be cute?
Description: an adult deer botfly (Cephenemyia stimulator) on a rock. Its body is covered with fur-like cetae, yellow and black, resembling a bumblebee a little. Its eyes are large and black.
RIP space guars, we hardly knew ye.
Thanks for playing along with our April Fool's Day prank. We are, in fact, not pivoting to the Starfield engine.
We are, however, back on the very latest version of the Skyrim engine, thanks to some gruelling work by our Coding team, and of the Creation Kit, thanks in part to the CKPE team 💌
Now back to your regularly scheduled project updates. There's also more of the Concept-to-Asset video series on the horizon, and a bigger progress video is being worked on as we speak. Onwards and upwards! 🚀
After years of pouring love and dedication to recreating Morrowind in Skyrim's engine, we're reaching for the moon: say hello to Skywind!
After years of pouring love and dedication to recreating Morrowind in Skyrim's engine, we're reaching for the moon: we're shifting to Starfield's engine.
Say hello to Starwind! 🚀
- Why walk when you can fly? Rocket boosted guars!
- That's no moon(s)! Assemble your own interstellar silt strider.
- The space race, now with 100% more cliff racers
Tamriel's vibrant and variant landscapes have been our home for years, a realm where our passion could roam as free as the nix hounds of Vvardenfell. But as we looked up at the stars above, we saw the potential for magic far beyond what Skyrim's engine could offer. Starfield's cutting-edge tech and vast cosmic canvas present us with the opportunity to reimagine Morrowind like never before.
We're grateful for your support, and we look forward to continuing on this journey with you, to the cosmos and beyond.
The Starwind Team ✨
As we livestream for C3 on Saturday, your donations will unlock locations we don't normally show - including one we said we never would 👀
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For more on the Community Creations Con and the schedule, see this page on Nexus mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/news/14921
A vestige of prestige: the Dwemer ruin of Nchuleft, by Dominik Włodarczyk
This ancient Dwemer freehold straddles the border of the Grazelands and the Ashlands, and served historically as an important neutral ground for diplomatic talks. Its remaining inhabitants are not so eager for polite conversation.
We’ve taken a deep dive into game asset creation with the first Skywind Concept-to-Asset episode! This time, we’re looking at the Iron Armor.
CONFESSION TIME: we have an ulterior motive with this new series. It's not very evil, though. We love showing off what we've made, the attention we pay to detail, and our determination to make Skywind really goddamn good, BUT...
WE NEED 3D CLOTHING ARTISTS. It's a major bottleneck for us at the moment, and has been for some time. If you've got experience in modelling 3D clothing and soft materials, or if you know someone else who fits the bill, we'd be really keen to hear from them. Tell everyone you know 💚
https://tesrskywind.com/volunteer // https://discord.gg/skywind
On Feb 3rd at 5:30pm UTC, we’ll be part of the Community Creation Con (C3) charity stream, giving a whistle-stop tour of Skywind and answering questions, to benefit Make-a-Wish. Join us?
On Feb 3rd, we’ll be part of the Community Creation Con supported by Nexus Mods, Bethesda Game Studios, GOG.com, and more, to benefit Make-a-Wish.
We’ll be giving a whistlestop tour of Skywind, what it is (and isn’t), and answering our most frequently-asked questions, live on Twitch.
Join us on February 3rd at 12:30pm! Donate if you can. Watch out for the full schedule on https://twitter.com/C3Modders
To ring in the New Year, we held a Twitch stream that looked back at our progress in 2023. What was your favorite new Skywind development?
And a teaser for 2024: we were also busy last year working on a mini video series to showcase specific Skywind items, from the very first concepts and ideas right through to the final in-game asset. More on that very soon!
You can help! If you know a 3D artist who might want to help with future models for Skywind - especially clothing artists - please send them our way. We’d love to hear from them: https://discord.gg/skywind
Isn’t it past your bedtime, House Cousin? Presenting the Hlaalu Canton Bunkhouse by Dominik Włodarczyk, Level Design
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One of the last remaining interiors in the Hlaalu Canton of Vivec City, the Bunkhouse! With NPCs having daily routines in Skywind, they all need places to sleep, thus the need arises for new interiors, such as inn rooms, private quarters, and bunkhouses. Located in the docks and connected to the waistworks, the bunkhouse grants its inhabitants easy access to all of Hlaalu Canton!
Don’t forget the popcorn! 🍿 Arena canton fighting pit, by Oskari Ahde.
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Should find yourself in a pesky succession feud during your Skywind adventures, have no fear: you’ll be battling your challenger in a beautifully designed Arena fit for a Councilman! During your heroic fight, take inspiration from the cozy canopied seating areas, atmospheric tapestries, and of course, the motivational bloodstains.
A sliding scale of shields: Imperial Dragonscale shield set concepts, by Vitaly Muzyka.
A sliding scale of shields: Imperial Dragonscale shield set concepts, by Vitaly Muzyka.
This set of shields might not protect you from bad puns, but the formidable and rare set includes a size for every player, from a buckler for parrying to a tower shield to make you a moving fortress.
See more details on Vitaly’s ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xDN9rr
Description: conceptual drawings of three intricately-worked shields, with front and back views and a sketched three-quarter view of each. Each are dragonscale with metal inlay. The buckler, shield, and tower shield all bear a mean spike on the boss. The handles are wrapped with red cloth.
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These bas reliefs, by the spookily talented Fury_on, will be used to decorate Dunmer strongholds. The ancient Chimer were different from the Dunmer we know in 3E427, and we've tried to give these bas reliefs an esoteric and ancient vibe, yet still reminiscent of contemporary Temple art styles.
One bas relief shows an ancestor spirit rising from the grave and blessing supplicants who seek to learn from their predecessors.
The other bas relief gives an insight into the ancient Chimer, showing a dual perspective of a first-Era Nede warrior: one aspect of it conveys the Nedes as a grave danger, a demonic creature that burns villages and strongholds, while the other aspect is that of a fallen enemy, conveying that this monster can still be slain by brave Chimer.
These bas reliefs were drawn in 2D, but we plan to translate them to 3D for enhanced visuals.
With great sadness, we learned today of the passing of MacedonianMuse - a Skywind contributor, an artist, a modder, a mother, a friend.
Our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and all those whose lives were brightened by her presence. May her roads lead to warm sands.
Description: Artwork by MacedonianMuse of a Dunmer woman studying a book in Dunmeris at a desk. A plait runs across her shoulder and her face bears tattoos. A moon-and-star stele sits on a bookshelf laden with books, and through an open window, emperor parasol mushrooms bloom.