Just in case anybody thought this project was dead when Elon Musk pulled out of it.

The Register: Paul Allen's six-engined monster plane prepares for space deliveries



Yes, the aircraft has two fuselages.

No, really.

I suppose if he can't have a shooting war, he must think that this is the next best thing - and never mind how many American jobs will be lost because of it.

... then stop screwing around with the defense process!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gas-mask...-1.4556044

I just wanted to let folks know, as I sometimes do, that even though the top-of-board counters aren't moving, I am writing.  This week, for instance, I've been creating and polishing a major moment from chapter 7 of DW8 .  There is small but constant progress on DW13 and DWS as well.  Please don't give up on me!

The Fake News Game

As to why one should play this game: This online game could be a 'psychological vaccine' for fake news

tl;dr: Play the game and learn the techniques people use to create fake news, to get it believed, and to shoot down rebuttals to it.

Whoever it is who's having a birthday today, here's hoping it's a good one!

A thread for those who almost died.

...other than by seeing Black Panther.  (Speaking of which:  Go.  See.  Enjoy.)

Based on the last few messages in this thread at the Eyrie Productions Forums, I ended up spending all last week watching a 47-episode Let's Play of Subnautica.  It's a freaking beautiful game, and I ended up actually signing up to Steam just to get it this weekend.  And then I played it for most of all day yesterday and then some, which is why I'm fried at work this morning, as I stayed up way too late.  Having watched the Let's Play all the way to the end, I know many of the game's twists and how it ends, and instead of diving right into straight gameplay I went instead into "creative" mode and have just been having a blast doing a little exploring and building a base (which is currently large enough that it's adversely affecting the frame rate; I'm probably going to have to trim it back a bit tonight).

Anyway, this is a game recommendation from someone who doesn't, as a rule, make game recommendations.  Check it out.

Oh, and here's a pic of my base at about halfway through all the work I did on it yesterday:

   

The Register: NRA gives FCC boss Ajit Pai a gun as reward for killing net neutrality. Yeah, an actual gun

Quote:Ajit Pai – chairman of America's broadband watchdog, the FCC – is the proud new owner of a handmade Kentucky long gun from the US National Rifle Association (NRA) – thanks to his brave stance in favor of lining the pockets of billion-dollar telcos.

The watchdog boss said he was surprised to receive the Charlton Heston Courage Award from the association at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland today. His reward, a showpiece gun, was not actually handed out on stage, quite possibly because CPAC has a no-weapons policy for its events.

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