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for you and your families
~
i will not let the highway run over me,
i will not be ashamed to show my tears,
i will see a future blossom in the bud
i will not keep your memory in shadows,
i will not turn away from what mirrors
tell me is the face sculpted by sorrow
i will seek the shelter of heartedness,
i will see the flowing water where the
river ice is surrendering to unthawing
i will remember how the precious gifts
of love come wrapped with a transience
tinging sweetness with an echo of musk
i'll be the playful child i always was,
safe in the fortress of wisdom's walls
~ written while listening to Einaudi playing "Divenere:" [^]
© William Woodruff
May 10, 2020
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Here a Haiku:
Hidden in the bat
Revealed by man
Defeated by bleach
oh, wait a second... 
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Damn, I looked in the French wikipedia, and the 5-7-5 is not shown as being that important (at all). 
Anyway, I already spoiled Bill's thread and his sublime piece of poetry with my lame attempt at a joke Haiku, I won't comment on further ( Yours is good, actually). 
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I learned at the feet of a Master: the one called "Rage".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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modified 11-May-20 13:51pm.
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here's a haiku just for you:
an inner truth never spoils:
it is a place where
the heart's free of mind
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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That is beautiful, thank you for sharing. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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As expected , in Germany our company has been asked to go for KurzArbeit (Short term work). Each department has their own % of short time work ( 10% to 80%).
For us, we have identified as essential and so no Short term work but has been asked to take voluntary once a day in a week as "No work day" to show solidarity
So suddenly, I am having enough time to do something in my free time . I am sure what I don't want to do. No books, No binge Netflix, No webinars nor virtual summit.
I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Ok with raspberry or audrino type? Any idea where to start?
or worst case, totally new easy hobby type programming language  ( just for fun, not looking for making a career )
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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super wrote: I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
And I like Dwarf Fortress, even if the learning curve is a bit steeper for this one.
Both have enough tutorials available on youtube.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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phil.o wrote: Stellaris is great; they put a lot of efforts for the user to avoid micro-management (which becomes a PITA late in the game) whenever he wants to.
Except that as a Paradox game that's been out for several years, the sticker price to get the current full version is almost as high as Dwarf Fortress's learning curve.
Current prices on steam[^] are $40 for the base game, with 4 $20 expansions and a $72 bundle that combines the base and 2 expansions. Meaning you're looking at $112 to get the full featured game. There's also $64 worth of race/story addons; I'm discounting them from the full total on the assumption that they don't change base gameplay like the expansions do. My last brush with a P'dox game was a half dozen years ago when I got a several expansions behind the current release copy of the then current version of Europa Universalis; and discovered because of how out of date it was that all of the internet tutorials google surfaced were out of date, and no one on their forums remembered exactly how the game functioned/was balanced that far back to answer questions I asked.
That was the point when - despite having probably 2-3k hours between EU1, EU2, Victoria, and one of the HOI versions - I ragequit on them as developer/publisher and haven't played anything they put out. Since then, I've occasionally checked the most recent version of EU, and more recently Stelaris, as the games they make I'd be most interested in giving a try; and never seen a full buyin price of $80 (full price game + 1 expansion; the absolute max I'd be willing to spend) and continued noping away to other things.
This was a change from how they used to operate when EU2 would periodically have $60ish to the full latest version of the game sales. But at some point the bean counters tool control; and as a more casual/intermitant player of their games it's no longer possible to have the full experience without paying up at least 90% as much as they shake down their most dedicated fans for.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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That sounds a bit Paradox-ical 
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You have a point about the overall price of Paradox games if you want to get all DLCs. I'm playing the vanilla version of the game, which I bought four years ago; you don't have to buy each and every addon to have a great gaming experience.
On the other hand, Paradox edited several games I really enjoyed playing; it is not the first editor which comes into my mind when asked which ones I would avoid (when I thing about what EA made to Sim City...).
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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I bought 'Farm Together' to my kids (way too much time to burn while at home), and we all loved it...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Factorio has been a good steam game of late. Resource and pollution management, automation, and a nice modding community. There's a free demo, too.
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super wrote: I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
Making hats from human leather in Rimworld. Get attacked by man-hunting chickens. Tame a boomalope and have it explode in your bedroom due to flu. If that vanilla-experience sounds too tame, add some mods, like the Cthulu-mod.
Manage your colony, or, go on youtube and have fun watching others trying to.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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super wrote: I am open for any video games ( management theme). Any suggestion?
I was about to say I don't see the link between the two, but then, I've been playing Grand Theft Auto Online quite a bit lately, and the more I think about it as I'm writing this, the more I realize it turns out if you want to make some serious headway and make good money in the game, then it's all about figuring out how best to spend the time you play the game.
But that might be a stretch for "management", since this is still an action game first and foremost...
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Resting place for lizards - here? (3, 6)
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The Lounge.
(I played that game on the original EGA PC - it was truly dire, even for a callow nerdy youth as I was then).
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Glad you're well enough to read. I know it was a bit obvious but just thought to fill a small gap.
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Something always seems to go wrong when I'm due to set them on a Monday - you were my alarm clock Paul - and a stand in when I was unable to do one - glad to see you creeping back here slowly
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Sorry all I had problems at home and work ( I hate Mondays ) if it's ok with everyone I'll post one tomorrow
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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And it's a weird feeling. I don't fit where I used to: 7Kg of weight loss has dramatically changed the shape of my seat interface, and my legs fit under the desk a load better.
I'm not fine - don't start thinking this is over yet, it's far off "normal" - I spent 2 hours trying to get a formatted email out and failing miserably (Every time I fixed the formatting on one bit, it changed somewhere else at random). Finally decided "that'll do", sent it and found I'd sent the guy an email that consisted only of "WTF" an hour and a half earlier that I didn't intend, and don't remember writing. That needed an apology email ... and round we go!
Typing is ... um ... poor - hunt and peck is quicker than touch typing due the huge number of errors I'm making - my head is seriously muzzy, coffee tastes like ... well, frankly I'm not sure, but actual coffee is not involved at all. Gawd I hope my sense of taste improves soon - it's like I have a mouth all done out with flock wallpaper and my tongue is sitting in a hot tub in leopard-skin budgie smugglers.
I'm definitely not up to dev work, and it'll be days before I even think of trying. And until I can trust my judgement there, I'll stay well clear of QA as I'm far too easily confused by normal people to risk approaching the Special Needs Kids ATM.
I have waded through my emails - all 1733 of 'em - and have just a line of 7 pretty red "deal with this" flags to work on later instead. Not touching those yet, they need my brain working properly.
But, we are getting better, in little steps - mine faster than Herselfs, but that's to be expected, she's older, and she was seriously overworked for a few months before we went down with this.
I'd seriously like to say a huge "THANK YOU!" to everyone here who has put up with my intermittent disease progress reports, and everyone who sent us messages of support and kindness. You know who you are and we love you all!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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