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SPACEWAR TUESDAY with Artemis 2.80

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                Spacewar Tuesday Wants YOU! 2000 ET, 1900MT, 1800CT, 1700PT, WED 0100GMT   every week. Artemis Eastern Front uses the current version (2.80) of the $7 Artemis spaceship simulator for Windows https://store.steampowered.com/app/247350/Artemis_Spaceship_Bridge_Simulator to put YOU on a privateer starship bridge as Helm, Weapons, Comms, Science, Shuttle Pilot, Engineer, or the Captain.   Voice uses the free TeamSpeak 3 intercom app https://www.teamspeak3.com/teamspeak-download.php and its comms.mytsn.net server which you specify at first login. Eastern Front-specific mod patch (free & easy ) & tech support https://discord.com/channels/206597597455056898/547080065502937101 Training videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iolrkah5zc https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=artemis+spaceship+bridge+simulator+gameplay Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis:_Spaceship_Bridge_Simulator

Empty Epsilon, an utterly-free co-op online starship bridge simulator game

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Price : $0.00 / € 0.00 / £ 0.00 Who : Plays ? Anyone ! What : EmptyEpsilon , a well -polished open source Win /Linux co-op starship bridge combat simulator . https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ When : Games online scheduled weekly (typically Fri-Sun) on https://discord.com/channels/206597597455056898/468130064513368064 Where : On your Windows or Linux PC . Weekly online games , plus sometimes seen in gaming dens and conventions .  How : Also uses the TeamSpeak 3 voice conference app , also free (not open souce , but is available for $ 0 .00 on Win /MacOS /Linux /Android /iOS https://www.teamspeak3.com/teamspeak-download.php ).   Tech support through https://discord.com/channels/206597597455056898/468327584116244481 Learn w / training videos @ https://sites.google.com/view/starship-bridge-academy Why : It 's frelling fun ! Short URL points here: https://bit.ly/free-spacewar  

Why Oregon's Measure 114 is a bad idea

1 The facts show large capacity magazines do not result in worse injuries; the intent of the criminal with the gun is more important than the ability to spray bullets everywhere. Look at the science https://gunculture2point0.com/2017/10/25/are-semiautomatic-weapons-with-large-capacity-magazines-andor-other-military-style-features-more-criminal-andor-dangerous     2 Furthermore, it's the criminal, not the gun owner, who causes gun crime. We should focus on criminals, not legitimate gun owners, and better fund prosecution, public defenders, and the courts, all of whom are desperately underfunded. 3 The mechanism required by the measure was very ill thought out. It required the FBI to conduct background checks, which it does not do, thereby making ownership impossible.  4 It also required a mental health professional to advise, and Oregon is already desperately short of those doctors and counselors, which would be another impossible hurdle to clear. 5 It required a firearm profici

How OneDrive can gum up the works in Windows

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/work-life/is-onedrive-moving-all-your-files-how-to-take-back-control-of-your-windows-storage-3-ways/

Linux directory structure, a HOWTO GEEK explainer

https://www.howtogeek.com/117435/htg-explains-the-linux-directory-structure-explained

Coffee: Cold brewed vs hot brewed

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-s-the-chemical-difference-between-hot-and-cold-brew-coffee    

Assorted free futurism fiction

Each month, Future Tense Fiction —a series of short stories from Future Tense and ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination about how technology and science will change our lives—publishes a story on a theme. “ Affordances ”  by Cory Doctorow, a new science fiction story about how technical restrictions start with powerless people before coming for us all.  “ The Arisen ,” by Louisa Hall   “ The Song Between Worlds ,” by Indrapramit Das “ No Moon and Flat Calm ,” by Elizabeth Bear| “ Space Leek ,” by Chen Qiufan “ Zero in Babel ,” by E. Lily Yu “ What the Dead Man Said ,” by Chinelo Onwualu “ Double Spiral ,” by Marcy Kelly “ Mika Model ,” by Paolo Bacigalupi “ Mr. Thursday ,” by Emily St. John Mandel “ The Minnesota Diet ,” by Charlie Jane Anders “ Mother of Invention ,” by Nnedi Okorafor “ Domestic Violence ,” by Madeline Ashby “ No Me Dejas ,” by Mark Oshiro “ Safe Surrender ,” by Meg Elison “ A Brief and Fearful Star ,” by Carmen Maria Machado “ The Starfish Girl ,” by