🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@raven I will have to create an account just for this game, you arent the first person to show interest.

@hashtaggrammar
My hope would be that he didnt actually mean it, just a way of him showing his dislike. I hope im not wrong though.

@neverfadingwood @Surasanji

Been working on integrating my earlier ncurses-telnet integration into my MUD game. Its been a huge pain in the ass trying to fix various issues including telnet codes, unicode rendering, window refreshing. But seems I have everything but the telnet code sorted out. Here is a little peek at the basic setup (more virtual windows will be added soon). Hopefully I'll have a bug free version to demo in a few days.

@neverfadingwood I can understand your stance politically for sure. No one should have political influence bestowed by a government as a matter of birthright.

@Surasanji

@Surasanji If anything all those taxes make you smoke more to alleviate the stress :)

hmmm good point!

@Rado1 Its the only black I have at the moment. But I agree.

@neverfadingwood I wouldnt say its moot at all. The discussion is trying to determine if the royal family costs the country money net or not. To do that you must weigh the cost vs savings. So within that context it is equally as relevant whether it is easily replaced or not. Though if we expand the conversation beyond just cost analysis then this point can be relevant in other ways (such that an elected official is held accountable).

The argument against tourism is weak. No one is claiming that the royals make up 100% of tourism or even a significant portion. But even if they are responsible for just 2% of all tourism it is possible the income from this 2% significantly outweighs any costs.

@Surasanji

@hinterwaeldler While I agree on those points I do feel they did a good job at doing a "black pride" type movie well without falling into the trap of racism you often see where whites are portrayed as villains or dim-witted. The heros, the villains, the whole story line didnt seem to show any one race negatively while still showing a Africans positively. I thought this aspect at least was very well done.

A new anctient coin I managed to aquire for my collections.

Woot got the new inks in I've been waiting for with anticipation. The pens are ordered left to right to match the writing top to bottom. You can't see it in the picture but the gold sheen ink has a subtle but noticeable gold sparkle to it. that and the oxblood are my favorites.

@njha To solve this you need to use a first order differential equation :)

@QOTO

@panorama_box ohh nice, i had an americanized version of it once I think.

@Surasanji
Figuring out how much they cost is the easy part. The hard part is figuring out how much they make for the country.

@neverfadingwood

@Surasanji They cost a lot no doubt. But how would we quantify the amount of money they make for a country accurately? Most of the money they make for a country would come from tourism and morale. I would have no idea how to quantify that but I suspect its in the millions.

@neverfadingwood

@julianruf Can you link me to it or give me the model, I think I might pick one up.

@Surasanji
Sounds reasonable to me.
@LWFlouisa

@panorama_box What is this delicious looking sight!?