It is probable, but something tells me it's consumer-grade too, without any special tinkering. On Chinese side, this issue is probably tightly controlled to keep profits flowing without getting into trouble. The only horse in this race for them is China itself and they keep the ideal distance to sit on both chairs: profits\influence and no sanctions.

As I've read in russian own telegram channels, a lot of drone stuff that is prefered by the troops (and not MoD) is purchased by either troops themselves or by crowdfunding volounteers, so there's a decentralized source of demand with too little influence to impact chinese producers. I'm pretty sure it's just offbrand game consoles with preinstalled emulators and an SD card full of old games, there are lots of them under $100. Probably, they have a custom bare ROM with just what they need, as I did heard they have a custom firmware for Mavics.

And when we come to MoD, I don't think they'd make these figures visible. If anything, it's more likely that the product is sold as 'computer parts' e.g. a working console without one screw that is screwed in locally. So they'd not show up on these charts even if it's true. At least, that's how 'local production' worked before with some GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS MoD showcased in autonomous vehicles and robotics department IIRC. Отвёрточное производство or 'The screwdriver production' is a name dedicated to just that, known well before even Crimea.

Linux lets\makes you interact with a terminal (and just OS tinkering) more, so you become a bit more comfortable with writing simple commands and then code.

One of the things for basic Python and default libs is sorting your Downloads folder into a more logical filestructure that doesn't need reshuffling and searching for long. Move pictures into Pictures and sort them accordingly to the year\month you saved them for example. Make the script run once a week. Make it write a log file as it runs.

I did this one for the sake of it, but then I needed a piece of code to bruteforce the PDF file password protection, so I used a lib to access and resave this file without a password. On every attempt to open it, it inserted another password from either freely availiable databases of simple passes or well-known leaks (rockyou). It worked nice for PDFs I needed to crack to, actually, just print on paper, but also worked when I tested it with combinations of random words and symbols I came up with. I needed a lib to open a pdf, a list of passwords to try (althought, a bit pre-formatted), and a couple of victims to test on.

If these consoles are just watered down android phones with gamepad sticks and buttons on their sides, I can see how they are relevant for operating a drone. I'm not in the know too though.

A money laundering scheme, probably.

Or the younger photo of the Onion's "The worst guy you know just made a great point".

That's NSFL territory, heh.

Let there be MBTI for young HOI players.

This meme, but with hungarians in Europe. I aged a couple of years reading wiki on their language. I won't say it's bad or anything, it's just fucking impressive.

My diagonal reading led me to believe they bribed him with a sex with Vlad. This confusion lasted only a second. But let me tell ya, that was one unnaturally long and scary second.

Wait, W H A T?

I think that you can hear, wherever you are, how my heart skipped a couple of beats and then how my PC roared with all it's fans at a forced redownload of the beloved game.

P.S. Their sound design is always stellar. I already sneaked a couple of VTs pieces into my projects, hehe, and there they fit the new universe perfectly too. With all respects to Mick Gordon, the Witcher 3 of soundtrack composers, I can't remember any new Doom tracks (besides BFG?) like I do old ExMx tracks, and like I do the melody of failure in VT2 that was put in one of it's trailers.

You are right from a consumer standpoint and it also perfectly fits the sub we are in, heh.

I think that I'm of another type of gamer, maybe, and I in general learnt to enjoy that more than just good products, especially because of resulting comedy, drama and user content. Ranald's middle finger, huntsman Kruber brushing the map off with a weapon turned into a minigun, never working host migration after someone ragequits, troll-healing Saltzpyre, accidentially throwing the grimoire for the first time, surprise patrols from the thin air... I don't think I could've played that much time if not for these additional shenanigans and laughs after I stopped to care. And FatShark's role there, with their overly ambitious early roadmap, hilarious miscommunications and\or absence, seemingly random decisions before they patch it right - that too played a role there and causes user engagement whatever they want it or not. It feels like your local punk gig: raw, honest, and only a drummer they share between all bands really knows how to play shit. Going into Darktide, I don't have a community anymore 'cause fuck reddit, but dying to numerous bugs, watching all your bad decisions unfold in real time, and seeing teammates mistakingly shooting our Ogrin instead of enemy Ogrins is an on-brand fun of their games, and I'm all for it.

Valid points.

Now I'm hoping for a VT3 bringing the best of both worlds.

Was there any announcement of what's to wait from FS? I stopped following the subreddit since I ditched reddit.

Holy F. Didn't think it may be so severe. Glad you are okay now.

It's different in all it's equipment, awards, leveling system, but the core gameplay stays the same or becomes even better.

I took a Fanatic with a sabre and a revolver, so it feels just like Saltspyre gameplay.

That goes like if Trek got obtained by MTV.

Their Twitter bio says they are smart.

Legacy building is mostly for rich and powerful who came out of age, like in the mid to end of their life's arc. We may dislike it, but even the most despised billionaires are probably planning something not for the community but for their close circle at least, or even their own commemoration, as they feel the death is coming. Be it a continuation of their business empire or an epic tomb like pyramids, there's some though to that.

Musk has never left his college years, always high af, always in the moment although he is pushing well over 50. He is closing that question to himself by making many children, but I'm convinced he never stopped and reflected on what would be there or with them after he dies. He's feeling overpowered, nearly immortal, and I feel like his death would be a sudden striking event that'd catch him completely unprepared.