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[–] tal 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This isn't a specific game, but Twine-based games will generally work reasonably well on an Android web browser. These tend to be sort of multiple-choice choose your own adventure games, but span a wide range of genres. I don't know of a single database cataloguing all of them, but there are a fair number out there on the Web.

For an example (not one I'd specifically recommend, haven't even played through it, just hit Kagi for an example game that people were recommending):

https://pseudavid.itch.io/the-master-of-the-land

[–] tal 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I don't play it that much, but Mindustry is probably worth looking at, a factory-building game in the Factorio mold.

https://mindustrygame.github.io/

Unciv is a reimplementation of Civilization V (with simpler graphics).

https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv

Not in F-Droid, but open-source: I very much like Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead as a game, but it's really better-suited to a PC, which is the platform it was originally designed for. It's compute-heavy, and while the Android adaptation is usable on a touchscreen, it benefits from having a Bluetooth keyboard or something. Open-world roguelike. You can just download the apks directly. This has a steep learning curve; think Dwarf Fortress. Lots of depth, though!

https://cataclysmdda.org/

I'm not actually all that rabid about the touchscreen UI. Probably better solitaire UIs out there, but PysolFC is a fork of Pysol, a long-running Linux solitaire implementation. It has a ton of different games; my favorite is Eight-Off, a game that's somewhat similar to Freecell, but less-widely played. I think that solitaire games are a good match for a phone platform, so worth having it or another solitaire game around.

https://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/

My own favorite is one that you mentioned, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, which I think is a good adaptation of roguelike gameplay to the touchscreen. Its creator posts on a Threadiverse community here, !pixeldungeon@lemmy.world.

[–] tal 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Huh. Apparently there were a whole variety of ethanol-containing aircraft fluids that were regularly consumed and sold by air crews (though in most cases, before running the fluid through an actual plane), and it was apparently pretty institutionalized.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5xygj1MOIdo

[–] tal 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

From looking online, I think that the output's for industrial purposes, not drinking.

https://biokhim-com.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

today our company is ready to offer domestic manufacturers more than 1000 different chemical substances. And these are not only products for the production of household and technical chemicals, cosmetics and hygiene products, but also ingredients for the production of paints and varnishes, fertilizers and plant protection products

[–] tal 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Top Gun

kagis

Apparently this is at least his second election doing this.

I'm a little suspicious that the goal is to promote his business more than running for office.

He apparently bought a furniture store and converted the whole thing into a massive gun store with a bunch of amenities with "the largest showroom and indoor shooting range in the Midwest. "

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/08/27/top-guns-gun-store-indoor-range/

EDIT: As I vaguely remember, when US legislation went through restricting unsolicited telemarketing and such, there was an exception for political campaigns.

checks

https://www.donotcall.gov/

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls

  • You can register your home or mobile phone for free.

  • After you register, other types of organizations may still call you, such as charities, political groups, debt collectors and surveys. To learn more, read our FAQs.

Yeah. Thinking that might be the angle.

[–] tal 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Linux has been on my desktop since the 1990s.

[–] tal 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-21-2024

Russia appears to be scrambling to reduce tensions with South Korea following credible reports of intensified North Korean cooperation with Russia, including South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence warnings that a contingent of North Korean troops has deployed for training to Russia. South Korea's Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's Ambassador to South Korea, Georgy Zinoviev, over reports of the deployment of North Korean military personnel to Russia.[12] The Russian Embassy in South Korea falsely framed the event as a voluntary meeting, as opposed to a diplomatic summons, and notably claimed that any cooperation between Russia and North Korea "is not directed against the security interests" of Seoul.[13] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia-North Korea cooperation "should not cause concern" to other states, and that information about the alleged presence of North Korean troops in Russia may be "contradictory."[14] The Kremlin's apparent desire to assure South Korea that its cooperation with North Korea is not a threat to Seoul suggests that the Kremlin remains very concerned about the prospect of Seoul's potential pivot towards providing Ukraine with necessary military support, and the implications of worsened relations with Seoul for Russian security interests in the Asia Pacific region. Russia has previously attempted to court Seoul in order to mitigate the impacts of its growing reliance on North Korea, as ISW has noted.[15]

Well, if ISW is correct about the Kremlin aiming to reduce tensions, it doesn't sound like tensions are being reduced a whole lot.

[–] tal 0 points 1 month ago

“You know, we’re now in spiritual warfare,” said Maldonado, alluding to the idea that Christians are at war on the supernatural plane against dark forces that impact the real world. “It’s beyond warfare between the left and the right. It’s between good and evil. There’s a big fight right now that is affecting our country and we need to take back our country.”

At first glance, Trump isn't quite who one might think of as a moral exemplar to work God's will.

Buuuuttt....

Matthew 9:9-13:

The Calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.  When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.  But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

If you figure that the Apostle Matthew was a sinner, I gotta figure that Trump has probably gotten up to a considerable amount more sinning than Matthew, so he's probably an even better choice!

[–] tal 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think that you can patent game mechanics in the US, have read about that before, but it sounds like this lawsuit is in Japan, and their IP system may not work the same way.

EDIT: Sorry, I'm wrong. It's that game rules aren't covered by copyright, that's what I was remembering.

[–] tal 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Telegram channels close to the Russian security services said his body was discovered by an agent of the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service, who was walking the dog of a senior spymaster in the building’s courtyard on Saturday morning.

Small world.

[–] tal 3 points 1 month ago

“probably 1% of the companies will stand out and become huge and will create a lot of value, or will create tremendous value for the people, for society. And I think we are just going through this kind of process.”

Baidu is huge. Sounds like good news for Baidu!

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