![]() Further, it was designed to withstand earthquakes, something St. English: A B-2 Stealth bomber from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flies over the St. Louis, the Arch will only sway about an inch. Even in 50-mile-per-hour winds, which are not out of the question in St. ![]() Streets near the park are also closed for the investigation. The Archgrounds is closed, according to a source familiar with the situation. FOX2 repprted: The bomb and arson squad is at the Gateway Arch. That, of course, didn't happen, and the Arch remains perfectly solid and safe to visit to this day, open to the public since June 1967 and designated as a National Historic Landmark 20 years later.ĭespite the seemingly-flimsy nature of the structure and the precision to which it was built, the Arch is actually quite stalwart. A bomb squad was sent to the grounds and officers are patrolling the grounds. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch and then-Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson. Some observers were almost certain that the measurements would be off, and that the entire project would fail. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in November that sources said the men, who were charged then with making false statements to obtain guns, also had plans to bomb the Arch and kill St. ![]() According to Architectural Digest, workers on the two separate legs had 1/64th of an inch, or half of a millimeter, of wiggle room. That's roughly equivalent in size to one third the thickness of a potato chip, and had builders' measurements been off by any more, the two sides couldn't have been joined at the top. That construction had to be precise is an understatement. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If they are taking the swim event, they will move from the test site to the pool to start the alternate aerobic endurance event within 120 minute timeline.Weekly Question Thread Recruiter Thread Welcome to /r/army If they are taking the row or bike, they will use on-site test equipment and begin their alternate assessments ten minutes after their last event. If Soldiers are only taking one event- the run, row, bike, swim or walk-they will support other Soldiers taking the test until their event starts. When testing with their unit, permanently profiled Soldiers will be in the last or fourth position in the lane for every event, taking only those events allowed by their profiles. At a minimum, permanently profiled Soldiers must pass an aerobic endurance event.Ģ-99. It is possible for a permanently profiled Soldier to take all six ACFT test events with the only difference from a standard ACFT being an alternate aerobic endurance event rather than the 2-Mile Run. Or they will take five events if they are only profiled against only the Hand-Release Push-Up. For example, they will take four events if they are only profiled against the Standing Power Throw and the Hand-Release Push-Up. Permanently profiled Soldiers are required to take all test events they are not specifically profiled against. Soldiers taking a modified ACFT can be tested with other Soldiers in the unit, or they can be tested in separate lanes or on different days. Soldiers taking a modified ACFT MUST be on a permanent profile. Use the report button.Įdit: deleted what I had before, found in the link aboveĢ-98. Do not answer n00b questions on the main boards. (8) N00b / Joining questions go in the Weekly Question Thread (or Recruiter Thread) stickied at the top, in the black-on-gold link at the top, and in the sidebar.Links from USAWTFM, ASMDSS and similar at moderator discretion. 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This subreddit is geared toward the United States Army, but all are welcome to join regardless of military service. Weekly Question Thread Recruiter Thread Welcome to /r/army ![]() ![]() ![]() Seriously, just imagine if you could train a gorilla for five years. FamusMockingBird “Any gorilla 800kg” – Any old gorilla off the street, could just walk up and pick up 800kg. Squat strength is probably sick nasty. Also, love how this is rightfully under the ‘Elite’ flair.ħ. My bro here could probably pull 800kg w/ ease. Altigue “800kg here we come” – Other primates are roughly 2-4x stronger than humans on average. Squats would be lower due to having a reasonable ROM, but still on the order of Montana or so.Ħ. WannaBe17 “No range of motion on dead” – Looks like his deadlift would have about 3″ range of motion with those arms, maybe 1 1/2″ if he goes sumo, so trained up for a few years he could deadlift all of Texas. They would absolutely destroy an adult full stop, even Lasha wouldn’t even come close to an average silverback.ĥ. Mattycmckee “Outperform any adult” – They would absolutely outperform an adult. They spend much of their time running around on there hands, climbing and pulling up trees…not sayin their legs aren’t strong but I bet they nuke benchĤ. Think they would be more of a bench/row kinda guy. NoPonyTailGuy “More so bench then deadlift” – I don’t think squat/pulling would be there jam though. That is, if you could actually teach them technique.ģ. That combined with their much greater muscle strength would really pump up their numbers I would think. Crazyhands96 “Just need to teach technique” – They could perform the physical act of a deadlift with the weight ROM of a rack pull. Basically the most extreme rack-pull possible.Ģ. Don't think this would happen with any human but if it did I'd guess they'd need to narrow their stance till the bar leaves the ground. ![]() They could be at full extension without the bar leaving the ground. They would reach almost full knee and hip extension before the bar even left the ground. 67kg_lifter “Arms are long” – I’m concerned about their pull numbers since their arms are so long. We curated this information and nothing has changed besides any spelling or grammar where needed.ġ. We went out and gathered information from other forums that have asked the same question and lots of answers back both from experts and let's just say others. So we didn't want you to just take our word or research for it on gorillas lifting weights. Gorilla Lifting Weights (According To Others) They went further into this calculation, but gorillas on average are 6 times stronger then humans when it comes to lifting things. How Much Can A Gorilla Deadlift?Ī Gorilla can deadlift 1,800lbs this is something The Guiness Book Of Records has done the research on and states on their website and books. For now read on with what we do know on gorillas and their strength compared to humans. Once it does I will be to update this article. Gorillas aren't designed and trained to bench press so until that happens we won't have an exact number. Silverback Gorillas can probably bench press the most as they are the heavier and more powerful of gorillas. Now getting a gorilla to actually perform a bench press is probably the bigger task then the amount of weight. Gorillas can weight anywhere from 180 to 440lbs this is where the calculation comes from. Even at 1,800lbs is still much more then a man or woman can press. To be more exact a gorilla can push 10 times their weight, but this can't be converted into a direct bench press. Gorillas can bench press anywhere from 1,800-4,400lbs depending on how much they weigh. ![]() There are some amazing documentaries out there that show how much strength they have. Whether you have watched a movie like Congo or Tarzan or just been to a zoo to see them in action. Every wondered how much a Gorilla can bench press or deadlift? They are amazing creatures with brute strength. ![]() ![]() ![]() You cannot just remove it without breaking the dependency for that something.As many people have found, the default jackd version that comes with the Pine64 Ubuntu image (which is version 1.9.10) will crash as soon as you start it with a bus error and a message in the kernel log about an aligment problem. ![]() So marking pipewire as explicitly installed won’t make any difference if there is something in the system that is dependent on it. Leaving behind python-pyaml behind in the system. :: Do you want to remove these packages? y :: removing python-pyaml breaks dependency 'python-pyaml' required by eos-packagelist Now trying to remove it: sudo pacman -R python-pyamlĮrror: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) Python-pyaml: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed Marking python-pyaml as explicitly installed: sudo pacman -D -asexplicit python-pyaml Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package Optional Deps : python-unidecode: Needed if same-id objects or recursion is used within serialized data Installing eos-packagelist will pull in as dependencies python-pyaml and python-yaml (the latter dependency of the former) pacman -Qi python-pyamlĭescription : PyYAML-based module to produce pretty and readable YAML-serialized data Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) Date : Tue 05:44:15 PM CESTĬommunity/python-pyaml 21.10.1-1 0.09 MiBĮndeavouros/eos-packagelist 1.5.2-1 0.01 MiB Replaces : pipewire-media-session<=1:0.4.1-1 Required By : gst-plugin-pipewire kwin pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack pipewire-pulse Optional Deps : wireplumber-docs: Documentation kwin has a dependency on pipewire-session-manager which is provided by wireplumber as well:ĭescription : Session / policy manager implementation for PipeWire Kwin has a hard dependency for pipewire-media-session but since that is now deprecated, it’ll probably have to be updated to depend on wireplumber No guarantee that will do what you want, but it might be worth a try. There may be a package or two you might want to not install there also? Will list all the packages installed if the KDE Desktop Environment is chosen in the live ISO. Will list all the categories of packages to be installed. Then after the install, add whatever you want for audio packages. So when installing from the live ISO, in the packages windowĪnd uncheck any audio packages that you don’t want installed. You might have to look into the pulseaudio package for your needs.Įos-packagelist is an app that dalto wrote, and it lists all the packages installed by Calamares $ eos-packagelist "Systembase + Common packages" | grep pipewire Kwin has a hard dependency for pipewire-media-session but since that is now deprecated, it’ll probably have to be updated to depend on wireplumber and these are essentially linked to pipewire so I’m not sure what to really tell you, but this is the current state of things. ![]() Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature Optional Deps : maliit-keyboard: virtual keyboard for kwin-wayland Kwayland-server breeze pipewire-session-manager Description : An easy to use, but flexible, composited Window Managerĭepends On : kscreenlocker xcb-util-cursor plasma-framework kcmutils ![]() ![]() ![]() “It absolutely exceeded our expectations, and I can’t imagine having done it any other way.We live in a culture that has morphed “busy” and “important” into unlikely synonyms. “It was the most incredible weekend,” Erica commented. Until then they are content to reminisce fondly about their perfect wedding. And although their schedules thwarted their plans again, this time for a traditional honeymoon, they do plan to take a much deserved vacation when David passes the bar. “That’s my favorite memory.” When they returned to the reception, they danced their first dance to Sade’s By Your Side, feasted on both carrot cake and chocolate midnight cake from Alon’s Bakery and partied until the early morning hours with their favorite people, including their five bridesmaids and six groomsmen, who wore mango chiffon A-line dresses by Jim Hjelm and classic Tommy Hilfiger tuxedos, respectively. We were allowed to be ourselves, and it was relaxing,” David declared. We were where we are comfortable-in our own neighborhood- and there was no one else around us. by this point, and the light was sort of magical. With champagne glasses in hand, they strolled down their very own street for the first time as husband and wife. But before the newlyweds joined their guests, who were enjoying delectable fare from Masterpiece Events’ chef-attended stations, they spent a few moments alone. So after the ceremony, the caterer transformed the venue’s patio into the reception site, with tables adorned by fallinspired centerpieces of sunflower topiaries, pumpkins,Granny Smith apples and leaves. To keep the momentum of the evening going, Erica and David, who planned the wedding themselves, also decided to host the reception at the Trolley Barn. ![]() Michaela orchestrated it beautifully.” That included coordinating the 10 guests who participated in the ceremony by reading quotes about love and marriage, as well as stopping the proceedingsįor a moment as a New Orleans-style band (from a wedding taking place at a nearby church) paraded past the Trolley Barn playing lively jazz music-an unexpected touch that enthralled everyone. “Anyone can write a ceremony,”David added,“but to act it out and have it be what you envisioned when you wrote the words on the paper is a totally different thing. According to Erica “ really brought it to life for us.” Then with everyone finally together in one place, Erica, wearing an elegant Kirstie Kelly-designed gown and a veil crafted by her mother, and David, in a Tallia Uomo tuxedo, pledged their lives to each other in a sunset ceremony personally written by them and performed by their dear friend Michaela Pereira, who has known the couple since they met in 1999 while working at ZDTV in San Francisco. ![]() In between the last-minute details, Erica and David met the arriving attendees for dinners and outings around the city. The festivities actually started three days before the wedding, as most of the 200 guests began trickling into Atlanta from as far away as England, France and Korea. And they knew that their adopted hometown would be an ideal setting for a long overdue family-and-friend reunion. The bride and groom chose the location not only because it has great character, but also because it’s nestled in the garden suburb neighborhood they have called home since 2003. “It’s the people there surrounding you who really make the day what it’s supposed to be, and we were surrounded by the most important people in our lives,” Erica recalled of her and David’s nuptials, which took place at the historic Trolley Barn in Atlanta’s Inman Park. However while they didn’t get married at the water’s edge, there’s one element of their dream wedding they didn’t abandon. ![]() (est), they realized that their hectic schedules would preclude their original plan. But after David, a third year law student at John Marshall Law School, proposed in May 2004 to Erica, a news anchor for CNN Headline News and co-host of Prime News Tonight, airing nightly at 9 p.m. When Erica Hill and David Yount talked about getting married, they always imagined themselves barefoot on the beach, exchanging vows amongst family and friends. ![]() ![]() ![]() Google Translate is now a form of augmented reality and is adapted for educational purposes. I will use the app again if it is patched and safe to use. I live outside of USA and it is a great assistant in understanding my friends who speak a language that I do not speak. I really enjoy the google translate application. I would have sent this directly to google translate programmers, but I gave up on contacting them directly after unsuccessfully searching a contact means. The message attempted to have me google a combination of words that would have likely lead me to a site loaded with viruses in an attempt to steal passwords, but I deleted the app from my iPhone and did not do as the malicious message suggested. How does google translate allow a third party into their application? It is a dangerous flaw in the software. I was using a cellular card and not public Wi-Fi. My friends at the restaurant did not know the names of the people referenced in the message in the google translate screen. In the middle of my conversation, a hacker sent me a message to the translate screen with specific names of people I know. On my iPhone I was Translating a conversation with friends while at an outside restaurant. All these things that just don’t work right are sapping our life blood away. It’s all so exhausting to describe, let alone to use. So you go back into WhatsApp, say, to paste in the translated response, and instead you’re pasting in something you had previously copied, because your attempted copy didn’t take, because it was too busy telling you that it couldn’t add to your history for some unknown reason. It’s super annoying because it’s a pop up that keeps you from doing what you thought you were doing, like copying the translation. Then these error messages start coming in with every translation. Try again later.” Everything works fine with a new installation of the app, for a few weeks. I just want to ask about the continual problem with “Can’t add to history. But some things it resolutely does not want to learn to improve and I’m not sure why. The translator works pretty well for the languages I use. Translates well for the most part, but some issues. Translations between the following languages are supported:Īfrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Konkani, Korean, Krio, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Maithili, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Mizo, Mongolian, Myanmar (Burmese), Nepali, Norwegian, Odia (Oriya), Oromo, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Scots Gaelic, Sepedi, Serbian, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tigrinya, Tsonga, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu Photos for importing photos from your library.Camera for translating text via the camera.Phrasebook: Star and save translated words and phrases for future reference. ![]() Handwriting: Draw text characters instead of typing.Conversations: Translate bilingual conversations on the fly.Photos: Translate text in taken or imported photos.Instant camera translation: Translate text in images instantly by just pointing your camera.Offline: Translate with no internet connection.Text: Translate between languages by typing. ![]() ![]() ![]() She said agent sent you a text message I said well I wouldn’t call you If I got text message, then she said we can give you 2500€ on credit card I was like what? I said I have account with permanent tsb for 7 years no debt, I’m not on minimum wage and plus I have savings and you are telling me that I can only get 2500€. I said If I didn’t call you this could go on for months cause you didn’t give me any feedback on what I should do for application to be finished. I called customer service few days after to be told that they cannot finish credit card application without additional paperwork. I applied for credit card and didn’t get any feedback so I called them, agent put me on call with another, then that agent put me on call with another one, 30 min later agent picked up the phone and hanged up. Hopefully someone will find this helpful and don’t make the same mistake as me That was Friday the 26 of may and still nothing. Start on the 17 of may and they told me I am on a list for a call back and it will be in the next day. Ring the credit number help line they tell me I should do it thru the app I said it don’t work, they tell me there no reported problem with the app ( I think it’s there way of dealing with the problematic app) There is no application pending on the app □ 2 weeks later no credit card and still everytime I ask they need more information from me and I deliver it and they ask about something else on there web site it says it can be done in 15 mins. One time it went thru don’t ask me which time. ![]() Credit card application through the app again works when it wants. opened an account so far so good helped with everything inside the bank (wonderful) app downloaded and setup … App works when it wants. Im only with them because mortage automatically switched from ulster bank. We cant tell you until you answer all these security questions. If one slight piece of info isnt correct they wont talk to you, for example when they aked for my addreess i didnt give area code, they wouldn't tell me what info i was missing yet still wouldnt talk to me even though the rest of my addreess was correct. About 10 security questions before they will take to you, including Mothers Maiden name. Ring bank because card wouldnt work, automated system asks you to put in your open24 #, finally get an agent and whats the1st question they ask. ![]() The below examples will bore you, but im so pissed off with thos bank, its the worst customer care iv ever encountered. Dreadful customer care systems, i actually feel sorry for their staff because id say they have to listen to angry customers everyday. ![]() ![]() The lead (also known as the summary lead) and the body of the inverted pyramid style are discussed in the next sections. Therefore, it’s important for students to learn the style one good way to do so is to regularly read hard news stories and pay attention to how the leads are structured. Yet, proponents believe it is an efficient way to organize and share information in a fast-paced society (Scanlan, 2003). was that all reports followed the inverted pyramid structure with summary lead. In fact, the Inverted Pyramid is sometimes called a Summary News Lead Style or Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF). You get a summary of the story at the top with details to follow. It’s a structure you see all the time in news reports. Furthermore, not everyone in the journalism field embraces the style some detractors believe it is an unnatural way to engage in storytelling and present news to the public. summaries of telephone network planning activity both systems summarize. The Inverted Pyramid is an article writing format that places the most important information at the top of the piece. The who, what, when, where and why appear at the start of a story, followed by supporting details and background information. It is important to note that some news stories do not strictly follow the inverted pyramid style, although the lead for a hard news piece always does. In journalism, the inverted pyramid refers to a story structure where the most important information (or what might even be considered the conclusion) is presented first. This style of structuring information emphasizes fact-based reporting and neutralitytwo of the key components asserting objectivity in jour- nalistic writing 16. ![]() “Inverted pyramid in comprehensive form” by Christopher Schwartz is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 The inverted pyramid structurea system of news writing that arranges facts in descending order of importancehas been a cor- nerstone of journalism since the late 19th century 8. Invented more than a century ago, the inverted pyramid style remains the basic formula for news writing (Scanlan, 2003). ![]() From an editing perspective, using the inverted pyramid style makes it easier to cut a story from the bottom, if necessary. This allows the audience to read the most crucial details quickly so they can decide whether to continue or stop reading the story. ![]() In general, news stories are organized using the inverted pyramid style, in which information is presented in descending order of importance. Chapter 5: News Writing Basics 26 Inverted pyramid style ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Threading of overlockers can be quite complex, it is depending on a model of serger. If you look inside overlocker you find two loopers and a lot of guides for passage of threads. In this post I will go step by step, explaining in detail and showing how to thread a serger having one needle and two loopers. This instruction of threading a serger has more 20 photos. Here you find a step by step guide of threading an old model Juki Baby Lock serger (B元 - 407) that not has a differential feed for sewing knits fabrics. It's an old model overlock that works with three or two threads. Depending on number of threads is required to set this lever to position 3 or 2. To help you better see how to thread a serger I use different colors of threads.ĭuring threading any models of overlock sewing machines you should use tweezers. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE - Public Auction will be held on June 13, 2023, Handy Lock Self Storage will sell personal property consisting of household and. Using tweezers you can easy to insert a thread through eyelet of serger loopers.īefore start threading a serger you have to pass all threads up through these holes on top threads guide bar, as shown. The HandyTrac Premium Touch Key Control System combines biometric technology and a large touch screen display in a single unit to offer the highest level of security, reporting, and flexibility. You can feed the threads through these holes in two ways. Threads which are twisted into loops during sewing need insert in the hole and than wind around the rod, as shown at right in this photo. Indeed, the handy lock eye also allows you to secure your gate or fence with a. Now you have to feed a needle thread through left thread tensioner. Lock and secure your fence or gate today with a padlock bolt 140 x 56 mm. Jaw/Swage Handy-Lock TBKL 3/32, Calibrated. Then is needed insert this thread through a thread take-up lever.īefore inserting a thread through needle eye, trim thread end. Custom-designed door is fabricated with a heavy-duty handle and radial corners for an exclusive look. Trailerable sailboats and some class racers use the calibarated style for quick set ups and changing wind conditions. Holding a thread with tweezers you can insert it into needle eye with easily. ![]() This thread having another color you need to insert to upper looper of a serger. To thread both loopers you need to open a bottom cover. Please, attend! Do not miss a single thread mount! Many overlockers have color-coded stickers with printed scheme of threading. Now you need insert this thread into looper eyelet.Īt last it's time to feed third thread to lower looper a serger.įollowing an instruction of threading of upper looper you can easily thread through all guides and into both eyes of lower looper.ĭuring threading a serger needs pay more attention to lower looper. It has an additional fastening threads guide that is not always easily to see. To see it you need to open out left side cover. Now we proceed to most complex step of threading. To thread this old model a serger you need to fill third thread into two eyes of lower looper's blade. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can now name your race and choose from a list of features, mostly mixing and matching from the options that are already written into the game, with a few extra bits. I’ve gone through the whole game scene by scene and expanded the variants to allow you more control over your character’s species. This concept was the best compromise I could find to let people play the species they want without completely breaking the core features of the game, or breaking my sanity. Basically since the very start, people have always wanted more species added, often very obscure ones that would be almost impossible to really add everywhere in the game. What did win the vote, though, was a very tentative, experimental idea I put on the poll in response to constant demands for adding new species as playable characters. This one is pretty much setting the stage so we’re ready for some peculiar, lighter scenes once I get around to adding those. Hopefully that’ll be a nice treat for long-time fans as well as helping smooth out the early game experience a little.Īnd while it didn’t quite win the vote on my Patreon, it was tied till the last minute and came in a close second, so I went ahead and added one more chunk of content for the Jello snack. There are a lot of variants packed in there to change things up as you progress through the game, too. I’ve replaced almost all of the content in Talk – Anything to be less about clues and more just fun, random stuff that’ll help you get to know Lith. The Talk – Anything section used to be the main source of hints on how to play, but it tended to be really immersion-breaking, and I knew when I finally got the new hint system set up that it was time for all that mess to go. There are two new sections of content, the early game has been heavily revamped, a limited system for customizing your species is up and running, two new pieces of art are in there, and lots of little changes besides. Now! This update has a wide variety of changes in it, so I’ve got a lot to cover. We’re still polishing it up, but I hope a lot of folks out there will be relieved to have this alternative up and running. We just got this into a playable state, and there are definitely still a lot of bugs in there right now, so if you run into any please shoot us an email so we can get things tidied up! Right now you’ll have to start a new game to play on there, but the full storyline is all there, and we’re hoping to get cross-compatibility through the save backup system going in a week or two. ![]() ![]() It’s a little slower switching pages and loading art, so you may see a little more blinking than usual. ![]() HTML5 means you have to play online– you’re basically browsing a site set up to function identically to the game. We also have less to worry about with Flash “dying,” though the flash version should still be playable even after support ends, as I understand it. This means you don’t have to wrestle with making Flash work anymore, and the game should be playable on just about every device, including iOS. One other big piece of news before I get started on the release itself, actually: My Very Own Lith is now available on HTML5! Kylor has been awesome with getting the game ported and rebuilt to work on a whole new code base. You can get a quick summary of everything and links to the surveys here, or you can start from the very beginning of the discussion here. If by some chance you haven’t heard about this already, I’ve been talking a ton about how MVOL has turned out and what’s next, and I’ve put out four surveys to get input from all of you on how things went and what I should do from here! This is the last time I’ll be plugging it, and in a week or so I’ll be pulling the final data and getting started on some tough choices. ![]() |
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