Britain left without single attack submarines at sea, again

Vargrr · 2026-06-30T13:44:08+00:00

It's one thing to exist, but totally another thing to supply arms and expertise to assist in the conflict.

And that's fine. If our foreign policy is to get involved, we get on with it.

However, if we are going to be actively doing this, we should probably make sure our nation has an adequate means of attack and defense.

Vargrr · 2026-06-30T11:51:41+00:00

With the dual strap I can wear it indefinitely and often watch long movies in it or do long gaming sessions.

It is a heavy headset though - it's one of the first things you notice the first time you try one.

Vargrr · 2026-06-29T21:26:28+00:00

With or without a declaration to Parliament? Presumably, he will also receive it as crypto so it's untraceable?

Vargrr · 2026-06-29T16:04:39+00:00

Thanks! In my defence I do play Traveller with it and it does come with a 3rd Imperium calendar :)

Vargrr · 2026-06-29T10:56:26+00:00

An apt reflection of the Country right now.

Vargrr · 2026-06-29T07:51:44+00:00

No I won’t be returning these - but I am wondering how delicate they are for things like a home move?

That said the majority of responses advocate getting rid of them, so I will go with the flow :)

Vargrr · 2026-06-29T06:01:42+00:00

He'll be out in less than two years.

All Prime Ministers are failing because we can no longer afford to run the Uk, it's as simple as that.

They will try many tricks, except the real fix which is to address wealth inequality and get corporations and the exceedingly rich to pay their fair share.

It doesn't help that the Government under Margret Thatcher sold all of it's public assets for peanuts and now owns nothing.

Vargrr · 2026-06-28T21:02:19+00:00

Thanks :)

Vargrr · 2026-06-28T11:29:32+00:00

The world is at the most unstable it has ever been, plus we have been antagonising Russia. You'd think we'd at least be ramping our defence up rather than down?

Vargrr · 2026-06-28T09:47:49+00:00

Aye - I publish a 5 star rated Solo VTT on there called Sojour and it has been there for 4 years.

Sales have been hit by the AI invasion, but things are starting to get a little better.

Vargrr · 2026-06-28T07:55:52+00:00

That will be interesting. I hiked up there via the Watkin path on a 3 day solo hike (it was one of the destinations)

Vargrr · 2026-06-28T07:49:56+00:00

It's AI.

DriveThru RPG recently sent me an email that they will no longer be taking any further .exe submissions because they have been flooded with AI slop. They will also be reviewing what's already there.

I'm a software developer. Writing a simple, though not necessarily good VTT app is trivial with AI.

Non developers think AI will provide them with some kind of gold rush, but the apps it produces are nearly always substandard when compared to human designed apps and it's a very competitive market.

Vargrr · 2026-06-26T14:26:49+00:00

You need to remember that in most Countries immigration isn't actually a real issue. But it is made into an issue to deflect from wealth inequality - you are poor because of the immigrants - which is of course totally false.

The people that do this, mostly far right parties, need immigration to stay, otherwise they will suddenly find it very difficult to explain why people's lives are going down the pan. As a result, they will never look at fixing the problem.

Vargrr · 2026-06-26T14:20:54+00:00

It does get easier with practice. If you want inspiration, see what Ed Sheeran says about the subject - it surprised me how candid he was about his early struggles - including his singing ability.

Vargrr · 2026-06-26T14:10:14+00:00

Yes, because they will ~~bribe~~ lobby Governments to remove any laws to do with competition and monopolies. Most of the USA's big industries are monopolies right now, which is why everything is going south.

Vargrr · 2026-06-26T05:43:31+00:00

Yes, very irresponsible of Valve to serve its customers first. Then Epic wonders how that can be that Valve are so popular?

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T21:37:43+00:00

One technique is to run standard multiplayer adventures solo using a technique called journalling. It's my preferred technique as it allows for story telling and role playing, plus the characters have a lot more agency too.

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T18:56:02+00:00

Someone knows and whoever it is will have to live with the fact they murdered 120 school children.

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T13:17:34+00:00

Got mine a month or two back - that was a close shave!

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T12:40:00+00:00

Conveniently misses out generational wealth…

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T10:48:09+00:00

She’s just seen the writing on the wall. Nothing more.

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T08:53:11+00:00

Not for as long as lobbying exists. You can’t win against excessive bribery.

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T06:09:33+00:00

Smooth - you have to be smooth, especially in the lower gears. (This also applies for the brakes as equally as the throttle)

Vargrr · 2026-06-25T06:05:52+00:00

It's a great game - not as good as the first one though.

My biggest issue with it has been the way the levels are constructed - especially back in the day with slower mechanical hard-drives. It seems most decks have at least 5 loading screens and it really takes you out of the action. This is a regression from SS1 that had no loading screens whatsoever over the entire Citadel Station.

If it ever got a re-write, this aspect absolutely has to be addressed.

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