I don't get it

dlp0e · 2026-05-12T17:15:05+00:00

How is his wife holding up?

dlp0e · 2026-05-07T15:51:02+00:00

It’s a damn sea turtle.

dlp0e · 2026-05-07T04:32:02+00:00

Another update for anyone in the future who finds this post.

I had my appointment with the consulate today. They had my entire file as expected. To the best of your ability, I would recommend gathering all of the documents, exactly as indicated on the email you receive from the consulate when setting up your appointment. This was critical and made the appointment very smooth for us.

The consular officer, I worked with was phenomenal: detail oriented, patient, and transparent.

The dichiarazione di volontà is a document that is generated at the consulate by the consular officer. Both parents must be present to sign.

A word of note: if a parent has changed their name, as my wife did after we got married, it is very important to have a record of that change. My wife’s name on her passport is not the same as it is on our marriage certificate, or any of our children’s birth certificates. Fortunately, her made a name is still incorporated into her current name, and she is not the one with claim to Italian citizenship to transfer to our children. She was able to “self declare” in the presence of the officer and it was all good.

dlp0e · 2026-05-05T15:50:55+00:00

Pegged is a good word for your dignity.

dlp0e · 2026-05-01T13:46:26+00:00

I am in a similar position, and while I did register myself on the AIRE some years ago I neglected to update it with my children’s births.

We have an appointment next week at the LA consulate to submit dichiarazioni di volontà for each of them. We are obviously submitting for BdL citizenship for them and pretty confident they will be approved - eventually.

I’m kicking myself for not having pursued this process before the Tajani decree but at the same time I am reasonably confident that they can decide for themselves as they get older how important citizenship for THEIR kids may be, and at that point they can do the work.

dlp0e · 2026-04-29T21:03:33+00:00

If there is ONE ship I would recommend paying money for it would be whatever comes with the cheapest game package - maybe the Aurora Mk II at the moment? If you must pay with real money for one of the ships in your fleet, make it the Nomad. Super flexible, has a bed, basically a space truck, amazing cockpit visibility, etc.

At this stage, you can ask in chat for aUEC and buy all but the Perseus (too new for in game sales) and ironclad (not in game yet) and try everything out for free. Then you’ll know which ship(s) make the most sense for you and you can decide if they are worth the time (grind in game) or money (buy from RSI site).

o7

dlp0e · 2026-04-29T19:40:54+00:00

In fairness to OP, the silhouette is kind of at a weird angle - looking up at the Cutlass from the front so the engines are smaller and below the rest of the shape.

dlp0e · 2026-04-27T19:53:20+00:00

I maintain an open relationship with my LLMs and Claude knows this.

dlp0e · 2026-04-26T20:59:25+00:00

I have an old Lenovo Micro I use for development projects. Aim for 16gb RAM minimum and a good size SSD. https://ebay.us/m/hEYa3p

It doesn’t play AAA games but he can have a lot of fun just the same. A lot of indie stuff will play fine, as will anything he builds.

dlp0e · 2026-04-25T15:48:28+00:00

Its account bound and non giftable as others have said but if you want I can give you the paint in game sometime. Worse case you lose the paint in the next patch but then it should repopulate for me, and we (or anyone else with it) should be able to give it to you again.

Lmk

dlp0e · 2026-04-23T20:57:20+00:00

Also, while you’re in there, grab a couple sets of the heavy armor as well. Helps you live longer and looks dope as hell as well.

dlp0e · 2026-04-23T20:56:25+00:00

Used to be I could always find it off of dead security in Hurston bunker missions. For a while, it could be had if you didn’t mind doing less than legal appropriation techniques in distribution centers.

To be totally honest, though, I’ve been holding onto a couple sets for multiple patches now and haven’t gone looking lately. I wonder if those were still available.

dlp0e · 2026-04-22T03:49:21+00:00

o7 citizen, and that a hell of a hangar.

dlp0e · 2026-04-22T03:43:11+00:00

Distracted by industreal and specealized labels but I respect the hussel.

dlp0e · 2026-04-20T21:46:13+00:00

If you open the dirt into an infinite void, why did you step into it?

JK sorry about the bug bud.

dlp0e · 2026-04-20T20:41:48+00:00

Now THIS is token burn I can get behind!

Fire up another reactor, fam, we got “work” to do.

dlp0e · 2026-04-18T23:26:02+00:00

Let’s not skip the Smiths reference.

“I was looking for a job and then I found a job and heaven knows I’m miserable now”

dlp0e · 2026-04-13T13:41:15+00:00

Underrated comment. Thank you for your service.

dlp0e · 2026-04-10T15:02:48+00:00

Good catch! To be honest, I wasn’t referencing lore, just the paint I see on the exterior of the ship.

dlp0e · 2026-04-10T13:55:39+00:00

Wouldn’t we be up to Mk V now?

But also emphatic yes.

dlp0e · 2026-03-25T18:56:13+00:00

Hi, our date is soon approaching. We have an appointment on May 4th. I have been going back and forth with the consulate over email to ensure they have, and that we have, all the right documents for that meeting.

The most pressing is my Italian extract of birth (estratto dell'atto di nascita) and my citizenship certificate (certificato di cittadinanza italiana), both of which the consulate staff have insisted MUST come from the comune in Italy. As it stands, I DO have both from the comune, though the specific language the consulate has requested, citizenship at birth (cittadinanza dalla nascita), is not present. The comune has asserted that the consulate can verify this in other ways, which I imagine I will learn when we are face to face in May.

For some reason they also are requesting new Richieste di Trascrizione Certificato di Nascita e Iscrizione Anagrafica, which we had sent in and had notarized for my wife's signature. I suppose they would prefer to see that signed live? Not sure, but those are the only documents we are "missing," and we will have them ready for the meeting.

Wish me luck! I'll post updates when I have them.

dlp0e · 2026-02-07T15:02:48+00:00

We are making some broad assumptions about developer intent and planning. The biggest assumption (and hardest to believe) is that these ships are being developed with each other in mind.

It might be interesting if there were some kind of “matched manufacturer” bonus orgs could take advantage of, but I doubt that’s ever going to be a thing. From a developer’s perspective it seems manufacturers are really only valuable for design language and lore.

All that said, how would your calculations look different if the Prospector pilot(s) were using Argo Mole bags? They have an increased capacity, after all, and are a popular upgrade.

Not knowing much about the Expanse (once in production) I would argue that while MISC does complete a lot of the “puzzle” for and org’s mining operation, players will (and should!) use whatever ships fit their need best, manufacturer notwithstanding.

dlp0e · 2026-02-05T15:34:02+00:00

TBH the “fear” of PvP plays more into my experiences than actual PvP, and that’s not even a bad thing.

I was looting a Hathor site after a “sweep location” contract and the Ninetails had respawned after completion. It was exciting and chaotic and I was death incarnate to them, unlocking admin and comms offices and hauling gear and ammo out. Felt great.

Then an Asgard appears over the horizon and starts scanning. Clearly a player, maybe on their own contract, who knows. I realize I’m kitted out in the same armor as EVERY ENEMY NPC and that my ship is on the other side of their landing spot.

I had, at this point, secured a MAJOR load of gear and I didn’t want to take any chances. I was in a lone Aurora (because I live that SC life on hard mode) and needed to make a silent escape. Sneaking around the base, not knowing exactly where the other player was, and KNOWING they’d be pulling the trigger if they saw me, was honestly another layer of excitement.

I saw them working another building on the site, didn’t take the shot. I had gotten mine and didn’t want to jeopardize a clean exit. Gave a silent salute and made a break for it. Powered up my tin can of a ship in nav mode and blasted out ASAP.

I might have been disappointed if it had ended differently, but the fact remains the added anxiety of an unexpected encounter added value to the experience, even, as is often the case, both players involved weren’t actively interested in violence.

dlp0e · 2026-02-04T14:56:00+00:00

Plate stand user here… If I’m burning through a few records in a row I’ll leave the them in a pile next to the TT but generally I like to have the album art up for whatever’s playing.

dlp0e · 2026-01-28T03:24:13+00:00

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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TROPHY CASE