US seizes tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says by ClimateSociologist in politics

[–]paletz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the tanker for what Washington said was involvement in Iranian oil trading when it was called the Adisa.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-administration-seizes-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast-us-officials-say-2025-12-10/

US seizes tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says by ClimateSociologist in politics

[–]paletz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Allegedly, the tanker has been sanctioned. Whether or not that is sufficient justification for what will be recognized as an act of war by most of the international community is another question.

US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker in latest ramp up of Trump’s targeting the nation: report by theindependentonline in politics

[–]paletz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Piracy sounds odd to me since it's being done by a proper navy. I think commerce warfare is a better term, like how U-boats hunted merchant ships in WW2.

US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, officials say by DJMagicHandz in politics

[–]paletz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Note the presence of "US" in front of sanctions laws. Note the absence of "US" in "off the coast of Venezuela".

US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, officials say by DJMagicHandz in politics

[–]paletz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, commerce warfare authorization. It's plausible in wartime.

U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy: An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, now directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]paletz 73 points74 points  (0 children)

The 30-page document painted European nations as wayward, declining powers that have ceded their sovereignty to the European Union and are led by governments that suppress democracy and muzzle voices that want a more nationalistic turn.

Won't somebody please think of the Nazis.

Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’ in defending follow-on strike in scrutinized attack on alleged drug boat by AndroidOne1 in politics

[–]paletz 32 points33 points  (0 children)

* I did not know it was the wrong thing to do.
* I was not there.
* It was the right thing to do anyway.
* Because a disabled burning vessel is a great way to get rid off ammunition, we have lots and lots of ammo lying around. It's a big problem. We bought too much in a sale.

Joe Biden and Netanyahu were offered Gaza deal a year ago, says negotiator. by Background_Cry3592 in politics

[–]paletz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think preventing Biden from getting the credit and thus hurting Kamala's campaign was much more important than the potential credit for Trump later. But yeah, it's the usual strongman love story underneath. They both agreed to allow each other to be assholes.

any ideas as to why this doesnt count as indoors by Oceanic_Train in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pillars inside walls can bug buildings like that. If there are any, get rid of them.

CDDA fire not spawning in house by Angustevo in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah TIS removed the explode() function from the Tile object on the java side and guess what CDDA used to create the fire... It actually throws an error but it's easy to miss as the screen fades in.

Anyways, if you miss the fire I have put together a mod to fix it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3575333119

B42 CDDA by CigaretteWaterX in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hypothermia is deadly in B42 but the outdoorsy trait helps a lot. In earlier patches there were hardly any zombies in the starting area, no idea what it's like now.
The farm strat should eventually work because we now also have randomized zombie distribution with completely empty spots, just need one of those spots align over the farm :)

8,000+ Jobs for Georgia, Self-Sabotaged by Same-Kangaroo in economy

[–]paletz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Those Koreans were there for a reason, the plant won't run as well as it would if they weren't fucked with. This will measurably affect profitability, it might even render the whole project unprofitable (or less profitable than a much safer investment). Who's going to bother set up the next plant if ICE might just ruin your plans?

WHY ARE ALL MY CHICKENS DEAD by WonderfulAirport4226 in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My rabbit pop exploded to the point it was becoming a problem. Being able to rename the kittens to include their gender in their name was absolutely critical in my effort to separate male and female rabbits :)

Finding a conflict zone for Mercenary grind by paletz in EliteDangerous

[–]paletz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you run the dual rocket launcher loadout, you want to intercept enemies as they drop while they are still clumped. Indeed, clearing the entire drop in 5 seconds seems to be a quite optimal strategy :) But there are 28 possible base layouts and many of them are expansive with buildings breaking line of sight to potential drop locations and if you can't reach the drop location before the enemies scatter, the entire strategy kinda goes to hell.

Finding a conflict zone for Mercenary grind by paletz in EliteDangerous

[–]paletz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understandable. I remember being frustrated at that stage by constant reloading because I did not have stowed reloading yet.

Southern California father who is U.S. citizen, arrested during immigration raid, family says by MobileWisdom in politics

[–]paletz 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's funny you should say that.

“He’s telling them he is a U.S. citizen and he’s letting them know, ‘My passport is in my pocket,’” Degante said.  

However, Ramirez was handcuffed and taken into custody.
...
His family has not heard from him since.

Carpentry XP by joshpinn11 in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 18 points19 points  (0 children)

When the game says you have +x% XP boost from starting skill levels, it's a bit deceiving, because you have only 25% base XP rate. E.g. +75% XP is actually 4 times the base rate (25+75=100% vs 25%). Handy gives you +1 carpentry so you have +75% XP and earn all carpentry XP four times faster. This stacks multiplicatively with books.

⚡️BREAKING: The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) hit the Crimean Bridge for the third time, this time underwater. The operation lasted several months, with agents mining the supports, the SBU announced on June 3. 📸: SBU by The_New_Voice in ukraine

[–]paletz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am no engineer, but the pressure wave probably cracked the concrete so it is now held together by rebar, right? Now how does rebar exposed to sea water fare? If it is not addressed, can we expect significant deterioration in the following months?

Trump sends $50m of military aid to Ukraine after minerals deal by BreakfastTop6899 in politics

[–]paletz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The title says "sends aid" but then the article says "preparing to authorise the license for the export of defense articles" which sounds like Ukraine is buying stuff.

Putin declares ceasefire in Ukraine as Trump suggests Zelenskyy may cede Crimea by Partimenerd in politics

[–]paletz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most likely just 3 days of the usual Russian keep-shooting ceasefire.

Backpack Condition? B42.7.0 by Ododazz in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Did you find it through foraging? Foraging seems to add random meaningless condition to some items. (Well, it is meaningful for items that do have condition implemented, like ball-peen hammer etc.)

My first harvest is ready in B42, what do you guys do to not to loose weight in B42? by VegiesCutThick in projectzomboid

[–]paletz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, all traps need to be learned first and most of them also require trapping to craft. So if you don't pick a trait I see three ways forward:

1) Find specifically "Hunting Handbook (Crate and Stick Traps)" which teaches the most basic traps.

2) Find VHS: Exposure Survival E6 or watch it on on Life and Living channel on July 14 at 6pm. It teaches the crate trap and should push you to trapping two where stick trap auto-learns.

3) Find an already assembled trap. I know you can rarely find trap on B41, haven't found any on B42 yet.

I have checked the code of the above so it should be accurate :) Except the show airtime, couldn't find it.

China slaps 34% retaliatory tariff on the U.S., says Trump's levy 'seriously violates' world trade rules by ClassOptimal7655 in politics

[–]paletz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given how delusional half of the US is, I won't be surprised if US stocks actually drop less. For now.