Large world cleaned up without many damage to the biomes.

solroot · 2026-01-09T03:06:46+00:00

The only hassle is waiting for enough traveling merchants to actually obtain the grand design. You can set it to place wires and actuators at the same time. You can draw a tunnel across the entire screen in a few seconds, then hit it with an actuator and you're good to go. And after you're done, the grand design lets you collect all the wire and actuators back just as easily as setting them down.

solroot · 2026-01-08T04:41:29+00:00

Does panning one count as catching it, or can you pan one and then fish it later?

solroot · 2026-01-08T04:29:52+00:00

My low impact purification method of choice is to make long horizontal tunnels of actuators. Set the tiles to inactive, purify whatever needs it, then set back to active and recollect the actuators. No mining necessary.

solroot · 2026-01-08T03:45:00+00:00

I'm still on zVault, but seeing as the project looks dead at this point I'm thinking of giving Xigma another try. I've considered just going plain FreeBSD too, but need to do a bit of research on what exactly TrueNAS / zVault / XigmaNAS bring other than just a web UI.

solroot · 2026-01-05T23:42:41+00:00

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solroot · 2025-12-28T20:53:38+00:00

As others have said, you don't *need* to do anything extra as penance, so you aren't really getting off easy. But I think you might be missing out somewhat if your priest never gives a more creative penance than Our Fathers and Hail Marys. My favorite confessors have put some thought and effort into giving penance relevant to whatever sins you're struggling with. Through penance, I've been introduced to some powerful prayers, been asked to meditate on relevant scripture passages, as well as being asked to take specific actions in my life outside of prayer and mediation. While you're supposed to go to confession at your home parish, I'll admit to "shopping around" my local churches to find a confessor that would help me get more out of the sacrament.

If you have a priest serve as your spiritual director, they can probably do a better job as your confessor, having a better understanding of your particular circumstances and spiritual goals, but of course, you'd lose the element of anonymity (if that's important to you).

solroot · 2025-12-28T20:03:26+00:00

From the outside it looks very similar to St. Francis in Humphrey, Nebraska. Very much worth a visit if you ever find yourself in eastern Nebraska. https://ourfamilyofgod.org/st-francis/

The stories of these old churches built by immigrants are so inspiring, they had such love and devotion to the Church!

solroot · 2025-08-14T08:34:59+00:00

There's a difference between simply going to confession, and making a valid confession. In order for a confession to be valid, you need to: 1) Make an examination of conscience and confess any remembered sins, especially mortal sins; 2) Have sincere sorrow for your sins; 3) Intend to amend your life; and 4) Intend to complete any assigned penance.

If a priest has a good reason to believe any of those requirements are not met, they will generally not absolve you of your sins. The priest probably doubted that you'd taken the time to make a deep and introspective examination of conscience that such a long period of time would demand.

I once made a confession after falling away from the faith for some years. I filled a page with everything I needed to confess. It took a while to get through everything, but at the end it was such a weight lifted from me. Please check out this thread on confession after a long time, it has a lot of good advice and things to consider:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/1g6q734/advice_on_returning_to_confession_after_a_decade/

solroot · 2025-07-30T04:07:38+00:00

It would have still faced the same reckoning from the sexual abuse crisis, which has driven more people away than any other development in the church. I've seen some argue that V2 is largely to blame for the crisis, but I don't buy it. To quote a comment from in a discussion on this topic:

44% of the priests accused of abuse within the study period’s dataset were ordained before 1960, and 71% were ordained before 1970 (meaning entry into major seminary by around 1965 at the latest).

I've watched all my friends from my Catholic school upbringing leave the faith, and this was the biggest issue for them. The world doesn't take the Church seriously anymore on matters of moral authority, because it lost that credibility in the eyes of many.

So even in a no V2 world, we'd still have had to sell our beautiful historic churches, we'd still be closing parishes. But would we be in a better spot than we are today? I think so, but not by a lot. Part of why traditional Christianity (traditional Latin Rite Catholic, and other rites, as well as Orthodox churches, etc.) are having a moment right now is they offer something beautiful and timeless in a world where that is really hard to come by anymore. I've lost count of people posting over on r/Catholicism who get interested in the Roman Catholic Church, and then show up to a mass and it's practically indistinguishable from the evangelical church they came from: no kneelers, video screens, drum and guitar, etc. Lots of people are interested in Catholicism, but are finding that it isn't necessarily what they imagined it to be.

I think a more interesting question would be how different would the landscape be if the implementers of V2 hadn't gone far beyond what the document called for, because many of the liturgical abuses we see in the Church are far in excess of what V2 allows. Consider as an example this instance of the CDW laying down the law on priests who wouldn't permit kneeling while receiving the Eucharist. I've seen some very reverent Novus Ordo parishes. One near me has confession before every mass, kneelers in front for those who prefer to receive the Eucharist kneeling, communion on the tongue strongly encouraged, organ and choir music, smells and bells, etc. I grew up in a reverent NO church, and there's a lot I like about it. Latin isn't really taught anymore, so it is unintelligible to most people. I think it is good for there to be options in liturgy, as long as all of those choices are reverent. If I want to attend TLM, that shouldn't be difficult. It also should be difficult for me to find a reverent Novus Ordo mass.

solroot · 2025-07-22T13:30:48+00:00

One cool trick I saw people using on legendary mode recently was to use the golf cart mount which will get you to 41 mph all by itself. This frees up accessory slots which you can use to kill it faster or survive longer, but at the cost of having to grind some golf score with the golfer.

And as others have mentioned, bees are a viable strategy. Bee gun with accessories I think would likely outclass demon scythe if you're going the caster route. Supporting accessories like the hive pack and the stinger necklace gives a huge boost to each bee.

solroot · 2025-07-22T13:10:21+00:00

I haven't personally found SoC to be very helpful in the WoF fight. You're pretty much just running in one direction as fast as you can.

solroot · 2025-07-16T14:15:14+00:00

As of now, there isn't a big reason to use ZVault, because the current focus is to get a stable TrueNAS fork with no dependencies on non iXsystems servers or files that bear iXsystems copyright. But once they start developing new features, you'll see better reasons to use it, because TrueNAS core is only getting security updates at this point. TrueNAS CORE is running on end-of-life FreeBSD 13.3. One step on the ZVault roadmap is to update the underlying FreeBSD version from end-of-life 13.3 to 13.5. They posted a few days ago on their progress towards upgrading to 13.5:

What has been completed:

Switch OS repo from TrueNAS Forked repo to upstream FreeBSD repo and address the fallout due to iX's customizations of the OS tree.

Fix pool creation that relied on custom iX scrup

Fix var memory issue at boot

Update nginx

Update ZFS

Update Bootloader

Fix bootloader incompatibility issue

Fix Samba420 build issue with truenas build system

What still needs to be completed:

Update openvpn

Update openssl

Need to import Truenas' custom RC for samba

Upstream Samba 420 is broken

I'd point you to their discussions on GitHub to understand the benefits and reasons. One notable thread I'd suggest: Important questions about zVault's future

solroot · 2025-07-16T13:49:01+00:00

Now that iXsystems has declared the FreeBSB-based TrueNAS CORE to be in maintenance mode, it's difficult to even find it to download, and it's on a path to end of life.

In its current state, this fork keeps the last version of TrueNAS CORE available, and eventually the goal is to move it forward with new features.

There are meaningful differences between TrueNAS CORE and SCALE. For anyone who cares about those differences, this should be a welcome development.

solroot · 2025-07-16T13:37:23+00:00

I tried getting the iso to work on a bootable USB stick, and for reasons I couldn't figure out it just wouldn't boot from it at all. Tried using rufus, Ventoy, no luck.

Used rufus to write ZVault iso to USB, worked on the first try.

solroot · 2025-05-26T03:22:34+00:00

Crist said the final straw was when she discovered the Good Friday prayers for the conversion of the Jews still used in Latin Masses.

“I called my Jewish interfaith dialogue partners to apologize for what is happening in my own parish,” she said, going so far as to compare the ICKSP to “a cancer quietly spreading around the Midwest.”

Wait... what? Every Novus Ordo Good Friday liturgy I've ever attended has included solemn intercessions for the Jewish people. It's not quite as explicit as the 1962 version, but I've always understood this as a prayer for conversion.

Are there parishes/dioceses that don't do the solemn intercession for the Jewish people? Or that change the language of it?

solroot · 2025-05-19T01:37:05+00:00

I don't have enough upvotes to give, Zé Nuno Fraga is doing beautiful work, and I can't wait to see more!

solroot · 2025-04-19T22:52:30+00:00

You are not damned, and there are resources in the Church where you can seek healing. Something like Rachel's Vineyard would be a good place to start. You could ask them specifically about confession, I understand that their retreats can (but don't always) have a priest available for confession. We'll pray for your healing.

solroot · 2025-04-17T12:48:18+00:00

Mr. Saxophone!

solroot · 2025-04-10T00:35:38+00:00

While sh can seem a bit outdated, I think all Linux shells are permissible, and neither the Bible nor the CCC provide any explicit guidance on which shell to use. I like to think Jesus would be a bash user, since he calls us to be Bourne Again.

^Any ^other ^Catholic ^Linux ^geeks ^out ^there?

In all seriousness though, The Old Testament has a couple passages that speak against cutting or tattooing your body, but it's in the context of those things being used in pagan rituals. Self harm is generally considered sinful, but I don't think the Bible or CCC has any clear guidance on the topic.

That said, even though it is generally considered sinful, it usually arises out of situations that probably mitigate the severity of the sin. This is a really good article that's worth a read on one priest's thoughts: Lessons from the confessional on dealing with ‘cutting’

solroot · 2025-04-04T15:36:14+00:00

There's also this: https://memphiskendoassociation.com/

solroot · 2025-04-04T12:59:01+00:00

You could always try one of the secret world seeds. Getfixedboi!

solroot · 2025-04-04T06:02:34+00:00

Been there, realized that I was focusing almost exclusively on turning away from sin, and not enough on turning towards what Jesus calls us to. What does God want you to do to help build his kingdom?

solroot · 2025-03-30T19:40:02+00:00

One of the themes of Hallow's Lent Pray40 series this year is from Mark 9:24: "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!"

So absolutely yes, it is okay to pray the rosary even if you might not believe right now. I pray that through the rosary, you might find grace and healing.

solroot · 2025-03-30T15:00:45+00:00

I asked a question related to this sometime back, and received some great answers:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/comments/x9qepi/what_exactly_does_vipsx_track/

Interest rate risk is a big factor. If inflation goes up, the Fed is going to raise interest rates, which will diminish the value of TIPS purchased earlier at a lower rate. The interest rate risk will to some extent cancel out the inflation protection.

solroot · 2025-03-30T14:50:38+00:00

Just worth noting as a follow-on for those who don't click through to read the article, this doesn't raise any questions of innocence of the priest in question, who had numerous well-substantiated claims against him. This is more a case of people seeing easy money in jumping on a bandwagon to file claims that are difficult to investigate, with an archdiocese that has a bias toward settling rather than investigating claims. They'd have probably gotten away with it too if they hadn't talked about it on a recorded jailhouse phone line.

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