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a long illness.. is that a way of expressing that the window was above the 8th floor?

Russian ruble is now worth less than a penny, infuriating Vladimir Putin’s inner circle: ‘They’re laughing at us’ (yahoo.com)

Russian media: Massive fire breaks out at warehouse near Moscow (yahoo.com)

Moscow airports in chaos after multiple reports of drone attacks (yahoo.com)

heh nice to see the swiss get caught. Switzerland Freaks Out After Veselnitskaya Plot Is Exposed (yahoo.com)

Aide to German MP worked with Russia to delay tanks for Ukraine, report claims (yahoo.com)

not every day but many times in CM

fancy big cities? and why does Musk need to be nice to Russia?

I am pretty certain Ukraine had internet before Starlink. Starlink just allows you to avoid the time and infrastructure cost to lay fiber and the wifi network and of course have that whole network operate at the whim of a flaky rich dude.

LOL I'm envisioning the Marine booklet... Can I buy you a drink Do you live far from here etc etc

didn't Putin take all Wagner's heavy weapons anyway?

wow. awfully optimistic for a country that ranked below Italy in GDP. Russia has been burning through everything it can to pay for this war. Every economic estimate I have seen including that from Russia's own finance ministry has been more the "oh man are we fked" spectrum.

South Africa’s stance on Russia puzzles many. Could a mine in the desert hold answers? (yahoo.com) To many observers, South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine is puzzling. While the country professes to be “non-aligned,” Western diplomats and policy experts point to a series of actions that they say proves otherwise. Their list is long: South Africa abstaining from votes condemning Russia at the United Nations; hosting war games with the Russian Navy; repeatedly, and publicly, criticizing the United States; and even, allegedly loading weapons and ammunition onto a sanctioned Russian cargo ship. This week, while many African leaders stay away, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg along with key ministers. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa has historic ties to the former Soviet Union, but that ideological legacy can generally only go so far. Usually, money talks. And the United States’ and European Union’s trade and aid relationship with South Africa vastly outstrips the Russian Federation’s relatively meager contribution. So, why is South Africa putting this important relationship at risk? Non-profit investigators at the AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism and anti-corruption activists are looking for answers in an unusual place: the Kalahari Desert.

Putin says Russia withdrew army from Kyiv because it was "asked" (yahoo.com)

what? this level of pessimism isn't warranted yet. in fact most signs are pointing to this war becoming more and more a problem for the russian state. Patience.

Maybe we just try and capture the ones China keeps floating by and giving those to the UA.

2nd high-profile Russian businessman dies in the space of 48 hours as tech tycoon found dead from 'medical gas,' report says (yahoo.com)

umm no it isn't. not even close. c'mon man seriously you are comparing a building door in a computer game that might be a 1 meter elevation difference issue on a 2000x2000 meter map to failing brakes on a car? Look I get that in the 1500/1600s you didn't have as much urban landscapes (or cars), but they really are more time consuming from a construction perspective. seriously though, when was the last time you created a map on that size to share with the community? Would you be happier if scenario designers decided to just forgo doing any scenario that needed a map that required much effort? The designers aren't paid in case you didn't know.

I don't consider it offensive so much as I am missing a portion of the Russian community looking for such an option. Personally, I'd love to see some portion of the Russian community looking to be a part of the international community. I just haven't seen it yet, at least not on terms of accepting genocide.

then you need to tell me something new to me as I have done several and it takes a freakin long time, so perhaps you can show me the one you have done and the process you have done to correct them? My examples are several for CMFB, a few for CMBN and an expansion for Venafro (CMFI) which was a relatively fictional flat map. Saying "proofreading and checking houses does not take a long time" means squat to me unless I see the results of work you have done that are comparable. My experience is it takes freakin long time. Not trying to be argumentative, but I have found the CM map maker to be hard to work with to adjust for stuff like this.

I am guessing you haven't done a large map as I have done several large master maps for CMBN and CMFB and your technique absolutely does not work. In fact, I have no idea why you would even think it would work. When exactly is that you did a map on this scale?

you do realize the sheer scale of that posted map and the number of buildings right? it is comments like this that make me reticent to provide any material I work on to the community.

exactly. The threat from Ukraine wasn't NATO. It was a country developing a democracy and trying to tackle existing corruption that had a strong potential influence on Russia. For Putin it is also an ideological thing of wanting to restore the USSR and Russia's imperial dreams.

Stock up on can openers

an improvement but still sooo 4 years ago. You must be a reader. Looking at your reading material makes me thirsty. Fine I'll go read it. Gotta have something to do in retirement.