Weekend Reading: Soleimani, Prosperous Universe, and Roam
January 11, 2020 • #๐ฎ๐ท The Shadow Commander
This 2013 piece from Dexter Filkins gives an excellent background on Qasem Soleimani, an important figure now well known after his killing a couple of weeks ago, but prior to that hardly known by anyone other than experts, even with his massive influence in the region.
๐ Prosperous Universe
Iโm always intrigued by complicated simulation games. I remember a few of these โreal-timeโ MMO games being popular in the early days of online gaming. Glad to see the genre still kicking in an era of low-attention-span gaming largely taking over. From the Prosperous Universe website:
At the heart of our vision lies the concept of a closed economic loop. There have been thousands of browser-based sci-fi strategy games before that emphasize military conflict. By contrast, Prosperous Universe is all about the economy and complex player-driven supply chains in which every material has to be either produced or purchased from other player-run companies.
๐ Roam Research
Roam is an interesting note-taking tool thatโs like a hybrid graph database and wiki. I tinkered with it a little bit. Seems attractive as a way to take meeting notes to try it out.
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