#autonomous Testing Services

[littlemssam]

Patch Updates

As always delete old Mods Files and the localthumbcache, when updating my Mods!

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Make sure to download the updated XML Injector when you Patch your Game!

Patch 1.110.265 Updates (All other Mods should still be compatible!):

Advanced Birth Certificate Anti Heat Pill (Pets) Autonomous Gardening Autonomous go Jogging when Sims are Stressed & Children can Jog too Better Butler (and Hire more Butler) Better Nanny (Second Nanny & more) Calendar Tweaks Carryable Performance Stage plus Sing Songs! Collectibles (Rock Digging) Rework (Slower/Harder) Flea Market appears every Sunday Food Delivery Service Go for a Walk with Cats Healthy Drinks Hire certain Vet Employees Hire certain Sims (incl. Family Members) at Restaurants Housewarming Party (instead of Welcome Wagon) Improved Kids Night Light Improved Practical Spells Kids can go for a Walk with Dogs Let Friends Age Up More Away Actions More Buyable Venues and new Venue Types More Woodworks My Little Neighborhood Objects don't share Inventory Parenting Skill for Teens & more Personal Objects (Computer, Tablets & more) Power Napping on Sofas Pregnancy Overhaul - Pregnancy Belly Part Pregnancy Overhaul - Can do more Part Retail Overhaul - Hire certain Employees Part Retail Overhaul - Go Shopping – More Options Part Sell more self made Woodwork at the Flea Market Sleep In Small Archaeology Overhaul Small Invite to Hang Out Overhaul Teach me the Rumbasim

Random Small Mods

Auto Grab Drink when Eating Purchased Items delievered via Mail Keyboard Piano sounds Copy Graduation Photos and Diplomas Better Power Water Production Higher Skill Faster Candle Making Bouncer Only Homeless Sims Fan Stans Only Homeless Sims New Hug Animation If Confident No Auto Club Gathering (Active Household) Horse Jump Parkour Teen Can Buy Lottery Ticket NPCs Auto Massage & Meditation Vampires No Cold Breath Lower Fire Chance Vacuum Time and Autonomy Changes Release all Ghosts & Get Urn for

Random Bug Fixes

Deliver Baby at Hospital Elevator Fix for Toddler & Pets Murphy Beds Fix Trait Buff Fixes Weather NPC Deaths

Probably obsolete, pls remove and test without it:

Stop Eating Spoiled Food Fix

EA patch fixed that in 1.110.265 "Sims will not eat spoiled food autonomously."

Other adopted Mods

Always keep a Doctor at Hospital Change Into Towel Everywhere Faster Gardening Homework Tweaks Immortality Potion Tweaks Keep Books after Publishing Kiss Neck for Adults More traumatic divorce for Children Play Cards Anywhere Subject Homework Tea for Children Violin & Guitar Bugfixes

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[dead-generations]

Popular understanding of military technologies and capabilities is weirdly frozen in like, WWII and the cold war, even with the incredibly televisied bombing of Baghdad, the constant reports from Gaza and the unprecedented level of public and open source documentation of Ukraine.

And I know people are aware of like drone strikes but they really do not understand what the current capabilities are. The Brimstone is twenty years old. There are weaponised military lasers deployed right now. The US removed the explosives from a missile and gave it radial blades just to avoid killing people more than a metre away from an individual target. Semi-autonomous hunter killer drones are being deployed right now. Have you seen current gen military thermal cameras? People are using publicly available civilian satellite imaging services to do open source battle damage assessment. There are weapons in space and all three major space powers are testing and drilling anti space capabilities in orbit right now. Hell, they are actively attacking each others space infrastructure right now as we speak.

I think if people were aware of the levels of precision, autonomy and interconnectedness in munitions they'd be terrified. None of this is science fiction

[globalnewscollective]

Trump’s Greenland Invasion: The War That Could Engulf Europe

What’s at Stake?

It sounds absurd—Donald Trump launching a military invasion to seize Greenland. But given his past interest in purchasing the island and his recent rhetoric about using force to claim what the U.S. “deserves,” it’s a scenario that can’t be dismissed outright. Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, holds immense strategic and economic value. If the U.S. were to invade, it would spark an international crisis, shatter alliances, and push Europe into an unprecedented security nightmare. As Trump himself put it: “The U.S. will take control of Greenland ‘one way or the other’.”

Why This Should Terrify You

An American military assault on Greenland would be nothing short of an act of war against Denmark—an EU and NATO member. This would force Europe and NATO into an impossible position: either defend Denmark and risk open conflict with the U.S. or stand by and watch as a global superpower seizes territory by force, setting a dangerous precedent.

Such an invasion would:

Destabilize the Arctic region, fueling military buildups from Russia and China.

Test NATO’s credibility—if the U.S. attacks an ally, does NATO still function?

Ignite economic chaos as global markets react to war between Western nations.

Drag European nations into an armed conflict they are militarily unprepared for.

Why This Matters to You

If you live in Europe, this scenario isn’t just some distant geopolitical chess game—it’s about your safety, your economy, and your future. A war in the North Atlantic could escalate beyond control, leading to military conscription, economic collapse, and even nuclear threats.

For young people, the consequences would be severe:

The possibility of mandatory military service if Europe is drawn into war.

Economic turmoil, making jobs, education, and stability even harder to secure.

A shift towards authoritarianism as governments seize emergency powers in wartime.

The Bigger Picture

Trump’s hypothetical invasion of Greenland wouldn’t just be about land—it would symbolize the breakdown of international law. If a Western democracy like the U.S. can invade an ally without consequence, what stops Russia from taking the Baltics? What prevents China from seizing Taiwan? This moment would mark the end of the post-WWII global order, ushering in an era where military might trumps diplomacy.

What Can You Do?

Stay Informed – Follow international news and watch for rising tensions.

Pressure Leaders – European governments must take Trump’s threats seriously and prepare diplomatic and military countermeasures.

Support Democratic Alliances – NATO and the EU must be strengthened to deter such reckless aggression.

Vote for Leaders Who Defend Peace – Elections matter. Support politicians committed to diplomacy, not reckless adventurism.

Raise Awareness – Talk about the dangers of authoritarian figures normalizing military aggression.

A war over Greenland may seem like a fantasy—but so did many conflicts before they erupted. When a leader like Trump makes threats, the world must listen. The price of ignoring him could be devastating.

[konansock]

Mod Update: Club & Business Activity Expanded - MORE Business update!

Happy Simming, Simmers! After Business and Hobbies released, I tested my mod in the new system and found more opportuny, as well as bugs to be fixed! So here's a major update to the mod.

Bug Fixes:

Various Text and Images were missing from the first version, they're fixed in this new and improved update.

Tend Stall now officially works as intended.

WooHoo Business:

Apparently this is one of the most anticipated feature of WooHoo Addon, but it wasn't working before, now it is.

The present activity WooHoo will still work with restrictions, for Simmers who just want customers to be intimate with their partners and sleep at a hotel.

New activity has been added: WooHoo with Small Business Employees (for customers) and WooHoo with Customers (for employees). You need to pair them up so customers have employees to ask for WooHoo. Don worry, they won't ask for WooHoo from random janitors who was only assigned the task 'Clean'!

They're now fully autonomous, and your small business even earns money from it! Charisma, Fitness and Romance skills affect the payout.

As customers, you can expect to check in your favorite small business for a casual WooHoo, too!

Photo Studio:

I always wanted a way for my Sims to pay some Simoleons and take their photos. You can sort of simulate it with the updated Photography activity.

Employees will Tend Tripod along with Photo Studios now, and taking pictures for customers with tripods now earns them Simoleons. It just does not display on the text. Photography skill and Fine Arts Degree affect the final payout.

As a customer, you can see the employees Tend Tripod. They're just cosmetics and don't actually matter. You just strike a pose with your Pose Player and select Ask for Photoshoot either from a Tripod or the Ticket Kiosk. Selecting the photographer affects your payout.

Self service as a customer now also cost you Simoleons.

Fashion Studio:

The Make-Up Chair and Wardrobe Pedestal is probably the ACTUAL most asked feature in this update. It's HERE!

Your can assign employees the task Tend Make-Up Chair and Tend Wardrobe Pedestal. This is necessary for customers to find a hairdresser/cloth designer.

For NPC Customers, once you choose the activity Be Styled or Be Outfitted, you can just let the Make-Up studio or Clothing studio work in the background, and you'll earn money from it. Fame and Fine Arts Degree affect the final payout.

However, manually Offer Make-Up/Hairstyle/Outfit will earn your Sims more Simoleons. Manually Offer to Update Appearance on Wardrobe Pedestal also earns your Sim money.

If you want to also earn money from Offer to Update Appearance interaction on Make-Up Chair, use this mod by LittleMsSam.

As a customer, you can choose any interaction on the Make-Up Chair and Wardrobe Pedestal, and you'll be styled/outfitted for a fee! Note that only Ask to Update Appearance lead your Sims to CAS and allow you to customize, the other interactions are random.

Tarot Reading:

Life and Death allowed us to open a Tarot business, but not as a customer? This is fixed in the mod.

Front Desk Assistant:

This is so random but some kind Simmer asked for this feature. Requires Get to Work though. While the Front Desk is tended, customers will be automatically welcomed, helping you a tiny bit in customer rating.

Grocery Shopping:

The Get to Work Lice Freezer now works with Small Business! Stock up with snacks, fizzy juice, harvestables and farm products, and watch your business grow into local Sims-mart!

Works with Brazenlouts' Produce stand, too!

As a customer, you can also purchase ingredients stored in the retail fridge.

Occult Training:

Occult Training now earns you money based on your rank and length of mentorship.

Note that Occult Training is very strict on customers, so this might not be a good idea for long-term business.

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[esotheria-sims]

More Simstober extras, again taken for the "Death's Door" prompt. I tend to take a lot of extra pics every time I'm in the game and then feel bad about deleting them, which results in a very cluttered Fraps folder. Posting them is how I deal with my hoarding issues. 🤣

And since this is a behind-the-scenes sorta post, you'll get to hear alllll about my picture-taking process (probably more than you care to know!)

Here are some random fun facts, in no particular order:

The Royal Crypt is a community lot, which means I had to send my sims to visit it in order to take pics. Took quite a few tries before I was able to load the Moonfeather household (crashes, crashes everywhere! -_-)

With photoshoots in general, I usually keep a "test" sim on hand who isn't needed for the photohoot itself, but rather to "work" in the background and perform all the little extra tasks required for the photoshoot (e.g. opening/closing doors, turning the lights on and off, or just being there while all my other sims are frozen with the freezer clock). In this case, my test sim was Marcus, who volunteered for the role all by himself (he flew in on his broom right after the lot loaded). Thank you for your services, Marcus!

I lucked out with Feanor's pose, which is actually just the autonomous "wring hands" idle animation. He looked so miserable doing it that I positively had to use it for the final pics! 🤣

I wanted to have a sim to plop into the coffin, even though I knew they wouldn't be prominent in the final photoshoot. Any random adult sim would've worked, but naaaah, I had to go the extra mile and opt for an actual Moonfeather blood relative. And since the only other Moonfeather I currently have in my game besides Aruena & Feanor is Arwan, who is a toddler... I aged him up so I could use him for my pics. Poor guy. 🫢💀

Just to clarify, Arwan is still a happy little toddler in my game and his untimely demise is NOT canon. I didn't specify who it was that the Moonfeathers were mourning in the OG photoset, so it's totally up to personal interpretation!

[tinesleftnipple]

Bulletin description of Zhang zhaojin from Episode 14

current SID group leader

graduated from Xinzhou university of political science and law. Assigned to Xinzhou autonomous patrol team, and through testing, became a high level member of SID responsible for difficult cases smaller regions cannot complete or major and serious cases, including cross-regional crime, fugitives, serial killers, missing childrens cases, and other major and vicious criminal cases. He often advises on the criminal investigations in SID, and is highly efficient at solving cases.

recently led cases with SID include the Xinzhou serial gold robbery, the Xinzhou 4/19 Yinbai serial murder case, major cross-regional smuggling case, murder of foreign woman case, Xindong region wife murder and arson case, the floating corpse in river case, Xinzhou man kills family case, and others. Zhang zhaojin has received over 100 awards and honors, of which include: "highest honor in criminal investigative science" from the Xinzhou Society of Identification Science, "outstanding service award in the criminal field", "outstanding accomplishments" from the Xinzhou Forensic Science Society, "lifetime honor award" from the Xinzhou Criminal Investigation Society, "Xinzhou honorary agent", etc.

During his tenure he has elevated SID's position within the scope of crime solving teams in Xinzhou, resulting in the general public referring to SID as "Xinzhou's last hope".

He has always implemented the initial faith with which SID was first created - justice will never lose its glory in darkness. His investigations are never influenced by others, achieving independence and fairness of criminal identification, solving cases without treating the innocent unjustly nor letting off the guilty lightly. With high efficiency he has solved a plethora of important and malicious, and shocking and difficult cases, allowing SID to accurately bring criminals to justice with no mistakes.

[dailyadventureprompts]

Villain: The Gleebringer Battalions

Gallard Gleebringer only ever wanted to make people happy. By using his skills as a toymaker and inventor he sought to fill the world with devices that would bring wonder, and save people from the drudgery of labour to give them more time for play.

Seeking to save his neighbours from the horrors of war, and under the patronage of the battlehungry local margrave, Gallard has a constructed an autonomous army of toy soldiers that in some weeks time will go berserk and begin rampaging across the land, playing out an inexplicable war-game that will leave villages sacked and the entire region destabilized.

It’s up to the party to notice the looming crisis and do something about it before the toys begin their march, As the powers that be are not only blind to any fault in their shiny new war machines but actively willing to imprison the party for jeopardizing "the defence of the realm" .

Adventure Hooks:

Scraping together enough coin to fund a construct army has left the margrave’s treasury more than a little tight pursed, leading them to skimp on things like repairing infrastructure, public festivals, and resupplying their garrisons. There’s plenty of opportunities for adventurers as bandits and monsters propagate through the wilderness, and the lesser nobles rely on mercenaries to guard their holdings. Its only so long before the cracks begin to show however, as roads wash out and the realms defenders turn to brigandry. 

The party end up in a tavern drinking with an old military officer previously employed by the margrave. She’s iresome and illtempered, but she’ll crawl out of her cups long enough to tell the tale of how after twenty years of loyal service she was let go for protesting when some of the troops under her command were killed in a training exercise.  If the party press a little she might just let it slip that it wasn’t training so much as a field test of Gleebringer’s machines, which her boss insisted be against real troops. Later on, they’ll find an official bounty posted for the woman, who’s rallied some of her fellow discontented soldiers and started on a campaign of sabotage. 

For his part Gleebringer is quite blind to the looming threat, having been carried by his ever shifting attention to yet another new project once the design and manufacture of the armies were complete. The party might get a chance to talk to him however if they manage to sneak into the excursive exposition he's hosting in the province's capital, either by riding in on the coattails of a wealthy patron, or by sneaking in among the serving staff. Actually getting an audience with the toymaker will be even more difficult as the margrave has set his agents to watch and protect Gleebringer, and it's only so long before they notice the uninvited guest have crashed the private function.

Setup: While many gnomes dabble in artifice, it was early in his apprenticeship with the village toymaker that a young Gallard discovered both his love and prodigious talent for the technical arts. It wasn't just a magical knack, it was an eye for detail that had people saying that the gnome's creations seemed to be alive long before he figured out how to make them move on their own.

Soon Gleebringer toys were in demand across kingdoms, and Gallard found himself not only patronized by innumerable wealthy merchants and nobles but sought out by engineers and craftsfolk of all kinds who realized the genius packed away in his creations.

Gallard didn't let the fame or the fortune go to his head, instead using his growing connections and commission budget to experiment with even more complex designs. For example: scaling up from music boxes to clockwork bands, and eventually an automated opera house.

As a man who dreamed all his life of building a flying town, it was safe to assume that Gallard had his head in the clouds. He hated to see people suffer but seldom thought through the implications of his inventions, Such as when an automated lumber mill intended to supply materials for his projects put an entire town of foresters out of work. This penchant for distraction was only encouraged by the margrave, who saw the military applications of Gleebringer's gifts from the moment a clockwork dragon bought for one of his children ended up badly maiming one of the servants who saught to tidy up the toyblock castle it had been charged with guarding.

Over the past ten years, the Margrave has become Gallard's most generous patron, supplying him with workshops ( staffed by apprentaces who's loyalty can be counted on) and an endless series of new projects ( which always end up increasing the margrave's power and standing at the cost of the common good).

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[arribabuilds]

G3-15T “Geist” / Poltergai

Species: Robot Nationality: Makuherian Powers: Telekinesis, Levitation, Intangibility, Machine Possession, QI Emission Role: Engineering/Support

A former engineer in HNTR’s Scientist and Development Division, Geist spent his days keeping his head down, trying not to attract the ire of his domineering boss, Dr. Natrix. However upon her discovering QI Rays by running currents through Quaza, she would randomly select him as a test subject of their effects. Upon being blasted full of this newfound energy, he would have his makeup and programming deeply altered, becoming capable of producing and manipulating QI himself. The stress of the change would provoke him to rip free by causing all machinery in the lab to go haywire, before attempting to flee. His escape would be quickly shut down by Dr. Natrix, however, who would strap him with a restraining collar and begin personally trying to shape him into her lieutenant. This role would be short lived however, as upon the first heist she took him on, he would submit his immediate resignation by knocking her out when she was distracted, then offering his services to the very baffled Heroes. Placed on Nu Team 13 because of his Villain connections, he would take up the role as the rookie squad’s engineer, where his practical and intelligent nature would serve as a voice of reason for his spirited teammates. 

More skilled in providing technological support than direct combat, Geist prefers to keep his distance in a fight. Though by far the most powerful in terms of abilities, QI making him seemingly psionic, he has very low durability and little in the way of armor. While able to make up for this through his intangibility, the power requires him to willingly activate it, meaning a well placed surprise attack can easily take him out. His primary gear is a Cutter-Welder Multitool, and he is often accompanied by a semi-autonomous strike drone.    

[mariacallous]

Self-driving vehicle developers don’t usually love talking about “teleoperation”—when a human guides or drives robot cars remotely. It can feel like a dirty secret. Shouldn’t an autonomous vehicle operate, well, autonomously?

But experts say teleoperations are, at least right now, a critical part of any robot taxi service, including Tesla's Robotaxi. The tech, though impressive, is still in development, and the autonomous systems still need humans to guide them through less-common and especially sticky road situations. Plus, a bedrock principle of safety engineering is that every system needs a backup—doubly so for new robotic ones that involve two-ton EVs driving themselves on public roads.

And yet, just days out from Tesla’s launch of its long-awaited (and much delayed) Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, the public still doesn’t know much at all about its teleoperations systems. Tesla has posted a job related to teleoperations that states the role will be responsible for developing the application "that our Remote Operators use to interface with our cars and robots,” an application where these operators will be “transported into the device’s world using a state-of-the-art VR rig that allows them to remotely perform complex and intricate tasks.”

Alarmingly, several government spokespeople—representing the city of Austin, the state of Texas, and the US’s top road safety regulator—didn’t respond to questions about Tesla’s teleoperations. Indeed, Austin and the Texas Department of Transportation referred all our questions about Tesla technology to the company itself. Tesla, which disbanded its public relations team in 2020, didn’t respond to WIRED’s questions.

Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the country’s road safety watchdog, wrote a letter to Tesla posing questions about, among other things, how or if Tesla planned to use teleoperations. How will its human staff be expected to monitor, supervise, or even intervene when its systems are on the road? The government asked the company to respond by June 19, which will be after the service supposedly launches on June 12, according to reporting from Bloomberg earlier this month. NHTSA repeatedly would not respond to WIRED's inquiries into what it knows about Tesla's teleoperations.

The Los Angeles Times reported that humans used teleoperations to manipulate the robot Optimus during a “Cybercab” debut event in Los Angeles, and when Optimus showed off its new hands a month later, catching a tennis ball in mid-air, an engineer for the company acknowledged that humans similarly used teleoperations. The company also has a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California with a driver behind the wheel. The state has much stricter rules than Texas and requires some kind of “communication link” between testing vehicles and remote operators, so it’s likely the company has some kind of system.

While not shedding any light on exactly how Tesla's teleoperations will work in the city, Austin Transportation and Public Works spokesperson Cristal Corrales wrote in an email: “The City works with AV [autonomous vehicle] companies before and during deployment to obtain training for first responders, establish expectations for ongoing communication and share information about infrastructure and events.” Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Laura Butterbrodt said in an emailed statement: “Texas law allows for AV testing and operations on Texas roadways as long as they meet the same safety and insurance requirements as every other vehicle on the road.”

Bedeviling this Robotaxi mystery is the fact that the autonomous vehicle industry hasn’t coalesced around a definition for “teleoperations.” So as Tesla watchers await the Austin service, it’s worth understanding a bit more about these teleoperations, and how they work.

The interior of Tesla's autonomous Cybercab taxi, showing the complete lack of physical controls—no steering wheel or pedals. Photograph: JONAS ROOSENS/Getty Images

A Little Help From My Friends

It’s worth defining some terms. What self-driving-car developers usually call “remote operations” refer to a few different sorts of human jobs. There are, first, the operators who deal with other humans. These are people trained to interact with autonomous taxi riders when they have questions or need assistance in an emergency. Alphabet’s Waymo, the undisputed leader in self-driving, has a big Support button on its in-car passenger screens, which can connect riders with these folks. These operators can also be people trained to interact with law enforcement or emergency responders when they need assistance.

Then there are operators who deal with the autonomous system. Some of these people may work in “remote assistance.” More confusion: Self-driving car developers give these tasks different names and titles. Amazon subsidiary Zoox uses “teleguidance”; the self-driving-truck developers at Aurora like “teleassistance”; Tesla appears to stick to “teleoperation”; Waymo calls these workers “fleet response agents.” Whatever they’re called, these humans are meant to guide the autonomous system when it needs help. A car might alert people, for example, when it has encountered a roadblock, like construction equipment; the remote assistant might suggest a lane change or a turn or even a quick dip onto a road’s shoulder to get around it.

These human assistants can also sometimes reroute an autonomous vehicle if its planned itinerary no longer makes sense—maybe a road is unexpectedly closed off for a street fair. They can also sometimes help the car identify objects that have, for whatever reason, confused its sensors: a plastic bag flapping in the wind or a traffic light (red or green?).Got a Tip?Are you a former or current Tesla employee or know more about the company’s Robotaxi operations? WIRED would like to speak to you. Using a non-work phone or computer, please reach out to reporter Aarian Marshall on Signal at aarianm.30

Remote assistance should be a part of every safe self-driving-vehicle program, says Philip Koopman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who studies autonomous vehicle safety. “The technology is not there for them to be able to handle everything, and that’s OK,” he says. Having humans operate in the background of autonomous systems, then, isn’t “cheating” at self-driving. It’s understanding the limits of today’s technology—and what it takes to run a profitable business based on self-driving cars.

Still, some remote assistance programs are safer than others, Koopman says. Some of that comes down to “triggers,” or how the system knows it needs help and turns to its human overlords. Is it the human assistant’s job to notice that the vehicle is stuck—or about to smash into something? Or is the onus on the vehicle to ask for aid? The safer bet, he says, is to train the technology to know when it needs intervention rather than relying on the vigilance of the human auxiliaries.

Asking for help can be very hard for people—but it might be harder for robots. That’s because autonomous systems must automatically provide the humans with everything they need to know to assist: what happened, where the vehicle is in space, and if there’s anything around it. Only then can the humans guide the robots.

A Tesla Cybercab prototype at a Tesla store in San Jose, California, in November 2024. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Getty Images

Humans in the Loop

If that sounds tough, even tougher—and more controversial—is “remote driving.” This is what most people probably think of when they hear “teleoperations”: Someone far away from the supposed self-driving car, behind their own steering wheel or joystick, piloting it like a long-distance RC car.

Remote driving has even more technical challenges. Ben Shukman should know—as an engineer at a startup called Phantom Auto that focused on remote driving, he believes he was the first to do it on public roads. The first issue is connectivity. “Your ability to drive a car without being in the car is only as stable as the internet connection that connects you to it,” he says.

But anyone who has called a friend on a long drive knows that networks drop in and out as you move in space. There are technical ways to knit together networks, but those aren’t foolproof. This leads to big issues with latency. So imagine the worst-case scenario: A robot car needs help navigating around an accident on a highway, a remote driver gets it moving, and then … the connection dies.

Another challenge in remote driving: Helping drivers understand the experience of driving without actually being in the car. It’s hard to understand how quickly the momentum is shifting, or how hard you’re braking if you’re not inside the car. Shukman says it’s possible to build a user interface that gives remote drivers a sense of what it’s like on the road, but this takes thought and time.

For these reasons, Shukman says, remote driving is less than safe in environments where vehicles are moving quickly in unpredictable environments, even above a handful of miles per hour. Today, the technique is mostly used in public to get delivery robots out of jams. Those move so slowly that a few milliseconds of dropped connection likely won’t spell disaster. The startup where he worked, Phantom Auto, eventually pivoted to operating forklifts remotely in warehouse settings. (It shut down last year, but its founders are sticking with its thesis: Their new startup keeps humans “in the loop” by building a platform that allows people to easily intervene to help in AI search.)

The Tesla Question

If Tesla does make good on its promise to start its Robotaxi service in Austin this month, how will it handle teleoperations? A Morgan Stanley research note from its head of global autos and shared mobility research Adam Jonas claims the service will be heavily teleoperated, though Tesla has not confirmed any of this.

The job posting for software engineers working in teleoperation on “Optimus & Robotaxi” explicitly says the company’s remote operators will be “transported into the device’s world using a state-of-the-art VR rig” that will supposedly let them remotely execute intricate tasks requiring some form of human involvement. This sounds more like remote driving—direct intervention with the driving task—than remote assistance.

If Tesla’s remote operators are meant to closely monitor its Robotaxis’ systems, “I think it’s going to be very difficult to expand beyond a few vehicles and a small area,” says Koopman, the professor. Or at least, to do it safely.

In fact, that’s what CEO Elon Musk has said—that Tesla’s Robotaxi launch will start with just 10 to 20 cars and will expand from there. Maybe there will be some robots. But the better questions are what the humans supporting them will be doing—and whether they’ll be doing it safely.

[littlemssam]

Mod Updates

As always delete old Mods Files and the localthumbcache, when updating my Mods!

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Autonomous Gardening Added a Cooldown to the on Dec 6th readded Fertilize Interactions so they cannot be used over and over again.

Calendar Tweaks The "Resentful About No Prom Invite" Sentiment should not get added at all anymore. It seems to be bugged even without the Mod, so I removed the Loot so it should not get added anymore for now.

Dress Code | Custom Lot Traits Seasons Addon merged into Main Package. All Stringtables merged into Main Package instead of each Addon having their own. Update of Russian by Jane_Moriarty.

Foster Family Added some tests to the "Welcome to Foster Family" Interactions, so it only shows up on Kids/Pets, which are in a single Household & NPCs to prevent Users from accidentally assigning their own Kids as Fosters.

Improved Drink Trays Added Support for new "Arcane Aroma Tea Tray" Drink Tray, and added Shadowberry Tea

Live In Services Added "Assign" Option to Coffins. Removed Backup "Read Book" Autonomy, because some LIS were too obsessed with Books.

Online Learning System Picker Menu should be correctly sorted by Name now.

Send Sims to Bed Fixed an Issue where Interactions were visible even when no Sim was around to send to Bed. Added a Pie Menu Category where all Mod Interactions are together.

Social Activities (Visit Friends, Family and more) Fixed an Issue where Toddler Hunger did not go up in Restaurants. Update of Russian by Jane_Moriarty. (I am still investigating a small Issue where Motives not go up when using SA while not on the Home Lot)

Where are you? Removed Distance limit, and instead let all instanced Sims/Pets show up. Added Dutch by gemberveer.

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[usafphantom2]

U.S. Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for IRST Pods on F/A-18 Super Hornets

The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and autonomously or in combination with other sensors, supports the guidance of beyond visual range missiles.’

Super Hornet IRST IOC

The U.S. Navy declared the initial operational capability (IOC) of the IRST (Infrared Search and Track) Block II for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters in Nov. 2024, NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems) command announced on Feb. 4, 2025. Offering “enhanced capability to search, detect and track airborne targets at long range,” the IOC of the long-awaited IRST system marks an “important milestone in our overarching efforts to deliver advanced integrated warfighting capability to the fleet,” said Rear Adm. John Lemmon, Program Executive Officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs.

The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and autonomously or in combination with other sensors, supports the guidance of beyond visual range missiles.’The IRST Block IIDevelopment and integration effortTactical useIRST on other U.S. military aircraft

The IRST Block II

Designated as the ASG-34A(V)1, the system has as its primary contractors Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control division and Boeing Defense. The system is part of a double use pod, with the IRST Block II sensor, also known as IRST21, housed in the front of the FPU-13/A fuel tank that is carried on the jet’s centerline.

The FPU-13/A external fuel tank is a redesigned FPU-12/A, with its fuel capacity reduced from 480 gallons to 340 gallons to make space for the sensor and its electronics. The IRST Block II’s operationalization has been delayed by almost two years, according to timelines noted in the DOT&E (Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation) report.

As NAVAIR mentioned, a decision for full-rate production will be taken in spring 2025 to allow the U.S. Navy to procure the IRST Block II for all its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons. The project was led by the F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265), which is responsible for the F/A-18A-D Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft.

It is not clear if the external IRST is also meant for the U.S. Marine Corps’ older F/A-18C/D Hornets. Abroad, Australia ordered 12 IRST Block II pods for the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets in Aug. 2024, according to the Australian Defence Magazine. The $74 million deal will see pods delivered throughout 2025.

IRSTs are usually placed ahead of the cockpit and co-located with the primary radar in the nose of the aircraft, as they are generally developed to complement it as a passive detection capability. Except for the F-35 family, no U.S. frontline multirole strike fighter currently in service has an integrated IRST capability, but have either fielded it and tested in other podded platforms. These are external systems like the Sniper pod that doubles up as an IRST, or dedicated anti-aircraft IRST like the Legion pod, which uses the same IRST21 sensor now integrated on the Super Hornet.

Development and integration effort

According to NAVAIR, the system achieved IOC after “completing Initial Operational Test and Evaluation with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9.” Interestingly, the VX-9 “Vampires” squadron is also the same unit whose F/A-18F Super Hornet was spotted with a heavy air-to-air loadout of four AIM-174Bs, the air-launched version of the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), beside three AIM-120s and two AIM-9Xs, in Sep. 2024.

In that occasion, the Super Hornet was also carrying the new IRST pod on the centerline, with the dark IRST21 sensor protruding in the front. The presence of the IRST was not casual, as it is intended to act as a complementary sensor to the AN/APG-79 fire control radar in a heavy electronic attack or radar-denied environment and allow the employment of the air-to-air weapons.

PMA-265 collaborated with military, civilian contractors and personnel from other operational test and evaluation squadrons, VX-31 and VX-23. According to NAVAIR, PMA-265 was able to “leverage a novel combination of operational and developmental test facilities and assets throughout the past year.”

Super Hornet four AIM-174s

The F/A-18F “Vandy 1” of VX-9 loaded with four CATM-174B, three CATM-120 and two CATM-9X. (Image credit: @point_mugu_skies)

The Navy introduced IRST to the fleet in two phases, beginning in 2011 when Block I integrated an existing IRST system onto the F/A-18 fuel tank. Then in 2019, “the fleet operated the system as a part of an early deployment.” With the second phase, “Block II added an improved sensor, upgraded processor and additional software with a first deployment planned in 2025.”

Boeing announced on Jan. 15, 2020 that an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an IRST Block II pod flew for the first time in late-2019. The reason for the IOC being achieved five years after the first flight are the reliability failures of the IRST Block II which adversely affected the operational testing.

The DOT&E report specified that the Navy conducted the operational testing with a specific variant of the pod, called the Infrared Optimized Configuration (IROC) pods, described as an operationally equivalent pod designated for flight test. The report, however, clarified that the IROC pods will not be released to the fleet as they are intended to be used for testing only.

It was also stated that Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) pods with a possibly increased reliability were expected to be first delivered in September 2024. These pods would reach carrier-based Super Hornet squadrons during the first quarter of 2025 to “improve lethality and survivability in air superiority missions against advanced threats.”

According to the report, “IRST Block II operational flight test events demonstrated tactically relevant detection ranges against operationally relevant targets and the ability to translate these long-range target detections into stable system tracks to facilitate weapons employment.” However, it appears there are still some integration problems as the report further adds that “The Navy must continue to improve the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet’s operating software and address existing deficiencies to effectively integrate IRST into aircraft fire control solutions.”

Regarding reliability problems, which are described as significant, the report mentions that the “IRST Block II suffered from hardware and software deficiencies, which required the aircrew to restart the pod multiple times.” While these deficiencies will only be described in the classified DOT&E report, the unclassified one explained that “Troubleshooting and repair often exceeded the abilities of Navy maintenance crews and required assistance from Lockheed Martin.”

The crew of the F/A-18 Super Hornet carrying the Navy’s Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block I pod inspects the aircraft Feb. 11, 2014 before the maiden flight with the pod at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Image credit: NAVAIR via Lockheed Martin)

Tactical use

RAdm John Lemmon explained that “IRST provides data for our aircrew to improve reaction time and survivability while remaining unaffected by radio frequency jamming.” The press release further explained that the IRST “increases situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and autonomously or in combination with other sensors, supports the guidance of beyond visual range missiles.”

As mentioned earlier, in the F/A-18’s case, the IRST complements the AN/APG-79 fire control radar in a heavy electronic attack or radar-denied environment. Operating in the long-wave infrared range, it can function autonomously, or in combination with other sensors, to support the guidance of the AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) and the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles.

However, the IRST Block II reduces the capacity of the new FPU-13/A’s fuel tank, on which it is installed, to 340 gallons, compared to the 480 gallons of fuel carried by the original FPU-12/A. The tradeoff in the fuel capacity was deemed justified by the introduction of the new important capability, although the FPU-13/A might have also lost the capability to be jettisoned, since it now hosts a sensor.

An IRST fused with a powerful AESA radar provides an important increase in the options available to pilots. In fact, a first function would be to provide additional information about a target’s infrared profile to enhance target discrimination even without a targeting pod.

Other options are strictly related to the IR technology, the first being the already mentioned capability to search and track targets in a radar-denied environment. However, another important capability is the passive detection capability of the IR sensor which, compared to the radar, doesn’t alert the self-defense systems of an adversary aircraft, while also lowering the electromagnetic emissions of the aircraft if the pilot switches off the radar entirely.

An F-15C Eagle from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, showcasing Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod IRST Block 1.5 system. (Image credit: USAF/1st Lt Lindsey Heflin)

IRST on other U.S. military aircraft

Except for the F-35 Lighting II series, all frontline U.S. military multirole/strike platforms, including the most advanced F-15EX variant, the F-16 series, the F-22 and the F/A-18 series, do not have an organic IRST capability. These aircraft mainly use their targeting pods, when equipped, to replicate some of the capabilities of an IRST system.

However, IRSTs were separately tested in podded forms. For instance, on Aug. 5, 2021, an F-15C from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron (85th TES) carried a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod IRST which was used to cue and launch for the first time an AIM-120 AMRAAM without using the radar.

Prior to that, on Jul. 13, 2020, an F-16 from the 85th TES took its first ever flight with the Legion Pod. Just a few days before, on Jul. 8, 2020, an F-15C launched an AIM-9X Sidewinder using the Legion Pod. On the F-15 the pod is attached on the centerline, while on the F-16 it is carried on the right chin station beside the air inlet.

Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin announced on Jan. 22, 2025, that the F-22 will receive a next-generation Infrared Defensive System (IRDS) called TacIRST as part of a $270 million contract. Also, the F-22 was already spotted while testing two faceted pods installed under its wings, with budget documents subsequently revealing that an IRST sensor is one of the sensors housed inside the two pods.

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[techploration]

Self driving cars are an inevitability at this point.

Not just assisted, but full autonomous driving. And it is going to fundamentally change our relationship with cars and transportation in general.

People are going to stop buying cars. The whole sales pitch of everyone buying their own self driving car is ludicrous— it fundamentally misses the opportunity that self driving actually presents.

Owning a car sucks. Having constant immediate access to transportation is a form of autonomy.

Both those things can be true. A car has to be maintained, insured, parked, replaced, protected, fueled— this whole laundry lists of responsibilities to maintain access to self directed transportation.

What about all the perks of having a car, but none of the hassle? That’s what a self driving car offers. A car when you need it, where you need it, without having to worry about everything else that goes along with owning a car.

Because you won’t own the car.

How much time do you actually spend driving? How much time is your car just sitting there? Why worry about and pay for a car you’re not driving?

Your car is going to be a subscription service

Uber is already testing this basic model, but in a world of self driving cars it makes perfect sense. You don’t own a car. You have a Car Subscription, which means there is a car there to drive you when you need— scheduled in advance or on demand. You pay for different subscription levels (pay per mile, unlimited, luxury, etc)

A personalized public transportation

People will realize owning a car is actually a burden, and a fleet of self driving cars that take themselves for servicing and refueling is actually a world easier.

There are going to be two major downsides

First, you are going to be tracked. Not just where you’re going but what you’re listening to and riding with on the way there. Think about it— you will not be able to anonymously go anywhere

Owning a car will become suspicious— an expensive luxury that offers anonymity. It will be like having a pager in the 90s— associated with doctors and drug dealers. Bikes and motorcycles will thrive in the ‘socially acceptable non tracked transportation’

Second major issue will be ads

The double edge sword of a self driving car is that it frees you up to do other things.

You think you are going to get to sit and enjoy life uninterrupted by ads during your morning commute? Your Hulu and Netflix are already synced— you buckle your seatbelt and your episode picks up where you left off. Spotify is connected. Your use profile instantly tailors the ride to your tastes

Just watch a couple ads first

You can always pay extra to go ad free. You’re just sitting there anyways. Also means they can finally get rid of billboards (or at least move them to inside the car). Short on funds? Watch ads your whole ride for a discount.

Even shorter on funds? Well, we reached your destination, but the doors won’t unlock until you finish watching this two minute ad (and no closing your eyes)

[dilfsonic]

I love your service animal au, the art and the test posts surrounding it. There are things I can 100% relate to and things that find a bit different. (But considering that I have an actual dog and not a sentient highly intelligent alien lifeforms is different).

One I can relate to as a general service dog handler is how my dog's behaviour can be easily misconstrued, usually by the general public who simply don't know any better. I've had people call my dog naughty for doing the correct trained behaviour, been told that my dog loves me simply because he's preforming a trained behaviour (I'm sure he does love me but a behaviour he gets paid to do probably isn't the best indicator of said love) and whilst I usually I nod and smile however the mischaracterisation of my dog's behaviour by the general public always manages to irk me.

I definitely can relate to Maria to a degree it's really hard balance out your own needs ad a disabled person and your service animal's needs. Especially when there are conflicting needs.

Though there are some parts I do relate to with Maria, there's other parts I can't relate with at all. My relationship with my own service dog is different from that of normal animal ownership. He's not my baby (though I do call him one), not my crutch, nor is he just my companion. There are layers to our relationship, he's both my best friend and my colleague, my student (as hes self trained) and my companion. When you have a service dog, the relationship becomes a lot more complex than the dog being a family member, pet, companion etc, they're all that and more. However this is where ethics comes into play since my service animal is a dog and not a literal alien lifeform.

Continuing on I think I would really love to see the ways he's been trained to preform his role, did Maria train him herself, was he trained by someone else then given to Maria once his training is complete and how does this affect his relationship with Maria and his job? As well as the ethics side of it toom I would love to see this covered as this is a huge topic within the service dog community especially because many people often utilise aversion and coercion to get their dogs to work with them, is this a thing that shadow has essentially been groomed into doing by Gerald?

“I'm sure he does love me but a behaviour he gets paid to do probably isn't the best indicator of said love) and whilst I usually I nod and smile however the mischaracterisation of my dog's behaviour by the general public always manages to irk me.” Yes! This is a perfect way to describe how Maria feels, and how Shadow’s behaviors are heavily misunderstood.

Yes he does love her and care for her. But you’re not going to see it just by observing the way he acts as evidence. His many intimate behaviors with her are learned, trained behaviors and tasks with multiple layers and purposes that people don’t grasp if they don’t understand his job. He’s often considered “cute” by humans, which Maria cant blame them for, but she hates how they see him as an animal to cooed over and not his own person. And she can’t do anything to dissuade their views since she literally relies on him as a tool, contradicting her own beliefs in his personhood and autonomy. Very messy.

Shadow’s training was most definitely problematic at best at the hands of Gerald considering what he is. If it’s a debate concerning dogs, then it would be extremely problematic concerning people. Gerald is not perfect in this au, he certainly has conflicting beliefs about Mobians compared to his younger granddaughter, and should not be looked at for moral guidance.

If the ultimate lifeform needed to be a human being, Gerald would still intend Shadow’s use to be the same. But a Mobian is capable of abilities a human is not, smaller and has more potential, so that’s why he is what he is. The ethics of using an autonomous being as a service animal are unimportant to him, and so he was willing to use questionable tactics to train him as well. His granddaughter’s life was depending on Shadow’s effectiveness, as there were no backups.

Similar to how I answered the previous ask, Shadow and Maria aren’t quite able to validate or see each other’s feelings fully as they have their predestined relationship. Maria is his charge, and Shadow is hers to use however she needs for her health. Of course she tries to treat him like a person. Like a roommate, with his own room and belongings and bathroom and self care. The matter is Shadow not caring to have belongings, and he only takes care of himself because he needs to be in the best conditions always for Maria. She struggles to be on the same page as him, and he’s sometimes cold toward her attempts at being more like friends, particularly if her health isn’t doing well. When she’s doing okay is when he relaxes and is more open to fun and idle time.

Shadow has a distant respect for Gerald, but he certainly was groomed into the perfect tool by him, starting ever since he was a baby fresh from the capsule. He didn’t have any kind of childhood, just a long training period in which he measured his development not by birthdays, but by milestones of achievements and reactionary accuracy to Maria’s needs. He does in some ways view Gerald like “family” only because he would naturally mimic the kind of language Maria used for her grandfather. But primarily, he is his creator, his keeper, and the one he answers to. Shadow is rebellious towards societal expectations and views and strangers but not to Gerald.

[i-identify-tanks-in-posts]

Less of an ID here, but what are your thoughts on the AbramsX, both as a platform as whole, and what technologies from it do you think will show up on future upgrades to the Abrams?

Oh boy, the Abrams X tech demo.

AKA: "Oh, so that's what the FCS program was for."

I have a lot of thoughts on the Abrams X, so, if you don't care to read all that, I'll leave a tl;dr at the bottom, in case someone wants to know my opinion without wanting to know why I have that opinion (for some reason.)

The Abrams X incorporates a lot of technology that excites me an awful lot. However, there are three things that stick out the most, so I'm gonna talk about them:

#1. The engine. The Abrams X uses a hybrid diesel engine (designed by Cadillac, if I remember correctly), which is a massive improvement over the current Abrams' gas turbine, which is less fuel efficient than just about every other MBT around. The new engine solves this problem by both switching to a hybrid design, which has greater performance, lesser noise, and lesser fuel consumption.

2. The turret/gun. It's remotely controlled, and miles better than the current m256, being lighter and even further integrated into optics/targeting. While I expect the real next-gen tanks to be equipping larger bore guns (in response to Russia and China looking to up-gun their next-gen MBTs), this Cannon is a fantastic intermediate step, and a great test bed/proof of concept for a remote-operated, auto-loading turret. This also drops the required crew down to 3, which may not seem like a big deal, but actually represents some pretty big stuff.

3. The integration. Ah, the "system of systems", come at last. Full integration to a combat network of drones, CAS fighters, other tanks, and in the future, perhaps fully autonomous ground vehicles. This is the thing that excites me most, as it means a truly massive level of integration and cooperation between every element of a combined arms forces, allowing every part to operate at a greater capacity. I've actually spoken with M1 tankers, and they seem most excited about the new Airplane-style helmets, and the level of coordination and targeting and spotting ability supplied by integrated drones.

However, it's not all sunshine and roses. With any massive leap forward in technology, this introduces a thousand thousand new potential points of failure into the system of every Abrams tank, which can cost lives when it counts. In addition, concerns have been expressed over the lowered crew count, saying that three people is not a reasonable number to expect to service and maintain a tank of the Abrams size out in the field, even with the supposed lower maintenance requirements of the Abrams X. Additionally, the smaller crew size and heavier focus on technology could indicate a shift in American tank ideology, towards the tanks being put out by other geopolitical powers, like China, Russia, and others.

So, to summarize, (here's that TL;DR I was talking about.) I think the Abrams is an incredibly promising test bed that is the culmination of the 1999-2009 Future Combat Systems program, and am excited to see how the technology will develop into the next generation of MBTs. However, I am cautious, as I can see several possible downsides to a lower crew size and a heavier reliance on tech.

[unhonestlymirror]

Chinese-russian relations resemble the relationship between you and the burger you took for lunch. Obviously, you take care of your burger so that it doesn't suddenly drop on the floor or get into the hands of others, so that it doesn't fall apart from careless storage (but in this case you will eat it too, it just will not be so convenient). Chinese-russian "friendship" is more like a story with a dying person and distant relatives who, in the "crucial hours", try to be "closer to the body" so that someone else does not claim the inheritance of the "deceased".

"China is slowly but persistently populating both its territories (sometimes disputed) and neighboring countries with Chinese. The Chineseization of Tibet, Hong Kong and Macau is proceeding at a rapid pace. For example, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1953 there were only 5% of Chinese, and in the 2010s - already about 40%.

Of course, russian invasion of Ukraine became a gift for Beijing. Let me remind you that in China, the Aigunsky (1858) and Beijing (1860) treaties are considered to be imposed by force and unfair.

The colonisation of russia is now proceeding from several directions at once:

1. Economic dependence. In fact, today the russian federation is turning into an appendage of Beijing.

China has received a large-scale training ground for testing alternative financial infrastructure to the West, and Chinese companies and banks are a reliable market. Russia is forced to sell energy resources at significant discounts, since it has almost no alternative large markets.

Chinese companies are filling the niche left by Western corporations in the russian market. Most of russia's currency reserves are stored in yuan. If China decides to devalue its currency to solve its economic problems, it will be a terrible blow to russia.

2. Technological dependence. Because of the sanctions, russia cannot buy Western technologies and relies more and more on Chinese analogues, from smartphones to industrial equipment. This creates long-term technological dependence. China can simply gradually raise prices for everything - russia will not get off the hook. They can blackmail with strategic supplies.

3. Demographic pressure The population of the russian Far East is rapidly decreasing. From 8 million in 1991 to approximately 6 million today. About 100 million people live in the border provinces of China. This demographic imbalance creates a natural migration pressure.

Chinese business is quickly mastering the forest industry, mining and agriculture of the Far East. The number of Chinese-language signs, Chinese restaurants and shops targeting Chinese tourists and businessmen is growing in border towns. No one knows how many Chinese live in russia now - there is too much unaccounted migration

P.S. Now, a new direction for Chineseization has opened. In russia, due to the war and emigration, there is a serious gender imbalance - although a little more boys are born, but then women come forward, and by the time women retire, there are almost twice as many as men.

In China, on the contrary, the "One family - one child" policy has led to the fact that the male population of China exceeds the female population by more than 30 million.

The Times writes: The Chinese have created a "marriage empire" to find wives in russia. The inability to afford a wedding with a Chinese woman who expects a "tzaila" — a wedding ransom in the form of real estate, gold, and gifts — pushes men to alternatives. Even in rural areas of China, the amount of the expected "repurchase" is 500-600 thousand yuan ($70-80 thousand), which makes the shortage unaffordable. As a result, a whole industry of marriage agencies has grown, offering services in the selection of brides from russia. There are marriage agencies in russia to find women for Chinese people. Romantic tours are arranged for those who wish to look for wives in Primorye."

[alderlock]

Streisand Makeover Full CC

This reminds me of the beauty salon that my mom used to work at before COVID-19. I remember the massage there was so good and it almost healed my migraine. I want to revive that feeling so here it is....

Actually, the salon was not that purplish but my mom loves the colour red, pink, blue, and purple and Mrs. Mcquve made my dream come true with her genius ideas.

Back in the day, we didn't have a pedicure chair, but when Ilenia (Jacky93Sims) made this I was over the moon and I just had to add it.

This lot can actually hold two businesses: clothes and makeovers, but in my gameplay, it's better to switch between two businesses since most customers prefer to buy clothes than have a makeover. To make a business with the massage table I suggest you download this mod so customers autonomously buy your massage service, it will help you with that annoying energy desperation.

When I tested the lot, overall, it is pretty much safe to use however I wanted to make a few notes that I changed Relaxing Teapot behaviour into gaining energy instead of giving comfort and similar ads (TTAB) with this tea set. There will be a game freeze if you keep using the teapot so I suggest you clean the pot and renew the brew. If you installed the pot from original creators you may not receive these changes.

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