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[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Ideally, we’d even be able to screen out psychopaths and other troublesome traits, but give it time, I guess.

No you don't want that. That's one massive door to dictatorship if I ever saw one. Imagine the power of declining presidential candidates because you declare them troublesome.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Paper print in a safe is what's usual done.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Living in perpetual rain fog and twilight does that with you

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

A bidet ain't 100% clean. Sometimes there is small residue which you notice when you dry with toilet paper. I got a handheld bidet btw and since installing it 10y ago I really hate pooping without.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I can attest to this. I'm a security analyst / incident responder for a large organization. 9 out of 10 times we get a "malware domain" hit on our network sensors, it's due to malware being pushed in ads. It's real and it's dangerous. Our entire organization runs adblockers.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

The beatings will continue until Photoshop is mastered.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

moderator who would delete posts with traction and repost it himself for karma

I've had this happen to me, it felt so fucking wrong lol. My thread got deleted by the mod and he reposted it as a sticky on his own name without so much mentioning me.

[–] Tankton@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking 4/20 isn't right today since day comes before month and I'll just celebrate it when it's.... Ah shit

 
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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Tankton@lemm.ee to c/castles@lemm.ee
 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Foix

Streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/mQ8tPVqjKcfwQXTV8

Another great pic:

Built In the style of 7th-century fortification, the castle is known from 987. In 1002, it was mentioned in the will of Roger I, Count of Carcassonne, who bequeathed the fortress to his youngest child, Bernard. In effect, the family ruling over the region were installed here which allowed them to control access to the upper Ariège valley and to keep surveillance from this strategic point over the lower land, protected behind impregnable walls.

In 1034, the castle became capital of the County of Foix and played a decisive role in medieval military history. During the two following centuries, the castle was home to Counts with shining personalities who became the soul of the Occitan resistance during the crusade against the Albigensians. The county became a privileged refuge for persecuted Cathars.

The castle, often besieged (notably by Simon de Montfort in 1211 and 1212), resisted assault and was only taken once, in 1486, thanks to treachery during the war between two branches of the Foix family.

From the 14th century, the Counts of Foix spent less and less time in the uncomfortable castle, preferring the Governors' Palace (Palais des gouverneurs). From 1479, the Counts of Foix became Kings of Navarre and the last of them, made Henri IV of France, annexed his Pyrrenean lands to France.

As seat of the Governor of the Foix region from the 15th century, the castle continued to ensure the defence of the area, notably during the Wars of Religion. Alone of all the castles in the region, it was exempted from the destruction orders of Richelieu (1632-1638).

Until the Revolution, the fortress remained a garrison. Its life was brightened with grand receptions for its governors, including the Count of Tréville, captain of musketeers under Louis XIII and Marshal Philippe Henri de Ségur, one of Louis XVI's ministers. The Round Tower, built in the 15th century, is the most recent, the two square towers having been built before the 11th century. They served as a political and civil prison for four centuries until 1862.

Since 1930, the castle has housed the collections of the Ariège départemental museum. Sections on prehistory, Gallo-Roman and mediaeval archaeology tell the history of Ariège from ancient times. Currently, the museum is rearranging exhibits to concentrate on the history of the castle site so as to recreate the life of Foix at the time of the Counts.

 

Dit is geen incheckbalie, maar wel een soort forum. Kom maar legen die emmer :)

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Tankton@lemm.ee to c/castles@lemm.ee
 

Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muiden_Castle

Streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/LksdqxGA9G1MvUA26

The original defensive castle was built for Count Floris V in about 1285. At the time, it was just thick walls (1½ meters thick in some places) and four short corner towers. Soldiers camped in the courtyard. It stands at the mouth of the Vecht River which was an important trade route at the time. Floris, though, was killed by his own nobility during a hunt about ten years later, and they destroyed his castle while they were at it.

Starting in 1370, the castle was rebuilt and expanded. About 200 years later it was further strengthened by adding additional fortress walls around it.

 

I like it here!

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Kasteel Doorwerth - Netherlands (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Tankton@lemm.ee to c/castles@lemm.ee
 

Always loved this castle near my house:

Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorwerth_Castle

Streetview:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.9670651,5.7872612,3a,75y,115.71h,95.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stOf3HbMwO4sxYUBSBh0DCQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu

More pics:

Brief History:

The original castle, probably wooden, is first mentioned in 1260 when it was besieged and burned to the ground, after which it was rebuilt in stone. In 1280 this second castle was again besieged and this time the bailey was burned down. This castle probably consisted of a simple hall-keep, two stories high with 1.20 meter thick walls, and featured a surrounding moat which was fed by the nearby river Rhine.

During the 14th century the castle was continually enlarged. Doorwerth Castle was originally the property of the Van Dorenweerd family. In 1402 Robert van Dorenweerd dedicated the castle to the Count of Gelre, Reinald IV. In return Robert was granted the castle and its land in fief. Around the middle of the 15th century the castle was enlarged again, this time by knight Reinald van Homoet, the 10th Lord of Dorenweerd, who was also the owner of Doornenburg Castle.

Doorwerth Castle reached its largest form just after the middle of the 16th century under Daem Schellart van Obbendorf, the 15th Lord of Dorenweerd. He made the castle and the group of buildings on the bailey into a unity and adjusted them for more space and comfort. By 1560 Doorwerth Castle had almost reached its present appearance. Around 1637 the bailey was rebuilt to its present appearance and a dike was built around the castle to protect it from flooding of the river Rhine.

 
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