Today I learned:
1) How to code unit tests in Python! It is, as so many things in Python are, ridiculously easy. And, as I recalled from earlier experiences unit-testing, I spent just as much time debugging the tests as I did fixing the code they were testing. I expect good future returns from the investment, though.
2) There are many pre-made 3D-printable models for star destroyers. They come in many forms, including ISDs (both I and II), VSDs, Venators, Interdictors (I know, technically not a star destroyer) — heck, I even found a model for a Republic-class star destroyer. No super star destroyer models, though, weirdly.
3) In world war I, to encourage enlistment after suffering massive casualties in France and Turkey, the British government hired young women to patrol the streets, looking for young men who had not joined up to fight. When they found them, the women were instructed to publicly berate and humiliate the young men for not doing their duty. They carried white feathers, which they would place on the young men’s lapels or hats as a symbol of cowardice. This was apparently pretty effective for a while… although it could get a little nasty when the women accidentally harassed returned soldiers.
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