Aurora is an 4X simulation game in which you start from a civilization barely on edge of the Space Age, and guide them to galactic domination---or possibly crushing, painful defeat at the hands of your equally-ambitious neighbors or grumpy elder civilizations. It is the labor of love of a single dedicated designer (Steve Walmsley), and its depth and attention to detail rival that of the perennial Mefi favorite
Dwarf Fortress. (Also much like Dwarf Fortress, the UI has a learning curve, being primarily based around what appears to be a series of spreadsheets.) The main game, and most recent patch, can downloaded from the Aurora forums
here and
here respectively.
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posted by Upton O'Good
on Oct 21, 2012 -
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The UK Government has published extracts from COINS, the
Combined Online Information System used by the Treasury to track all public spending by the Government. Together, the
files constitute about 11Gb of data in delimited text format containing consolidated financial information for each department and account type.
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posted by Electric Dragon
on Jun 4, 2010 -
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