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I've been on github for 10+ years and that's what I use stars for.

I think you might be thinking of 'Spacebase DF-9' by Doublefine, which was released in a fairly primitive state and then basically never updated.

Gnomoria is already quite advanced (mechanically) and has been getting content updates for ages.

Kerbal Space Program is fantastic, I'll always recommend that. It might be worth checking out Gnomoria too; it's a lot easier to get started with (IMO) than Dwarf Fortress, but still provides a lot of mechanical depth.

This article actually prompted me to finally get around to deleting my LinkedIn account

It's been called climate change for quite some time; for instance the IPCC was established in 1988: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipcc

A surcharge for using credit cards is fairly common here; as far as I'm aware it's not against their ToS within Australia.

Here's a relevant article which discusses attempts to limit the surcharges: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/351577/20120613/rba-seeks-lim...

And the loans are only indexed to CPI too. So you won't end up getting crushed by interest if you can't pay it back quickly.