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There are a ton of different files, with tons of different tags.  For specific questions, I would suggest heading to the modding forum.

The only real mods I do are removing aquifers from all the soil and rock typesl.  I HATE aquifers.

Also, changes generally don't require you to regen the world, but additions do.  So you can change, say, the Rose Gold reaction to require no reagents or fuel, and make 100 bars of steel, but you can't add a "make free steel" reaction and expect it to show up without regenning the world.

This is why some people who are fairly heavy in modding the game will add several dummy reactions like "metal reaction 1" or something that are empty, so that they can add stuff later without having to removing something else at the same time.

Making the metalsmiths a burrow that has all the necessities of life is probably your best bet.  Just be sure to use some really high-quality stuff there, to make sure they stay nice and happy.  Considering that you can easily build a fortress that can host 100 dwarves using your starting 7 in one year, it shouldn't be that hard to set up a subordinate fortress.

I don't think the Congress has jurisdiction in Sweden, so you guys are getting a copy of the Great Firewall of China I guess.

Ah, but could they get the license for it?  It would be ironic if they would have to pirate it in order to fight piracy...

(yes, I know it's not an actual, singular program, but a series of incredibly restrictive and punitive laws designed to make ISP's zealously censor or face crippling fines)

'Course... if it overheats while it's away from the computer... it might be defective. There's no way it should overheat solely from its own heat production.

That's just wrong.  USB Network Card get very, very hot all on their own without having anything wrong with them.

Out of the box, first day, mine got crazy hot.  Out of the box, first day, completely different brand, my friend's got crazy hot.  And now the OP (who has yet a third brand) has one that gets crazy hot.

There's a lot of electricity flowing through those little things, and no air circulation inside.

Architecture can improve the value of stuff that's built with it, but I haven't really found that to be an issue -- mostly what you're building with Architecture is utilitarian stuff that isn't part of a Room, and I hate waiting for the architect just to build another freaking smelter.

I also have well protected forestry preserves and a ton of low-quality axes (from training my weaponsmith)

So...

My Jacks (from left to right in Therapist:
Wood Cutting, Masonry (limit the actual masons shops to require skill, this way walls get built fast), Animal Training (I haven't seen any skill differences here except speed), Feed Patients/Prisoners (recover wounded goes to an armored squad), Butchery, Tanning, Soap Making, Wood Burning, Potash Making, Lye Making, Milling, Brewing (I've heard there's a hidden quality from booze, but I got myself a legendary brewer, forbid my entire stock of booze, and only used the 'legendary booze, and couldn't see a difference), Plant Processing, Cheese Making, Milking, Fish Cleaning, Fish Dissection, Furnace Operating, Gem Cutting, Glass Making (the glass furnace that doesn't just have "make Raw Green Glass" on Repeat has skill requirements), Mechanics (again, limit the shop to those with skill), Architecture, and Cleaning

I have a cadre of haulers, which I also cycle as militia, so they can actually gain some stat points, and a few specialist haulers who's lot in life never changes -- a few food/drink haulers, a single 'nurse' who's only job is to take care of the wounded (usually idle), and, once they get strong enough, a few dedicated rock haulers.  I also like to turn pump operating on my haulers, but limit the number of pumps.  This way I still get hauling, and, like with the militia, my haulers get stats.

If you have plenty of barrels, set someone to plant gathering and gather a huge swath of aboveground plants.  You won't get much, but you can brew those into variety for drinks, and they provide supplemental food.  It's good for those early days if you got a late start on agriculture.

On the other hand, our poor that drop down to only the top 30% of worldwide wealth end up homeless on the street, struggling to get a scrap of food to eat, and can't get jobs because they don't have an address or place to clean up, or clothes that aren't filthy and falling apart.  (unless they happen to have family/friends they can crash with)