JaymesRS

JaymesRS, 18 days ago

Arctic and Mlem for iOS.

Arctic is my primary, it was the first that I know of to include admin tools, the single developer is super accessible and on top of for resolving bugs and does a good job at supporting markdown both in the editor and the viewer.

Mlem is my backup if I need to access 2 different spots on the Lemmy-verse. It has a great viewer and interface but is missing a markdown editor.

JaymesRS, 19 days ago

It was discovered apparently when he went in for mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna. Mercury poisoning… in an anti-vaxxer… who has cited mercury as a reason to avoid vaccines…

Nathian Fillion speachless gif

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

“There are just too many pre-trial motions yet to be decided for us to continue on the original plan*” she opined, having chosen not to decide them in the when they were raised months ago.

*- not an actual quote

JaymesRS, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago)

In the US they never dropped the mandatory overtures to religiosity. In fact, there was a period in the 90s-early 2000s where one sizable religious group who had replaced their prior youth organization with the BSA got pretty involved at the national level to the detriment of the program as a whole. While it’s not really required in any real sense at the troop level, you do have to affirm a belief in some “higher power” as an adult volunteer. (I’m an Eagle Scout and now atheist)

In Sweden, the Svenska Scoutförbundet was an outgrowth from the original UK scouting movement, but I don’t know how big it was/is.

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

I know. It just seemed to me that their influence began to ramp up even more (perhaps that was just my local troop though) when the LDS Church started paying registrations and activities fees in the early 90s but it truthfully happened slowly like boiling a frog over a long time.

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

I have a feeling that’s kind of where I’m gonna end up as well. As a general statement, I’m not sure that I enjoy the genre on its own like I generally do fantasy, mystery, or science fiction, but I am definitely enjoying a few of the books in the genre a lot.

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

Do you have any recommendations?

Maybe: One you feel is the Best? First I should read to get a feel? Your Favorite?

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

Thanks, I bought the series a while back and I have yet to start reading it, but I’m looking forward to it

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

It’s too bad the judge is playing Calvin Ball

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

Not yet. He’s made reference to it in a couple filings, but hasn’t actually filed yet. My guess is that it’s such a monumental request for this particular trial, he needs there to be no question that he has her dead to rights, “When you strike at the king you must kill him”.

JaymesRS, 21 days ago

Alternatively, instant Bear Calvary.

bear calvary: two men riding bearsone with a sword, the other a rifle

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

I first read her stuff when she did a bunch of early Star Trek and Star Wars books in the 80s-90s. I always loved her stuff. Great choice.

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

I’ve been way busier than I expected with the end of the school year coming up. I managed to finally start The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids by Michael McClung though. It’s been near the top of my TBR list when someone recommended it alongside The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch as great thief/heist style books. And it works for a Bingo Square.

I’m not really far enough in to have an opinion though.

JaymesRS, 20 days ago

You mentioning this is what made me think to post this post about LitRPG/GameLit.

JaymesRS, 25 days ago

We just started a book Bingo over at !books and one of the categories involves thieves or spies. Since The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids by Michael McClung was on sale recently and it had been highly recommended I just started that.

JaymesRS, 25 days ago

Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ9a1SEqrohLZ1-lGY…

JaymesRS, 25 days ago

The fact that you still can’t arrange your desktop by penis is a travesty.

JaymesRS, 26 days ago

You’re probably already aware of this, but since I occasionally use Mlem as well (in case I need to copy and paste between two different spots) so I checked there and it looks like their solution is to just scroll the table back-and-forth, which isn’t great, but it is another alternative. I like your solution, and appreciate the work you do. Thanks so much.

JaymesRS, 25 days ago

I definitely was thinking of how litRPG fit in when working on a couple of the squares. I have a soft spot for JP Valentine since I was introduced to the genre via his books.

JaymesRS, 25 days ago

I had a similar experience when I was working through some of the early “The Shadow” pulps and was surprised a couple times at just how blatant the racism was.

JaymesRS, 26 days ago

That’s awesome. A couple of us were looking for something similar when we left a year ago, and I’m glad you’re looking forward to it.

JaymesRS, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

That’s a good question, and if you’re referring to the book I think you are that was a tough one for me when I was thinking about it.

Where I came down ultimately was whether or not the disability required some level of adaptation in day to day tasks for a non insignificant passage of time.

The D&D artifacts The Eye of Vecna and The Hand of Vecna are good comparisons. Both require removing the corresponding body part to use, but if you replace your original one with the artifact immediately after removing the corresponding body part and you have similar functionality as you did before but now with extra abilities; the you never really need to learn to adapt to the loss. Now if a character had been born blind and later gained the Eye of Vecna, they would gain sight, but would have had a significant experience of managing without it.

JaymesRS, 21 days ago

One other square as it exists on your card. If you swap a square to an alternate, that square now exists on your card, otherwise they do not.