Malgas

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Malgas,

Shouldn’t the big ones be Durdcell and Durccell?

Also: Dur9vcell.

Malgas,

Those “complex” Romans are all imaginary.

Something like “VII + i” would be unambiguously complex.

Unless, wait, are we taking “VIIi” to mean ‘7 + i’ because that’s how Roman numerals treat concatenation? If so, how would we represent other purely imaginary values? Just lowercase Roman numerals (e.g. “iv” for ‘4i’)?

…I may have gotten a bit nerd-sniped there.

Malgas,

There’s also the nocebo meme, where you show someone a regular meme and tell them it’s a shitpost.

[Forever-free Friday] The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (www.dfworkshop.net)

Before Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind there was Daggerfall, the second entry in what has become a household name for fantasy RPGs. The original is available on Steam and GOG, though 23 years later we have a modern remake in the form of Daggerfall Unity which brings in modern graphics, controls, QoL improvements and mod support...

Malgas,

There’s an option (or maybe it’s a mod?) in Daggerfall Unity to reduce the size of the procedural dungeons. The plot dungeons will still be stupidly large, as their layout is fixed, but it helps with everything else.

Malgas,

The brief was obviously “HAL 9000, but make it seem less threatening".

Malgas,

As far as any of those sites are concerned, I was born January first, [the earliest year they allow].

Malgas,

Pfft, catapults. A trebuchet can launch a 90kg advertisement over 300 meters.

Malgas,

As someone who is from Or*n, rofl. My parents even have a story about their dog from when I was a baby freaking out about a banana slug while we were camping.

Malgas,

Just because you’ve met gods is no reason to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.

James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com)

Astronomers have used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to confirm one of the most troubling conundrums in all of physics — that the universe appears to be expanding at bafflingly different speeds depending on where we look....

Malgas,

The sound of scientific discovery is less often “Eureka!” than “Huh, that’s funny…”

Malgas,

Also thunder and lightning really ought to count as seeing and hearing electricity.

Hell, seeing anything at all may technically count, because electromagnetic waves.

Malgas,

“Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own national bird at the windmills until they reached their limit and shut down.”

Malgas,

TIL the Star Trek Discovery character has a real life namesake.

Malgas,

That math assumes a flat distribution of popping times, which I suspect is incorrect.

Listening to a bag of microwave popcorn, it starts off slow, gets more rapid, and then tapers off again, implying that kernels are more likely to pop near the average time, which makes it somewhat more likely for two kernels to pop simultaneously.

But yeah, whole bag at once is probably still basically zero. Unless you use one of these, of course.

Malgas,

Even within sci fi there’s a divide between “hard” and “soft”, where the former puts emphasis on plausible technology and the latter can be little more than an aesthetic.

The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling is an example of hard steampunk.

Malgas,

He did specify a large 3D printer. So it might be 2 or even 3 feet in length.

Malgas,

I think TES NPCs have been reacting to clothing since Daggerfall. Back then it was just a disposition modifier based on the total value of what you were wearing, but still.

Malgas,

“Talk to cats” is definitely a trick. I already talk to cats, the problem is understanding.

Malgas,

Honestly, perception checks should be rolled behind the screen. Or anything where the character wouldn’t immediately know the outcome.

Sure, players shouldn’t act on things their character doesn’t know, but why give them the temptation?

Malgas,

Or mind-affecting stuff with will saves.

Malgas,

It’s amazing how often things are similar to what they are.

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