DerKriegs

DerKriegs, 6 months ago

Szass Tam did nothing wrong

DerKriegs, 7 months ago

I’m reading the Cradle series by Will Wight. Some great progression fantasy, currently on book 5, Ghostlight.

DerKriegs, 7 months ago

It’s a safety procedure: if equipment is faulty, you lock the controls with a special device to render it unusable until it is serviced, and a tag accompanies the lock to show when the service call was placed. If locking is impossible, just the tag will suffice.

DerKriegs, 8 months ago

I had originally done quite a bit of tinkering with tectonics for my world’s map, but found I wasn’t getting the results I was looking for/getting frustrated with just how much was involved to feasibly replicate it.

I found my fantasy solution: while the world was still molten hot from its creation, great elder beasts were plopped down on it, and in their ensuing melee, the mountains, hills, oceans, and trenches were formed. Their now dead forms can still be found on the world, many of the largest mountain ranges, island chains, and deep sea trenches found along their breadth.

I didn’t really answer your question, but you had me thinking of bashing my head against my keyboard for a couple of weeks some time ago!

DerKriegs, 8 months ago

German politics and energy consumption aside, I think they have the best base of knowledge for what your proposed economic model has in store for them and their allies. They had that model forced upon them, and fought for change and economic freedom. There was a freaking wall dividing their country over that.

Don’t shitpost on good discussion please.

DerKriegs, 8 months ago

I love what you said about believing in agency: knowing what power is ultimately in our hands would change the world for the better.

DerKriegs, 8 months ago

absolute gonk>

I gotta start using that!

DerKriegs, 9 months ago

You’re definitely thinking of T1, or health class and the Internet lied to me all my life. Come to think of it…

But for sure you can get T2 from making unhealthy choices with sugar consumption.

DerKriegs, 9 months ago

This is a top tier meme format for music communities. Making me need to dive into more game OSTs.

If anyone is on the hunt for good ones, Brad Derrick did some incredible work for Elder Scrolls Online. It’s all fantasy sounds, but an excellent source of ambience for the TTRPG player. A two album set for the base game, and an album for each expansion. It’s some 10 hours of solid work!

DerKriegs, 9 months ago

Ok, I get this, but let’s take a closer look:

Have you ever seen such a high resolution Pikachu meme? Such a shame it’s been wasted on more political rhetoric that no one asked for. More pixels in the damn quotes text, how wild!

DerKriegs, 9 months ago

If you’re looking for a TTRPG and not wanting to worry about the lfg hassle, check out Ironsworn! Grimdark low fantasy, playable in solo or co-op. Just takes some getting used to, and reading lots of player advice, but playing solo become very easy if you already have that rpg brain leading the way. Also free materials online, but I bought the core rules and the “dungeon” expansion hardcopies for about $50 (USD).

I’ve since converted a couple of things and am solo playing to beef up the plot of a book I’m writing in a world I’ve been working on for about 5 years. Makes that process engaging for the gamer side of me!

Can’t help you with the bees, I’m afraid…

DerKriegs, 9 months ago

It did just that for me, gets those creative juices flowing!

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

Not sure I’m going to support it when there all plenty of decent free third party apps. Been using Jerboa since I made the switch, and have enjoyed the interface quite a bit.

I just can’t get behind the idea of paying for the ad free experience. Still support the developer, but it better not be like Sync’s $20.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

Ah yes, I too value the mastery of the Thu’um in my partner.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

Ah, so even the “landed gentry” made the migration… /s

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

While your numbers, if factual (no source posted), are statistically correct (in that it won’t make our species go extinct), you have to remember a simple fact: those numbers represent individual human lives. Family, friends, neighbors, your pizza guy, etc. Pretty brutal to be so flippant about.

Also, this doesn’t take into account the potential for cascading environmental system failures that could be caused by such warming. These unknowns could greatly change the equation.

I realize you are mainly arguing the point in response to “existential threats” being bandied about, but it’s a weird stance to take here.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

Thanks for the solid source! I do understand the need for keeping the discussion real, but the article clearly states,

…concluded that to avert catastrophic health impacts and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths…

Sounds pretty existential to me, at a scale we have never experienced.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

Nah, existential is spot on

Relating to existence

Seems all too apropos in this context.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

That anxiety bit is too true, it has me fairly despondent when I think about it too long. It’s fair assertion you make, for sure.

DerKriegs, 10 months ago

I’d love to be a gatekeeper saying “we’re already full, turn back around”, but I’m a CA transplant myself. Personally, I’m looking to leave myself: too cold most of the year, and it’s getting really $$$. YMMV

DerKriegs, 11 months ago

Some ideas:

• Postmates/Doordash/Uber Eats: a divination-based courier service - "The crystal ball said I’m supposed to look for you. Got something I’m supposed to deliver. Let’s see here…"
• Software engineer: wizard creating thousands of castings of magic mouth to create a machine as a lab assistant - "One of the mouths keeps repeating ‘syntax error’ every time i active the first. Well there goes the last month’s worth of castings…"
• Tech support: warlocks in the employ of a kingdom that gains it power from eldritch beings - “Have you tried turning the ether blood connection off and back on again?”

DerKriegs, 11 months ago

Good to see some Tennesse Ernie Ford still floating around!

DerKriegs, 11 months ago

Fahrenheit, as opposed to Celsius. Pretty mild day, 26 C for those across the pond.

DerKriegs, 11 months ago

Fair enough, I just don’t have a frame of easy reference for standard, as it seems many don’t for imperial.