Malgas

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Malgas,

Nice dickerdoodle. And whatever the yonic equivalent of “dickerdoodle” is.

Vagingerbread? Pusscotti? Labiakuchen?

Malgas,

…but it did come out in—

Oh. I see what you did there.

Malgas,

You don’t even need a special die for this. Just roll a d8 and subtract 4 if it’s 5-8. Just like using a d6 as a d3.

Malgas,

You could do something like ((d6-1)*20+d20)/15.

But that’s an awful lot of work just to avoid having a d8.

Malgas,

We also still “dial” phone numbers, despite the fact that phones haven’t had dials for something like half a century.

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Malgas,

Also taking legal action against people who helped your customers resolve the consequences of such an attack seems perfectly normal and not at all contrary to that narrative.

Malgas,

“Train pirate” has got to be one of the steampunkiest job titles I’ve ever heard.

Malgas,

Excuse me, but the correct term is “sarsaparilly”.

Malgas,

Could magic overcome, resolve or undo a disability?

Some, certainly. Assuming D&D, mid-level clerics can restore missing limbs (and, though the spell description doesn’t mention them specifically, I would argue ocular, auditory, and spinal injuries as well). So disability due to injury should at least be less common than in the real world.

Congenital issues, on the other hand, are much more difficult. Wish would work, but that’s not exactly accessible.

That said, there’s considerable potential for the magical equivalent of prostheses and other accessibility devices to be more effective than their real-world counterparts.

Malgas,

Cause fantasy games with dragons are famously known to all contain interstellar travel.

Well, Ultima did, so it is technically an early feature of the genre.

As an aside, I would love to see the concept of “high fantasy space opera” get more love.

Malgas,

Also yes.

But I think in this case it’s meant to indicate that Giuliani was expressly working for him at the time.

Malgas,

Latin also used apple as a stand-in for generic fruit, cf. malum persicum (“Persian apple”) meaning peach.

And, fun fact, the English word “pineapple” was originally synonymous with “pinecone” (i.e. the fruit of the pine tree).

Malgas,

And, to the extent that it was occult, it was typically biblical occultism. There was a big emphasis on the wisdom of Solomon in particular.

Malgas,

Left is correct; implicit multiplication takes precedence over explicit multiplication or division.

Malgas,

Implicit multiplication is xy or x(y), explicit multiplication is x*y.

Basically just whether or not there’s an actual multiplication symbol.

Malgas,

No, multiplication and division are resolved from left to right in the same step. But implicit multiplication (xy, as opposed to x*y) happens first.

Malgas,

Ted can be short for Edward.

Malgas,

“Tits out” is a state of mind.

Malgas,

Note, too, that there is value in being rigorous about “common sense” assertions.

Some of the most exciting discoveries happen when something everybody assumed they knew turns out to be wrong.

Malgas,

(laughs in maths)

D&D math jokes? Let’s go!

Q: What phases through stone and is equivalent to the axiom of choice?

A: Xorn’s Lemma

Malgas,

Withholding your vote doesn’t do anything.

Well, not anything good. But it’s mathematically equivalent to half a vote for the major party candidate you like least.

Malgas,

Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection.

Malgas,

English has:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Malgas,

“A man walks down the street in that hat mech, people know he’s not afraid of anything.”

Malgas,

That said, the bandwidth of strapping microSD cards to carrier pigeons is actually pretty high.

Malgas,

It annoys me that hardly any of Dresden’s needling of Cat Sith works when spoken aloud.

(Because that “sith” is pronounced “shee”; it’s the Scottish spelling of “sidhe”.)

Malgas,

If you wish to create a folder in Windows 10 from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

(Apologies to Carl Sagan.)

Malgas,

Ursula?

Malgas,

Oxen

Children

Brethren

Regexen

Malgas,

Or replicate the parts needed to assemble an exact copy.

Malgas,

The Enterprise’s computer is Hex, confirmed:

++???++ Out of cheese error. Redo From Start

Malgas,

Based on her outfit, she’s about to be the lusty argonian matron.

Malgas,

Sometimes I wonder if I was around in the 60s if I’d hear more people bitch about her being a woman or her being black.

Not really important in the broader context, but I think Pike was talking about Una here.

Malgas,

*Consuming raw or undercooked the rich may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

Malgas,

Even then, it wasn’t the controller that failed…

Malgas,

in exchange for some bird food.

Cooked buckwheat groats (kasha) are a traditional Ukrainian staple. To this day, Ukraine has the second largest buckwheat consumption per capita.

Not that that makes the rest of it any better.

Malgas,

It’s Clarke’s Third Law.

Malgas,

Why is the third one not:


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?

Malgas,

Wait, is that explicitly mentioned in the series? (Plausible, but I don’t remember it.)

Or is it just because there’s syncretism between Odin and Santa?

Malgas,

The term “warlock” comes from a root (Old English, wærloga) that literally means “pact-breaker”.

So I’d say it’s very much in the spirit of the class to eventually betray one’s patron.

Malgas,

IIRC there were builds in 3e D&D that could crit on something insane like 11 or 12.

Malgas,

There’s a Technology Connections video where he cuts a hole in a dishwasher to install a plexiglass sheet. It leaked like hell, but you do get to see inside while it’s running.

Malgas,

I suggest a new strategy, Chewie, let the android win.

Malgas,

Don’t hate me if I got the quote wrong.

I believe what Captain Archer actually said there was “The zone we will be venturing into is one of danger.”

Malgas,

Well, unless they mean:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_officinalis

Malgas,

Nope: Refusing to play makes the result you like least more likely.

Malgas,

don’t give me that “oh, they can’t win” bullshit

Unfortunately it’s not bullshit, but a mathematical consequence of first past the post elections. Voting for a third party is equivalent to not voting in terms of getting your most hated major candidate into office.

The only way out is election reform.

Malgas,

Not voting is mathematically equivalent to a half vote for genocide deluxe.

So, yes, your (refusal to) vote does matter, in that it makes the situation a bit worse.

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