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What color is the house? Can I barter?

You'd be surprised at the number of things you can do with free services!

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Looks like quite an exotic combination. Could see a lot more of it in the next generation or two too, as China's done a lot of stuff in Africa recently.

She's pretty cute and seems pretty smart and motivated with that bit about going for a masters. Shame about the racism, but hopefully that will work out well.

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We also live in a world where Star Trek is ripping off Mass Effect now, so it all kinda comes full circle. Nothing is truly new, only the technologies involved change a bit.

Third Earth (Thundercats)

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

yeah, i don't think you get to go "i'm so angry i wasn't told about it sooner" when you went "the flu is worse" for months when you WERE told about it

Any day now, those 15 cases will go down to 0, just you wait!

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Corrik7 posted...

Anyone have an idea for masks? I made one but I struggle to breathe through it some / gets too hot and I expell my breath upwards which fogs my glasses constantly.

https://tinyurl.com/se6eanv

There are quite a number of similar instructionals/videos along these lines.

I've also found this link which compares different potential mask materials and rates them along metrics like virus stopping potential and breathability.

https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus/

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Nice to see the Orthogonal series get some love. Pretty much everything I've read by Greg Egan has been solid. This particular universe was fun in that he took an equation, turned a - into a +, and then extrapolated the resulting consequences in terms of how light and matter functioned and made a trilogy out of it.

Hmm...let's go with a classic this time....Flatland

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So I gave Darwin's Game a whirl. I'm a sucker for setups like this where people fight/talk/plan and everyone has one weird trick each. This particular one does it adequately with some pretty ace sound design. Plot and characters are all pretty meh, but the selling point is the entertainment value in watching them all mix around together.

I liked it enough to check out the manga, which has far exceeded my expectations. Generally I find a lot of manga hard to read, but this one's pretty easy on the eyes...there seems to be loads of attention to details and even action seems to flow smoothly.

I keep getting massive amounts of deja vu with this island event arc though...I feel like I've seen a ton of these plot beats in another anime/manga but nothing comes to mind. The only thing I can think of is maybe I watched some video concerning some aspect of the plot or something.

Overall, pretty solid popcorn anime/manga experience.

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You LOVE the idea of people paying for oxygen and elite jackasses lording it over those less fortunate, but don't think fondly of the expanse which has both of those things. Classic Anagram...

Anyway, let's see what other settings I can think of that haven't been talked to death already...

Xanth

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Chrono Trigger was my gut instinct, and while I can think of individual tracks from other games I like more, I think I'll stick with my gut. Pretty much every track is solid.

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The Expanse

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Depends on the kind of zombie, what weapons I have access to, how viable fleeing is, and how borked the rest of the world already is.

But assuming I had a shotgun and it was known that a bite would definitely turn them into a zombie without any recourse for a cure, then it probably would make more sense to shoot both the zombie and them before they could do the same to me. There would be less suffering and body/mind alteration on their end too.

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Rocks are mass and c is the speed of light. Mix them together in a square arena and you'll get lots of energy. That's just science.

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Five-ring Chinese Broadsword from Into the Badlands.

https://tinyurl.com/u442w3j

It looks much better in action, but finding a good clip that's short is tricky.

If you're in the mood to watch a fun fight, I did find this though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdUYm7CZHI

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https://youtu.be/mMUIDK0TzcA?t=184

Imagine this minute of music from 3:04 to 4:32 is what you hear for 90% of the time you play a game. Loop it over and over for hours at a go. Welcome to my personal hell.

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Clearly rpgs are actually a metroidvania subset.

You have to obtain powerups (stats/weapon upgrades) to make progress. Exploration is encouraged through dungeon chests and bs locked door puzzles. There is lots of backtracking to find all of the secrets. Maps help you figure out where the next location you need to go is. Different places have different music.

Yessir, there's no doubt that rpgs really did borrow a lot from metroidvanias, even before metroidvanias existed. How they did so remains a closely guarded trade secret.

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Equilibrium is in the same kind of space. It has fights using 'gun kata' a mixture of martial arts and well, guns.

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What you want is a PC with blast processing. The more LEDs you put in it, the higher your FPS will be. Make sure that your power supply is able to handle the wattage your gaming will demand. Remember to always build up a static charge when installing new components, as this will help keep new electrons from getting trapped in the system.

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Finally got around to watching that Dr. Stone show people have been going on about. A bit annoyingly light at times, but it's heart's always been in the right place. Very weird seeing science like shonen powerups. As Goku is to martial arts, Senku is to science. The show makes me believe that if he wanted to, he could build a stone age time machine and somehow be the instigator of the plot.

Last few episodes had me thinking about how they were possibly going to 1. finish the thing they were going to make and 2. use the thing for what they wanted to use it for.

Then the last episode happened and it could not have been a more beautiful of a way to wrap the season up.

Guess I'll have to check out the manga now XD

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Ertyu might be on to something. People who wash their hands are statistically more likely to play kirby games.

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Poll never said I couldn't use star power or hax!

But seriously, while I might be ok at getting past them, the true odds are something like 0% because I'm having difficulty imagining myself playing through the original Super Mario Bros to make such a scenario possible, even for nostalgia's sake.

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LadyVyxx posted...

You literally roleplay as zelda

Not if we can't fit into a dress we don't!

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That is a strange way to say Numberphile...

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I agree, but counterpoint....too many people aren't cautious about isolating regardless.

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guffguy89 posted...

let's remember that any trial vaccine, even if shown as successful amongst participants, is still 6-12 months away. They need time to evaluate if there are any serious side effects to the vaccine. Don't want people developing problems or turning into the green goblin or something.

Considering how panicked everyone is and how immediate everything needs to be, I for one welcome our new Covid-19 immune green goblin overlords.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XLXg4fYsc

Interesting way to look at the data. It has some caveats (which the video breaks down), but looks otherwise solid...certainly a more reasoned and mathematical approach than most of the other takes I've seen regarding the virus.

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Didn't support a first term, wouldn't make sense to support a second or third. Really wish we had more party options that stood a ghost of a chance.

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Not_an_Owl posted...

what the fuck did I just read

People inventing knowledge to feel more in control of the situation where knowledge and control are largely absent.

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KCF0107 posted...

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489753-epa-suspends-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-amid-coronavirus#bottom-story-socials

Awesome. The earth thought it caught a break after China shut down production for a month, but thankfully America is on the scene to fuck things up even more.

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swordz9 posted...

Bofuri getting a 2nd season!

I just watched the final episode. Maple is the most adorable final boss of a character ever <3

Whatever nonsense she gets up to next season will be nothing short of legendary!

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I know that a lot of organic chemicals haven't been properly mapped. When food chemists go to make flavors, they isolate one or two out of thousands that particularly stand out. So even if every atom could be known, it wouldn't really tell you much. Far easier to make educated guesses and arrive at suitable approximations through trial and error....I've seen plenty of recipes touting similarities to these items.

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Everyone here has gone mad...cow disease.

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Up and down, up and down, like a kirby holding its breath.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Jeez this thread is depressing:

https://twitter.com/Craig_A_Spencer/status/1242302400762908685

"I survived Ebola. I fear #COVID19."
When a doctor says something like this, it should mean something.

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I'm no master with donjon, but it does have considerable settings that can be tweaked that can mitigate a lot of the nonsense aspects to the dungeon being generated. The enemy encounters I've seen it spawn are a little wonky to be sure, but any competent DM could substitute them for more appropriate encounters (or use other tools that are better at encounter building). But I do agree, hand crafting will win out any day of the week, it is just a matter of how much time an aspiring DM has to devote to crafting adventures for the party. The rest of the site has a number of other generators too, although none I'd particularly rave about.

You might also find the dnd reddit's resource list useful. There are a number of character sheets/encounter builders/loot generation/etc that could potentially streamline some aspects of the DM's job. I'd never depend on them wholesale, but sometimes you're just not able to give it 100% but still need to run a session.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/wiki/resourcelist


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Maybe life will be disrupted enough to give a third party a fighting chance.

Ahahaha, I kid I kid, but seriously, we're fucked.

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I wish I could recommend myth-weavers more...but they really bummed me when they had a huge server issue that rolled things back a ton leading to a massive loss of character data. They do now enable saving of sheets, but an editable pdf or dnd beyond might easily be superior options depending on the kinds of characters being made.

There are tools that exist that can automatically generate cities (watabou) or dungeons (donjon) or even campaign worlds (azgaar)...I've seen a lot of different kinds of things recommended. A lot of it will be personal preference based, but if nothing else these kinds of procedurally generated content can serve to spark inspiration.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/asia/hong-kong-coronavirus-quarantine-intl-hnk/index.html

Well heck, this doesn't sound like fun times. How long a quarantine is long enough seems to be something nations are struggling with. Relax too soon, and it's another wave of virus to endure.

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Crescent-Moon posted...

I honestly.. Dont understand how Gamestop thought this would end any other way.

Gamestop: We essential!
Public: I buy game from Gamestop! Gamestop love us in dark times! Hooray Gamestop!
Government: People riot if no Gamestop! All Gamestop open. Give Gamestop many money to survive dark times. Hooray business!

idk why everyone is a caveman there, but yeah...what seems obvious to people and obvious to corporations are quite different it seems.

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red sox 777 posted...

Under Hillary we go to war with North Korea in 2017. We win but North Korea unleashes a devastating disease on the world that kills a billion people. The world plunges into World War III and the stock market loses 90% of its value. Republicans impeach Hillary but she declares martial law before the Senate can put her on trial and closes Congress, naming herself President for Life.

I want to see this made into an alternate history book series. Would be quite the entertaining read!

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

There is a nonzero chance that under President Hillary wed be under an actual Martial Law, for our own good, and I dont think it would have gone over very well.

There is a nonzero chance that under President Hillary that certain policies and institutions specific to combating pandemic level threats, including an outpost literally in Beijing, would not have been shut down leaving gaping holes in America's ability to assess and respond to a growing threat.

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Nothing from any circles I'm involved in, though unsurprisingly, I've seen some random comments on youtube/twitter and the like that would fall into this category.

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

oh shit when's the last time we spoke

I don't remember the exact time, but there was a crowd of people and someone who died of an overdose of fish.

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And links to places like youtube...can be embedded in a post. This place is just about modern now, that's just weird.

XIII_rocks posted...

Hey dude
How's it going

It goes. Life is fairly steady despite current events. A lot of my plans are kinda on pause for now while I wait for normalcy to be reestablished.


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I see lots of things have changed. There's tags for topics and it's not gamefaqs.com anymore and who knows what else I'm not seeing. XD

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I guess there really is no escape is there?

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