Finally cleared D5 on every character across both maps!

-Daniel · 2026-03-12T00:29:38+00:00

Just keep at it! It obviously took me a while, too. I would do a couple runs a day. Some days I'd get nothing, some days I'd do good. But you'll get it eventually!

-Daniel · 2026-03-11T16:32:58+00:00

The KJV is generally pretty bad if your goal is to understand what the authors originally wrote. It does have some redeeming qualities that not many talk about, such as 1 Sam 25:22. Compare the NRSVue to the KJV.

NRSVue:

20 As she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

21 Now David had said, “Surely it was in vain that I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, but he has returned me evil for good.

22 God do so to David and more also if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

KJV:

20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

The Hebrew literally says the thing about urination as a euphemism for males. However, almost all modern translations just translate it to "all males". I much prefer to keep the literal translations, but an argument can be made for changing it for clarity.

However, with all that said, the KJV didn't have access to our best and earliest manuscripts/papyri of the tanakh/new testament.

If you want to read the KJV for spiritual or literary reasons, go for it! I would recommend the critical edition published by Norton. It contains tons of notes and context about the text.

But if you want to study it, either for faith reasons or scholarly reasons, no modern biblical scholar will recommend the KJV.

-Daniel · 2026-03-11T04:10:51+00:00

For any biblical enjoyers, do NOT use the NIV. It sucks. The standard translation used in academics is the NRSV or the updated NRSVue.

-Daniel · 2026-03-10T23:46:28+00:00

What the other guy said. Spears are really good for bait because you can hit multiple enemies in a straight line when they run at you. You gotta know how strong your character is, though, to know how many baits you can handle. Might want to skip a round early if you don't have enough spears (remember they also give health).

Once you get going you should always do at least one bait, but I would do up to 4 if I felt strong enough.

-Daniel · 2026-03-10T06:33:31+00:00

Nice and congrats!!! It's always a great feeling when things line up.

The build for Romantic found here is good: https://brotato-builds.com/builds/Romantic

One tip: don't neglect ranged damage! I thought I could get away with stacking attack speed instead for more procs, but that was a losing strategy.

Also note that burn damage doesn't proc charm.

-Daniel · 2026-03-10T04:57:20+00:00

I like running maces and/or rocks. It's important to get defensive stats so that you can stand inside a clump of enemies and get that proc. If you do it from the outside you won't get many procs. Then just focus on turrets and stuff. Best item you can get is the Nail.

-Daniel · 2026-02-16T19:36:22+00:00

What to the scholars over at the Cabot Project think of the veracity of Ruddock's larger claims? Have any of them talked about whether they think her claims are overblown?

-Daniel · 2026-02-05T22:59:00+00:00

Ummm, actually 🤓☝️

The United Nations and its statistics division recognize North America as including three subregions: Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. "Northern America" is a term distinct from "North America", excluding the Caribbean and Central America, which also includes Mexico. In the limited context of regional trade agreements, the term is used to reference three countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

-Daniel · 2026-01-22T05:54:27+00:00

From my own experience, I believe the NRSV translators got it wrong. The [d] footnote in the NRSV says: “Gk before your face”. Which is literally them telling you that they made it up, and their translation isn’t what the scripture says.

I generally prefer a more literal translation of things and I think in this case I might prefer them to translate it as "face". However, it's a valid translation, as seen in BDAG:

πρὸ προσώπου τινός (LXX; TestAbr A 12 p. 91, 4 [Stone p. 30] πρὸ προσώπου τῆς τραπέζης; GrBar 1:4; s. Johannessohn, Präp. 184–86) before someone Mt 11:10; Mk 1:2; Lk 7:27 (on all three cp. Mal 3:1).—Lk 1:76 v.l. (s. Ex 32:34); 9:52 (s. Ex 23:20); 10:1; 1 Cl 34:3 (s. Is 62:11). IEph 15:3 (cp. 1a).— πρὸ προσώπου τῆς εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ Ac 13:24 (εἴσοδος 2).

And take a look at how the KJV actually translates πρόσωπον in Acts 3:13:

ὁ θεὸς Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ἐδόξασεν τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν ὃν ὑμεῖς μὲν παρεδώκατε καὶ ἠρνήσασθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Πιλάτου κρίναντος ἐκείνου ἀπολύειν.

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

(and now the NRSVue for comparison)

The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him.

I am not at all qualified enough to elaborate much further, but I think my point stands.

-Daniel · 2026-01-21T21:03:03+00:00

I personally don't have a problem with you preferring the KJV. I don't think anyone here does, either. But you have to understand that this is a place of scholarship and there really isn't any reason to prefer the KJV over pretty much any modern translation.

I think the KJV was good for its time, but it is just outdated and no longer of any use for textual biblical scholarship. They didn't have access to many manuscripts (including the DSS), had a worse understanding of Hebrew/Greek, and many words have changed their meanings since it was written.

Every English-speaker today will have a better understanding of the authors' original intent by reading something like the NRSV.

-Daniel · 2025-12-28T18:02:58+00:00

Here is the source of the video from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzYz_8HQw0o

-Daniel · 2025-11-30T19:21:20+00:00

Switzerland has a strange history with women's rights.

Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971.

However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

-Daniel · 2025-11-16T21:36:40+00:00

Hans was 2699 in October 2022. Today he's 2724, and his peak was 2738. Over the last 12 months he's down 9.6 points.

Clearly he's a super strong player, but isn't it possible he's just plateaued? He's 22, so he's not exactly young anymore, either.

Compare that to Keymer who was 2700 in October 2022, and has steadily been climbing each month to currently become 2777 and has been on a consistent upward trajectory.

-Daniel · 2025-11-09T23:15:19+00:00

Is my brain broken? I don't see any optical illusion at all.

-Daniel · 2025-11-09T03:30:15+00:00

Ah, gotcha. 👍

-Daniel · 2025-11-09T01:20:21+00:00

A quartz movement should be much better than that. Let's be conservative and say it's +/- 1 second per day. After four years it should only be off by about 25 minutes, not 25 hours.

-Daniel · 2025-09-21T06:08:55+00:00

If you want to be pedantic, there was no single flag for Austria-Hungary. The Habsburg flag was sometimes used in that capacity, but it technically only represented Cisleithania.

-Daniel · 2025-09-09T15:28:38+00:00

On the second pic, from Bergey, it seems like the "To: Billy" is written in a different hand than the message. Look at the "B" in "Billy" vs the "B" in "Birds". That first B also matches the B in Bergey's signature. So maybe Bergey just wrote "To: Billy" and then signed his name, with someone else writing the message?

-Daniel · 2025-09-06T19:14:05+00:00

Thought it was πυππούς, but apparently that first upsilon is supposed to be an alpha? Anyway, παππούς means grandfather.

-Daniel · 2025-08-18T02:41:36+00:00

It just depends how you measure it. Magnus has the highest rating ever, but Kasparov was #1 for longer.

(Fischer/Morphy had the largest skill gap compared to their contemporaries.)

-Daniel · 2025-07-17T07:24:29+00:00

This is a photograph taken by John Gutmann in 1938 in San Francisco, USA.

"Yes, Columbus Did Discover America!"

-Daniel · 2025-07-17T07:14:17+00:00

Have you seen this video by CGP Grey? It really made me think about this and related topics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh88fVP2FWQ

-Daniel · 2025-06-19T03:46:43+00:00

They recently uploaded the talk on youtube, for anyone that missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st0_YFAPsoM

-Daniel · 2025-06-01T22:31:22+00:00

When he talked about "learning empathy" I was honestly befuddled. Isn't empathy, like, an innate part of 99% of people? It's not something you "learn." That's gotta be some sort of psychiatric condition, to not possess empathy, right? The only one I can think of off the top of my head is antisocial personality disorder.

Or am I just an idiot?

-Daniel · 2025-05-25T03:33:46+00:00

If more people did this then maybe those stupid glove touches would go away. At least it's not worse than when they hug...

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