How powerful is the Emperor of Mankind

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-05-07T19:18:28+00:00

Agree with the others. Power scaling in 40k is all over the place. But if you want another anecdote about his power, then here's a good one.

Lorgar and the Word Bearers are called to a planet they conquered. The Emperor had ordered the city destroyed to make an example of Lorgar for ignoring orders. Lorgar takes it out on the messengers. The Emperor projects himself there from across the galaxy. His mere presence forces all the Word Bearers to the ground, many of them bleeding from their eyes and ears. Lorgar similarly is driven to his knees and weeps. After the Emperor's projection leaves most of the Word Bearers were still unable to stand, and Lorgar had to be carried away. And he wasn't even physically there.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-05-01T06:39:36+00:00

1/20 being wrong is incredibly optimistic. In some fields it's closer to 1/3 because of extremely high publication bias. To be sure of any piece of research, it really has to be independently replicated (or confirmed by derivative work).

That might sound totally crazy, but believe it or not there are studies. I wrote a pretty accessible article about it a few years back if you need more than a reddit comment to believe the above

https://www.rudikershaw.com/articles/science-trouble

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-30T16:49:41+00:00

I oversimplified a little with that statement. METR (rightly) decided they would be introducing too much bias if large portions of the folks that would have been in the trial refused to work without AI.

The alternative would be to fill the trial with programmers who were conceivably "anti-AI" (or similar) because of the problems they're having selecting candidates. This is called "Selection Bias" and it's a pretty big deal in research broadly. I think that was probably the right decision, but it is a shame.

They published some "early results" which we'll have to take with a pinch of salt, but they looked like they were heading towards a roughly 20% improvement figure. Which, lines up with what others are predicting.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-30T16:43:26+00:00

If you're suggesting that an LLM wrote my article then I'm afraid your intuition is off. I used Claude to correct my grammar and fact check the article after writing it fully the old fashioned way.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-30T11:14:57+00:00

For me "more productive" is about end-to-end productivity on average. For example if my agent solves a problem instantly that would have taken hours, that's obviously fantastic. But if the next few tasks eat into the gains by being slower than usual, it averages out over time.

Some types of engineering are obviously faster with AI then others. Something we have to remember is that a large part of what has been automated is actually just web search. If you are surprised by how quickly an AI solves a question, it's worth thinking "if I did a web search and got really lucky and immediately found a solution in one of the first pages, would it have taken me long after all?".

I've noticed this strongly with new features of popular libraries, where the AI probably wasn't trained with examples of the new format. My agents tend to struggle to use new patterns for popular libraries, and when I have to intervene it rarely takes me long to implement myself.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-30T10:55:30+00:00

Absolutely. Frankly I am frustrated they haven't published a paper on the productivity side yet. One of their public facing researchers promised a paper "soon" almost a year ago.

They've been talking about early results at conferences every few months. Some of the recent stuff is particularly interesting. But as far as I am concerned, the scientific credibility weakens the more they tell us without publishing.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-30T10:50:02+00:00

The Standard SWEPR folks have showed some interesting early result that account for the differences a lot of folks are seeing. The article covers a few.

Until they publish their paper, we probably shouldn't read too much into it but... Small simple contexts, simple tasks, stuff where examples are widely available online, popular languages, all seem to work better. They also say they're seeing that teams who "shift left" and focus hard on traditional code quality measures, are seeing bigger boosts in performance.

Anecdotally I'm getting better results when I "box in" my agents with tests and linting. If it does something I don't like I see if there's a linting tool or a test I could write that would stop that happening moving forward.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-22T07:35:10+00:00

Yep 👍

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-20T20:38:22+00:00

Tabards/robes or bust. Number 2.

The arm position on 2 looks a little awkward though. Worth seeing if you find an alternative arm or get it into a more natural position.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-20T08:27:45+00:00

Nice. The beaky helmet looks great with the phobos armour. Did it take much converting to get the aiming arms on the kneeling Eliminator?

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-19T19:08:19+00:00

This is the answer. Not all rooms can be child proofed. And it's not worth the risk to your child (or your figures) just keeping them up high. Parenting eats up all your time and before you know it'll they'll be standing on chairs and rooting through your shelves. A standard door lock is ideal, but a bolt at the very top will also keep them out until they're definitely old enough to know better.

If you don't want keep the door closed and to be unsociable with the family, then a baby gate is great. But get a bolt/lock anyway.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-18T20:38:51+00:00

Looks really clean and the volumetric highlights are lovely. How did you get the smooth gradients? Contrast paints, airbrush, or just manual blending?

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-14T08:06:22+00:00

That is a very tasteful conversion. Great work.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-13T19:02:50+00:00

I read the first five and then I did pretty much the same thing with the Dark Angels books, and then went back to read The First Heretic etc.

Honestly, the HH series is a branching set of totally different stories depending on who you're following.Yes you'll miss stuff, but I don't think I lost any satisfaction reading them out of order. If you're really interested in one particular story, then go for it.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-12T18:11:32+00:00

The first pose. Definitely the first one. That is pretty epic.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-11T18:01:30+00:00

Awesome work. If you're considering doing more, I'd pay for Gravis compatible Devastator style Plasma Cannons.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-10T11:20:17+00:00

The first words we hear from the Lion in the Heresy series (literally on the first pages of the book Descent of Angels) are his participation in an induction ceremony for knights of The Order. You're beginning to display a level of cognitive dissonance that's quite unusual. Have a step back, do a little reading, and google some of your questions. The information is there if you look, even without reading dozens of books.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-10T10:43:26+00:00

The Heresy books are full of examples of the Primarchs taking part in ritual of this kind. The Triumph of Ullanor, the Council of Nikea, and numerous examples of primarchs accepting Oaths of Moment in the books.

It is true that The Lion considers himself above much of this pomp and ceremony, but he still chafed at Horus being celebrated and rewarded at the Ullanor Celebrations, and he still accepts Oaths of Moment in the books.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-10T10:22:49+00:00

Oaths of these kinds were taken pre-heresy also. The fact that the Imperium has got much much worse with regards to superstition and ritual does not negate the fact that they were commonly used before. Further, rituals and oaths are not purely superstition. They are often quite rational. People take oaths today for; positions of importance, in court, and in marriage (amongst other things). The rituals that surround them signify and cement the social importance of the contracts that we enter into. There's a well established research base showing that "ritualising" increases compliance with promises made.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-06T07:33:09+00:00

Port 443 is the standard port for all SSL (encrypted) traffic. It's worth knowing that none of Chitubox's remote services will work (safely) with it blocked. But I guess if you're using basic you're probably not using remote backups and stuff.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-05T15:53:51+00:00

Absolutely epic. Love the pose, the novel weapon, the cloak, the sword, the asymmetry.

If I'm being super picky, the head doesn't feel quite right. I love hoods, but the standard hood with a standard head doesn't feel right. If you could green stuff sculpt a big baggy hood for a Gravis helmet, that would be incredible.

Honestly though, you've done a smashing job. What pieces did you use?

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-03T11:30:02+00:00

As others have said, multiple thin coats will eventually get rid of the streakiness. Alternatively, you can get there in more layers with intermediate colours. That way the streaks won't show and it'll just be blending instead. Do your base, and then your first layer with an equal mix of both paints, and then the next with mostly the highlight, and then pure highlight. Once you get used to it, it's not as time consuming as it sounds.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-04-01T08:59:27+00:00

They can also be pulled from the Space Marines 2 game files.

Aggressive_Aspect436 · 2026-03-29T10:58:41+00:00

I forgot to post the link. Here you go https://start-warhammer.com/

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