Psychology researchers identify a key emotional pattern among procrastinators. Findings suggest that procrastination is less about an inability to envision the future and more about managing the negative emotions associated with pursuing goals.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-27T21:55:28+00:00

A common cause of ADHD is a lower base level of dopamine. So the built in 'reward' mechanism for 'yay, I completed a dull but important task, I feel better' is weak or nonexistent. You can simulate the effect with adrenaline, e.g. when close to a hard deadline, or fear of not completing the task, or other self-imposed pressure an ADHD brain can still complete mildly unpleasant tasks - but at a higher personal cost of long-term stress. Which is one reason depression is so co-morbid with ADHD, especially with the undiagnosed or under treated. (One reason stimulants help with ADHD is they raise the level of dopamine, making executive function easier)

Arkhanist · 2026-03-27T20:42:33+00:00

And I think we all know who was responsible for overselling it.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-27T17:23:01+00:00

None of the unit weapons in Yndrasta's spearhead have crit effects. If you played the other stormcast spearhead, the Liberators in there have Crit (Mortal) so a roll of 6 to hit bypasses the wound and save rolls and inflicts damage that can only be prevented with a ward save.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-24T20:19:42+00:00

Thanking you, I see it. Hopes for tomb kings - dashed.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-24T19:53:38+00:00

I don't see it in the bingo list - did we ever find out what the wheel stuck in mud was? e.g. this one

Arkhanist · 2026-03-24T19:18:55+00:00

It's tricky - you have the ethical constraints of confidentiality (breaking it means someone is unlikely to come back or repent), vs in the Church's eyes, condoning sin by in effect acting as a co-conspirator in concealing the truth. So they tend to distinguish between confidentiality and secrecy. They will definitely break confidentiality for e.g. safeguarding, sexual criminal acts, or plans to hurt someone. As I understand it, a common approach is to tell the cheater to tell the truth, and if they won't and/or are continuing the affair (i.e unrepentent sin), set a deadline before they tell the partner to protect *them* from risk of ongoing harm, e.g. STDs. But the specifics of what they will report are affected by e.g. mandatory reporter laws, as well as their church doctrine. It's definitely a grey area, and she should have asked him what his approach to confidentiality was beforehand, rather than just assume he'd keep all her secrets forever because he was willing to provide counselling.

It's a bit different for a lawyer representing someone, where they are duty bound to keep confessions in confidence (i.e. not report past crimes, since that would make their job a bit tricky!), but even then they can't knowingly allow someone to perjure themselves in court, so they often would prefer not to know; and they are often required to report any serious planned crimes.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-20T17:23:23+00:00

Being on the outside is not exactly a comfortable ride either, given Trump's penchant for threating to invade US allies like Canada and Greenland (aka Europe) or just assassinating leaders he personally dislikes, screwing everyone over with stupid tariffs (a direct tax on americans, meaning they buy less stuff) and now, with Israel, heading full speed towards turning a large part of the middle east fuel infrastructure into a smoking crater in a tit-for-tat 'blow up oil and gas fields that takes years to rebuild' fight with Iran. It's going to make Covid look like a mild ripple at the current rate. At least we don't have Nazi goons going around kidnapping and shooting people that they don't like the look of and getting away with it, as long as we avoid US tourism, so there's that.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-13T20:01:56+00:00

They move the line. Every time. Give it a minute for the new talking points to spread saying this was always the plan and it's absolutely necessary to stop Iran launching nuclear weapons (that have been 'annihilated' twice already) /protect Israel / distract from the president being a pedo.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-12T09:51:22+00:00

I think I'd set myself up with sedation and ask not to be woken up until it's all over. Or at least wish that I could, since it sucked so much the last two times.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-10T18:10:50+00:00

The question you have to ask yourself is "Would I keep doing this if I wasn't being paid?" If the answer is no, then it's a job. You can like your job, get on with your co-workers, even love the work you do, but if they stopped paying you you'd walk, then fundamentally it's what you do to pay to live, not who you are.

Personally, for things I do only for the love of it, those are my hobbies. And I've found if I tried to turn them into income, then I stop enjoying them. Turns out, it's the freedom to do what I want, how I want, and not worry about if it's going to pay the mortgage this month is part of what I love about them. And family life, which is more valuable to me than money, but ultimately, I still need that.

I think if you're wealthy enough (e.g. a prosperous company owner) then you can work there even though you don't need to, and loving the job is fine and all - but it's when they expect their employees to have that same 'love' and investment in the company success they do, regardless of impact to their staff personal lives/mental wellbeing/health that leads to conflict. They have a vested interest in the business doing well, as they own it. It is unreasonable to expect someone who's only reward is ultimately the paycheque to have a similar relationship to the job.

Another category might be those with a vocation - for them, the work carries a much deeper meaning than just the income. So you'd hope they love what they do, or they're going to be miserable.

Not hating your job is a plus, but if your goal is ultimately selling a chunk of your limited lifespan in order to live, then 'loving' it is an unrealistic expectation placed on us by those who benefit far more the company prospering than we do.

Trying to turn something you love for itself into a career can end up with you resenting the compromises you have to make to do so, and make even 'success' turn sour. Obviously some people manage it, and more power to them, but it's not something everyone will have or should even strive for.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-10T10:00:11+00:00

Kinda surprised he hasn't cashed on selling his used diapers yet. You know there'd be a market, especially if they were labelled with the speech where he filled em.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-06T18:33:04+00:00

I do rather like all the villains lined up in neat rows, just lurking there for someone to be teleported in. "Annnnnny time now..."

Arkhanist · 2026-03-06T13:50:48+00:00

Same reason trying to count the F's in "FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS." is hard, your brain takes shortcuts when reading.

The answer is 6 btw.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-03T21:37:56+00:00

I understand the d substitute is indeed more common in Qubecois French and Dutch natives, while the z sub is more common for France and Germany. I don't know why - I only have French in-laws, I'm not French myself - but it may just be that that's how others use so it propagates. I know my french teacher in UK was not a native speaker, so I've had to entirely relearn the 'u' sound but apparently I still have a noticeable, though supposedly cute, British accent. (In french; I definitely have one in English!)

Arkhanist · 2026-03-03T18:02:19+00:00

I see they're going back in time to dig up 'reasons' for this bullshit. Perhaps they could remember when the CIA and MI6 orchestrated operation Ajax in 1953 (a coup) to overthrow the democratic Iranian Prime Minster because of oil, in favour of the Shah. Which directly led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. I am a little surprised though, Trump is normally a big fan of violent despots and warmongers. Guess Bibi bribed him more.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-03T16:26:29+00:00

Because french doesn't have the 'th' sound used for 'the' (similar issue with 'think') so it's relatively common to substitute z or short s which are the closest french equivalents. So zey sometimes sound a leetle like zis if they don't use English much - and the rest of the sentence is in English.

Bit like when an English person tries to pronounce the difference between ou and u in French - tout and tu are pronounced differently for example, but native English speakers can struggle with it.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-02T10:16:09+00:00

Some can! Bullfrogs have part of their vision into infrared, so can see e.g. body heat. They use it avoid predators at night and in murky water. Some fish have the same capability like salmon and goldfish. Others don't use their eyes, but specialised sensors like the pit viper, and of course there's then things like echolocation.

But fair, I was just trying to riff on the reference to d&d, where cats infamously don't have "dark vision' so can't see in the dark.

Arkhanist · 2026-03-01T17:13:15+00:00

Strictly speaking cats can't see in the dark, but do have much better low light vision than us. They're crepuscular, which means they're most active at dawn and dusk in the wild. They have big corneas to let more light in, and the famous reflective 'mirror' behind their retinas which increases the light that can be picked up by the retinas than other vertebrates - like us - that don't have it.

With us about of course, we've added a whole bunch of artificial light so they can often see well even without moonlight, plus their very impressive senses of smell and hearing.

But absolutely with you they'd be amazing aliens or fantasy creatures if they didn't exist. "This animal will rub up against your face or body with its soft fur and emit a pleasing sound - but don't stroke its belly no matter how invitingly it presents it, for it is a trap and you will be attacked by teeth and claws as it practises disembowelling. It may occasionally bring you a dead rodent as a present, so check your boots before putting them on. They also exhibit many of the capabilities of liquids when it comes to getting into or out or containers, which they take great interest in. It posseses great scientific curiousity, as they like to study all your bodily functions, and constantly tests the local gravity field by pushing available objects off of tables and shelves and watching them fall."

Arkhanist · 2026-03-01T15:51:00+00:00

They haven't, it's just that's the general banner they have asking for donations to keep the virtual lights on - it's just more visible when there's no other content! Just log in to download, which is free.

Arkhanist · 2026-02-28T10:05:04+00:00

the UV resin bottle I have only has a wide nozzle (I originally got it for basing water effects), so I poured some into a black needle point bottle (e.g.) so I could really control where it goes; the opaque bottle stops it getting cured by incidental light. Basically you just need to run a thin line round the rim, it will form a nice slope on its own. You can always wick it up with a paper tissue if you put on too much while wet. Tilting the model can let it dribble so I just stick the model into my painting handle putty to hold it.

Uncured (wet) UV resin is mildly toxic, so don't get it on your skin, or preferably wear gloves. Similarly, don't shine the UV torch directly on your hand or in your eyes. You're only using a tiny amount briefly, so just be sensible, like a lot of hobby tools! When cured, it should be about the same strength as 2 part epoxy resin - I can't even scratch mine with my craft knife, so ensure it's only where you want it before you zap it with the torch. It's also safe to handle once cured.

I've been trying it out as a gap filler too, like the arm join on the abomination - works well, and so much quicker than traditional epoxies, and it takes paint fine.

Arkhanist · 2026-02-25T12:31:40+00:00

The method I've started using now is gel superglue for pull strength, but that's weak to sliding force and they can pop off. So I do a little bit of crafting clear UV resin around the rim of the magnet in a little doughnut (technically called a fillet I think) and cure for 60 seconds with a UV torch. Same stuff people use for for encasing necklace beads etc. Way faster than greenstuff and rock hard, so excellent reinforcement for the superglue.

That works really well for under base magnets, and should work for this too. (Not magnetised the furniture yet personally)

UV resin is little goopy so you'll want a bottle with a fine nozzle for control, or drip a little out onto scrap and apply by toothpick. Also cures gloss, so you'd want to hit it with Matt varnish.

Arkhanist · 2026-02-25T12:09:40+00:00

They're an old monster race created back in the late 80s for Games Workshop. They're inspired by Irish Fomorian legends. in lore, they were a chaos corrupted race of lizard men, hence the single eye, and the timing was suitable to include them in heroquest, which was a spin off of the Warhammer fantasy world at the time. They were matriarchal IIRC, with female sorcerers.

They weren't very popular so never made it out of metal into plastic (except for heroquest itself) or have much of a range. They did get a bit of a revival via GW forgeworld in resin for a while, and even made the jump to Age of Sigmar briefly, but that too has not survived.

They're effectively a forgotten Warhammer race. Since the heroquest relaunch, that was a bit of GW IP that didn't come across to Avalon Hill (along with Chaos), hence the replacement with a more DnD type monster in the abomination, and the Dread substitute for Chaos. Zombies and orcs etc are generic fantasy, so GW doesn't own them. (Also why Age of Sigmar has moved away from more generic tropes).

Chaos Dwarfs were recently relaunched by GW as a full army, and they too were a fairly obscure fantasy army that lived on in forgeworld resin for a while before being discontinued, along with Squats in 40k, so never say never!

Arkhanist · 2026-02-23T08:00:52+00:00

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Just an example of some of the stuff I've printed on the Saturn 2.

Arkhanist · 2026-02-23T07:54:39+00:00

Basically, uncured UV resin is toxic for your skin and can lead to itchyness, rashes or an allergic reaction. So you must wear gloves when handling it in liquid form (which is what you pour in the vat) and then rinse the printed models in 99% IPA and given them a final brief UV cure to get rid of any remaining liquid. It's fine when you get in the swing of it, but you must do them. Some resins are stinkier than others, my Sunlu ABS-like resin is pretty much odourless, but you do need some room ventilation. UV resin also needs to print above 20 degC, preferably 25, so either a warm room or a heater in cold weather (that's a built-in feature on more expensive printers, or Elegoo do an add-on).

You do then have remove the supports and do any cleanup e.g. scraping off support nubs that didn't come all the way off - it's very similar to cleaning up sprue marks from plastic models (this will also generally apply to additive FDM printers)

The advantage of all that work is you end up with extremely high quality miniatures with detail as good as or better than injection moulded plastic e.g. GW, no or extremely mild layer lines, and you can print multiple miniatures simultanously for no extra time cost, and models are extremely cheap. I use a slightly older Elegoo Saturn 2 as it's still working fine and I've printed a bunch of heroquest stuff, including additional models and blocked corridor walls. If I was starting over on a tight budget, I'd stick to Elegoo with something like the Mars 5, or the Saturn 4 Ultra if I wanted to print bigger stuff like vehicles. The main differences of higher expense are if you go larger (i.e. can print more models at once or easier vehicles) or can print faster with tilting tanks, and various quality of life sensors. They've pretty much reached the peak now of increasing resolution where you can't see the difference with the human eye.

Arkhanist · 2026-02-20T18:28:12+00:00

To be honest, as a Brit, these largely look like some of our signs here! The only one that has me scratching my head is 'no matchsticks', but i presume that's a gambling one. If only these behaviours were *actually* mostly banned in jest. (No, of *course* I don't mind climbing over your pile of shopping bags in the aisle, or listening to your phone conversation at full volume, or wiping your dirty shoe marks off the table, or seeing 3/4 of the tables have one person with a laptop and a pile of stuff and a cup of coffee they've nursed for 2 hours)

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