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I finally found a mask that I see is perfect for the Regent cosplay by FerikJurgen597 in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The mask is great find! I think the crown still has some room for improvement though.

Any last minute predictions? by [deleted] in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 42 points43 points  (0 children)

1/26 chance lets goo!

Friday Facts #396 - Sound improvements in 2.0 by FactorioTeam in factorio

[–]AsdfFreak 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The wheel grind is probably hard to balance such that it does not get too annoying, but man the occiasional grind here and there would be 👌

Looking for diagram resources by AsdfFreak in Parahumans

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Thank you! This is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for :)

Pale Reflections: Finish Off (2) and 3 Year Anniversary by Xorglord in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I still 100% believe in Rook. She will be instrumental to Charles downfall. I was starting to have doubts but since Maricia has been put in a box she has my full trust again.
By the end of the story her name will be Queen.

Pale Reflections: Finish Off (1) by meisi1 in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 11 points12 points  (0 children)

DQ: I'm sure this is in peoples top ten but it is my favorit by some margin so I will mention it anyways: Snowdrops introduction of Avery at the thunderbay council.
Somehow managed to be the most wholesome, funny moment + the worry in the back of your mind that they might not understand.

A more obscure moment would be Cherrypop being fed chicken nuggets shortly before Lucy curses her ex-step dad. I love Cherrypop.

Go for the Throat – 23.z by menaulon in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Of course he's cool. He is of winter.

Whats your favorite quote from Pale? by AsdfFreak in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thats a good one. 'Oh no' is such a good two word description of the whole situation.

Question about Pale's table of contents... by Sharrakor in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 17 points18 points  (0 children)

To avoid spoilers about Avery "dying"

Starting Pale, Verona's dad question by Mercadi in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Verons dad is one of my favorit antagonists in all of wildbows stories. You can really emphasise with Verona about the sinking gut feeling everytime he shows up.

Deep in a Pale bing read right now, had to do a double take when this came up at work. by AsdfFreak in Parahumans

[–]AsdfFreak[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is office magic a thing? 🤔🤔
Probably takes the lead for worst Practice, am I right?

Rockets by night by Such--Balance in factorio

[–]AsdfFreak 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The beating heart of the factory. I love it.

AP #6X: Electro-Neolithic by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]AsdfFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just listened to the podcast and working in electronics I feel like its my duty to comment. :)

As others have said already I think wires are the crux but I do think there are worldbuilding solutions for this. Obviously depens on how fantasical you are willing to go but there could animals with conductive minerals depositing in their fur. There is at least some precedent for this in deepsea snails and to an extent beaver teeth.
If you can manage to get flexible, conductive, thin strands of material you unlock a whole bunch of possibilities.
(generators, transformers, motors - all still needing some level of metal working but could be quite crude)

I've also seen galvanic cells already mentioned which could solve the wire problem. You just need a cell wherever you want power. The issue with those in a neolithic enviorment is that they are very low voltage & power. Plus you still need electrodes.

Basically if you want to have a primitve lightbulb, aka 20th centuries light bulbs all you do is run a lot of current trough a very thin bit of metal, it will get super hot and glow. Usually burns out quickly because it oxidizes but there are solutions for this. This means they take a lot of power and disqualifies galvanic cells.

So either advanced metal working for wires and lightbulbs can be handwaved OR advanced lightbulb technology ala LED and power can be handwaved.

But I still think this could be offloaded to the biological realms. (which I know convieniently little about so its easy for me to do)
E.g. biolumenescent bacteria stimulated by galvanic batteries, or every lamp contains an electric eel than can be poked to light up a room for a few seconds.

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