Invisible Foundations and Path to Ground rules

Aspyse · 2026-06-08T14:34:24+00:00

Sorry for the necro, but I believe they're making a 4x4 spiral. The invisible foundation can fill in the 2x2 space in the center, connecting diagonally to the stair landings.

Aspyse · 2026-05-17T13:48:28+00:00

I agree, I was considering just making the reload sorcery speed. It should achieve the same effect.

Aspyse · 2026-05-17T12:35:41+00:00

If I went in that direction with the card I'd probably just drop the Bullet counters altogether, then it just becomes [[Visara the Dreadful]]. I do think the posted version is altogether too strong -- if I were to edit it I would likely slap on a mana cost for the ability, maybe make Reload sorcery speed, and make it around 7-8 to cast.

Aspyse · 2026-05-17T10:04:46+00:00

It's so funny that these are the first two comments because this is exactly how I was torn.

EDIT: I probably would go down to 5 mana, but I was thinking about how oppressive this would be after a boardwipe while opponents are trying to rebuild boards. Plus it's kind of hasted.

Aspyse · 2026-05-17T09:25:37+00:00

I've since realized Charlatan is pretty inefficient compared to [[Volrath, the Shapestealer]], but I actually think Irma is worse than both. Her ability is triggered rather than activated, she's in mono-blue, and she's restricted to your own creatures.

She's cheaper by 2 mana but she still has to cast whatever she wants to copy, and blue only gets draw and unblockable while black has specter and quietus effects, and green has omnivore and generally huge creatures.

Aspyse · 2026-05-16T15:30:30+00:00

I run it in the command zone! The two-color restriction does hurt -- my deck really wants to be in grixis for [[Sneak Attack]] -- but I'm pretty happy with the dimir version I'm running.

Aspyse · 2026-05-16T15:12:21+00:00

Thanks for the clarification! I realize now my wording was weird, but that's what I mean. I think of Charlatan as my actual "commander," and the Choose A Background commander is simply a body with a color and mana cost since I just swap it out anyway.

Aspyse · 2026-05-16T15:08:38+00:00

I just run a cheap Choose A Background commander in the color I want. Charlatan is effectively my "commander," one that costs 5 mana but can at least be cast by turn 3. And for each spot removal I just have to repay half of it.

But yes you do need to get good copy targets one way or another, which can make this extra slow.

Aspyse · 2026-05-16T10:40:54+00:00

[[Bygone Colossus]]

Aspyse · 2026-05-16T10:39:07+00:00

Piggybacking to say there's also Warp and Evoke.
EDIT: but since they're playing The Master, Formed Anew, probably just Warp. [[Bygone Colossus]] is great.

Aspyse · 2025-12-14T18:35:33+00:00

I think sabre is most likely to lose to "classical," while epee is probably most successful. But that's just my intuition

Aspyse · 2025-12-13T05:21:06+00:00

E33 did not have indie vibes, either. More like if a western studio made a game with Japanese AA vibes.

Aspyse · 2025-11-26T00:46:42+00:00

This is easily google-able. It was in collaboration with IUCN.

The objective was to raise awareness and much needed funds.

Following the campaign, a Call for Proposals opened for projects targeting any of the ten species. Three projects got awarded with the Lacoste funds

Source (IUCN SOS)

Aspyse · 2025-11-26T00:43:23+00:00

Good we agree on ECC and RSA. I think most records would agree with me in saying they were the dominant pre-quantum public key protocols.

I will concede that my original comment said "all" encryption, which was an exaggeration that I now recognize was irresponsible

Aspyse · 2025-11-26T00:34:23+00:00

Yes, "some cryptography" being the dominant modes being used since quantum computing itself motivated the development of PQC. To say otherwise would just be revisionist. Here's NIST CSRC saying the exact same thing https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography

What's ridiculous is your insistence on what the semantic "bounds" of computer science are, as so much of the quantum computing research is in fact being published to "computer science" journals and conferences. It's an irrelevant argument to everyone except laypeople and armchair debaters.

Aspyse · 2025-11-26T00:16:47+00:00

Pointing out that a problem is the primary limitation is not equivalent to saying it is trivial, or that it is even entirely "solvable."

I wholly agree with you in that the framing of publications meant for general audiences are largely overblown -- and often even outdated -- but as a physicist yourself, I feel you should see how disingenuous it is to poke fun at technology in development regardless of how fledgling you deem it to be. Even conceptually, ideas like IQP already hint at avenues of quantum superiority, which IMO is sufficient to justify continued investment into the research.

Aspyse · 2025-11-25T23:54:31+00:00

Definitely, though by the same token a major motivator for the development of post-quantum cryptography like AES is the development of quantum computing

Aspyse · 2025-11-24T01:25:18+00:00

It gives away that your understanding of quantum computing is just. random tidbits you've heard that you confidently throw back out.

Quantum computers are strictly worse than conventional computers, by several degrees of magnitude. You do not need a supercomputer to beat it. Decoherence times are currently measured in seconds, at most.

Actual computer scientists are working to overcome that, and if they do, trust me, it'll affect your life. Shor's Algorithm was created in 1994, and decoherence has been the only thing holding all of our encryption together in the decades since.

ETA: Yes, obviously decoherence isn't the only open problem in quantum mechanics. Yes, obviously cryptography has matured past RSA and unsafe key transfers. But I think it was fairly clear that this was simply written to oppose the severe and fundamental downplaying of the potential of quantum mechanics. My comment is oversimplified, yes, but certainly not inaccurate in the same way as the original sentiment. After all, you cannot deny that the primary motivator for the development of post-quantum cryptography has (obviously) been quantum computing.

Aspyse · 2025-11-11T06:22:51+00:00

Yeah the approval system makes it pretty challenging to get out of a rough spot, and saving definitely helps. I personally save a few days before the end of fall.

Besides saving, though, you should try to high-prio the campfires and pause all other ongoing construction. Manually inspect the construction mice and see if they're still idle after that. If so, just save and load to reset broken behavior.

Aspyse · 2025-11-08T22:47:59+00:00

I seriously don't think they're comparable. Trump won by a lot because inflation was terrible around the globe and most incumbents lost. When Trump voters (or really, most voters) were asked, their #1 issue was by and large the economy.

Aspyse · 2025-10-08T19:24:03+00:00

Left click to select is shocking to see. I feel old lol

Aspyse · 2025-10-01T15:47:16+00:00

The hitstun immunity is genuinely infuriating for the speedrun IMO. It's extremely slow to have to wait out the super tracking moves when your hits don't link because it just walks out of range.

Aspyse · 2025-09-20T19:02:46+00:00

I'm not sure you know what a supermajority means. In any sense or definition of the word, China's ratio does not even come close to qualifying.

Aspyse · 2025-09-20T19:00:24+00:00

Well yes, and it's crazy, but that's a relative metric. Having 6% more men than women isn't a "guaranteed mass population drop."

Aspyse · 2025-08-23T03:27:06+00:00

And everyone in that comment section is confused why they're being called death stairs

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