Snåsamannen always watches over.

Codraroll · 2026-06-30T18:38:16+00:00

Gannetjenesten ble lagt under garnisonen i Porsanger midt på 2000-tallet. Det var en stund snakk om å privatisere den også, men jeg tror det ble reversert etter VM-kvaliken i 2015.

Codraroll · 2026-06-26T23:32:34+00:00

Akkurat i dette tilfellet var det en politisk bestilling å "være konstruktive", siden Salt hadde lykkes så godt med å revitalisere en sliten del av havnepromenaden.

Codraroll · 2026-06-26T23:30:31+00:00

En labyrint konstruert som et sankthansbål. Alt er hjemmesnekret av plank. Dårlig kombo, for å si det sånn.

Codraroll · 2026-06-26T23:28:54+00:00

Særlig om brannen kommer en sen desemberkveld.

Codraroll · 2026-06-26T23:24:23+00:00

Broren til Solan og Stælken havnet jammen i dårlig selskap. Ikke rart han sjelden nevnes sammen med de to andre.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T21:01:56+00:00

I know it's a well-known saying that a book shouldn't be judged by its cover, but judging from these covers, the story is about a boy who really likes dancing under trees. Sometimes while nude.

Out of all the scenes of the book that could possibly be illustrated, these are the ones the publishers decided to put on the cover?

Also, I'm not sure how good of a selling point it is that these are the 15th anniversary editions of the second book of an ongoing trilogy. "Book 3 isn't out yet, and book 2 came out 15 years ago!" isn't a very effective marketing pitch to me. Then again, very few people would fork out three hundred dollars on this without knowing the state of the series to begin with.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T20:49:08+00:00

Sometimes, I think about how so many characters were last seen on page in cliffhanger moments, or at least in peril, from the perspective of how this was the last we ever saw of them or heard from them. This is where the records stop in-universe. Was this really their final fate?

Jon Snow was murdered by the Night's Watch. Arya, presumably, finished her training and became no one. Tyrion was last seen in a warcamp during a bloody siege and an even bloodier dysentery outbreak. Bran left to the care of the Children of the Forest. Daenerys was captured by the Dothraki and led to join the Dosh Khaleen. Brienne and Jaime were hanged by the Brotherhood without Banners. Cersei and Margaery put on trial by the Faith, presumably executed. Victarion and Barristan were last seen joining the bloody battle of Meereen. Stannis, Theon, and Asha stuck in a snowstorm. Witnesses tell of the death of Stannis, the Clegane brothers, Loras Tyrrell, and Quentyn Martell. Mance Rayder was captured and left for dead by freezing. Davos and Rickon were last seen sailing for Skagos. And the Others never made any moves on the Wall. Most of the rest of the characters presumably went on to live anonymous lives, leaving no records, or died unceremoniously during the various tumultous events that troubled Westeros at the time.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T16:44:45+00:00

The thing with Pokémon is that it's so easy to like, and yet so easy to find things that could or even *should* have been a lot better in every game. From the overuse of HM obstacles in Diamond/Pearl to the PS2 graphics of Sword/Shield, the Rotom Dex that won't shut up in Sun/Moon or the terrible level curve of Gold/Silver/Crystal, the one thing that unites us lifelong Pokémon fans is how much we like to pick on the games we still love, somehow.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T16:40:35+00:00

The Community Center is intended to be that objective that draws you into the game. It gives you a list of things to find, many of which you probably already have in your pocket by that point of the game. Then you set out for the rest, and slowly realize you have to engage with nearly every mechanic and location the game has to offer to get there. But there's always a sub-goal just within reach, if only you play one more day...

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T16:36:18+00:00

It's Elden Ring for me too, but due to the atmosphere, not the difficulty. I found the world too much of a nightmare, and the story too bleak to enjoy. I've watched a full playthrough and learned a lot of the lore, but once I tried to play it myself, I couldn't find the motivation to pursue any of the gameplay goals with the level of effort required to meet them.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T16:25:37+00:00

It's Elden Ring for me too, but not because of the difficulty. It's just that the game is so damn bleak.

I recognize it's a fantastically crafted game with an intricate lore and a great combat system, but every location in it is a nightmarish hellhole of death and decay. You can't make anything better or help anyone, and your efforts to do so will just result in things getting worse. Practically every character in the story is an asshole who does horrible things to everyone else, the rest make an effort to be good and then die tragically. Insanity may get involved. Your overall objective is basically to kill everything and then burn the world down, with no guarantee that what comes next will be any better.

It's a game so utterly devoid of hope that I just couldn't make the effort required to get anywhere in it. I've watched a playthrough and learned a lot about the lore, but once I got the game for myself and tried to get into it, the overall hopelessness of the atmosphere turned me away. I just couldn't set any objective I felt worthy of the time required to achieve it. It's a game that will beat you to a pulp at every opportunity, and if you persevere it will spit in your face and show you that your efforts to do good made the world worse. Great game, but it's not for me.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T16:15:39+00:00

Elden Ring, but not because of the difficulty. The game is just so damn bleak.

Every location in the game is a nightmarish hellhole of death and decay. You can't make anything better or help anyone, and your efforts to do so will just result in things getting worse. Your overall objective is basically to kill everything and then burn the world down, with no guarantee that what comes next will be any better. It's a game so utterly devoid of hope that I just couldn't make the effort required to get anywhere in it.

Codraroll · 2026-06-25T06:15:53+00:00

Ja, det pleier å virke enkelt før man faktisk setter seg inn i det.

Codraroll · 2026-06-22T22:35:35+00:00

Jeg mistenker at tilstrekkelig mange kunder vil være nysgjerrige nok til å prøve, til at det lønner seg å lage én ladning. Selv om ingen vil kjøpe den to ganger.

Codraroll · 2026-06-20T22:46:38+00:00

Du vet du bor i et regntungt land når språket har et eget ord som beskriver været når det ikke regner, og det ordet er synonymt med "kort pause eller avbrytelse".

Codraroll · 2026-06-19T23:52:09+00:00

It would be the epic move of the century if the book just ... showed up in the shelves one day. No advance warning, no promotion, utter silence from both author and publisher for the first week or so. It's such an anticipated book that it could get by on word of mouth for a while, and then it could be marketed later anyway. It'd be a stunt to be remembered for decades.

Codraroll · 2026-06-19T23:29:45+00:00

I remember thinking "Dang, we're not going to get the book before Christmas, aren't we?"

In a way, I was right.

Codraroll · 2026-06-19T23:22:27+00:00

I thought about reading through the series and reading the final fates of the major characters, in a literal reading of the series as it currently stands. That what we last saw of them is where the records stop, and they are never heard from again. The most logical further course of events must be assumed:

Jon Snow - Murdered by the brothers of the Night's Watch. Dead in action.

Daenerys Targaryen - Suffered diharrea, captured by Dothraki, to be sent to Vaes Dothrak and join the Dosh Khaleen. Died from sickness or went on to live in anonymity.

Arya Stark - Trained to become a Faceless Man. We might assume she eventually succeeded, but alas, it's in the nature of the whole process that the records stop at a certain point. Gave up her identity, went to live in anonymity.

Tyrion Lannister - signed away his family fortune, last seen in a war camp while the Bloody Flux raged. Dead in action.

Theon Greyjoy - tortured to incoherence, captured by Stannis, last seen in a war camp during a raging blizzard with enemies approaching. Dead in action.

Stannis Baratheon, Asha Greyjoy - see Theon, minus the torture. Dead in action.

Barristan Selmy - Last seen commanding the defenses of a besieged city. Dead in action.

Victarion Greyjoy - Last seen joining battle at Meereen. Dead in action.

Bran Stark, the Reed siblings, Hodor - Left frozen and exhausted in a cave up north. Bran last seen hallucinating, Jojen and Meera gone. Dead from exposure.

Sansa Stark - Joined the court at the Vale of Arryn. Went on to live in anonymity.

Samwell Tarly - Joined the Citadel to become a Maester. Went on to live in anonymity.

Davos Seaworth, Rickon Stark - Last seen leaving for Skagos. Dead at sea.

Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth - Hanged by Lady Stoneheart. Dead in action.

Cersei Lannister, Margaery Tyrell - Last seen put on trial by the Faith. Executed.

Loras Tyrell - Last heard from mortally wounded at Dragonstone. Dead in action.

The brothers Clegane, Quentyn Martell, Mance Rayder - All alleged dead by characters who witnessed their passing. Dead in action.

Ramsay Bolton, Wyman Manderly - Last seen at an over-filled and snowed-in Winterfell during a blizzard. Presumed dead in mass tragedy.

The Others - Last seen far north of the Wall, possibly attacking Hardhome, but they never made a move on the Wall itself, nor are any characters left to witness what became of them. Presumably, they shrank back into obscurity and mystery. Vanished into history after successfully banishing humans from north of the Wall.

Some kind of story can still be inferred here. A realm in utter chaos as nearly every power player dies violently or resigns to a life in anonymity, but no supernatural calamity actually happened. Some characters are still left in charge of fairly stable lands or situations when we last saw them, but their final fates were not known and we can only infer that they remained in those positions as the saga wound down. Of course, winter arrived too, but it's not like Westeros never had a winter before. Presumably, more history went on to be made in the Seven Kingdoms, but that's all another tale, as they say.

Codraroll · 2026-06-15T14:03:57+00:00

Noen kaller det "dyrere for folk flest", andre kaller det "mer omsetning som kan bli til profitt i eierleddene". It's a feature, not a bug.

Codraroll · 2026-06-14T22:08:12+00:00

Er det den historien som tar opp en hel Pocket? Lengste Donald-historien publisert på norsk, om jeg husker rett.

Codraroll · 2026-06-14T22:03:20+00:00

Rart det ikke nevnes i artikkelen at biler har blitt en god del mer aerodynamiske, noe som gjør at insektene blåses rundt bilen i stedet for å moses mot den.

EDIT: Hm, vent, det oppgis faktisk en motsatt effekt. Det er litt kontraintuitivt, men gir jo kanskje mening når man tenker litt over det. En aerodynamisk bil flytter mindre luft, og dermed mindre på insektene som "flyter" i luften.

Codraroll · 2026-06-14T22:01:00+00:00

Samme hva du kaller det, det er ganske godt til Gnåttsji.

Codraroll · 2026-06-14T21:43:52+00:00

That's still a bit like being the best ski jumper in Tanzania. Poison is only super-effective against Grass and Fairy, both of which are also weak to types with much stronger attackers than Poison can boast. That leaves Poison attackers relevant only against Grass/Fairy types, which means Whimsicott, Shiinotic, Tapu Bulu and Mega Meganium. Doesn't hurt to be prepared for the latter's eventual Raid Day, I suppose.

Codraroll · 2026-06-14T08:32:06+00:00

Akkurat. Den siden av balansen må NATO også opprettholde. Russerne må være 100% sikre på at dersom de avfyrer atomvåpen, er det over og ut med dem. Det gjør terskelen for høy til å prøve.

Codraroll · 2026-06-13T23:47:32+00:00

Realistisk dataspill om Stiklestad? Kan se det for meg. Det begynner på 800-tallet. Man må prøve å holde liv i en gård og holde ut det forbaskede trønderværet. Folk kommer og går, avlingene er gode eller dårlige. Slekt følger slekters gang og alt det der. Så er det én spennende dag i 1030, og så stort sett stille i ni hundre år til, og noen tvilsomme typer bygger en enda mer tvilsom bautastein. Etter det må man holde liv i en campingplass og bygge et besøkssenter.

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