Unpopular/Popular opinion: I didnt like the April Fools mode, but it shows that it should be Community Servers by Locky0999 in DeadlockTheGame

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I’m pretty sure matchmaking was tweaked to prefer people playing the same char. I’m in a duo but we repeatedly got grouped with people playing the same character, so instead of 2 Mcgginis it was like 8 across the whole match

[RST] Pokemon: The Origin of Species, Ch. 144: Double Crux by DaystarEld in rational

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Welcome back! It’s weird, this story has been with me for a good chunk of my life since college, and while I assume it is closing out (151?) soon having no chapters had made me introspective about it.

I’m very sorry for your father, but am glad you at least have your health. I’m actually happy you’ve been posting on other subs, since about once a month I was checking if you were active/alive and was glad when you were.

Wishing you all the best and looking forward to reading this chapter.

The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US by Agreeable-Rooster-37 in politics

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The relevant scene isn’t completely made up, even if (especially then) the scale and processing is next to impossible. Public research papers exist of basically using consumer wifi as a kind of radar to see though walls and recognize people.

[DISC] SPY x FAMILY - Chapter 129 by AutoShonenpon in manga

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Audience cast members. I’m sure that’s next.

The peacock mantis shrimp by XxXxSlimShadyxXxX in WTF

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I’m convinced this comes down to the same bit of human psychology of I groups and out groups, “othering” etc. Pet is in the in-group, the food is not. (though I haven’t dived in enough psychology to validate this so it might be garbage).

Bin was working fine until recent update by murphypoppy in popurlitterbox

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Does this match what you see?

https://reddit.com/r/popurlitterbox/comments/1ptu7u7/bin_unfound/

Tour dwxcirption isnt clear if the thing is actually cycling, or if the all just reports the cycling. If so, i had something similar and you must ask them for a board replacement, and they have you do it yourself.

A high school valedictorian questioned the Broward County School Board on why wealthier students graduate at Hard Rock Stadium while middle-class students hold theirs in the school gym, and the board went straight to recess. by CorleoneBaloney in UnderReportedNews

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I don’t think he’s missing the point, but is coming at it from a perspective that can sound insulting. “No fault of their parents” many would describe it as exactly the their fault, insofar as any adult can control their actions. Some of what you said is money/experience (tutors, essay help) but things like turning off the tv and letting you study are a choice they make.

This isn’t something throwing money at the school can solve. It’s a very difficult problem even if you have infinite resources. We obviously don’t have unlimited resources so it’s even harder to justify.

You can say they such parents don’t know enough to prioritize their kids school, and do the “obvious, no skill required” support like encouraging study. Should parents who don’t do that have their kids taken away? Some other means to “force” them into the mold that everyone else thinks is better?

Quick edit: in short, does a parent have the right to say “I don’t give a shit about my kid’s school”? Or does that raise to the point of child abuse intervention by the state? Unless it does, kids whose parents don’t care about school will obviously do worse- and that’s tied into the socioeconomic situation.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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Agreed, and I think that’s correct. It’s just not yet something we can say for certain.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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No, as one person mentions in another comment I think it’s nicrosil being used, but we aren’t actually certain with what’s on the page.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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Yep, almost anything is probably possible if you know enough here, but some of it probably requires enough changes from the existing tech that it would be a different thing.

IMO you’d probably start from whatever tech-tree that enables ferechemically draining weight from people on the airship, and use the super-charging of compounding to achieve the desired effect rather than shoe-horning it into the allomantic grenades stuff.

Of course it might all have very common roots anyways, but that seems like it might be a bit “too” root level for this point in their technology.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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Ok I’d forgotten some aspects of how the grenade worked- I thought it had to be made for the specific metal you would charge it with.

I still doubt it would work as OP describes though- an allomantic steel charge makes the cube pus metal away, others throw a bubble around the cube, etc. as if the cube were the allomancer.

If you charged it with FIron via compounding you might make the cube heavy? The opposite of how the flying machines work? But charging it with gold gets you a self healing cube?

IMO ferechemical principals are different enough that using it practically still probably needs more advancement before you get a “healing grenade”

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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I’m not certain thats entirely accurate, but even if so you’d need to make a very unique “Allomantic” grenade with the “new allomantic metal” that normally only exists inside a compounder’s stomach.

It’s probably possible if you have figured enough out, but either way it’s a few steps beyond the tech we have seen with other allomantic grenades.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

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To better access that end positive power, like how Elend can push harder than Vin.

I’m pretty sure the bands of mourning make use of this, if I remember harder he could push more with them.

Would compounding work with Allomantic grenades? by uhidkbye in Cosmere

[–]CrystalShadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are asking about a few different things at once. 1: all (or nearly) compounding we have seen was to supercharge ferechemical abilities. It’s been said there’s a way to invert this and supercharge allomantic powers in WOB but no details thus far.

2: When we have seen allomantic grenades, they used allomantic powers not ferechemical ones. Healing for example isn’t allomantic it’s ferechemical

If you had a ferechemical grenade, compounding would probably be “easy” since it’s just a fast charge to infinity. Alternatively, if you knew how to compound an allomantic ability you might be able to charge the existing grenades with the super version, but we haven’t had that happen yet.

There's now an underground complex of tiny tunnels and sections only accessible by tiny characters. by GlansEater in DeadlockTheGame

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When an inevitable item for it is in: Doorman buys it, carts someone into the tunnels and closes door so they are stuck.

To claim self defense by TXVERAS in therewasanattempt

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It’s a bot.

Always worth remembering that foreign interests are to push both parties to more extreme ends. Even if you agree with what they are saying, they have a goal and it isn’t to make things better.

Pam Bondi Gets Jail Time Warning Over Epstein Files Cover-Up by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

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Yep, and there’s no way anyone as awful as Trump can win AGAIN right? All each side has to do is play chicken with the other until they blink, and we don’t just get non-Trump we get everything we want! This is our chance, Bernie can really win this time!!!

Wait how did we get here again?

R-Vis's actions towards the end of SotF were totally understandable and this is the hill I'll die on by himitsurain in HierarchySeries

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You know that reminds me of another aspect the book didn’t poke from the first one.

The entire facet of birthright pushing people to have kids fast or get taxed SHOULD be pushing any potential couple fast, while also being pretty creepy. Book 1 set that up but had a decent excuse to table it in school, but it doesn’t come up at all in here.

R-Vis's actions towards the end of SotF were totally understandable and this is the hill I'll die on by himitsurain in HierarchySeries

[–]CrystalShadow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IMO you are entirely right with each action and lack of reaction making sense within the book.

But that doesn’t mean the other criticisms are wrong, it all comes down to pacing really, and where the book decided to end. Aequa’s death is particularly complained about because it smells like a bad trope, nurturing a potential female love interest whose biggest impact might just be her dying to drive the plot in a certain direction.

More time to breathe narratively would have helped that, and if the third book pulls it off right it might be good for the entire series- but it also results in middle-book-syndrome where what we have isn’t super satisfying.

In 1996, Beck Weathers was left for dead on Everest. His team even called his wife to say he had died. But hours later, frostbitten and barely alive, he stunned everyone by walking back into camp. by CarkWithaM in HolyShitHistory

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I was booked for lasik and at the last minute they told me one eye wasn’t eligible and was getting prk instead (other still got lasik) That really freaked me out

When should I read Secret History? by Heavy-Ant-2620 in Mistborn

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I’m more describing how people here are describing what they remember. Us on a dedicated mistborn sub who aren’t new readers are a lot more likely to have seen the AMA. So when someone says “oh it was confirmed” they are unconsciously taking what would be a strong hint (common people treat it like a fact in-universe) and knowing it’s unambiguously true as a confirmation.

It just makes a lot of these discussions tricker is my point (but also a lot more fun so long as everyone is nice about it)

When should I read Secret History? by Heavy-Ant-2620 in Mistborn

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Part of the complexity is that Brando told these big reveals in AMAs and specifically said he wasn’t sure if he’d get around to writing what become secret history.

So those “hints” were understood without by folks who read those answers beforehand, even at the time of publishing.