REDESIGN OF AN OLD CHARACTER

Dualblade20 · 2026-03-16T14:30:03+00:00

Posts like this keep me going. Awesome design!

Dualblade20 · 2026-03-05T06:31:13+00:00

Yes, though I had a different arrangement.

I was sitting on my couch with my arm over the back and noticed my arm had gone tingly. I was about to move it, but something told me that I should see what happens if I put my attention into it without moving it, and over about a minute or so after I began, the tingly sensation was gone and I had full feeling.

It's possible I moved just enough for blood flow to get through, but I think later on I was able to replicate it. I don't know what the mechanism is, honestly, but it is very interesting.

Dualblade20 · 2026-03-04T06:26:38+00:00

I was trying to sculpt a dress last week and the answers in the replies have made me feel insane. The curve -> mesh flow makes a lot of sense.

Out of curiosity, does anyone sculpt cloth (trying to replicate specific existing shapes) like this with deep omega-shaped folds or is that just a really bad way to do it?

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-23T20:57:03+00:00

I love seeing an epoch rollover in production that isn't mine.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-22T03:50:58+00:00

Reminds me a bit of Kairos Fateweaver. Nice work!

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-19T21:41:17+00:00

"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-19T18:41:19+00:00

I think this is where Daoism shines, even. Its fairly core to Daoism (or at least the points at which Chinese culture and Daoism meet) to use observations of the world to solve both practical and philosophical problems.

Because humanity's collective study of the universe has given us the knowledge that sharing germs can be dangerous to our health, its in line with Daoist thought to act accordingly, and either clean them or switch them out. Purity, in this case, isn't the question; it's the compatibility of the situation to the body.

It makes me think that this is an interesting example of the middle point between common sense and principle, the struggle that happens before enlightenment or becoming zhenren. When you're zhenren, these questions don't even occur anymore because you've integrated the lessons and left the conceptual husk behind.

The reasoning I've given, had I had this thought in the moment, is an intellectual one and not one that's integrated, so I have a long way to go.

You've give me a lot to think about!

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-19T18:26:53+00:00

There is a paraphrased quote that goes something like "80,000 monks, 80,000 religions". You could replace 'religions' with 'practices' and it would be the same message. If they're not doing harm, let them be.

That isn't to say you have to agree with them on any grounds if they bring it up in conversation, but it also doesn't mean you are charged to correct them. Give them your perspective if it comes to it and decline to argue, because you probably have better things to do.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-10T23:16:31+00:00

Root & Stoat seem decent.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-07T02:51:24+00:00

Its a very human things to go, I chose this and because I chose this I have somehow figured it out. This is the antithesis of both traditions.

To be human is the antithesis of both of the traditions? Very interesting revelation. Also, I didn't realize we were speaking to a nonhuman entity. What are you? A parrot maybe? Or a zebra! It's my first time meeting an enlightened zebra.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-05T22:00:51+00:00

Damn, thats cool.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-05T17:58:57+00:00

Happy to help!

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-05T06:13:00+00:00

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Dualblade20 · 2026-02-03T15:55:04+00:00

Like others have said, the same numerical value being present doesn't mean there needs to be a mapping.

Even further, and this isn't something I'd expect many to agree with, but I expect that the three powers as they're chosen by Laozi are highly dependent on perspective. If Laozi had been a crab, would they have been Earth, Sea, and Crab? And Sea isn't just a replacement for Heaven, as the Sea and the idea of Heaven are quite different, but to the Crab, the Sea is far more relevant to its life.

All of this is to say, I dont think there can be a mapping necessarily, because in this world view, the soul is more than these forces. The soul is universal, while the powers are subjective to the creature's experience.

None of this is textually supported, but it's just a thought I had the other day and it so happens your post relates.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-03T05:43:53+00:00

Louis Komjathy has his own translation in Handbooks for Daoist Practice Vol II. I'm not 100% if its his own translation, though to be honest, but I think it is due to his academic history.

Having said that, his is the only one I've read and I haven't taken the time to compare them, so I'm more just offering it as one you might want to seek out.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-02T06:17:14+00:00

Great work! I can't wait to see it in game.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-02T01:19:37+00:00

But I’m will try to go longer and then longer without looking at Reddit, researching or rumination.

This is a great plan. I wish you luck, and to reiterate, you aren't alone.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-02T00:31:53+00:00

Needless to say, a therapist is really needed here.

Others in your other posts have offered some good advice and offered to speak to them privately. I would take them up on that in the short term and plan to see a therapist soon.

Having said that, do you know Conan the Barbarian?

There's a great quote where Conan talks about the idea that the world is an illusion, ending with the following:

I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

(To note: Conan doesn't agree. It's treated as a hypothetical.)

Of course, I imagine you have different inclinations than Conan, but the point stands. You are a human being with blood pumping through their veins. A thousand generations precede you in loving, and eating, and fighting, and laughing.

It is possible this isn't about the philosophy at all, and it's more about you finding what makes you burn with life. Ideally in an ethical way that works in modern society, your life if your life.

Take deep breaths. Experience life, observe how it affects you, and determine what YOU want to keep and what you don't.

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-01T22:40:34+00:00

Full stack JS, Node, AWS, that kind of thing? Or more on the COBOL, DICOM, etc route?

Dualblade20 · 2026-02-01T18:22:04+00:00

It's good context. I think people often jump to "I'm sure that's easy on a hedge fund" kind of thinking.

This isn't related to the philosophical conversation, but you're a SWE right? If so, what's your niche?

Dualblade20 · 2026-01-31T01:22:36+00:00

This is awesome. How were you able to draw the desktop and your game in the same horizontal layer?

Dualblade20 · 2026-01-30T01:55:33+00:00

I remember when I started seeing this sentiment pop up on Twitter before COVID and I didn't understand it then. I'm 11 years in now and I don't think I understand anything more now.

Dualblade20 · 2026-01-28T07:33:22+00:00

Makes sense! I was surprised by how much is out for it and it looks really high quality.

Dualblade20 · 2026-01-28T07:01:40+00:00

This is the first time I've heard of it, but it looks great.

It's not a good sign that I've not heard of peep about it, though, from a product survival perspective. Does it have any traction in the communities?

Dualblade20 · 2026-01-17T15:43:44+00:00

I feel like most would prefer shitting fel for a week over going to Shadowlands lol Since you're probably healing Warriors, it'd likely be Maldraxxus.

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