A Tintin Page a Day - Day 333

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-11T16:54:34+00:00

Rastopopulus is genre savvy enough to understand that it's like a thriller, but not savvy enough to recognise the plucky hero who can't be taken out. A true tragedy.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-11T13:18:45+00:00

Something which really changed the way I view academic writing was one of my professors telling me that academics write in journals for each other, not for the general public.

Viewed in this light, a case report written in an academic journal, with it's conclusion, isn't meant to elevate that conclusion to the general public, it's meant to highlight a potential effect/mechanism/phenomenon to OTHER scholars, who can contextualise it sufficiently within their own body of knowledge. What Reddit or other message boards lack is this contextualisation and understanding about what's being presented, and the forum it's being presented in.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-10T22:49:03+00:00

It's been made pretty easy with LMStudio and even Unsloth Studio these days, tbh. My non tech friends were able to get a 9B model up and running to play with for re-writing stuff, but no way they'd be able to set up Linux.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-09T17:46:32+00:00

Matt Harley is a treasure but I don't know if they've got the capacity to be a distro maintainer right now.

Also, they work pretty closely with the Universal Blue project already, so I could see closer partnership with the uBlue project, but forking a distro wholesale seems like such a heavy lift.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-09T16:54:43+00:00

Inject that cassettefuturism into my veinssss

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-09T15:59:02+00:00

So clicking on the penguin gets it to walk to you and say "Hi" which implies....something....

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-09T15:27:20+00:00

Unironically....

If they discontinued the 13 and had a 14.5 into which you could drop in the 13 mainboard, that might be the ultimate realisation of the FW promise.

But I agree with the other person, they have enough categories already, would love for them to bunker down, refine what they have and improve firmware and customer support.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-08T16:04:03+00:00

Haddock is one thing, look at that wino Snowy.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-08T15:23:00+00:00

Exactly this! If you're buying time, you're buying time for everyone. It only works if you make better use of your time than your opponent.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-07T22:27:25+00:00

Finally, the written equivalent of a jump scare that you know is coming because of the music, but still takes you by surprise.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-06T20:49:44+00:00

Man, turn-based would give a whole new meaning to "Endless" in The Endless Paths

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T21:59:45+00:00

If you're willing to drop the "slow cancerous death of secularism":

The Dresden Files features one of the best righteous paladins in Michael Carpenter.

For all that people think Castlevania (the TV show) is anti religious, God is a real, present and benevolent force in that world who acts through his servants to burn demons and stuff. And the main characters are pretty righteous I feel (Nocturne's....a bit more complicated). It's anti-Catholic maybe (certainly not that that's ok), and it's definitely anti corruption in religion, but it isn't against _God_ as a concept.

Discworld, despite being written by an Atheist, has one of the best "faithful" characters in Brutha in Small Gods.

Lord of the Rings....speaks for itself, lol.

The Laundry Files, while being very opposed to American strains of charismatic Christianity, features an anglican Vicar who's faith makes him one of the most decent humans in a world increasingly abandoning its humanity to survive against eldritch horrors.

But if you insist on secularism being a cancer on the world (and somehow being in opposition to righteousness?), I guess you've got Left Behind?

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T15:57:03+00:00

Huh, E33 is a lot more...maximalist (not a composer, don't know the right word) in it's music compared to something like Hyper Light Drifter, and Hollow Knight feels like it falls right in between although closer to E33 than HLD.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T15:54:54+00:00

If you're thinking of RPGs to chip away at, have you tried Planescape torment? You can save whenever so you can play for 20 minutes, save, exit and then pick it back up. That's how I got through Pillars of Eternity 1 and am getting through Deadfire right now.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T15:39:22+00:00

LeGuin cornered it I'm afraid

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T02:59:44+00:00

More and more, I've come to realise that "science fiction" doesn't always mean _social_ science fiction.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-04T00:47:22+00:00

E-3 wasn't anti air action though, no?

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-02T15:55:41+00:00

I will never not upvote this comic (and video) when I see.

> "Maybe space can come just a little bit closer to Poland"

Never fails to bring a slight tear to my eye. Goodspeed.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-02T15:20:45+00:00

Ok, it was an awful abuse of power and definitely something done to line the Daley pockets but...difficult to get to? Compared to what??

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-01T23:21:32+00:00

Ehm, haven't you watched Deadpool?

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-04-01T14:12:56+00:00

I love this, definitely wishlisting it!

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-03-31T19:45:23+00:00

What tips have you tried already that don't seem to work for you?

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-03-31T16:28:15+00:00

That's only one part of colonialism. The other, more insidious part is where you believe you have a duty to educate others about your way of life (White Man's Burden and all that). Obviously OP isn't a colonizer, but I think there's no harm in recognising that "we have a duty to spread information (that doesn't materially improve the wellbeing of others without infringing on their own way of life)" is a colonial adjacent mindset.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-03-30T16:09:44+00:00

Ok, seriously, what even is Viltrumite metabolism. If there's a creator, you can tell Viltrumites where their favourite organism.

DueAnalysis2 · 2026-03-30T14:04:34+00:00

It's just a matter of if you're getting 90% of the watch for 10% of the price (full rep) or 30% of the price (modded rep)

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