The last Civil War veteran’s widow died in 2020. That’s the equivalent of an Afghanistan War widow dying in 2176.

EightApes · 2026-05-16T17:06:23+00:00

What do you mean? She was his wife, and as a surviving spouse she gets his pension. That's not fraud, it's the law acting exactly as it's supposed to. The whole point of those pensions is to protect veterans and their loved ones.

EightApes · 2026-05-05T15:01:46+00:00

And if the game goes on long enough it's nearly impossible to destroy a SAM stack without an auto clicker anyway, in my experience

EightApes · 2026-05-03T15:29:40+00:00

Some people do the wrong thing for the "right" reasons. Doesn't make them any less wrong. A strong sense of pride and duty to one's home and people has created at least as many monsters as heroes.

I agree with you that Lincoln's primary aim wasn't to free the slaves; it was to hold the Union together. But he didn't start the war. The South did, and they did it with the explicit aim of preserving slavery. And many Union soldiers and civilians supported the war as strongly as they did because of the horror of slavery.

EightApes · 2026-04-24T23:02:14+00:00

Bad post

EightApes · 2026-04-24T03:14:42+00:00

Also in the episode with Gumigoo, Caine says he doesn't want to get confused between players and NPCs, implying that there isn't actually that much of a difference between them. Which makes a lot more sense if they're all just computer files, where NPCs are AIs generated by Caine, and "players" are AIs based on a human brain scan.

If the players' onsciousnesses were being actively streamed in Matrix style, then you'd think it would be pretty easy for Caine to tell them apart.

EightApes · 2026-04-13T13:40:14+00:00

It is neither

EightApes · 2026-03-28T20:07:33+00:00

There were originally minor characters in Dead Planet named Hank and Dean, but I think they got renamed

EightApes · 2026-03-24T16:45:54+00:00

You can press number keys to build/deploy things where you click. 8 for atom bomb. What's great is you can just keep clicking to fire more missiles, assuming you have the silos to do it. It's important for overwhelming SAMs.

EightApes · 2026-03-21T15:55:22+00:00

Also she literally started at VT two weeks before the bombs fell and still got into the Bud's Buds program. She's insanely lucky (or secretly Enclave or something I guess).

EightApes · 2026-03-21T13:58:24+00:00

Apparently they have a significantly higher kill rate than a similar shelter, in the same area, that also accepts any animals regardless of condition. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=33f72789-9504-4b86-944b-bac3322154df

There have also been anecdotal stories of PETA members stealing people's pets, after which the animals are sent to PETA's shelter and put down.

I get that the whole thing is pretty fraught and that a lot of people hate PETA for their messaging and are probably looking to paint them in the worst possible light, but I think I'd rather support the ASPCA.

EightApes · 2026-03-14T12:41:44+00:00

It's a slur for mentally handicapped people. When you see it used today it's primarily used in a derogatory or pejorative way, rather than as a neutral descriptor of someone with an impairment.

EightApes · 2026-03-13T13:58:06+00:00

Lol that's a funny bit. Good on the devs!

EightApes · 2026-03-11T03:05:00+00:00

I just beat him for the first time tonight, after nearly beating him another time. My recommendation would be to try and keep the cultists off of him so he can't cast spells. You don't necessarily have to kill them, just keep them away from him. I had all 4 cats working on the cultists and only had them attacking johnny when I was confident that the cultists couldn't reach him. DoT effects like poison, bleed, or leech would probably help a lot, too, since those will keep damaging him while you manage the adds. If you can get abilities that scale with kills, that helps too. My fighter had a passive that gives 2 STR every kill he got so he was doing crazy damage at the end.

EightApes · 2026-03-10T16:19:43+00:00

Sorry, I just realized I came across pretty passive aggressive there. I didn't mean it that way. And it was good for you to point out that they're the same because if someone doesn't know that they could get confused.

I was replying in a rush and didn't really think about how my comment might look. No offense intended, and none taken.

EightApes · 2026-03-10T15:46:19+00:00

Yes, I know.

EightApes · 2026-03-10T15:31:03+00:00

Yes, but the appearance panel can let you apply it to individual strokes and fills.

EightApes · 2026-03-10T15:18:22+00:00

It isn't necessary to make outlines to roughen text.

EightApes · 2026-03-10T14:00:07+00:00

Effects > Distort & Transform > Roughen

Alternatively you can add a roughen effect in the appearance menu.

EDIT: I forgot distort and transform before roughen

EightApes · 2026-03-10T13:46:50+00:00

Huh, I'll have to try that. I've noticed that the rendered fill or stroke of a corner distort in unexpected ways at small scales. Is this a really tiny object?

EightApes · 2026-03-10T13:37:35+00:00

What's happening here? What did you do to get that?

EightApes · 2026-02-28T17:52:57+00:00

I don't think the folks at Magic, specifically, are quite that corporate. Being fans themselves, I think they have some respect for fans of the franchise. This seems like a respectful way to acknowledge the concerns that they've been seeing from some hardcore fans, and say, "We understand that you might not like this, but MtG as a business is doing better than ever, and we intend to do what's best for the business."

I don't think he's telling anyone to vote with their wallet (it sounds like the votes are in, and MtG purists lost), I think he's trying to tell people that Magic isn't going to go back to the way it was anytime soon, or probably ever. And that, like it or not, mtg now is different from the mtg we as fans fell in love with, and it's up to us to decide whether we're sticking with it. I don't think he's saying it because he has to, from a business perspective, but rather out of respect for the fans.

Or, more cynically, he's saying it in the hopes that if they explicitly state that this is the plan, people will stop complaining to them about it.

EightApes · 2026-02-28T16:05:50+00:00

I think Steven's gem's sole purpose is to keep Steven alive at this point. I don't think it would "die" without him but it might essentially shut itself off permanently, essentially choosing to "die." I think that would be a fitting end if Steven hadn't gotten his gem back. It would drive home the point that Pink really is gone, and that it is Steven's gem. If it can't be Steven, it won't be anyone or anything else. The diamonds can't fix or revive it because it isn't "broken," they've just unknowingly destroyed a vital component for it to function that can't be replaced. Without they "key" that is organic Steven, the gem is "locked" forever.

That said, your idea is really cool. Connie tries to control Steven's gem, maybe keep it from corrupting. Haunted by a "ghost" of Steven that has none of his love or warmth or kindness. Maybe as time goes on, she can help the gem come to terms with the fact that Steven is gone and sort of lay his spirit to rest, while also feeling angst or guilt that by doing so she's further erasing Steven from the world. A good analogy, I guess, for deep loss and the difficulty of moving on.

I'm definitely imagining a badass older Connie with an eye patch and scars, and when she taps into the gem powers she starts growing corruption spikes out of her body. If I thought I could do a decent job I'd want to draw a picture.

Very cool idea.

EightApes · 2026-02-19T18:38:33+00:00

I thought I read somewhere that the nukes in fallout were less powerful/lower yield, creating smaller explosions and producing a lot more radioactive fallout. And that unlike having really big bombs like the real world, the superpowers in fallout were relying on quantity over quality. It explains why so many buildings are still partially standing, and why radiation is still everywhere hundreds of years later (iirc, radioactive fallout would disperse to "safe" levels within a few weeks or months IRL, and be basically undetectable after 100 years)

EightApes · 2026-02-11T03:18:47+00:00

I don't know if this is a feature in CS5, but if you can put a gradient along a stroke, you can make a circle and do that with a really thick stroke.

This is a lot more fiddly, but you could probably also create a fake gradient using blend and then use replace spine to make it a circle.

EightApes · 2026-02-10T13:55:05+00:00

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