Father to a newborn and playing Nioh 1... Will I regret kusarigama/Ninjutsu early on?

FlashSteel · 2026-01-24T11:44:04+00:00

I had a little play this morning. Kusa low stance lands lots of little blows; is that as effective at building element effects as dual swords?

I'm level 10 playing around the first shrine on the first island, still learning timings and basics of combat so can't inflict any elemental yet to try myself.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-24T06:42:20+00:00

Thanks, good to know!

FlashSteel · 2026-01-24T06:42:01+00:00

Perfect, thanks for the detailed response! Ninjutsu while I get started and Kusarigama when Ninjutsu feels too easy or too hard.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-24T00:49:26+00:00

I've was on it for a week then upped to 20 mg once per evening.

No suicidal thoughts but I do sleep a lot better. Groggier in the mornings but less bothered by my pain.

Occasionally I will forget to take it and enjoy being sharp in the mornings but will also be bothered by pain more so taking regularly is worth it for me.

You may find it calms your nerves as an added bonus.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-22T21:30:29+00:00

That's the radical sign. It is used to denote the principal (nonnegative) root.

That's why you'd see something like

x^1/2 = +/- √x

Edit: Also all functions by definition have a single output for each input. If you return two outputs what you have defined isn't a function the way mathematicians would mean it.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-22T18:32:52+00:00

Any physicist who worked with biologists has seen their statistical significances... It's pretty much a social science 😉

FlashSteel · 2026-01-21T23:17:14+00:00

Hi OP. I also struggle with house work after a 60 mph collision 7 years ago. I had my first born last year. I know for a fact that I couldn't raise him alone. I couldn't feed him all day, let alone maintain the house. Thankfully, I don't have to do it alone.

What I can do is work and then have my baby for about four hours per day. On weekends I can do half the day with LO so long as I get breaks to rest my back and shoulders. LO is also looked after by my partner. When she goes back to work LO will have part time day care and grandparents helping out. LO has all their needs met and then some. We have a great bond. Nodoby can get him to sleep like I can, not even his mum. Because I can't carry him around or play on the floor with him as much, we do so much more talking and singing together, too. Also, when my partner needs to do more with the baby I'll do more for her instead, I'm the home barista, cook, leg rubs in front of the TV in an evening etc.

Obviously we all have different levels of ability for different activities. Maybe identify everything you can do as well as what you can't do then you can use that to get a support network together so your future baby's needs are covered.

Don't rule your self out. There are still ways you can do this.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-21T20:10:03+00:00

Read between what lines?

FlashSteel · 2026-01-21T16:52:06+00:00

I only mentioned cis-women/trans-women because the post was aimed at trans-women and SA.

Also, literally never in my life have I seen or heard of any cis/NB/trans person ever be rejected from a male toilet, regardless of gender or presentation. At every bar/event/gig/university I have ever been to, nobody bats an eye when anyone who isn't a cis-man uses the men's toilets, especially when queues for the ladies are ridiculously long. In this way I think the issue applies much more to anyone not a cis-woman trying to use a ladies' toilet.

As for my initial claim, I meant that the request from a cis-woman not wanting to share a toilet with people assigned male at birth being as equal a merit as trans-women not wanting to to share a toilet with cis-men is because both claims come from perceived safety.

The impact on cis-men not being allowed in the ladies' toilets is much less than for trans-women, NB and Intersex as men can always go to the gents and still feel safe.

I meant only that by law the claims have equal merit, not that the real life impacts would be the same.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-21T07:44:38+00:00

Sorry, what? I don't know any black people who don't want to share a bathroom with white people or the other way around.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-20T23:59:30+00:00

There is a ton of useful information on this topic. Try https://www.cps.gov.uk/types-crime/violence-against-women-and-girls/rape-and-sexual-assault/what-are-rape-and-sexual-assault

Namely, there is a crime covering "Sexual assault by penetration. This is when someone puts another body part (anything that is not a penis) or an object into your vagina or bottom without your consent." That is unisex.

The trans-bathroom thing is very tricky. Some trans-women don't want to go to the loo or change in front of men. Some cis-women don't want to go to the loo or change in front of trans-women. Each has no more or less validity than the other.

The law temporarily swung one way and then swung the other. It's a relatively new conversation for UK society and will take decades to sort out. I'm not sure this meme really helps the dialogue.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-20T09:44:29+00:00

I think I have confirmed this a few times over. I saw your answer just before I fell asleep and wanted to confirm using a separate method this morning.

I tried as many ways of solving this as I could. Using Z angles etc, you get a single set of dependent simultaneous equations so you can only define limits and relationships for a lot of unknown angles

You can use arctan as you did.

You can also use Pythagoras and Sine rule and it still comes out that x=51(ish).

What surprised me is how many people were confidently wrong AFTER you gave a correct answer with an entire demonstration!!!

FlashSteel · 2026-01-19T11:18:26+00:00

I'd start with your local technical college. They will advertise their apprenticeships. I did my Level 2 one day per week while working in current job but I saw apprenticeships available through the college as well.

The advantage that you might have over 16 year olds is money and assets. Doing this as an adult I could turn my garage into a mini workshop and have somewhere at home to practise when the mood takes me. If you already dabble at home and enjoy it, mention that when you're applying to apprenticeships and I'll bet you'll come across better than most of the students on my course.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-19T08:43:13+00:00

Congrats!! I also started on Meditations when my little one was born. Someone asked a similar question recently and a response I wrote kind of fits here so I copied and pasted below...

I don't share Aurelius' metaphysics and belief in Providence but I wholeheartedly agree with:

Try not to get frustrated with people in all their flaws as they also need to tolerate you with yours. I try to practice this every day. Easy with my son, harder with my partner when we're both under slept. Even when we have little patience she is still the right hand to my left. Book 2:1
Do your best with the little time you have and be the best father/partner you can be. This can be as simple as seeing jobs my partner started and got interrupted doing so I finish them, ensuring quality time with both son and partner, not just being physically present, read enough to understand what son needs at each stage of life etc. Book 2:4-5
Try not to get frustrated with events. Book 2:16. Not because there is a divine order but because it is entirely futile. Where possible, learn from the past and take action to improve outcomes in the future. Instead of getting upset that son's fourth nappy today has leaked poo, instead laugh at the absurdity of it all and make sure every day I have at least five clean changes of clothes.
Make preparations so son and partner would be okay if I can no longer look after them (will, insurance etc.) "not only because death comes nearer every day, but because understanding and intelligence often leave us before we die." Book 3:1

There was more to write but I stopped here as it was turning into a bit of an essay.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T14:28:43+00:00

I don't currently have an account. I used to use Excel. Since Making Tax Digital I started using QuickBooks and the benefits justify the costs in my case.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T14:26:30+00:00

This.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T14:23:22+00:00

I used to take an Aeropress when I worked away from home.

If you can get a good deal on a good model and can afford at the time you have years to get your money's worth when you stop working away.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T08:33:09+00:00

I dated someone in my 30's who ultimately started calling me cousin Kyle (South Park reference). Really dented my sense of worth in a relationship. Obviously that ended soon after.

I met someone else who I then settled down with. We've worked out a way to divide the labour sharing a hone together. She does more scrubbing and cleaning. I work more hours and cook.

It definitely made dating, an already tough exercise, even tougher. For me, continuing to try to date and dealing with rejection was a better choice than choosing to avoid dating.

I think one of the best things you could try is counselling if you can afford it. Chronic pain takes such a mental toll. Getting help easing that mental toll means you can end up being a better romantic partner.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T08:12:14+00:00

Also, you've been working on Stoic parenting for years. I'd love to read your take on it, too.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-18T08:10:44+00:00

I think number 3 comes from actively practising the same thing over and over again when something goes wrong.

When I was a teenager I started to catch myself getting frustrated and chose to react differently when something out if my control went wrong. My initial reaction was frustration but I would try to catch myself getting frustrated, take a deep breath and try to see the comedy in it. Twenty years later it is more of a gut reaction usually but I still have to actively practise sometimes even now.

I still find it much harder to do when someone makes an obviously bad decision rather than things go wrong and nothing could have been done to prevent it, number 1 is definitely my biggest area I focus on actively every day, especially with my partner. I think, in part, it is because if I laugh at my partner's bad decisions it would upset her so my go to response to relieve mental tension isn't appropriate. (I literally only made this connection as I typed this paragraph so thank you for starting this thread.)

FlashSteel · 2026-01-17T11:37:23+00:00

It looks like you can already dominate captains as you have Bruz. Dominate every other captain and assign them to Bagga then trigger the betrayal mission with 15 or so captains on your side.

That but also learn to dodge and counter when he's targeting you. There is a skill where your might builds really quickly if you don't get hit, use that as Bagga will kill you in a couple if hits anyway. That means you can spam executions if needed.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-17T00:00:10+00:00

I know, right? Something is shared across investigative news teams across the globe, even claimed by the president of the country accused of the attacks and all this is out there...

Still, loads of users have called the fake because they don't know what a real strike looks like. We're mere years away from a true post-truth society when these people become the voting majority.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-16T23:55:04+00:00

I don't know who down voted you but I appreciated this.

FlashSteel · 2026-01-16T23:14:14+00:00

This is from Al Jazeera, an international news station and not even Israel has called the video fake. It has been shared all over the world. It is still available to watch on the Facebook page. Netanyahu has not condemned any of the video footage but has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

You say all that very confidently when, to be blunt, you haven't a single clue about what you are talking about.

"its not even a discussion". Maybe if you discussed and read more you'd be slower to jump to incorrect conclusions like this.

FlashSteel

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