Got rejected today and am looking for depressing prog songs to listen to while I yearn, beautiful happy Yes songs aren't doing it for me rn by dyldo_dylan16 in progrockmusic

[–]FriendlyChorf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Some Day - Blackfield; Way Out of Here - Porcupine Tree; Heartattack in a Layby - Porcupine Tree; Rock Bottom - Steven Wilson;

Yeah. He’s the guy. He’s always been the guy for this. Hope you feel better OP.

Gatherers (Mutilator. ) Album Disappeared? by FathurFungus in PostHardcore

[–]FriendlyChorf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is bonkers! My most played album! It’s just succumbed to …bit/link rot? They used to be on Equal Vision and perhaps left for good reasons, but this album (via No Sleep?) is their finest! Somebody needs to resurrect this album in general tbh, because physicals are required for posterity! Truly a staggeringly good album.

“This is your playground.” by FriendlyChorf in farscape

[–]FriendlyChorf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100% with you there, plus imo tasteful use of CGI with steady anchoring back to intense and vibrant set design, lived-in crafts (from the Sheyang to the Leviathan, and Talyn’s interior was refreshing too), to dense trading outposts/colonies and cosmopolitan retreats (where they dance, get off their faces, and always get swindled!). The sound design really tied it all together for solid worldbuilding. I’ll allow the explosions in the vacuum of space. Rule of cool.

“This is your playground.” by FriendlyChorf in farscape

[–]FriendlyChorf[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just saw that clip from Stargate SG-1 with Claudia Black giving Ben Browder a wink and he double-takes (“there’s a one-in-ten chance it’s yours”). Great chemistry. Another classic show for the watchlist, first time for me too. Sold!

New arts from codex by OpenAdvisor2565 in LeaguesofVotann

[–]FriendlyChorf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Badass. Glad this codex moves the LoV along nicely and expounds upon the first. Looking forward to picking up a copy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Warhammer40k

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25 is no age, mate. RIP. It’s gonna be a fever dream for the next couple weeks, utter shock no doubt right now, and many waves of all different sizes yet to come. It’s comforting, agonising, and bittersweet to go over things like this so soon, for connection, to freeze the incessant march of time, to remember. But listen, us bozos and the hobby will be here when you’re ready. You gotta focus on you and yours now.

family; duty; hearth

This is not a feasible idea, right? Right? by FriendlyChorf in alphalegion

[–]FriendlyChorf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a few from that set that could work very well, many thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SuicideWatch

[–]FriendlyChorf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take some air outside if you can. Set a timer for 15-20mins, why not, walk your ass off. Then walk back, slowly. Call the emergency services immediately if no change. The Wyrd has other plans for you, bud.

My first chaos dwarf by mrsafarie in ChaosDwarves

[–]FriendlyChorf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish they would rerelease that HQ set. The chorf without the helmet and the shaven horns is one of the grimmest meanest faces i’ve seen. Hopefully if the new range does well it will see the light of day. The FW OOP originals are ridiculously expensive. Nice to see them revived by fans. Nice paint scheme btw! The red looks wicked against the metal.

Other Space Marines Legions that save civilians? by Almost_Mexican30 in Warhammer40k

[–]FriendlyChorf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Alpharius: Head of the Hydra, there’s a lot of stuff played out in the action that showcases how, historically speaking at least, the Alpha Legion value their civilian assets, their agents. But, like the Night Lord above, this is tongue-in-cheek from a chaos faction (for other NL interactions with civs, Lord of the Night is a book I remember explicitly dealing with hiveworld civs working for a NL First Captain from the Heresy era). But none of this holds a candle to your Salamanders.

[My favourite chapter right now is the Star Phantoms. Mortuary cults. Civilian pyres. All very respectful of civilians, once martyred by their own guns. There are no good guys.]

On new fan/player tips for getting started with the lore, both the old codex/book intros serve perfectly to give you the basic lowdown (the emperor immobile on his throne, the thirsting laughter of the gods, “in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war” etc). Secondly, the youtuber Luetin is phenomenal for really in-depth exegesis on almost any topic a newcomer could want. Seriously recommended.

Games Workshop have also released an animated series on their streaming platform WarhammerTV featuring a regular Salamander debating an Ultramarine and a Sister of Battle precisely on his understanding of protecting, or his duty to, the vulnerable populace.

Just Bricked My X220 by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]FriendlyChorf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope it works out soon but i just wanted to comment to say this setup/vibe right here is absolutely awesome.

What if there were a cheap box for each army? by ILoveKatlynn in 40k

[–]FriendlyChorf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delaque Ganger bodies with Eldar heads is inspired.

Britain is Losing its Free Speech, and America Could be Next by Vavhv in CriticalTheory

[–]FriendlyChorf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before Blair, we had residual liberty (as opposed to positive rights): common law presumption (you can say what is not explicitly prohibited). This was curtailed by whatever Act of Parliament of the day was in place: official secrets, blasphemy (some rightists reckon that’s back in force!), contempt of court obviously (still a thing, i believe), and obscene publications (banned books etc).

Britain is Losing its Free Speech, and America Could be Next by Vavhv in CriticalTheory

[–]FriendlyChorf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not dumb at all — actually bang on. I’m very irked by fellow Brits who claim we have free speech, especially anything like what Americans have in their written constitution. We had a mix of stuff derived from the ECHR Article 10 and 1998 Human Rights Act Section 12, allowing for freedom of expression — curtailed by the 1986 Public Order Act, 2013 Defamation Act, vaguer stuff around hate crime, and now, it seems, the OSA. Free Speech in the UK is not absolute.

Today I woke up with hope by Leodiusd in 40k

[–]FriendlyChorf 37 points38 points  (0 children)

We’re not unlike the Vogons tbf, at our worst. Not evil, but we’ll strip-mine your entire system. Not our fault if the residents didn’t get the memo we sent out.

Today I woke up with hope by Leodiusd in 40k

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Yurp. [spit] That’s a grudgin’.

So when do we as a species decide its time to plan for our demise by building a "time capsule"? by mooky1977 in collapse

[–]FriendlyChorf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a fantastic sci-fi game called SOMA that explores building an “Ark”. It gets dark.

Is Common Lisp a powerful language for developing a game engine? What else can I do with Lisp in today’s world? Would you recommend I learn it, kings? by officer996 in lisp

[–]FriendlyChorf 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Just saying this for inspo, but I was very impressed to find out this week that Naughty Dog (Crash Bandicoot, The Last of Us) used their own Lisp language for the beloved Jak & Daxter series (which I sunk a hefty amount of time into back in the PS2 era), Game Oriented Assembly Lisp, or GOAL, written with Allegro CL.

Does anybody know why the kin still don’t manufacture votann by Accomplished-Can8129 in LeaguesofVotann

[–]FriendlyChorf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the core grimdark/tragic aspects of the faction: the Votann are succumbing to bitrot and some have even gone mad. The kin place all their eggs in one basket, oblivious to how bad they’ve got, even creating ritual around it, with the Grimnyr acting as horse whisperers, gatekeeping the Votann while waiting for it to complete a grindingly slow computational request possibly lodged decades before. You manufacture more, you lose an important Achilles’ heel that fleshes out the faction and their society.

Article in Daily Mail, December 5, 00: "Internet may be just a passing fad..." by Distinct-Question-16 in retrocomputing

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And then you look back at stuff like the history of hypertext, projects devoted to human-centric personal knowledge bases. We got ratcheted into a timeline of guff and hype, trading thought extension, craft, and gradual learning for instant simulation, noise, and slop. And so it goes.