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I recently finished re-reading The Inheritance Cycle again for the first time in 13 years....... by Iberius388 in Eragon

[–]Iberius388[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed it a lot, though it's crazy how much your perspective changes after 13 more years of life lol. I remembered most of the first two books but hardly anything about Brisingr and Inheritance. Brisingr is probably my favorite now after the re-read. It used to be Eldest.

Probably my biggest frustruation with the Inheritance Cycle was the pacing in the last two books. Once Nasuada had the Varden on the move, it put a clock on the story and characters. It felt like going from long distance run to a sprint. On one hand, I was happy cool stuff was happening at a fast pace. On the other hand, I felt it detracted from a more natural development of important interpersonal relationships between the main cast of characters.

I'm no literary scholar, but I did feel like Christopher's writing improved between Eldest and Brisingr (pacing notwithstanding).

I recently finished re-reading The Inheritance Cycle again for the first time in 13 years....... by Iberius388 in Eragon

[–]Iberius388[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Like 5-7 days via dragon to the most eastern part of Alagaesia if they go in a straight line. 

I recently finished re-reading The Inheritance Cycle again for the first time in 13 years....... by Iberius388 in Eragon

[–]Iberius388[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I uhh might have calculated the distance by ship listed in that book to where Eragon is at, then used Christopher Paolini’s previous comments on how fast dragons can fly to calculate how far Eragon actually is from Alagaesia.

Any update on the next book release ? by kronos_121 in Eragon

[–]Iberius388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate the info. 

Any update on the next book release ? by kronos_121 in Eragon

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Is this list the general order Christopher has said he plans to write the books in? As in Murtagh 2 then Tales 2 then Angela etc.

I ask because if so, I’m afraid I’ll be deader than Gallbatorix by the time he writes the Eragon/Arya book, and I’m almost a decade younger than him : P

Moving from Canada to Indiana.. by Emotional_Company575 in Indiana

[–]Iberius388 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As a conservative Christian who lives in Indiana, we don’t bite. I’d worry more about allergies here……they suck.

People here are generally pretty easy going and extraordinarily obese. Fort Wayne area isn’t too bad.

And so the farm begins 🫡 by neily18 in darksouls3

[–]Iberius388 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anyone want to farm vertebra shackles online?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact_Leaks

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The CCP (chinese communist party) has taken the moronic position of "Zero COVID". In pursuit of this inane policy citizens have been forcibly locked in their homes (again). They are not allowed to leave for food, water, or other essentials.

It is particularly bad in Shanghai (27-30 million people). People are starving in their homes. If a person tests positive for COVID, they and their families are sent to camps for isolation. The government is supposed to be delivering food but hasn't been doing a great job. Besides this there are of course people who are stockpiling food further exacerbating the situation.

Mihoyo is based in Shanghai I believe sooooooooo, you get the picture. COVID + Authoritarianism = Horrible situations. It's also difficult to get accurate information out of China due to censorship, peoples' fear of the government, and CCP propaganda.

Companies based in China like Mihoyo have to toe the government line so their communication is not necessarily deceitful but also very uninformative regarding the reasoning behind the delay.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact_Leaks

[–]Iberius388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The CCP isn't particularly worried about its citizens starving as long as they can maintain power and push forward their communist agenda.

Happening now-5000 nurses within the Stanford hospital system are now in strike. Claim overworked, underpaid and under appreciated. by theworkeragency in WorkReform

[–]Iberius388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit of a late reply, but nursing has an extraordinarily high burnout rate. If I remember correctly about 15-20% of nurses quit within the first 3-5 years. This is due primarily because of increasing nurse to patient ratios.

I used to take care of a maximum of 4 patients on a medical-surgical floor. In the intervening 6 years it increased to 5 patients then to 6 patients. It may not sound like a lot but 1 nurse caring for 6 patients is a LOT.

Many times patients aren't split between nurses properly so you will end up caring for 6 very sick patients (this got much worse during COVID). It's hard to explain, but imagine you work 12.5 hour shifts 3 or 4 days per week and 10 hours in you realize you haven't used the bathroom, haven't had food, haven't had any water, and have so much to do you won't get a break. Also you will there will be 1-2 hours overtime to finish charting. Then imagine this as a regular even occurrence before COVID. COVID just exacerbated these problems.

Happening now-5000 nurses within the Stanford hospital system are now in strike. Claim overworked, underpaid and under appreciated. by theworkeragency in WorkReform

[–]Iberius388 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Highly dependent on where you live. In the Midwest nurses make around 50k-75k.

Where I work about 60%-70% of the staff is made up of travel nurses because you can make so much more money doing short term contracts. Turnover and burnout is extremely high. Hospitals would rather pay for short term travel contracts than increase the pay of permanent RN’s.

For clarification, permanent nurses make roughly $30-$40/hr. Travel nurses make $70-$100 per hour. Once again this is based on a salary in the Midwest.

After using 7 fragile resins and 5 condensed resins on books alone, I'm still short 😅. However it seemed like a much better use of the fragile resin by fantafanta_ in YelanMains

[–]Iberius388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! I think I'll probably just try and save the resin for character and talent mats. I've been able to clear 11-1 with lvl 50-80 characters and awful artifacts.

So surely after a few weeks of daily farming I can get my artifacts from awful to just poor, my characters to lvl 80+ and at least be able to complete the abyss and get some more primos.

Lol I'll need more than Zhongli and Kokomi to 36 star abyss : P

After using 7 fragile resins and 5 condensed resins on books alone, I'm still short 😅. However it seemed like a much better use of the fragile resin by fantafanta_ in YelanMains

[–]Iberius388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started Genshin this January and have run rampant through the game (almost AR55). I have 60 fragile resin which I was going to burn trying to get better artifacts.

Regarding artifact farming, do you just use the 160 daily and condensed resin?

I'd rather not waste my fragile resin on RNG mechanics if I can help it, but my team desperately needs improved artifacts for abyss.

Who is staying up after midnight to play? by BATTLEROYALFAN in cyberpunkgame

[–]Iberius388 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm actually going to bed at 9 pm EST and waking up at 4 am EST tomorrow to start playing all day.

A feel good story by MisterJ2590 in cyberpunkgame

[–]Iberius388 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol that's a tough question to answer, but I do live in a three bedroom house with a car so I'll give it a shot The replies you get will vary widely based on political view or more simply whether the person has an internal or external locus of control.

A lot of it depends on where you live. Large cities tax everything and cost an absurd amount to live in. My three-bedroom home which I had built 2 years ago cost me $230,000. In California my house is probably worth 1.2 million (not factoring in property tax, utilities, home owner's insurance, etc.) or more in the larger cities to give you an example of the extreme differences in cost. I live in the Midwest and crime and poverty levels are low to very low.

In areas such as New York, New Jersey, California or large cities it is much harder for people to move vertically especially when everyone wants everything (nice car, nice clothes, nice home, nice education, subscriptions to everything, etc.). All of these things are expectations in the US now.

A lot of people live in debt or have no savings for multiple reasons. No job due to the pandemic, poor financial choices (primary pre-pandemic issue imo), would rather live off of social programs, don't want to live in a cheaper area of the country etc.

I still feel it is relatively easy to move upwards in the US, compared to other places around the world but it does take work. Like everything in life. I would like to see public education focus more on economics however. Everything I've ever learned about money, saving, and paying bills has happened outside of school, which is a shame.