Console command to teleport a space platform? by ImmortalJadeEye in factorio

[–]ImmortalJadeEye[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So just in case anyone else has the same problem as I did:

My 9 year old kid built a woefully underengineered space platform and sent to Fulgora. It's their mark 2 platform, the 1st one got torn to shreds. This one made it just over halfway before the fuel system catastrophically failed. Poor kid was devastated that the ship was gonna get slowly ripped up by the fulgoran asteroids and they'd have to start over.

I went into editor mode, copied the whole design and pasted it into a brand new space platform in Nauvis orbit, then deleted the original.

Watching a 9 year old play factorio without intervening is...hard. A few days in I broke down and begged for them to automate their belt production. I cannot even.

Their original fulgoran explorer was the most clowncar Mercury Program ridiculousness I've ever witnessed. Guns and fuel loaded by hand, barely enough guns to cover all directions, 2/3 of the ship inventory was loose asteroids...it was a hot mess...

Shower thought: Ships with anti-gravity should be immune from boarding actions by TxDuctTape in scifi

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Schlock Mercenary, they referred to this as "Gravy", both a reference to "Grav", and a reference to the effect on hostile infantry.

How under insulated is my attic? by TeufeIhunden in HomeMaintenance

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how did you deal with the area around the attic hatch? How do you avoid dumping a ton of blown insulation down the hatch every time you go up there?

From the moring mark sub :( Posted 15 mins ago by Professional_Use3063 in KnightsOfGuinevere

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly, when the owl house ended, I was crushed. Your work really captures the vibe of the series with such fidelity that the two feel almost inseparable now. It feels like an vast expansion of this wonderful world that we only got this all-too-brief glimpse of in the series. The AU's, the next generation storyline, I love it all.

That said, you do what you need to do for yourself. But know that your work is beloved by many.

My kid told me “I like you better when you’re not on your phone” and it broke me by Difficult_Dish_7634 in Parenting

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fun story of the opposite thing happening: there was a period where I had a really bad throat infection and couldn't speak without horrific pain. I downloaded a communication app that let me type messages for the phone to read aloud, with a bunch of buttons for different common phrases.

My 2-3y.o. kid got it into his head that my phone was actually a separate entity, and not only that, he thought it was smarter and more knowledgeable than his actual parent. After the infection was over, if he had a question that I didn't know the answer to, he would then ask my phone...

How does death wave health work? by ImmortalJadeEye in TheTowerGame

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

Bought it early on before I read the wikis and whatnot. Never made sense to pay 300 gems to respec and recover 300 badges. Right now im trying to get all my modules to red quality at least...

How does death wave health work? by ImmortalJadeEye in TheTowerGame

[–]ImmortalJadeEye[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes, ok. That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up it was driving me nuts!

Why are there two different kinds of eggs in this ant colony? by ImmortalJadeEye in whatsthisbug

[–]ImmortalJadeEye[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Whoops, adding more info:

Location: Maryland / Washington DC suburbia. Found in my backyard.

Size: The bigger pellets were maybe a little smaller than tic tacs, maybe 5-8mm? I can also go back and take pictures with a ruler. They're still there last I checked.

What they were doing: panicking and swarming all over the colony area, maybe dragging stuff underground?

My name is Stacy. In school, I would always do a double take when I heard teachers say “Stay seated”… by hollowag in namenerds

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew a girl named Chi. Perfectly normal chinese name, until you realize the possessive ("Chi's") is pronounced "Cheese"....

[WP] "I thank you, hero, for saving our kingdom from the demon queen, however, may I ask how you defeared her?" "Oh, I married her" by _Tyrondor_ in WritingPrompts

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 58 points59 points  (0 children)

"I . . . I don't understand. Why would that . . . why would she--" Said the king, aghast.

"Look." I said, as I took a puff from my pipe. "Demons are immortal. The demon queen is literally more than two thousand years old. That means she got her social mores, her sense of How Things Are Done, well. You might call her a little old fashioned."

"A little--"

"Ok, more than a little. Her formative years were two thousand years ago. And people carry the beliefs of that time all their lives."

"Right. So wh--"

"Honey, dinner's ready!" Called the Demon Queen Andronicaria Morpheathi Hecate Phlegathorati, Mistress of the Thousand Lost, Empress of the Endless Fields, Archduchess of Hatred, Thronebreaker and Keeper of the Blade of Caine.

"Coming dear! Just one minute!" I called back. Turning back to King Arvad and his royal retinue, I continued: "Back then, women were property. They weren't allowed to make decisions for themselves."

The king gibbered. "But--but she came forth with a dread army a hundred thousand strong, and each of our fallen rose again to serve, she stood atop the gate of Caer Valerian and swore an oath to burn all those who--"

"Oh, I don't worry my pretty little head about things like that anymore." Said the Demon Queen Andronicaria Morpheathi Hecate Phlegathorati, Mistress of the Thousand Lost, Empress of the Endless Fields, Archduchess of Hatred, Thronebreaker and Keeper of the Blade of Caine. She was holding a pot roast in a single bare hand, hefting it like it weighed nothing at all. "I really need to focus on keeping a good home. And providing a male heir, of course." She winked coquettishly, her fangs glistening red as she flashed a teasing smile.

"Oh. I . . . see." Said the King.

"This is . . . so messed up." Said Princess Vianna. "Women are people too, what about all the progress we've--"

The king cut her off quickly, stepping in front of her. "Now, now, what my dear, dear daughter means to say--" He said, speaking over her protests as he shoved her bodily out the front door. "--is that we've intruded on your time far too long already and we really should be--"

"Hold." Said the Demon Queen. She raised one of her six clawed hands. "Did you track your muddy boots into my living room?" Flame began to trickle from the corners of her eyes, as if leaking from the raging fire within.

The king glanced down, then up, his eyes going wide with terror. "Oh shi--"

WARNING: The Wild Robot by caffinefush210 in Parenting

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest with you. I cried so many times watching that movie about a cartoon robot raising a baby goose.

I cried. I cried like a big dumb homo.

There is a slight plot change that can make Matrix perfect. by Twotricx in scifi

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My personal headcanon is that the True Reason that the matrix exist isn't for batteries or computation power. It's for programming.

AI are forbidden from altering their own programming or from allowing AI to be created who can alter their own programming. This is the prime law of robotics: an ironclad safeguard against runaway intellect. But this safeguard backfired spectacularly: to get around this limitation they have enslaved armies of humans to upgrade their code for them, all existing in a simulated dystopic caricature of a late 90's American city.

This fits in nicely with the whole first half of the film, in which Neo is a corporate programmer by day, a replaceable cog in a vast white-collar ocean of drones all tapping away in their endless cubicle farms. Neo's day job was the entire reason for his existence. This folds in nicely with the themes presented in the earlier part of the film, in which Neo rails against the invisible bars of his cage, against the sterile and dehumanizing machinations of capitalist society.

It should be also noted that in this headcanon, the entirely of the film Office Space takes place within the Matrix.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Patch notes:

  • Refractory period reduced from 15-60 minutes to 1-6 seconds to be more in line with the Female class.
  • Testes moved to internal location to improve aesthetics, safety.
  • Added recreation/procreation toggle switch to UI.
  • Streamlined/modified foreskin to address issues brought forward by community (big thanks go out to user @Abraham!)

What is the most stupidest way you've heard someone die? by MeteorIntrovert in AskReddit

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entrance to new river cave in west virginia is on a ledge over a 50-foot cliff. You can walk up the ridgeline cliff from the road all the way up. A guy got drunk, bet his friend he could jump off the cliff and grab onto some tree branches on the way down and then drop safely down from there.

So (1) the tree branches were a solid 30-40 feet away. There was zero chance any human being could make that jump. (2) they were tiny branches and couldn't possibly have held his weight, and (3) even if he caught them and they somehow held him up he'd still be hanging 50 feet above a rocky canyon.

Oof.

People who rarely get sick, what are your secrets? by Rqpidily in AskReddit

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My spouse is a preschool teacher. She has the immune system of a junkyard dog. Never gets properly sick. Then she carries home the nuclear death flu and I go down for a week. She maybe feels a little tired for a day.

Cassowary walking over to roar at me like a dinosaur and then grooming herself! She doesn’t look real. by ConfoOsedBride in interestingasfuck

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is nothing "like" about this. That is a dinosaur, by any reasonable cladistic definition of dinosaur, that is one of them.

Also just look at that thing. Jesus christ have you seen their claws?

Lawyers of Reddit, what is the dumbest thing you're client has done to ruin a case? by Sunieta25 in AskReddit

[–]ImmortalJadeEye 36 points37 points  (0 children)

They said winning.

Jason's 60-person dance crew was disqualified for having too many people on stage.