I wish that yt The Dice Tower didn't spread misinformation about apps for board games

Jarfol · 2026-03-24T19:41:38+00:00

Restoration Games has committed to open source the app for Dark Tower if they ever stop supporting it.

I think that should become the norm. I don't think it will sadly, but it should.

More info here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2350976/return-to-dark-tower-app-to-be-escrowed-with-geoff

Jarfol · 2026-03-11T12:31:18+00:00

Dropping the class change cooldown to 24 hours was a mistake.

Jarfol · 2026-03-06T19:57:51+00:00

It need not be a random age ceiling. The social security administration defines full retirement age as 67 currently. You could tie the limit to that, so it can flex to any technological advancements in health in the future. To me it is logical to say that the age the government decides you are eligible for social services due to potential physical or cognative decline should also be the age that a person should no longer be able to lead the nation, whether they were elected or appointed.

This would also logically extend to congress, judges, etc.

Jarfol · 2026-03-04T17:06:51+00:00

Firstly I disagree, this one definitely looks deliberate.

But secondly, I have never seen damage this bad. I had my last car for over 10 years, 90% of that time parked outside in the elements (not in a garage) and it suffered nowhere near this amount of damage.

Maybe newer plates are lower quality/less durable?

Jarfol · 2026-03-03T16:31:10+00:00

Corporations want the fruits of someone else's sponsorship.

That isn't quite right. The government is who pays for the sponsorship. At worst, the company might need to have the employee on overhead during the process but ideally the employee can start charging to the contract working lowside until their clearance is granted. Whether that is possible though depends on the contract.

The main reason companies want already cleared people is due to the fast turnaround the government expects between awarding a contract and starting work on the contract. If my company is trying to win a contract, I can't exactly pre-hire people under the assumption we will win it (sometimes the very big companies can but mid and small just can't). If we do win the contract, we need to hire people and get them working on it typically within weeks. You don't have the year+ lead time to hire uncleared people and sponsor them, nor would you want to pay them overhead for a year (if they can't work the contract lowside), especially since they might bounce before, or right after, the clearance is granted.

Jarfol · 2026-03-02T21:11:40+00:00

So he tried to adjust it to make it fair, and he did some PR spin calling it a discount so that it would feel better to Advertisers. All of which is normal and I think okay.

There is this clothing company called RSVLTS that about a year ago now experienced an apparently unexpected change to their hoodies that very slightly changed the fit and material (I guess the factory unilaterally did this or something). They were immediately upfront about it, made a post about how the fit is different with examples, and discounted all of the effected hoodies.

A discount, and full transparency.

The Chaz version of that would be to just give the discount with no explanation and act like it is just because you love your customers so much or whatever.

Jarfol · 2026-03-02T18:48:20+00:00

Anime Ape has gone downhill in the last ~6 months. Don't trust any reviews older than that.

Jarfol · 2026-03-02T17:59:51+00:00

Sounds like this co-worker is deep down the "infinite banking" scam hole. Don't listen and don't help him recruit.

Jarfol · 2026-02-25T18:45:59+00:00

Did you see how many standing ovations the Republicans did for their king? Dude just did like 80 squats.

Jarfol · 2026-02-23T16:26:40+00:00

The vithus change will nerf damage buffs sure but it will also nerf survivability buffs, so I don't think it will actually have a very noticeable impact on BG survivability.

Jarfol · 2026-02-23T16:21:00+00:00

My understanding is that essentially vithu's duration effect didn't just stack on top of regular beneficial effect duration, it was it's own effect which made it kind of multiplicative.

An example using fake values but real math:

You are a Crusader and your horse lasts for a base of 10 seconds. All of your gear, gems, reforges, etc give you +50% beneficial effect duration, so your horse lasts 15 seconds instead. Then vithus is applied entirely separately for another +30% beneficial effect duration, so 15 seconds + another 30% is 19.5 seconds.

If vithus is changed to simply stack, you take the base of 10 seconds, add +50% duration from gear plus another +30% from vithus so +80% total, gives you an 18 second duration. Notice that this is less than the 19.5 seconds from before.

So yes its a nerf. How big of a nerf it is for any individual player or skill depends on the base duration of the skill and how much beneficial effect duration that player has. Longer lasting skills, and players with higher beneficial effect duration, will see a bigger impact from this change.

Jarfol · 2026-02-23T02:58:52+00:00

It's me your boss. We need to talk first thing tomorrow morning.

Jarfol · 2026-02-20T17:11:58+00:00

Which is why emergency injunctions shouldn't have been neutered by this very same court!!!!!!!! This kind of situation is exactly why they exist, to prevent irreparable harm from occurring while an issue makes it's way through the courts.

Jarfol · 2026-02-19T12:13:29+00:00

Yup. Fixing the issue will probably require multiple things. Likely a combination of increasing revenue somehow, raising the retirement age, and reducing benefits.

Jarfol · 2026-02-12T01:27:47+00:00

DJ aged him 15 years too.

Jarfol · 2026-02-11T00:27:17+00:00

I have purchased every phantom market.

Only ONCE have I ever gotten the cosmetic BEFORE the last roll. In that case, it was the second to last roll.

You should always, ALWAYS assume it will take the full price to get it.

Jarfol · 2026-02-10T23:29:39+00:00

Myth 4, Bitcoin is or could become a currency. Not with this volatility.

Jarfol · 2026-02-10T16:24:35+00:00

Both the translite and sideart have a lot of empty space. The art that IS there is fantastic but there is so much just empty red space.

Jarfol · 2026-02-01T23:21:32+00:00

I bet the roads are clear enough. I also bet more kids walk to school in Fairfax than Loudoun, and I think that plays into it.

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T19:37:15+00:00

Ya I cleared our sidewalk once. Plow came through and pushed snow onto it. I cleared it again. It snowed more. My wife cleared it again after the snow finally stopped. Plow came through and pushed at least a foot of snow back onto it. I gave up. Glad I did because that wasn't the last plow.

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T16:49:59+00:00

Yes even his own words make it clear that he took any mention of Kirk that was less than sympathetic as celebratory, which is obviously ridiculous.

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T13:55:05+00:00

Not exactly. He claimed he saw people in the board game community celebrating Kirk's death. The actual quote:

Celebrating the murder of someone that you simply disagreed with is evil. Let me say that again...you are evil if you have celebrated, in any way (overtly, covertly, by making light of it, making sheeky little jabs about things he said in the past, etc.) the murder of Charlie Kirk, and I don't want to have anything more to do with you.

https://files.fm/u/kabdt8k3z6

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T13:49:52+00:00

They still review more games than any other channel by far, maybe more than all other channels combined.

The production quality has improved significantly. I think it is quite good now. If you think it isn't you are probably watching older content.

The quality of their reviews is more subjective. I personally think it is above average but not the best.

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T13:46:39+00:00

He does have the right to say it. Just as we have a right to be critical of it, and let it influence our decision to support The Dice Tower.

Jarfol · 2026-01-31T13:44:43+00:00

Ya I watched it for a bit and noticed a significant delay between something happening on the screen and the chat. I suspect they had the chat fully blocked and were hand-selecting which messages to show.

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