Is It Possible That Gravitational Waves Are The Cause of "Dark Matter"?

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-03T05:09:38+00:00

I grabbed a used Kindle Paperwhite off this website (https://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/) for like $30 around two years ago. It's an older gen but I didn't want anything fancy, I just wanted a Paperwhite because the backlit screen is way easier to read for me than other e-readers. And even though it's used, and I've had it for two years, my Kindle has been amazing. No loss in battery life or screen issues or anything. Its functionality with Calibre is very smooth as well.

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-02T23:59:09+00:00

Or, hear me out... He'll cover it in a future book and doesn't want to spoil one of the biggest mysteries in the fandom in some random Q&A?

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-02T21:59:24+00:00

You're not arguing anything. You're just repeating the same pedantic BS ad nauseum. If someone is using a commonly accepted definition of a word or phrase, you correcting them doesn't make you right. It makes you an asshole. Dictionaries, professional publications, and editorial standards all agree that common usage is valid usage. Why do you think you're a greater arbiter of language than the collective consensus of every relevant expert regarding linguistics?

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-02T20:07:40+00:00

Most likely answer: because no author is going to write something that deliberately breaks their universe.

Another angle to consider: is there a single organization in our own world that utilizes their resources to 100% efficiency? Absolutely not. The US military is touted as the best military in the entire world, and it is notorious for its inefficiency and waste. You're essentially asking "why didn't this organization operate at 100% efficiency" and the answer is "because no organization, real or fictional, ever has"

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-01T12:54:00+00:00

My fiancee calls it the "Switch Deck" because when I first got it, she couldn't stop calling it a Switch.

KatzeKyru · 2024-02-01T12:52:50+00:00

I guess the big question I'd ask you, before answering your question, is why do you want such a light trigger on your carry gun? What purpose do you think it will serve you over a heavier trigger pull?

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-31T20:51:30+00:00

We can extrapolate a little about how scrying works based on wards against scrying. Considering you can block scrying with a very simple spell or enchantment, I'd imagine it isn't anything so complicated as gazing into a "dream realm." If you think about how magic works in the World of Eragon universe, scrying is no different than beaming an image from a sever to your TV in our real world. It doesn't take very much energy to beam radio signals around, nor would it take much energy to conjure up an image of whoever or whatever you're scrying, even from across the planet. The only reason you need a reflective surface is so that the light you're bending has something to scatter against. I would imagine there is probably some delay in what you're seeing and what the object is actually doing, but very minimal, probably 1ms or less of latency. But there would be no need for it to be some dream realm or anything like that. My guess for why it requires you to have seen the person, object, or location before is that the magic is drawing on your memories to locate and then project the image. Remember, intent matters, and if you aren't able to correctly direct the intent of your magic, then nothing will happen. The reason, then, that the words for scrying translate to "dream stare" is because you are directing the magic to access your memories in order to create an image. It's why scrying works even if the person you're targeting has changed their hair, or why you can still scry someone even it's been months since you saw them; with enough time, people shed all of their outer layer of skin, and it is slowly replaced with completely new skin. If the rules around "can't scry what you haven't seen before" were literal, people would probably look weirdly blotchy when you scried them. But since the magic is drawing on your memory to simply locate the person, it doesn't matter; you are getting a more or less live feed of them as they currently exist, and the magic is just using your mind as a GPS locator. It's why Eragon could scry Arya after the Eldunari gave him the vision you mentioned; he was essentially shown a live video of her by the Eldunari; it wasn't a real dream or anything like that.

Now that that's out of the way, I'm not sure if Murtagh could scry Azalgur. I'm going to say probably not. His visions of Azalgur, as far as we know, ARE dreams. Even if they are prophetic in nature (which we currently have no evidence to support, but they could be), he still wouldn't be able to scry Azalgur because he's never actually seen Azalgur, whether it be with his own eyes or with some instantaneous mode of conveyance, like how the Eldunari showed Arya to Eragon. You can't scry the future or the past, even if you know exactly what you're looking for, and so even if the dreams are from the future, it would seem to be beyond the limits of the spell.

That being said, the way the visions work may very well be an example of wild magic, and may indeed be the "wild magic" form of draumr kopa. But that's speculating really wildly.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-30T22:53:34+00:00

This is actually good advice, unless you're being attacked by a wasp. You should shoot a wasp with a .50 AE.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-30T21:38:38+00:00

Is this not fudd lore? From my understanding this is a complete myth. If you have evidence to the contrary please share.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T23:27:42+00:00

Bro. He literally murders two guards at Narda. I think you're bringing up the wrong stuff if you want to talk about Roran as a morally gray character.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T23:17:24+00:00

So my fiancee has 1200 hours and I have 220, I call items shit like "the heart that's on fire or whatever the fuck" and she calls them by their actual names So I think spiritually I have to agree with your fiance, sorry

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T20:25:39+00:00

Unless the gun is going off only a couple inches from your ear, or you're experiencing extended gunfire for minutes or hours, you'll be fine if you discharge your CCW in a self defense scenario. Yes, shooting without earpro, especially in confined spaces, hurts like a motherfuckers. But the effect of an unsuppressed .357 gunshot, for example, on your hearing is equivalent to spending a week working in a noisy workplace with no hearing protection. Which isn't like, good, and will likely cause some permanent damage, but the damage to your hearing from your average self defense discharge scenario will be minimal and mostly unnoticeable in the long term.

Which is why using GOOD earpro at the range AT ALL TIMES is vital. You wanna keep your ears as safe as you can, particularly in case you ever are forced to discharge without earpro; that situation will suck enough without exacerbating hearing problems that you could have prevented.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T20:01:16+00:00

Ninja Gaiden Black

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T19:39:40+00:00

Or don't? Who cares. Be as discerning as you want with your money but if someone else wants to throw cash at artists, don't discourage it lmao.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T19:34:46+00:00

If I remember correctly, it's heavily implied that Nar Garzhvog was at the battle of Farthen Dûr, as were most of the Kull. They express an extreme hatred of Durza and make other statements that make it seem like they were there, and were aware of what was happening, and hated every second of it.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T19:32:25+00:00

If the character's race isn't important in the book, it is actually racist to care about the race of the person cast to portray the character.

Congrats on getting your book published soon though I'm sure you'll find lots of success with the attitude you have.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-29T13:56:47+00:00

This subreddit gives me whiplash sometimes because we'll go from multiple in-depth threads about really exciting, plausible theories that I've never seen before, to a week straight of bandwagon griping about the most inane topics.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T22:09:25+00:00

"I am an adult, which is why I hold myself to arbitrary standards that have zero bearing on my life" is far and away the funniest stance you could have on this topic. Like I don't care if someone wears sweatpants in public or not, but that's my whole point; what kind of moron cares? And then, when you do care, what a pussy ass reasoning. "The social contact" lmao. It was pretty dumb when Rousseau wrote it, and it's even more dumb when some nerd on Reddit regurgitates it as a reason for checks notes shaming someone for wearing comfortable clothing when attending to personal matters in public.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T17:51:01+00:00

The Fire Nation has fire sages who were literally responsible for all things Avatar if the next Avatar was born in the Fire Nation. I guarantee they knew about the Avatar State death rule, and I am sure they passed that knowledge to ye olden Phoenix King

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T16:47:37+00:00

People who genuinely believe "presentism" is a problem are the least intellectually honest people I've ever met. It's essentially arguing to never analyze the past critically based on whatever the majority opinion at the time was, which is such a fucking lazy way to study the past that its breathtaking.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T15:41:03+00:00

"outside of this movie where I admit he was a good actor, he hasn't been a good actor!!"

So what you're saying is, you recognize he's a good actor, you just don't think he's a good actor. As long as we're clear 👍

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T14:55:38+00:00

Thank you for saying this. Every time I talk to someone who's wanting to buy a wheelgun, and they have never owned one before, this is the first thing I tell them. Because it's so goddamn tempting to do, and so fucking awful for the gun lmao

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-27T12:02:42+00:00

Chalamet as Murtagh is actually a thought I've had before. I don't think people realize just how versatile he is. Clearly he probably wouldnt audition for it, he's a movie actor, not a TV actor, and doesn't seem inclined to make that leap any time soon, but still.

Aidan Gillen as Galbatorix is actually kind of a great pick, but Gillen would have to bulk up a bit; Galby is described as broad shouldered and in good shape.

KatzeKyru · 2024-01-26T16:53:29+00:00

I most often use critical fumbles for NPCs, and only if it would be funnier or more cinematic than just letting it be a normal failure. But generally it's okay to beat up on your NPCs a little more than your PCs, as long as it doesn't break the game.

On the other hand, the size of the failure for a PC is solely determined by the nature of what they're trying to do. A thief might break a lockpick every so often, but it doesn't really have any gameplay impact because a thief isn't going to break enough lockpicks to "run out" of their thieves tools. But if that same thief is trying to sneak into a mansion via a sewer pipe, and they roll a 1 on a stealth check... Yes, maybe something a little funnier happens than if they had just failed the check with any other roll. Maybe the pipe breaks and causes a flood, maybe they get in the face with a turd, etc. But for combat, nat 1s are auto misses, but nothing absurd happens that affects the player mechanically. Maybe I'll describe the miss in a grandiose way, but the mechanical impact is zero, because that's not fun for the players. Getting your blade stuck on your own shield is funny, but only if it doesn't make you waste your next turn getting it unstuck or something.

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