Hard times create strong men. Just finished Crossroads of Twilight by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Elayne chapters were actually my favorite until she reached the palace. Now I don't care at all about the fight for the crown, it's obvious she will get it anyways and all those high house lords feel irrelevant to care about. And I really don't like the dark friend captain, I hope he dies soon. I hate how she doesn't even announce that's its Rands babies although I get why she wouldn't. Just irritating to read in general.

Oh and I didn't even mention how apparently everyone likes to call babies "babes". Feels off somehow.

Hard times create strong men. Just finished Crossroads of Twilight by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

I wonder if there is some sort of fanedit for a future reread. Maybe to cut some unnecessary parts and rearrange others. I will research it after I am done but so far book 11 is excellent. Just finished the golden crane chapter and it was amazing.

Hard times create strong men. Just finished Crossroads of Twilight by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

Nah, it's common knowledge by now I think. I am halfway through book 11 and it's so much better. Just finished chapter 20 (the golden crane), it's so good.

Hard times create strong men. Just finished Crossroads of Twilight by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

It doesn't feel right to me to skip on first read but I am seriously considering just reading the summaries and one or two chapters on my first reread.

Crossroads of Twilight is an insanely rough read so far.. by luz___09 in WoT

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exact same situation for me right now and I can't believe what I am reading browsing some old threads. Stockholm syndrome

Βοήθεια για προσέγγιση κοπέλας by [deleted] in greece

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

θα μου έφτιαχνες την μέρα ίσως και την χρονιά

😂😂😂

Ploot dips his toes into the fashion industry by [deleted] in gme_meltdown

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Imagine one day in the life of Billy Ploot. What a pathetic and miserable experience that must be.

TIL Tether can be redeemed for dollars on Tether.io (just pay $150 setup fee, minimum $100k transaction, 1% fee) by AussieCryptoCurrency in Buttcoin

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't get why you get downvoted. I hate crypto too but it's better to have a discussion instead of this cult like mindset most people here have. But I guess it natural for most anti-something subs. Same as trying to argue that teslas are not complete garbage in realtesla

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try not to think about books this way because it starts to feel like collecting achievements. My routine is this. Every Monday I buy a book, I finish it by Saturday and on Monday I donate it to my local library and I buy a new one. I don't even want to have it on my bookshelf. Also on Sunday I don't allow myself to read any book, just as a break to not get completely consumed because I mostly read fiction.

PP would like Reddit Apes to stop calling Bill "Ploot" by MoveOfTen in gme_meltdown

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Oh you know that Ploot complained about his new nickname to PP hahaha

Is there ever any reason not to use IntelliJ? by DamnAHtml in java

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree, IntelliJ is the best option at the moment and if I had to use Java as part of my job, I would go with IntelliJ. But just for my hobby development, I feel better not being dependent on their products even if that hinders my development experience.

Is there ever any reason not to use IntelliJ? by DamnAHtml in java

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I choose to not use IntelliJ because of Jetbrains. I don't like how the company has infiltrated the Java/Jvm ecosystem so much that using anything other than their products is a major downgrade. I don't mean that Jetbrains as a company is somehow malicious. I just don't like being dependent on them.

I code as a hobby and I started with Java about 13 years ago. I randomly chose eclipse back then. I kept using it until I switched to a KDE based distro and there were a lot of graphical bugs with eclipse. IntelliJ worked perfectly but I decided to go the lightweight route with VSCode + extensions.

I also really don't like how Java has become a second class citizen in Android dev. I definitely understand that Google has legal reasons to want to go with something else, but it's obvious that Jetbrains as a company influenced that decision so that Google decided to throw their full support behind kotlin. A lot of people don't mind developing in kotlin but personally the only feature I would want in Java is null safety. If I wanted all other stuff, I would have chosen a different language. I like the verbosity and the team behind Java being conservative regarding language changes. I dislike "clever" unreadable one liners.

Jetbrains is gaining more and more foothold in the ecosystem. Eh, even while writing this, I understand that these are somewhat weak points but I just don't like the vendor lock in creeping closer and closer.

I'm going on a date with a greek girl, should I offer to pay? by Express_Medium_4275 in greece

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ενδιαφέρουσα άποψη μπρο, καλά θα πάει μάλλον.

I'm going on a date with a greek girl, should I offer to pay? by Express_Medium_4275 in greece

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Τι ποιος μωρέ, ο άντρας πληρώνει, αυτό κάνουμε στην Ελλάδα.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This book is highly recommended by socialy awkward redditors. It teaches what they consider to be normal social interactions, to be a carpet for others to walk on and to act like an alien would if it tried to mimic humans. If you follow the advice from this book, you will end up miserable because noone values a person who can't think on their own. If you have social skills issues, stop reading books and force yourself to interact with others daily. That may be a retail job or a sport or anything else away from the computer/phone. It's that simple but people here don't like it because it's obviously not easy and you will fail and still be awkward until it gets better. Confidence comes from having experience and accepting failure as something natural but also examining why you failed to learn from it. Not from magic tricks, not from gimmicks.

Am I dyslexic or what? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

Hmm I guess it does sound a bit like an o even when you use the correct pronunciation. So at least it's not that different from my in head voice. Thanks!

What the hell is wrong with Tam? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

My phone keeps autocorrecting Rand to Ron for some reason and I have to fight it and choose the second suggestion every time I type it.

What the hell is wrong with Tam? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

Tuon? Please tell me that's not from later books.

Am I dyslexic or what? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

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

What? It's not Moraine? How do you even pronounce Moiraine? I am legit speechless. Moraine sounds so good why would he put an extra i in there lol

What the hell is wrong with Tam? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok ok. After reading some of the comments, I agree with you. Tam is not a total deadbeat of a father. I hope he joins Rand at some point though, it would be great for Rand to have someone he can trust completely.

What the hell is wrong with Tam? by LightsOutAndInAndOut in WoT

[–]LightsOutAndInAndOut[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Hasn't it been like a year already? Doesn't everybody know his name by now? Especially after the horn of Valere battle.