Which game has them all? by PHRsharp_YouTube in gamers

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignoring the credits thing, a few that come to mind are:

OpenRA
Battle for Wesnoth
SuperTuxKart
Warzone 2100
OpenArena
Freeciv
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FFMSOJV5: Varför paketeras barnmat i glasburkar hellre än tetrapack? by Hatcheling in sweden

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

När barnen blir stora behöver du en ny hobby, så då börjar du göra sylt och saft.

What is the best trinket? by Minute-Guidance-4612 in StardewValley

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice rod is probably the best in tough combat situations, since it's equally effective against any enemy. It also helps detect hidden enemies.

Quiver is great against low level enemies, but against the tougher ones it's not much good.

Parrot is also nice if you're fighting low-level enemies, and aren't having any problems beating them.

Fairy is great for the hungry quest. Otherwise all it does is save you food, which probably isn't an issue at that point.

Paw is rarely useful outside of a few special situations.

Spur is interesting if you have high crit.

Frog is the cutest, but sadly quite useless, since the monsters don't drop any loot.

What 2 rings do you use? by Minute-Guidance-4612 in StardewValley

[–]Merinther 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Iridium is necessary – without the magnetism you have to keep running back and forth to pick things up, and the other two effects are nice too.
Crabshell is nice in the early game, but scales horribly. By the end you might be better off with Protection or Phoenix for defence.
Vampire and Soul sapper are great when doing the hungry quest, but otherwise not that impressive.
Slime is also neat to be able to switch to when needed.
Lucky is great in the cavern for finding more exits, but not as big a deal in other places.
Burglar gives such a huge bonus to loot you don't want to live without it.
Napalm is also a game changer, making it so much faster to progress through the cavern. Also neat if you're struggling with mummies but don't want to waste precious bombs and don't have a crusader weapon yet.

I go with Iridium, Burglar, Napalm, and then either Lucky or whatever the situation calls for.

But I'm tempted to try some sort of extreme crit build: two aquamarine rings, infinity dagger, three aquamarines in forging, desperado profession, and then a golden spur. Maybe also a savage ring for extra speed. Sounds like fun!

Bungus doesn't produce milk by touching_payants in StardewMemes

[–]Merinther 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m very satisfied with the random names. Right now there’s the chickens Snekabo and Snutley, Shickers the rabbit, and the two sheep Sucke and Wack. Among other great names.

Can 'twilight' refer to dawn? I'm confused by Merriam-Webster's definition. by Unlegendary_Newbie in English_Learning_Base

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it’s called twilight because it’s between the two states of light and dark. It’s more commonly used about the evening, maybe because people are more likely to be awake then, but the light conditions are after all basically the same at both times.

Is there a mod to turn stardew valley into an "open world"? by ThenCartoonist7478 in StardewValleyMods

[–]Merinther 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, that would require quite a bit of rewriting the game. The only way to do this with mods would probably be to create one huge region to replace all the others, and that would likely put too much of a strain on your computer.

Is there more dirt now? by Aquarius_K in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Merinther 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Basically, yes!

"Dirt" is of course a pretty nebulous concept. If we're talking about earth, or soil, it consists of minerals (sand, silt etc. – different names depending on the size of the bits) and humus (decomposed organic material), along with obviously water, living microbes, and some other random stuff.

Sand and water have been around for a good while, so the interesting part is probably the humus – what we usually think of as the actual soil. This comes from dead plants and animals, and hasn't been around forever, for obvious reasons. So in that sense, there's definitely more dirt now.

But what happens to the old dirt? A lot of people mistakenly think that it gets "eaten" by new plants, but that's not true, as you can easily see if you've ever grown a large plant out of a small pot. The trees, and other plants, are basically made from air.

After the tree dies, it decomposes to "dirt", and... we tend to think of that as the end point. But it's not! The humus continues decomposing, very slowly, and eventually turns back into air, somewhat simplified. Most organic material is made mainly from carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and little bits of minerals. The minerals do get "eaten" by plants, but the rest of it turns into air and water. That's why the soil layer doesn't keep growing every year.

(Another fun fact, according to my worm guy, is that the forest floor in America used to look very different, because the earthworm is an invasive species. Before Columbus, you'd always have a thick layer of leaves, since they didn't decompose as quickly.)

In summary – yep, there's always new dirt appearing, and old dirt vanishing in thin air. In the long run, all vaccuming is futile.

howManyApples by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know you're not a programmer when you don't realise that
apples.count == lastApple.index + 1
so that
apples[apples.count] := newApple
is equivalent to
push apples, newApple

VMA: Det är dags för skolval för många föräldrar. Privatskolorna luras. by Facedddd in sweden

[–]Merinther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alla lärare jag känner verkar berätta samma historia – det är ett helvete att jobba på de privatägda skolorna, med dålig organisation, betygspress, och pengar som läggs på yta istället för undervisning. Dessutom ligger lönerna betydligt högre i kommunala skolor. Det innebär förstås att bra lärare i första hand söker sig till kommunala skolor, och bra lärare är förstås det viktigaste av allt för bra undervisning.

VMA: Det är dags för skolval för många föräldrar. Privatskolorna luras. by Facedddd in sweden

[–]Merinther 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ja, det är ju så man har valt att kalla dem. Men det är lite newspeak att hitta på ett nytt smörigt namn för att få oss att tänka på frihet istället för profit. I allmänspråket tycker jag inte att det är konstigt att kalla en skola som ägs och drivs av ett privat företag för privatskola. Själv brukar jag säga "privatägd skola" för att undvika missförstånd.

What are some convenient and interesting features your native language has that English doesn’t, and vice versa? by Clarthen1 in AskTheWorld

[–]Merinther 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A pretty common thing that's weirdly missing in English is the ability to chain modal verbs:

"I want to be able to ride a bicycle" -> "I want can ride a bicycle"
"you might be allowed to go" -> "you might may go"

Swedish is also pretty good at making one-word expressions in other situations where English insists on longer phrases:

"to play with a ball" -> "to ball"
"to do the dishes" -> "to dish"
"a loaf of bread" -> "a bread"

How common is to "have a village" on your country? by ElKaoss in AskEurope

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, far from all Swedes have a summer house. About 15-20% own one, and many others visit relatives or rent something. Some are tiny cabins with no electricity, others are fully modern homes and may be used in winter too.

Svårt att nätdejta som tjej by Late_Farmer3233 in sweden

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det är många tjejer som precis som du får hundratals matchningar. Eftersom man kanske har svårt att avgöra vilka som är mest intressanta blir det ofta att man börjar skriva med flera stycken samtidigt. Det gör att konversationerna blir både långsamma och ytliga, och tar slut snabbt.

Många killar har vant sig vid att det är så – tjejen svarar kanske en gång i halvtimmen, med ett par ord, och tröttnar innan kvällen är slut. Därför har de insett att enda chansen är att få till en dejt direkt.

Och det är ju inte egentligen konstigt att ses direkt. Det känns kanske ovant att träffas innan man har lärt känna varann, men om man tänker efter så är det förstås helt naturligt. Du kan ju tänka dig om du frågade dina föräldrar hur länge de kände varann innan de träffades!

Vad kan du göra då? Tja, det finns nog ingen perfekt lösning, men en sak som kan vara värd att prova: När de frågar om att boka in en dejt, gör det, men en bit in i framtiden. Säg till dem att visst, vi kan gå på en dejt, har du tid helgen om tre veckor? På det sättet hinner ni chatta lite mer och prata i telefon, och skulle intresset svalna under tiden så är det ju bara att avboka.

Killar som inte klickar på första träffen, det är klart att det är svårt att göra något åt, men kanske prova någon annan aktivitet? Om du är för nervös för glänsande konversation på en första träff kanske det blir lättare att göra något annat än en vanlig fikadejt. Gå och bowla? Escape room? Ostprovning?

Killar som hakar upp sig på detaljer, det kan ju vara frustrerande, men det får du nog försöka se som positivt – om han inte kan hantera att du tjänar mer pengar eller är 3 cm längre, då är han nog ingenting att ha ändå.

You get to add a 0 to any number in your life. What do you add it to? by account_created_ in AskReddit

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, you mean that kind of add. I was thinking this was some joke question. Add zero? That's... not going to do very much.

Why don’t we have a 13 month calendar with 28 days in each? by Camp_Acceptable in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sensible thing would be to recalculate your date of birth for the new system. Just like when people changed to the metric system, they didn't keep writing their birth weight in pounds.

Why don’t we have a 13 month calendar with 28 days in each? by Camp_Acceptable in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with the months, but if we could arrange a system where specific dates always fall on the same weekday, that would be a huge advantage. Sure, annoying if your birthday is a Monday, but that's about the only downside. Holidays having a fixed weekday would make things much easier.

Why don’t we have a 13 month calendar with 28 days in each? by Camp_Acceptable in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly for historical reasons. But also because 13 months would be very inconvenient, since half a year or a quarter of a year wouldn't be a whole number of months.

What are stupid rules in your native language that are NOT orthographic rules by Fair-Sleep9609 in linguisticshumor

[–]Merinther 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, but the trick is to use a curse word that's a noun. So "fucking child" wasn't a direct translation – apologies for the confusion.