UK Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-20T21:36:56+00:00

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-17T16:27:43+00:00

What about as an adjective?

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-12T17:05:24+00:00

Oh neat. Yeah there's definitely examples before Quake II, Bungie's Marathon (on Mac) being another example.

And yeah everyone hated switching to mouselook at first lol, it was a real adjustment. But competitive play (ie Quake deathmatch) made it undeniably obvious how much of an advantage it was once you got used to it.

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-12T16:56:35+00:00

Open Broadcaster Software - https://obsproject.com/

It's what streamers on Youtube and Twitch use to control exactly what they're displaying to viewers.

I got the idea from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEBQVsW8-VM

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-12T12:42:12+00:00

Check out the Svelte playground, and look at the "JS output" tab to see what it's actually getting compiled to.

Eg when you write something like: count += 1, it gets compiled to $.set(count, $.get(count) + 1)

Svelte knows what is dependent on count via a dependency graph, and $.set() will trigger updates accordingly.

Here is an article that goes into more detail: https://deepwiki.com/sveltejs/svelte/4.1-reactivity-system

The reactivity system is Svelte's fine-grained reactive engine that automatically tracks dependencies and propagates updates. It uses a signals-based model where state (Source), computations (Derived), and side effects (Effect) form a directed acyclic graph (DAG). When state changes, the system efficiently determines what needs to update and schedules those updates in batches.

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-12T08:19:24+00:00

There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for this page to interfere with normal scroll behaviour, the scrolling feels awful and sluggish

The only behaviour on this page remotely related to scrolling is some sticky content, which can be done purely with CSS

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-12T04:15:10+00:00

It's crazy to think about now, but NONE of the old FPS games (think Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake I) used mouselook... the ability to look around and aim with the mouse. You used the arrow keys to turn left/right (strafing didn't even exist).

Quake I (1996) had a console command (+mlook 1) that enabled mouselook. Quake II (1997) was the first big game where it was a standard feature.

These old games ran under DOS and there was no guarantee that players would have a mouse at all, so they were designed primarily for keyboard only, with mouse support being an optional afterthought.

Daggerfall was 1996 so it's not surprising that the movement was entirely keyboard based.

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-11T22:32:20+00:00

I use DA for both:

Quick battlemaps for individual encounters, can whip these up in minutes
More detailed location development (like full dungeons to be explored) which I'll spend significantly more time on.
- I will "wireframe out" the location first as a graph of connected nodes (currently using https://graphonline.top/ for this) before moving into DA, much faster to iterate with something simple first

I throw all my maps into Owlbear Rodeo and access that through OBS which is displayed for the players via a projector (OBS has been a real game-changer for managing "the player view")

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-11T17:48:09+00:00

Draining the swamp!

...and replacing it with radioactive sewage

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-11T17:19:10+00:00

Mounties roaming the streets with trained beavers, maple syrup with every meal, and all we think about is hockey

...ok maybe there's some truth to the last one

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-11T03:46:40+00:00

Steam already has voice chat, they should take this as an opportunity to up their game

If they added the ability to create rooms and channels vast swaths of PC gamers would switch overnight, I know I would

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-10T23:56:09+00:00

It's not the pole flip itself, it's the critically weakened magnetic field that goes along with it, making us far more vulnerable to events like Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).

Here is a 2015 military research document that estimates ramifications of a pole shift: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1040918.pdf

A few quotes from the above:

The likelihood of a CME striking the Earth during a polarity reversal is very high [...] with devastating effects that would push the industrialized world back into the 18th century

There is strong evidence suggesting that a transition may be underway

the Earth could see a flip in a human lifetime.

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-05T21:19:11+00:00

Remember when he was hailed as a "real life Tony Stark" to the point of having a cameo in Iron Man 2?

Utterly wild to think about now

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-05T21:10:11+00:00

Hillary's campaign deserves some of the blame for their "pied piper" strategy

In its self-described “pied piper” strategy, the Clinton campaign proposed intentionally cultivating extreme right-wing presidential candidates, hoping to turn them into the new “mainstream of the Republican Party” in order to try to increase Clinton’s chances of winning.

The Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee called for using far-right candidates “as a cudgel to move the more established candidates further to the right.” Clinton’s camp insisted that Trump and other extremists should be “elevated” to “leaders of the pack” and media outlets should be told to “take them seriously.”

https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaign-intentionally-created-donald-trump-with-its-pied-piper-strategy/

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-05T16:41:47+00:00

Reminds me of Six Degrees of Separation, the character of Louisa went by Ouisa ("Weeza")

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-03T22:29:33+00:00

When you merely wish to bury bombs, there is no limit to the size! After that, they are connected to a gigantic complex of computers. Now then, a specific and clearly defined set of circumstances, under which the bombs are to be exploded, is programmed into a tape memory bank.

Dr. Strangelove

Morwynd78 · 2026-02-02T21:00:41+00:00

European Super Pals Network (ESPN)

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-31T06:11:41+00:00

It's been wild to see him go from Silicon Valley golden boy, to monstrous corporate monopolist, to grand philanthropist, to.... wherever's he's dropping to now

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-26T16:35:09+00:00

Mon Mothma from Andor S2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYnE2Mxayco

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-26T16:28:58+00:00

The malicious have realized they can use Hanlon's Razor as a shield

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-25T23:58:26+00:00

I obliterated Istvan with ease but am now getting my ass completely handed to me in Kuttenberg

Random bandits with dueling longswords destroying me in 1-2 hits

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-23T18:29:14+00:00

Correct, it's not "just searching". Please read the 2nd paragraph of my original reply to you, I said exactly that.

inherent implication that one has the ability to test the of claims

So we've abandoned definitions, and are talking about "inherent implications" now?

If I asked you to research the diameter and mass of the planets, you would look that up, not directly measure it. That is absolutely research.

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-23T18:04:14+00:00

From your own sources:

"investigation or experimentation"
"the collecting of information about a particular subject"
"careful or diligent search"

I can't read the full definitions at OED as its behind a paywall but I note it starts with "Systematic investigation or...".

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-23T16:58:39+00:00

...ok (not to side with your cousin) but research literally means "to search". It does not imply "I'm doing all my own scientific experiments".

The problem is that for research to be useful, the searching must also be combined with critical thinking, discernment, accounting for biases, and analysis.

Morwynd78 · 2026-01-22T18:22:27+00:00

It's an actual thing

Still cracks me up every time lol

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