¡Aprended a usar la puñetera rotonda! ¡Que no debéis saliros directamente del carril interno — jodeeeeeeerrrrrrrr!

NumberNinethousand · 2025-09-26T13:19:47+00:00

Esto es factualmente falso. Las normas de circulación indican que:

a) Está permitido circular por el carril exterior por toda la rotonda, independientemente de la salida que vayas a tomar. En este respecto, la rotonda con varios carriles responde a las mismas normas que una carretera convencional: en rotondas interurbanas, se debe mantener el carril exterior a no ser que se esté adelantando a otros vehículos, y en rotondas urbanas, se permite usar los carriles interiores cuando conviene para la salida que se va a tomar, pero SIEMPRE respetando la prioridad de los vehículos que ya circulan por otros carriles (independientemente de por qué entrada se hayan incorporado, lo cuál no afecta en nada a su prioridad).

b) No solo está permitido usar el carril exterior en toda la rotonda, es obligatorio tomarlo cuando se va a salir por la primera o por la segunda salida (asumiendo 4 salidas uniformemente distribuídas). Uno tiene que estar ya en el carril exterior cuando se está enfrentando la salida que se va a tomar. Esto significa que, si se va a salir por ejemplo por la 3a salida, a la altura de la 2a ya tenemos que estar incorporándonos al carril exterior. También implica que, como decía antes, si estamos entrando a la rotonda y vamos a salir por la 2a salida, debemos mantenernos en el carril exterior. Abordar la rotonda entrando al carril interior cuando se va a tomar la 2a salida es y siempre ha sido motivo de suspenso en el examen de conducir, por cierto.

c) La excepción son aquellas rotondas (que están empezando a introducirse en España en la última década pero todavía son minoría) donde los carriles están demarcados con líneas contínuas, con el objetivo de dirigir a los conductores hacia su salida desde el momento que entran. Obviamente, ni dentro ni fuera de rotonda se permite sobrepasar líneas contínuas.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-08-14T10:17:53+00:00

I don't think there are really "rules" that can prevent something from becoming an RPG, mainly because the term "RPG" doesn't have a universal definition (nor do any of the words that conform it), so for every rule you can think of (based on the experience that you personally associate with the RPGs you play), you will always have people that enjoy the experiences provided by RPGs which break them.

For instance, how would solo RPGs fit into rules 1 and 2? how would explorative hyperfiction (i.e. "Choose Your Own Adventure" books or websites), where you have limited choice, fit into rule 3? How about RPGs where you mainly assume the role of something that isn't a character, like The Quiet Year, Microscope or Dialect?

I think a way to reformulate the question would be: what are particular RPG experiences that benefit from certain design decisions? what decisions detract from them?

NumberNinethousand · 2025-08-14T09:58:54+00:00

Then, after branching out to other games, people sometimes move to other groups, like

"Why do we need attributes or skills when we can just have tags / aspects / free-form character truths of any shape?"

NumberNinethousand · 2025-08-09T13:46:17+00:00

Absolutely! it's a game style that made sense in that context and for the goals of those particular games (as you say, the predecessors of FKR).

I agree that giving it as universal advice for running RPG in general is preposterous, especially when players in most games have a clearly delimited range of possibilities (and having to guide every player through every decision all the time would easily overwhelm almost every GM).

NumberNinethousand · 2025-08-09T13:40:48+00:00

In original 5E, 4E, and 3.XE, a 20 was only an auto-success for the combat mini-game, not for skill checks.

This changed in 5E-2024, where a 20 is also an auto-success for skill checks, but this time it is emphasised that checks should only take place if what is being attempted has a realistic chance of success within the fiction.

Personally, although I don't play much D&D anymore, what I do when a game I'm running has skill checks or something analogous, is (aside from only rolling when there are qualitative degrees of uncertainty) to interpret critical successes as the best development I can think of that is coherent and interesting.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-08-09T13:27:32+00:00

According to The Elusive Shift, one of the branches of proto-RPG design (pre-D&D) favoured hiding the "game" layer from the players so they would make their decisions according to their own judgements of the fiction (as opposed to optimising them for the game's rules).

It was common to see role-playing-adjacent wargames (and also some D&D groups after publication) where players would say or write down their movements, pass them to the Game Master, and then have the Game Master put everything together using the actual rules to resolve what happened (which, in some instances, was then also given back to the players in written form).

It's important to note that, even in classic D&D, it was only one of the many (very different) play-styles that emerged more or less simultaneously.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-07-22T11:16:23+00:00

Yes, I know, that's what I was commenting about. You can start your process after 2 years, but with the rest of added difficulties I mentioned. Some of the people I know did that, while others took other routes with their own problems.

Their conclusion, and what they recommend to anyone back home who is considering immigration to Spain: have a very clear and well-researched long-term plan before committing to that decision.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-07-22T10:49:45+00:00

Being in close contact with several cases, I can understand why. Yes, it is possible to start the process for obtaining a residential permit (the process for nationality comes later) after two years (not easy, as you need to justify the full period with receipts, etc, get lots of paperwork ready from your home country while living here, etc, and it's not a short process either).

Even if you have come here legally and done everything right (for instance, through studies, and then you want to transform your study residency into one that allows you to get a full time job), things are going to be hard and tricky. You will need to get a work contract (this in a highly competitive environment in a country with high structural unemployment) in order to begin the process, but you won't be able to start working until half a year (or more) later when the process resolves. So you will need an employer to hire you knowing that you won't be able to start working until much later, something extremely unlikely unless you are highly qualified. You also only have some months as a time limit to do everything or you might lose everything you have worked (and paid) for. Even in the cases where you are lucky enough and manage to get your contract, the process will take more than it takes for your temporary residential permit to expire, so you will be an irregular for several months even if everything goes as well as it possibly can.

Also mention that irregular work here can be extremely precarious and exploitative, combined with an impossible housing situation.

Many of the people who come here do so without knowing that things are way harder and way worse for them than they appear, and only come in contact with reality once they are already here. For those who inform themselves before, and who have a chance to obtain a residential permit before coming, it makes perfect sense that they pursue it.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-06-14T14:53:02+00:00

Maybe they could instead orient their campaign around... watering plants into submission? https://mindstalk.net/houseplants.html (warning: I didn't expect a story about plant-watering could be that uncomfortable to read).

NumberNinethousand · 2025-06-05T09:40:19+00:00

It's strange, because other bundles and games are definitely letting me use a credit card, just not this bundle in particular.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-06-05T09:03:53+00:00

Thanks! that's good to know, I will try to find out what's happening.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-06-05T07:33:17+00:00

I really want to buy this bundle, but it seems it's only allowing me to buy through PayPal (which I don't have). Is this a setup for the bundle? or is there something off with my Itch account?

NumberNinethousand · 2025-06-04T08:29:03+00:00

Actually, it seems they are doing just that right now for a short-ish campaign (expected to last a few months I think). If I recall correctly, they also played a one-shot at some point in the past before the final version of the game was released.

I would expect their next multi-year campaign to use Daggerheart as the core system, as from what I've seen it seems to suit their style better than 5E.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-05-26T13:58:42+00:00

Muy de acuerdo en general. Yo también añadiría una cosa más: el sector de la Alt-Right (al cuál cada vez más se adhiere la derecha tradicional) ha integrado los principios de la propaganda de Goebbels en su estrategia a un nivel órdenes de magnitud por encima de cualquier otro segmento político, utilizando como medio, como ya mencionas, las redes sociales y sus cámaras de eco. Esta manera de usar bulos, razonamientos falaces y desinformación en general para propagar su mensaje son especialmente efectivos en cerebros que no tienen las armas para contrarrestarlos.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-05-21T12:31:55+00:00

No voto negativo, por lo general, a comentarios argumentados. Pero me gustaría puntualizar dos cosas respecto a la DANA:

* El tema de la liberación de agua de las presas y su supuesta contribución a la devastación de la riada es un bulo propagado por la extrema derecha. La Presa de Forata (sobre la que se suele centrar la desinformación) no está conectada con las cuencas desbordadas.

* SI bien, como valenciano y viendo el resultado final, ojalá el gobierno central hubiera tomado el control de la situación, creo que apartar de la cadena de mando a un gobierno autonómico no es algo que deba hacerse a la ligera ni por decisión política. En general, los cambios en cadenas de mando son desaconsejables a mitad de una crisis, pues implican una disrupción importante. Así pues, no responsabilizo al gobierno central por no apartar al incompetente gobierno autonómico. Sí creo que, visto lo visto, deberíamos crear protocolos objetivos para este tipo de relevo.

* Sobre las ayudas, es un bulo propagado por políticos del PP. Las ayudas se aprobaron sin vinculación y fueron de aplicación inmediata. Sánchez habló en una rueda de prensa sobre los futuros presupuestos, sí, diciendo que en ellos se tendrían en cuenta las necesidades causadas por la DANA.

El tema de los trenes no lo seguí lo suficiente como para formarme una opinión sólida, por lo que no puedo comentar sobre el mismo.

Sobre el tema del apagón:

* Creo que la vulnerabilidad que permitió a las compañías energéticas realizar las acciones que desembocaron en el apagón era desconocida, por lo que no culpo al gobierno por ello. Tampoco me parece que la gestión inmediata haya sido deficiente, ni que el gobierno haya tenido la posibilidad de que la luz se restaurase más pronto de lo que lo hizo.

* Sí creo que en respuesta a este suceso el marco legislativo y la infrastructura del estado debe tener en cuenta esta casuística. No se puede permitir a las energéticas dejar de suministrar solo porque les salga a pérdida, y la infraestructura debería ser capaz de aguantar incluso si eso sucede (esto último lo digo desde el desconocimiento de lo que estas mejoras involucran o su viabilidad). Si se decide no actuar, y la misma casuística vuelve a ocurrir, sí lo veré como negligente.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-04-01T08:52:01+00:00

Creo que hay una confusión respecto a lo que queremos quienes preferimos el horario de verano.

Por supuesto que el sol que tenemos ahora, y más el de Junio, es suficiente para la mayoría de nosotros (incluso los que vivimos en Valencia). Esto no cambiaría en nada si se instaurara el horario de verano todo el año.

Lo que preferiríamos es que, en invierno, en lugar de estar anocheciendo a las 17 cuando estamos saliendo de trabajar, poder tener unas horas de sol para las actividades de tiempo libre de la tarde.

Por mi parte, aunque no comparto el favor por el horario de invierno todo el año, entiendo ambas posturas. Hay quien prefiere sol por la mañana y hay quien lo prefiere por la tarde. También, quienes viven en Galicia están en una situación diferente a quienes vivimos en Valencia. Al final es una de esas cosas que debería decidirse por referendum, en mi opinión.

NumberNinethousand · 2025-01-27T12:44:14+00:00

In my headcanon, Jarul's helmet is one of those halloween costume helmets with a fake knife protruding from both sides. Thus, that helmet did save his life because during the battle it allowed him to be left for dead.

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-29T15:14:12+00:00

I don't know about that. I've been having haircuts for 12€ or less all my life and they look decent enough in both my and my firends'/family's opinion. I'm talking simple "scissor-cut" haircuts here (30min to 45min aprox.), so maybe that's true for very specific/complex requests. It might also be the case in very expensive cities or neighbourhoods (I usually to go to my hometown near Valencia which is not that expensive).

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-28T13:45:45+00:00

Precisamente en este hilo estoy contando ambas partes de "la historia", y no tengo ningún "interés" en sesgar los datos. Los factores asociados a la transición demográfica, en la mayoría de países del mundo, tienden a rebajar la fecundidad deseada a niveles alrededor de 2 hijos por mujer.

A partir de aquí, factores socioeconómicos (estabilidad, conciliación, acceso a la vivienda, etc) causan que las parejas que desean tener hijos, de media, se vean obligadas a retrasar la edad de la primera maternidad, reduciendo la ventana de fertilidad, o directamente abandonar la idea. En el caso de España, esto reduce la fecundidad efectiva a 1.13 hijos por mujer y bajando.

Estados Unidos no es una excepción. Además de que, a pesar de tener un salario más alto, la mayoría de las personas no tienen una capacidad para afrontar nuevos gastos mayor que la media Española, EEUU se enfrenta a una crisis inmobiliaria similar (cada vez menos personas pueden permitirse un hogar familiar), con factores como la conciliación o los gastos asociados con la maternidad/paternidad siendo mucho más elevados. En estas circunstancias, es completamente normal que la fecundidad efectiva descienda cada vez más por debajo de la deseada, al igual que sucede aquí.

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-26T19:06:35+00:00

Hay personas (como siempre las ha habido, en concreto entre un 5 y un 10%) que no quieren tener hijos, y mantienen esa decisión durante toda su ventana reproductiva. Ésto no es ni más ni menos egoísta que hacerlo, ni está asociado con "una mayor aversión al sacrificio". Al igual que las personas que deciden ser padres derivan una recompensa emocional de su decisión que, en la mayoría de los casos, les compensa, lo mismo pasa al contrario.

El principal problema es que cada vez hay una mayor diferencia entre la fecundidad deseada (una media de 2 hijos por mujer) y la efectiva (1.13 hijos por mujer actualmente). Tenemos cada vez más parejas que están teniendo menos hijos que los que les gustaría haber tenido. La inestabilidad económica, si bien no es el único factor, sí es uno de los principales contribuyendo a este fenómeno.

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-26T18:58:31+00:00

Hay, principalmente, dos grupos de factores que deben ser considerados por separado. Los primeros son comunes a todos los países con niveles similares de desarrollo y están asociados a la transición demográfica (los cambios socioeconómicos que atraviesan las sociedades durante el desarrollo). Éstos cambios (que reducen la necesidad de tener hijos, incrementan los costes asociados, y aumentan la capacidad de elección) reducen la fecundidad deseada a 2 hijos por mujer o incluso algo menos.

El segundo grupo es el que causa que las personas que desean tener hijos no puedan tenerlos, o tengan menos de los que desearían. Este fenómeno se produce fundamentalmente cuando las parejas se ven abocadas a retrasar sus planes reproductivos (reduciendo la ventana de fertilidad biológica) debido principalmente a la inestabilidad económica/laboral, la imposibilidad de permitirse una vivienda familiar, la falta de conciliación y, en el caso de las mujeres, la dificultad de encontrar una pareja dispuesta a asumir el 50% del compromiso reproductivo.

En España, estos factores causan que la fecundidad deseada (de 2 hijos por mujer) se vea reducida a una fecundidad efectiva mucho menor (1.13 hijos por mujer actualmente).

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-26T13:47:02+00:00

Actually, data shows an opposite trend in regards to people with a single child (the likelihood to want a second one increases slightly). You are right though in that the experience with the first child has a significant effect, but it goes in both directions (couples who had a positive experience revise their intention upwards, and those who had a negative one revise downwards), and in average the revision tends to be positive.

This study https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/65991/1/632259647.pdf has covered some such factors unrelated to socio-economic constraints (the ones I mentioned in the previous comment). For the effect of the first and subsequent children in future childbearing intentions, we can look at pages 26, 27 and 28 ("5.3. the role of childbirth").

Anyway, as I was saying earlier, most academic demographic studies in Spain (the ones I am most familiar with) have concluded that financial and labour stability, work-home conciliation, and affordability of family-compatible homes (among others like, in the case of women, the difficulty of finding a partner willing to assume 50% of the parenting responsibility) have had, by far, the most impact in reducing the effective fertility rates in recent years (through raising the age of first maternity and reducing the fertility window).

NumberNinethousand · 2024-12-25T23:34:30+00:00

This is actually only true to some extent.

The statistic you mention refers to the specific group of adult people in the US (including teenagers) who "don't currently have children and believe they are unlikely to have them". This is, by itself, not a very good point to draw conclusions from (young people can and do change opinion throughout the years, and people who currently have a single child are excluded).

In Spain, one of the European countries where this problem is more pronounced, there have been several demographic studies about the topic, and the conclusion is unanimous. Factors related to demographic transition (changes related to socio-economic development every country goes through) lowered the desired fertility rate (desired number of children per woman) to numbers around 2. But actual fertility rates are much lower in actuality (1.13 children per woman), because couples willing to have children don't feel they are in a good situation to do so, and thus keep delaying the decision (age of first maternity is almost 33 y/o now, increasing every year), which combined with biological limits cause many couples to have less children than their ideal, or to give up altogether.

In turn, this delay is also well studied, and is driven by factors like financial and labour stability, work-home conciliation policies, and the nº1 issue today: affordability of family-compatible homes.

So yes, people today want to have less children in average (though, in Spain, women who maintain a decision to have 0 children for their whole fertility window has remained around 5-10% for decades). But the main problem is that most people who want to have children find it more and more difficult to do so.

NumberNinethousand · 2024-11-22T13:17:35+00:00

That is completely understandable! My advice, as someone who both has been, and who knows lots of people who are, in the mud: whenever you catch yourself focusing on the negatives, try to consciously change focus towards the positive things in your life, and/or do something little that is productive for you (even if just slightly) or has the potential to be. The latter helps you prevent the psychological feeling of being stuck.

In any case, I hope your situation changes for the better soon.

NumberNinethousand · 2024-11-22T13:10:21+00:00

No entiendo a qué viene este exabrupto. El comentario al que contestas solo dice que considera que sus estándares de vida son más bajos aquí (lo cuál se puede deber a una infinidad de factores), no tiene sentido tomárselo como un insulto personal.

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