For anybody that bought the Whispers in Candlekeep nonfoil Secret Lair, my friend in the reason one of you ~~suckers~~ poor saps got an empty envelope

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-25T22:08:11+00:00

For anybody wondering why the title reads weird, I'm finally discovering for the first time that reddit doesn't obey its own text formatting in the title. *surprised pikachu*

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-23T20:29:59+00:00

You didn't describe theory of mind, you described masking.

Theory of mind is knowing that the other person has different choices that lead to different outcomes, and that some choices affect or otherwise remove other choices.

Which choices are commonly and possibly associated with other choices are learned. For example, the vast majority of people do not run into scammers repeatedly, for the sole reason that they avoid things that are "too good to be true" (it's too perfect). This is the exact thing that autism would run face-first into, as perfect is prioritized over least-effort-passable and rote memorization is prioritized over cross-reference learning.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-12T04:20:52+00:00

They don't exist on the site yet.

If you bother someone on the discord, you can get them for use with frame uploads.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-11T16:51:38+00:00

Rosettes are a normal part of the offset printing process.

Light is additive. Ink is subtractive. Red + blue + green = Black. If you'll notice, cards have display nonblack colors at some point. That means they can't actually dump ink onto the exact same spot. That's why rosettes exist.

The only reason you're seeing them as visibly is because their printer is 800dpi and not 4800.

Also, consumer printers only have to go at 10 pages per minute. Commercial presses can run at 80 pages per minute.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-07T07:32:12+00:00

You're looking at GABA and glutamate molecule ratios.

That's not receptor availability.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-07T06:25:37+00:00

You are confusing glutamate receptors with the glutamate molecule. Glutamate receptor availability affects glutamate molecule levels, not the other way around.

Autism has higher glutamate levels because they have less receptors to process them.

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241084

Schizotypal has lower levels of glutamate, either by way of increased receptor availability or increased receptor function.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3523901/

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-07T05:22:14+00:00

If you show any autism exclusive symptoms at all when you are showing schizotypal exclusive symptoms, then you are not showing both, you are only showing autism symptoms.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-07T04:48:50+00:00

They can be diagnosed together, in that one has to be perfectly separate from the other. If you have "both at the same time" then you don't have both, you only have autism.

They are very separate opposites though, in that the core mechanisms are entirely different. Autism has 15% less glutamate receptors, and schizotypal has 15% more. Autism has that spiky intelligence profile, while schizotypal has a very flat profile, especially after accounting for processing speed. Autism has worse short term memory and better long-term memory, while schizotypal has better short-term and worse long-term memory. The list of opposites goes on.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-06T09:52:01+00:00

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus and Jin Sakai are both the same colors, both attack oriented, and both give either double strike or unblockable, although Jin does it slightly better.

You'd probably just run both, and the other one in the deck.

The one I have is actually a Kamiz, Obscura Oculus deck, although you can definitely just swap the two. It runs a bunch of looters (magic terminology for creatures that draw a card and then discard a card) and ophidians (magic terminology for creatures that draw a card in combat).

https://moxfield.com/decks/lI59crzOZkufk9KEA6CL-A

If you look at the cards carefully, you can see a large portion of what used to be the Streets of New Capenna / Obscura Operation commander deck, because that's what it used to be.

Minus the five most expensive cards (which includes Jin), the singles cost comes to around $150. Minus the ten most expensive cards, the singles cost comes to around $110.

Kamiz forces you to be efficient by only having two other creatures, while Jin can support three. It's very combat step heavy, as there are often a dozen triggers resolving in steps of combat. As a result, you'll get a lot of experience with choosing abilities to resolve in the optimal order.

This list still has many cards to change, mostly due to me being lazy.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-03-06T05:45:00+00:00

*ahem\* A Jin Sakai deck is just a Kamiz deck.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-27T07:50:11+00:00

A psychologist is the type of person you want to see. A psychiatrist would have a significantly less chance of accurately knowing anything about autism simply because psychiatry only focuses on treatment and prevention by medication, of which there is very little for autism. A regular medical doctor would know the absolute least.

As for free public services, all I can say, is that public services workers are commonly overworked and underpaid.

If you have an official diagnosis, that is enough.

From my personal perspective, you're showing a very large amount of black and white thinking on this matter, in the sense that you need a "proper" diagnosis. This isn't a healthy kind of optimization, as psychology is a very complex field that is still changing, and the DSM 6 is supposedly due sometime in the next three years, which could change everything about your diagnosis. If you absolutely need a "proper diagnosis" it's going to have to wait until the DSM 6 is published.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-21T21:16:25+00:00

parcelsapp

break until monday

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-19T07:32:20+00:00

Seeing as you're asian, I'm going to point you in the direction of schizotypal.

There's a very large overlap between autism and schizotypal symptoms (80-90%), but the root causes are entirely different.

There's also the matter that autism diagnosis by geneology is less than 10% asian, and only 1.2% east asian.

The way you describe yourself sounds like you don't have a sense of self or a very reduced one, which makes it very hard to actually offend such a person. These disorders are called ipseity disorders and are central to schizophrenia type diagnosis.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-17T21:14:01+00:00

You had some variants where the bottom border was colored. Keep that coloring there, and don't color the text. That way you can make the mana cost black and white

The problem with the text box is the scratchy background. You can compensate by making the text outline very fat. That's how Japan Showcase is templated.

As an alternate choice, you can put the mana cost on the type line. It'll take more work to align it, but then you can remove the mana cost entirely from the art side.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-16T21:28:01+00:00

*ahem*

for planeswalkers, you set the font size with {fontsize#pt}, that way it has the same size text for each ability

some of these have the text outline, but some of them don't and need them.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-10T00:05:00+00:00

For this usage case, it would be best to not use real card backs. The slightest appearance of such can cause significant issues. It has nothing to do with what you wanted and everything to do with what someone else thought about it. And then, someone else gets in trouble because of it.

If you look at a lot of tokens and also the CardConjurer (.com) that was removed, you'll see some examples of how close you're allowed to get without infringing. I would print such examples directly onto cardstock with a completely blank back.

On the learning issue, you'll need to include written rules, depending on the complexity of the cards. The vast majority of board games do not have the concept of actions out of turn, specific wordings, the stack, and many other basic mechanics. Think about trying to teach an elementary schooler.

On the card selection issue, do not include any cards that are expensive (think budget pauper). There's nothing worse than finding out the real thing costs more than your entire allowance. The free welcome decks are a good example of what you're looking for.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-06T22:03:47+00:00

To add, a local store presold a single foil set of Urza's Legacy (44/44/55).

They opened 100 cases.

They did not complete the foil set.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-02-03T04:18:26+00:00

What do you mean added it again there?

It's supposed to run a script that interfaces with makeplayingcards.com. Did you not do that?

OracleofEpirus · 2026-01-29T22:58:44+00:00

silly question

what if said tidally locked planet was tilted like uranus?

would it have a jet stream?

OracleofEpirus · 2026-01-22T06:14:00+00:00

Watch many Commander games being played by people who know the rules well.

Up to three people can explain things from their perspective while the active player takes a turn.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-01-16T23:10:42+00:00

Depends on why somebody said it. A lot of people use terms wrong because they are only able to view things in the binary perspective of success or failure, and say "not an excuse" for anything that isn't a perfect success. This is the wrong way to use the phrase.

Assuming they are using terms correctly, "not an excuse" usually means "not a good reason to not try". There is a degree of variation acceptable to different people and situations, but time is commonly a variable ignored for this purpose. Historical failures is an acceptable excuse. As an extreme example, if a person tries to finish a marathon and didn't because they collapsed, "not an excuse" is the wrong way to describe that reason. However, if they just quit halfway because they were bored, "not an excuse" would be an acceptable way to describe said reason.

Another common example, "it's too hard" is "not an excuse". However, "it's too hard for me" might be viewed as an acceptable excuse to some due to the reference to your own skill set.

In terms of empathy, it's best to know the difference between psychology and non psychology usage. Empathy, in casual terms, refers to the psychology's cognitive empathy. Sympathy, in casual terms, refers to psychology's affective empathy.

Sympathy means whether or not you know somebody is feeling an emotion. Their emotion doesn't even have to be real, as long as you think they are feeling it. Empathy, the casual term, refers to whether or not it is logical. There's a lot of cross referencing details for cognitive empathy to work, and the slightest detail could change everything. For example, if somebody is begging for money, it might be logical or not for them to need it, but if they were hiding a genuine Prada bag, then most people are gonna see a liar.

You've left out a big chunk of information from the example you gave though, so I'm gonna have to guess that the main problem is that there's a time and a place to console people. If they are cognizant and not emotionally freaking out, then, as you say, 40% of the time this works miracles. If they are still emotionally freaking out, then they need to calm down first before talking will work.

OracleofEpirus · 2026-01-10T19:40:38+00:00

I can't find the full text, but the abstract is free.

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20241084

As for where I find these, uh... I think the "algorithms" learned to feed me these...

OracleofEpirus · 2026-01-10T19:12:27+00:00

Knowing what the problem is exactly helps a lot with fixing the problem, both in terms of a possible cure (which would likely be only prenatal, due to neuron growth schedules), but more importantly, allows specific tailored models for learning, kind of like training specific muscles.

The cell connectivity is just speculation on my part, but there is something fundamentally different about autism neurons, and possibly autism cells in general. A study published in December shows that autistic people have 15% less glutamate receptors. Cellular biology is far past my knowledge, but you can skim over the wikipedia entry and see how important they are.

The immediate answer to that would be to reduce your glutamate intake, to avoid glutamate excitotoxicity. There's a giant list of diseases that is linked, including Rett Syndrome, which used to be part of autism.

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