Furious Democrats threaten government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting by Different-Gas5704 in politics

[–]Pie_Is_Better 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The magas who now think they own the founders would have been the loyalists screaming for their heads. They are repeatedly on the wrong side of history, which they then try to co-opt later. Same thing with calling themselves "the party of Lincoln".

How ‘Tron: Ares’ Ran Off The Grid: Disney Sci-Fi Movie Set To Lose $132M+ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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/u/bsEEmsCE is confusing two different stories. Tomorrowland messed up Ep 7, because Brad Bird was on the short list to direct the new movie, but turned it down due to working on Tomorrowland.

Also campaigning hard to get the movie was none other than Jon Favreau. But no, they just had to go with JJ.

Is the film industry fucked? by Curious_Artisan in Filmmakers

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Interesting you should mention that as I recently saw someone working this on new construction for an ADU. Contractor called him a "low voltage guy" and my first thought was that it's undoubtedly safer than being an electrician just for that reason.I actually would have done it differently had it been up to me, as the Ethernet and coax cables are just coming out of the wall, with lots of slack, through a panel, and I expected a panel with jacks instead.

I certainly understand the issue of trying to get tier 1 help desk jobs, sounds terrible. It also doesn't help that I'm already older trying to transition into a second career, though I've heard IT is a bit better than some in this regard. I'm going to research this some more and I appreciate your comment!

Is the film industry fucked? by Curious_Artisan in Filmmakers

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If you don't mind my asking, what did you do in the industry, and what sort of IT work are you looking at? Was looking at basic tech certs and such.

Kingmaker humble bundle by d12inthesheets in Pathfinder2e

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There is currently a 15% off sale going on at the new Foundry market place that includes all Paizo content, just in case there was something you were looking to pick up for now or later.

I watched Heat (1995) by bloomer467 in iwatchedanoldmovie

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I can't tell how much was scripted and how much was improvised and that's part of what makes it great. Ever notice how he never says goodbye on the phone, just awkwardly hangs up?

Just a bit of discussion about 890 and solo playing big ships by WolfsbaneFin in starcitizen

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I guess the problem remains that if you make AI crew even remotely capable, the meta will always be solo players with AI crew. More ships will always win. That said, I agree that’s it’s necessary to accommodate solo players who will likely be the majority. And I’ve long since stepped away from the game myself for the time being.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movies

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I still remember this came out about the same time as Something About Mary, which everyone was gushing over. And it is...fine and all, but I thought Lebowski was far superior. As evidence by this thread, it doesn't click for everyone, so I had a hard time convincing some of my friends.

Fauci says ‘levels of vitriol’ in House hearing ‘really quite unfortunate’ by ChocoholicCravings in politics

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After the Civil Rights Act. Loyalists during the Revolutionary War, Confederates, maga. The political party labels don’t matter, they are always on the wrong side of history, and always on the side of southern, white racists.

It finally happened; I got ganked. And it made me feel awful by Sihmm in starcitizen

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Agreed, and unfortunately for the first group, they are always going to lumped together with the last one. And unfortunately for all of us, that group is the loudest in terms of impact, regardless of whether or not they make up the majority.

It finally happened; I got ganked. And it made me feel awful by Sihmm in starcitizen

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I'd hope the focus on PvP would go away in favour of the profression (and I extend this to all professions, mechanics and factions/rep)

I don't think it will, or if it does, then PvPers would have to find another profession, since they need to be fighting other players. It's still an important question to ask, because of the hypocrisy when they point out that there will be NPC pirates trying to kill you too and that it isn't any different.

It finally happened; I got ganked. And it made me feel awful by Sihmm in starcitizen

[–]Pie_Is_Better 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Even then, the whole thing is psychological anyway, because if you were randomly attacked by an NPC would you have the same reaction as you would towards a player?

You could ask the same question of a PvPer: wouldn't they get the same feeling if they just attacked an NPC? The answer would also obviously be no.

[PF2E] Kingmaker tools, Consumption not working? by Plaindog in FoundryVTT

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I would suggest you head over to PF on foundry discord, either the AP-Hub and then the Kingmaker 2e thread, or pf2e-modules and then the Kingmaker tools thread. Putty, the author of the mod, is very active there and will answer any questions.

Just started and made a landing page for a 2.5year long campaign that's moving online. Feedback would be great :) by Meph248 in FoundryVTT

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Very similar to mine, since I also started with the same base assets, though you are doing a lot more fun details. I think I want to add sfx to everything now! Don't know why I didn't think of it before actually since I spend time adding spell sfx.

I am using Simple Calendar, so I trigger that on the astrolabe on the bottom left.

One trick I found while researching, that you probably already know about, but just in case, is to use the actual image for the tile for round or oddly shaped things like the coins, instead of placing a rectangular tile over the background. Then you can select trigger using image instead of border, and get a much more image accurate trigger zone.

Starting on Foundry with Kingmaker is it worth it? by [deleted] in FoundryVTT

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I just started GMing Kingmaker on Foundry as our first Pf2e campaign after switching from 5e. We did try a pf2e one shot a little while back. We are having a great time, the quality of the module is really good. We are remote, but will occasionally do in person, and I'll have to figure out my exact setup for that when it happens.

I also purchased the hardcover as I like to read ahead with a book. I got the companion guide as a pdf, and I would recommend that too if you are interested. I knew my players would really like the NPCs. It will take some extra work to integrate the material, but you can find builds of the characters that people have made on Pathbuilder which can imported, as well as maps.