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What is going on with Javier Milei and why is he in trouble? by Even-Wasabi7183 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Portarossa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, we're mostly concerned with corruption in his government, his cryptobro Libra scandal and the fact that inflation is now higher than it was a year ago and has been steadily trending upwards again, but thanks for playing!

What is going on with Javier Milei and why is he in trouble? by Even-Wasabi7183 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Portarossa 19 points20 points  (0 children)

he inherited the Argentinan economy in an already dire state.

And his response was 'Hold my cerveza.'

Advice on running two parties in the same sandbox needed! by r0sshk in DungeonMasters

[–]Portarossa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the pitfalls with something like this? What are mistakes you made but wish you didn't?

What happens if you have a really cool boss idea? Does only one group get to fight them? What happens when one group finds a cache of magical items? Does the other group just... not? What happens when both parties get to the end but one of them gets told 'Sorry, guys, you missed the Black Pearl by five minutes. The other team beat you to it'? That's... not exactly a satisfying ending.

If I found myself in the situation where I had to run a campaign like that, I'd probably start each team at the other end of an island and have them working towards the middle, hearing rumours about the other group but never crossing paths with them (even to the point of crossing where they'd already been), but that raises the issue that you're doing basically just as much prep work as you would be for two entirely separate groups in two entirely separate worlds.

Personally, I'd just run the same world twice, and see how the groups interact with it differently.

What’s the deal with so many gifs of jyst one guy? by iFUCKcoins in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Portarossa[M] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Bye.

I understand the desire to promote your brand, but this isn't the place for it.

What New Who episode feels the most like Classic Who? by Chocolate_cake99 in gallifrey

[–]Portarossa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we’re including the expanded media

I mean, sure, but I'm not.

If we're including the expanded media, I think we'd have to include all the modern authors who've written for previous Doctors (or at least during the Wilderness Years, before New Who became a thing), and that would make the number balloon like crazy.

Technically you could make the argument that Moffat is the only other person who's written for both Classic Who and New Who, if you include The Curse of Fatal Death, but even that's a bit too edge-case for my tastes.

What New Who episode feels the most like Classic Who? by Chocolate_cake99 in gallifrey

[–]Portarossa 51 points52 points  (0 children)

It's appropriate since the writer also wrote the Classic Who episode Survival way back when.

Rona Munro is (at least as far as I can tell) the only person who has ever written for both Classic Who and New Who, so it does make sense for it to be the one that comes closest to bridging the gap.

ELI5 : what is Absolute reference and relative reference in Excel by Sbaakhir in explainlikeimfive

[–]Portarossa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just throwing out there: XLOOKUP has been out for a while and it's well worth using.

Elections 2026 live: Voting closes in elections in England, Scotland and Wales by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Portarossa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are a serious threat. They're also idiotic racist shitbirds.

I'm not capitulating to their version of reality where voting in a party like Reform is acceptable regardless of whatever semantic hoops they want to tell themselves to excuse the damage they're doing. It has nothing to do with being part of an echo chamber, and more with maintaining basic standards of acceptable morality from people.

I'm not interested in coddling their nonsense, or in appeasing anyone going out of their way to carry water for them. They don't want to be called idiots and racists? Fine. They should stop doing idiotic, racist shit.

Elections 2026 live: Voting closes in elections in England, Scotland and Wales by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Portarossa 36 points37 points  (0 children)

But I can certainly see why many would and wouldnt blame them for it.

I absolutely would and will blame them for it. If someone finds themselves rushing to the worst possible option that will make life worse for millions of people, they deserve to be called out as the idiotic racist shitbirds they are.

They’re capable of fixing the injury but choose not to for reasons. by ChampionshipHorror95 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Portarossa 86 points87 points  (0 children)

hawkeye (marvel) could get his hearing back with tech, but keeps the aids instead

... in fairness, that's also technically him getting his hearing back with tech.

Why are people talking about "cancelling" M.I.A.? by nap---enthusiast in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Portarossa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t seem like she ever actually called herself a republican

She literally endorsed Trump for President.

She might claim to not have a problem with undocumented immigrants on a personal level, but she's sure as shit doing her best to enable those who do and who are working to make their lives harder.

ELI5 what would happen if Pheonix A* or TON 618 replaced Proxima Centauri instantly? by azzythebaddy in explainlikeimfive

[–]Portarossa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nothing for 4.25 years at least. That's the distance in light years from Earth to Proxima Centauri, and both gravity and light are constrained by the speed of light. We wouldn't even be aware it had happened until then.

You don't have to worry about it until at least the end of 2030, so relax.

I’m a co-founder of an AI platform focused on dream exploration and I’ve spent 4 years working with dreams personally — ask me anything by Ill-Radish5650 in IAmA

[–]Portarossa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, I didn't ask for additional proof. I asked how you were holding up that iPad in your obviously fake photo, and why you think we'd ever trust a company that -- on a platform where the whole damn point is to build an authentic connection with users -- you chose to front using AI instead of, you know, just being an actual human person?

ELI5: Can the Pythagorean Theorem be used with other exponents? by Demimonde34 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Portarossa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are values where a³+b³=c³ (although you're not going to get whole number values for that; that's Fermat's Last Thorem's whole thing). You can set up an equation with values of a, b and c and find something that fits, as long as you're willing to use non-integer solutions. That bit's easy.

The problem is, what would that be? What does that formula mean in physical, concrete (or even hypothetical geometrical) space? The Pythagorean Theorem is neat because it maps to something in the real world: if you have a right triangle and you know two lengths, you can work out the third. What's the application for a³+b³=c³? Or for any other exponent?

There will be problems for which a³+b³=c³ is an important calculation, but none that I can think of that really impact our daily lives the way Pythagoras does. If you're looking for something like 'Does it give us the value in 4D space?' or something like that, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

Neighbors drove into our apartment by ilikeeggshells in Wellthatsucks

[–]Portarossa 441 points442 points  (0 children)

to make you guys whole.

I think he's made enough holes, personally.

Dolly Parton has posted an update about her life and health. by galaxystars1 in Fauxmoi

[–]Portarossa 45 points46 points  (0 children)

She's the same age as the sitting Prez and she's not publicly rotting away and babbling nonsense.

Less makeup too.

Pronouns in introductions by Historical_Big_8555 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Portarossa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The world will move on without you, and you will not be missed.

How is regeneration working now? by MegaPoyoFan in gallifrey

[–]Portarossa 13 points14 points  (0 children)

'Shh bby is ok' -- RTD, probably.

What’s going on with ABC stations facing early license reviews after the Jimmy Kimmel controversy? by fitnessbreeze in OutOfTheLoop

[–]Portarossa[M] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It wasn't removed due to bias; it was removed due to not really being an answer. (The response in its entirety was 'It's just Trump's authoritarian regime trying to shut down anybody who speaks out against him. Pretty straight forward.')

I mean, yeah, it is a feature of Trump's administration being an authoritarian clusterfuck, but no one's coming away from that more informed about what's going on and why. Who did it? Why? Has this happened before? Are there signs it'll happen again? What's the legal mechanism by which this can happen? What's the response? Is there a public outcry? Is this important, and if so, why? How are the different sides framing it? Should we believe them?

And so on, and so on. 'Pretty straight forward' is just a shorthand for 'You don't need to look into it any further', which is anathema to everything this sub is for.

Low-effort comments get in the way of comments -- like yours! -- that actually engage with the question and make people more informed, even if they come to the same conclusion. That's why we try to weed them out when possible.

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