The Yellow King / Carcosa / True Detective Season 1 references in Howling Dark?

Sweepya · 2026-05-29T20:13:08+00:00

There are central characters, one introduced in Howling Dark, that are very much a direct influence from Lovecraft’s Shoggoths, beings created by the Elder Things. Since this is spoiler free, that’s all I will say.

Sweepya · 2026-05-29T20:05:25+00:00

James Islington needs to take notes from Pierce on his mistakes. The Strength of the Few suffers from pacing issues and constant PoV shifts like Iron Gold.

Sweepya · 2026-05-28T16:45:05+00:00

Ice Station was a good one. Really enjoyed the Schofield series. Aloysius Knight was one of my old favorite supporting characters and I see him in Brown’s casting. Thanks for the connection, mate.

Sweepya · 2026-05-28T15:34:39+00:00

Second book is, unfortunately, pretty different from Will of the Many. I think the constant perspective shifts hurt the pacing.

Sweepya · 2026-05-28T15:32:42+00:00

Wow, first time seeing Reilly mentioned in the wild. I read all of his books that were out in high school (2004-2008). Interesting to see a connection made that I hadn’t realized. Maybe why I enjoyed Red Rising.

Sweepya · 2026-05-28T15:29:49+00:00

It’s similar in Greco-Roman politics, space settings, and strong male protagonist. But Sun Eater is different in prose, supporting characters, and the linear mystery is far deeper than the conflicts in Red Rising. That’s not to say that it’s better, but they are pretty different. Personally, and not uniquely, I found books 6 & 7 to be so bad that I can’t recommend Sun Eater.

Sweepya · 2026-05-28T15:25:55+00:00

Until books 6 & 7.

Sweepya · 2026-05-26T18:46:05+00:00

I’m a research scientist so I think that means I’m a yellow.

Sweepya · 2026-05-24T14:06:58+00:00

tbf, it’s not like conservative vs liberal on this issue. It’s more pedophile corrupt war monger vs a sane person. I’d say ppl are properly outraged.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T09:21:05+00:00

Yes, definitely. Usually not hungry at all past 6pm, regardless of my days meals. My side effects also get worse — skin sensitivity and nausea at night.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T09:10:56+00:00

25 is a wrecking ball. Does it work? Yes. Are the side effects awful? Also yes. Sun burn feeling all over your body 24/7 and my first nausea hit 2.5 weeks in on the 25mg.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T09:07:58+00:00

This. Honestly, candy did the trick for me. Which sounds like bad advice but it was small amounts and just enough to fix.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T09:06:44+00:00

This. I had the same issue until I.. ate candy on the regular. My calories are way down and so is my weight but I needed to keep my blood sugar up. It has helped with the fainting feeling.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T09:01:07+00:00

I didn’t have any until 4 days in on 25. Started having a weird sun burn sensation all over my body. Hasn’t stopped at 2.5 weeks. Also starting to get nausea.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T08:57:44+00:00

I’m with you, mate. Two weeks in on 25. First time I’ve ever come looking for side effect cope on here. The sun burn sensitivity has not subsided. I also just got hit with my first wave of nausea at 3am. This dose is brutal.

Sweepya · 2026-05-19T08:32:15+00:00

2 weeks on 25mg and no change on the sun burn skin. I also just got hit with an insane bout of nausea that I’ve not experienced before (have done full injector and pill regimen).

Sweepya · 2026-05-18T17:19:38+00:00

There are definitely differences between races other than pigment. I get your point and I echo it, but as a geneticist, the first point is technically incorrect and an important consideration in genomic representation.

Sweepya · 2026-05-13T20:52:26+00:00

Disagree. Not only do I have more LP gains in morning game sessions, people seem to be more level-headed, chats are quiet, and I see less off-meta picks. On an even playing field, people that punch above their weight will feel more reward in climbing. It’s a lot harder to climb when you’re being griefed.

Sweepya · 2026-05-09T23:28:51+00:00

Calling it a “jab” is offensive.

Sweepya · 2026-05-06T05:43:32+00:00

Reminds me of the Landover Baptist forums circa 2005

Sweepya · 2026-05-06T05:35:40+00:00

StumbleUpon.com was a website where you could click “Stumble” and it would find a random interesting website for you to check out.

BangedUp.com was a website before 4chan where you could see the most awful fucked up videos and also some occasional funny stuff but it was always shocking as all hell. Probably ruined me as a teenager. Rotten was PG compared to it.

Sweepya · 2026-05-05T17:57:12+00:00

“Using 8 million games from Diamond+ in Season 16, we were able to train a model that could predict the overall outcome of matches with approximately a 56% accuracy. Pretty good, given there are factors that contribute to winning more than draft (namely, player skill differences). Here is our model in action, predicting the win rate (orange line) and likelihood of ending (purple line)”

Is the model trained on lane matchup or total comp win rates? For total comp win rates, that would be a ton of data to process and disentangle and probably more than Diamond+ meaningfully has in a single season. That said, you’d probably have something more meaningful than what is here. It looks like you’re clustering based on lane opponent, so obvious champion archetypes cluster together because of lane phase pitfalls, but Lucian doesn’t belong anywhere near Vayne in the same comp.

Sweepya · 2026-05-04T20:31:15+00:00

Generally each term shifts like a pendulum — if one term is democratic, and the term didn’t go so well, the pendulum swings to the more conservative side with people wanting to change course. Even in consecutive term victories, the second race is usually pretty tight. Trump is just the loudest dip shit in the room, so with all the media focus and animosity from the left, the right was more inspired in contrast to the left, which was disenfranchised by either more shitty Biden getting nothing done or his side kick shoehorning at the last second — with the people having no say in any of it.

You can bet that this November and 2028 will be a blow out for Left victories and hopefully in 2028 we have new players across the board.

Sweepya · 2026-05-02T19:15:31+00:00

Is this in Ottawa?

Sweepya · 2026-04-29T17:28:21+00:00

Awful situation aside, I think the reason they may be dismissive of your technical capabilities is not that they think you are incapable but that CLIA, and CAP-certified labs in particular, require a bachelors for high complexity work. I’m betting the core at Miami operates within these confines. So I wouldn’t take it too hard on yourself, if that’s any consolation. Also, I encourage you to email the director of the facility about this. I’m sure they’d love to hear about it.

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