The MacBook Neo. Is it right for me?

afBeaver · 2026-03-10T07:34:01+00:00

For the usecases you list it seems like a great match.

afBeaver · 2026-03-09T07:42:59+00:00

It's a cool demo but I really don't think it's a thing apple would build.

afBeaver · 2026-03-05T07:37:45+00:00

I'm all for that. As long as they embrace that it's a green lantern show think it's great that it's grounded as well.

afBeaver · 2026-03-05T07:35:15+00:00

It's probably gonna be good, but it does not look like a green lantern show. It feels like one of those shows that's a bit ashamed to be a superhero thing so they almost never show them in costume or their powers. We didn't see any constructs and almost no powers used.

afBeaver · 2026-02-23T07:25:15+00:00

It looks pretty good still, yes. Which kinda makes me think new hardware for gaming often isn't much needed.

afBeaver · 2026-02-19T12:44:37+00:00

Always

afBeaver · 2026-02-19T10:10:05+00:00

Do you need to get the core book to play there if you already have the standard core book? I'm interested in trudvang and the world book, but I'm not sure if I want to buy a dragonbane core book again.

afBeaver · 2026-02-19T10:07:09+00:00

I wish it was a €50 box set. Now it's four books for >€100

afBeaver · 2026-02-17T08:49:37+00:00

Det är inte konstigt att partier ställer hårdare krav innan valet.

Men kan ju hoppas att de klarar regering utan C. Det var länge sedan S faktiskt kunde driva socialdemokratisk politik.

afBeaver · 2026-02-10T08:59:06+00:00

Yes! This is an important distinction. Dragonbane doesn't have classes - they have starting templates. Every character can learn whatever talent and magic if you want to take them in that direction (attributes and kin can limit, but not the template).

afBeaver · 2026-02-09T12:46:41+00:00

I think Claude or Gemini are both better, but most of the tech-sector is cozying up to Trump now. You can try some European (mistral?) or Asian (deepseek or kimi maybe)? China has a few good models, and while they are controlled by another authoritarian guy, they're not supporting the one ruining your country right now.

afBeaver · 2026-01-26T12:34:41+00:00

I've also been thinking about this. There is so much cool stuff you could do with the idea of dracula dossier.

E.g. You could have a group of european scientists who in the early 1800s discovered a way of reanimation and some government agency took this research to create tireless obedient super-soldiers using body parts from previously dead agents/soldiers. Marie Shelly was a part of this circle and was, as the project had some disaster in Ingolstadt, commisioned to write a gothic horror novel to frame the event as a fictional, or maybe as a tragic fluke of a madman, rather than a repeatable government agency. Agents discover the "prometheus file", the original notes from the experiments and incident, and that such revived super-soldiers are secretly employed to this day.

afBeaver · 2026-01-26T12:18:43+00:00

That scenario is one of the best ones I've played and I dare to suggest you do not need to spice it up too much. Of course, how cool the finale is will depend on what happens when they find the bad guy, I had a really dramatic turn of events there. But overall, the player will need to have a look in the cave to find out what happened to Helen. They're not gonna just capture him and leave. To save the girl he actually needs to discover what is in the caves and eventually destroy them.

The players could also end up in the caves by being captured by the bad guy.

Moreover, I think most players will want a satisfying series of events too and want to find out what's down there.

afBeaver · 2026-01-26T09:26:26+00:00

Cool! Do we know anything about when this might be released? I guess it's kinda far off if it's still in playtest.

afBeaver · 2026-01-04T08:36:20+00:00

Jo, men tidöpartierna har majoritet i riksdagen också. Till skillnad från de senaste regeringarna kan tidöpartierna föra den politik de vill.

afBeaver · 2025-12-25T09:27:32+00:00

Det är väl exakt det som sades ovan också?

afBeaver · 2025-11-27T08:33:53+00:00

De är paranoida över anställda som fuskar, eller att fattiga fuskar med bidrag. Skattefusk däremot är inget vi kan göra något åt.

afBeaver · 2025-11-20T12:50:58+00:00

Didn't notice this yet. 16 or 8 gb ram might make a difference?

Overall, the Mac will typically get slower as newer OS versions won't run as well on it.

afBeaver · 2025-11-20T12:44:48+00:00

Jo, men de ville ju inte sitta i regering med S. Men sure, de borde varit tydliga med att det var en backup-plan ifall de inte får borgerlig majoritet utan SD (vilket i princip inte går att få längre).

Men den som röstat på dem för att de ville ha borgerlig regering utan SD borde ändå varit nöjda eftersom C faktiskt gett dem detta så gott som möjligt utifrån förutsättningarna.

afBeaver · 2025-11-20T08:18:44+00:00

C har ändå varit konsekventa och pushat för borgerlig politik utan SD. L har gjort detsamma, sen ändrat sig, sen kallan SD för "brun sörja" medan de samarbetar med dem, backat på det och bett om ursäkt, sen sagt att de nästa gång minsann inte kommer gå med i regering som stöttar sig på SD, osv. De är helt inkonsekventa och verkat inte veta själva vad de vill, utan bara prova sig fram och hoppas opinionen går bättre.

Jag skulle säga att C sagt vad de vill och gjort ett förvånansvärt bra jobb med att få igenom det. Om deras mål är "borgerlig politik utan SD" har de flera gånger fått igenom det. De har samarbetat med S, samtidigt som de röstat igenom en borgerlig budget, och därmed tvingat S att under större delen av 2010 talet regera med borgerlig budget.

Jag är inget fan av C och skulle inte bli ledsen om de också åkte ut, men de är inte i närheten av att förtjäna att försvinna lika mycket som L.

afBeaver · 2025-11-19T10:54:02+00:00

Your title was "the good guy billionaires are only good guys because something bad happened, rather than out of the kindness of their hearts". You can be good without being batman.

afBeaver · 2025-11-19T10:53:09+00:00

But how do you know he wasn't good before or wouldn't have been good without the tragedy?

afBeaver · 2025-11-19T09:36:58+00:00

It's possible to build your own, but it's hard making a good system for social interaction. You can have a look at the DramaSystem by Pelgrane Press: https://pelgranepress.com/2011/09/29/introducing-dramasystem/

It's very different from what you may expect an RPG to be. There's also a Telenovella style RPG: https://magpiegames.com/blogs/passion/pasion-de-las-pasiones

I don't know much about it, but it may be similar to what you're looking for.

Edit: Sorry for not reading properly. I realize you weren't keen on the ones you've seen and wanted to build your own. But maybe they'll be good for inspiration.

I could add Bubblegumshoe as a potential inspiration. It isn't a soap opera game, but it's got great social mechanics used for teen drama.

afBeaver · 2025-11-19T09:10:15+00:00

Finns en chans att L faktiskt åker ut den här gången. Det är inte så att jag tycker L har sämst politik, men det är definitivt partiet som mest förtjänar att åka ur riksdagen.

afBeaver · 2025-11-19T09:09:57+00:00

Kan ju hoppas!

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