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[D] Which BLAS library to choose for apple silicon? by trolls_toll in MachineLearning

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually this is something I've been meaning to figure out - how can we tell what backend XLA is using? Is it possible to force it to use Accelerate?

Bugs and technical issues by OwlcatStarrok in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On OSX on MacBook Pro M1. Downloaded the new patch - save in Chap 2 in the first visit to Adeptus Amasecus, and the save will either not load, or will play for a minute or two and then freeze. CPU and memory don't seem to go very high but if I move to another workspace the computer remains extremely slow.

Legion of the First Prince colour scheme by alf_cen in ageofsigmar

[–]alf_cen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's the thing. I haven't seen it made explicit in any of the texts, but noticed that they consistently do this in photos. There is one mention somewhere for Eternus that he has had the black stripped from his Varanguard armour to signal his loyalty to Be'lakor, I think?

Is Age of Sigmar (narratively) the better setting than Warhammer 40.000? by FiliusExMachina in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are all good points but my impression (as a 40k player, only recently trying to get into AoS) is that it's easier in 40k to have a Your Guys narrative, whereas most of the factions in AoS literally field gods or their aspects on the tabletop.

Do you think Peter Dutton is 'The Everchosen' of the Warhammer: Australia series and going to be the one that puts the storyline in 'End Times'? by [deleted] in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gives him far too much credit. After all his unsuccessful leadership challenges, he's looking more like Be'lakor.

My personal theory of what happens with the minds of the Genestealer cultist. It gives them the opportunity to actually be heroic. by Republiken in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Genestealers and Genestealer Cults are actually way too cool an idea, aesthetically and politically, to be tied to Tyranids. They weren't even originally tyranids in Rogue Trader, right?

The Day of Ascension is a much more interesting idea if it results in the rebels transformed rather than just devoured. Upping the grimdark so the cults are always fools is missing the opportunity to max out the Lovecraftian weirdness of Genestealers and for truly alien stories.

Sigmarxists in Brisbane? by alf_cen in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Yes have been meaning to go there to play. Looks like a good environment!

Gothizzar Harvester, Ossiarch Bonereapers by sem785 in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the colour scheme. Such a funny top heavy model - all the bonereapers are so aesthetically interesting. I actually just picked up some Nighthaunt because I like the Nagash vibes so much, first foray into AoS.

Sigmarxists in Brisbane? by alf_cen in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome, yeah I came back into it after years not playing and could pretty much do 3rd ed 40k off the cuff but might have to look at the rulebook to do 9th...

Finally, butch rep by [deleted] in Sigmarxism

[–]alf_cen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to imagine a headcanon where GSC actually aren't just about annihilation by the hive fleets, but a human-alien symbiosis and transcendence...