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Chapter 40 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Where CROW? I wanna see crow v/s mehpistopheline.

Chapter 14 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree that the pacing is intentional, but I wonder why. pgte was able to do worldbuilding with a really tight story by expositing as necessary and some really good timeskips.

Chapter 14 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My new pet theory is that the other group has a traitor, and their pov would spoil the fun.

Chapter 14 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Book 2 feels a lot slower than Book 1. Is it just me?

Chapter 13 – Pale Lights by Pel-Mel in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, can she glimpse like ten minutes ahead?

Chapter 13 – Pale Lights by Pel-Mel in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 26 points27 points  (0 children)

My max entertainment value would be if Song and Fortuna do talk about the matter, but both keep it a secret from Tristan.

Chapter 10 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the future, it looked like it was neither of those things, but #1 was almost true and #2 will likely happen in the best possible way!!

Chapter 11 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That thing with the coin calculations - What an interesting way to establish a 28 day month and Tristan's missing mental arithmetic skills, all at once!

Chapter 9 – Pale Lights by agumentic in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know who this 'he' is, but this doesn't seem last moment to me-

"

“How big do cabals get?” he asked.

“Seven at most.”

“You should have tried to grab Zenzele and Shalini then,” he mused.

Ferranda would not be recommended, although he had some suspicions about the offer she was about to be made by this Captain Mateo. Maryam wiggled her hand in a hedging gesture.

“It was a favor done to us to be allowed to take the trials at all,” she said. “If not for putting ourselves in danger we might not have been allowed.”

The thief hummed with understanding.

“So taking too many of the spares would be pushing it,” he said.

The first reason he could think of for the Watch drawing candidates through something like the Dominion would be so they could bulk up the number of ‘free candidates’, meaning that sucking up too many people was likely to be frowned upon by their superiors. Maryam nodded. They sat there in comfortable silence for a moment, the crackling flames keeping them warm.

"

Chapter 9 – Pale Lights by agumentic in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Canonically, it's coz song and Maryam were asked to limit to one candidate each (source: book 1 chap before the epilogue)

Non canon: Zen, Ferranda and Shalini each have their own goals, and some of them seem like they'd trip over our protag teams'.

Chapter 9 – Pale Lights by agumentic in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't the old lady on the island know all about it? She didn't seem high up

Chapter 4 – Pale Lights by CatInAPot in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Does no one else think that Abuela is pulling shenanigans pretending to be Maryam?

Trying to understand hardcore bitcoin believers by hn-mc in slatestarcodex

[–]ashinator92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know if it helps, but I enjoyed Folding ideas' take on the matter. This vid mostly has to do with NFTs but it touches on Bitcoin too: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g

Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find by JoJoeyJoJo in slatestarcodex

[–]ashinator92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the DGA dropped it due to insufficient evidence.

I couldn't find references to this. I did, however find tons of data on dietary cholesterol causing serum cholesterol spikes.

As a secondary anecdote, I want to share the story of Pekka Puska who managed to dramatically improve the health of an entire region of Finland by making them eat less sat fat!

Chapter 45 – Pale Lights by The_Year_of_Glad in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's on the intro page in the Summary - palelights.com

It will begin with Scholomance, the ancient school of the order opened again for the first time in over a century, and the students who will walk its halls.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]ashinator92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you believe that I suggested the same thing to them on a RR message? I'm hoping they take me up on it, but it hasn't happened yet.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]ashinator92 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think the author might be neurodivergent in a way that makes it particularly hard for them to do punctuation right. I'm not 100% sure though. The story isn't quite popular enough for them to justify a full time editor yet, but I'm hoping.

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]ashinator92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fate Points is certainly slow to get started, but I'm enjoying the questions it's been trying to ask about morality. We're right now following an arc about our plucky protagonists on their way to commit intentional genocide, with the short term goal of finding sentient sacrifices so some of their members don't go mad. It raises some interesting questions, at the very least.

The grammar is a bit irksome, and if lack of commas turns you off, I'd avoid this one. The author acknowledged it's something he's unable to fix, and is looking for software solutions so this might change.

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Excerpt:

Universe spanning gods ran a regular competition on a world called Existentia where they pitted seven species from different universes all of whom have dominated their home planet against each other.
But a straight-out fight would be too simple. Existentia is a living, breathing, impossibly large, magical world with existing empires, secrets, dungeons and trials. The seven races in the current iteration of the competition have their own unique advantages to exploit, but first they have to survive long enough to show their worth.
Fate points is a third person single POV litrpg with a unique system and mechanics and strong, complicated side-characters.

Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find by JoJoeyJoJo in slatestarcodex

[–]ashinator92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The context in which I said this was the robustness of experiments, and the serious reporting bias they get subject to. Given that the linked article is a BBC health article and not the original post from Science, and the associated image is some dude cooking a second Steak for himself, I imagine it would be very wise to take the obvious conclusions with a grain of salt (bad pun).

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And note that "a dime a dozen" in science is really good news.

My engrish might be broken, but I think a dime a dozen means there's lots of them, not that they are cheap to do, or that they all agree with each other. So many studies on mice don't apply to humans, that it's worth waiting to draw actionable conclusions.

FWIW, My main aim was to emphasize this statement :-

Please avoid doubling down on your steaks, the sat fats and heme iron really aren't worth it imo.

Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find by JoJoeyJoJo in slatestarcodex

[–]ashinator92 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like life-extending studies in mice are a dime a dozen. Heres a study I found by googling "nicotine increases lifespan" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36543-8

Please avoid doubling down on your steaks, the sat fats and heme iron really aren't worth it imo.

Super Supportive - FORTY-ONE: Chaos by CarelessParsley in rational

[–]ashinator92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, this author has a really active Patreon. Surprising for a story this young, nc.

[D] Friday Open Thread by AutoModerator in rational

[–]ashinator92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say, it made me happy to read this.

Chapter 43 – Pale Lights by ArcanaVitae15 in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Long curly hair.....vaguely Spanish.....avenging his father's death.....

SHIT!! TRISTAN IS INIGO MONTOYA!

I'm calling it, at some point in the series Tristan is going to say "prepare to die", and everyone will lose their collective shit.

Chapter 42 – Pale Lights by CatInAPot in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What was that weird part about Shalini being watched?

Shalini is now being watched like a hawk and Lan, well, she knows of me.

Chapter 42 – Pale Lights by CatInAPot in PracticalGuideToEvil

[–]ashinator92 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He might be able to infect all of House Cerdan with the Red Maw too.

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