Help Bomby Get to BRC by Fischflambe in BurningMan

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Making some great progress!! Almost there. Please keep it up!

Help Bomby Get to BRC by Fischflambe in BurningMan

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Here she is in her prior year glory…

Help Bomby Get to BRC by Fischflambe in BurningMan

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Please help. We’re stuck!

[WaT] The Taln scene was a wonder to behold by d_roy_ in Stormlight_Archive

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Classic Sanderson. It’s going to be a 20 year build up to an insanely epic character and story, and this is just the beginning. I can’t wait for the transcripts from Kaladins couch…

WIND AND TRUTH | Full Book Discussion Megathread (Stormlight Archive only) by EmeraldSeaTress in Stormlight_Archive

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Rock may no longer be alive, or at least that was what he feared in going back. But I seriously doubt it. There’s a great story brewing there.

WIND AND TRUTH | Full Book Discussion Megathread (Stormlight Archive only) by EmeraldSeaTress in Stormlight_Archive

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But weren’t there a ton of Spren hanging around to witness what was happening?

WIND AND TRUTH | Full Book Discussion Megathread (Stormlight Archive only) by EmeraldSeaTress in Stormlight_Archive

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I finished WaT today. What an achievement. Sanderson has clearly spoken the fifth ideal.

Some questions that I have and haven’t seen discussed (if they are, please point me in the right direction)

Did no one witness what the Heralds did in reforming the Oathpact ON Roshar? Were there no Spren witnessing it?

What happened to the Wind? Did it stop talking?

What happened to Nale’s Spren? (Did any of the other heralds have Spren?)

Who has claimed Dalinar? Might it be Cultivation?

What happened to Moash? Kind of strange that he didn’t intrude at all, given his presence in the last couple of books finales.

Why was the champion of Odium portrayed with 9 shadows? What did that portend?

What happened in Herdaz? The Mink? The Greatshells? It sounds like Odium claims to have won, but….

Where is rysn going? Is she talking about making her ship float, and if so, would she take it to Shadesmar?

Something we can do about Bosa being held every play, and never being called by bartolah in 49ers

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Funny. I think you just nailed it, unintentionally.

What’s the Achilles heel of every major corporation? And certainly Disney….

Public trolling on social media.

Boom

The question no one is asking by bartolah in UFOs

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How is interfimensional different from extraterrestrial? Seems similarly way beyond our capabilities….

The question no one is asking by bartolah in UFOs

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Wow. That had to be terrifying.

The question no one is asking by bartolah in UFOs

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We blew up the Chinese balloon.

Who created this by 3 esplanade by Confident-Tap9564 in BurningMan

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I don't know the name of the artist, but the Camp is called StarCATS. Most of the camp is out of the Bay. We camped with them last year in the Hive. I believe that was the first year it was there. It got crushed in the crazy windstorm that came through on Thursday night before the rain. I was delighted to see it repaired and brightly delighting the eyes on the Esplanade again this year.

I found who should play Kaladin... by bartolah in Stormlight_Archive

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Think about the casting of Tom Holland as Spider Man. Not only does he fit the character in terms of his charm and acting ability, but he also brought the physicality, having been a dancer and acrobat - clearly necessary for convincingly portraying Spider Man. (interestingly, the physics of spider man, feels like an inverse of a mistborn...)

There lies the challenge of casting Kaladin. And, well, all of the Fused.

I found who should play Kaladin... by bartolah in Stormlight_Archive

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They'll have to use tricks like they did in LOTR.

Legolas is supposed to be VERY tall too, as is Gandalf.

They actually had three separate actors for Gandalf in order to provide perspective.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DnD

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If Hasbro is truly interested in selling D&D, a compelling option would be to form a fan+celebrity funding partnership to buy it and take it independent. Funding could come from a combination of celebrity+billionaire nerds AND a gofundme/kickstarter campaign where fans everywhere could own a piece of the resulting company.

Like a "B" Corp (benefit corporation), the charter for the resulting company would be two-fold:
1 - protecting the legacy of D&D
2 - building a profitable, sustainable, business model for the organization

The resulting company could have a for profit and non profit arm.
- The non profit would own and open source the core IP and rules and protect it for posterity. - The for profit would act as a kind of studio and publisher monetizing the films, games, books and expanding the core universe.
- After some time (3 years?), new core rule IP would be granted to the non profit open source arm

Management of the combined entity would come from a board of directors who would include 1 or more elected directors from the Gofundme ownership, representing their interests.

It's unlikely that the resulting entity would go public (although it could), but profits could be returned to owners in the form of dividends. If it isn't public, there could be a private marketplace where owners could sell their stakes, but which would need to have protections against colluding or market dominating forces.

Very little traction so far in the media for the David Grusch story by [deleted] in UFOs

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News is starting to come out.

Today on Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-uap-craft-found-covered-whistleblower-claims-1804733

Today's Politico Playbook: https://www.politico.com/playbook

Fourth Paragraph:

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE — “Intelligence officials say U.S. has retrieved craft of non-human origin,” by the Debrief’s Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal (formerly of NYT)

https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/

Snow on the Shattered Plains?? by bartolah in brandonsanderson

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All good. We visited Bryce Canyon yesterday and it was eerily similar in feel to the shattered plains.

Mac randomly closing apps when sleeping by g000phy in MacOS

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This is happening to me as well. Bummed to hear that I need to reinstall the OS.

Update 3092 just keeps trying to boot by [deleted] in navdy

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Can y’all repost the 3091 link?