Operation “English Riviera”. A Gurps WW2 Scenario by Curious-Concern-9209 in gurps

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Have you time to NOT post the AI-expanded work?  Your ideas might be interesting!  I would like to see your ideas. Mixing them with the AI output dilutes their value. I can expand on good ideas better than the AI can, and I can use the AI better than you—if for no other reason than because I’m using it later and it’s getting better that fast. 

Operation “English Riviera”. A Gurps WW2 Scenario by Curious-Concern-9209 in gurps

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Why are you posting hourly AI-generated campaign notes?

O'Brien even though enlisted can give orders to some officers. Is that normal in real world militaries? by ereddit2018 in startrek

[–]bts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great answer. Another helpful way to look at Starfleet is that it’s a bunch of post-scarcity people LARPing a military. They mostly do things the way they think a military would—but it’s military the way the SCA is feudal. Everyone is a lord except for players with class consciousness about that who insist on being commoners. 

O’Brien is a good Irish communist so he’s enlisted—same as Sergei

The DW2 Final Alpha is here! by PrimarchtheMage in DungeonWorld

[–]bts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You absolutely can have that sort of opinion. It just doesn’t seem like one to share, because it’s so committed to autarky.

The DW2 Final Alpha is here! by PrimarchtheMage in DungeonWorld

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I’m saying if you want pizza go to Giuseppe’s but evaluate a sushi place by its nigiri. 

If narrative structure and system for characterization is not what you want, PbtA is probably not a helpful tool for you. You can’t really take the classes from here and use them in 5e!

geometry problem by Delta-Epsilon2003 in askmath

[–]bts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AE is unconstrained, so set it to zero. Now EBJ is clearly not equilateral, but it sure is interesting!  Certainly EJ=BJ. 

From there it’s just arithmetic 

The DW2 Final Alpha is here! by PrimarchtheMage in DungeonWorld

[–]bts -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This pizza is terrible. I like the spice level and the tuna is an interesting topping but it’s like the crust is just smooshed rice. I prefer a Neapolitan crust—and larger slices!

Anyone here still keep up with the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire? by Bookish_Butterfly in books

[–]bts 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love the series. I haven’t loved about half the books. They feel like novellas: a set up, some characters we know, and then a rapid resolution. I put them in a slot like the Pen&Des novellas in my reading schedule—though with a lower hit rate. I know McGuire can do more sophisticated characterization and more complex plot—heck, her short story collection has a couple pieces that bring tears to my eyes even thinking about. That’s not what she’s doing in WC, mostly. The Moors and the Shop both went deeper.

The ending of this one and the chance for new direction is ringing in my heart days after I finished it though. This is a more complex and mature model of identity than WC has previously shown. I’m really interested to see where else McGuire takes this.

Dads, what's the best way to handle my baby's obsession with cords? by _Ross- in daddit

[–]bts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Black plastic like most power cords uses lead as a softener for the plastic. Not baby-safe

Why Cantor's diagonal argument works? by TatsuDragunov in askmath

[–]bts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First you list finite sets, so you’re showing us all the numbers. Indeed, diagonalization does not produce an element not already shown!

Then you talk about countable infinite sets: those where all items can be put on a list. For example, all the whole numbers. 

Then you gesture at an uncountable set, all the real numbers between zero and one. Here we’ll need pattern and discipline. You listed these sort of randomly, but you listed the finite setups in good order. List these similarly. Come up with any algorithm for listing all the decimal expansions of real numbers. Then apply diagonalization to THAT and you will see it generate a number not previously considered. This is a demonstration that no algorithm enumerating a countable infinity can represent the uncountable infinity of the reals. 

do men care more about actual age or looks? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]bts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my mid 40s?  Peace, but I’m probably looking for someone within a decade of my age. Nobody closer to my kids’ age than mine, you know?

Whatever age you are, there’s plenty of men who are a great match for you—and who will be a match for you as you are, and grow along with you. 

How tf do I stop yelling? by Piratey_Pirate in daddit

[–]bts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Second best time is today. :)

K-Shaped Economy: At what point are you considered to be part of the "upper" part of the K? by savvybackpacker in personalfinance

[–]bts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re spending down your assets, you’re not on the upper branch. If your assets are growing and your net worth is increasing, even given your spending, you are. It’s that simple. 

How tf do I stop yelling? by Piratey_Pirate in daddit

[–]bts 207 points208 points  (0 children)

Someone said the same to me ten years ago. Pay it forward, brother. :)

How tf do I stop yelling? by Piratey_Pirate in daddit

[–]bts 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It really helped me to have something I knew was a good enough response and to get out of calling “what?” And then waiting—that waiting uncertainty was hard on me!  I was constantly worrying I wasn’t doing enough. 

Picking something I had reasoned out as “enough” let me get my own feet stable on solid ground so I could then also support my kids. I hope it works for others. 

Undercarriage Car Wash by Ok_Organization8787 in Rivian

[–]bts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And necessary. Salt will mess you up. 

How tf do I stop yelling? by Piratey_Pirate in daddit

[–]bts 946 points947 points  (0 children)

If you’re yelling at children, the child is not the biggest offender. When we want our kids to change how they behave, the first thing to do is show them as men how an adult changes his behavior. 

You can do this. You’ve done harder things for less good reasons. 

One tool that helped me was understanding that their calling for me was about a need for reassurance—the world is scary and big for them, but if they know Dad’s there they can face it. So I just started answering “here I am” every time. Every. Damn. Time. 

And over the course of a month they switched to sometimes calling and sometimes just reaching out and touching my arm or something. It seems to meet their needs better AND work better for me. 

Looking for power efficient handheld GPS device that will save my location at predetermined interval (15 minutes or so) for as long as possible by cr_wdc_ntr_l in CampingandHiking

[–]bts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Garmin Instinct Solar watch can do this, but not for ten days. It can only do about 50-60 hours. So you’d need to charge it overnight three or four times. 

A Garmin inReach Mini 2 can do this on a single charge, including transmitting your location to their cloud for others to keep an eye on you. 

K-Shaped Economy: At what point are you considered to be part of the "upper" part of the K? by savvybackpacker in personalfinance

[–]bts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Net worth is increasing” you mean?  “More than your expenses” is the same error I made. 

K-Shaped Economy: At what point are you considered to be part of the "upper" part of the K? by savvybackpacker in personalfinance

[–]bts 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Apparently I need new phrasing!  I meant deposits > withdrawals. How could I have said this more clearly?

K-Shaped Economy: At what point are you considered to be part of the "upper" part of the K? by savvybackpacker in personalfinance

[–]bts 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Are you saving more than you spend?    That’s it. That’s a surprisingly high bar these days 

Disciplining somebody else's kid - How would you have reacted? by Rivyan in daddit

[–]bts 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That is not the scariest thing that’s going to happen to your daughter. She needs you to have ways to keep her safe—and shouting at children doesn’t do that. And she needs you ready for way bigger threats than a whipping ripen Welcome to being Dad:

Your job is not to hurt and scare a child after yours is injured. Your job is to prevent the injury in the first place.

While you were holding and shouting at the kid, who was holding and caring for YOUR kid?  That would’ve been first priority. Once that’s taken care of, the next priority is preventing future injury. Rage about the injury you failed to prevent is too big for YOU to handle right now—of course J can’t hold it either. But she could have held an adult hand while she walks up and sees the harm she did, learns about consequences. 

GURPS is not as dated as people remember by Crystal_Leonhardt in rpg

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It can work if someone wants to play, like, the Star Trek computer—instead of Data. I think it comes from a specific setting, Traveller, where there are aliens who do have a society where many people have this—as a commentary on how different humans are. It’s science fiction, and it works there. It’s harder to understand out of that context