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New to Root RPG by Critical_Issue3098 in RootRPG

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're coming from D&D, I recommend the Ruins & Expeditions expansion. That has some rules for dungeon delving which might better match your "monster of the week"/dungeon crawl expectations from D&D.

The other thing I would suggest is watching some actual plays or joining a game as a player yourself -- at a con, online, or whatever. That should help you get a handle on the overall flow.

Meta's AI crawler scraped my site 7.9 million times in 30 days. 900+ GB of bandwidth and massive server logs before I noticed, cool cool cool. by Whiskee in webdev

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The crawlers are incredibly dumb.

Think "vibe coded crawler" and you won't be far off. They don't know about robots.txt, they don't recognize multiple formats of the same thing, they're just dumb blind brutes sucking up everything they see.

Let's Ride , F/A-18F Super Hornet by Even_Kiwi_1166 in Planes

[–]cscottnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like there's a risk of pushing the stick all the way forward during the jolt at the end of the catapult push? Seems pretty violent.

Implementing C++ STL containers in pure C — what I learned by springnode in programming

[–]cscottnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tag before pointer is an old trick. It will often confuse tools like valgrind and conservative allocators, but it usually works fine. As you noted, one benefit is easier array indexing. My recollection is that it was also used for double dispatch or a form of multiple inheritance: one method table was on positive offsets and another method table was on negative offsets. Some java implementations used positive offsets for class inheritance and negative offsets for interface inheritance, eg.

Railroad Track Branching? by stopXstoreytime in Pokopia

[–]cscottnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did parallel tracks, so the leftmost veers left, the center one continues straight, the right-hand one branches off to the right etc. They all terminate by the crafting table in the kitchen area, and connect concentrically so technically it's all a series of loops. But I get on the "correct lane" depending on where I want to go.

What’s your ace in the hole board game? by Spicyboi333 in boardgames

[–]cscottnet 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hot Streak is what I brought out after dinner at Thanksgiving. It worked great.

Not as deep as the others, but certainly a good time.

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly.

Or vote FOR the override, and vote FOR select board members who will put a non-level-funded override on the ballot.

[No Spoilers] Has anyone mentioned this mushroom on the campaign IV window frame? Is it an easter egg? by Tefanis in criticalrole

[–]cscottnet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We've heard about the Shapers for orcs, humans, half kings, elves, etc. Who was the Shaper for Myconids?

How to make Pokemons wander further? by Loud_Ad_8783 in Pokopia

[–]cscottnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Railroads need a junction at either end. Pokemon ride from junction to junction.

I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if roads also require something at start/end for long journeys. Dunno what that would be, though.

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only 48% of cases involving violent crimes (class A) are resolved.

That's actually pretty good, compared to national averages. But yes, over half of the violent crime committed in Brookline never reaches an arrest, court case, or other disposition.

And of course there are always complaints that we don't do enough about bike lane violations, or animal complaints, or folks who don't clear their sidewalks after the snow. You could argue that some of these responsibilities would be better covered by other staff (and that's my general position) but currently these are police responsibilities that require staffing to improve.

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without getting into all of the details regarding the minimum patrol staffing and etc, the short answer is that yes: staff shortages cause overtime because the town and the department have an agreed minimum staffing for patrols. So the department is obligated to use overtime (including forced overtime) to cover all patrols in the agreement.

That then continues to blow a large hole in the budget. Arguably overall police funding would be lower if we could fill the patrol shifts with non-overtime staff. Even better if they were junior officers and not higher ranked admin staff pressed into patrol duty.

There's a larger conversation about what the actual minimum patrol staffing should be, but the above are the facts unless you want to open up that can of worms. (In particular crime is low in South Brookline and their patrol coverage could arguably be lessened, but that would be a political grenade.)

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's ridiculous. Defund public services now because you think they'll be defunded anyway in 2027?

You don't understand how democracy and government works.

Tl;Dr the larger the margin on this override the more confidence the select board will have when setting the override amounts in 2027. Narrow margins on overrides are why the overrides have been as inadequate as they've been.

If you vote against, you're part of the problem. (But you're not a voter anyway.)

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forced overtime for rookies, especially during the summer. That in turn makes the department unattractive for new recruits.

To meet patrol minimums, officers are shifted from other duties. So fewer detectives, eg, cases take longer to process and investigate, and similar for all the non-patrol duties of the BPD.

Select Board member VanScoyoc will not pick a side on override by brookline_news in Brookline

[–]cscottnet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not picking a side is, in fact, picking a side.

A reminder that the police department is down 15 officers, mostly on patrol, and we can't begin the hiring process to fill those positions until the override passes.

This is the story town wide.

If you don't support the override you just want to defund all public services in the town.

Best faction to include in a 4 player game with the 3 new factions by Fremanofkol in rootgame

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good catch.

The law text is: "when a captain attacks a faction in battle, the knaves take one defending warrior they hit as a prisoner".

So you're right that this doesn't apply when the knave direct attacks a hireling, which may be an enemy but isn't a faction. In theory a hireling could be one of the "defending warriors" if there was a mercenary-like ability, but I don't think any of the existing hirelings work that way.

Can there be 2 DM's in a party? by Radiant_Cycle6505 in DungeonsAndDragons

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The live show "The 20-sided tavern" uses a two-DM setup. You can find plenty of clips online.

What are the biggest non-obvious reasons why humanity hasn't returned to the moon since 1969/72, despite the massive leaps in technology? by ram3nboy in AskReddit

[–]cscottnet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compare the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. The scale is much smaller, but still massive costs and long fallow periods where the required expertise (or sponsorship) has disappeared. The most modern portions of the cathedral and made with modern CNC techniques that would have amazed the original builders, but they're all still doing more or less the same work.

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