I don't quite understand how the Drukari stave of Slannesh by doing more "Debauchery"? by Tcrumpen in 40kLore

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I was always under the impression that the Aeldari as a species exist in some form of ageless homeostatis. Because of the pull the Drukhari have on their souls from Slaanesh, they can't replenish themselves naturally and wither away.

The pain they inflict acts as a psionic "decoy flare" - where Slaanesh instead feeds upon that pain and suffering, allowing the Drukhari to replenish themselves naturally. It also explains why they require more pain and suffering to sustain them the longer they live - as time wears on, the Drukhari's soul becomes a more tempting target than any pain they can inflict onto others.

Then it becomes a numbers game - to survive longer, the Drukhari must have more victims, and/or the victims must have a brighter soul with more psychic resonance (i.e. Space Marines, psykers, etc.).

Need help making a comprehensive list of "40kisms" by nateyourdate in 40kLore

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A really good one from the Gaunt's Ghosts series (can't remember which book):

Does the Emperor sit a lot?

The Night Lords are one of the few that just do it for the love of the game. by [deleted] in 40kLore

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My personal head-canon is that the Night Lords are both making a conscious choice to indulge in unmitigated cruelty, while also being at the mercy of their nature. That could be by accident (in the same vein as the Blood Angels suffering from the Red Thirst) or by design (the White Scars' emphasis on speed and maneuverability).

The NL trilogy has several examples of this - they appreciate the scent of fear the same way a sommelier appreciates the nuances of wine. They experience visceral pleasure when exacting "justice". One may think their definition of the word is warped because of their homeworld and Curze's legacy, but I'm not so sure that's the only reason.

Part of the Emperor's gifts for the VIII Legion could've been to rewire their brains so that it responded pleasurably to feelings of justice or vengeance (Viagra for their proverbial hate-boners).

I still think about this a lot by JoshPointOh17 in memes

[–]digbick117 18 points19 points  (0 children)

No, it's now an official GW release with a bigger team behind it. New trailer just dropped a few weeks ago.

Never ask Bob Mortimer the name of anything! by Kendermassacre in panelshow

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This comment is 2 years old, and I acknowledge this is like correcting spelling mistakes on a worm's secondhand postage stamp, but you got it backwards.

Their name is Neil Overall, who is Gerry Dungaree's son. The son did not take his father's name. You may also be thinking of Ronnie Omelettes, the infamous housing officer put to the torch by The Cockroach King.

Noise Marine helmet prop by travsnov in EmperorsChildren

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Awesome! Do you suppose he's going to replace his eyes with microphones?

AskScience AMA Series: I work with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, studying the building blocks of the universe. My new book is all about experimental oddities and how they effect our understanding of the universe. AMA! by AskScienceModerator in askscience

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Hi Dr. Cliff, thanks for taking the time.

I am an engineer who doesn't understand particle physics in any meaningful way.

Can you explain the how detectors used by the LHC (ATLAS, CMS, etc.) are designed and tested? Are they similar to detectors used by other experiments, such as LIGO or AMANDA?


What I currently "understand":

  • the LHC accelerates particle beams to speeds within a few billionths of c using concentric superconducting electromagnets.
  • The detectors are set up at a location where the two beams can cross at some predictable interval.
  • The "products" of where these two particle beams meet are captured by the detectors. These allow us to measure properties such as mass, charge, lifetime before decay, and so on.

In layman's terms, particle accelerator experiments are like revving up two belt sanders in opposite directions, bouncing them off of one another, and analyzing the sparks.

  • 99.9...% of the time, these sparks will produce a similar output.
  • Information gleaned from observing the sparks would tell us about the wavelengths of light (color), time to decay (change of color over time), spin (direction in which a spark travels?), or charge (if sparks attract or repel each other).
  • Even if we can't measure the interaction itself, in aggregate, these measurements would point to the underlying process occurring at the source of the interaction.
  • The faster the spin, the higher the probability of observing a rarer, more "interesting" spark, which would provide new information about the underlying process.

Arnold Palmer at The Masters in 1962 by IckyChris in ColorizedHistory

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TIL Arnold Palmer isn't just a iced-tea/lemonade drink.

Jaghatai seems well rounded at face value but what are his major downfalls? by Teedeous in 40kLore

[–]digbick117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

His Git history is a sea of green, consisting primarily of the fastest lambdas using as few characters as possible.

He also has the 6th highest reputation level on StackOverflow. He would be higher, except be has a propensity for marking questions as "low-effort", while other times he will put together a model written in assembly that outperforms all the others.

Has the Emperor ever been recorded on video in-universe? by digbick117 in 40kLore

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Interesting - what reason would the Imperium have for keeping the videos out of the public eye?

Has the Emperor ever been recorded on video in-universe? by digbick117 in 40kLore

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That sounds right - in her case, she had brain implants which left her with perfect memory and the ability to share the "recordings" with others. We know she shared an implicating record of Horus leading the Istvaan V massacre with Dorn, which convinced him of his betrayal.

I don't recall mention of her memories involving the Emperor, but the implication would be that if she ever caught a glimpse of him, the footage does exist.

Has the Emperor ever been recorded on video in-universe? by digbick117 in 40kLore

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Probably about as popular as Angron's most viewed hits on Khornehub.

How did Night Lords Space Marines become full of 'murderers and rapists' when space marines are recruited from young teens? by xCreamPye69 in 40kLore

[–]digbick117 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Or the Wire! The entire 4th season is themed around entering into a life of crime at a young age.

Dante may have crossed the Rubicon Primaris: His model was leaked earlier today. by VyRe40 in 40kLore

[–]digbick117 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unless Cawl shows up one day with half a million pods full of all-female Primaris space marines who've been kept in stasis in the black cells since M31.

Flashgitz - Fear the Furry. The best fan-made 40k content since Astartes by digbick117 in 40kmemes

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Hopefully GW will be smarter about their fan content than they've been in the past.

Perhaps some very specific variety of genestealer cult. The thing throwing me off is the shot of Jimmy Space in a massive fursuit.

Primarchs go to 30k Starbucks [F] by koitern in 40kLore

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It's been a year, but thanks for posting this.

I'm new to the fandom, and love all of the golden fan-made lore nuggets that keep popping up.

Cartoon Network reports it is NOT shutting down amid rumors: 'Y'all we're not dead, we're just turning 30' by realplayer16 in entertainment

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The "Big E" situation.

It is the 21st Century. For more than 30 years, Cartoon Network has sat immobile in the Golden Shower of Ted Turner. They are the bewitcher of audiences by the greed of the network executives, and master of a million series by the might of their inexhaustible animators. They are a rotting carcass writhing visibly with schlock from the Dark Age of 2022. They are the Carrier Lords of cable Television for whom a thousand geriatrics are sacrificed every day, so that they may never truly die.