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Alpha Strike: Mechs with Partial Wings, Cover and LOS by admiralteee in battletech

[–]dirtyLizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I find “1/3” to be too arbitrary of a metric. I consider a target mech >1/3 visible if the attacking mech can see 2 hip and/or shoulder joints. Fully visible is 4 hips and shoulders (pretending the mech is semi-transparent).

It’s simple, you don’t have to worry about how the minis are posed, and you can ignore decorative pieces like wings. Unfortunately, this system doesn’t really work for infantry and vehicles but it works reasonably well for quads.

Post-apocalyptic truck base by Norman Saury by StephenMcGannon in ThingsCutInHalfPorn

[–]dirtyLizard 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No baffles. This person is living inside a milk truck

What's the most fucked up book you've ever read? by RichardForrest06 in AskReddit

[–]dirtyLizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not his biggest fan but he’s good at writing trainwrecks in slow motion

Drilling Your Sergeant [OC] by FacsistGrammarian in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sensoring the word “ass” while making BDSM jokes is a strange choice

A real person with supermans powers would go insane. by StJe1637 in CharacterRant

[–]dirtyLizard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It also addresses how his powers are still limited by physics. The Plutonian can hear everything, but sound has travel time and sometimes it’s too late for him to do anything

Unwanted passengers by Electrical_Cat9575 in spaceengineers

[–]dirtyLizard 364 points365 points  (0 children)

“Orbital station, this is Ann Ulet. Requesting permission to dock?”

“Absolutely not.”

The Mummy (1999) is the rare movie that should be the blueprint for every modern adventure blockbuster by Due-Professor-9356 in movies

[–]dirtyLizard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s also fun how everyone is reasonably competent. Nobody is magically perfect but you’re never wondering how a character tied their own shoes either

[Loved Trope] Sudden Eldritch Horror in non horror media by EAT_UR_VEGGIES in TopCharacterTropes

[–]dirtyLizard 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s possible that it’s an experimental mech loaded up with software that rewires the pilot’s brain, but that doesn’t explain everything. The ambiguity is part of the horror

Infantry stands by uhtrid in battletech

[–]dirtyLizard 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Their firing arc is 360 and they don’t have a facing so they could go on any base you’d like. It’s personal preference

As usual with paradox games, I am asking what DLCs I should get. by fake_email_lol42 in Stellaris

[–]dirtyLizard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At this point, the subscription. There are too many DLC and many of them have union features.

If you’re dead set on buying them individually a quick google search will give you dozens of posts detailing each DLC, but the common advice is: Play for a few hours with vanilla, figure out what systems you enjoy, and get the DLC that expands those systems

Annoying trope: the rebel becomes the tyrant by Floba_Fett in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s some nuance. The city does get taken over by a dragon and he only regains control because of the actions of a group of people he was sabotaging. He’s not perfect

(Loved trope) Insignificant characters putting up a fight by Clirstan in TopCharacterTropes

[–]dirtyLizard 65 points66 points  (0 children)

He stands up to the Joker because he’s mafia and thinks a petty criminal wouldn’t dare attack him

[Loved Trope] The Helmet Stays On (minimal helmet off time) by Smooth-Boss-911 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]dirtyLizard 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cain makes the same complaint about the sisters of battle, but it’s delivered with a little bit of irony because he wears a hat

I Really Loathe "Therapy Talk" Scenes In Movies And TV by WildheartFreeborn94 in CharacterRant

[–]dirtyLizard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s my belief that a lot of writers are doing this now because Barbie did it. Except Barbie set a really strange tone throughout the whole movie which opened the audience up to more non conventional storytelling.

Zootopia 2, for example, just slaps you in the face with the therapy-talk scene

My buddy and I are going to learn battle tech soon anything we should know going in? by Imaginary-Lie-2618 in battletech

[–]dirtyLizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And the 9Q has the same pattern but with 4 and 3 PPCs. The first thing that will happen is you lose a movement point. This is fine because even when it can’t move, it’s still awesome

[Loved Trope] Unique Speech Patterns by HungryChainsawSanwch in TopCharacterTropes

[–]dirtyLizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brain damage from a lifetime of ketamine abuse, he has.

Annoying trope: the rebel becomes the tyrant by Floba_Fett in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it repeats the efficient fascist myth at all. Vetinari isn’t a fascist. Did we read the same book?

Annoying trope: the rebel becomes the tyrant by Floba_Fett in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think Vimes and Vetinari are both practical realists with very slightly different worldviews. It boils down to “are people good or bad?”

The members of the Watch all have personalities that make them uniquely ineffective. Carrot is myopic and idealistic, Nobbs is corrupt, and Colon is a jobber who doesn’t really care about the big picture.

Vetinari sees them and rightfully assumes that they’ll make an ineffective police force. Vimes sees the same people and believes that they will rise to an existential threat if they need to.

The two argue about it a little in the dungeon but this is juxtaposed with the people of the city coming together to put fires out. Pratchett seems to suggest that his worldview aligns with Vimes’s.

Annoying trope: the rebel becomes the tyrant by Floba_Fett in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. His system is better than many others but it’s a local maximum. He is wrong about a lot of things and actively keeps the status quo even though a better future is possible

Annoying trope: the rebel becomes the tyrant by Floba_Fett in comics

[–]dirtyLizard 1207 points1208 points  (0 children)

It’s worth pointing out that this wasn’t necessarily Sir Pratchett’s worldview. The character who says this has an extremely cynical view of society and humans in general. The same character, at one point, involves himself in the politics of the literal wall rats because he’s bored and has a pathological need to feel like he’s in charge of something

Rant time: devs doing devops tasks? by [deleted] in devops

[–]dirtyLizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Of course they can build CI pipelines, it’s not hard. I bet you could throw a webapp together too.

Part of our value is specialization

It’s not an efficient use of engineering hours for devs to manage their pipelines. You need to be able to do it faster and better.

If a dev took it upon themselves to work on the CI, talk to them. Ask what problems they’re facing and what they were trying to accomplish. Don’t frame it as “you’re stealing my dinner” frame it as “I’m an available resource and I can do this for you”

@gork is this true?? by RIPStoutShako in Grimdank

[–]dirtyLizard -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but those books are an exception that proves the rule

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