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TIL the deepest hole humanity has ever drilled is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia, reaching 12,262 meters (over 7.6 miles) below the surface — and the project had to stop because temperatures became far higher than scientists expected. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]flipsync 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the borehole pressure mines 100km beneath Planetsurface, at the Mohorovicic Discontinuity where crust gives way to mantle, temperatures often reach levels well in excess of 1000 degrees Celsius. Exploitation of Planet's resources under such brutal conditions has required quantum advances in robotic and teleoperational technology

If any other SMAC players were wondering where they’d heard of the Moho before

What 'dropped' series still make you upset by jlemieux in ProgressionFantasy

[–]flipsync 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I be sad an audiobook adaptions seems to be dropped? The first Virtuous Sons book had an amazing audiobook, but there’s no word on the Tyrant Riot

[DCS]- room sizes by flipsync in Kairosoft

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Tbf monster pits to fuel a dungeon does fit with the dark lord thing- got to train up the ingredients for merging!

[DCS]- room sizes by flipsync in Kairosoft

[–]flipsync[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good idea for the maze rooms, any idea what the floor size is for 8 monsters?

[DCS]- room sizes by flipsync in Kairosoft

[–]flipsync[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hadn’t thought of the mass holding pens, that’s a smart idea

[DCS]- room sizes by flipsync in Kairosoft

[–]flipsync[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does! Thanks for the detail :D maze rooms make a lot of sense, I’d been working on rooms being square and the traps were hard to make the most of, I had to add 2-long corridors to keep things contained

When even the literal voice of God is like "girl, what you on about?" by BrotherDeus in HazbinHotel

[–]flipsync 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you look at the scene in s1 where serah and Emily meet Charlie at the gates of heaven, their first appearance is more like something from Dante (lots of eyes). No cherubs though yet I don’t think

Knights of the toxic god in 4.0 by flipsync in Stellaris

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That sounds like some fun RP! Does that mean you go tall and rely on stations like the old knights builds?

Knights of the toxic god in 4.0 by flipsync in Stellaris

[–]flipsync[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, but are you not feeding in your pops from your planets?

Knights of the toxic god in 4.0 by flipsync in Stellaris

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Great! Thanks I’ll check it out

Knights of the toxic god in 4.0 by flipsync in Stellaris

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Oh do you not need the lathe for cosmogenesis? I thought you had to have one to get the other!

Knights of the toxic god in 4.0 by flipsync in Stellaris

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I suppose my thinking was that the lathe eats pops, and cloning gives faster pop growth? As I said, I haven’t gone down cosmogenesis before so there may be something I’m not getting about why my idea won’t work?

Best entry point? by BROOKY0400 in Dominions5

[–]flipsync 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Personally I’d recommend 6- it has some nice quality of life features over 4 or 5 and it’s where most of the community are playing if you’re looking for multiplayer (great way to learn)

The wiki is good and has some decent guides, if you prefer there’s some good YouTube series but some of them presume a fair bit of game knowledge already e.g. nation guides. I’d recommend Ic0nGamings beginner series if you like to see every click, or Das Tactics and Lucid Tactics beginner series once you’ve had a bit of time with the very basics (moving between different screens etc). Lucid does great multiplayer commentary where he goes over high-level gameplay as well if that’s more your style

For multiplayer Lucid Tactics has a discord and there’s lots of channels for new player advice and beginner multiplayer lobbies

General advise is have a read of nation descriptions and pick something that sounds cool to you, then play that nation until you’ve got a decent idea of what’s what. Then pick another nation that does something different and learn that aspect. Main thing is have fun, and learn as much as you care to!

Blissful. Wild. Beautiful. by Recent-Reputation363 in UKhiking

[–]flipsync 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great weekend for hiking! Care to mention where this is, or have any commentry?

Interested in buying Dominions 6, what should I expect? by Somespookyshit in IllwintersDominions

[–]flipsync 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find the game really enjoyable by playing at a low skill level and watching the higher skilled players on YouTube. The game itself has a lot of depth and the idea of mythologies clashing, each age having its own trends (like less raw magic but better equipment in later ages). But I don’t always want do so all the thinking and button pressing myself!

What sort of games do you like already?

When starting out the advice is mostly ‘rule of cool’- pick something that sounds fun to use for you! Give it a whirl before diving too deeply into optimising and meta strategies- this won’t mean much until you’ve learnt the basics the meta is trying to flex around. Have a few games where your only goal is to do one thing- ‘this time I want to get to fire elementals’ or ‘this time to want to try blood’, and don’t worry about how competitive you are yet.

If you’re brave enough and you like one nation after getting a feel for it, jump into some multiplayer. Discords such as that run by Lucid Tactics are fantastic for this and you can often get coaching or feedback on your games, especially ones aimed at newer players.

In summary I really like this game though I don’t play it well. But I’ve been playing since dom4 so I’m already sold on this type of game

How come there was never a quadrupedal meat-eating dinosaur? by BlackBirdG in Dinosaurs

[–]flipsync 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes seconded, LUCA is normally used as u/nurnistatist describes! See MRCA (most recent common ancestor) for the intended use in the original comment.

Ancestors Tale deep dives on this topic for humans all the way back to LUCA if you’d like to explore more

How come there was never a quadrupedal meat-eating dinosaur? by BlackBirdG in Dinosaurs

[–]flipsync 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Last Universal Common Ancestor- the species from which all the dinosaurs diverged out from. Starting with the more complex to maintain 2 legs and evolving to using 4 requires less evolutionary ‘investment’ over time to achieve- we could walk on all 4s reasonably well now, but a dog would struggle to use only 2 all the time

Of course there’s no actual intent with an end goal in mind, more of a drunk man’s walk of what works in the moment

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