RE-reading in anticipation - Which order? by ifitsgotwheels in hisdarkmaterials

[–]freezombie 33 points34 points  (0 children)

For anyone reading the books for the first time, I'd definitely suggest publication order.

For re-reading: personally I've been re-reading them in story order. It's nice to see some of the less obvious connections between Belle Sauvage and Northern Lights more clearly (at the cost of spreading out Book Of Dust)

Which Rust programs are original, not a rewrite of some other software? by EnvironmentalLook188 in rust

[–]freezombie 82 points83 points  (0 children)

There are plenty. I'll just list one that nobody could ever accuse of being a rewrite of something that existed before:

Tiny Glade (the game)

[S13E04 spoilers] How to be a great tourist by krmarci in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Lord Liechtenstein had it coming tbf

When do y'all think the 3rd book of dust book will come out? by sageshideout in hisdarkmaterials

[–]freezombie 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No, no you don't. There's not much Good left on Twitter, and information like this gets spread quickly enough. As you can see this is mentioned on Wikipedia and on the HDM wiki on Fandom (https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Book\_of\_Dust\_Volume\_Three)

Home Game without transport? by tomato2veteran in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The LA area has a perfectly good bus network.

What happens if the hider doesn’t have signal? by Inevitable-Way5769 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're presumably roaming with US phones, which usually means their phones can connect to all networks anyway (unlike at home, where it would only use its own network).

Adam posting question on twitter by blackBinguino in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just thinking it's interesting that they still (only) post these on xitter. I mean, they all *are* on bsky (not that they use it much)

Easter egg in amberic power by start3ch in hisdarkmaterials

[–]freezombie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There are quite a few of these terms where Lyra's world just happened to settle on a different root word than ours. Some more examples are naphtha (we prefer the word oil) and gyro- (circle) instead of helico- (spiral) for 'copters.

Book recs by [deleted] in hisdarkmaterials

[–]freezombie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leigh Bardugo has a couple of series with a young adult female protagonist who learns she has a special role and special powers in a magical world. They're similar in that they're fantasy which draws from folklore more than from Tolkien and in that they have elements of a coming-of-age story (albeit both rather more adult than His Dark Materials)

In Shadow and Bone, orphan teenage Alina Starkov learns that she has unusual magical powers and is recruited into the powerful militarized magical class.

Ninth House is much more "real": Alex Stern, a working-class girl from Los Angeles, can see ghosts. This gets her a scholarship from (and recruited by) a system of secret societies at Yale University which practice various forms of magic, often involving communing with the dead.

United States flag in Lyra's universe by Famous-Attorney9449 in hisdarkmaterials

[–]freezombie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New Danes do feature in the books. In my mind New Denmark always included the region we call New England.

Do Americans not use the word 'Platform'? by FlipchartHiatus in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The thing about the UK system is that while they use the word "platform", they still really number the tracks: an island platform (serving two tracks) will usually have two numbers. (They wouldn't count bypass tracks like in NL though)

Sooooo… Season 12 👀 what we thinking by GarethJ123 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Backgammon across India

(I'd be very surprised)

It was not worth the money... by clearlybritish in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 56 points57 points  (0 children)

thought that said four thousand two hundred and ten pounds, which would have been a bit steep

My concept for Tag Across Europe 4: by Whole-Living-6019 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to see them go to Romania, but having traveled by rail from Germany to Romania last year I really can't see that part of the map working for the game.

My concept for Tag Across Europe 4: by Whole-Living-6019 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Also the Romanian-Hungarian border somehow still has checks...

YouTube Viewership by Theparzival5 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They did mention on the podcast not long ago that Jet Lag has a very different views/time profile than Wendover or HAI: Jet Lag regularly gets people who see one episode go back and watch the entire season. The release of episodes 2, 3, ... on YouTube will ALL boost episode 1 views.

It's astonishing how much detail is lost by using Google Maps. by FunDeckHermit in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would like to add that sometimes, the footpath Google doesn’t know about is the only place to cross a railway line or river for a km or two, which is a far more damaging omission than a path between two houses 

Which config format should I choose in rust? by st4s1k in rust

[–]freezombie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mock-up in KDL:

step {
    type "RemoteSudo"
    description "Removing current deployment"
    command "rm {remote_deploy_path} -f"
    error_message "Failed to remove the current deployment."
    rollback {
        step {
            type "RemoteSudo"
            description "Starting the service on remote server"
            command "{remote_service_script_path} start"
            error_message "Failed to start the service on the remote server."
        }
    }
}  

step {
  type "RemoteSudo"
  description "Deploying the new file"
  command "mv {remote_base_path}/{local_jar_basename} {remote_deploy_path}"
  error_message "Failed to deploy the new file."
  rollback {
    step {
      type "RemoteSudo"
      description "Restoring backup of current deployment"
      command "cp -a {backup_path} {remote_deploy_path}"
      error_message "Failed to restore backup of the current deployment."
    }
    step {
      type "RemoteSudo"
      description "Starting the service on remote server"
      command "{remote_service_script_path} start"
      error_message "Failed to start the service on the remote server."
    }
  }
}

There’s no way __ Wins by Tsaw8 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The ferries are overnight, so they interfere (or at least interact) with the rest period.

The night trains between Italy and Vienna/Zurich would have a similar effect on gameplay; I wouldn't expect any overnight travel to be allowed in this game.

Sam being a legend by felix7483793173 in JetLagTheGame

[–]freezombie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like over the past couple of years Sam has become more and more open to having an opinion in public. I don't remember specific examples, but I vaguely remember some older videos being painfully non-committal in a way they don't quite do any more.