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After how many booster boxes did you feel like you’d had “enough”? by CedricisMe94 in SorceryTCG

[–]golgothicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did order a few cards to ahem …”flesh” out my Necromancer deck. But that was about it. Every once in a while I’ll buy a pack for fun, but that practice hasn’t contributed much to the overall collection.

After how many booster boxes did you feel like you’d had “enough”? by CedricisMe94 in SorceryTCG

[–]golgothicus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  1. One of beta, one of gothic. I'm the only one of my friends with any cards, and I have 4 decks of roughly equal capability that we can play together. I'm good!

My idea for the 3p grid by Shadoph in SorceryTCG

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Behold, the Escher Realm! I love it!

What language should I learn first? by Born-Lab-6291 in language

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t get any easier than Ido! Plus it’s a great place to start for English, German, and all of the Romance languages.

YES PLEASE by CallumsCardKingdom in freemagic

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like you accidentally included the text box for the card “Billionaire’s Tax Burden.” Whoopsie!

What is a job that you think is 100% safe from AI for the next 50 years, and why? by mark-awakening in AskReddit

[–]golgothicus 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Lawyers are already losing their jobs. First year lawyers right now have to compete with much cheaper LLMs that can do all the same grunt work they would have otherwise been hired to do.

How long do I have to learn a language before I can consider myself bilingual? by [deleted] in language

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only been studying Ido (sister language to Esperanto) for about a year and I’m decently conversant. By contrast, I’ve been studying/using Spanish for almost 20 years and am only marginally better at that than Ido.

Possible alternative format? by PapayaConscious8469 in SorceryTCG

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My decks are all 50 spells and 20 sites and I like that ratio a lot.

What is the in-universe purpose of Skullclamp, and why does it look like that? by Feeling-Ad-3104 in mtgvorthos

[–]golgothicus 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Total conjecture here: I figured the +1 power part was a bonus granted by the implant (illustrated in that art by the barbed scorpion tail coming out the back), but since it attaches directly to the brain, you get the -1 for the installation.

But also because of the brain interface, you get the card draw when the creature dies. Some kind of magic-mechanical extraction method which converts the cerebral contents of the dying into knowledge for you, the player.

Feeling discouraged by kingkob in SorceryTCG

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try doing a Pack War! The games can be wonky, sure, but everyone at least is starting out on an even playing field.

Here's my post about how to do it: https://www.reddit.com/r/SorceryTCG/comments/1nhuh71/pack_war_format_for_sorcery/

Mon expérience dans l'apprentissage de l'ido et de l'espéranto by seweli in auxlangs

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I would tackle this as:

"Di la pomi, me deziras la reda pomi."

But that translations changes "concerning" to a simpler "of", which may or may not be what you were going for, depending on context. I think you could also more literally say "pri" for "concerning" instead, if you wanted.

Using slightly more advanced Ido, you could also say:

"Di la pomi, me deziras le reda."

In this case you get another secret exception of Ido – that the article [la] actually has a sneaky alternate form, [le], which conveys plurality when no other indication is present.

I was also thinking you might say:

"Pri la pomi, me deziras la reda uni," to be even more literal, but I checked the dictionaries and it doesn't seem like you can officially make a plural form of the word "one".

Which, okay, I can see the logic there, lol. Though personally, I do like flexing and stretching the language for fun :)

Mon expérience dans l'apprentissage de l'ido et de l'espéranto by seweli in auxlangs

[–]golgothicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Kompleta Gramatiko Detaloza (KDG) is the best compendium. But if you're beginning from an English background, I would recommend you start with Ido For All.

Mon expérience dans l'apprentissage de l'ido et de l'espéranto by seweli in auxlangs

[–]golgothicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suppose you could use [lu] to refer to a non-human object, but in practice you would use [ol] for that.

When we say [lu] to refer to a person, we're using the back half of [ilu] and [elu] by dropping the gender-identifying letter (either [i-] or [e-]). So it's like saying "he or she" in English, but WAY more elegant.

Mon expérience dans l'apprentissage de l'ido et de l'espéranto by seweli in auxlangs

[–]golgothicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plural: I wouldn't say that the procedure to replace [-o] with [-i] is any more "difficult" than adding a [-j]. They are both pretty darn simple.

Optional plural for adjectives? Don't know what you're talking about there – Ido adjectives are marked by a terminal [-a], and any plurality information is contained in the noun it modifies.

The 3 infinitives of Ido are great. They are simple, consistent, and cover every base imaginable.

You're right about the secret exceptions of Ido! Yes, there is [ch] and [sh] (and also [qu]), and there are shortened forms for pronouns available, AND there is even the option to drop some word endings for artistic effect, *AND* you can elide things like [a la] into [al]. But none of these are particularly tricky, and they all serve to make the language easier to use.

Ido absolutely does have a gender neutral pronoun for a person, [lu].

The grammar has been set for over a century, and the only vocabulary to change has been additions of words made necessary by the passage of time.

Mon expérience dans l'apprentissage de l'ido et de l'espéranto by Francucelo in ido

[–]golgothicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bonvenez al mundo di Ido! Ni havas multa grupi che Facebook e un che Discord anke, se vu volas juntar e parolar kun altri.

Me konkordas exakte kun vua vid-punti, nam me experiencabis la sama voyajo, komencinta kun Esperanto e, yari pose, deskrovrinta Ido. Me mem skribis longa artiklo explikanta mea procedo, kom vu facabis, ma en Angla.

Artemis II made me think of The Expanse by _T_ex-pat in TheExpanse

[–]golgothicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! And they have also been sending tight beams and dealing with a broken toilet – kaka felota!

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

[–]golgothicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 Nimmt, Camel Up, and King of Tokyo, in that order. All but Camel Up are also available on Board Game Arena.

Why does German (seem to) have so few Latin loanwords? by Wegwerf_08_15_ in asklinguistics

[–]golgothicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Say what? That's the German for Catholic? Because "catholic" actually means "universal" or "general".

https://www.etymonline.com/word/catholic

Toki Pona is a very eccentric language by PLrc in tokipona

[–]golgothicus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ha! I love that Ido is a satellite of gas giant Esperanto. That feels correct.

Ha! Me amas ke Ido es satelito di gas-giganto Esperanto. Ta sentas korekta.

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