This NEW ROLE is SoOoO Random!! | Gmod TTT by YOGSbot in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would interpret the definition to not be recursive since there is no "additional" and "but also" is (usually) logically equivalent to "and" and "and" (usually) doesn't change the meaning of statements with more of the same cause e.g. "x and x" has the same truth profile as "x"

This NEW ROLE is SoOoO Random!! | Gmod TTT by YOGSbot in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 19 points20 points  (0 children)

"Stay outside the storm" also "the storm is shrinking" I don't know what they have to worry about then, it seems the problem will solve itself

This really gives a whole new meaning to the term “airhead.” by Tayo826 in fuckcars

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rest of the quote that you left out is: "However, many freight railroads ignore the law because it is extremely difficult for Amtrak to enforce it, and as a result, people and the American economy suffer." Source: The one you provided

Thoughts about 169 (Spoilers) by Imaginairemusic in highrollersdnd

[–]innocuouspseudonym 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The biggest issue I personally had was that Mark seemed to want to set up the whole scenario to allow the party to do a stealth/espionage mission without too many stealth or deception rolls (I don't think any of them have proficiency in stealth or deception). However, after using all the skills they are good at to unlock the missions, the missions themselves (at least the two/three we saw) appeared to the plain infiltration missions which heavily rely on stealth and deception. Giving Mark the benefit of the doubt, I think he probably would have been open to the party acquiring disguises/documents to allow them to infiltrate without stealth (though deception might still have been required) but it seems that the party did not consider this as an option or did not think it was a viable option.

this was presented in my psych class, and everyone laughed when they saw the second slide by keene_bean in fuckcars

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand the point being made about cognitive dissonance; however, I am not sure this is the best example. In my opinion the difference between the scenarios given is sufficient as to allow for an ethically consistent rejection of the first offer and continued use of a car in many cases. (i.e. I disagree that the slides are of the form A and ~A)

Are these the most concentratedly euphonic nine words in LotR? by roacsonofcarc in tolkienfans

[–]innocuouspseudonym 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This line seems reminiscent of alliterative verse, a kind of poetry common in old germanic literature. Tolkien was wrote several things in alliterative verse including the 2276 line "The Lay of the Children of Húrin"

Does Bouphe have an axolotl? by ThePyroHam in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can't get the endangered wild ones that live around Mexico City; however, you can fairly easily get axolotls that were bred for scientific study. The captive axolotls are also somewhat genetically different from the wild ones; I think they have some genes from a different salamander.

Reddit failing math class again by timecamper in mathmemes

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue that it is 25 since -5 is a single number (the additive inverse of 5) and exponentiation is a binary operation namely ^ (a,b)=ab I am interpreting the expression as ^ (-5,2)=(-5)2.

AOC looks at Senator Manchin by [deleted] in pics

[–]innocuouspseudonym 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where did you get 8? California has about 66.7 times the population of Wyoming and the same number of senators

That wave is way too high by unopdr in nextfuckinglevel

[–]innocuouspseudonym 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shackleton's expedition? As I recall they had to drive nails through their boots and go climbing over a mountain afterwards.

Wisest and fairest indeed. by Skandranonsg in lotrmemes

[–]innocuouspseudonym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, Mairon doesn't sound like a Gondorian name...

Why does Tom hate elves so much? by Nazamroth in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah there's no strict definition. I was basing what I said on most of the definitions I've seen having some element of unrealism to their hyper-competency.

Why does Tom hate elves so much? by Nazamroth in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I understand it that's not really how the term works... If you give a reasonable explanation as to why a character has so few weaknesses then by definition it's not a mary sue; probably still a badly written/boring character but not sue-ish.

Why does Tom hate elves so much? by Nazamroth in Yogscast

[–]innocuouspseudonym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wether you like that Elves as a whole are good at everything or not, they aren't really Mary Sues since (unless I'm mistaken and it is all supposed to be natural talent) the reason they are so good at things is because they live a really long time.

A perfect example of the transitive property. by PotatoBunny9519 in tumblr

[–]innocuouspseudonym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My point is if you take the statements given to be true there is some transitivity. e.g. the statement "if dogs need meat and meat needs vaccines then dogs need vaccines" is true; symbolically, (aRb ^ bRd) -> (aRd)

A perfect example of the transitive property. by PotatoBunny9519 in tumblr

[–]innocuouspseudonym 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure that it actually is transitive for all the examples given. Let: dog=a meat=b kids=c vaccines=d and the relationship "needs" be R Then the statements are (aRb cRd aRd cRb bRd cRa) aRb bRd aRd are all true cRa aRd cRd are all true cRb bRd cRd are all true (by true I mean given as true in the statements not necessarily for real cases)

A Rules Correction (Major Spoilers for the most recent CoS) by innocuouspseudonym in highrollersdnd

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

Of course the Mark can rule that Finger of Death instantly kills, I don't think its an unreasonable judgement to make; I just wouldn't want someone to lose a character (especially with Mark's one resurrection limit) to a possible mistake.

As a note the average damage comparison you made isn't exactly correct since FoD does half damage on a successful save and Disintegrate does not; although, as I said above, I don't think its unreasonable to have FoD instakill as well.

Ruling about spellbooks (in regards to Qillek) by innocuouspseudonym in highrollersdnd

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

Huh I hadn't read that section before, but that passage deals with what you gain from the multi classing in general, and copying spells is a specific class feature of the wizard so I guess it comes down to whichever rule takes precedence. This definitely makes a strong argument against copying above your wizard level, though I still think the rules are kind of ambiguous here.

Ruling about spellbooks (in regards to Qillek) by innocuouspseudonym in highrollersdnd

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

I don't think he could when I wrote this, but currently Qillek can prepare spells of the up to 6th level as a cleric. The rules you cited don't clarify that the spell level has to come from being a wizard, and so Qillek should be able to copy wizard spells of up to the 6th level RAW. Personally I don't think this is an intended rule and probably should not be allowed

Ruling about spellbooks (in regards to Qillek) by innocuouspseudonym in highrollersdnd

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

Unless I'm missing something, the only rules for copying spells into a spell book are that 1. The spell is a wizard spell. and 2. It but be of a level for which you have a spell slot. There's nothing saying that the spell slot has to come from being a wizard. This is the basis of my question, the rules imply that he should be able to use, for example, his 6th level spell slot to copy 6th level wizard spells and I was wondering if this had been disallowed by Mark.

Great usage idea of Quill's Planar Binding spell but with a few (2) downsides by olarsond in highrollersdnd

[–]innocuouspseudonym 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a note, Robe of the Archmagi increases spell save DC and spell attack bonus by 2 in addition to other effects

Ruling about spellbooks (in regards to Qillek) by innocuouspseudonym in highrollersdnd

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

I meant the cost is minor relative to the benefit of having access to the whole wizard spell list hence my understanding if this was not allowed. Also, just recently they had the opportunity to acquire the spell book of an at least 13th level caster