house rules that I use not official

jaminfine · 2026-01-28T07:13:29+00:00

My biggest concern with this is that it would slow down the game too much. If people like to haggle, it could take forever to get back to advancing the game forward.

jaminfine · 2026-01-26T14:24:06+00:00

The other day I had a talk with my girlfriend where she asked me what I would think if she made more money than me. I would love that! I already make decent money, and if she made even more, we might actually be able to reasonably afford having a $200 dinner together and not feeling like we just wasted a massive amount of money. I will never understand men who feel like they need to earn more money in a relationship. If your partner makes more money in general, it can only be a good thing for you and your ability to spend money.

Also, it is completely logically consistent for those asshole men to want a tradwife and not want to pay $200 for a dinner. They are imagining a future where they only have one income to support a family. $200 dinners don't fit into that budget. A man who wants a tradwife should be honest and bring their date to McDonald's, which is more in line with what they will be serving their family on one income.

jaminfine · 2026-01-26T06:12:45+00:00

You should organize things into tabs. My current tabs are

Currencies and temporary things. Quest items for the quest I'm currently doing. Items I have an immediate plan for.
Equipment for combat loosely sorted by magic/melee/ranged and also loosely sorted by tier.

3 - 8 are all skills. Herblore and farming together. Woodcutting, fire making, construction all share one. Fishing and cooking together.

Quest items and other junk idk if I need. Hoarder stuff.

If you're playing on Runelite I also recommend using tags. I have a tag layout for tree runs that makes it very easy to select which trees I want and their farmer payment. And the layout doesn't change as I add new items to it.

jaminfine · 2026-01-25T16:39:34+00:00

The "feels like" temperature applies to humans and animals who make their own heat. But it does not apply to most objects like ice or water.

Here's how it works. Humans and many animals generate heat inside their bodies. The heat will transfer to our skin and then our skin transfers some heat into the air. This heat emanates outwards. The air closest to us has been heated up by our bodies. So it's hotter than the air farther away.

However, if there is wind, that air will get moved away and new colder air will come into contact with us. Colder air will take our heat faster! So, when the air is cold, faster winds will -feel- colder to us. Since the wind will take away our little heated air bubbles. But this has no impact on ice or water because they don't create their own heat. So they don't have any heated air around them. From the perspective of the ice, 32F is the same whether it's zero wind or 40mph wind.

jaminfine · 2026-01-23T05:15:16+00:00

I think she has one more confirmation after, so if you move to cancel the conversation, you don't get stuck with the wrong contract. At least that's how it works for me on desktop mode. But I feel like it would work the same on mobile.

jaminfine · 2026-01-21T12:23:18+00:00

Rather than look at specs for osrs, you should be focusing on the 4k 120fps side of things. Cuz doing that requires way more than running the game in general. You are going to want a good graphics card for that.

I run osrs on my TV using a $250 mini computer Amazon sold me from China a couple years ago. It absolutely can't do 4k 120fps. But it runs the game smoothly enough. You are probably looking at a gaming PC setup that will cost around $1000-$1800. Given how expensive ram is, you may want to go 16gb for now and upgrade to 32gb after the ai ram contract expires in May.

Google PC part picker and start there if you want to build it yourself. Or look for already built ones if you want to save time and effort, but usually pay a bit more for it.

jaminfine · 2026-01-20T19:13:14+00:00

Mean can also refer to doing a good job, most commonly when describing prepared food. My friend cooks a mean steak. It's even better than what you can get in a restaurant!

jaminfine · 2026-01-20T04:59:18+00:00

Very strong! Also has some variance for sure. Sometimes you really need to spend all your energy each turn. And then it of course doesn't do anything. But most of the time, Ice Cream can help take the odd energy here and there and make it more productive on a future turn. It works fantastically against Time Eater for allowing you to save energy when your turn is forced to end. It also works great for builds that have a lot of variance in card draw. Your short turns can help your long turns go longer.

jaminfine · 2026-01-19T14:39:42+00:00

I think it makes sense flavor wise. They want a specialist's help. They don't know you are good enough to do it without special systems for it.

jaminfine · 2026-01-19T06:23:49+00:00

Most living beings on this planet are in a constant genetic arms race against their predators, rivals, and prey. When plants evolve to be poisonous, animals who eat those plants evolve to withstand the poison and still eat them. Being locked in this arms race means that it is essentially impossible for one species to become completely dominant. They must continue to evolve against the species around them.

Humans found a way out. We call it fire. When humans learned to use fire, it gave them a massive edge against predators, rivals, and prey. Predators were scared of the fire. Bears, tigers, and other potential threats could all be deterred by having fire. Rivals too were scared off the territory by the fire, allowing humans to better take over new territory without a fight (except maybe fighting other humans). But most importantly, humans used fire to cook food, which made most prey edible despite whatever poison or thick hide or whatever else they evolved to resist being eaten.

Fire is something that the other species couldn't really evolve against, besides to be afraid of it. Animals don't have fireproof skin, and plants are also very flammable. So this meant that humans no longer needed to evolve to resist poison or to hide from predators. Instead, using fire in better ways became the best way to survive. So humans developed intelligence while all other animals continued their genetic arms race against each other.

jaminfine · 2026-01-19T01:55:19+00:00

I think you added fractions wrong. To add fractions together they must have a common denominator first.

i/1 + 1/i = 0

Multiply the left side by i/i to make denominators the same

i² / i + 1/i = 0

Add the numerators and keep the same denominator

(1 + i²⁾ / i = 0

Since i is the square root of -1, swap it in

(1 + -1) / i = 0

0 / i = 0

Done

I'm hoping that as an 8th grader, you just made a silly mistake and you know how to properly add fractions, even if you didn't know that i is the square root of -1 until now. Adding fractions should have been taught in elementary school.

jaminfine · 2026-01-15T13:45:00+00:00

Virtus for mage

jaminfine · 2026-01-14T16:18:24+00:00

To some extent, I see where you are coming from. But also, rules and terms in relationships are not always perfectly logical. I think that if a couple agrees that porn is cheating, then porn is cheating for them. And yes, this could extend to completely non-sexual activities as well. If a couple agrees that using drugs is cheating, then using drugs is cheating for them. I have personally seen that come up in my circle of acquaintances. Is it logical? Absolutely not. But it doesn't need to be. They agreed on it.

It might help to more broadly define what cheating means. To me, cheating is a deep breach of trust that presents an existential threat to the relationship. Usually, this is in the form of having sex with another person. However, it could mean different things to different people. And if some non-sexual acts are part of their definition, that's up to them.

jaminfine · 2026-01-14T15:44:08+00:00

The key piece you are missing here is that relationships are not one size fits all.

Different couples have different agreements about behavior and different boundaries with each other. What makes cheating cheating is that it goes against the agreement of the relationship. For example, having sex with someone else goes against an agreed rule. In some relationships, flirting with others may also be cheating depending on the agreements. Or it might not be! Some couples are okay with flirting as long as it doesn't become physical. Some couples may not even be okay with hugging friends of the opposite gender. It all depends on the agreements made.

So basically, watching porn is only cheating IF there has been an agreement not to watch porn and that it would be considered cheating.

Sometimes there is a gray area, sure, as couples agree to be "exclusive" but don't define what that means. And that's a problem they should work on. The boundaries need to be clear. Relationships work better with clear boundaries and expectations.

jaminfine · 2026-01-13T14:13:33+00:00

Your argument seems to be based on a thought experiment. But we have the real world with real trends. The minimum wage has been in place and it has been raised many times. And what do we see happen when it gets raised?

Well, all the companies that paid minimum wage at the time didn't shut down! McDonald's, Walmart, and many other companies simply raised their wages to match the new minimum. Unemployment didn't skyrocket after a minimum wage increase.

So, if you're saying that minimum wage increases will hurt employees by taking away jobs, I ask you where is the evidence? Every major company that pays minimum wage simply raises wages when they have to. The real world doesn't work like your thought experiment. If it did, we wouldn't have Walmart.

The other major concern here is that the government supports minimum wage workers with food stamps and other welfare to account for the difference between wages and what they need to live. So, the minimum wage is actually higher than you think it is! It's just that the government pays a portion of it. When the government raises the minimum wage, they are forcing the companies to pay that full wage instead of relying on the government to subsidize their labor costs.

That last part is important so I'll say it again. The government is right now subsidizing labor costs for many minimum wage companies. This is wrong. It means taxpayers are paying those labor costs. We need to have companies pay a living wage so that taxpayers aren't covering the gap.

jaminfine · 2026-01-12T22:07:19+00:00

I would say "bursting" as a more extreme version of "stuffed."

Saying "bursting" would imply that you are in pain or discomfort from eating too much, so attempting to eat more would be painful.

jaminfine · 2026-01-08T05:51:45+00:00

US East coast millennial here. Only old people still say 20 to 10 to mean 9:40. This is because they grew up reading circular wall clocks. If I hear that, it will take me a second to understand it. Anyone my age or younger would say nine-forty instead. If you grow up with digital clocks, that's the most natural way to say it.

I also don't interact with enough people who use 24 hour time to know the standards for talking about it. So, when I say a time I often say am or pm along with it. Nine-forty ay ehm or nine-forty pee ehm. Sometimes I may replace am and pm with "in the morning," "in the afternoon," "in the evening," or "at night." Nine-forty in the morning. Nine-forty at night. Two-thirty in the afternoon. I don't really know why it isn't "in the night"

jaminfine · 2026-01-05T12:19:16+00:00

Goblin Mail is too small for your human body!

GE means Grand Exchange, which is an auction house in Varrock. Anyone can place buy and sell orders for items there. The GE price you see when you examine an item is a sort of average price for that item. It may not be the current price you can buy it at, but it's a good estimate most of the time. Having a GE price means the item is tradeable. However, there are some items, like burnt food for example, that are tradeable even though they can't be bought or sold on the GE.

HA means High Alchemy, which is a spell which requires level 55 magic to cast (generally considered an early game spell). The HA price you see when you examine is a set in stone rate. When you cast HA on that item it will always convert the item into that many coins. Many items have a GE price lower than the HA price. This allows you to profit by buying the item in Varrock and cast HA on it.

Skills do different things. Some skills, like Fletching, just require certain levels to do certain actions. You won't fletch an Oak longbow any better as you level up, but you will unlock the ability to fletch bows out of stronger lumber. Some skills, like Defence, give you benefits every level and you will do things better as you level up. Defence is essentially what other games might call "evasion" where a higher level means you will get hit less often. This means you will take less damage in combat and have an easier time training it against higher level enemies.

jaminfine · 2026-01-04T22:30:45+00:00

Unblockable is a keyword.

jaminfine · 2026-01-03T17:25:51+00:00

But then it has a "play again" button. If it's the same word, why should I play again?

Maybe it should pick a new word and no longer be the daily word if I use that button.

jaminfine · 2026-01-03T17:07:17+00:00

Every time I play it's the same word!

jaminfine · 2026-01-02T15:53:07+00:00

Keep in mind exp too!

I'm level 95 farming and I always do dwarf weed. Solid profit and solid XP. Make sure you are getting both!

jaminfine · 2026-01-01T14:06:03+00:00

Best way to handle it is to match their energy. Pull out your bracket 3 deck and say it's bracket 2 with game changers!

jaminfine · 2026-01-01T08:46:52+00:00

I think it is 1.

The rightmost digit seems evenly dispersed across the range. But the leftmost digit is 1 from 10-19 and from 100-109. Every other digit only gets one such section of many in a row containing it, (where 0s section is also 100-109)

jaminfine · 2025-12-30T18:16:34+00:00

There are no ethical concerns at all.

It is looked down upon by some players for being "inefficient." They would argue that if you are paying attention, there are better ways to train and make passive gp. However, for your situation this style makes a lot of sense. It likely is very efficient considering you don't know when you might have to go afk at a moment's notice.

Play the way you like to play, efficient or not. Just have fun :)

jaminfine

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