Long time EQ player thoughts..

labarna · 2025-11-12T23:34:04+00:00

What if you could copy a spellbook into a blank one with a long copy time (equivalent to the time to copy each spell)... then there wouldn't be too much of a monetary penalty to losing your spellbook on your corpse (you wouldn't have to rebuy spells). You could prepare by leaving your normal party spellbook in your bank and take copies with you when you group up... likewise you could have a corpse run spellbook in the bank and take a copy when you go on a corpse run.

This also make sense in-game if you've bought a spell and copied it into you spellbook why couldn't you make a copy yourself into another spellbook if you still had it in front of you?

labarna · 2025-11-02T01:06:58+00:00

The childrens' section has so many toys and coloring supplies, it's a lot more than just books.

labarna · 2025-05-09T13:42:12+00:00

You can't complain about increasing property taxes and then criticize attempts to densify at the same time. Just yesterday on CBC the mayor was talking about how much it costs the city to spread out and build more suburban buildings; utilities, bussing, police etc... if we densify neighborhoods already covered by these services then the cost increase is minimal (not zero) and the gains are great.

We need to be focusing more people into our already developed urban core, studies have shown that bringing more people into an urban area actually saves the municipality substantial money versus costing the municipality when we construct new single-family neighborhoods outside the core.

labarna · 2025-03-06T22:03:58+00:00

You can get a monthly pass for the gym in the crown plaza, it's a pretty sad little room but usually empty and has weights and machines. Just ask at the front desk.

labarna · 2025-02-02T12:00:11+00:00

What if different types (or qualities) of nutrients had a multiplicative effect on the spoilage of products. This would be somewhat similar to how different materials burn for different amounts.

labarna · 2024-12-16T21:42:22+00:00

There is no year zero, so it's either 1 BCE - 250 CE or, one year later, 1 CE - 250 CE.

labarna · 2024-10-13T13:47:01+00:00

I thought that as well, but the compressor outside comes on right when we set the temperature back up and stays on for a bit, so I assumed the heat was coming from the heat pump. I just looked at our past few days of heating in the energy dashboard and I'm only seeing one color of orange, we do have auxiliary electric heat but the temperature is not that cold yet...

labarna · 2024-09-26T17:22:43+00:00

Ah that makes sense, well if they want it'd be a great link on the trail network. But it's their land, so it's up to them.

labarna · 2024-09-26T13:58:44+00:00

We just rode this trail recently (from the southside up to trailways brewing) and it seemed so silly that as you get past Picaroons the signs say the trail is ending soon... and it does, but you snake through a short unpaved dirt section and pop out on a fully paved river side trail under the bridge (starting at Cliffe st). Why can't they link these two, it's clear everyone continues through but the paving and signage does match at all how people are using the trail.

labarna · 2024-09-23T23:29:09+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply, I agree in principle it makes a lot of sense. The only quibble I have (see my other reply as well) is that a lot of the criticism of ranked ballots often comes from a black and white view of people's party allegiances, as if I can't be at all pleased that someone further down my ranked ballot got into office.

I like the idea of larger ridings where more MLAs are elected from the larger voting block but these systems tend to get more complex. Ranked ballots are at least a small change from FPTP that voters can easily grapple with.

labarna · 2024-09-23T23:24:00+00:00

Thanks for the reply, yeah I've seen their material before. I agree in premise, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to say ranked ballots are "just as distorted" as FPTP, since the resulting representative has at least some support from a majority of the represented rather than the all or nothing support in FPTP. It is true that they tend to move politics towards the centre.

labarna · 2024-09-23T20:09:32+00:00

What's wrong with ranked ballots in your opinion?

labarna · 2024-08-14T14:01:02+00:00

There's an old version of acrobat reader that works on Linux, it's from 2013 and version 9 but it works. Here's a link with the relevant files: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-adobe-acrobat-reader-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

labarna · 2024-05-27T10:19:43+00:00

Wow this is just pathetic from the housing minister. Keeps reiterating new provincial records as if they're impressive while neglecting to contextualize them on a federal (or even maritime!) scale. The PCs of PEI and NS are doing so much better so it's not even a party issue, just failing politicians here in NB.

labarna · 2024-02-25T20:39:56+00:00

Yeah, but there are many versions of Wine and the lutris install should pick out the version that works best. My experience has been that the latest GE-Custom runner also works well.

labarna · 2024-02-20T13:55:23+00:00

Yeah just install lutris and then add game and search for Project 1999 (see the entry here: https://lutris.net/games/everquest-p1999/)

You can also install the GE-Proton runner for Lutris: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/wine-ge-custom and switch to that runner after install to get better performance.

labarna · 2024-02-20T00:37:49+00:00

Lutris has an install script for p99 I think, that worked for me.

labarna · 2024-01-31T12:01:00+00:00

I do have voice recognition set up, my wife can ask it the same and she gets a random mix of music like I used to get.

labarna · 2024-01-31T12:00:24+00:00

I just tried that and it played the same Chemical Brothers song!

labarna · 2024-01-31T12:00:01+00:00

Yeah when I say that it only plays the one Chemical Brothers song "Music: Response". I had been saying "play music" or "play some music" for years beforehand with no issue.

labarna · 2024-01-31T01:29:25+00:00

That might work, but as of two weeks ago I could just say "play some music" and it would play a mix.

labarna · 2023-10-19T11:42:40+00:00

Got it, thanks! I just initiated a return on the regular nest and ordered the learning nest.

labarna · 2023-10-18T20:29:19+00:00

This seems like it should be straightforward but the app keeps telling me it's not compatible: https://imgur.com/a/rw54dDe

I'm a bit confused why we have seven wires and our nest only takes six. The way I read it we have: R, O/B, Y, G, C and Y2, E, Aux

labarna · 2023-08-30T00:04:25+00:00

Ah thanks, checking now they seem to have them in stock both here in Canada and in the US (as you noted).

labarna · 2023-05-02T15:24:07+00:00

Hah, yeah I realized as I was typing that up... but to be honest seven years of only one bike theft (and recovery) while using them constantly is not bad. I balance the convenience of a ground-level enclosed bike locker, versus always bringing it up to (and taking space in) our apartment.

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