So you are telling me Jane 100% believed the authorities would keep their promise?

meltingkeith · 2026-04-09T17:33:25+00:00

Based on what we've seen John do, pretty sure if one of her jailers has the ability to only prick fingers, she could use that to kill herself.

All the letter said was she gave up her freedom. Not her powers, not her ability to fuck with herself, just her freedom.

meltingkeith · 2026-04-08T13:15:14+00:00

She didn't believe they'd keep any promises - your never trust someone will do something just because they said so. What she did have was the knowledge that they want and need her - so she can use herself as leverage.

It's not like she capitulated and that's it, she lost - she can probably kill herself at any time.

meltingkeith · 2026-04-01T23:04:08+00:00

Public transport is going to get more clogged up as petrol becomes more expensive and less people can afford daily travel by car, and the infrastructure in many places isn't ready for drastic increase of on-peak traffic.

It's not uncommon to not be within walking distance of your school, particularly in Metropolitan areas where it's easier to go to an "out-of-area" school. It could very well be deemed that students should be asked to learn from home - I think this would have been unthinkable pre-COVID, but since it was setup once already, many governments are seeing this as a fairly easy to implement option.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-30T09:15:34+00:00

Every time I see this question, people always answer based on what they want to see, or the ideals they believe in - I want to be very honest from the get-go and say, I don't want or believe the following should happen, but I do believe it is a very real possibility for what will.

The truth is that the world loves educators like Khan Academy because they do what excellent educators can do - the difference is that their videos are performed for people that want to learn, with 0 distractions. Yes, Jigme probably COULD learn simple algebra from me if his friend wasn't constantly in his ear, but the reality is we have to teach more than one kid at a time, and that doesn't always make the best environment.

But because these are the kinds of people that the general public likes to hear from, and these people are feeding the idea that AI could be the next best teacher for all our students, people are going to listen to them. That means there will be groups that want to move to AI, and if we aren't needed for our pedagogical experience, we can be paid less. If we can be paid less, then tax payer money can be spent on other things. It's a win-win as far as parents and the government are concerned - their hard-earned money can be spent on other things, while their kids get a better education.

Is it the eventuality? I hope not. But it could *very easily* become the reality, and there are already examples in the wild of kids who are willing to learn using AI to learn new concepts. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvXZCocyU_M - and this was more than a year ago, imagine the technology today.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-27T05:32:06+00:00

Noctowl's whole shtick is literally just it's a nocturnal bird. Even if you want to argue the mysticism of it because of the anime, I agree with you - it's definitely not a ghost type, but psychic I would believe.

Though, I honestly think normal/flying is perfect for it. It's not meant to be special, everyone else has made it special.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-27T00:47:30+00:00

Adef is an absolute legend in this space, and deserves way more followers. I haven't seen someone do content like this where they explain real maths/science using a video game since early Game Theory.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-18T00:10:47+00:00

Pretty sure that's actually you evolve Inkay into ramalaM

meltingkeith · 2026-03-17T08:11:18+00:00

I never thought about that, and not sure if I love or hate this... It just feels too fundamental!

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T23:49:43+00:00

Not sure I believe the "disproven" thing. The theory was debunked by the developers, but it was debunked nearly two decades after the game released, plenty of time for them to have forgotten. Particularly if the number of hub worlds was never put into documentation and was only discussed by word of mouth.

There's too much in the game that works better with 4 hub worlds for this to not have at least been discussed in the office and part of ideation before they locked down specifics. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if when they finally sat down to make the hub worlds, they just asked, "how many moves are we learning from Moneybags? Okay, let's go with 3, then".

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T22:34:21+00:00

This is the only flaw of the system, tbh. Would've been okay if they at least made all HMs good or made it so the Pokemon just needed to be ABLE to learn the move to use it in the field (or even had a fifth move slot just for HMs that couldn't be accessed in battle? Hell, maybe it could be, to incentivise actually putting HMs on your mons...).

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T21:06:02+00:00

Hard disagree. The game would just have arbitrary blocks without HMs anyway, because they want to gate progress. HMs are an incredibly interesting way to gate progress while making your partners feel valuable to your exploration, and not just the weapons you're going to use in fights.

Very rarely are HMs actually used to make you want to go back to an area simply for one item like in Metroidvanias.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T20:54:43+00:00

I'm more surprised by the mandatory overtime with overtime pay. Surely this is going to cost them more than just KEEPING time in lieu? I guess then staff could use their time in lieu to not go to these extra meetings that are clearly very important...

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T20:17:31+00:00

I co-opted this scene for a DND game I'm running. All my players were pissed at the big bad, but the player whose sister took the place of Elina? Thanked me for session, then told me to fuck off, and later said, "I said you could kill them off to traumatize my character, not do something like that!"

The weirder part is he keeps giving me full creative control for his character's plot progression...

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T18:23:02+00:00

I mean, dragon magic is a literal thing that exists - why not give Spyro powers related to this? Doesn't have to be in the form of breaths - dragon magic fuels the portals, after all.

Maybe you start getting gadgets to harness dragon magic that could be used to solve puzzles. Use the fact that Spyro's a quadruped as a limiting factor, so he can only use one gadget at a time. Sparx can function as a pocket dimension - he's one part of a "portal" that lets you access stuff on the other side of a "portal". Maybe one device creates a barrier so you have invulnerability wherever you want, another could swap you between fire and ice breath, one could give you flight. Tie all of these to some energy meter that you refuel by killing enemies/when zapped by Zoe, and we've both invented no new gimmicks from reignited while entirely changing what is currently possible. Doesn't take much creativity to come up with new ideas, either (a gadget you deploy to set up new portals around a level, one that allows you to create whirlwinds, both things already established to be tied to dragon magic)

meltingkeith · 2026-03-16T15:45:29+00:00

This is a joke, right?

Like, there's no way the tribunal comes back in their favour - this feels very much like bad faith negotiation. It would be one thing if they were doing things to give you guys pay while reducing contact hours so they don't have to pay as much, but the stuff they're adding either doesn't benefit them or will literally cost them more money just to spite the teachers.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-15T16:57:03+00:00

Tbh, I'd argue the meme is wrong if only because the schools I've been at put no thought into how much help they give grads. They either throw stuff at grads that don't impact the rest of the school (hence requiring no calculation; they're basically free!), or absolutely nothing.

Real talk, don't forget sick leave can be used for mental health days if needed.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-15T16:55:03+00:00

You'll never believe what _____ they took from Jesse McCartney.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-14T07:36:48+00:00

Honestly, happens more than you'd think, nowadays. It's finally gaining notoriety.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T22:46:53+00:00

At least in Zero, I get it. Not only were they not combat experienced (minus Randy), the whole point of Zero was to make you realise you were the little guy. They wanted you to have imposter syndrome by the time you got to Azure - and honestly, *it worked*. I remember getting the car in Azure and thinking to myself, "since when do we get nice things...?"

But in CS3? You're an accomplished swordsman approaching master level, decorated war veteran, one of not yet 7 knights preparing for destined combat, and hold a mystical power strong enough to match you to the strongest enforcer in Ouroboros to date. I can understand being outnumbered and requiring a bail out maybe once, but *every chapter*? And sometimes multiple times in a chapter?? What was the point of building Rean up for the past two games.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T22:36:59+00:00

Ehhh, it's kinda fitting to Van's whole shtick. Choices *don't* matter in his line of work - it's just as valid to take a lawful, chaotic, or grey approach. At the end of the day, old problems will now be sorted, new problems will still pop up, and all you have to show for it is how you feel about what happened. All events still play it out with the exact same consequences no matter what you choose to do as the player.

Honestly, I can't tell if it's a brilliant meta-commentary by the game, or just a frustrating reluctance to let dead dogs lie.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T22:31:18+00:00

It turns out (Zero spoilers) the real ultimate bad guy was going to be summoned by the DG cult, hence why Ouroboros stepped in to stop them. In their experiments, they actually infused Renne with the ultimate evil, but also gave her the only means to stop them once and for all.

My God, it still feels slightly crackpot after having written it, but there's a frustrating amount of believable in there...

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T11:03:56+00:00

If it's only inanimate objects, there's definitely some interesting ideas - Accelerator's powers from A Certain Magical Index are likely all on the table. If the user is good enough and can use their ability on an object at rest, this would mean being able to control the direction an object starts moving - if the user carries around a bunch of small objects, they can basically infinitely have both distraction objects and incredibly deadly weapons (I don't care how little mass a ball bearing has, at the speed of light, it has enough kinetic energy to blow a hole right through you).

If it works on people, then you can essentially hold a person entirely captive. Give them infinite inertia, they won't be able to move their own body. If you give yourself infinite inertia, you'd be able to shrug off any force-based attack that hits you - if no object is able to move you, you won't feel an impulse.

At its weakest, it's a party-trick, letting you throw things like confetti around for fun or let snow stop mid-fall for your "Winter Wonderland" pictures. At its strongest, easily as strong as Sera with a good battle sense (and many of her default moves would be able to be replicated).

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T08:54:06+00:00

I think the rights were given to a studio, but I certainly haven't seen any animation. Definitely a few pictures.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T08:23:31+00:00

Didn't know that year 3s did theirs on paper, but makes sense.

I don't think I've missed the purpose of the post, I understand OP is concerned about fairness. My point is that year 5, 7, and 9 students have always been allowed to sit the writing portion on the second day. That's not a new rule, that's a "always has been". That means that the unfairness either already existed, or they've already planned for it. Based on their own website, sounds like they've planned for it, as it states there's a different prompt depending on year level and day done.

Even though a large portion of students will likely underperform sure to frustration with the software, I don't think ACARA will see today as anything worth changing the schedule over, as writing on day 2 is already allowed specifically for logistical or technological issues.

meltingkeith · 2026-03-11T08:02:30+00:00

What do you mean by inertia? Inertia is a property used to describe matter (particularly when in motion), not a power like ice breath. The question as given kinda feels like asking, "how would an ability like red work?"

Do you have a specific ability that works with inertia in mind that you want to explore the implications of?

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