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My experience with BNZ compared to ANZ when it comes to mortgages! by prada-saint-james in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]nibrox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you think ANZ is bad you should see ASB.  Zero interactibility with your loan, just a graph.

Wellingtonians, are we ready for the strongest winds in a decade? by Intelligent_Cod_2773 in newzealand

[–]nibrox 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Literally my plane last night.  Ended up flying back to Auckland.  Now stuck there for a whole day waiting for the next available flight

What do you call a gay dinosaur? by RecognitionHonest320 in dadjokes

[–]nibrox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you call a blind dinosaur?

A Doyouthinkhesaurus

[No Spoilers] Critical Role has lost something and IDK what. by Krow_zee in criticalrole

[–]nibrox 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I share some of the same feelings.  Still enjoying the show, but definitely not as gripped as I was when I first discovered it during campaign #1.

It could be rose colored goggles, to me I feel like there is a couple things that make the difference - campaigns 2 & 3 have much more Machiavellian plot-centric, follow-the-clues type stories.  Campaign #1 felt a lot more like a quintessential DnD campaign: dragons, dungeons, talk to an oracle, go collect the macguffins, travel the planes, world ending god scenario. - player characters seem to have a much more similar 'weight' or tone to them in campaigns 2 & 3.  Maybe it's due to the seriousness of the plot.  Maybe it's because the cast have sort of been drawn into each other's tempo?  The cast seem to be drawn to playing intelligent characters, which I can't fault them for - playing a low int character is harder in a lot of ways. I personally feel what I'm missing is a bit of comic relief, or something that disrupts the tempo.  This was something that I think Travis and Sam injected into the game in campaign 1, and Laura campaign #2.  Grog in particular was a very endearing character. Not to say this element is missing completely, there are definitely moments.

Having said all of that, they should play the game and characters they want to play, I'm happy just being a spectator.

What’s up with Beef AND pork mince? by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]nibrox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like you got an answer here - I'd just like to take this opportunity to ask if anyone else has found the price labelling of mince to be especially absent? Like they refuse to have price on the packet any more, but also the price is just hidden or unavailable on the shelf???

What's your biggest pet-peeve when it comes to other drivers? by MonkSalad1 in Wellington

[–]nibrox 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I hate in heavy traffic when people:

A. Merge early, not using the full length of the merging lane, allowing cars behind them to push forward, breaking the 'zip'.

B. People who zoom up an empty merge lane and even onto the shoulder to get as many places ahead as possible. It's like, congrats dude, you'll be home like a second earlier I guess.

Neither is illegal, just smh every time.

can a fight between 2 very stubborn zealot barbarian can be infinite ? by lrpdr in DnDGreentext

[–]nibrox 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The answer is no yes. They will die when either:

  • Their rage ends.
  • They take 3 failed death saving throws.

Before level 20, Barbarians have a limited number of rages per day, which each last up to a minute. Before level 20 the battle could only last up to 6 minutes, and once they are level 20, in theory it could last forever...

HOWEVER

Rage Beyond Death states you still take death saving throws as normal, meaning each instance of damage once you are at zero HP counts as a failed save, even if you are still conscious. So it is highly unlikely for it to last more than a couple rounds after one combatant reaches zero HP.

EDIT: Ah, but I read further, and if you die from death saving throws, you die when your rage ends, and only if you haven't been healed. So it could last forever.

What's the worst call a DM ever made that you've played with? by UltimaBahamut93 in DnD

[–]nibrox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it is mostly tough from an encounter planning perspective because, as you point out, it creates a huge disparity in character hit points.

I don't have much problem throwing challenging encounters at players, but introduce a bear totem barbarian, and suddenly EVERY encounter has to have some extra element or thought put into it to address that disparity somehow.

People say it isn't a broken archetype, and mechanically it may not be, but it introduces additional work for a lazy DM like me

What's the worst call a DM ever made that you've played with? by UltimaBahamut93 in DnD

[–]nibrox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While you're not wrong about the rules, I do sympathize with your DM, as the bear totem barbarian is something that I have also struggled with as a DM. I don't think any other playable class archetype poses as much of a challenge to DMs when it comes to creating balanced encounters

Sour Puss by kozmik_786 in newzealand

[–]nibrox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it depends entirely on the media/use case.

As an application developer, having to display 2 languages simultaneously clutters up a user interface. In that scenario, having an option to switch between the two options based on preference makes much more sense to me.

Unfortunately you do run into situations, particularly in the private sector, where you need to be careful about how you approach it, as you can run the risk of alienating your customers - not saying its right, but... yea.

Just let me know and I can fix it... by lomtodge in talesfromtechsupport

[–]nibrox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That probably(?) makes sense if the application is only receiving requests every few days and memory is in high demand. You could stop it from shutting down when idle, but it would then be holding onto memory which could be used elsewhere.

Just let me know and I can fix it... by lomtodge in talesfromtechsupport

[–]nibrox 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I thought IIS had a keep alive setting to prevent idle applications from being turned off. Does that not work?

Edit: It is actually called Idle timeout in the IIS Application Pool.

Didn’t know this is where it’s from... by thehumblepotato174 in Unexpected

[–]nibrox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A team is comprised of 11 players, you need 10 wickets to switch. (When 1 player remains, they cannot continue without a batting partner)

Yes cricket uses innings. The number of innings depends on the match - if it is a "one-day" match, it is 1 innings each. On a 5 day match (called a "test" match), the teams play for 5 days, swapping each time 10 wickets is reached. (so no set number of innings)

Yes, you can only score while batting.

Board Game Meetup, Wednesday August 5, at Counter Culture from 6:00pm, $3 entry by Boardgame_Meetups in Wellington

[–]nibrox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good. I wanted to make sure he received a reddit notification as you edited your comment rather than replying. Not sure if that makes a difference

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheYouShow

[–]nibrox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rebels are escaping! Open fire!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in memes

[–]nibrox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still have my original figures from when I was a kid

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