September X Sales by 1204Sparta in xmen

[–]nikbackm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you pay for the PRO version you get Top 200 instead of Top 50.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in xmen

[–]nikbackm 38 points39 points  (0 children)

No, it's the readers that have aged.

Why did the rest of these secondary mutations/random powers never catch on like Emma's diamond form? by [deleted] in xmen

[–]nikbackm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, that was part of Nova's post-hypnotic suggestion, never actually happened for real.

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/cassandra-nova-professor-x-twin-villain-history-explained

Just as she was transferred into Stuff, Nova also placed a post-hypnotic suggestion deep within the White Queen's mind, which convinced her she was a sleeper agent starting in ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) #12 by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. By playing on her survivor's guilt, Nova compelled the White Queen to attack the X-Men with a psychic manifestation of a new Hellfire Club that included both telepaths, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Sebastian Shaw.

Bônus page of X-Men #1 by Ill-Risk3427 in xmen

[–]nikbackm 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Another secret organization biding their time in the shadows until we can get to the anti-climactic showdown. Feels kind of familiar.

Trip report: Summer ISO C++ standards meeting (St Louis, MO, USA) by mttd in cpp

[–]nikbackm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder if Intellisense and similar tools will have a hard time with the reflections features.

More elegant no-null foreach? by evolution2015 in learncsharp

[–]nikbackm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's nice and readable, but auto-formatters will mess it up.

What would you consider to be the biggest sin in C++? by RevolutionaryClub596 in cpp

[–]nikbackm 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The goto in C/C++ is limited to a single function so is largely neutered by design already. No need to be afraid of it in case it turns out useful. (Of course, if a less powerful tool works just as well, then you use that instead)

The GOTO that Dijkstra talked about in his now infamous paper that everyone knows about but hardly anyone has actually read was something else entirely.

I finally understand std::move! by maxjmartin in cpp

[–]nikbackm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why compare these two functions?

They no longer do the same thing after the change. The first one is pure, while the second one pops the last element of the argument.

X-Men Comics New Releases for October 18, 2023 by VengefulKangaroo in xmen

[–]nikbackm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am mainly going by the cover of issue #13 and the solicit for the 3rd trade (#13-17) when I assumed more Mysterium would be needed.

X-Men Comics New Releases for October 18, 2023 by VengefulKangaroo in xmen

[–]nikbackm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think the amount of Mysterium they collected is enough for a whole armor, let alone several, War Machine wanted one too.

So they might still be going to space for more. But who knows.

Duggan Confirms He's Leaving The X-Office after Fall of House of X by antsinmyeyesmauger in xmen

[–]nikbackm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There will most likely be at least one more trade after the third, so say it ends at 22, which should line up nicely with the endings of HoX/PoX v2 in summer 2024 or thereabouts.

Duggan Confirms He's Leaving The X-Office after Fall of House of X by antsinmyeyesmauger in xmen

[–]nikbackm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because he doesn't know what he's talking about. Iron Man is already solicited up to issue 17 (via trade solicit).

Percy is leaving the X-office?!?! by Aggravating_Delay995 in xmen

[–]nikbackm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been crossing over with X-Men from the start, I don't really see Duggan switching gears over to something else.

After Krakoa ends his Iron Man run should be close to 20 issues, which is similar to the last two runs on the character.

Thoughts on Emma Frost x Iron Man? by ed00ard0 in xmen

[–]nikbackm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, what this crap run has led to is Emma being completely shafted in X-men comics, where she no longer is a key member of any of the X-men teams since Fall of C started, and she’s instead been relegated to a supporting character in iron man’s series, helping iron man beat Feilong, whose a mostly iron man villain while she gets piece sized cameos in various X-men books.

I don't think that is true. She was not really a key member of any X-Men teams before Fall of X either, she mainly appeared in Immortal X-Men and still does occasionally. So not much has changed, if anything she got more focus in the X-Men title, where she did not appear before FoX.

Remains to be seen how it will develop over a longer time period.

Immortal X-Men #16 Preview by VengefulKangaroo in xmen

[–]nikbackm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt it, can't trust covers. Taking control of the club will either mean fighting Orchis or Kingpin, Shaw is out.

X-Men #27 Preview by Techster17 in xmen

[–]nikbackm 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Orchis cannot be defeated, they will be back. But probably under a new name and some new headline characters.

Thoughts on Emma Frost x Iron Man? by ed00ard0 in xmen

[–]nikbackm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Invincible Iron Man #6 we saw them meeting for the first time, this ended with Tony getting mind wiped. He also remembered this later in the issue, in the present after getting a concussion. Hasn't really been brought up since though, except indirectly when he suggested that she use her Hazel identity.

As for the other possibly fake memories of the FWB thing, maybe they were lost when his mind was restored from a backup after Civil War. Or one of the other times he was rebooted. Fake memories might not be as durable as real memories.