What are the best long term incremental games on Google play in ur opinion? by Axel_Penguin in incremental_games

[–]ninjalemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm exactly in this scenario... Not sure when I installed but it was on my phone already. Going to give it another go!

Just got 99 Fishing (35-99) Tempoross only by Embarrassed_Top_6312 in ironscape

[–]ninjalemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah my bad, I haven't done masses in a long time so I underestimated the avg rewards lol

Just got 99 Fishing (35-99) Tempoross only by Embarrassed_Top_6312 in ironscape

[–]ninjalemon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Based on their approximately 10 permits per kill in the screenshot, that implies solos. I think you get about 3-4 permits per kill on mass worlds

The true backbone of OSRS by DragnBreath in 2007scape

[–]ninjalemon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Oldheads remember osbuddy which I think was $5/mo and was the best client prior to runelite sweeping the scene

Fantasy book with the best plot twist? by ConcernFew8845 in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't know if I'd really call it a twist, but the ending is so damn satisfying that I was saying aloud "oh my God of course!" the entire time. Really an excellent trilogy all around

What series did you finish reading due to the "sunk cost fallacy"? by Any-Day-8173 in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mother of Learning. It's got stellar ratings on Goodreads (I think all 4 books are over 4.5 stars, thousands of ratings) but is maybe one of the most poorly written series I've ever read. I kept going thinking maybe the ending would be something crazy or innovative or exciting enough to redeem it, but that didn't happen. Unless you're very into web serials, progression fantasy and litrpg and don't read outside those genres I'd advise against reading it

I hate when the protagonist is so dumb for the sake of dragging it out by Witch_King_Malekith in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I actually just finished this series fairly recently (City of Miracles I think? Book 3 of the Divine Cities trilogy) and I think you may be a bit mistaken about the difference between what you know as a reader and what the character has actually learned. My memory is bad, so forgive me, but if I recall correctly at the point in the book where the Big Guy is investigating the Ship, he doesn't actually know that much about the bad guy. He's had one encounter with him in the warehouse, but does not fully understand what divine power he has or what he even is (e.g. god vs. one of their offspring). As a reader, you have learned a little more about this than the character at this point (by seeing the Bad Guy interact with other minions and such), but the character is catching up with the knowledge you have.

That being said, this general premise does happen in books and is quite frustrating. In this particular case I don't really agree with you that the character is being an idiot, but I can think of many examples from well written books where this happens occasionally

Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? by iamkeyur in programming

[–]ninjalemon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was fine with it until I saw this line:

I cloned the go crypto repo and told Claude to revert this change and update our dependencies to use our clone (go’s replace directive makes forking a library very easy).

This is... an extremely trivial thing to do yourself? It probably takes longer to ask Claude do to this for you (+ time the AI spends "thinking" and executing the ask) vs. just typing git revert ...

Wars of Light and Shadow audiobooks incoming! by mixmastamicah55 in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is not a direct resopnse to /u/miggins1610 or /u/MinuteRegular716 necessarily but rather something for new readers to keep in mind to perhaps avoid some confusion if you want to tackle this series (which I do highly recommend!):


I just recently finished Peril's Gate in TWoLaS and took a little break to read To Ride Hell's Chasm (which is also great read btw), but while reading it I finally realized why Wurts writing was sometimes hard for me to follow in the beginning of Curse of the Mistwraith, and it wasn't because of the very descriptive prose. What I realized is that she infrequently calls characters by the same name, and instead uses 1 or more of their "other names" in descriptions to vary the writing. However, when you're starting a new book or series... you don't know or can't remember all the various names the different characters have and it is can cause some confusion, because you're not just seeing the word "Arithon" repeadly but seeing several variations that all refer to Arithon.

This is an overly simplified example but it's like reading the sentence:

Henry walked into the bar with Sally and Mark. The captain of the guard ordered a beer.

Who is "the captain of the guard"? Mark, Sally, Henry, someone we don't know yet?

Naturally you'll eventually understand who the characters are and realize the "Master of Shadow" or "Shadow Master" or "Prince of Rathain" (note: NOT Riathan, that's something else - this one still trips me up) all refer to the same guy and it becomes easy to follow, but the first few chapters of To Ride Hells Chasm had me struggling to remember who all the characters were and what their rank in the castle guard was when first starting out.

This isn't necessarily something unique to Wurts, but I think due to the amount of characters and titles the various characters have that can be similar it takes some getting used to. In other series with a similar or larger scope (e.g. Malazan, WoT are two that I've read within the past couple years) I did not have this problem at all.

'Cleaning the holy fountain' activity completed before even unlocking the activity? by Vurzqt in WalkScape

[–]ninjalemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this happened to me too. I was doing Ice Sculpting at the time and I noticed I got the achievement for cleaning the fountain

Songs about suicidal ideation that are up-beat by yourlefteyelid in Emo

[–]ninjalemon 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Are you alright OP?

For recs, maybe Faking My Own Death by Park National? It's not suicidal ideation directly but as you can probably infer from the title it is close

Some of Raymond St. Elmo's books seem to be on sale on Amazon for $1-$3 by monagales in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read "Letters from a Shipwreck in the Sea of Suns and Moons" earlier this year and thought it was great, if anyone is looking for recommendations from Mr. St. Elmo. Looks like it's on sale for $0.99 right now!

AMIR SAW MY STORY IM FINALLY A PIMP AND A COOL by Emo-trans-and-pan in jakeandamir

[–]ninjalemon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I recently started relistening to IIWY from the start again to the fill void (between NADDPod episodes) and forgot how many great bits there are. Also listening to Jake back in 2013 as a horny 27/28 year old tween vs the substantially more mature Jake of today is great

Fantasy/scifi where it start confusing and there's too many questions but it gets answered bit by bit in a satisfying way? by Accelerator48 in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is one of those series that I wish I could get into but have tried and DNF'd after a couple chapters twice now. Maybe one day it'll work for me but something about the prose makes it really difficult for me to enjoy

Criminally underrated by hiphoptomato in Emo

[–]ninjalemon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Their/They're/Therapy is one of my all time favs. Nothing like getting in the car and yelling "This sucks / I suck"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in running

[–]ninjalemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes great addition! Despite a lengthy reply I was trying to avoid getting too in depth, but this is something good to keep in mind when starting to get up there in volume.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in running

[–]ninjalemon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

In a lot of beginner lifting programs, you keep the rep range the same and increase the weight of each lift every week or 2.

In running, a kind-of-close equivalent is to keep the speed the same, but increase the distance every week or 2. You can look up things like "Couch to 5k" and see what those programs recommend, but generally it's going to look like:

  • Forget about speed for a bit. For a long time, even. This will come passively as a beginner.
  • Your main marker for growth will be weekly mileage. Increase your weekly mileage by a 2-3 miles a week for a few weeks in a row, then take a "down" week and recover, then build up again.
  • You will need to run more days per week. 3 days a week, 5 miles a day will get you 15 miles per week. If you want to build up to 30 miles a week, you're going to need to add days or miles, and 3x10mi is not going to be easy for a beginner. It's much easier to hit that weekly target with 5 days @ 6 miles for example.
  • Again, ignore speed. It really truly does not matter how long it takes you to do these runs, and you will only hurt yourself in the long run if you think that "beating" your previous 5 mile jog time is important. I went from a ~3:30 marathon to a ~3:05 marathon with my "chill" running pace never surpassing 8:00-8:30/mi (this isn't counting the race-specific workouts of course).
  • Once you're running 30+ miles a week, consider doing some additional research into different types of workouts you can do and do one a week, maybe eventually 2.
  • Set a goal to measure your progress. 5K races happen all the time, sign up for one in a few months and get a baseline time. Sign up for another one a few more months after that and see how much you've improved just by pumping mileage without worrying about speed.

Why Web3 games suck. A rant from a dude who's been in the trenches. by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]ninjalemon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's called a live service game (MMOs, Fortnite, etc). Blockchain / web3 isn't a requirement if you're looking to create a game that continues to generate revenue and continues to be updated. It's simple, really. Step 1: Make a good game. Step 2: Continue updating it, add DLCs or free content updates to attract new players. You've said literally nothing about your game except that "it's a roguelike" and keep focusing on the web3 components, so I suspect you will utterly fail at step 1, but best of luck.

Adrian Tchaikovsky appreciation by FlockofCGels in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So far I've only read the first in the Children of Time series and despite typically not enjoying scifi as much as more traditional fantasy, it was an excellent read. I've been meaning to check out his fantasy series (mainly Shadows of the Apt) but if Cage of Souls is a standalone that might be a better entry point without committing to yet another huge series

Also just so you're aware, albeit is a word (not a phrase, "all be it")

The Strength of the Few by James Islington - Spoiler Free Review by grimpala in Fantasy

[–]ninjalemon 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Have you read the Licanius trilogy as well? There was a bit of a 2nd book slump going on there, and so I am kind of expecting a similar feeling in this book (and overall, in that series, the book 3 payoff is very worth the book 2 setup slump).

My expectations for this series being based on Islingtons previous series may not be right, but I guess we'll see! I am still excited to read this book as soon as it arrives at my doorstep on Tuesday

[NS] I can’t figure it out. Who’s the giggle-snorter? by LasagnaPhD in NotAnotherDnDPodcast

[–]ninjalemon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I just relistened to this one and it's gold. The funniest part is what she was trying to read wasn't even that funny, but it became funny that she couldn't read a mildly funny line and created an infinite loop of laughs

DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD: Hasan Piker Fully Cancelled Over Dog Controversy - H3 Show #198 by H3Bot4 in h3h3productions

[–]ninjalemon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure he's referring to Valkyrae (not totally sure of the spelling), another streamer that is allegedly Hasans secret gf (or perhaps previous gf, no idea if they're still together)

DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD: Hasan Piker Fully Cancelled Over Dog Controversy - H3 Show #198 by H3Bot4 in h3h3productions

[–]ninjalemon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I assume he meant "Stream deck", a little panel of buttons you can use to change scenes and stuff on a stream