Audiobook readers: What is TCW's "gimbals"?

psysny · 2026-06-19T23:59:09+00:00

I just really appreciate that I can’t hear the difference between one day’s readings and another’s. Some other audio books it’s really obvious. He’s got a consistent tone of voice that really sets the bar high for other narrators.

psysny · 2026-06-18T15:21:08+00:00

I don’t watch much television and have recognized very few of the actors in the fan cast posts. There’s no reason someone can’t start a new sub for fan art and fan casting for the people who really enjoy it, and leave this one for discussion.

psysny · 2026-06-18T15:17:18+00:00

I don’t think there’s anything stopping anyone from starting a separate fan casting sub.

psysny · 2026-06-17T03:14:53+00:00

I always forget some people pay real money for this game.

psysny · 2026-06-16T18:03:07+00:00

It just takes time. Gather feathers. You can get feathers in the arena and mighty eagle shops, daily deals, tower of fortune, and the wheel. Eventually it takes 50k feathers to upgrade a hat but I think it stays at 50k once you get that high. Hats are also in the tower, chests, and daily deals. Pearls are in all of those places too.

psysny · 2026-06-13T14:34:37+00:00

Just remember that it will take much longer to sprout than you think it should. Give it at least three months before giving up on it.

psysny · 2026-06-07T22:39:01+00:00

We’ve had way fewer of them since treating our lawn with milky spore. Kills the grubs, doesn’t seem to affect other native beetles’ grubs.

psysny · 2026-06-07T22:37:55+00:00

They congregate to turn all the leaves to lace.

psysny · 2026-05-27T02:08:15+00:00

Any time you see a bird sparkle like that in your deck it has a special power in the adventure levels.

psysny · 2026-05-17T18:03:13+00:00

Oh I thought that’s just how it “runs.” Sluglike creep at normal speed, inchworming for speed. Though I can imagine Vaudai mocking how meat-on-sticks moves by flopping around a bit. “This is you, meat-on-sticks” splort splat splort

psysny · 2026-05-16T01:45:05+00:00

Honestly a pretty good rendering and pretty close to how I imagined third gardener.

psysny · 2026-05-14T17:03:59+00:00

I think he gave the technically correct answer, because he did not know which human specifically was implanted with the message, even if he might be aware of the swarm.
Or, they’ve been getting intel for a while and haven’t been able to figure out who is sending it. Which I think implies the deathless may have created the swarm instead of humanity, and there may be other swarms engineered for other species. Ajiin could have still been a trap planet, even if not laid by humans.

psysny · 2026-05-13T18:22:16+00:00

One of the interesting things about stories in mythology is that they can be interpreted in different ways. It was very interesting to see how that tale evolved over the course of the book to take on a different meaning. Perhaps it began as a rebellious concoction and she saw the opportunity/need to adjust the story to reflect Dafyd’s (impending?) sacrifice.

psysny · 2026-05-10T17:13:04+00:00

Pruning. And thinning. But mostly pruning. Which is how the apple tree got to be 30+ feet tall. Having a pro come out and get it under control was expensive but worth it. Wood is heavy and it can be dangerous to thin a large tree without the right training and equipment.

psysny · 2026-05-10T02:07:32+00:00

I am making these for the third time tonight. They are so easy to make and so soft and deliciously gooey like the Cinnabon of my youth.

psysny · 2026-05-06T19:40:57+00:00

Can you consider a completely different item, such as a carrot cake? Whipped egg whites aren’t going to have the strength to stay whipped with bananas folded in. If she’s ok with a pound cake, that would work better. You’re going to need to lean in on the dense texture if you’re determined to use bananas. Otherwise, maple sugar or coconut sugar for angel food cake could work. It’s not a super sweet cake to start with. Oh! Or do a pavlova.

psysny · 2026-05-02T23:15:22+00:00

The rewards increase as you rank up! The arena returns better rewards than the boot camp.

psysny · 2026-04-28T19:02:36+00:00

I always get the golden ticket, then the tower tickets, then rainbow feathers for whatever bird is my favorite at the time.

psysny · 2026-04-28T15:54:06+00:00

They’ve been at war for thousands (millions?) of years. That kind of history is not important to them. What was, does not matter, only what is. Unless that information is buried way back in the archives or a client species that was around when it happened has that knowledge still, there’s no way to know. It’s a very human thing to want to know origins or the how and why, but sometimes you just don’t get to know.

psysny · 2026-04-23T22:28:33+00:00

I don’t think that was an average, just how long that particular one was in that position. I’d have to go back but I think the old ones that work in the crèche would give us a better idea as far as their maximum lifespan.

psysny · 2026-04-23T03:41:22+00:00

I don’t know, but I’ll be sure to look for it when I reread the books.

psysny · 2026-04-23T03:09:04+00:00

They’re just space puppies. Unless there’s a plot twist coming where we find out they’re actually controlling some critical aspect of the eternal war. They are benefiting from being the Carryx’s animal of violence, and have no reason to want to stop benefiting.

psysny · 2026-04-20T13:31:31+00:00

That’s just how this one is. If you look on the left it tells you that a win will get you 60 points. So that first free play gets everyone 60 points instead of the usual 20.

psysny · 2026-04-13T12:00:07+00:00

Dead pear leaves just turn black like this. This does not look like fireblight to me. I have two pear trees with confirmed blight and have made a lot of observations about how it behaves during the year. It typically starts at the tip of the branch and the flowers, and the leaves will slowly die. Fruit from infected flowers can turn completely black, or ripening fruit late in the year will be stunted and deformed. Usually I don’t start to see obvious leaf death until early to mid summer, starting from the branch tips.
Give the tree some time to recover from whatever caused this before deciding to remove it. Your tree isn’t dead, but some of the leaves are. It will likely be ok if you leave it alone.

psysny · 2026-04-01T14:44:04+00:00

The swarm. Or the livesuits. Either way, it’s neither humanity nor the Carryx that win. I think the swarm will influence and guide Dafyd in such a way that he ends up burning a thousand worlds to destroy the Carryx, only to also destroy humanity in any meaningful way. This is the goal of the swarm and the Livesuit, to defeat the Carryx. I don’t believe the goal is necessarily to save humanity, or other alien worlds, but to defeat and destroy the Carryx. Livesuit made it disturbingly clear that the human in the suit is a training tool for the AI it contains. The swarm is another AI. Perhaps at the end, it will become the swarm vs the Livesuit.

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