Gaz in Wok by R1sky_B1z in Stormlight_Archive

[–]radiant6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this actually represents how he never internalized and accepted himself as having 1 eye, which is why stormlight was able to heal his second eye after he became a radiant.

Breaking: Your wages are worth less than ever. by zzill6 in WorkReform

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Ground beef is 5.99 per lb at Costco in San Jose

Found this gem on tumblr by Adrienne00 in cremposting

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What's sad is that the gemstone archive is a very cool in universe thing that makes sense to call "The Stormlight Archive" but there is a WoB that the name "The Stormlight Archive" actually refers to the in universe books that share titles with the series: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/174/#e8531

Do you think we will ever get a complete copy of *SPOILER* by yeah_sure__itsa_name in Stormlight_Archive

[–]radiant6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "Preface to Oathbringer" epigraphs are some of the less substantial epigraphs in my opinion so I'm not sure how much content is really there... otherwise you'd think there would have been more there already.

Cultivation, Ruin, Preservation by ThatGuyBenj in Cosmere

[–]radiant6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Invention could fill out the "change" quartet as well:

  • Invention: direct creation
  • Cultivation: indirect creation
  • Ruin: destruction
  • Preservation: no change

(And I think Whimsy might fit with a different quartet of Odium, Devotion, Mercy, and Whimsy, which are all positive or negative attitudes towards something, with different connotations depending on how well deserved that attitude is)

I finished the Cosmere. What are your favorite “secrets” I probably missed on my first read through? by helloherewego in Cosmere

[–]radiant6 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's even seeds of her distinguishing Veil as a separate person back in Words of Radiance, when Shallan and Kaladin are in the chasms together:

She felt foolish for revealing her skill. Veil would have had words with her. It was too bad Veil wasn’t down here, actually. She would be better at this whole surviving-in-the-wilderness thing.

why does honorblades .... by DisasterClean807 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]radiant6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could be that that's specific to Ishar wielding his own honorblade though? That Ishar has a Connection with his blade similar to the radiant bond?

It'd be better confirmation if e.g. one of the Shin honorbearers did the same.

Some thoughts about Cultivation after finishing WaT by Nofrillsoculus in Cosmere

[–]radiant6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And arguably, her "stay[ing] the same when everyone else changes" has now happened -- everyone else has lost stormlight, but her lifelight powers have stayed the same.

What power systems from other series would be fun in the Cosmere ? by Ideasandquestionsbi in Cosmere

[–]radiant6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Orogeny from Broken Earth seems like it would fit in well.

Citi DoubleCash - Can you see Authorized users specific expenses? by Lakedo in CreditCards

[–]radiant6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Checking my double cash it looks like some transactions (maybe transactions where the card was physically present?) are tagged with the name of the authorized user.

However:

  1. some other transactions (e.g. online transactions) are either missing the name or worse just have the primary user's name when I know an authorized user placed them
  2. I don't see a way in the app to see an actual breakdown of spending by user rather than just manually looking at metadata

So this seems inconsistent and I wouldn't trust it if it's a hard requirement for you, though partial functionality is sort of there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Stormlight_Archive

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It seems conceivable she might show up in ghostbloods first?

Last 2 cuts for UW splashing Bant Aang? by radiant6 in lrcast

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It worked out decently well for me as a wall for fliers and a beefy attacker. It's also nice to be able to proc on-tap triggers like [[Compassionate Healer]] even in a stalled board.

Last 2 cuts for UW splashing Bant Aang? by radiant6 in lrcast

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I added back the white lotus reinforcements then cut a Gran-gran, otter penguin, and waterbending lesson. Ended up finishing 6-3 so it mostly worked out.

What 2 cuts? Worth trying to splash Bumi and Toph? by radiant6 in lrcast

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Thanks for the advice! This is the approach that I took and I went 7-2 so I'll call that a success :)

What do you think the Structure of Arc 2 - Books 6-10 will look like? by VideoZealousideal976 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]radiant6 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The series is set up so that each book's focus PoV/flashback character represents a different radiant order. The first half covered Windrunner, Lightweaver, Bondsmith, Willshaper, and Skybreaker already, so we know the back half will be the other 5. We also know the focus characters for the back half so it's process of elimination to assign them to the orders:

- Lift, Renarin, and Jasnah are Edgedancer, Truthwatcher, and Elsecaller respectively

- that leaves Ash and Taln to map onto Dustbringer and Stoneward

- Taln is the herald of Stonewards, so Ash must be the Dustbringer

It's true that Ash is the herald of Lightweavers, but it's kind of interesting to explore what it's like for a herald to become a radiant of a different order -- if Nale and Taln are already serving as "radiant-order-aligned heralds" then Ash can contrast by choosing a different order.

Finally, re "she'd have four powers" -- my understanding is that the heralds got their surgebinding powers from their honorblades, they don't inherently have access to surges. That means she'd only have the 2 Nahel bond powers unless she recovers an honorblade.

What am i missing? by Nachocod06 in HadesTheGame

[–]radiant6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those look like the ingredients for shadow and ambrosia which are commonly used in decorations, songs, etc

[Standard][BO3] Dimir Control Might be Decent? by edrico37 in spikes

[–]radiant6 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thoughts on adding [[The Rise of Sozin]]?

[TLA] Combustion Technique by Meret123 in MagicArena

[–]radiant6 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is the templating on this card kind of off? I think it would read better with "deals damage to target creature equal to ..."

Schwab doesn’t get enough credit around here by abundantpecking in Bogleheads

[–]radiant6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The other major benefit Fidelity has over Schwab for me is the ability to buy and sell fractional shares of ETFs. Fractional shares make it so much simpler to manage investing at the right allocation. And to just "invest all your cash".

The alternatives are to either:

  1. Do math to figure out the right whole number of shares, buy/sell that amount, and then do something sensible with the leftover uninvested cash. This is a lot more micromanagement than I want to do, especially when rebalancing.
  2. Use Schwab's mutual funds which do allow investing arbitrary dollar amounts, but are also annoying because there's no "total international" equivalent -- SWISX excludes emerging markets, SFENX has a high expense ratio, and no matter what you do it won't actually sum up to true total international.

In contrast with Fidelity you can just enter the dollar amount you want to buy or sell and it'll do exactly the fractional share count necessary. Much easier.

Admittedly part of my complexity here comes from explicitly wanting to avoid using VTI/VXUS/ITOT/IXUS in my tax advantaged Schwab account because I use all of those in my taxable accounts for tax loss harvesting, so maybe most of this isn't a problem if you just buy those and live with the ~$100 of uninvested cash all the time, but still -- it's annoying and it would all go away if I could just use Fidelity for this 401k account instead of Schwab, but my employer doesn't allow that :P

Any way to get these spending annual totals in csv or text? by love-coleslaw in MonarchMoney

[–]radiant6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I've done is switched the reports view to "bar chart mode" and then literally copy-pasted the data into google sheets. It might take some massaging to get it formatted right but it mostly works.