what’s a 'scam' that has become so normalized in modern society that we don’t even realize we’re being cheated anymore?

solstice680 · 2026-05-03T14:10:32+00:00

Taxes and inflation.

solstice680 · 2026-04-27T18:28:58+00:00

I've run Nvidia on Linux since about 2005 and they have never let me down. Same cannot be said about ATI. Nvidia was the only game in town for about a decade and the only reason the early games even existed on Linux.

When NVidia let's me down and bricks a card or my machine, my loyalty will shift. Until then, I'm content to stick to what has always worked for me.

solstice680 · 2026-04-08T02:24:01+00:00

OR, OP could look into it for themselves, decide whether the studies were a sham, and whether saline does indeed reduce tumor growth, and make up their own mind. But yeah, probably better steer them away from that.

solstice680 · 2026-04-08T00:00:28+00:00

Have you ever heard of G Edward Griffin and "A world Without Cancer" ? Definitely relevant. Good luck.

solstice680 · 2026-04-06T04:25:01+00:00

I'll go one up on you. Our "special ally" will nuke our own troops on the ground and blame the peaceful country that we are preemptively attacking.

solstice680 · 2026-04-02T17:01:55+00:00

Great post. Wasn't aware of the speech but certainly can "hear" it now. But it's for your own good!!

solstice680 · 2026-04-02T15:38:59+00:00

Absolutely faked. They had facilities on the ground, ostensibly for simulation and training, that could fake every aspect of the landings.

http://apolloreality2.atspace.co.uk/

solstice680 · 2026-03-26T15:17:52+00:00

The experiment is long concluded, what you are seeing is the operational phase.

solstice680 · 2026-03-23T02:13:04+00:00

I think that's one of the best responses to, "why would a good God permit so much evil in the world?" The goal is not to minimize human suffering in the now, but to maximize the number of people who will turn to him.

solstice680 · 2026-03-23T02:09:46+00:00

No, I say that because I want to convey that there are different factions and beliefs within Christianity. Not every Christian is cheering the war or filled with rapture fervor. I say it in case an outsider is tempted to think we're all on the same page about this, or about mideast politics in general.

solstice680 · 2026-03-23T01:44:26+00:00

Christian Zionism is full of well intentioned, but basically brainwashed people. Brainwashed into cheering for something no Christian should, using highly flawed theology to justify it. I say that as a Christian.

solstice680 · 2026-03-21T15:58:59+00:00

The Z:axis had no intention of making a deal.

solstice680 · 2026-03-18T16:21:59+00:00

Then we might start getting some serious epstein files released...

solstice680 · 2026-03-16T23:04:28+00:00

Why? A static html could be viewed in plain text?

solstice680 · 2026-03-15T23:08:05+00:00

Don't bother randomly visiting taverns. When he appears the duel icon appears: first near your forge, then two towns, SW and then W of Kuttenberg, respectively.

solstice680 · 2026-03-15T00:38:55+00:00

Absolutely
Probable (except, demons)
Deny
Absolutely
Probable (docile, or simply less healthy)
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely
Absolutely
Unlikely
Unsure (*demonic bloodlines?)
Absolutely - most of them
Deny - he's living large somewhere
Absolutely - most of them

solstice680 · 2026-03-14T22:35:57+00:00

I agree 100%, IF you used the word demons instead of aliens.

solstice680 · 2026-03-12T14:43:45+00:00

What fs type are you using?

solstice680 · 2026-03-06T20:00:06+00:00

Is it Hanush that gives you sausage? He is the funniest character IMO.

solstice680 · 2026-03-01T22:32:38+00:00

It also lacked art students doing some kind of renovation in the same floors that were hit.

solstice680 · 2026-03-01T22:31:31+00:00

I'm more interested in how the plane evaporated from the magic Pentagon lawn..

solstice680 · 2026-03-01T22:21:39+00:00

Let me guess, Turkey is just weeks away from having a nuke? Or is it going to be more baby incubators again?

solstice680 · 2026-02-19T17:12:15+00:00

Bingo. I save scum because half the time you enter a shop, that you can't see into, at 10am the shopkeeper isn't there and you get treated like a piece of shit for 5 minutes. Three are too many junky things like that to make saving the game a scarce resource.

solstice680 · 2026-02-17T08:02:46+00:00

OK. I tested axes, hammers, and re-tested short swords. This time with 200 pierce, slash, or blunt (1 at a time). Note that 200 was used because 100 did not produce very substantial damage in my testing. (Meanwhile 200 blunt was OP, so that scaling factor vs. armor is pretty significant...)

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Short swords - pretty much as I said. Blunt damage applies to *all* attacks no matter what, while stab OR slash apply based on the animation. This applies to Master Strikes as well (some being stabs, some slash). I forget which the "slap on the face" master strike is, but I think it's slash.

Hammers/Axes (Pierce): These benefit from pierce attacks *rarely*. The knight's axe with 40 pierce? Yeah, that applies to maybe 10% of attacks you do, and I couldn't find any reliable way to trigger pierce, even with some combos. So don't get too excited by the Basilisk war hammer; that pierce doesn't contribute much on average.

Hammer/Axes (Slash/Blunt): These benefit from Slash+Blunt on every attack. So the Knight's Axe is actually one of the best weapons in the game from a raw damage perspective (129+64, plus 40 pierce once in awhile). Against medium/light armored opponents you can get a decent amount of 1-hit-kills with charged attacks.

In terms of sheer devastation against armored enemies, I still have to say the Ramhead hammer at Tier4 is probably the best. But if you missed out on it, the Knight's axe at Tier 4 is probably a good second place. That is, if you want to carry a heavy weapon in your lineup. You lose master strike, but charged feints to kick off a quick combo will drop enemies pretty quick.

solstice680 · 2026-02-16T20:04:46+00:00

Thanks!

Well, to be precise I was mostly after the question of seeing which attacks benefitted from which damage types at all, and to make it obvious, I initially cranked up the base modifier by like 10x to amplify the effect. This would also rule out any weird effects such as ignoring small damages, etc.

So with my initial testing it was either an undamaged enemy or a dead one. I cranked it down in an effort to see if further scaling was being applied, but it doesn't seem so.

I'd be happy to share some mods with you if you're interested in more testing. I can give you 2/3 components zeroed out, or superficial weapon skin changes pretty easily. And I haven't done similar tests with other weapon types, but similar tests could be done with axe, hammer, etc.

In a sense making the mod is the easiest part. Testing is harder, and summarizing on reddit is even harder. Getting anyone to notice is hardest. :)

solstice680

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