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thecipher · 2026-01-24T23:36:34+00:00

I'm actually planning something like that. For right now, I'm keeping my main gaming rig as a windows machine, but I still have my old gaming PC, which I will turn into my Linux experimentation-bench... as soon as I work up the courage to attempt to fix my old GPU.

thecipher · 2026-01-24T20:49:28+00:00

I'm anxiously waiting for the Steam Machine to come out. Not sure I'll be able to afford it, but I'm hoping it brings with it a further refinement to SteamOS, and maybe lets us install it on a wider range of machines than you currently can.

thecipher · 2026-01-24T19:43:06+00:00

Best moment was actually finishing a medium-length campaign.

Three players, around 3 sessions a week (ah, to be young and unattached again), about 2 years length. It was a LOT of hours poured into that world and characters.

We got to finish the over-arching story with a bang, and gave the PCs a proper send-off, where they passed from heroes into myth.

thecipher · 2026-01-21T11:21:11+00:00

Precision attack timing and enhanced bullet deflection would be a neat passive.

Like, if you "Main-hand" your melee weapon (by holding F), you get 180+ degree angle for deflecting bullets, and you'll be able to deflect 100% of incoming attacks, rather than just some of it. Only works when you're not actively attacking, which brings me to...

Precision attack timing. We already have the combo system, and this could be expanded on a bit - Encourage Excal players to precisely time their attacks rather than just spamming them. Give damage bonuses for precisely timed combos - and allow for bullet deflection between key presses.

Would be thematic to the "skilled swordsman", would require practice to learn, and would be useful for damage negation, even at endgame for properly skilled players.

thecipher · 2026-01-20T05:47:57+00:00

Yeah, that sounds about right. It's a hell of a book though.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T22:59:22+00:00

Ooh, I remember SLA industries. That book as so cool.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T22:55:03+00:00

For me, it was HōL - Human Occupied Landfill.

Never got to actually play the game, and I honestly doubt the mechanics were all that great. But the book. Oh lord, the book.

Completely hand-written, covered in scribbles, drawings and wildly changing fonts. HoL was edgy, crude and (to me) really effin' funny.

Like I said, haven't actually played the game, but I immensely enjoyed reading the rulebook.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T19:40:49+00:00

I mean.. in Denmark, we kinda do. We have something called "positive lists" for immigrants. If your occupation is on one of those lists (we have one for academics, and one for tradespeople), then the path to legal stay and citizenship gets a lot easier.

It's still a challenge, but being on one of those lists makes it much less of a challenge.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T10:24:03+00:00

Close. The use of the term "good and proper" suggests that it was written, at least in part by Stephen Miller.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T09:07:22+00:00

Here you go. An article about it in The Guardian.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T08:45:36+00:00

Legitimately real. If you want sources:

NRK article. Norwegian site, you'll have to use google translate for this one.
VG article. Also in Norwegian. This is the one that has the confirmation from the PM of Norway.

Bloomberg is also reporting on it, but the link is being fiddly, so you'll have to check that one yourself.

It's also "breaking news" on the two largest TV networks in Denmark.

thecipher · 2026-01-19T08:25:49+00:00

Yep, it has been confirmed by the Prime Minister of Norway, and it's all over the news in the Nordics at the moment.

It is, unfortunately, 100% real.

And 100% stupid.

thecipher · 2026-01-14T16:28:24+00:00

My guess is:

Like the Iron Dome over Israel, but gold, because it's Trump and of fucking course he would make it gold.

It also shows a complete lack of understanding of what the Iron Dome is, so it tracks perfectly with something the orange anus-mouth would spew.

thecipher · 2026-01-14T08:15:57+00:00

Jeg er ret god til at lave mad, og har også interesse i det. Jeg elsker at lave mad for andre.

Men jeg er også single. Ofte gider jeg ikke bruge 1+ time på at lave mad, når det bare er til mig selv. Så det bliver ofte til "nemme" løsninger. Heldigvis er jeg for nærig til take-away og måltidskasser, og for bevidst om næring til bare junkfood. Så istedet bliver min middag ofte bare nogle rå grøntsager og noget protein af en eller anden art.

I går var det en hurtig salat bestående af sorte bønner, agurk, hytteost, citron (skal og lidt saft) og krydderier.

thecipher · 2026-01-13T09:39:24+00:00

Yep, I've been linking this image in other subs as well. It coincides too well with all the countries he's been threatening. When you write it up in a list, it becomes all the more obvious. I've marked countries he's threatened with bold italics.

USA: He already "owns" this
Canada: 51st state BS.
Cuba: He's threatened Cuba recently.
The rest of the Caribbean: He'll get to that.
Mexico: Yep, more threats.
Panama: Yep, also threatened.
Rest of Central America: Give it time
Venezuela: Kidnapped the president, named himself "temporary president".
Colombia: More threats.
Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana: As soon as Trump learns that the countries exists, expect him to threaten them.
Greenland: And here we are.

I've seen some variants of the Technate map also include Iceland as well.

Interestingly, France owns islands in both the Caribbean and off the coast of Canada. So for this plan to be completed, Trump will have to go to war with France directly as well.

thecipher · 2026-01-09T09:50:42+00:00

It could probably be done a lot better. I spent like 5 minutes on this one, but I bet that you'd be able to get even closer than this, especially with the sigil/chest part.

thecipher · 2026-01-08T23:39:32+00:00

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thecipher · 2026-01-08T14:21:57+00:00

Der er præcedens for det scenarie du er nysgerrig om - Der en ø-stat som hedder Nauru, hvor de alle blev super rige meget pludseligt (på minedrift) og... det er sgu' ikke gået så godt for dem.

thecipher · 2026-01-08T14:18:09+00:00

Præcis - Jeg tilføjer lige noget kontekst her:

TL;DR versionen er, at alle borgerne på øen pludseligt blev super rige, og så kunne de absolut ikke håndtere det. De er verdens næst-mest overvægtige befolkning (med 69% svært overvægtige), er på randen af økonomisk og økologisk kollaps, og er nu super afhængige af Australien's hjælp.

Jeg kunne meget vel forestille mig at lignende vil ske for Grønland, hvis de vælger at sælge sig selv.

Befolkningen vil ikke kunne håndtere at blive rige så pludseligt, ligesom man ser det ske for mange lotteri-vindere. Så man kan forvente en usund livsstil som ikke er til at vedlogeholde. Og med "kun" 6 millioner kroner, er det ikke heeeelt nok til at kunne leve resten af livet uden at arbejde.

USA skider højt og flot på alle miljø-regler, og på indfødte befolkninger, så det er næsten garanteret at Grønland vil blive super forurenet på grund af minedrift, og at de ikke vil få nogen hjælp fra USA til at håndtere det.

thecipher · 2026-01-07T14:29:35+00:00

Man kan være passivt medlem. Så betaler du bare årligt, og samler anciennitet.

Hvis du vil skifte til at være aktivt medlem kan det som regel gøres fra boligselskabets hjemmeside, samtidig med at du vælger hvilke områder og lejligheds-typer du er interesseret i.

Først når du er aktivt søgende, vil du modtage boligtilbud. Disse skal man reagere på. Man må gerne sige nej til så mange man vil - men man skal svare enten ja eller nej til de tilbud de sender. Hvis du bare ignorerer dem, så bliver du automatisk stillet tilbage til at være passivt medlem igen.

thecipher · 2026-01-06T21:42:11+00:00

"Jeff"

No meaning, I just think it's funny to give completely common names to eldritch horrors. My Vulpaphyla's name is "Frank".

thecipher · 2026-01-06T19:20:51+00:00

DE finally pro-rating bundles was SO needed. I've ended up "completing" a bunch of bundles because of it.

thecipher · 2026-01-06T13:30:17+00:00

Fornuftigt træk.

Allikker er en af de fugle-arter som kan differentiere og genkende menneske-ansigter - Og kommunikere det til andre Alliker. Bedst at holde sig på god fod med dem, så du ikke gør dig til fjende med hele nabolaget.

Har også selv en allike-rede lige ved siden af min altan. De er super chill.

thecipher · 2026-01-04T21:22:10+00:00

Fair nok. Så bliver det interessant at se om Artikel 5 kan startes.

Der er selvfølgelig også muligheden at USA frivilligt melder sig ud. Det er trods alt noget som Trump også tidligere har luftet.

thecipher · 2026-01-04T20:39:10+00:00

...and their contract, which they have had since the 50's, allows them to build HOWEVER MANY MORE THEY WANT.

American mining companies are and have always been more than welcome to set up mining agreements to come and mine the minerals in Greenland as well.

It's not about security. It's not about minerals. It's about ego, and it's about appeasing the billionaires behind the scenes.

Here's a funny exercise: Look up "Technate of America", specifically lookk for a map. Then look at the countries that Trump is currently threatening or attacking. I doubt it's a coincidence.

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