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  • Exactly, Chess is Mario Kart.

    Anyone can learn how to play Chess. Anyone can learn how to play Mario Kart.

    You slap a controller in someone’s hand tell them “A” is go and they can play Mario Kart. Sure they have to learn the track, where to collect power ups, where the shortcuts are, and eventually they have to learn about and master drifting.

    But being a genius in Mario Kart doesn’t make you a genius. No heist movie ever said, “And this genius over here? They scored first place in 200cc Special Cup.”



  • Let’s start with Vodka. What a fucking waste. Vodka, at it’s best, is supposed to be flavourless. So you’re already off to a terrible start. If you’re asking for a Vodka Martini you’re asking for Strong Vermouth.

    So let’s get that out of the way. You need the standard gin. Gin is delicious. There are many different Gins to choose from. Gin has actual flavor. I like Hendricks, but try and figure out which Gun you like best. Beefeater is great for a gin & tonic, might not work as well in a Martini. Try a few different options.

    Now we’ve got Gin and vermouth. Those two work together beautifully.

    Now I like a good olive. I say make that fucker dirty. Extra dirty. OLIVE ME THE FUCK UP! That’s what I want. You want it straight up? Fine. I think it’s packing but it’s the traditional way and I won’t complain. You want a cocktail onion? That’s called a Gibson and I ain’t complaining.

    But GIN THAT FUCKER UP. Fuck off with your weak ass Vodka Martini. I don’t care if it’s Grey Goose or some other “fancy” shit. That ain’t no Martini.



  • I love pineapple and really strongly dislike it on pizza. The only time I’ve had “acceptable” pineapple on pizza is when it was chopped up really tiny and I could barely taste it.

    My problem with pineapple on pizza is,

    • Hot/warm pineapple is gross.
    • Pineapple makes the pizza watery.
    • Pineapple adds a sweetness that a pizza just doesn’t need. It detracts from other flavors.
    • Again hot/warm pineapple tastes gross.


  • I’m also surprised and disagree again.

    I’m running a campaign now and jmit takes place in the Underdark. Guess what, they worship Lolth and are pretty evil. I’ve got some Duergar down there too. I took ideas of the Drow city straight from the Into the Abyss module. I didn’t use the exact city, but it was my base of ideas.

    Additionally I’ve taken ideas from the Acquisitions Incorporated book and made the item “Orrery of the Wanderer” a key part of my story. The reason I did that was because I found it to be an interesting item with interesting lore.

    Look at it like Legos. If someone handed you a big crate full of Legos you could build something really cool. In fact you could build anything.

    However if, instead of a big crate, someone handed me three medieval sets and a ninja set. If I build them exactly as instructed, I still get a cool set. Sure I would have a hard time making a WW2 fighter out of the medieval and ninja sets, but that’s ok. And if I tweak the sets a little I still get something that is my own.


  • I disagree. I think having a base to work from is helpful, both to players and DMs.

    For example I don’t want to create a pantheon of gods. I might want to create a few unique gods within my setting, and if they conflict I’ll change some rules accordingly, but I want something to build off of. Similarly if a player wants to create a paladin or cleric they can just pull from the standard list.

    Also if the official lore is fun, it’s more fun to build off of. I’ll enjoy reading it more and I’ll enjoy using it.


  • I’m willing to discuss UI/UX issues but that top comment is just stupid.

    The first complaint is that “lemmy.world” shouldn’t exist, because websites should be dot com. That’s not a UI/UX issue, that’s just ignorance. As we all know Bluesky has also failed to pickup any users due to its URL bsky.app, you obviously can’t have a dot app website!

    The second argument is worth looking at, but it’s unclear based on their comment what went wrong. If you go to Reddit and search for Brazil/Brasil do you just magically find every community you’re looking for? I doubt it. Discovery can and should be improved but this person found an instance before a community?


  • As a quick test, 300 words of “Lorem Ipsum” compresses down to about 900 bytes (using gzip).

    So I’ve got about 300 or so words worth of storage, probably more of I get clever.

    Now I can’t natively decode gzip, but the header is unique enough that I’ll figure out how to decode it pretty quickly.

    That’s more than enough to explain to myself what’s going on, what I’ve tried and anything else I’d want to know.

    If we add other people then that’s basically infinite storage.









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    Because that’s what makes it funny.

    Any real brand would work, but “Have a Let’s™ Brand Potato Chip” reminds you that it’s fake. By having a real brand you have that brief moment of confusion before realizing it must be fake, but it’s funny to think about the “what if”.

    If it is real advertising, then kudos to Cinnabon for being early to the game. It will be like Branded Twitter accounts where Wendy’s capitalized early, it was funny, but now no one cares.