Lianodel

joined 2 years ago
[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago

Fun and completely unsurprising fact: this is already the case with Ronald Reagan. He's buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, which charges admission.

These people never stop grifting, even in death.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've had "When Will You Die" by They Might Be Giants in regular rotation.

We'll exhale, we'll high-five

We will know at last how great it is to be alive

We'll be lining up and buying tickets

And then we'll be jumping up and down on your grave

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 week ago

Computer, end simulation.

COMPUTER! END SIMULATION!

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 week ago

Sorry, this is the first I've heard of Palantir Gotham.

Jesus Christ, I hate media-illiterate nerds. Batman, famously, DOESN'T TRUST COPS!

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 week ago

He died as he lived: blaming systemic issues and right-wing violence on minorities.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There's a good movie in there, spread thinly over three. Like butter scraped over too much bread...

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But consider,

gronk

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 month ago

Seeing Copilot in Notepad of all places is what finally made me quit Windows for good.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm on EndeavourOS, which like CachyOS, is a derivative based on Arch. They smooth over a couple of the things that make Arch difficult: the installation, and initial packages.

Part of what makes Arch difficult is that it updates its repositories very quickly. That's good in many ways, because you get new features and new drivers more quickly, but sometimes things are buggy or break. From what I've heard, it's honesty fairly rare nowadays, but it's still a best practice to check archlinux.org before proceeding with a major update.

Anyway, I'm in a very similar boat. I've bounced off of Linux for various reasons in the past, but between Linux getting better and Windows getting worse, Linux is the "just works" option for me. It's not perfect, but any snags I've had have been smaller, less frequent, and more often fixable.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

Windows had trouble with it too and in more irritating ways.

Honestly, I'm embarrassed how long it took me as a human being to realize that things don't have to be perfect to be better. I would be way harder on any change than I was with the status quo.

Anyway, yes, especially after having more and more issues with Windows 11 in particular, for me and my use case, Linux is genuinely easier to use day-to-day. Is it perfect? No. Is it better? Yes, no contest.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 months ago

I do enjoy the tactical side of inventory management, but that's only for a specific kind of game, and even then, slot-based inventory works so much smoother.

 

What makes it your favorite? Do you want to play it? If so, what's keeping you from doing it?

For me, it's Burning Wheel.

I bought it purely based on aesthetics back in 2008ish, then got the supplements, then Gold, then Gold Revised, with the Codex, and the anthology...

I blame it for my weakness for chunky, digest-sized, hardcover RPGs. :P I also like the graphic design, I like the prose (even if it's divisive), and it has both interesting lessons you can plug into other games (like "let it ride," letting success or failure stand instead of making lots of little rolls) and arcane systems that pique my interest (like the Artha cycle, which makes roleplay, metacurrency, skill rolls, and advancement all intersect). I genuinely like reading it for its own sake.

I haven't played it because... well, since it's not D&D, that immediately makes it harder to get people interested, sadly. It's also a bit daunting, given its reputation as a crunchy system. But I have a group of players interested in trying new things, and fewer other games calling for my attention, so hopefully I'll get a chance soon. :)

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