[–] 3 points 2 days ago

I regularly whistle when I'm just wandering around between things. Strangely it's never a song I know it's always just random tunes I make up as I go. I'll hum or sing songs that get in my head but I'll only whistle along with something already playing.

I also taught myself to whistle with my fingers which is surprisingly useful and only took 1 summer spitting on my fingers to learn how to do.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    I had a couple good runs in Blade and Sorcery. Haven't played in a while and forgot I was going full name build this time. It was great fun when I rediscovered lightning bolts.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    If physics were no object why not have a better tank?

    Walkers generally have lots of problems compared to conventional warfare. Mainly they aren't resilient enough to stand up to much more than rifle or pistol caliber weapons without some hand waving. Joints are super vulnerable if you want them to still move and you can't mount as big a gun as you could on a conventional vehicle on something that walks. We don't currently have something that is portable and powerful enough for what would be needed for most sizes of mech. Also depending on how tall your mech is they are way bigger targets for equivalent firepower compared to a tank and by virtue of following a human body pattern are less armoured.

    So yeah if physics is not a problem then have an anime mech powered by unobtanium with vibranium armour and a giga buster gun, they could fill every role in a conventional military. Mechs are all about the rule of cool. If you want realism then maybe something like an exoskeleton to help infantry carry more kit or bigger weapons. Up to a little bigger than a person they could potentially be useful in dense environments like urban or jungle where things like tanks are vulnerable to ambush by infantry.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 week ago

    UK government is asking people to be prepared and have 3 days of food and water ready. To make an emergency plan like for a fire and to check in with your neighbours in case they need support.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Contact, hell no. Those get fully read before signing. Terms and conditions, like for software, aren't legally binding so why not, I don't read the ones in English already.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Gonna have to go with something like a lasgun from 40k. Given the restrictions of no vehicles or weapons platforms and nothing magical.

    The lasgun is a mass produced rifle which hits something like a modern day 50cal and has basically infinite ammo by being able to recharge the battery packs from literally any available source including sunlight and chucking them in a fire.

    Think of the tech advances we could get from that. The battery alone would change how tech functions. Given how ass backwards the imperium is about tech there's also a decent chance we could work out how to reproduce it pretty quickly too.

    Other good options are fallout laser or plasma guns for similar reasons. I'm trying to remember if those guns take fusion cores because we've been working on that for a very long time.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I genuinely don't know. My beliefs are pretty contradictory on this. Murder is wrong, unless it's self defence in which case it's still bad but better than being killed yourself. This is a pretty core tennant of my beliefs. However I genuinely believe that there are a number of people the world would be better off without. This includes the awful right wing leaders much of the world seems to be under currently and their backers namely every billionaire on the planet. It is potentially possible that with something like the death note I could convince myself that writing those names is self defence, or defence or the planet/ human race. I don't know if I could go through with it or if I'd be able to find someone with more flexible/ extreme views and hand it over to them. Or if I could use it, destroy or hide it and then turn myself in.

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    So I'm sick of supporting fast fashion and could really use some new clothes, especially jeans. I was inspired by the work wear post earlier however I think all the recommendations were US based which aren't that useful for me in the UK. Any suggestions for brands or shops where I can get something which will last? I don't mind paying significantly more for good quality if it's actually good and not just a brand logo.

    EDIT: Thanks for all the suggestions everyone I'll have a good look at these.

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    So I've just started a game of Wildsea (green apocalypse happens and now everyone lives on top of a sea of trees and sales in chainsaw ships).

    I'm running my players through the intro module to search for a library ship then going to let them have at the world.

    Probably going to give them a few options for direction: Foxloft - where every ecological niche is filled with foxes. Dragons Reach - as above but with plant dragons and lots of lizards. (Got the field guide to floral dragons and it just fits so well with Wildsea). The Gau (mushroom people) lands.

    Wildsea is very player driven so I'm not sure what my players are going to be interested in yet as we're only 1 session into this game, they have picked a ship for exploring though so probably plenty of travel.

    Anyone else run Wildsea? Any favourite locations or themes to include in an exploration game?

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