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  3. Posted

    On 10/2/2017 at 7:39 AM, SecretAsianMan said:

     

     

    The illusion of control reminded me of a Kotaku story about how claw machine games are rigged.  It doesn't matter how well you align the claw, only a certain number of times will the machine actually apply enough pressure to successfully grab the prize.  Your odds of winning are predetermined.

     

     

     

    Huh! I used to work at a Round Table Pizza as a teen that had a claw machine that we'd routinely clean out due to how easy it was to win.  I never considered myself good at claw machines, I only considered that particular claw machine to be easy.

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    I read Guns, Germs, and Steel in college and it changed the way I think about basically everything. I don't remember if he used the word 'privilege' but he frames the concept of privilege and systemic inequity in a way that I had not only never considered but had never even been introduced to the concepts prior to that point.  I should go back and reread it.

     

    Also, it heavily informs how I go about worldbuilding in my comics.

     

    Also also re: bidet, we got a $35 barebones water stream only bidet off amazon last year and now I'm spoiled, any toilet without one feels like I'm living in the fucking dark ages.

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    On 6/1/2017 at 9:06 AM, infamous space turtle said:

    EDIT: If any one wants to send me 3d objects to include feel free. Suggestions for weird items is welcome too. 

     

     

    Are you looking for suggestions of things to model or actual models? I can make you some wizardly props if you want.

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    Hey it didn't look like there was an active thread anywhere that's just like, Good Stuff to Watch on Youtube which is a thing I'm pretty much always on the lookout for.  Beyond the perennially good content produced by polygon some of the channels that I've subscribed to that regularly put out good watching are:

     

     

    Gamemaker's Toolkit with Mark Brown - digestible dives into game mechanics that are usually around 8-15 minutes long. Also an excellent series on Zelda dungeons called Boss Keys.

    Noclip's documentary series is probably familiar to thumbs regulars already, but in case it's not: it's good

    Cool Ghosts - the Best Game Ever and Don't Step on my Childhood videos are a lot of fun

    TabiEats - Japanese and other Asian comfort food recipies with demonstrations, and taste tests and reviews of japanese street foods and products from places like Daiso

    Boundary Break - Moving the camera in 3d games to show what's happening outside the camera frustum

    The Gobelins School - Student work from the french animation school

     

    Anyway please recommend me more stuff to put on my queue!

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    babywall: invisible collision barriers that can be dropped to limit other players' movements within the stage

    horsebag: a vaguely horse's head-shaped sack worn over a peasant's head, that maybe has some good or bad effect. maybe it gives peasants horse-speed allowing them to move around the map faster, but also horse-vision, causing all items to look the same regardless of whether they're coins or petards

     

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    What I'm doing: Mostly looking for another project or two that I can contribute some quick 3d assets to! Or possibly 2d assets now that I know a bit about animating in Unity.

    Contact Info: PM via forum is great, I'm also @root in the idlethumbsreaders slack

    Time Zone: utc-8, pacific time

    Portfolio: 

    https://cartrdge.com/root

    https://www.artstation.com/artist/rootsworks

    I also contributed many of the 3d assets used in Henke's Wizard Jam 3 game, In Search of Paradise

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    two thoughts:

     

    1.) the reader who wrote in about having sleepwalking episodes where they had to solve a bomb problem reminded me of a thing that I do, or did, while sleeping, according to my wife and also my family:  though I am no longer religious, I was raised mormon, and for most of my adolescence and early adulthood was very devout, to the point where I spent a few years in england knocking on doors in a suit and tie to annoy people with religion.  one of the things I was trained to do as a missionary was perform exorcisms, and apparently when I'm having nightmares, I will fall back upon that training to deal with whatever supernatural horrors my subconscious decided to hassle me with.  I rarely remember my own dreams, but here is the thing: I am a sleep talker.  when my wife and I were still dating, I would start doing the demons-out routine in my sleep and at first it terrified her until she realized that I was just having a nightmare and dealing with it using the only tools I had.  I have no idea if I still do this, she hasn't mentioned it in recent years, so maybe my slide into agnosticism has finally reached my subconscious as well.

     

    2.) I don't understand how anyone can enjoy photic sneezing. I have hayfever and I'm a photic sneezer and it's like being held hostage by your face for five months out of the year.

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    In the genre of bread, my wife really likes baked pretzels so instead of only having them store-boughten I looked up how to make them and found an Alton Brown recipe and they turned out fantastic so now it's like a biweekly chore for me, so my wife can always have ready access to homemade soft pretzels.  Highly endorse!

     

     

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    Spoiler

    Yeah I thought it was fairly clearly spelled out that his healing factor was finally no longer able to compensate for his adamantium-laced skeleton due to his age.

     

    What I'm kind of wondering is how much of Laura's skeleton got the same treatment as Logan's - he had his bones coated as an adult, but if hers are coated too, wouldn't that kill her in short order, since she's still growing? Or did they just do her claws and leave the rest?  I mean I know it's a comic book movie and everything in it withers under even the smallest amount of medical and scientific scrutiny, but still. STILL.

     

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    On 3/30/2017 at 9:52 AM, Twig said:

     

    It's a hard recommend because I know so many people will be put off by the learning curve. But I also know that now that I have a feel for it, it's so satisfying to slither up and around a series of bamboo poles to get that coin way up high. 

     

    why does a snake need coins

     

    where does a snake keep coins