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Hi,

Sorry guys. Saw the posts on facebook with maps, and came here.

sorry i haven't been able to keep up.

Thanks for giving me a chance!

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Oh and I’m afraid Memnon’s voice is going to become less like Bob and more like Skippy the Magnificent from the Expeditionary Force Series by Craig Alanson. If you haven’t read them, I highly suggest doing so. In fact, I would recommend the audiobooks which are expertly read by RC Bray.

I enjoy it greatly as well. Waiting for the next book. Sometimes it's a curse to be a speed reader!!!

Maybe he drinks and/or eats the various potion ingredients and swishes them around in his mouth? I don't see how that works either, with no flesh, but it would be funny, at least.

...

Is he going to call us stupid monkeys a lot?

So, Eagle Cape (7 k), Spectacles of Understanding (3 k), Hat of Disguise (1.8 k), Merciful Vambraces (8k).

checking in. 20k to play with, right?

So...it's been a year. How hard to catch up?

Edit: Oh! I've been listening to something about a mind reader, then we were attacked and I got confused and was in a coma. Cool, not too much to catch up on! :D

So, if I am a whip wielding rogue, can I attempt this from 10 feet away? Is that "within reach"?

Paizo is amazing. Sure, the ourage was frustrating (I bet as frustrating for them as for us), but I've been working with customer service and they have been, as always, amazing.

Thank you!

As Ramuah is pretty lost and relegated to following along until she figures out a little more, and has no items to identify, she's kinda just following along. I wish I had more to say to assist, but...

Ozark Season 2

Hamar, are you actually down about a third of your hit points still? Are you obviously injured?

Is anyone else in the party obviously injured?

Hopefully that was helpful and didn't ruin everybody's fun. :)

::waves::

Ah, life!

:)

I favorited the campaign, but can't do much more until you invite me. :)

anybody else ever accidently typed "animate date" instead of "animate dead" on a monster sheet?

...

I"m sure it means nothing.

It was cold and unpleasant here. We didn't even hit 80 degrees. :/

Ancient-modern politics:

** spoiler omitted **

Our next game is supposed to feature us, as inter-planetary aliens, come to convert a polytheistic Egyptian based world to our monotheism.

This GM likes to present very limited options, all of them bad, in order to drive some moralistic point home. This time he says the idea is how far will go you in the name of a "good cause".

My first character is going to be a paladin bard, and she will be unwilling to break any eggs to make that omelet. No eggs. No compromise on being good.

He's going to kill her quickly, I think.

My next character is also already planned. Based on Reddington from The Blacklist.

:D

NEKKID! YES! BEST GAME PREP EVA!

Hard Apple Cider and monster building for tomorrow's game! Whoo!

sings

makes sense.

I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer. It's frothy so you'd get full before you get drunk.

I personally don't think you can get drunk on beer because beer is gross.

sips wine

I missed the Naruto thing, it started after I left Japan. So I decided to watch it. There are...a lot if episodes.

I feel bad. Let me 'splain. Not all Lexus drivers are insufferable - but if I find a driver to be insufferable,they are more often than not driving a Lexus.

NobodysHome wrote:

John Napier 698 wrote:

Not sure how to respond to that.

Oh, I'm sure we'd end up in politics and Freehold would throw things at us, but...

I admit I got an amused snort out of "one of the reasons [Californians] fare so poorly is because they're insufferable"...

I find Lexus drivers insufferable...

It's Friday here.

is jealous

gran rey de los mono wrote:

On the topic of "extreme" weather, I've had a few close calls with tornadoes...

I live in New Jersey so blizzards and hurricanes are as bad as we get....

Hurricane Harvey. My home is right next to the Addicks Reservoir.

I used to find rain sounds relaxing - now they are literally panic inducing.

: /

Is it Friday yet? My brain says it's Friday.

Look, until California Man is as amazing as Florida Man, you haven't really won.

On a side note:

I don't really get why people say you shouldn't GM for your BF/GF.

I have a game where it was reeeeeeally bad. The GM was so terrified of getting a reaction from his SO that the game was "GM's SO Heroic Story: How To Make Everyone Else In The Party An Ineffectual And Nameless Lackey"

It almost ruined a multi-year campaign. By the time he finally corrected some of the issues, the SO's power loss did upset her - even if she understood why everyone else had a problem.

The GM has to be sure of not only their own ability to run the game well, but also their SO's understanding and acceptance of the situation.

Boo!

Had to check out the new look.

Really, I'm waiting for the laundry to be done so I can move it to the dryer and get some sleep.

Just to clarify Ramuah's actions, she'll use stand still if an enemy closes to keep them back, and avoid damaging anyone.

Sorry about the plumbing.

Hope everything is all water-tight once more? :)

It cost me almost 10% of the purchase price of my home, and the water main connection pipe is still galvanized and needs replacement, but I'm water tight again. I also still need to fix all my damaged ceiling ngs, from roof leaks during Harvey and the three major leaks from this.

I hear you. I just had a relatively benign subplot explode in my wrath of the righteous game. :)

Ahh! We're moving again! Will catch up! SOrry guys. The freeze in texas a few weeks ago killed my plumbing. Ended up with three major leaks and having a full repipe. It's not a fun excuse, but it's all I've got.

I have enough for one more turkey pot pie!

I am alive. steroids are weird, but I was able to get into my soprano voice - badly, weakly and out of control - but I was able to! yay!

My best suggestion, make a lust of specific examples, and tell him your frustration. Have the examples ready for if he doesn't realize he's doing it. Then ask for / suggest ways to solve the miscommunication.

You know him better than we do. If he's a fair guy, he's just making assumptions, and not thinking about how they affect you. I'm turning 40 in less than two weeks, and my dad still has a hard time my adulthood seriously when I try to help him with a problem

(Getting them to allow me to come home and help when my dad fell and tore his thigh muscle off his knee completely while my mom was recovering from her second brain surgery took determination, recruit of family allies to pressure them, and a refusal to stop asking them to let me help until I wore them down.)

Go in with clear definition of the issue, a positive attitude and determination to find a solution for both of you, and you're making finding a solution easier.

It's hopefully just a misunderstanding / oversight.

Jess Door wrote:

And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.

Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do.

The analogy my C prof used was "like a genie of old -- it does exactly what you tell it to. Nothing more, nothing less." :)

Anyway, this seems like part of a reply to my question about coding v. programming...?

also a response to freeholders comment hat it sounded like math.

And, while programming often utilizes math, it's more like logic.

Programming is like giving instructions to a person with a very narrow and literal ability to think, and perfect obedience. They won't recognize that you asked for something stupid or misspoke. They will try to do it anyway. So be careful what you ask it to do.

Nope. But I'm guessing you(r friend) would not enjoy Houston weather.

It's 75 F today.

The good news: the hair loss is most likely the result of a vitamin deficiency

The bad news: figuring out what's causing the deficiency and other anomalies in my blood-work. Yet more stuff to deal with on the Medical Mystery Tour.

But hey, some of the scary stuff has been eliminated as possibilities, so that's something. And this means my hair is likely to grow back once we've addressed the vitamin deficiency. Which is a relief.

I noticed increased hair loss rates when I was dieting. I have been lazy and gained most of my weight back - but I have an amazing number of long, luxurious locks of red hair. :)

Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C -- or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference -- and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count -- oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) -- my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count things?"

To which I replied "I count them one by one...and then, um, they're counted."

It was that class that prompted me to switch to the electrical engineering program, which I was infinitely better at.

Re: Algorithms

An algorithm is a process used to solve a particular problem

"Sort this list of strings into alphabetical order"
"Solve this equation"
"Search this org chart to retrieve everyone who reports to the person John Smith."

depending on how granular you want to go, a program contains an algorithm, algorithms, and algorithms of algorithms.

Jess Door wrote:

Whoo! :)

CR 30?!? 'Whoo'? O_o

Erm,... I think you meant "AHHHHHHHH!" ;P

Nope! Best case scenario, we complete an amazing fight due to clever play, luck, and tenacity. Worst case, Ramuah goes down in an amazing blaze of glory! :D

Maybe I had bad profs then, they were both first-timers. All I know is I stumbled my way thru C -- or was it C+? Or C++? I don't even know the difference -- and then would have completely failed Assembly if not for my partner who did 99% of the work. In an effort to explain how an algorithm can be written to count -- oh, and this was after the prof explained to me what 'algorithm' means (why not just say "program"?!) -- my Assembly prof asked me "How do you count things?"

To which I replied "I count them one by one...and then, um, they're counted."

It was that class that prompted me to switch to the electrical engineering program, which I was infinitely better at.

I was just the opposite! My degree is Computer Science & Engineering, but my least favorite classes were the hardware theory and design classes, so my work has been nearly all software. :). Thank goodness the world has both kinds of people! I leave hardware to you!

About to do it on vinge. :). Thinking of buying all the manga for this show from Amazon.co.jp.

I started teaching myself programming with a book on basic and an Atari 800 at around 9. I still fail on a lot of the lingo myself, I have to admit. I've ended up a jack of all trades and master of none, but I like having my fingers in ten different pies at once, generally.

God, I'm old. 14 years of software dev experience. Would be more, but who doesn't want to teach English for a couple of years in Japan, no matter how much it sets their career back?

^_-

Jess Door wrote:

John Napier 698 wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."

- Phil Factor

Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.

Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work.

I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach.

Having no experience with (T)SQL, I concede your point. My area of interest is more in the line of Systems Programming.

. Mostly, though, I enjoy imagining sumo wrestlers performing ballet.

Thanks guys. Mostly just trying to be patient while waiting for answers now. And trying not to freak out because some of the options are scary.

Obviously I’m great at patient as evidenced by my impulsive behavior today :P

:(. Hope you get answers soon! I've had laryngitis for a month now, and am seriously annoyed.

John Napier 698 wrote:

Jess Door wrote:

"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."

- Phil Factor

Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.

Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work.

it's all greek to me.

Wait, didn't you mean to say "It's all geek to me." ?

Jess Door wrote:

"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."

- Phil Factor

Mainly because (T)SQL is more like BASIC than C / C++.

Of course I'm undressed. Hard to take a shower wearing clothes. Gotta get ready for work.

I would disagree. I think it is more caused by SQL being optimized for set based operations over a more procedural approach.

"Using recursion in TSQL is like sumo wrestlers doing ballet. It is possible, but not pretty."

- Phil Factor