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Antifa, obviously.

love me some red dwarf, no idea who are those other people

GD always reminds me of this 😄

Do not use a blunderbuss on an Assassin. Except when it's Kitchen Stove with Thunderous Report. The first projectile of a blunderbuss will get the bonus from assassinate, the others will not. Iirc this is also true for mortars since the AoE follows the initial hit and will not profit from Assasinate. Thunderous Report however is a insta-all-hit cone attack that does enormous base damage to begin with and not only profits from Assassinate, Sneak Attack and Deathblows but also from the quality enchantments of the weapon (+ACC, +dmg, +PEN via exceptional --> superb --> legendary etc.). If you can lure enemies to a spot - for example with a tank or some loud spell from stealth you can hit them all with the rather big cone (needs high INT!) and ascend immediately. It also has two damage types (burn/crush) which makes it less likely that you need to use a backup weapon. Backstab only works with weapon attacks from 2m range or less (no spells unless tagged as weapon attack - like Taste of the Hunt), Thunderous Report might work for trgets nearer than 2m.

and by homoerotic thoughts!

I feel like I'm really missing out without Trump being on Twitter for all this

It's so nice... unless I start hearing my tinnitus

"Every loaf of bread is a tragic story of a group of grains that could have become whiskey but didn't."

SpaceX hot fire tests its Starship vehicle three times in four hours.

Unlike the US, in NZ all the perpetrator(s) got arrested and placed in a mental ward 😛

It seems spacing the doses may be more effective. Some more AZ twists... From the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/second-shots-of-covid-vaccine-could-be-delayed-further-in-england "Second shots of coronavirus vaccine could be delayed even further amid growing evidence that spacing out the doses improves their effectiveness." "Evidence now suggests that spacing out doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine may be more effective at protecting people. Clinical trials revealed the efficacy of the vaccine was substantially higher, at 90%, in a subgroup of people who received half a dose followed by a full dose, rather than two full doses, which had an efficacy of 62%." "People who had the half dose then full dose were those who were vaccinated at a longer time interval, roughly six to 12 weeks, and what they’ve seen in their data is that people who have the second dose later probably have a three times higher antibody level than those who were vaccinated earlier" One wonders why The Guardian is so slow coming to this understanding. Data backing this up was included in the UK regulatory approval for AstraZeneca, published 30 Dec. Reporters do need to read beyond the first page to get the scientific rationale for greater spacing of the doses.

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal. The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

Thank you. Memes didn't help either I guess. Na I think I'm done. Let's go in peace and drink a (maybe virtual) beer.

Thought this was funny so I am sharing. First I must deliver the Gromnir disclaimer; The following image is being posted for the purposes of humor and amusement only. Guard Dog (herein referred to as poster) Makes no claims of the veracity of the image, draws no comparisons between this impeachment or the last, or suggest the hobbit or hobbits of middle earth would be on board. The following image does not represent the opinions of the poster the Tolkien estate, the Dunedain Rangers, or any other persons living or dead. The poster is not responsible for the creation of the post and assumes no liability for anyone who is triggered by it.

But the important thing is that the PC version worked fairly well.

I seem to recall I railed against that for being stupid. But you could be right it was a while ago. Like the book thing on the other thread. That is not a failure of the democratic process or any kind of political philosophical argument. It was just a stupid policy done for a stupid reason. I am not blind to the disconnect. A lot of the worst actions of the government are things people voted for. .And I would not change the democratic process if I could even when it leads to outcomes I don’t like. All anyone can do is try and persuade people to do something other. And of course obey the law or don’t. I am all for civil disobedience. And in the last extreme uncivil disobedience. Only the individual can judge what hills are worth dying for and which ones aren’t.

Now I'll picture this every time I read his posts

Whew! I thought something might have been wrong, glad its just speech to text!

Oops, I forgot Paladin's Inspired Beacon (+40%) and Ranger's Takedown Combo (+100%). Also Barb's Blooded (+25%) works with spells. Inproved Critical passive, too.

It is harder, but in case Finland, 50% of population has downloaded corona tracking application to their phones, which informs when person has been in same space with someone who has been tested positive. Which has helped to track possible places of infection

Only in PoE, not in Deadfire. The combat log will say something like "<char> (Fireball) hits <enemy> for 70 burn damage (Deathblows)" - but if you then hover over it and press shift you will see that no Deathblows damge got added. Maybe it was taken out at some point during development.

Ahh, so it's not at a vendor, but the re-supply screen. *facepalm* Thanks!

Despite having very few cases overall we've had a few here where the only link is public transport (buses specifically). Far more from other causes like being family members or workmates, but those are also a lot easier to contain. China's vaccine is fine, at least for efficiency. The Brazil study is being- probably deliberately- misinterpreted, often by those who should know better*. The issue is similar to one there was a brief discussion about a few pages ago about what the efficacy of a vaccine means, practically, and the difference between SARS-CoV2 and Covid19. Most vaccines aren't of the smallpox type eradication sort. Despite everyone talking about 'immunity' as a shorthand that's not what they're talking about when it comes to how well the vaccine works. In part because that isn't really how the human immune system works. The- pretty much fake news- headlines about China's vaccine having a ~50% effectiveness are an example. It's 50% effective, if you include asymptomatic and very mild infections. Sounds kind of bad, however, it's 100% effective against severe covid19. You can still be infected by SARS-CoV2 post vaccination, but you won't get severe covid19 from it, and your chances of getting covid19 at all are reduced ~80%. It's reduced the chances of getting infected, and the effects of the infection. To illustrate the point, the highly effective Pfizer vaccine's efficacy drops precipitously if you do the analysis the same way that was done to the sinapharm one, ie include everyone reporting mild symptoms and those with positive PCR but no symptoms. Indeed, it actually has a worse efficiency than sinapharm in that case. It's irrelevant in both cases, because an infection that causes minimal harm might as well not exist. 'Covid19' defines a set of symptoms caused by the SC2 virus, severe enough to kill. If you don't/ didn't have the symptoms you don't have the disease, what you have is another coronavirus contributing to the mix of various viruses that causes the 'common cold'. *I made fun previous of the BBC for their utterly partisan coverage of Sputnik vs AZOxford compared to how the results turned out and they're now repeating the 50% effective claim acritically as well. Useless coverage is part of the reason we end up with antivaxxers, and by and large the coverage has been a masterclass in Western Exceptionalism instead- indeed, as mentioned yesterday, the Chinese vaccine being indemnified is used to build suspicion without mentioning the context that the western vaccines are indemnified in the same way too.

It says so in the source you linked: "The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe heavily. These liquid particles are different sizes, ranging from larger ‘respiratory droplets’ to smaller ‘aerosols’. Other people can catch COVID-19 when the virus gets into their mouth, nose or eyes, which is more likely to happen when people are in direct or close contact (less than 1 metre apart) with an infected person. Current evidence suggests that the main way the virus spreads is by respiratory droplets among people who are in close contact with each other. Aerosol transmission can occur in specific settings, particularly in indoor, crowded and inadequately ventilated spaces, where infected person(s) spend long periods of time with others, such as restaurants, choir practices, fitness classes, nightclubs, offices and/or places of worship. More studies are underway to better understand the conditions in which aerosol transmission is occurring outside of medical facilities where specific medical procedures, called aerosol generating procedures, are conducted." "To limit the risks of getting COVID-19 follow these basic precautions: Follow local guidance. Check to see what national, regional and local authorities are advising so you have the most relevant information for where you are. Stay at least 1 metre away from others, even if they don’t appear to be sick. Wear a mask, especially when you can’t physically distance. Read our Masks and COVID-19 Q&A and watch our videos on how to wear and make masks." Did you even read that? Turned out I could prove you wrong. Easily. Next: Skarpen saying that Christmas party at home isn't the same as spending long periods of time with others idoor... After that: Skarpen saying that when they are all healthy they can't spread the virus at the Christmas party. Too bad that 50% of spreaders show no symtoms and appear healthy.

No, only Assassinate. Things that affect spell dmg from the top of my head: Might Assassinate on crit (if not DoT) crits (not dmg but duration if DoT) Blightheart enchantment for Wizards Griffin's Blade some pets (also the ones that boost "ranged" dmg Eternal Devotion Sasha's Singing Scimitar's Shocking Prelude

Nearly nothing what Skarpen said is correct. I know it doesn't make any sense to try and discuss with him, but for anybody else interested here are some links about how masks work against Covid-19: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/51/32293 https://www.zmescience.com/science/hamster-face-mask-covid-study-15324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7253999/ Study that shows that Covid-19 doesn't only spread via droplets (which don't fly) but also via aerosol (which does): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.13.20063784v1.full-text

Oh, Troubleshooter. I was actually eyeing that one. Melkathi the mindreader strikes again. 😛

All the points in my post are about Finland's situation

Got started on the XCOM-clone, JRPG, Harry Potter prequel Getting ready to head for Hogswart Waiting at station 9 3/4 Meeting Luna on the train (that's why I dislike prequels - characters so very often have quite different personalities to the original)

Big sunk of FInland's corona cases because of travelling (people visiting their families in countries with higher infection rate, people going in vacations in ski resorts etc. and socialize freely with other people there). Family gatherings have been also major source of infections. Visiting members of family in care homes also caused problems in start. And again in December. There has been only small number of Infections in hospitals and those who have been infected are nurses and doctors who have tended patients that didn't know that they were infected. Infections traced to public transportation that isn't airplane are zero.

A COOL suggestion for Grounded : Taming; In my opinion taming would be a good thing to add to the game for solo players and coop. Like imagine having a tamed worker ant bring food, tadpole as a under water mount, or even a spider as a mount. There is SOOO much you can you can do to this game and I would love to see it! But in my opinion and companion in the game would make exploring much more fun and safe. I would love this for my solo "Whoa!" play through. It would help a lot. Like, Minecraft, Subnautica, or Minecraft.

I am requesting that the "Memorized Recipes" section of the smoothie menu actually list the recipe ingredients. Currently, the "memorized recipes" only lists the recipes discovered, but doesn't tell me what the ingredients for those recipes are. If I don't have the correct ingredients in my inventory, I am naturally unable to make the recipe. Since it does not show me the required ingredients however, I do not know what ingredients to go find and collect. Maybe my in-game Avatar remembers the recipe, but the real me does not. This creates a immersion-disconnect. This is a pretty significant quality of gameplay issue that would hopefully be fairly simple to solve. Thanks for listening!

Well when both parties agree on the same things that I despise (protect Israel, imperialism, foreign intervention, ect.) yet Republicans are extremely ass backwards on social and economic issues, I'd prefer Dems as a 1 party state over a worse 2 party state IF a 3rd party is impossible.

Actually "Isometric Wing" was the name of the speedmetal band I was part of in the early 90s.

Climbing towers will be easier with Force Jump.

Since the Grounded twitter page recently presented a question about who the "next new neighbor" should be, I think now would be a good time to suggest a fifth playable character. Perhaps a customizable character? The customization categories could be split into Gender, Head, Hair, Clothes, and Voice. Gender: Lets the player choose between a boy or girl. Determines which animations and body/clothing/armor models to use for the player character. Head: Could contain either sliders for specific face parts or preset face shapes. Perhaps both? Hair: Contains a selection of basic hairstyles. Five options per gender would be a good starting amount. Clothes: Contains clothing subcategories for Body, Legs, and Feet. Five options per subcategory would be a good starting amount. Voice: Contains voicetypes for the player character to use when grunting, commenting on things, etc. Could have four voicetypes, two masculine voices and two feminine voices. Perhaps have a pitch slider for more customization? Color: Every category (except voice) and subcategory could have a selection of colors for further customization. This could be either a selection of predefined colors or a color wheel. Perhaps both? Saved Teens: If the player has made a custom teen, they can choose to save it for later use when starting a new game or when respawning. Gender Filter: Every category could have a checkbox to show/hide feminine/masculine options. Future Expansions: As the game is worked on, the options available for custom teens could be increased via either content updates or DLC.

First half of the COVID vaccination acquired!

some kind of sprig and fiber coil rope ladder would be cool, and not outside of the realm of possibility in my opinion. Bridges are already something we can build in game with the current materials.