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2019-09-27, 08:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-27, 08:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Are you implying I don't already have inhuman Charisma? *swishes hair*
I've been working the other end whenever I use superpowers, everything's incredibly specific and under a strict 'one person one power' policy. And they get to the level of 'launch any object in your hand directly away from your center of mass with a force of 20kN', which means how you use your power matters more than what it is in many cases. It's slow going, as I tend to need to add more specifics to powers that start to become game breaking (the one teleporter I have has to get into a vehicle before they can exit any other vehicle in the same 'system', and even that's causing problems).
But the fun part has been working out the implications of literally one in a million people having a power, and having no duplicate powers. It makes the rare superpowered conflicts relatively weird until somebody just resorts to mundane means.
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2019-09-27, 08:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-27, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-09-27, 09:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2010
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- The Primus Imperium
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
I have the power to have all the powers I want.
Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.
Primal ego vos, estis ex nihilo.
When Gods Go To War comes out March 8th
Discord: HalfTangible
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2019-09-27, 09:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2015
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2019-09-27, 09:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-27, 09:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Well I know the moderators and the admin will have superpowers of a deity or perhaps overdeity.
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2019-09-27, 11:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
A major part of the story is they aren't super heroes, they just think they are. Life is a sentient organism (think big biological computer with life forms as parts) that is essentially divine. In ancient times Earth was repeatedly invaded by aliens so Gaia gave some humans super powers and immortality to fight them. These are where our gods come from, all of which died once the aliens were gone and Gaia rescinded her powers. The supers are tearing things up, not realizing their existence is because another fleet is coming into the solar system.
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2019-09-28, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2014
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2019-09-28, 04:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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- London, UK
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
We must never forget that with great power comes great energy. Or little time, I guess.
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2019-09-28, 06:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
I've still not worked out the full backstory for my 'supers', it's not really the point of the story and the supers themselves don't care. As far as anybody knows they just appeared one day, and can work out on which one.
It was probably a Tuesday.
Look, it's as my grandma said. 'If you want great power be prepared for a shock from the massive charge'.
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2019-09-28, 10:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
My power is to have all the powers I want.
My Avatar is Glimtwizzle, a Gnomish Fighter/Illusionist by Cuthalion.
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2019-09-28, 11:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.
Primal ego vos, estis ex nihilo.
When Gods Go To War comes out March 8th
Discord: HalfTangible
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2019-09-28, 11:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-28, 11:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
I have the power to strip anyone of any power they have.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-09-28, 11:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Hate me if you want. But that's your issue to fix, not mine.
Primal ego vos, estis ex nihilo.
When Gods Go To War comes out March 8th
Discord: HalfTangible
Extended Sig
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2019-09-28, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-28, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Birmingham, AL
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2019-09-28, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Spoiler: Guide to eclipses☀️🌑🌎: Solar Eclipse
🌑🌎☀️: Lunar Eclipse
🌎☀️🌑: Apocalypse
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2019-09-28, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-28, 01:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-28, 02:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2019-09-29, 04:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Has any one seen my jar of anti-protons or my cyclotron of positrons?
Side employment:
Professor Emeritus:Studies of Supernatural Events and Countermeasures;
Miscatonic University, Nashville Campus
sig thread is here
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2019-09-29, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-30, 07:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-30, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
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2019-09-30, 11:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Every now and then, my job throws me an interesting curveball which spins a little further than anyone would have expected. We have a test rig for running certain specific tests on a specific subcomponent shipped from abroad in order to make sure they're not faulty. No one knows what it does in anything but very broad terms, and there is no documentation whatsoever. Furthermore, it can only be run from a single laptop which we can't update for compatibility reasons and can't hook up to the rest of our network for security reasons. In fact, the only thing we have is the source code. In Visual Basic. Dating back to before .NET. And there's basically no separation between GUI and back-end code. Drek.
Having toiled away at this code for a week now, though, I'm starting to get a hang of the general structure, but that also means I'm starting to uncover the truly atrocious programmer sins. The greatest evil, found to day, is an enum1. This enum described a memory address, and all names would describe a value in the high millions. This enum was used for one variable in a subroutine I was interested in, and that variable was assigned... a "1". There's no 1 among the defined names for this enum, nor is 1 a valid memory address. And it's just passed into the still unexplored murky depths of the program, so I don't know how it's used either. If this would have been some murky backwater file, I would just have declare the code to be bugged and assumed it wasn't ever executed, but this code is called all the time. My mind is boggled.
Unrelated to this evil, I showed my boss the code for these tests, and he forbade me from mentioning it to my friends, because if it got out we have to work with Visual Basic, he would never be able to hire anyone again. I tried to blackmail him into giving me a pay raise, but he didn't fall for it.
1For the non-programmers, an enum (or enumeration type) is a way to say specific numbers mean specific things, so you can use the name instead of the number in the code, thus increasing readability and reducing the risk of errors. For example, I could make the months of a year an enum, so instead of using "1" all over the place to mean January, I could just write "January" and the computer will resolve the value for me.Clouddreamer Teddy by me, high above the world, far beyond its matters...
Spoiler: Banner by Vrythas
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2019-09-30, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Well I threw up just now. Looks like I'll be calling in sick tomorrow.
Running myself a hot bath to help me feel better, get clean and stop feeling like a terrible person for being attracted to my friend. Hopefully I can manage one of the three.
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2019-09-30, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: SZbNAhL's Similarly Sibilant (if unpronouncable) Random Banter #223
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Depending on the causes of your stomach upset, you may want to consider the various things that have worked for me over the years:
- Carbonated water
- Candied ginger
- Benadryl
- Avoiding certain foods
- Choosing smaller containers to drink whiskey from
You are allowed to be attracted to your friend, and it does not make you a terrible person. It's not necessarily something you get to act on, but feelings are feelings and humans get to have those.