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    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @jaredbusch said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:

      Finally finished the last season of Babylon 5. Such an excellent series.

      Oh man, I need to go back and watch that. Is it on some streaming service?

      Amazon Prime Video

      Oh nice, I didn't realize. That's awesome. Going to start that soon!

      Yup, @JaredBusch got. The "What is coming soon" email is what got me back on it. I never got to watch all of it live, so this was my first time through the whole thing.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @kelly Have you watched Upgrade? I really enjoyed it. Definitely for people who like science fiction.

      I hadn't actually heard of it before now. I also rarely do movies in the theater, so we'll see. It sounds promising though.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @jaredbusch said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @kelly said in What Are You Watching Now:

      Finally finished the last season of Babylon 5. Such an excellent series.

      Oh man, I need to go back and watch that. Is it on some streaming service?

      Amazon Prime Video

      Oh nice, I didn't realize. That's awesome. Going to start that soon!

      Yup, @JaredBusch got. The "What is coming soon" email is what got me back on it. I never got to watch all of it live, so this was my first time through the whole thing.

      Same for me. Came during an era when I didn't have time for TV. Now, binging it, sounds like the way to go.

      Fifth season is a bit slow. I think the writers were surprised that they added another season on the end. I liked the last half of the season, and they did an excellent job finishing the series and wrapping up the major remaining stories.

      posted in Water Closet
      KellyK
      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

      Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone is available on Libby (Overdrive library app) without waiting until September 10th on the off chance that you haven't already read it. (You have read it, RIGHT?) 🙂

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      Just started Amazon Prime's Jack Ryan with John Krasinski

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      GOG Back to School Sale just started.

      Mmm, Freespace 2. Near the top of my list of "games that needed a sequel". An excellent space fighter sim too.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @kelly I want to add in some interesting mini-games that are not necessary but benefit you a lot in the game. Like hacking corporations in a netrunner inspired hacking simulation. The asset you access can be sold, creating side quests that can go well or very poorly depending. Stuff like that

      Well, you have Clarke's first law to lean on. All you have to do then is clothe the character's technical actions in religious trappings and it becomes a mystical act in character. I'm not sure what you mean by a person without enhancements. Would they not be able to jack in then, or is the level of a person's "holiness" measured by the number of cybernetics they sport?

      I meant if "magic" is only manifested inside of this digital world humans created, it stands to reason that a person that is normal, ie un-upgraded/zero enhacements would be completely unaffected by it. This creates problems mechanically within the game

      Why does it have to only manifest in the digital world? If a person has the implants to transfer their consciousness to a digital world wouldn't they also have the capabilities to affect systems in the real world? Or, if they don't "jack in" or are digital athiests they could still have the means (perhaps not cybernetic) to alter external systems. E.g. shutdown security systems, overload power conduits, etc.

      Yes but that's not exactly what I mean. Let's put it in D&D terms. If I cast fireball on you, it's a physical thing that hits an area. It's "real". In this game, it's not a physical thing unless I want to make it physical. It's kind a question of how I want to flavor magic within the game. Nothing about that would stop them from being able to hack systems and bring stuff down etc.

      I'm probably not getting a full picture of what you're going for, but it sounds like a narrative problem and not a mechanical one (at least not yet).

      Why would a cyber-athiest care about the magic of a digital world if they can just shoot one of the faithful? What level of separation are you thinking there would be between the digital and real? It is very hard to emphasize both. You can have a real world that impinges on the digital one (Ready Player One), or a digital one that impinges on the real (can't think of an example right off), but having both be as important as the other gets to be pretty hard to encompass within one game/story.

      Going back to how you can narratively establish cybernetics being able to extend magical powers, nanites are an incredibly useful means to make this happen. Cybermage casts fireball. Actually, he is expelling high speed nanites who fly at his target and create a brief plasma globe around the target and immolating themselves in the process.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

      @ndc said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @wirestyle22

      So it sounds like you are maybe looking for recs mostly in the cyberpunk field but probably not exclusively.

      If you haven't read any Gibson you should do it post haste.

      I think something like the Marid Audran novels starting with When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger would also be excellent for you.

      For something (relatively) recent and super cool but not cyberpunk check out Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang. Not exactly SF or Fantasy, but has some great stuff going on.

      You mentioning Gibson reminded me of Gordon R. Dickson. Not exactly the same, but in it there are human subspecies that have developed their mental powers to the point that it is much like magic. I need to reread those too...

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      anybody else notice Google Chrome is looking different today?

      There was a pretty major UI update just recently.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @kelly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      anybody else notice Google Chrome is looking different today?

      There was a pretty major UI update just recently.

      Noticed that this morning.

      I'm not sure what I think yet. I've been running it for a few days, and I've gotten used to it, but I think I still prefer the previous look.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      I lost interest in Bleach when it moved from the real world and the interactions there to the Soul Society. After that it seemed to lose its way.

      posted in Water Closet
      KellyK
      Kelly
    • Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?

      Since the "What are you watching" thread has been derailed into a Star Wars discussion I figured I would fork it. What are y'all's thoughts on the movies post Episode III.

      • Episode VII

      • Rogue One

      • Episode VIII

      • Solo

      posted in Water Closet star wars episode vii solo episode viii episode ix
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    • RE: Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?

      What is frustrating for me as a long time Star Wars fan is that any criticism of the new movies is painted as based in some kind of bias. The things I hear across the net is that the people who didn't like TLJ or TFA didn't because the main characters were not white males. I'm sure there are some who hate Rei because she is a she, but I dislike her character because there is no story behind her. She is a caricature. I feel like they are actually doing harm to any social justice/representation cause they're trying to promote by not making her more than a cardboard cut out of a character.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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      Because of the way that image is cropped it could be a shot from a Potterverse promo picture.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Watching Now

      @dashrender said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @black3dynamite said in What Are You Watching Now:

      @dashrender said in What Are You Watching Now:

      I'll start by saying I know nothing of the Black Panther comics - but the whole - we gotta get out there and protect the other blacks in the world thing. That really put me off.

      Forgive me but you're looking way to deep into this.

      Really? that was nearly word for word from the movie - how much more surface do you get? Now - if he said - we need to leave our land and protect the people, then I wouldn't be saying anything right now. But they weren't looking to protect everyone.

      That was the dichotomy of the movie. T'Challah was being pressured to help the outside world. His cousin wanted to bring violent justice for Africans and people of African decent. He eventually chose to help all people. The trope was "do we use our knowledge for good or to conquer".

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      D&D night..
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      There's always at least one Caesar Slaad in every party.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      Destiny 2 is free until 11/14 if you login to the Battle.net client.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech

      @scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      @Kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:

      I'm hoping to fit a reread of the Stormlight Archive in over Christmas along with Sanderson's Skyward (going to have to fight for time with that one with my 14 year old).

      I just started book 2. Book 4 is due out this coming year along with the last Wax and Wayne near in time.

      Yeah, I'm pretty excited about what he posted yesterday. Knowing that Stormlight Archive is only 4 of 10 kind of put things into perspective. Sanderson probably has a large group of people hoping for his continued health and well being.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: I’d rather be....

      @dbeato said in I’d rather be....:

      @Kelly said in I’d rather be....:

      Took this a few days ago at sunrise on a beach in Puerto Plata, DR.
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      My country! It is awesome

      It was really beautiful there. The people were amazingly friendly and patient with my broken Spanish.

      posted in Water Closet
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      Kelly
    • RE: I’d rather be....

      @scottalanmiller and @JaredBusch it looks like it is the Shiobara Onsen in Tochigi, Japan.

      posted in Water Closet
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