racke7
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racke7 · 16 hours ago
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Took a nap mid-day bcs I was tired.
Went to bed at 1am, like a responsible adult.
Unable to fall asleep, I started thinking about trying to min-max the Waifu-Catalog with as many leveling-systems as possible.
Kept being unable to sleep. Crawled out of bed at 3am, bcs fuck it. My brain demands a spreadsheet for min-maxing.
Made a list of various games with leveling-system, and how they're different from each other. Then went searching through the rule-system about how the "Auto-connect"-intensity modifier works.
Realized that it's possible to Buy a character, connect to its leveling-system, and then immediately Sell that character back (meaning that they only cost 20% of their listed price).
There are a lot of characters from worlds with a leveling-system who cost 10-credit or less. Including Disgaea, Overlord, SAO, Skyrim, Bloodborne, and FF14.
Which translates into: For the price of like... fuck-all, you can get Skyrim's Alchemy, Disgaea's Reincarnation, ALO's flight, and Bloodborne's Insight.
BUT, it would mean min-maxing things in a way that probably wouldn't make it a good story, in no small part because there'd be way too much shit to keep track of.
(Not to mention the regular "The Gamer"-problem of how EXP generally incentivizes you into becoming a murder-hobo. Or how the "lore" of WC is explicitly about entertainment-value, which sounds like "we'll let you cheese the rules only for as long as you don't bore us", after which they're just as likely to insta-kill you for being obnoxious.)
Disclaimer:
Is Waifu-Catalog a good setting? No. It's an incredibly ham-fisted way to let you write sex-scenes between all of your favorite "sexy characters" in a way that "totally makes sense, promise". And it's also a carte-blanche for behaving "however evil as you'd like to" because the setting makes Warhammer40k sound optimistic.
However, I keep coming back to poke at it, because I really like min-maxing shit and there's an unfortunate amount of overlap with that hobby and WC's "designed to make you a god"-builds. And they have a surprisingly well-designed web-page for keeping track of things, which is convenient.
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racke7 · 1 day ago
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light was such a loser cuz he didnt just google the 100 richest people and start writing down names
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racke7 · 1 day ago
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This was shared as a "bad" joke but I was so charmed by it I've been thinking about it for days.
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racke7 · 2 days ago
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racke7 · 2 days ago
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Doctor sent me a memo.
I'd sent her a message explaining that the pain-pills she wanted me to take did fuck-all for me. I reiterated that my pain _accumulates_, and that Naproxen is the only thing that's done anything to it, after I was stuck with the pain for eight months straight.
She responded that it's still bad for my heart+kidneys, that there are "no signs of inflammation from the tests" (that I took whilst on Naproxen) and that I should instead take a new pain-pill that'll solve everything.
Which... implies that she doesn't know that I was on Naproxen at the time? Despite reluctantly prescribing it to me?
It also sounds as if she believes that I take Naproxen as a pain-pill, instead of for its anti-inflammatory properties. Which I don't, because then it would be:
Wake up in pain -> Take Naproxen -> Wait an hour -> No pain.
But it's actually:
Wake up in pain -> Take Naproxen morning+evening for 1-3 days -> No pain.
As in, it very much seems to be struggling to "get on top of things", and then it finishes (most likely with "removing the inflammation") and I could theoretically just quit taking the pills without worrying about pain (but unfortunately it inevitably returns after an unpredictable amount of days).
I'd also really like to get the actual statistics that she keeps quoting at me. Because like, as I was writing this? I tried looking it up. And the first article on Google-scholar when searching for "naproxen heart"? Is an article from 2014 that says:
A full-doze of naproxen (500mg 2/day) can stop blood-clots and help prevent heart-problems.
Can I rely on random articles on Google-scholar? No. I can't even be certain that I know how to read them properly (I had to look up way too many words), but like...
I'm really starting to feel like there's been an erosion of trust here.
But... nah, I'm not going to take those pills until after the holidays, because I'll be driving my car a lot, and apparently it's dangerous to mix it with driving a car. We'll see if it completely fucks me up after I need to actually be places, and then I can send her a new message about how she's wrong about everything.
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racke7 · 3 days ago
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Hmm. Okay. So, it looks like my internet-trouble isn't solved, bcs twitch can still lag to the point where the chat freezes and stops updating.
(If the video stutters, it could be that it might be a streamer-based problem, but the chat itself breaking?)
Not great, because this means I have to call in and report this problem again. But also... hmm...
Youtube has been lagging for me. As in, the basic UI of youtube has been lagging and freezing in ways that feel very absurd. So I looked it up and-... Apparently youtube now has memory-leaks on firefox?
As in, if you watch a video, and then click on another video (in the same tab) congratulations, you're going to need to restart firefox to get rid of the inevitable lag. So the way around this is to never do that? And that might help with the problem?
Like, this is clearly not my internet-problem, but it does mean that something is happening with youtube in general for me, and since that's one of two streaming-sites that I actually watch?
Basically? It's possible that the freeze-stuttering might not just be an internet-connection thing, but also a site-hates-firefox thing. Which isn't exactly great news (bcs that's still a problem) but it makes me hesitant to restart my complaint until I figure out what the fuck is up with that.
Twitch having the same problem is a point against this theory, but then I don't know how twitch's code works. It's possible that they're cooperating for some dumbass (probably chrome-related) reason, and thus have the same problem with firefox.
(Not to mention the various warnings I keep getting in zoom-calls with my teacher about my "unstable internet".)
But yeah. I'm probably going to ignore this problem until after the holidays, because nobody will be trying to fix it before then anyway and hopefully the memory-leak thing can be patched up, letting me prove that the stream-problems are internet-related instead of browser-related.
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racke7 · 3 days ago
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my favorite toxic macro
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racke7 · 4 days ago
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"Yes, I completely agree that monarchy is, in general, unsustainable; no matter how robust the system is, it's ultimately dependent on the person on the throne not being a malicious idiot, and given enough generations you're bound to get one eventually. However, I personally am a just monarch, so as long as I live forever that's that problem solved. Now pass the mercury."
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racke7 · 5 days ago
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Thanks to a very helpful person (and no thanks to the RNG, geez), Christmas-spirit has been updated:
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Tummy bare in winter is... a bit outlandish, but she's wearing mittens, so I feel like it about evens out.
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racke7 · 6 days ago
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Getting into the festive spirit (i guess)
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racke7 · 7 days ago
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Finally!
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lvl 60 on everything
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racke7 · 7 days ago
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WHY ARE YOU MARKED RED ON SHINIGAMI, WTF DID U DO
i cant even post moths anymore. because of woke
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racke7 · 9 days ago
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Huh.
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racke7 · 9 days ago
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racke7 · 9 days ago
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My internet has been investigated by a professional.
There might be something weird with the big cables (to quote the guy: the "inner-pair" and "outer-pair" of the eight-cables are of different lengths, but by all accounts still work just fine), but my own equipment has at least passed (no extra-fine for crying wolf for me).
The weird stability-thing continues to be weird. And current test is for them to switch my internet-provider (internet-provider has a use-contract with the cable-operators, who are the ones investigating) over the weekend. See if the problem is on that end.
It's possible that this is the case (at which point I guess I'll try to switch permanently), or that it's that weird cable-length resulting in the problem (which is... a whole different can of worms).
#also. after a full week with only paracetamol. i'm back on naproxen (self-decided) after sending an update to my doctor#(basically amounting to ''you do know that this spine-pain never actually goes away on its own. right?'')#(with an addition about how paracetamol doesn't even really do anything for me. as far as pain-reduction goes.)#(but yeah. the pain builds up over time. sometimes very little time is needed. but giving it more time isn't gonna make it go away)#(i know this bcs it took me EIGHT FUCKING MONTHS to get these pills in the first place. and they were the only things that helped.)#(you think i didn't try other pain-meds before that? you think i didn't try to exercise? you think i didn't change my sleep-posture?)#(i had eight months. i bought an entirely new fucking bed. i slept in a fucking hammock. i tilted my bed. i tried sleeping sitting up.)#(until naproxen? NOTHING FUCKING WORKED. and at this point... if i get heart-issues ten years from now?)#(at least i've had lived a comfortable life up until that point. and there's heart-medicine that can probably keep me going even longer)#bcs her most recent attempt at ''fixing my medication'' is effectively to tell me to close my eyes and make a wish#which isn't really a viable option. ''but exercise-...'' ''i've said MULTIPLE TIMES that exercise has never had an impact''#sure. exercises from the physiotherapist might have different results. but after a full month of them? no sign of those results.#and after one week off my pills (reduced)? i was sleeping in shifts (from back-pain) and struggling to stand straight#and my flexibility was so ruined that i suddenly remembered why i learned to never turn in my seat when reversing the car#(bcs i can't fucking move like that. moving like that is impossible. look in the mirrors. hope for the best)#so yeah. back on my pills. and my doctor can fight me over it. once they get around to reading my message.#won't stop me from doing the exercises. bcs let's face it i probably need them for other reasons. but yeah.#personal stuff#rants
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racke7 · 10 days ago
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Due to his unrelenting determination to keep his town safe, Danny is bestowed a green lantern ring. Which on one hand: Yay! He gets to explore space full time. But on the other hand: Ew! he's a space cop now.
He had to rectify this immediately or he would never hear the end of it from his ghost friends. Or his regular friends for that matter. Sayyy, it'd be a shame if he.... bent a few rules. Maybe even broke some of them every now and again. And it would surely be a tragedy if say.... random pranks started happening around Oa?
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racke7 · 10 days ago
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Jazz just wanted to finish her shopping and make the trip back home. But no. Some fruitloop decided to pull out a weapon and yelling at everyone to get on the floor and give him all their valuables.
Please.
It didn't even take Jazz give second getting the guy kicked out of the store without issue. Stupid idiot. If he's going to pretend being a clown, at least be funny and well... intimidating.
"... you just became the Jokers target..."
"She won't survive the night."
"Poor thing."
Jazz didn't bother with the comments and just went back to her car.
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