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 No.41994[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Every other board has their own /general/ and it might be better to post about little known hobbies here, rather than have a new thread that gets 2 replies.

How about horseback riding?
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 No.71284

>>70172
Do you still upload?


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 No.68295[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Book discussion. Tell us what you're reading.
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>>71180
>>71182
>>71179
>>71176
>Books like these
If you want another book related to Psychonautics and funny experiences without drugs like RAW books, go read
>Stoned Free / Free Rides: How to Get High Without Drugs by Douglas Rushkoff and Patrick Wells
This book teach you a lot of techniques, maybe it can be kinda old book with a lot of pseudoscience woo-woo beliefs kinda new ager minded but the techniques still work and there's no need to take a dogmatic belief of the books (i still to rational and i know that a lot of the techniques work based in mind-body-suggestionability relationship and not a woo-woo occult force, the book is in a way like this with more focus in experimentation)
>Also
Be warned that maybe some techniques are dangerous for your health but you can get how to manage that with a little investigation of these topics in modern internet.

 No.71255

>Shogun
>Dune
>LotR
>ASoIaF
Currently reading these four, or trying to at least. Feels like it will take forever, but I'm determined to finish them all.

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>>71255
If you enjoy asoiaf, you should read some of the stuff Joe Abercrombie wrote. He still publishes and is working on a new trilogy unlike GRRM who hates his fans.

I read a book that was reccomended by a friend called "The Power of One" about a British South African during apartheid. Its like a white savior story where the British descendants unites all the tribes of Africa and defeats Nazis. 0/10 would not reccomend. It has a few impossible to ignore plot contrivances that dont get resolved in a very satisfying way.

What should I reccomend my friend read as punishment?

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>>71255
Wouldn't it be better if you read them one at a time? Especially if they are long.

 No.71309

Just bought Tender Is the Flesh


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 No.33619[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Has anyone read 5e's fucking Ravenloft?
Just some of the horrid shit in it:
>Strahd's played off as what amounts to Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Angelus levels of edge, literally feels nothing and seemingly has no interests above the usual, though not for the same Bram Stoker's Dracula tier reasons, Literally just wants Tatanya as if a meaningless trophy on his belt
>These dumb faggots made it so that Strahd wants to turn whatsherface not into a vampire bride, or hell, even a true vampire, BUT VAMPIRE SPAWN (You know, sniveling wall crawling nosebleed assface monster vamps?)
>Tatanya's a nigger
>The reincarnation is a nigger
>Strahd's wives are niggers
>Nigger Mayor of a town surrounding the land
>Evil white "everything is fine man"
>Strahd's a Bisexual sodomite degenerate with two male consorts to boot
>Made Barovians "Diverse"
>Made Strahd's conquering of the land sound tyrannical as fuck and less just
>Made it so that Some have Barovians have souls and some don't because of 5e's ravenloft being in a private demiplane, stopping newborn bodies from getting souls, in a piss-poor attempt to mimick the Old demiplanes of dread thing where some residents are literally just NPCs made by the powers, even though this makes no sense to anyone who's had to deal with Gulthias in 3.5 and Ashradorn in the whole Soul font thing with the ban on unborn souls in lore, so these people should be getting souls, because otherwise the demiplane would have to deny all positive energy for this shit to even remotely work
>All done because they're too lazy to redo the demiplanes of dread just like before,
>Strahd now heals for 20 in his fast heal
>Mongrel Men are the results of Racemixing past the half-race stage suffer for it, check their description and it's fucking played off as a good thing despite them being ugly mutants beyond redemption in their racial descriptions, the self-unawareness is real

This is why warhammer roleplay and castle drachenfels will always be superior
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>>70730
Glad to hear you had fun! Indeed, it seems there is hope ahead, if not for a good game, then at least for interesting interactions.

I came across an old article recently discussing this exact difference in philosophy, the divide between the "game-players" and the "role-players." I always assumed the latter style of play took root in the late 80s, but it was happening even in 1977, only three years after the release of Original D&D.

So there have been misunderstandings since the very start. The game is supposed to be about acquiring treasure, magic items and XP, building a stronghold, having your own army and claiming a piece of the land as your own. If your character isn't interested in any of that, then they shouldn't be an adventurer.

>The player who lost his character got into an argument with another player because that player didn't come to his aid when he was the only one who could've done something.

I bet/hope one day, in the not too distant future maybe, this player will look back on this moment and realize they were actually having fun. This sort of interaction is more real than anything narrative-based games can create.

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>>70782
You're right, this thing probably began with the game itself, it's just that my personal experience is different. But the worst part of pet characters full of personality, besides having to sit through a 10 minutes argument between two imaginary bozos, is the impact this stuff has on the DM.

I'm pretty sure he's prone to fudge and pull punches because of this. The game just gets smoother if nobody dies. I asked if he could have his attack and dmg rolls in the open and he said he prefers to keep it a secret to 'keep up the tension'. Bullshit. The dice gives you a probability, that's where the tension is. I can just tell he's pulling the teeth from the monsters. I hate toothless monsters, fuck. I don't even blame him honestly, the players are whiny bitches and he's afraid to lose them.

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>>70823
Hello anon!
How is the game going? Are you still playing with that group? Did your comrades manage to grow some appetite for wealth and glory?

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>>71297
Yes, we're 17 sessions in. And yes, the party is taking risks now, though one of the players made a claustrophobic character who refused to go inside the dungeon and literally spent an entire session watching the game happen while his character took care of the horses back on the surface. A claustrophobic character. In a DUNGEONS & Dragons game. I shit you not. By next session the character predictably managed to overcome his fears without any psychiatric help and joined the dungeon crawl.

Other than that, after my aggressive tutelage during the first four or five sessions, the game is progressing smoothly now, and handholding is no longer needed. Dungeon crawling is almost just going through the motions at this point, and everybody has their own little thing going on back in town. Everybody's happy. It's been an OK, fun game with a good group, but I've done this one million times before. Way too many times. It's hard to get excited about watching one more monster drop, adding one more imaginary gold coin to the purse, and so on. One more piece of intrigue. At least this adventure has an ending, though I don't think we'll get there for at least another couple of months' worth of sessions.

I dunno, I fucking hate this game I guess, but I have nothing else to do, and I've been gaming for so long that it's become this strange habit at this point. I think it's like those people who hate their jobs but have been doing them for so long that they miss the office during vacations. It's not just gaming, either. I despise all my little hobbies. Meh. Anyway, not bad overall. Probably doomed to game, I guess. Jesus fucking Christ.

What about you? DMing something?

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>>71299
Ah, so it seems you're back to that ambivalent state of kinda dreading it, but still finding enough bits of enjoyment during it to keep going, similarly to your previous game. I guess that's normal to some extent, given that this hobby can sometimes be like a chore, especially now that every other form of entertainment is so low-effort and instantaneous. But you mention despise for other hobbies, do you think this is because you expect too much out of them? Or perhaps they don't feel stimulating or productive enough?

Nothing new for me in terms of RPGs, but I have been playing this play-by-email wargame that turns out to be quite enjoyable. You have to submit your orders every 2 weeks, and you control a nation in Middle-Earth. It's team-based (Free Peoples vs Mordor, we're the latter), so there is a lot of strategizing and discussion during each turn. I think it really scratches that itch I had about hard rules and clear success or failure. The mechanics are simple and elegant, yet quite powerful in all the situations they can create, and there is a chess-like quality to the whole thing. Your only direct interface with the game are your characters (commanders, agents, emissaries and mages) to whom you give orders each turn.


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 No.71025[Reply]

What's the last movie you've seen?
What's the best movie you've seen lately?

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 No.71280

>>71235
yes, i will
i just have to convince my wizmom
she was a bit put off by some of the disgusting things in the trailer

 No.71285

>>71280
fold her eyes with your hands when something disgusting or scary happens

 No.71288

>>71285
her reflexes for looking away from the screen are incredible that i could never compete
this inevitably causes her to sometimes miss details
the other day we were watching tenet and there's this part where a bad guy uses a meat mallet to try to crush the protagonist's hand, but he removes his hand at the very last moment, and then the action fight starts
well, she actually looked away faster than the action protagonist could dodge it, so she actually thought he hadn't, and it was only when we were discussing the movie afterwards that i had to explain that to her

anyway, i always end up convincing her
so we will watch it and there will be a lot of looking away from the screen

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The humor, and even music in some moments, was more transfixing than usual..

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Oddity (2024). Interesting Irish horror film.



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 No.67595[Reply]

I invite all anonons interested in the occult to gather in this thread and learn the basics of magic. And if on the site there are more experienced people in this topic, please share their wisdom and help with neophytes and everyone
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 No.71283

Speaking of magic and Asian tiger parents, has anyone here ever read the I Ching?

 No.71286

>>71281
Travelling buisinessmen are able to see different countries and talk to different people unlike desktop employees who stares at computer screen all day.
If I had to work id prefer to be a traveller than an office worker.

 No.71287

since consciousness is fundamental, and the world derivative of it, a construct in it, like a programmed simulation in a computer,
then it makes sense that there's a more fundamental, underlying kind of "causality" that gets actualized in the world within its programmed rules

 No.71295

>>71287
That's cool theory but can you even use level 1 spells yet?

 No.71298

>>71295
No, but he can give himself schizophrenia and make himself believe that he is casting spells and controlling the world and give that the universe is just something we construct in our head through our senses then who is to say he is wrong?



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 No.65757[Reply]

Anyone else just really like the feeling and use of a Mechanical Keyboard? Recently picked one up from my local Walmart for $70. Old Razer 2019 BlackWidow and it feels nice. Wondering if anyone else likes them too.
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 No.69167

>>69166
Depends entirely on how much you type/use the keyboard.

Dropping lots of cash on a mech keyboard isn't the correct answer for everyone.

 No.69173

>>69166
Don't let FOMO rob of you of present satisfaction

 No.69176

>>65757
I have some cheapo GXT mechanical keyboard with red switches. It's great, it works, though I've also had membrane keyboards a decade ago that also felt super nice. As long as they keys aren't those flat laptop style keys I don't really care much. I prefer the feeling of Blue switches but hate the sound. Browns are just a bad compromise.

 No.69850

N00b tier question: what's difference between blue keycaps and red keycaps?

 No.71296

>>69850
the color



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made a crumble again

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 No.71291

>>69478
>>69481
>>69554
Different types of salt are mostly the same, the impurities just add color not any positive taste. The size of the grain is what will have the most impact and makes a big difference. It also impacts how much salt you need to fill up the same size spoon because bigger grains pack worse and have more air so use whatever type of salt they call for in a recipe. Also, don't forget to use iodized salt sometimes. There are people who cook only with these fancy non iodized salts all the time who end up getting iodine deficiency.

 No.71292

I made a pasta with 6 types of mushroom. It was really good.

 No.71293

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I'll see if I can cook something French after they nuke a certain marketplace there, all things considered XD…


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A thread for those who enjoy and wish to discuss animation and animation related stuff from places that aren't Japan.
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 No.69576

>>69574
sorry t_t


I wanted to post this


SOYUZMULTFILM


"France Animation"

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Snoopy Webseries (2018–2019)
Snoopy in Space (2019–2021)
The Snoopy Show (2021–2023)
Camp Snoopy (2024-2034)
Snoopy Gives Me A Rusty Trombone (2034-2469)

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I finally know why I can never be a professional cartoonist, like my heroes, Mike Judge or Bill Amend.

unlike both of them, I'm not a Physics Major ;_;..

 No.71289

https://youtu.be/ApPm3R1vfc4?si=3b5r2bifS30lrIaS
Being autistic is being haunted by the small yet figuratively grim detail shortly after *one* version finished the line "They can sing they can dance, after all this is France" =_=…

 No.71290

I love watching SpongeBob before sleep. First three seasons are the comfiest. The rest is utter garbage with ocassional decent moments. The recent seasons are utter trash, a parody of my favorite cartoon that now caters to vore, inflation, feet, other deviantart degenerate tastes. It's horrible.



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 No.50416[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Who here likes to walk? Where do you walk? How long do you walk for? What kind of shoes do you like to wear? Do you take photos?
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 No.71219

i like to walk to the library, feels good to use my body as the means of transportation and i kind of look down on the people using the stupid bus with. i don't ride the camerabus.

 No.71240

>>50416
I wear 10$ soles to correct my walking posture. Turns out my gait wasn't just bad, it was ill due to some wrong angles. They advice me to get custom 100$ soles, also

 No.71243

I'm blessed with having a small forest park w/ trails VERY close to me, as in literally across the street from me. Love watching the trees turn to autumn colors lately, cool and damp temps w/ lots of mushrooms growing within.

Also you're almost guaranteed to run into a pile of dook left by deer, OR some bird/rabbit/squirrel who thought dying right in the middle of the path would be a neat idea. I get to see them decompose into a pile of fetid black rotted shit every time I return to that spot over the course of time, it's very educational.

I'm almost always out for at least an hour, and prefer wearing work boots rather than hiking boots, it's very important that it's something waterproof especially during winter.

 No.71244

Usually to the store, to get food. Rarely to the movies this year (saw 3). Recently I walked all the way to a forest reserve, mostly because trees are known to emmit some phermones that wake you up in a way.

 No.71275

>>71240
>I wear 10$ soles to correct my walking posture. Turns out my gait wasn't just bad, it was ill due to some wrong angles. They advice me to get custom 100$ soles, also

i really learned how to walk from skating where i repeated the same movement over and over again for hours, trying to find small ways to make it better and i found them and they have translated to every movement i make. doing this i noticed there are people who don't use their backfoot to push off the ground/forward before lifting it to set it as frontfoot. some people just lift their front foot the way a crane lifts a heavy piece of pipe and then lower it, that's so funny to me.

when you get the timing right and push off the backfoot, it feels like being a steam locomotive. i feel like a train doing this and i visualize the steam-logo.


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 No.68063[Reply]

I always played around with it in a very disengaged, uncommitted manner. Well, on September 2nd, just a few days ago, I decided to really learn Linux to the point I could truthfully add to my resume to help me find a position somewhere. For that reason, I picked Ubuntu, possibly the most popular, all-purpose Linux distribution out there. I began doing the edx's version of the Linux Foundation's Introduction to Linux course because of the bells and whistles they have there in terms of exercises and whatnot. Unfortunately, they peppered the whole course with unbelievably idiotic mini videos geared towards morons. Imagery of douchebags with designer haircuts typing away at a laptop with some coolcorp background and annoying music.

So I said fuck it, and instead I decided to read the Linux Bible. But then I found out there's an Ubuntu Linux Bible by the same author, and so that's what I'm reading now. Straight to the point, concise, has exercises, not as many as I would like, but I can come up with variations on my own. Today is the third day I'm following the book, and I intend to make a daily post, briefly talking about the stuff I've learned on that day.

The first day was pretty much just going through the fluff. What Linux is, history of Linux, Unix, GNU, what open source is, etc. That's the first 20 pages of the book's 718 pages.

The second day I read about the X Window System, desktop environments, GNOME desktop, Nautilus file manager, and ways to run Linux (live medium, permanent install, etc.). The exercises consist of messing around with the GUI pretty much, something you would naturally do in a fresh install of an OS. I also had to install Ubuntu because I was running Windows. I got lucky because Ubuntu 24.04.1 came with some broken packages for Nvidia drives, and that of course fucked my shit up, which was a very excellent opportunity to do some tinkering and learning. I got it to work, it only took me an hour or so. I read people saying this is the most broken Ubuntu update in years, which I take as a good sign for my timing. And then I broke Light Locker while changing to Xfce as my desktop environment.

Anyway, third day, today, I finally reach the meat of the book and begin messing around with the shell, trying different commands, pretty simple stuff, whoami, pwd, ls, cd, command syntax, hyphenated options for command's behavior, locating commands, and really, just getting comfortable to mess around in the termPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
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Coolio, my old Linux thread got bumped. Welp, since you guys brought it up I'll update my rig situation. I still have the server running on Debian. It's hosting a few services like Jellyfin, Kavita, Navidrome, Radarr, and a couple of others. I'm using Homepage running in Docker as a dashboard for that stuff, it's pretty neat. It's like having a computer for your computer. As for my actual computer, I'm currently using Arch with Niri, a Wayland compositor. Niri is really damn good btw, for everything except gaming apparently, though I have never had a problem with that. I've been using it for a couple of months now and I'm keeping a KDE Plasma setup handy just in case.

Recently, I set up Pi-hole on my home server to handle local DNS and block network-wide ads. Overall, I've been trying to maintain a very lean system and watch the installed packages like a hawk. I'm thinking about trying Nix, but if I ever get serious about it, I'll try to follow a tutorial to set up Linux From Scratch on an old laptop. That should be fun.

 No.71077

interesting to see you followed a book, looking forward to reading the whole thread. when i started i tried to follow along a 7 hour tuorial video, i don't remember if i finished it all the way but i think i regret not bothering with a book. i wasn't into books when i started linux but now i am because i have seen so much internet video already.

if someone was asked me today on how to start with linux today, i'd say find/buy/borrow an old laptop, go to the library with it, leave all other tech at home, install a simple linux distribution on it while checking the books on linux that are in the library and just spend time looking at everything and clicking every button, look in every menu, do every exercise.

i started with manjaro, now i am on fedora, most likely i will go to debian in a few years because the frequent updates annoy me or break stuff for me. i took turns trying xfce, gnome and kde for long periods of time, ended up liking kde the most, i use it with widgets on my desktop that always display system_information. temperature, ssd read/write, network up/down, usage percentage of cpu/gpu/ram/swap.

 No.71078

I switched to it around 8 months ago and found AI specifically command line stuff like claude code made it much easier. If I ever wanted to know how to do something I could just ask or it could just do it for me if it wasn't dangerous. Really like customizing it it's very easy now to have a bunch of custom stuff

 No.71245

>>71077
If you like KDE the best, I recommend OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (not OpenSUSE Leap). The OpenSUSE devs are the number one contributors to KDE, and it's the default DE for OpenSUSE. I'm running it right now, and I can confirm that it is more stable than Fedora's KDE spin.

 No.71252

>>71245
>I recommend OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

when i was distrohopping years ago for the first time i think i tried tumbleweed once and i remember how much i liked the packages that came with it; i made screenshots and put them in a little picture folder, not yet knowing i was looking at kde stuff and how much i would later enjoy everything kde does. might be fun taking a look at it again. though i am using the computer so basically (just browsing, opening basic files, writing text files, steam for games) that i always think i should just move to debian because usually new stuff just doesn't interest me so there is no reason for me to keep so up to date.



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