andybug

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I get that twatter link tho? ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's also available on Audible, since this is saying not available in your country.

https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BV8VMMHD

 

I am only partially through the first book but can't help but elaborate on a theory that I have. I believe the author strongly hints at it and it may be a simple misdirection, but I think it will be amusing to see how right or wrong it is in the end. Note: I'm listening to the audiobook, so please forgive any spelling mistakes.

Spoilers after this point.

I am at the point of the book where the Apollo proctor is trying to scare off Darrow and Co.'s gang as they approach, so please no spoilers beyond that point. I believe the author strongly hints at the bellow starting with Darrow's interview with Titus before his death.

My Theory

  • the Sons of Ares, and other such groups, are simply another means of control.
    • The purpose is to identify individuals with great potential and acquire them for the Golds.
  • the school is mostly made up of Reds, or maybe other colors, and only a smattering of true Golds.
  • the school exists to replenish the blood of the high Aureate, regardless of where they come from
  • the upper crust (Peerless Unsacarred) rule over even the other Golds and represent the pinnacle of one view of humanity
  • most Golds slowly fade down the ranks, being replaced over time by the best of the lower orders

Evidence

  • The broadcast of Io's (sp?) death to the whole planet and beyond seems more calculated to call out recruits than to subdue anything
  • Darrow's transformation leaves the door open to others having gone through the same procedure
  • Darrow suspected that Titus was a Red due to the language he used and utter disdain for Golds, and what they did to his mother (?)
  • Darrow mentioned multiple times that other people felt more Red than Gold (Sevro off the top of my head)
  • Mustang humming the revolutionary song and (I suspect) pretended to not know the lyrics as a test of whether Darrow knew them -- did she suspect likewise?
  • Only a handful of characters I've seen so far, such as Priam and Cassius, have the authentic swagger and education that I suspect true Golds would have
  • Why do all these privileged Golds have such a massive chip on their shoulder?

Analysis

If this is true, it elevates the Aureate from cartoon villains to something interesting. It's one thing to enslave and lord over others for your own benefit, but to apply the same standard to your own people is quite the thing. Evil as they seem, I must respect that these true believers walk the walk. Maybe you really do need the hardest of the hard to bind together a solar system-spanning humanity.

The weakest link in this theory is why would these Reds willingly become part of the system? Does the game teach them of the necessity? Do they get brainwashed somehow? Does power corrupt? That's yet to be seen.

Thanks for reading!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's actually not the web page embedded, which is what I was expecting too. Best feature is that it vibrates while the response is generating.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've played WoW classic on Linux without any real issues. The easiest way imo is through Lutris.

  1. Install Lutris (should be in most distro repos)
  2. Add game, choose battle.net
  3. Let it install, launch, and login to battle.net
  4. Install WoW classic from inside battle.net

Be sure to note where Lutris is installing your games (it's configurable), so that if you decide to use add-ons you'll know where to put them. I used WowUp, specifically the CurseForge version to manage my add-ons.

WoW itself runs pretty much flawlessly. I may have made some VK3D tweaks, but I'm not home and can't check my notes. Let me know if you run in to any problems.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Very happy to hear this. I've been really enjoying the game but expected my time in the game to have an expiration date. Hope they follow through and the game can maintain a decent player base.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use chezmoi for tracking dotfiles and used to use a fancy Ansible setup. Now, I just occasionally backup a list of explicitly installed packages and track the major changes made to the system in a simple Markdown file.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've done a netrunner build and an annihilation/berserk shotgun build. I'm planning on doing some sort of sandevistan build this time around, maybe knives or pistols.

Has much info about the new talent trees come out?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got Cyberpunk into a corrupted state via mods before. Ultimately had to delete the Wine prefix and do a complete reinstall after that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Glad it worked out for you!

The improvements in the last 5 years or so have been dramatic. When I switched to Linux ~12 years ago I had to give up gaming. Now, we can get the best of both worlds.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Don't sleep on crafting. Depending on your build, many of the best guns are crafted. Ignored it on my first playthrough and focused on it in my second, world of difference.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's a deck of cards and since it's in the community list I assume it's supposed to open a random community.

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