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Nearly 40% of Icelanders are using a covid contact-tracing app—and it hasn’t helped much
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If rockets were transparent—a visualization of propellant consumption between the Saturn V, Space Shuttle, Falcon Heavy, and Space Launch System
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Solar’s future is insanely cheap
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PlayStation State of Play - Ghost of Tsushima - Eighteen minutes of gameplay footage
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As coronavirus overruns Russia, doctors are dying on the front lines
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The great 5G conspiracy - Part of a series on conspiracy thinking in America
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Elisabeth Bik quit her job to spot errors in research papers — and has become the public face of image sleuthing
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Epic Games Store - Grand Theft Auto V available for free + Mega Sale including $10 off most games $14.99+
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As COVID-19 gets worse, Trump is talking about things that the average American couldn't care less about
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Apple Store's temperature checks may violate EU privacy rules, says German data protection office
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Tech analysis: Unreal Engine 5 on PS5 - Epic's next-gen leap examined in-depth
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Crusader Kings III will release on September 1, 2020
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Contact tracing and privacy protection
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Promise.all vs Promise.allSettled
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Reddit releases "community points", tokens on the Ethereum blockchain awarded for posts - currently available in /r/cryptocurrency and /r/FortniteBR
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Ohio has stopped kicking workers off unemployment after a hacker targeted its website
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
A list of all previous topics in this series can be found here.
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What does it mean to be a ‘Karen’? Karens explain: As the meme has become more prominent online, its meaning has become confused – with real-life Karens caught in the crosshairs
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Republicans win two US House special elections
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Raging at China over coronavirus won't help – scrutinising our own governments might
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Stop trying to shame socialists into voting for Joe Biden: It’s really about performatively denouncing leftists as irresponsible, for the edification of the liberals who are watching
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A new type of chemical bond: The charge-shift bond
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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How to argue with your comrades: it’s easy for socialists to blame our own comrades for our defeats. But those losses are more rooted in the powerful structures we’re up against than our own failures
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I was a teenage conspiracy theorist: Want to know why wild conspiracism can be so irresistible? Ask a fourteen-year-old girl
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US Appeals court rules against Donald Trump on Emoluments Clause
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As a DM, I kinda hate Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
I hate that enemies have so low armor class. In earlier editions, you had to be tactical, use flanking manoeuvres and charge attacks, prepare the right support spells, maybe even pick the Weapon...
I hate that enemies have so low armor class. In earlier editions, you had to be tactical, use flanking manoeuvres and charge attacks, prepare the right support spells, maybe even pick the Weapon Specialization feat for your favourite weapon. In 5e, no need; just stand wherever, roll an attack, you'll probably hit. In addition to removing much of the tactics from the game, this makes it basically impossible for enemy spellcasters to use duration spells. Good luck succeeding on 4 concentration checks per turn.
I hate that enemies' proficiency bonus is based on their challenge rating. No high-attack low-damage monsters here. Don't worry; the tank in your party will never need healing, any level-appropriate monster needs to roll ridiculously high on the dice to hit them! Everyone else just stay in the back and lob your bloody cantrips, and the battle will be over in 3 turns.
I hate that attack cantrips do as much damage as a weapon attack (or more). Why even have weapons at all, when your cantrips do more damage than a longsword, with better range than a crossbow.
I hate that cantrips scale with character level. No need to learn anything new for the rest of the game, your trusty Eldritch Blast will be your most powerful attack throughout. Especially when you get access to Greater Invisibility and don't need to rely on your bloody familiar for advantage on attack rolls.
I hate that familiars can do help actions in combat. Advantage every turn! And since they're no longer a class feature but a spell, they're also available to fighters and rogues, no multi-classing necessary. And unlike in earlier editions there are no real consequences of losing your familiar. All you lose is 10 gp worth of incense to get them back, a pittance at higher levels.
I hate that a long rest fully restores hit points. No need to ever stay in one place for longer than 8 hours, no need to conserve spell slots to do end-of-the-day healing, heck; no need for a healer at all really! And it gets worse when they reach 3rd level and get access to Leomund's Tiny Hut, and don't even need to find a safe spot to camp.
I hate that wild shape is basically useless in combat, due to challenge rating restrictions and the lousy selection of beasts in the Monster Manual.
I hate that the only logical combat use of Polymorph is turning into a dinosaur. Prepare for the inevitable discussion around the table: Can my character turn into a tyrannosaurus rex, even if they've never seen one? No? But, uuuuuh, they saw a picture of one in a book at the library!
I hate that you can use Counterspell to counterspell someone else's attempt at counterspelling your own spell.
I hate that any character can use any skill. No need for a rogue, just hand those Thieves' Tools to the character with the highest Dexterity, they'll get that door open.
The worst thing is that this game went through lots and lots of play-testing before it was released. The developers must have known about all of these issues and chosen not to change them, meaning that none of these are bugs; they're all features! This is how the developers intended the game to be!
Did I forget any of your peeves about the game? Add them in the comments. Alternatively, comment with what you love about 5e, let's add some positivity to this rant.
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Paper Mario: The Origami King | Announcement trailer
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Mexico finds 15,000 turtles in crates bound for China
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Eurovision Song Celebration 2020 - Part One
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It's no accident Britain and America are the world's biggest coronavirus losers
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The Beaker "new web" project
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Whataboutism
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Vitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates: Patients with severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications
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US tribal nations face most severe crisis in decades as the coronavirus closes casinos
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What are your favourite space games?
I'll start - Kerbal Space Program Orbiter ( http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ ) SpaceX Docking Simulator ( https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ )
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COVID-19 is fueling a boom in the doomsday bunker market, thanks to some dubious marketing claims
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There’s plenty of meat in America — for those who can afford it
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How do you organize your downloaded music library?
Recently, this post was brought back to the front page with some fresh replies and it got me wondering how those of you with large (digital) music libraries organize them? I'm not very tech savvy...
Recently, this post was brought back to the front page with some fresh replies and it got me wondering how those of you with large (digital) music libraries organize them?
I'm not very tech savvy so I primarily just have my modestly sized library saved in folders by artist, but that leads to some folders only having one song in them which can be annoying to navigate when I need to. I have been thinking about just having all my songs dumped into one folder, since I'm able to filter them by artist/album in Foobar anyway.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor’s extension of stay-at-home order
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Apollo 11: From lunar orbit to landing
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Review of new Apple and Google contact tracing protocol
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Doctors express glimmers of hope as they try out new approaches against coronavirus
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CISSP qualification given cert status equivalent to Master’s degree level in Europe
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Haywyre - Let Me Hear That (2019)
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Pushbullet: Let's guess what Google requires in fourteen days or they kill our extension
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Studies on Slack
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How to cut a dovetail joint by hand
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Nitter, JS free interface for Twitter
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