Default water behavior is to flow to a lower elevation if possible. It only spreads evenly if there isn't a lower elevation it can reach.

If you read the article, it's pretty clear. Instead of the energy of the photons being used to heat the water molecules to state change, that energy is used to break the molecular bonds between small groups of water molecules, and those groups are small enough to then be picked up by the air and evaporate. This way, the energy contained in a photon is converting much more liquid water to water vapor than if that same amount of energy was actually used to excite the water molecules, as in a microwave.

I believe you mean "borb"

IDK. Most of the early games were actually pretty entertaining. I fairly recently played sorcerer's stone on the gbc, and it was still pretty fantastic.

I'm hoping the op was purely going for comedic effect, cuz saying all three wanted "freedom and equality" is pretty far off the mark

Amon was hiding behind a message of "freedom and equality" in a blatant power grab, trying to establish himself as the only bender remaining, and thus nigh invincible

Unalaq didn't want "freedom and equality" - he was like the people who think we should fix global warming by killing all humans. His only redemption is that his extreme perspective was potentially heavily influenced by Vaatu, but that seems a bit of a stretch...

And while you could argue that Zaheer and the red lotus were for "freedom and equality", it was by equally murdering anyone they didn't like. Much like Kuvira, it was "I know better than everyone else, and thus must force my opinion on the rest of the world through rank violence."

And while I agree that Kuvira was an awful dictator and despot, comparing her to Hitler is overdoing it. Could she have gotten there if unchecked and given the correct pressures? Maybe. I highly doubt Hitler would ever have acknowledged his wrongdoing and tried to atone, though.

And thus, you've reached the point. Human beings can - theoretically - only generate ideas based on their life experiences. To put it another way, we can only generate output based on data on which we were trained.

Tired. In all senses of the word, I'm just really... tired.

Very impressive breakdown, and it looks like you've built an awesome foundation. I'm excited to see where you might take this going forward - different ship wreck types seems like an obvious next step, but I can see the potential for a whole lot more. Maybe this system could be used to improve things like trail ruins and other archeology related structures? This is very cool. Kudos

Stunning! Well done!

How do you feel about it? Was it a fun project? Are you excited to have it finished, or sad to be done?

I have finally committed. I've started Sir Terry Pratchett's Disc World, starting with the Color of Magic, and I intend to proceed by publication order. We'll see how long this one takes to finish. 😛

Come Sail Away - Styx

Yup. Got the mini Agrabah palace, 3-in-1 birdhouse, and the Ideas tree house set. The Walmart near my in-laws had a bunch of sets at 40%-50% off, as well, so we indulged a bit there, too. 😛

I can't speak to how well 5e would work with dark sun, but 5e is very much about epic heroism. Levels 1-3 exist entirely as an introductory system to avoid overwhelming new players - IIRC, there are official suggestions to just skip them if playing with experienced players. Additionally, they are designed to go incredibly fast. The meat of the game really starts after that, and the characters quickly catapult to functional super heroes.

From my understanding, hall effect sticks won't work in switch 2 joycons, due to magnetic interference from the attachment mechanism. Instead, they would need something else - I hear TMR would be resistant to the magnetic interference.

I would actually recommend starting with something from the Classic theme - there're a lot of really great sets that are essentially a bunch of varied pieces with some great build ideas. Much more cost effective than pick-a-brick (which is generally much better when you're looking for specific pieces for a planned build).

https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/classic

I just finished Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - the latest of the Dresden Files. It was my first read of it, and wow was it a doozy. I really enjoyed it, but it's probably going to take me a few days to really digest it all.

I'm thinking my next book will be Children of Ragnarok, by Cinda Williams Chima. It's the first in a new series from an author I've been reading for quite a while. I really enjoyed her previous YA fantasy series - the Heir Chronicles, the Seven Realms and the Shattered Realms - and I'm pretty excited to get into yet another one.

I'm confused - to which parts in the new set are you referring? Looking at the parts list from the instructions booklet, the only "set specific parts" I'm seeing are those with printing. And I thought we all agreed that more printing is better than more stickers.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/building-instructions/77242

I buy for myself only sporadically - most of my stuff comes from Christmas presents. It probably comes out to about $200 a year, maybe $300. Admittedly, if we lived closer to a LEGO store, it would probably be a fair bit more...

I assume this is Laurana from Dragonlance, but does anyone know why the Golden General is wearing all her upper body armor, boots and greaves, but no pants?

I just finished Rick Riordan's Daughter of the Deep - it was really enjoyable. While I doubt the twist is super hard to predict if you try, it really caught me off guard.

I'm about to start the second book in Cinda Williams Chima's Runestone Saga, Bane of Asgard. I really loved the first one, and am quite excited to dig into the next.