Eran Arbel

@sabrerunner.bsky.social

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Writer, gamer, programmer, designer, amateur samurai, creator of "Mountain Legacy" pushforwardgames@gmail.com https://eran.geek.co.il/links

For example, you might have intrinsic properties determined by your genes, your environment, your upbringing, some things that if you take out then you wouldn't be you anymore. For example, give me a new fresh cerebellum and I probably won't be autistic anymore but I probably won't be me anymore. But the word "Autistic" used to describe a set of properties arising from my cerebellum (and probably other things) that we might be able to actually see deeper when we have better technology is different from "Autistic" used by society, or the medical professionals, or government to describe me, my status, what my rights are or aren't. It all depends on what you decide to look at, what do you cluster together, what *game* you're playing and with whom. Also, a 'birther' is anyone who wants to have kids. A 'birthing person' is anyone who is capable of bearing children (maybe in the future, not only AFAB people). A 'mother'... well, that's a totally different thing. At least, in the game I'm playing right here and now. I think most of society's problem recognizing these constructs (I mean, mostly super conservative people who argue there is only one definition for every word or phrase and that's it) just fail to recognize that society, language, and our social constructs and contracts just... evolve, constantly, almost irreversibly, and always without our personal written approval. On one hand, that sucks. On the other hand, that's life, that's society, and we have to learn that if we want to live in one.
Normal Focus vs. AuDHD Focus
"הוא משקיע המון זמן בחשיבה": השיקולים של טראמפ מול איראן
In Returnal and Diablo IV, bosses have a checkpoints in their health that trigger new mechanics and while in Returnal, the bosses might be lasting too long, in Diablo IV, if you come with a good build and a group, they last between 2-5 minutes, enough for you to run through your rotation 3-4 times and for the boss to show you all they have for 2-3 times. I think that's good. In Draw Steel, they plan for combat to take between 1.5 rounds on the fast side and 4 rounds on the slow side. This is enough for a boss to use most of their Malice features and 2 out of 3 if not all Villain Actions, each becoming more and more dangerous. This is exciting because you're trying to get them down as fast as you can and be smart about it but you pretty much know you'll see at least the 2nd strongest power they have if not the 1st. And it's even more exciting because you're usually there at your strongest of this adventure but at your weakest with your ability to heal and survive. So it's a total rush when you survive it, especially if your survived Villain Action 3 and/or the highest Malice ability. And all of this while continuously doing damage. You see the race between how fast you can get them down while still doing your best to dodge, avoid, and soak their strongest attacks. It's an exciting race instead of just hoping to get a hit every once in a while. Also, I think it's actually easier to balance because with "AC", it's a chance of whether you actually hit, and with d20 games, a big range of how much actual damage, while with these three games, you know the pretty narrow band of how much damage they do with each hit at each stage and you can plan for that: '1.5 rounds if they hit like a truck all the time' to '4 rounds if they roll like shit time after time'. In d20 games, if they roll like shit, they can spend 2-4 hours, most of it waiting, doing almost nothing.
My dog, Alma, enthusiastic about something. Could be anything.
TO THE READER Kalgash is an alien world and it is not our intention to have you think that it is identical to Earth, even though we depict its as speaking a language that you can understand, and using terms that are familiar to you. Those words should as mere equivalents of alien terms—that is, a conventional set of equivalents of the same sort that a writer of novels uses when he has foreign characters speaking with each other in their own language but nevertheless transcribes their words in the language of the reader. So when the people of Kalgash speak of "miles," or "hands," or "cars," or "computers," they mean their own units of distance, their own grasping-organs, their own ground-transportation devices, their own information-prcressing machines, etc. The computers used on Kalgash are not necessarily compatible with the ones used in New York or London or Stockholm, and the "mile" that we use in this is not necessarily the American unit of 5,280 feet. But it seemed simpler and more desirable to use these familiar terms in describing events on this wholly alien world than it would have been to invent a long series of wholly Kalgashian terms. In other words, we could have told you that one of our characters paused to strap on his quonglishes before setting out on a walk of seven vorks along the main gleebish of his native znoob, and everything might have seemed ever so much more thoroughly alien. But it would also have been ever so much more diffcult to make sense out of what we were saying, and that did not seem useful. The essence of this story doesn't lie in the quantity of bizarre terms we might have invented; it lies, rather, in the reaction of a group of people somewhat like ourselves, living on a world that is somewhat like ours in all but one highly significant detail, as they react to a challenging situation that is completely different from anything the people of Earth have ever had to deal with.
TO THE READER Kalgash is an alien world and it is not our intention to have you think that it is identical to Earth, even though we depict its as speaking a language that you can understand, and using terms that are familiar to you. Those words should as mere equivalents of alien terms—that is, a conventional set of equivalents of the same sort that a writer of novels uses when he has foreign characters speaking with each other in their own language but nevertheless transcribes their words in the language of the reader. So when the people of Kalgash speak of "miles," or "hands," or "cars," or "computers," they mean their own units of distance, their own grasping-organs, their own ground-transportation devices, their own information-prcressing machines, etc. The computers used on Kalgash are not necessarily compatible with the ones used in New York or London or Stockholm, and the "mile" that we use in this is not necessarily the American unit of 5,280 feet. But it seemed simpler and more desirable to use these familiar terms in describing events on this wholly alien world than it would have been to invent a long series of wholly Kalgashian terms. In other words, we could have told you that one of our characters paused to strap on his quonglishes before setting out on a walk of seven vorks along the main gleebish of his native znoob, and everything might have seemed ever so much more thoroughly alien. But it would also have been ever so much more diffcult to make sense out of what we were saying, and that did not seem useful. The essence of this story doesn't lie in the quantity of bizarre terms we might have invented; it lies, rather, in the reaction of a group of people somewhat like ourselves, living on a world that is somewhat like ours in all but one highly significant detail, as they react to a challenging situation that is completely different from anything the people of Earth have ever had to deal with.
הממשלה תצביע ביום ראשון על שינוי שם המלחמה מ״חרבות ברזל״ ל״מלחמת התקומה״
But I see it mostly as a story about how the people in our lives only have as much control over us as we let them, that oppression and indoctrination is all about convincing you you have no power and no control. As Trapt says, "No need to take the power back. We already have it." Yes, I'm talking about the #Politics in the world right now. The government always governs by the consent of the governed. If you think the "people in power" are wrong, do what's right.
*ראש האופוזיציה יאיר לפיד מפרסם במהלך ביקורו בארה״ב מאמר ב-FoxNews: ״האו״ם הפך להיות במה לצביעות. הגיע הזמן שהדמוקרטיות יפרשו ממנו״:* - מתוך 193 חברות באו״ם, רק 25 מדינות הן דמוקרטיות מלאות ועוד 46 דמוקרטיות פגומות. - למדינות לא דמוקרטיות יש רוב אוטומטי - אני לא מסכים עם רוב מה שהממשלה הנוכחית עושה. אבל היחס של האו״ם לישראל הוא המקבילה הדיפלומטית להתקף פסיכוטי. ישראל מהווה 0.1% מאוכלוסיית העולם, אך מהווה יותר מ-60% מההחלטות המגנות של האו״ם בעשור האחרון. - מציע להקים או״ם של דמוקרטיות. עלינו לומר לעולם בצורה ברורה: אם אתם רוצים את הכסף, הכוח והיכולות של דמוקרטיות — עליכם לעמוד בכללים שלהן.
*משרד הבריאות מעדכן על חולה בחצבת בטיסה מניו יורק לתל אביב* משרד הבריאות מעדכן על חולה בחצבת, שטס מניו יורק לתל אביב. על פי החקירה האפידמיולוגית, עולה כי הנוסע טס בטיסת ארקיע שמספרה iz994 מניו יורק לתל אביב. הטיסה המריאה מניו יורק ביום ראשון ה 31.8.25 בשעה 02:30 לפנות בקר שעון ניו יורק, ונחתה בנתב"ג ב- 31.8.25 שעה 20:00 שעון ישראל. נוסעים שהיו בטיסה זו מתבקשים לוודא כי הם מחוסנים בהתאם להמלצות משרד הבריאות. ניתן להתעדכן בסטטוס החיסוני באמצעות האתר האישי הממשלתי דרך פנקס החיסונים הדיגיטלי. מומלץ כי תינוקות מתחת לגיל שנה, אנשים מדוכאי חיסון ונשים הרות לא מחוסנות יפנו לבירור הצורך בקבלת חיסון סביל בהתאם למצבם. מחלת החצבת היא מחלה נגיפית מדבקת ביותר שמתבטאת בחום, הרגשה כללית רעה, נזלת ופריחה ועלולים להיות לה סיבוכים קשים ואף מסכני חיים. ניתן להתחסן בסוף השבוע בבתי החולים ובמוקדי ‘טרם’ שירה סולומון דוברת משרד הבריאות
עימותים עם נהגים וקריאות "שיקסע": שעתיים של חסימות חרדים קיצונים בכבישים 2, 4 ו-6 פקקי ענק במרכז: אנשי הפלג הירושלמי הודיעו על הפגנה ליד כלא 10, אבל עברו לחסום צמתים ומחלפים בכבישים 2, 4 ו-6 באזור נתניה - ובבני ברק. הסיבה: מעצר עריקים. תיעוד דרמטי: המונים הכו על רכב שפרץ את החסימה - אחד נותר על הגג. חרדים קיצונים כינו שוטרים "נאצים" וקראו "נמות ולא נתגייס".
A photo of 5-year-old Osama al-Rakab has gone viral, used to falsely depict Israel as responsible for his condition, claiming Israel is starving children. #TheFacts: Osama suffers from a serious genetic illness unrelated to the war. On June 12, we actively coordinated Osama's exit from Gaza with his mother and brother through the Ramon airport. He is now receiving treatment in Italy. Tragic images rightfully stir strong emotions, but when they’re misused to fuel hatred and lies, they do more harm than good. Don’t let compassion be exploited for propaganda. Check the facts before parroting blame.
in Enshrouded or Terraria, but the best implementations were, 2nd place, cloud storage in Satisfactory and, 1st place, the bot network in Factorio. Quick deposit for me is a nice to have as long as I can just dump my stuff anywhere and use it from anywhere though Core Keeper is awesome. Speed is an accessibility feature. If the movement is too slow, it just hurts. Fast travel, however, doesn't matter if travelling is fun. In Spiderman, I used Fast Travel once to see how it looks and once because I was tight on time. Every other time, just travel through the world. Same for Horizon. Now I'm playing Just Cause 3 and also rarely use Fast Travel. I don't care about sprint either. The game should have two speeds: The one that is appropriate in general traversal and combat and the one that is EXACTLY THE FLECKING SAME as walking NPCs when I need to just follow them. If your game needs a speed boost in combat, make a dash or dodge roll verb. Yes, Head bob, screen shake, motion blur and film grain are things that if I can't turn off, this game is null and void for me. I can handle a low FoV for a little while but yes, I usually crank it up as high as it'll go. Also yes, let me easily skip a cut scene (and no, Diablo, holding a button is not easy) and have auto advance for narrative heavy games. Or even, let me turn off story parts entirely if that's not what interests me (Hi, Diablo, again, I'm looking at you, and that Path of Exile hiding behind you). And all those games with just one volume slider, if any, give me as many as you can think of! Ambience, world sounds, action effects, music, interface, world dialog, cut scene dialog, incoming voip, per participant.