I remember a rental title from the 90’s with a beautifully lazy translation of ”Bloodline - Veriviiva”

Lapphunds literally herd by barking. Other herding breeds like border collies stare at sheep, corgis nip at the legs of cattle, etc. But lapphunds bark. It’s a feature, not a bug.

Washington came first and he was perfect
John Adams kept us out of war with France
Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase
In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants

I don’t wanna be buried
In a pet semen tary

My old long-haired dog was also entirely immobile and uncaring until he got his tail tangled in the roller. After thar he always kept a distrustful eye on the Roomba

I’ve been conditioning my dogs to tolerate behavior like this so they can deal with strangers who don’t know any better, especially children. But please don’t do this with dogs you don’t know!

The Wilipedia article says ”Autopsies on the crash victims showed that all were alive at the time of impact, but it could not be determined whether they were conscious as well”

The big thing is putting in the hours for years in increasingly demanding roles and varying environments. 20 years of experience isn’t worth much if it’s the same year again and again.

“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.” – Steven Wright

There’s an old story in Finland about a group of teenagers deciding to reverse through a roundabout until crashing into someone. The cops arrived and talked to the other driver, then came to their car, saying ”you boys are good to go — that guy is really drunk and claims you were going the wrong way.”

I occasionally see these in my yard, too! Really interesting to see how they twirl around tree trunks on their way up. The movement really triggers my bird dog, too

In a bigger deck, draw consistency. If you only have one and it’s at the bottom of a 30-40 card deck, you’ll draw it far too late.

Speaking as a Development Director, small teams without a lot of external dependencies can usually self-organize quite well without a producer. The tricky part is agreeing on how to work. But even that just requires taking the time to talk about things.

You can get quite far if you just set up a backlog tracking tool like Jira or Trello and take a bit of time to list out everything that needs to be done. Just review it together often enough and you should have a shared understanding of what to do next.

This is like those old westerns where someone wanders in from the desert and dunks their head in the horse trough

We have the exact same bed. And our Irish Setter has the exact same naps, but usually while on his back

Finland would likely be part of one or the other, given our alliance with Germany during WW2

The game has a chapter select feature now, so you can jump into different parts of the game directly

The last US army soldier to die in combat before Germany surrendered was PFC Charley Havlat. He ”was struck and killed by small arms fire about ten minutes before the news that all German troops in Europe were to obey a ceasefire order reached his unit, and only about six hours before the unconditional surrender of Germany”

I couldn’t find details, but I remember reading that a number of troops died while waiting to ship home due to various accidents involving drunk driving, etc. I don’t know which is more ironic.

Can it really be cost-effective to make the cloth in Italy rather than somewhere in South-East Asia? Shipping isn’t a huge issue at volume, but I imagine labor costs would matter

Regardless of whether you censor them or not, apparently all comments will be about balls

Have you tried tasting different wines side by side? That’s the easiest way to figure out what is different about them. Also helps you learn what kind of wine you actually like.

As for picking out individual flavors, it’s a learning process that requires focused effort. I found it helpful to have samples of the actual flavors at hand (like berries, a piece of chocolate, etc). That made it easier to find and associate the flavor than a vague idea of ”I definitely remember what cherries taste like”.

I remember wine just tasting like ”wine” when I was young. These days I can identify individual grape varieties and countries of origin in blind tastings. Which of course is well beyond the more reasonable middle ground of ”I can make out some distinct flavors in this fermented grape juice.”

The trick is building a deck that is consistent enough to deal with bad draws somehow. Either by cycling through fast enough with lots of draw cards, having multiple different answers to the same problem (blocking, bursting damage, etc) or having multiple copies of the one card you need (like Corruption when you have Dead Branch and a 40 card deck).

You may also need to plan potion use well ahead of time. Like keeping a Ghost in the Jar or Fairy Potion through several acts to save you in the final fights. Just so you get through some unlucky big hit.

Slay the Spire is certainly influenced by chance. But unlike a game like Balatro, you usually have control over your fate if you play well enough. Definitely easier said than done, though!

Will mashed potatoes work?

They’re just joking

The game manual had a backstory that explained that athletes had developed some technique that massively increased their power to the point that all contact sports were too dangerous. Giant robot fights were offered as a replacement. Great game!