The Icelandic Waters just came up with an idea for an esolang. It’s mainly meant to be spoken in singular words, which are made by combining primitive syllables and other words. I'm going to see what I can do with the idea.
24-hour reminder. I am the only voter, and have changed my vote to the hidden I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THEM option.
OKOK you guys seem to definitely want this so as promised I’ll give you guys the next poll
(note that while I do have a few more characters than this, these are the only ones who currently have any significant and worked out backgrounds)
characters:
Askarran [species: dragon] [world: Abyssiyaz] [reference image: https://wasteof.money/posts/6675a11cbbcf41aae3fe9e6d]
Synchronisity [species: protogen] [world: Abyssiyaz] [reference image: https://wasteof.money/posts/66909c68bbcf41aae3fede12]
Ark [species: protogen] [world: [[nonspecific realm: space with FTL technology]]] [no reference image available] [secret I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THEM option]
if you want to know more about a character you've seen that isn't listed here then just ask in the commentsOption Key Shortcuts
You probably know that holding Option will allow you to type special characters not normally accessible. Knowing what secondary character each key corresponds to is a higher accomplishment. Here are several of the more useful alt-keys, available on a US English keyboard:
Alt-1 -> ¡ (upside-down !, used in certain languages)
Alt-2 -> ™ (trademark symbol)
Alt-3 -> £ (pounds)
Alt-4 -> ¢ (cents)
Alt-5 -> ∞ (infinity)
Alt-6 -> § (section symbol; used in MCBE formatting codes)
Alt-8 -> • (dot)
Alt-0 -> º (degrees, temperature or geometrical)
Alt-T -> † (used as a secondary footnote marker)
Alt-Y -> ¥ (yen)
Alt-P -> π (pi)
Alt-G -> © (copyright)
Alt-X -> ≈ (approximate equals sign)
Alt-<> -> ≤≥ (equal or lesser/greater)
Alt-? -> ÷ (division sign)
Shift-Alt-2 -> € (euros)
Shift-Alt-34 -> ‹› (arrow brackets)
Shift-Alt-K -> (private use Apple logo)
Shift-Alt-N -> ˜ (combining character; joins with previous letter)
Shift-Alt-? -> ¿ (upside-down ?)
Alt-\ -> « (double arrow)
Shift-Alt-\ -> » (other double arrow)(Characters were tested on an Apple device with an external US English keyboard; not guaranteed to work on other operating systems)
Is there a vote cap or a deadline for this vote? We have a unanimous yes and it's been 36 hours since the vote opened. Just giving a reminder.
WHO WANTS ME TO DO A LORE DUMP ABOUT AN OC???
(I’ll warn you, there’s not that much)
if yes wins I’ll do a second post to see which one gets exposed to the watchful eyes of the followers of this account
you are allowed to say no btw
FACT: iOS has a built-in network speed tester, but it’s classified as developer functionality. If you already have Developer Mode enabled, you can access it under Developer → Run Throughput Test.
If you're considering getting the iOS 18 public beta, keep in mind that all first-party apps have been updated with advertised beta features, and everything is stable for the most part . . . except for the Photos app. It crashes frequently, enough that I submitted a complaint about it. The app isn't unusable, but I can attest that it crashes at random and inconvenient times.
And the system hasn't recieved power optimizations yet, so expect added battery strain if you do.
Because Corkboard is currently occupied by an unread RW-570 broadcast, I’ll broadcast my latest creation here: https://vimeo.com/990572807
My husband and I are both huge nerds, obsessed with anything to do with science and video games. He's currently playing Skyrim, a fantasy game with beautifully rendered dragons. I happily note that the dragons actually look plausible. A pet peeve of mine is "unrealistic-looking" fantasy creatures.
This leads to a long discussion/argument about how to build a truly plausible dragon via evolution. I, a marine biologist, have referenced everything from iguana tails to egret necks to various species of bats' wings and even proto-birds like archaeopteryx, over the last hour to cobble this thing together, but my husband, the physicist, is still unsatisfied.
Husband: "That's all well and good, but you've only given me possibilities, and things that could maybe fly, given the right size-scale and circumstances."
Me: "Sweetheart, I would be happy to genetically engineer a functioning dragon in our kitchen for you, but I think l'd end up doing something illegal in the process."
Husband: "We'd probably get evicted."
- Sheldon Cooper Dating Amy Farrah-Fowler, Part 4 on Not Always Right
I was going to share these in an RW-570 broadcast, but Gilbert and Corkboard are absent from #MineralFish, so I’ll share these here.
Icelandic Waters: “It's an ominous reminder that Rain World: The Watcher exists . . . and an ominous hint at what the plot may entail . . .”
*goes to sleep*
Is this supposed to be a reference for a game
Fun fact: my dad just so happened to have a business fight scheduled for today. I remember the time that I resisted a Windows update to the point that the operating system got damaged, but maybe doing that is a good thing . . .
The newest update to No Man's Sky, Worlds I, hasn’t come to the Switch yet, which is understandable. This has given me a chance to strategically prepare what to bring on the combat-oriented Liquidators community expedition that launched alongside it. The plans will be finalized when the patch comes, but here’s what I have so far:
Exosuit shield upgrade x3
Pulse Spitter upgrade x2
Scatter Blaster upgrade x2
Polyphonic Core package
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Repair Kit x20 (ditto)
Ion Battery (charging hazard protection tech)
Starshield Battery (charging starship shields)
Condensed Carbon (charging mining laser and portable tech)
Sentinel Boundary Map (harvesting Sentinel tech)
Void Mote (Autophage currency)
Projectile Ammunition x9,999 (ditto)
Unstable Plasma (ammunition for explosive weaponry)
Chromatic Metal (crafting and refining)
Ionized Cobalt (crafting and refining)
Salvaged Data x60 (construction research)
Runaway Mold x19,988 (refines into 4000 nanites)
Stasis Device x10 (sells for about 160,000,000 units)
Atlantideum (charging the Polyphonic Core)
Sodium (crafting, refining and recharging)
Ferrite Dust (crafting and construction)
I have enrolled in the iOS 18 public beta just so I could use the new journaling features. I can't really go back now; the entries that use the new formatting features would probably get corrupted if I did.
