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[ChairmanPoo]

basic worldgen doesnt tune certain aspects I want to tune. EG cold weather, up the number of necromancers and vampires, reduce good zones to a minimum and keep evil reasonably controlled, tune number of cavern layers (important FPS preserving feature!), etc...

[Max™]

I have a confession to make...

I confess that I do like to check out how this guy Paul Sellers does things, because while I am not generally one to follow a beaten path, and indeed more likely to fuck off into the underbrush and disappear... I do like how he explains his methods and reasoning. He's big on preserving and passing on a tradition of craftsmanship, but not hardcore "THIS IS THE ONLY RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS THING EVER" like you might expect a traditionalist to be.

Generally when I see something designed a certain way or styled in a particular fashion I make a point to avoid that general volume of the general designing phase space, and find it much more enjoyable when I am utterly unable to find something like what I made.

I did think the little dovetail markers Paul makes were clever though: https://paulsellers.com/2011/12/making-the-paul-sellers-dovetail-template/

I whipped up one of the usual "trace this outline" type of markers but it was really fiddly feeling, and I suspected the way Paul did his wouldn't have the same problem but a roughed out piece of scrap I experimented with made me realize I didn't like having to flip it back and forth to do both sides of the tails, and I didn't like having to peek behind it to make sure I had the spacing right, so I grabbed a different hunk of wood with a different shape hidden inside so I could rock it back and forth to do the same side angles, and started adding a window.

Then I cracked it with a careless chisel push... sat here bummed out and thinking for a good twenty minutes before I decided how to do it right, first with a big thick chunk of walnut and later after rethinking how to pass on the methods with a thinner piece of pine, and I'm pretty damn happy to say I can't find anything like them online.

Spoiler: You rock the little v shape side to side and pencil down the sides (click to show/hide)

Looking through the window lets you easily gauge the spacing, and the other side has a slightly different angle for the tails.

The greenish walnut one is 1:5 and 1:7, while the thinner pine one with the accidental pokeball knot is 1:5 and 1:8.

Laying the back of the v on top of the tail board gives you a square side to trace across, or you can put the v side against the back of a pin board and get the matching angles to go with your tails! The little pill bottle with cloth is full of MINERAL oil (do not use a drying oil like tung or linseed whatnot, they heat up and can combust) so I can just dab and spread it on my tool blades and finished workpieces, while the little bit of walnut with the screw and razor blade is a scraper, dragging it across a surface every couple of sandpaper steps (60 > 100 > scrape > 150 > 220 > scrape > 320 > 400 > finishing file) cleans any grit that may have been left behind and helps cut stray bits of grain fiber that was smushed down or standing up. Naturally the saws are my brass backed dovetail saw and steel backed carcase saw with their handles on a little square of walnut I was using to confirm the different angles/ease of using the markers.

[Hanslanda]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

[overseer05-15]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

[Doomblade187]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

I hate to say it Hans, but it feels like there's reasonable cause to doubt the context of these posts.

That said, a good server, especially if cute, can vastly improve one's day.

[Hanslanda]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

I hate to say it Hans, but it feels like there's reasonable cause to doubt the context of these posts.

That said, a good server, especially if cute, can vastly improve one's day.

When I was born we lived in Phoenix Arizona. My dad was on death's door with pneumonia and my mom was working two jobs. They could barely make rent and absolutely couldn't afford food. A preacher overheard this from my mom one day and came to our apartment in a brand new Cadillac, a suit, and shined shoes. He prayed for us and left.

The equally dirt poor waitresses my mom worked with started coming by with all the spare food they could gather. They got my family through that time, while the preacher, who obviously wasn't hurting for money, didn't do a fucking thing.

Recently, my wife told me a waitress she works with was having financial trouble and needed help. So yesterday we got a big box and put about 20 cans, five boxes of cereal, a few boxes of mac and cheese and stuff, a bunch of koolaid, and six filet mignon we got for free from my work, in the box and gave it to them. Somehow they can't get financial assistance and the food pantry they went to basically said they were shit out of luck.

That was the context for my remark. I've watched the systems utterly fail, and I've watched waitresses fill the gap.

[Caz]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

I hate to say it Hans, but it feels like there's reasonable cause to doubt the context of these posts.

That said, a good server, especially if cute, can vastly improve one's day.

When I was born we lived in Phoenix Arizona. My dad was on death's door with pneumonia and my mom was working two jobs. They could barely make rent and absolutely couldn't afford food. A preacher overheard this from my mom one day and came to our apartment in a brand new Cadillac, a suit, and shined shoes. He prayed for us and left.

The equally dirt poor waitresses my mom worked with started coming by with all the spare food they could gather. They got my family through that time, while the preacher, who obviously wasn't hurting for money, didn't do a fucking thing.

Recently, my wife told me a waitress she works with was having financial trouble and needed help. So yesterday we got a big box and put about 20 cans, five boxes of cereal, a few boxes of mac and cheese and stuff, a bunch of koolaid, and six filet mignon we got for free from my work, in the box and gave it to them. Somehow they can't get financial assistance and the food pantry they went to basically said they were shit out of luck.

That was the context for my remark. I've watched the systems utterly fail, and I've watched waitresses fill the gap.

Poor people give a lot more to the community/charities than the rich. I heard it's something to do with empathy. The richer you get, the less of it you have.

[JoshuaFH]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

I hate to say it Hans, but it feels like there's reasonable cause to doubt the context of these posts.

That said, a good server, especially if cute, can vastly improve one's day.

When I was born we lived in Phoenix Arizona. My dad was on death's door with pneumonia and my mom was working two jobs. They could barely make rent and absolutely couldn't afford food. A preacher overheard this from my mom one day and came to our apartment in a brand new Cadillac, a suit, and shined shoes. He prayed for us and left.

The equally dirt poor waitresses my mom worked with started coming by with all the spare food they could gather. They got my family through that time, while the preacher, who obviously wasn't hurting for money, didn't do a fucking thing.

Recently, my wife told me a waitress she works with was having financial trouble and needed help. So yesterday we got a big box and put about 20 cans, five boxes of cereal, a few boxes of mac and cheese and stuff, a bunch of koolaid, and six filet mignon we got for free from my work, in the box and gave it to them. Somehow they can't get financial assistance and the food pantry they went to basically said they were shit out of luck.

That was the context for my remark. I've watched the systems utterly fail, and I've watched waitresses fill the gap.

Poor people give a lot more to the community/charities than the rich. I heard it's something to do with empathy. The richer you get, the less of it you have.

You know, the ol'  "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God", I suppose implying that just having wealth is a sin, because you're obvious not giving back. Or something along those lines.

[ChairmanPoo]

I'd like to posit that waitresses do more good than all the charities and government programs combined.

You wanna give context for that?

I hate to say it Hans, but it feels like there's reasonable cause to doubt the context of these posts.

That said, a good server, especially if cute, can vastly improve one's day.

When I was born we lived in Phoenix Arizona. My dad was on death's door with pneumonia and my mom was working two jobs. They could barely make rent and absolutely couldn't afford food. A preacher overheard this from my mom one day and came to our apartment in a brand new Cadillac, a suit, and shined shoes. He prayed for us and left.

The equally dirt poor waitresses my mom worked with started coming by with all the spare food they could gather. They got my family through that time, while the preacher, who obviously wasn't hurting for money, didn't do a fucking thing.

Recently, my wife told me a waitress she works with was having financial trouble and needed help. So yesterday we got a big box and put about 20 cans, five boxes of cereal, a few boxes of mac and cheese and stuff, a bunch of koolaid, and six filet mignon we got for free from my work, in the box and gave it to them. Somehow they can't get financial assistance and the food pantry they went to basically said they were shit out of luck.

That was the context for my remark. I've watched the systems utterly fail, and I've watched waitresses fill the gap.

This is my land. I was born here. When I was young I trained here, learning the Bushido - The Way of the Warrior. But that was long ago. Now we live in an age of war. My neighbours are now my enemies and my home is now my fortress. Here we stand and if we should fall, our honour is still great. . In ancient times, skillful warriors first made themselves invincible and then watched for vulnerability in their opponents. This is our land and it shall be stained with blood. One day, it shall again be like it was when I was young. One day my country shall be reunited. The path to peace is a dangerous journey. But there shall be peace: peace under my flag; a peace carved by my sword! One day - but not today. Know your enemy, know yourself and your victory is never in danger.

[Hanslanda]

I suspect that quote (Sun Tzu?) Wasn't intended seriously but I could fairly easily apply it to my world.

[scriver]

It's likely because you mentioned Phoenix, Arizona, the place where every day is a battle because the very air hates you.

Also why isn't New Mexico's capital New Mexico City?

[Hanslanda]

It's likely because you mentioned Phoenix, Arizona, the place where every day is a battle because the very air hates you.

Also why isn't New Mexico's capital New Mexico City?

Because Merica

[Yoink]

Earlier I saw an ad for that Infowars show here at the airport.

[Hanslanda]

Earlier I saw an ad for that Infowars show here at the airport.

... That made you happy?! O.o

[Khan Boyzitbig]

It's likely because you mentioned Phoenix, Arizona, the place where every day is a battle because the very air hates you.

Also why isn't New Mexico's capital New Mexico City?

Because Merica

And you generally don't name a captured city after the capital of the nation you took it from (unless you really want to rub it in and cause more wars), just like how New Amsterdam was renamed New York and Byzantium is now Istanbul.