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Cake day: September 27th, 2023

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  • What we were taught and what I’ve seen a lot in the German speaking world was “punkt for strich”, “dot before line” since the addition and subtraction symbols are written with lines and the mult/div with dots (⋅ and :).

    The fact that parentheses/brackets are always top priority was taught separately (even before multiplication iirc) and once we got to powers/roots it was just quickly mentioned that they have higher prio than mult/div/add/sub.



  • The “5 seconds after they started moving” is relevant. If we assume this takes place on Earth (i.e. on the surface of a sphere with a set pair of north/south poles), the angle between the two vectors changes depending on their current position.

    If it’s not on the equator, it’s also slightly up to interpretation if “Due East” means they’ll turn to stay on the same latitude, always adjusting to stay moving east forever or if they’ll do a great circle. In the former case, the north moving one will eventually get stuck at the north-pole too instead of continuing their circle around the globe. Most likely not within 5 seconds though, unless the place they started was within 25 feet of the north-pole.

    To actually do the math we’ll need to know (or somehow deduce) where “the place where everything about them began” is though.






  • why is it dumb?

    The dumb bit is them revealing his true name right away while the related anime’s pre-release episode, which they’re intentionally syncing up with, is putting in some effort to hide it. I’d wager plenty of people have not read FsF, although maybe I’m mistaken there. Additionally, FGO has shown that they already have the capability of not revealing true names until the time is right before, so it’s not like this would’ve needed some crazy new tech.

    As for your last paragraph, I was talking about this FsF Saber, not OG Saber.


  • We have quite a few more Sabers that use red as a primary or secondary color in FGO. That being said, I’d recommend not looking into that because for some dumb reason they released this Saber a year ago for New Year’s with his full name revealed and everything (actually coinciding with the preview release of this very episode).

    Having read the FsF LN (as far as it is released, one volume missing still), I think Saber is one of the few servants in FsF where giving away their true name too early actually detracts from the experience a little.






  • This is also sorta how RAW works (in DnD 5e), to quote the PHB:

    Group Checks
    When a number of individuals are trying to accomplish something as a group, the DM might ask for a group ability check. In such a situation, the characters who are skilled at a particular task help cover those who aren’t.
    To make a group ability check, everyone in the group makes the ability check. If at least half the group succeeds, the whole group succeeds. Otherwise, the group fails.

    Taking the median roughly has the same effect, it only has a chance to differ if the number of successes and the number of failures are tied.




  • I’ve been to multiple museums in Japan (which is somewhat relevant because Nintendo is Japanese) that either flat out ban all photography (e.g. Ghibli Museum, Aomori Museum of Modern Art) or have some exhibits that you’re not allowed to take pictures of (e.g. Tokyo National Museum). One exhibit I wanted to take a picture of had a “no photography” sticker on it, but it was on the opposite side from where I approached so I didn’t see it, causing staff to run up to me when I pulled out my phone to point out the sign.

    I’ve also heard from other tourists that “no photos” seems to be rather common there.

    Btw, I’m not at all saying that they’re justified at all, just saying that there are indeed places that forbid photos for copyright reasons. In my opinion, no photo would ever match seeing the exhibits in person so it is entirely pointless to ban them. Even professional, official scans of pieces don’t come close.


  • You definitely bring it to the point here. “Can/Could” has two different meanings in this case (and many more generally).

    Nobody can legally enter your house without permission. Vampires also additionally have a second restriction, they cannot physically enter your house without permission. A warrant removes the first restriction but not the second. A vampire policeman with a warrant can legally enter, but still not physically.