Euan @ek@wobscale.social

I'm glad I paid extra for the 10 hour flight without wi-fi so I can be very ｏｆｆｌｉｎｅ

I like the fact that Kyary's new video is a single-shot with some decently complex / timing-heavy coordination.

I also like that there's not obvious post-processing CG, (unlike many of her other MVs) but still does a good job creating the same sort of unique and abstract vibe without it (e.g. with the blown up facial features and colorscheme).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWxrIblJHO0

The thing that actually carried it was that abstract plotline combined with just enough character development (aka Vin growing into her mary-sue-dom) and just enough world/history building to keep me hooked.

I'm also going to keep reading the series in no small part because I hope it touches more on how the world got to where it is; on the class divide and specific societal roles, in short, the final empire.

(now, with spoilers, you have been warned)

There really was a bit too much deus ex machina for me with the 'Marsh is an Inquisitor (and just in time)' bit. wtf.
Vin also had some mary sue traits (special-super-powered mistborn, desirable to a noble who is good, actually, etc etc).

Kelsier's martyr/Jesus plot felt a bit heavy in a few spots, and honestly Yeden's character arc in relation to him was just *bad* imo.

I like Kelsier's plotline in the abstract a lot though.
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Character development was also somewhat iffy, and there are loose ends (though most seem intentional).

The whole plot was neatly executed, but it was also very cliche, with only a few surprises.

Honestly, the politics bit may have been the weakest bit for me. I dig a book that does a good job of creating a political system and executing within it, and for a few hot seconds it seemed like it might happen in mistborn, but nope :(

Overall, still worth the read for me.

First mistborn book mini-review.

Overall, I think it wasn't bad.
The magic system and world felt well constructed with decent depth.

The story arc the book set up and executed also seemed well done, with a good number of subplots and a neat climax.

There were "guy-writing-girl" moments, some messy pacing here and there, poorly fleshed out politics, and some serious deus ex machina, but those didn't detract enough to stop me from reading it.
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The worst part about staying up before flights to try and pre-game jetlag is the very rational fear my sleep-deprived brain will forget something important

Anyways, it's really fun to try to just guess phrases at random that may work. A surprising number have for me!

That's definitely cheating though.

On the other hand, I can make a 0 result into a 1 result by tooting about it presumably.

For example, "gentoo stalin" has no results right now.
Soon that will be fixed if this gets boosted :)

Quotes make it much easier. The fact that I can't list the queries textually on mastodon without destroying them is also kinda fun.

Help I am obsessed with google searches that have exactly 1 result.

With nsswitch, the possibilities are limitless!
Instant broken (networking|users|groups), just add .so files!

My shell is now mad at me and I don't know why.
> command not found: #
I don't think I changed anything! Googling for that error is hard too!

It's a really pretty router https://wobscale.social/media/YS5bOpjwGMUiRhe-HxY

I can't pick a hostname for this router. I guess it'll just never get setup.

Go package management is so bad I can't pull in a dependency on code I wrote 2 years ago

@iliana@cybre.space ur a witch, iliana

@iliana@cybre.space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMYKA1wGo4