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@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ And I don't mean, the IP is bad and you shouldn't like it. That's left as an exe
I mean the wizarding world is, canonically, top to bottom, infested with fucking morons. I mean the wizarding world is, canonically, top to bottom, infested with fucking morons.
of course it would be: of course it would be:
point 1, think about how eagerly your brain will offload thought. quick, when's your sister's dog's birthday? fuck knows, you own a calendar. Give driving directions from your high school to your current favorite bar. Fuck knows, just pull up GPS. How many digits of Pi do you have memorized? In my case, I'm ashamed to say it's more than 3. So it follows that wizards have an attitude of "waving a stick and saying some words works reliably enough, who cares why". point 1, think about how eagerly your brain will offload thought. quick, when's your sister's dog's birthday? fuck knows, you own a calendar. Give driving directions from your high school to your current favorite bar. who knows, just pull up GPS. Do you have the speed of sound memorized? Einstein would just look it up. So it follows that wizards have an attitude of "waving a stick and saying some words works reliably enough, who cares why".
point 2, there is precisely one catch-all gen-ed class at hogwarts. point 2, there is precisely one catch-all gen-ed class at hogwarts.
here's a fun game: the next time someone says "they should teach (blank) in schools", ask them what existing courses they're going to get rid of to make room. Students' schedules have been overfull forever - and at hogwarts, who knows what they discarded in favor of magic. here's a fun game: the next time someone says "they should teach (blank) in schools", ask them what existing courses they're going to get rid of to make room. Students' schedules have been overfull forever - and at hogwarts, who knows what they discarded for magic.
Anyway, think about how many plot holes are filled in: Anyway, think about how many plot holes are filled in:
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Wizards have tardis-camp-tents, and yet not every wizard rents a cheap storage u
6) why do evil characters keep demonstrating how much they don't care about their loyal subordinates, but going through trouble to bust them out of jail? because those henchmen are an unfathomably rare specimen of a coworker with some basic competency. 6) why do evil characters keep demonstrating how much they don't care about their loyal subordinates, but going through trouble to bust them out of jail? because those henchmen are an unfathomably rare specimen of a coworker with some basic competency.
3) hi i tore the very fabric of time and space to move this point to the back: they issued a time travel locket to a 3rd grader! to be honest none of the rest of these even matter. 3) hi i tore the very fabric of time and space to move this point to the back: they issued a time travel locket to a 3rd grader! to be honest none of the rest of these even matter.
no wonder the "feared dark lord" (who lost a 1v1 against literally a baby) got brought back to life and had the world re-conquered in a few months. no wonder the "fEaReD dArK lOrD" (who lost a 1v1 against literally a baby) got brought back to life and had the world re-conquered in a few months.
You might wonder why I haven't touched on the seemingly paradoxical rarity of Liquid Luck. There *is* a good in-universe justification for why it isn't dispensed out of fountains every 10 feet. You might wonder why I haven't touched on the seemingly paradoxical rarity of Liquid Luck. There *is* a good in-universe justification for why it isn't dispensed out of fountains every 10 feet.
@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ warp your perspective.
Analogy: suppose we invented a chemically perfect painkiller. This hypothetical wonder drug has no other side effects, isn't toxic, isn't directly addictive, and is somehow so cheap that everyone has a lifetime supply. Analogy: suppose we invented a chemically perfect painkiller. This hypothetical wonder drug has no other side effects, isn't toxic, isn't directly addictive, and is somehow so cheap that everyone has a lifetime supply.
You should still abstain. You should still abstain.
Pain is data, and if this drug is just obscuring that data from you, you won't realize that your damage is outpacing your healing. Pain is data, and if this drug is just obscuring that data from you, you won't realize that your damage is outpacing your healing.
Do you like sunlight? If not for the emotional reaction of avoiding sunburn, how long do you think it will be before you give yourself skin cancer? Do you like sunlight?
If not for the emotional reaction of avoiding sunburn, how long do you think it will be before you give yourself skin cancer? Likewise, Felix Felicis offers to do too much for you.
likewise, Felix Felicis offers to do too much for you.
I'm sure you know someone who has atypical advantages working for them, and thinks that's just how the world works. I'm sure you know someone who has atypical advantages working for them, and thinks that's just how the world works.
Because, as Churchill didn't quite say- Because, as Churchill didn't quite say-
@ -58,10 +57,11 @@ A person acclimates to their tools. Like I referenced above: No one can remember
This is all great. Victories of engineering. This is all great. Victories of engineering.
But it's still not ok to remain entirely ignorant. But it's still not ok to remain entirely ignorant.
Calendar software is a solved problem thanks to the vcal standard - so an entity that takes *that* from you is trying to un-solve the problem and make you dependent on them, so they can raise their price. Calendar software is a solved problem thanks to the vcal standard - so an entity that obscures it from you is trying to un-solve the problem and make you dependent on them, so they can raise their price.
A calculator is a great thing to have with you - so imagine if your device's owner didn't deign to give you a calculator? A calculator is a great thing to have with you - so imagine if your device's owner didn't deign to give you a calculator?
Shape your tools to be sure the way they shape you back is acceptable. In both of those cases, you'd offload your thought to a service, which then stops.
So shape your tools to be sure the way they shape you back is acceptable.