Octo's Rambles

idk what to put here, i'm just here ig / Gay

[octocd5]

Anyone know of a good tool to flash a Linux iso into a USB?

[bernieburrart]

Part time coffee yeens

[octocd5]

today in, song of the day:

Come On! Feel The Illinoise! by Sufjan Stevens (no im not including the full title)

Illinois is such a beautiful concept album, Sufjan Stevens really did a great job with his song writing and really making it feel like it’s a part of the state’s identity (even if, ironically, it was recorded in an NYC apartment).

[octocd5]

why am i nervous for a camera going for maintenance, shouldn’t be much of a deal yet i’m pissing my pants abt it

[octocd5]

Might be a bad idea, idk

i'm gonna try my hand at stop motion using an old lumix point and shoot

[hunkybeans]

How to keep someone's mind hostage in DnD

The sending spell lets you send 25 words to someone.

The longest word in the English dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which has 19 syllables. A google search claims people talk at 4-5 syllables per second, so let's assume that this word takes four seconds to say. That means that with all 25 words you can occupy someone's head for 100 seconds, which isn't a lot but is certainly annoying.

Now, a discerning dm might argue that you can't use this word since it's unlikely your character knows the technical word for silicosis. This is where you pull out your pet rat, and give it a fun name, something like:

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum

This is a real name which existed, and assuming an average of 4 letters per syllable (I'm not going to count them), is around 150 syllables, or 33 seconds of talking. This name repeated 25 times will give you around 14 minutes of talking. You could probably invent a longer name, this is DnD after all, but this gives you a baseline grounded in reality.

The sending spell has no save against it, is not constrained by distance, and to my knowledge has not way of being blocked (though I'm sure one exists).

So, if an NPC is annoying, but you can't do anything violent about it, feel free to beam 14 minutes of gibberish into their brain as many times per day as you have the spell slots for. If they want to, they can return the favour, but if you're the kind of bastard to do this in the first place you're petty enough to make that sacrifice.

[hunkybeans]

"A miniature horse can be trained to guide the blind,[25] to pull wheelchairs, or as support for persons with Parkinson's disease."

Service animal - Wikipedia

So, in conclusion, for a surprisingly affordable price you can buy yourself a street legal chariot.

[borkthunder]

Evening walk 🌃

[octocd5]

mfw a band called "Draconic Heritage" makes the most headache inducing shit you have ever heard and someone called John Smith living in Gary, Indiana makes album of the year

That is me with Steven Wilson rn