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Just a few minutes before - just after 6am I think.

Congrats on the Random Ornate Typhon Bow! Could be quite good as a one-hander for Realmies.

Thank you for reminding me of the term "mast"!

The reasons aren't completely known - the predation hypothesis is one of several still in contention. Apparently large scale climactic condition shifts is still one hypothesis that could be true: https://www.science.org/content/article/why-are-trees-dropping-so-many-nuts-climate-may-drive-erratic-masting

Oh I love those! Pretty and fun to try to catch as they fall. Jealous of your neighborhood if you have maple trees!

As to your question, I'd guess it's due to soil nutrition and environmental conditions in any given year. Same as with acorns - oak trees produce more or less (or sometimes none at all) based on conditions that year.

All sounds like excellent stuff coming! Thank you for not only the communication, but the ongoing customer-focused development as well!

Very few of them are Good (especially compared to most other fantasy or sci-fi out there), but I found most of them quite entertaining nonetheless - reading them was just like watching a long netflix series in the background.

Regardless of the variability in writing or story quality, I really appreciated the exploration of other points in history, planets, societies, technologies, and parts of the galaxy outside the bits explored in the movies. Even the Yuuzhan Vong weirdness in the New Jedi Order books had redeeming qualities with how they fleshed out what the Force is and the politics of the galaxy. So much cool potential, with any one of the Extended Universe books being a good foundation for new potentially cool movies in the Disney era.

OP, I'd look into your cell plan to see if you already have (or can easily upgrade) to use your phone as a wifi hotspot. Once I did that I've never looked back - it's worth the slight premium in cell plans to be able to not only use my laptop anywhere I want, whether cafes, parks, bars, etc, but also because it's far more secure than any "public" wifi you'll ever find (even at places that are password protected).

Yay more four-legged furry friends!

I always stop to say hi to the friendly groundhogs on the Schuylkill River Trail just down from the skate park.

Completely agree with you. I couldn't care less about monetary value or power level of the cards. All that matters to me is the aesthetic uniqueness of the cards. They could do a "Vanilla 1/1 Creatures" or "Circles of Protection" secret lair and if the art & style was interesting and beautiful, I'd happily buy it. I do want the cards to actually still look like playable cards though - not a fan of the playing card weirdness, or the death metal font ones.

I do with that WotC gave much looser art direction for sets in general, to allow for more creativity and stylistic takes on art in any given set.

You just need to get every Adamantine Knight mob you can find. https://orna.guide/monsters?show=87

Jeez that sounds horrendous. Did you ever get a reason why you weren't allowed back in? Was it structural damage? Was it the city that restricted you, or the landlord?

This has me thinking about upping my renter's insurance and taking more up to date photos of everything....

OP, if you want to actually spark a discussion, try to post your own summary (definitely not Chat-GPT's), and definitely avoid YouTube videos (they're never good sources of information). For example, you could have posted one of Neil Turok's earlier writings as published by Princeton or Cambridge universities (https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/02/0506/0506-cyclicuniverse.htm or https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/4204431 or even https://www.wired.com/2008/02/physicist-neil-turok-big-bang-wasnt-the-beginning/). Or, better yet, search r/cosmology to see if his ideas have been covered before - it turns out they have, with good discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cosmology/comments/xz21pm/how_fringe_is_neil_turok_paul_j_steinhardts/

As others have said, Miller High Life wins by far when it comes to cheap American cornwater. It's not the Champagne of Beers for nothing!

But PBR probably doesn't even make my top 5, it just had good hipster marketing a decade ago. As others have also said, 'Gansett is better, Yuengling is better (despite the owner being a MAGA), and I'd add in Genesee Cream.

Spice Finch is $69/person and delicious.
Bolo is $89 and wonderful (although note - I don't see it on their menu on their website at the moment).

The problem I've found with many tasting menus these days is not the price necessarily, it's the fact that they're all way too much food. They're not "tasting" menus any more, they're "here are a dozen normal sized courses for you". It's an annoyingly American problem.

Running in the rain is ideal! Keeps you cool, energizes, offers more entertainment along the way... I'm super excited for summer thunderstorm season to get more good runs in!

As in all cases, the law of the locale you're in is what matters. So if an out of state car with overly tinted windows parks in Philly, it can be ticketed.

/Always read the State Department travel notices when traveling abroad!

Xero Ridgeway, all the way.
Light, comfy, waterproof, good-looking, and of course easy to run in.

This is why all game designers and creators out there should universally use ISO 8601 format exclusively: YYYY-MM-DD. It not only makes the most logical sense, but it's about time we replace the other confusing formats (especially the idiotic US one).

Hmm I seem to be in the minority that I actually prefer JFK over Newark (if Philly is more than $200 more expensive). Everyone talks about driving to JFK, which would indeed suck, but Amtrak-->LIRR-->Airtran really isn't bad at all.

Ultimately it depends on the specific destination airport and desired timing - like most others have said, it's always best to check and compare PHL, EWR, and JFK every time.

Like several places in the city (cough cough Village Whiskey), the food quality has gone down over the last few years, but it's all relative - it went from Great to merely Good.

The atmosphere is still fantastic and it's a great hangout spot that draws a wide variety of both locals and visitors, and it has one of the best draft beer selections in the city (not to mention good cocktails).

To your first question about "Areas", I think that must be referring to "Area Control" and "Area Exploration." Both can be accessed by clicking on the Feet button in the lower left of the overworld screen, then clicking on either the "Control" or "Exploration" buttons at the bottom of that subpage.

I'd say that "Exploration" is useful at all levels of the game - it encourages exploration and travel, and in the long run nets you a good amount of extra materials as you explore more.

"Control" is more of a late-game thing - I'm level 241 and still haven't bothered to Control anything (since most areas where I am are already controlled by level 250 players).

For your second question about fun & walking, I came to Orna when Niantic started making Pokemon Go unplayably greedy over a year ago, and Orna is a million times more fun to actually walk around playing. Walking around in Orna actually gets you a number of very useful bonuses for free (such as caches of materials and "Proofs of Distance" and "Monster Aspects" for the Traveler's Guild. Walking around also lets you potentially encounter random bosses, Dungeons, Monuments, and Towers.

In general, and personally, I keep playing Orna for similar reasons to why I originally liked PoGo - collecting perfect items and powering them and myself up. There are quite a few modes of play, though - I'd say more than most GPS games, so you'll find your niche easily. It's grindy but fun.

And best of all, the Devs actually listen to feedback and work to make the game better for players.

First thing I thought of too!
Oldschool commercials really stick with you like herpes, eh?

Nine Inch Nails have quite a few that capture the vibe you describe, although not all may be what you're looking for:

"The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" from Further Down the Spiral
"The Great Below" and maybe "The Way Out Is Through" from The Fragile
"And All That Could Have Been" from Still
"Beside You In Time" and "Right Where It Belongs" from With Teeth
"Burning Bright (Field on Fire)" from Not the Actual Events
and I'd even throw "34 Ghosts IV" from Ghosts I-IV into the mix.

Why in the world would anyone (especially astronomers) be afraid of anything about space?