@BESW Generally you want an adblock and another one for Youtube ads. Flashblock is necessary if you are concerned about security. Javascript blocker, such as NoScript would be perfect for security, but it does block an awful lot of beneficial site activities
After a while it was pretty straightfoward: a lot of that sort of thing was pretty much the same across many sites so I slowly developed a whitelist that enabled most functionality on most sites.
My google-fu has failed me. I'm trying to find a Finnish runestone (at least I think that's what it is). I've been at the site a long time ago, and don't recall much. But I've been wearing a replica of it around my neck since, and wanted to recall at least what it's called. Anyone eager to stare at old carvings?..
All I remember is it standing in the middle of nowhere, definitely in Finland, with a tiny museum/shop near it. Here's a cropped photo I just took. Google thinks it's a snake, which is reasonable.
> Waterwalking stipulation: If the spell is cast underwater (or while the subjects are partially or wholly submerged in whatever liquid they are in), the subjects are borne toward the surface at 60 feet per round until they can stand on it.
If the subject is at a depth where human divers on Earth get into health issues if they rise that fast to the surface without interruption (like bubbles in their blood etc), should the GM also include that or would that be an acceptable break from reality?
or am I overanalyzing a world with dragons and magic again?
...there are also probably no rules for the bends, which is a good hint that if your group is playing a game where the bends are a thing, you might have a system/goal mismatch.
@Nzall There's a big difference between "don't use Adblock Plus, it lets through ads that bribed the producer", and "Users can support this less extreme version of ad blocking by allowing the Acceptable Ads option to remain enabled."
For example: "Participants cannot pay to avoid the criteria. Every ad has to comply with the criteria."
@Miniman Many providers are rightfully comparing this to an extortion racket: "oh, you took steps to please us? please, pay some so our business can continue".
There's definitely a potential standards-and-practices problem when advertising requires an extra fee to get through; it unreasonably favours large companies which are already dominating the market.
@Nzall Blocking ads in the first place is far harsher on businesses. It's a little weird to draw the line at charging a fee that costs the companies in question far less than not having customers see their ads.
@BESW I find that hyperbole sometimes is needed to start discussion. Many discussions start with dismissing the hyperbole, then another party saying there's some truth to it
@Miniman The problem is that it's not the advertisers themselves that need to make their ads acceptable. it's the website providers. And as long as the advertisers aren't regulated enough, malvertising in the broadest definition will continue
[shrug] I'm a lot less likely to listen to someone who doesn't seem to know what he's talking about, or seems to be deliberately skewing information to incite a response.
ads that download malware, ads that download tons of extra resources throughout the entire time they're on the page, fake download buttons,...
My problem itself is not really ads. It's that many advertising companies don't have any problems with their ads giving out malware, with their ads being nested 7 iframes deep, with their ads interrupting the user, with their ads taking 20-30% of the user's bandwidth,...
@BESW et al, thanks for trying. I'm starting to suspect the whole thing is an overproduced hoax. Which would also be interesting. But it doesn't appear to be called a runestone, that's certain.
@eimyr Somehow, that comic assumes that A) the US congress actually cares about ads; B) the audience isn't horrified enough by these ads for massive outcry; C) the entire world follows after what the USA does. You could make VERY strong arguments against all 3
@eimyr Pretty much the usual. Starts out "Ooh, a Pacific thing." Then the cynicism kicks in--"Starring Dwayne Johnson." Then I'm pleasantly surprised they have a Kiwi on the script. Then I'm disappointed they've got white guys pretty much everywhere else.
@BESW I am not a fan of the recent wave of abuse of this feature. I guess I wish Chrome would display the permission prompt a little more subtly/passively. But no, I do not ever need notifications from a recipe website, why are you even asking?!
@JohnB If they'd introduce a HTTPS requirement, at least we'd have a bunch of websites that stopped doing it, plus a bunch of websites that improve their security so they don't lose the feature
oh man what a pleasure this website is to use. I whitelist JavaScript, this is what they show: "No javascript? See all setup instructions here. Read the full documentation here."
Today’s page of Atomic Robo and the Temple of Od shows what it looks like to an NPC when your crew gets all crits. http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v11ch2-page-13
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Oh, I was digging the ambiguity in what it might mean. Like "Sweet Dog-Eat" = good dog food. Or "Sweet, dog, eat!" = being encouragement at meal-time. Or "Sweet: dog, eat." = allowing your dog a treat.
My wife's at a church council meeting and my son's having a sleepover. Time to see how the JV squad holds it together! (So far, 0-for-1: typing on internet rather than supervising bath.)
@Shalvenay yup. When I was there it wasn't a terribly RPG-knowledgable clerk--he couldn't figure out whether the thing he was seeing was MGT 2e or MGT Book 2. So we've left a note for some of the RPG-heavyweights who're working this evening and should be giving me a call.
