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Sorry the lighting is ass

I just wish I'd recorded the pattern as I made her!

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I just wish I'd recorded the pattern as I was making her.

The other day my printer (FLSun V400 delta) had a major print failure, resulting in a huge lump of plastic wrapping underneath the silicone sock and around the print head. I've taken the effector apart, thoroughly cleaned it, and replaced the thermistor and heating cartridges as well as the nozzle. Everything seems to be working fine again, except that there is now a visible pattern on everything I print. Here are some test prints I made to try and diagnose the issue (the images have been filtered to exaggerate it).

[Speed factor: 20% (bottom) to 100% (top)](https://preview.redd.it/hfb73a1h3t0a1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9a4c9d24b976542845d878bc

I keep rolling quests to win with two-color decks, for colors I haven't invested any wildcards into. This makes it nearly impossible to win with those colors with what I currently have.

It seems like the best strategy for quest completion is to invest heavily into a single color, reroll quests without that color, and play a single-card splash for the other color. The best color choices for this are likely red and black, neither of which are in the deck I'm trying to build towards.

My friend and I came up with a change that could help balance the relative effectiveness of Energy Shield against other forms of defense. I'm posting it to see what everyone thinks. Italicized numbers are initial thoughts and likely need adjustment.

Concept

This idea introduces a stat called Resistance Effectiveness. This value acts as a multiplier for all resistances gained from the skill tree and gear. The base value for this stat is 100%. However, resistances are calculated at 50% effectiveness when damaging Energy Shield.

Additionally, skill tree nodes that grant Resistance Effectiveness would be placed throughout the tree. A cluster should be placed nearby Chaos Inoculatio

I didn't think I'd watch this show again after the letdown that was Season 4. If they've fixed the problems that it had, though, I might get back up to speed. What do you guys think so far?

I've recreated the part of the song I can remember here.

Anyone know what it is?

Mark Rosewater has said It's been speculated that that he's Wizards has figured out the way for black to interact with artifacts for Kaladesh. I think I've figured out what that is.

Black will be able to turn artifacts into creatures (now sharing this ability with blue). It will also almost share artifact destruction with red. Let me demonstrate:

Pinocchio's Demise {1}{B}

Instant

Choose target artifact. If it's not a creature,
it becomes a 2/2 creature in addition to its
other types until end of turn. Then, if it's a
creature, it gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

I expect to see several variations of these mechanics in the upcoming set.

EDIT: I was initial

In Acquisition as well as public stash tabs, Glassblower's Bauble is not a currency option for item prices. This doesn't make much sense to me, considering that the quality items Gemcutter's Prism and Cartographer's Chisel are both available, as are currencies less valuable than Baubles, such as Orb of Alteration and Chromatic Orb.

I bring this up because I was hoping to list my quality flasks tab at 1 bauble each, but was disappointed to discover that it isn't possible.

Call me an optimist, but I'm hoping that Valve picks up the pace of hero releases again. When they do, I was thinking it would be cool if they released the heroes at the Majors and the International. Similar to what they did with Techies, it'd be fun to introduce the hero with an exhibition match with pros who have had a chance to try the hero out.

I'm just getting caught up with this show via Netflix, and one thing is bothering me. I'm on episode 8, and so far the only confirmed contents of Oliver's father's notebook is a list of names. In one of the flashbacks in an earlier episode, Oliver was seen burning a few "blank" pages of the notebook before discovering the invisible ink. What if one of the burned pages said something like, "this is a list of really cool people who will hopefully continue to live long and prosperous lives"? And if that was the only other thing in the book, what if Oliver is just really misled? Is there any evidence against this?