So, Ive recently gotten back into writing and been thinking about how much more fun it would be to write Outside. Problem is, the sun hates screens. I have an Alphawrite Neo, of course, but I've always been insecure about lugging a weird educational device around with me in public. So I started looking into Eink tablets that could be used with a keyboard and

Jesus H. Christ, that price tag!

I just want something to type on something. Apparently thats strange, so maybe there will be something cheaper as just a word processor. It seems that the only reasonable offering here is the Freewrite Traveler, though, so I look it up and

WHY‽ It's the same price!

Okay, maybe I could just get a Raspberry Pi 400 and attach an eInk monitor to it. Apparently, this is not the usual use-case for E-ink, but there are in fact e-ink monitors out there! Most were around a thousand dollars for some reason, but here is the cheapest one I could find:

That's around the price point of a Boox Go, for reference, which has a really slow screen refresh rate.

Why is there no affordable e-paper products that arent a pain to use? I am aware of cheaper ones, but the ones ive seen reviews if aren't able to keep up with typing in a way that seems responsive. And I'm aware that you can find eink displays (as in the component) for as low as $30, so they should be able to be cheaper than this!

cross-posted from: https://dice.camp/users/Shkshkshk/statuses/113331620545269965

My favorite pastime is telling people all about skinny pigs.

@guineapigs

"Here's a picture of a scrotum with a mustache. He will never know what warmth feels like. If you want him, you're going to have to pick between his happiness and safety. If you want him to be happy and get him a friend to live with, when they argue his friend will bite him in the rump, and he's going to be constantly sick. If you want him to be safe, just get him, but he might actually die of loneliness."

#guineapigs

Back in high school when I was able to use my parent's insurance, I was on Strattera. But the generic version is, like, six times more expensive than Ritalin, so I'm thinking about trying something new.

I'm looking for a toy for my little cousin's birthday, and I don't know what the term is for the genre I am looking for

I saw a review for a set of what the reviewer called "unboxing toys", in which the process of opening the package to get to the toy is turned into a whole experience. The main focus of the video was a criticism of Beast Labs by comparing it to similar more fun products at lower price points. This genre of toy seemed really fun, like an escape room in a box. One that captured my attention was the Treasure X Dragons Realm Treasure Chest in which the kid must

1. unlock the chest with the skeleton key
2. excavate the three secret artifacts of power, discover the dragon armor, and find the three dragon riders
3. slot the artifacts into the treasure map
4. activate the secret switch in the eyesocket of the skull
5. unlock the secret compartment
6. unchain the dragon!

Obviously this could make for an epic experience, and I want to find more toys like this. Google says the word for this genre of toys is "surprise toys" but whenever I try to use that as a keyword I only find boring lootbox bullshit like LOL Suprise dolls and kinder eggs. How do I find more toys like these, which are more about crafting a little experience with a thematic puzzle?

Edit: Forgot to include a piece of important context. My little cousin is turning 3 on his next birthday and likes "dinotaurs" and "dagons" because they roar and smash things and eat his cars and trains. This gift is more for his dad than him, since the little cutie will need to be guided through the puzzle which will a good opportunity for quality time.

This is a continuation of my previous post, in spirit. I've been hammering out some rules for a skill-based dungeon-crawling game with five classes, one of which is the Ranger which is meant to be the overland travel specialist. That's a pretty narrow niche, so I've been trying to flesh them out by making them really, really good at mysteries. Here's what I've come up with so far:

• If you are feeling stumped, you can privately ask the DM for help
• If you are exercising judgement on par with the average koala, the DM can warn you before your character does something uncharacteristically idiotic.
• If you are looking for clues, you don't have to roll a skill check to find it as long as you are using an appropriate skill in an appropriate manner.

Basically, Rangers get to operate as if they were using the Gumshoe system, plus the Common Sense feat from GURPS. There's also some more traditional Ranger stuff that I've come up with:

• You can make an effective ghillie suit in under an hour, and can use Naturalism (the primary ranger skill) to hide using it while in your favored terrain.
• You can speak with your favored quarry (a mundane animal; you can pick multiple of these if you are fine with dumping all your levels in getting really good at hunting and taming). They likely have different senses and priorities than you and may be helpful in giving you a different perspective, although most will be very food-motivated and dim-witted.

Not sure what to do other than this. Do any of you have other ways I could make give Rangers little buffs to their ability to play as an Aragorn-Batman hybrid?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42078497

Not mine, this is ripped from @[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41193567