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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36081399

I've been wanting to put together a successful Secret Santa as that was one of the traditions of ancient Internet that I've always enjoyed.

So, I'm putting together a Secret Santa event for the combined users of the Warhammer 40k and Tabletop minis communities.

I've set up an email: 40k_2025@protonmail.com

Only I have access to it, and I'll delete it after the conclusion of the event.

Anyone who wants to participate in the Secret Santa should send a short email with shipping info, and preferences in hobbying. I'll collect up all the emails by the end of NOVEMBER 3rd. After that date I won't consider any new participants; sorry I want to give everyone time to buy and ship gifts. NOVEMBER 3rd.

Shortly after that date I'll send out emails to all the participants about who they will be sending a gift to.

I think a value of $40ish dollars is reasonable for a hobby exchange, but really it's about the spirit of the gift giving.

An event like this only works with enough willing participants and it works best with a lot of people, so if you're even on the fence about it I highly encourage it.

Given shipping weirdness, I'll only be pairing US participants with other US participants. European community members should be able to all ship to each other and will be default paired up. If you are willing to ship outside of Europe just mention it in your entry email. Any participants outside of Europe or the US should similarly mention their ability to ship.

 

I've been wanting to put together a successful Secret Santa as that was one of the traditions of ancient Internet that I've always enjoyed.

So, I'm putting together a Secret Santa event for the combined users of the Warhammer 40k and Tabletop minis communities.

I've set up an email: 40k_2025@protonmail.com

Only I have access to it, and I'll delete it after the conclusion of the event.

Anyone who wants to participate in the Secret Santa should send a short email with shipping info, and preferences in hobbying. I'll collect up all the emails by the end of NOVEMBER 3rd. After that date I won't consider any new participants; sorry I want to give everyone time to buy and ship gifts. NOVEMBER 3rd.

Shortly after that date I'll send out emails to all the participants about who they will be sending a gift to.

I think a value of $40ish dollars is reasonable for a hobby exchange, but really it's about the spirit of the gift giving.

An event like this only works with enough willing participants and it works best with a lot of people, so if you're even on the fence about it I highly encourage it.

Given shipping weirdness, I'll only be pairing US participants with other US participants. European community members should be able to all ship to each other and will be default paired up. If you are willing to ship outside of Europe just mention it in your entry email. Any participants outside of Europe or the US should similarly mention their ability to ship.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago

Food Network is in the bag for Kitchen Aid products.

 

For whatever reason the version run through my layer editing is blurry and I don't feel like redoing it right now.

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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
 
[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What’s your favorite movie that uses lots of practical effects?

The Thing has to be up there if the criteria is just an overall great movie heavy on practical effects.

Do you have a favorite practical effect of all time?

The "digital" wireframe view of the city from Snake's glider in 'Escape From New York'.

It was accomplished with miniature buildings which is rad.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Search logic starts with reasonable assumptions. Ethiopia means the most likely rifle is Italian based in history. It's not a Carcano based on the barrel bands, so look one generation of rifles back at the Vetterli. Compare barrel bands and overall profile to confirm the match. It being obscured is why it can't tell if it's an M1870 or the updated M1870/87

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Looks like a depiction of the M1870 or M1870/87 Vetterli bolt action.

 
 

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The special provisions that exist or have been proposed are for first responders because they breathed in dust and were exposed to various health hazards during the response.

What above and beyond taking care of do people who weren't exposed to any of that in the backend need?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In your own question you are identifying something that isn't a first responder. First responders arrive on scene. By being on scene the first responders were exposed to health hazards. Those hazards are what existing or proposed programs deal with.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Repeat from the other thread:

I beat The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

It was alright. A third person shooter where you are theoretically giving tactical orders to two NPC followers. In reality, good or interesting tactics go out the window in favor of just spamming special abilities as much as possible in a chaotic mess of fights. The story was decent and gets interesting near the end, although for my money after the big reveal it feels like it drags out a bit longer than it needs to. For $3 I got my value.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I beat The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

It was alright. A third person shooter where you are theoretically giving tactical orders to two NPC followers. In reality, good or interesting tactics go out the window in favor of just spamming special abilities as much as possible in a chaotic mess of fights. The story was decent and gets interesting near the end, although for my money after the big reveal it feels like it drags out a bit longer than it needs to. For $3 I got my value.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The reason they haven't succumb to sponsorships is exactly because of their giant Patreon. That's about the same reason they don't really care about monetization on every video. This video was more about their uploads being entirely hidden from view by YouTube's nebulous automated system.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A choice which also has many downsides.

It just seems really difficult to envision a way to put Stargate back on TV that isn't somewhere between underwhelming to full on disaster.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

How embarrassing.

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