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Added 2021-11-07 08:49:24 +0000 UTCDarabella said, “So! I need to move some things
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On another note, I'm kinda sad that Erick seems to have almost no knowledge of algorithms, because I realized that future sight combined with the ability of magic to convey intent let you make like, literally the best evolutionary algorithms possible super easily. All you need to do, as a mage, is define what operations the algorithm can perform to tweak the item in question, define a selection algorithm using the future sight to get the result and compare that to the intention, and bam, you can, with no effort of your own, items with biological levels of optimization. Specifically with relation to metalworking, for example, the weight of a given tool can easily be reduced by removing some material from the inside of the blade, and a properly configured evolutionary algorithm could do this in a way that results in only a minute loss of strength despite, or potentially even a resistance to total failure via load spreading, all while significantly reducing weight. We've seen this whenever computerized optimization is succesfully implemented.
Sean S
2021-11-08 11:25:58 +0000 UTCThe whole way Erick is approaching metalworking seems wrong to me. He's got this knowledge of fundamental particles, and he knows that the metal is made of fundamental particles, and yet he hasn't tried to directly, or at least more directly, manipulate them to get the grain structure he wants yet. Magic gives you the tools to skip like ten steps, and yet since the easiest way to use magic via metalshape doesn't work, he's just given up. That's not to mention that the way that the way these smiths use metal doesn't even remotely match the way modern society makes really good metal tools, i.e. taking a metal that already has a decent grain structure, pressing it into the proper shape, and then just heat treating it to get rid of the defects caused by the stress of pressing. Sure, this isn't quite going to match the fine tuned grain structure a true master smith can get, but we've found that precise composition control and heat treating usually beat out structure for the effect on the end product.
Sean S
2021-11-08 11:17:44 +0000 UTCNice chapter!
Håkan Friberg
2021-11-07 20:28:10 +0000 UTCI think there is always a point on the Worldly Path that would draw you into giving up on continuing it. Not everyone folds to pressure, but the lack of it can be just as much a deterrence for them. No challenge , no effort to finish.
Onathan
2021-11-07 19:46:03 +0000 UTCfixed! some were speech, tho, so i left that as it was.
Arcs
2021-11-07 19:14:50 +0000 UTCI just realized that the actual trap of the step of the worldly path might be exactly that: temptation to stop your travels because you found. Anice place to stay
Jack Trowell
2021-11-07 18:32:36 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Jack Trowell
2021-11-07 18:31:50 +0000 UTCearly and great chapter :) 'and it’s take between' it's -> it'd 'the stack. most' -> 'the stack most' 'so we got that covered' we -> we've 'then you got the' you -> you've
Corwin Amber
2021-11-07 18:07:34 +0000 UTCYeah, sometimes this story makes me grin with happiness when I read. This was one of those times.
Torbjørn Nilsen
2021-11-07 15:06:33 +0000 UTCI would be interested in a chapter with povs from others, to know how they perceive Erick
s476
2021-11-07 13:36:10 +0000 UTCLove the chemistry between Darabella and Erick. Out of all his relationships so far, I'd ship those two the most. Seems like they actually like each others crazy lol
Overclocked
2021-11-07 13:20:32 +0000 UTCWow thisa early!
s476
2021-11-07 11:32:58 +0000 UTCThis was a particularly wonderful chapter.
Pixelblade
2021-11-07 11:01:50 +0000 UTC
