Ternary Name Puns

back in 2018 i got into a DnD campaign with 3 acquaintances and 2 friends. after a long period of avoiding scheduling a next session and getting uninterested in the hobby in it's entirety because of how dreadful the sessions were, it eventually died in 2020. one of the reasons why it was so dreadful to the point of dying is that our DM had this annoying habit of making every NPC we ever met either a DMPC self insert or something that was obviously irrelevant to the story in any way possible to the point there wasn't even a name. here's a list of the former:

- an orc that was an amazing duelist with sword skills that could match ANYONE, EVER. DM would boast to us how one bitchslap of his could K.O our entire party.

- a paladin that served the supreme deity. said supreme deity had declared our party a bunch of criminals, and said paladin was somehow ALWAYS, and i mean ALWAYS on our trail

- the old mentor of our wizard was immortal, introducing the legend of another wizard dude that had INVENTED immortality (a story on it's own)

- the only woman we had met out of two known in the entire canon so far; a dwarf who could oneshot anyone with daggers

- a ternary of two brothers and one sister (the other woman in canon, but we hadn't met her): one was a master swordsman, one was "amazing with daggers" and the sister was "the best archer in the entirety of the country". we had only met the dagger guy in-game because swordsman was already killed as "the ultimate vessel for the almighty wizard"

but none of them could top the monstrosity that was his favorite self-insert: his name's Redeye, a half demonic, half divine spirited guy with a sword as huge as himself. he had red eyes (shocking, i know) and was covered in black full-plate armor. Redeye was part of an organization called the Black Knights and he was affiliated with de dagger dwarf, also a Black Knight. DM would boast about Redeye's AMAZING and EXTREMELY POWERFUL style of fighting, a way NO ONE in the ENTIRE WORLD could replicate.

and this dude was THE WORST. Redeye could also fill an entire post on his own, so i'll keep it short for now. he was literally everywhere we went. nothing could piss him off because he's "a nice dude" (read: way too powerful to get mad at the party of squishy level 5s). one time the DM had us watch a heated anime rivalry style duel between the orc and the paladin where the paladin (also a master swordfighter, the type that'd always win a duel) used some divine kameham

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

For the latest version with inline equations and images, read this article on my wiki.

In this article, we compare several ways of creating a ternary outcome system. We'll use the Ironsworn terminology for the three outcomes: strong hit, weak hit, and miss.

A typical description of the three outcomes is:

• Strong hit: you succeed at your task and get away without consequences.
• Weak hit: you succeed at your task but suffer a consequence.
• Miss: you fail at your task and suffer a consequence.

Though this will vary from game to game and possibly even between different situations within the same game.

2dN, count successes versus target number (Modiphius 2d20 without Focus)

Roll two dice, counting them individually against a target number (usually roll-under, but mathematically you could make a roll-over system with the same probabilities).

• You score a strong hit if both dice succeed.
• You score a weak hit if one die succeeds.
• You miss if neither of the dice succeeds.

An example is the simplest case of Modiphius 2d20 (without Focus) where you roll the eponymous 2d20 against a single target number.

Image.

The curves are beta distributions.

The tails of this system are relatively short---once the target number reaches the end of a single die, the outcome is guaranteed.

You can scale the curves horizontally (or equivalently, change the granularity) by changing the die size.

Further reading: roll-and-keep dice pool

2dN + modifier versus two thresholds (Powered by the Apocalypse)

Roll 2dN and add a modifier.

• You score a strong hit if the total reaches an upper threshold.
• You score a weak hit if the total reaches a lower threshold.
• You miss if the total reaches neither threshold.

An example is Powered by the Apocalypse, where you roll 2d6 + modifier against an upper threshold of 10 and a lower threshold of 7.

Image.

The curves are triangular distributions.

The tails of this type of system are longer than for the Modiphius 2d20-style system above, though they still reach a guaranteed

let obj = {
  "one":1,
  "two":2,
  "three":true ? 3 : 0
};
console.log( obj.three ); // returns 3 
console.log( JSON.stringify( obj.three ) ); // also returns 3, but as a string 

This is a very contrived example, but i was hoping i could figure out what to write inside a console.log() in order to receive a return of "true ? 3 : 0" which is what i assigned to the key three inside obj.

I tried Object.values(obj), Object.entries(obj) and i'm about out of ideas here. I recognize that the beauty of the ternary operator is that it evaluates inline, but in this specific case i was hoping i could force it not to.

Any ideas?

[EDIT] Context:

I'm trying to patch old code which works with a very large library of values for use in nesting parts for a CNC. The particular section of code i'm trying to update is ran when a value in the MongoDB is updated. The general idea was to check when a field in the DB is updated, whether there are other fields whose values are dependent on the one being updated, log this out to the console, and return a list of suggested related updates.

Here's an example:

let suggestionsFound = [];

relations["mdfSt"] = [
    { 
    conditions: [ newVal === "Cut F", data.ordSt !== "production" ], 
    suggestions: [ { name : "ordSt", value : "production" } ]     
    }, 
]

relations.forEach( field => {
    console.log( "evaluating conditions for " + field );
    console.log( JSON.stringify( relations[field].suggestions ) );
    suggestionsFound.push( ...field.suggestions );
})

return suggestionsFound;

It reads as: when field "mdfSt" receives a new value, check if that new value is "Cut F", and whether field "ordSt" is not "production". If both are true, set "ordSt" to "production".

Right now when the conditions are evaluated, they are logged out to the console, but all i see is true-s and false-s. I wanted to expand on that console.log(JSON.stringify(relations[field].conditions)) line to instead of giving me an array of true or false values, to just write out the whole expressions it was checking, as well as its evaluation. That way from the console, i can tell what we were checking in the future.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

I am making a component which changes css class if it's selected or deselected.

First version is with ternary inside class attribute which works:

https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebin/ifonexalus.xml

<script lang='ts'>
    let isSelected = false
    
    function toggleSelect(){
        isSelected = !isSelected
    }
</script>

<div on:click={toggleSelect} class={isSelected ? 'selected' : 'notSelected'}>
This is a cell
</div>

<style>
    .selected {
        background-color: brown;
    }
    .notSelected {
        background-color: rebeccapurple;
    }
</style>

Second version I tried to extract ternary expression into separate function:

https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebin/ojikuzimuf.xml

<script lang='ts'>
    let isSelected = false

    function toggleSelect(){
        isSelected = !isSelected
    }

    function className(){
        return isSelected ? 'selected' : 'notSelected'
    }
</script>

<div on:click={toggleSelect} class={className()}>
This is a cell
</div>

<style>
    .selected {
        background-color: brown;
    }
    .notSelected {
        background-color: rebeccapurple;
    }
</style>

Why is that?

P.S do you know any other code paste except hastebin?

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

BamBOO!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved