u/ndefo — reddlx

20+ year WoW veteran and my biggest regret is...

Not finishing the Mage Tower for my hunter back in Legion.

I've played since I was a kid in tBC. Always bounced around mains.

When Mage Tower launched, I loved it. Achieved the hidden skins for: Blood, Frost, Unholy DK, Prot, Arms, and Fury Warrior, Ele, Enhance, and Resto shaman. Brew, Windwalker, and Mist monk.

I had a couple close pulls with BM hunter, but didn't want to grind out more Nethershards or whatever currency it was. So I just shelved it.

Life starts to get more complicated after college, only had time to play a few characters casually. Flipped between shaman and hunter in BfA. Settle on hunter after that because it supports my casual commitment capacity.

I become a casual conqueror. World quest master. LFR tryhard. Lore junkie. Transmog yuppie.

Now, even though I've been rocking survival hunter for TWW and Midnight, this seasons themes are everything to me. I play exclusively trolls. Darkspear, Zandalari, and we-have-Amani-at-home. And I would just be so smitten to have this beauty of a crossbow/gun to complement transmogs, hunter pets, housing themes.

But it's gone. No coming back. Because I didn't put in the time in the place I thought I would need it. When Mage Tower relaunched, I got the fel tier recolor day 1 on my hunter.

Even though I'm thirsting after any sweet crossbow mogs, this pinnacle Venomstrike mog will always be the one that got away.

u/ndefo — 1 day ago

▲ 68 r/arborists

I used to be able to walk under this tree. Can I cut off the lowest ring of branches?

This tree seems super healthy and I have old pictures where I used to be able to walk under it without getting a face full of needles.

Dog tithe included.

u/ndefo — 4 days ago

▲ 5 r/Paleoart

A brief comment on Spinosaurus tails

Hi friends. I'm a spectator here, and I would be out of sorts if I didn't say how much I fawn over all of the beautiful artwork here. You guys are truly talented.

I wanted to pose a comment either here or r/paleontology, not for the purpose of criticism, but just for discussion, if anything.

While the spino bipedal vs. quadrapedal debate seems to be done for now, I see a ton of artwork representing spino with the tail totally suspended. I realize that a tail that size, especially with the paddle-like geometry, would be necessary to counterbalance the massive weight on the front half of the back legs.

However, I don't think there's any way the spino had the muscles to keep that tail suspended (off the ground). She'd be dragging that thing behind her like a croc. I have zero experience simulating locomotion for ANY critters, but intuition tells me that the muscles required to hold that tail aloft...it's so long and keeps becoming more massive as new models come out.

I don't want to do the spino dirty and having him dragging his tail like some of the 1800s therapod representations. But I don't see musculature developing to keep something that large held in the air. It really has me questioning the beast's land mobility.

Thanks for coming to my soapbox. Happy to discuss.

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u/ndefo — 2 months ago

▲ 2.0k r/explainlikeimfive

ELI5 How were wooden ships watertight?

How were wooden planks assembled to mate well enough to be waterproof?

How did ship wood not warp or become waterlogged over time?

Is the bottom of the ship made up of wooden planks running from front to back, or curved wood that went from bottom spine to the sides?

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u/ndefo — 3 months ago