“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Domain Query: Risk vs Reward

Domain Query: Risk vs Reward

Today’s query comes from LRFotS Randale6, who has a rather interesting and very germane set of questions about the reasons why lower-ranked men in the SSH choose high-probability poor-quality outcomes, over lower-probability (thus riskier) but higher-quality...
Domain Query: Clown College degrees

Domain Query: Clown College degrees

Despite being stricken with what feels like (but isn’t… probably) bird flu, I finally managed to get around to addressing a rather interesting query from LRFotS Randale6, who wrote in to ask about the monumental illiteracy and idiocy of Clown World: Didact, looking...
Domain Query: Asian girls

Domain Query: Asian girls

It has been QUITE a while since we last did a proper podcast – first I was busy, then I was stupidly busy, then I was on vacation, and then I was (and still am) sick. But nothing gets older than an excuse, so let us crack on with a great set of questions from...
Domain Query: Come to the Dark Side, we have penguins

Domain Query: Come to the Dark Side, we have penguins

LRFotS and fellow HALO afficionado MrUNIVAC writes a follow-on request to my original poast about programming for N00BS (well, sort of), to ask about how to migrate to the Dark Side: Realize this is a cold thread, but any recommendations for a Linux version that a...
Domain Query: The programmed mind

Domain Query: The programmed mind

LRFotS took a moment out of his sojourns through East Asia to write in about the utility and usefulness of programming as a skill, and how one might go about learning it in the most time-efficient way possible: Didact, I have been looking into programming for sometime...
Domain Query: Goldbugging

Domain Query: Goldbugging

The Domain Query series is back, with a new episode inspired by a (lengthy) request from LRFotS Randale6, about how to achieve some degree of fiscal and geographical independence from the long, and increasingly corrupt and decrepit, arm of Uncle Shmuel: By...
Domain Query: Fake it ’til you make it

Domain Query: Fake it ’til you make it

This latest Domain Query comes by way of LRFotS Randale6, who asks a pertinent and germane question about the difference between natural and artificial, or “learned”, charisma, with examples provided as reference points: Didact, what are your...
Domain Query: Ask Didact Anything Day #3

Domain Query: Ask Didact Anything Day #3

Friends, the time has come for another Ask Didact Anything brain-dump. This instalment addresses a wide range of reader questions, starting with a fascinating article sent to me by a reader, and continuing on through various points of interest raised by members...
Domain Query: Wife-Hunting Post-Plandemic

Domain Query: Wife-Hunting Post-Plandemic

Here we are, back with another Domain Query episode. This one is perhaps the most complex and demanding topic ever, because it touches on so many different things. As with the previous episode, this comes via a query from LRFotS Randale6, who asked –...
Domain Query: Unleashed in the East

Domain Query: Unleashed in the East

Hail, brothers! The Domain Query series is finally back, with an all-new episode, thanks to LRFotS Randale6, who wrote in with a long two-part question. The questions relate to my recent trip to Russia, and everything that I have seen and learned before...