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[pingpongsam]

I would say the 80's cartoons were the most egregious examples of using the cartoon format as an advertising platform towards kids. Not to say it doesn't happen today but it seems much less widespread and nowhere near as blatant.

Also, there's the availability and signal to noise ratios to consider. On steam, for example, there are still some extremely good games available. Also, just because crap is available doesn't mean it is selling. 80's cartoons were all that were available and there were a limited number of channels that aired them. The only cartoon centric channel we had then was Nickelodeon and even that wasn't available on regular broadcast TV until the latest 80's or maybe even early 90's.

While trends will certainly repeat across generations, Syndicated garbage cartoons were definitely a unique hallmark of Generation X; primarily due to the explosion of diverse content creators during this era.

All statements amero-centric.

[Kuildeous]

Do any other Excel gurus get to the point where you paste nearly everything with Alt+E, S, V to avoid messing up formats, conditional formats, and special formulas? Or is that just me?

[Lekkit]

I don't use Excel as much as I should. In fact I pretty much don't use it at all... So I guess no?

[Witherweaver]

I usually have to choose the "text only" paste option to prevent silly autoformatting. 

[eHalcyon]

Do any other Excel gurus get to the point where you paste nearly everything with Alt+E, S, V to avoid messing up formats, conditional formats, and special formulas? Or is that just me?

Please elaborate on these specific shortcuts, when they should be used, and when they should not.

[Kuildeous]

Do any other Excel gurus get to the point where you paste nearly everything with Alt+E, S, V to avoid messing up formats, conditional formats, and special formulas? Or is that just me?

Please elaborate on these specific shortcuts, when they should be used, and when they should not.

Specifically, it's pasting just the values without any formatting or borders.

In many cases, I have cells referencing other cells. And when I paste cells in the latter, it can sometimes break the references, or the formatting is completely hosed. This is because I use some wonky, elaborate, convoluted formulas and conditional formatting so that I no longer find myself trusting to just do a Ctrl+V.

Hell, a lot of times I'm copying formulas, and I just want the values. Someone who follows me better know his Excel, or he's probably going to be lost. Even I get lost looking at the formulas I constructed (often with the help of Google).

[assemble_me]

1000 posts guys, 1000 posts.

Total time logged in: 60 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes.

Among my friends 1000 is kind of a running joke, where it's the ultimate number, a synonym for some something very great or just infinity. That's also, why it's the number I chose for my license plate (in Germany, you usually have 1-2 and then a number of 1-4 digits). [although I will have that car only 5-6 more weeks]

Anyways, hooray 1000 posts.

[scott_pilgrim]

I just realized maybe Humpty Dumpty's species reproduces by having a great fall, and all the king's horses and all the king's men just weren't familiar with the Banach-Tarski theorem.

[schadd]

was at a speech tournament and two people independently decided that they would use evaluate the concept of staying true to oneself through the lens of 'wholesome memes' in the final round

[Seprix]

I just realized maybe Humpty Dumpty's species reproduces by having a great fall, and all the king's horses and all the king's men just weren't familiar with the Banach-Tarski theorem.

Your 0 respect just became a 1.

[Witherweaver]

I just realized maybe Humpty Dumpty's species reproduces by having a great fall, and all the king's horses and all the king's men just weren't familiar with the Banach-Tarski theorem.

It's still pretty complicated to put the spheres back together.  Also not really physically doable.  (Also relies on Axiom of Choice, right?)

[Seprix]

I just realized maybe Humpty Dumpty's species reproduces by having a great fall, and all the king's horses and all the king's men just weren't familiar with the Banach-Tarski theorem.

It's still pretty complicated to put the spheres back together.  Also not really physically doable.  (Also relies on Axiom of Choice, right?)

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[silverspawn]

What is the word for when you want to say that something doesn't describe how you approach a problem logically (as in, how do you structure it, what design choices do you make) but what Basic tools you use in order to solve it?

[Seprix]

What is the word for when you want to say that something doesn't describe how you approach a problem logically (as in, how do you structure it, what design choices do you make) but what Basic tools you use in order to solve it?

...what?

[silverspawn]

Well, imagine you're building a house. There is the methodical aspect of it, which is about how tall you make it, how you order your rooms, whether or not you include a giant labyrinth into the cellar to troll people, and then there is the XXXX aspect, which is about what kind of cement you use, and which kinds of machines.

I think there is a word but I can't remember it.

[Seprix]

Well, imagine you're building a house. There is the methodical aspect of it, which is about how tall you make it, how you order your rooms, whether or not you include a giant labyrinth into the cellar to troll people, and then there is the XXXX aspect, which is about what kind of cement you use, and which kinds of machines.

I think there is a word but I can't remember it.

Material. Capital.

[silverspawn]

Mabye I should have mentioned that it is in the context of parsing a binary file 

[Seprix]

Mabye I should have mentioned that it is in the context of parsing a binary file 

All these rules and restrictions!

[Roadrunner7671]

Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?

[silverspawn]

Okay, I used strategical and methodical. That might have actually been what I was thinking of but couldn't remember.

[J Reggie]

What is that word for the look two people give each other when they each hope that the other will do something that they both want done but which neither of them wants to do?

[gkrieg13]

What is that word for the look two people give each other when they each hope that the other will do something that they both want done but which neither of them wants to do?

I'm pretty sure there is an economics term. I'll have to ask my wife

[schadd]

Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?

2d6 is weighted to the center if you're adding them

[schadd]

also, 1d12 has the DLC that gives you access to 1™

[Awaclus]

Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?

D12:
 - includes the numbers 1-12
 - all numbers are equally likely
 - requires only one die

2D6:
 - includes the numbers 2-12
 - 7 is six times as likely as 2 or 12 respectively
 - requires commonly available dice
 - you can look at the results of individual dice for cool effects (such as rolling again if you get doubles)

Basically, 2D6 is good when you want less randomness and 1D12 is good when you want more randomness.