My random observation: When I write the date range of this work week in American format, I write it as 1/4-1/8. My mind really wants to correct the range to 1/8-1/4. It kind of drives me nuts. It'll be better when this week is over. While 1/11-1/15 would also be mathematically improper to write as a range, I don't see those fractions as often, so my brain doesn't try to fix it.
As much fun as it is to keep a long topic going, I was trying to search for a video I posted in the Random Stuff II thread, but showing all 230 pages kept choking my browser. So it's clearly gone on too far.
My random observation: When I write the date range of this work week in American format, I write it as 1/4-1/8. My mind really wants to correct the range to 1/8-1/4. It kind of drives me nuts. It'll be better when this week is over. While 1/11-1/15 would also be mathematically improper to write as a range, I don't see those fractions as often, so my brain doesn't try to fix it.
I also sometimes look at that date range and think, "Yep, the answer is 1/8."
A dash would be more appropriate, but for quick-and-dirty ranges, I just use a hyphen.
I also sometimes look at that date range and think, "Yep, the answer is 1/8."
A dash would be more appropriate, but for quick-and-dirty ranges, I just use a hyphen.
And a community of typesetters quietly screams in agony.
Really, I much prefer to say Jan 1--Jan 8. I hate that the default of spreadsheets is to adopt an mm/dd/yy (or even dd/mm/yy) representation to display dates.
I also sometimes look at that date range and think, "Yep, the answer is 1/8."
A dash would be more appropriate, but for quick-and-dirty ranges, I just use a hyphen.
And a community of typesetters quietly screams in agony.
Really, I much prefer to say Jan 1--Jan 8. I hate that the default of spreadsheets is to adopt an mm/dd/yy (or even dd/mm/yy) representation to display dates.
Personally, my preferred format is 1 Jan - 8 Jan, but people here in the United States don't really feel it. I still use it when writing checks (lol, still a thing even in 2016) and signing paperwork. I don't tend to use it otherwise.
I also sometimes look at that date range and think, "Yep, the answer is 1/8."
A dash would be more appropriate, but for quick-and-dirty ranges, I just use a hyphen.
And a community of typesetters quietly screams in agony.
Really, I much prefer to say Jan 1--Jan 8. I hate that the default of spreadsheets is to adopt an mm/dd/yy (or even dd/mm/yy) representation to display dates.
Personally, my preferred format is 1 Jan - 8 Jan, but people here in the United States don't really feel it. I still use it when writing checks (lol, still a thing even in 2016) and signing paperwork. I don't tend to use it otherwise.
'8 Jan' and 'Jan 8' are equivalent for me to read, and obviously much better than '8/1' vs '1/8'.
And a community of typesetters quietly screams in agony.
I also sometimes look at that date range and think, "Yep, the answer is 1/8."
A dash would be more appropriate, but for quick-and-dirty ranges, I just use a hyphen.
Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
But since I'm posting here, I'll mine as well ask people why showing your work with basic math (basic to you, not me) is so important.
Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
I use Excel the same way. I build formulas through multiple simple cells before I combine them to the final format I need.
Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
According to my choked browsers, II apparently went on too far unfortunately.
You should have called the thread Random Stuff Part IV
You should have called the thread Random Stuff Part IV
Sometimes I like to change the subject in the middle of a thread and see how many people reply to it and keep the new name going. Of course, it reverts back as people reply to the original, but it'd be amusing to see an uber-post that spawns all future posts with the new subject line.
I know not of this KC thread. I honestly only come here to read the non-Dominion stuff, which is weird because I can view non-Dominion stuff literally everywhere else.
But that may explain why Random Stuff II has been quiet lately.
You aren't missing much. It has become a meta-discussion about how we discuss things on F.DS.You should have called the thread Random Stuff Part IV
Sometimes I like to change the subject in the middle of a thread and see how many people reply to it and keep the new name going. Of course, it reverts back as people reply to the original, but it'd be amusing to see an uber-post that spawns all future posts with the new subject line.
I know not of this KC thread. I honestly only come here to read the non-Dominion stuff, which is weird because I can view non-Dominion stuff literally everywhere else.
But that may explain why Random Stuff II has been quiet lately.
I know not of this KC thread. I honestly only come here to read the non-Dominion stuff
We didn't need part II, either.Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
According to my choked browsers, II apparently went on too far unfortunately.I use Excel the same way. I build formulas through multiple simple cells before I combine them to the final format I need.
I do that too. It makes it a little easier to update years later. I do like to combine formulas to avoid needless calculations, but it can be tricky to decipher a really long and convoluted formula.
Although I'm not sure that combining would reduce the calculations.
If you have IF(VLOOKUP(A1,A:B, 2)=2, TRUE, FALSE) in C1, then would that save processing time compared to having VLOOKUP(A1,A:B,2) in C1 and IF(C1=2, TRUE, FALSE) in D1? It seems the same number of steps, but is there a saving when the nested function is resolved within the main function?
We didn't need part II, either.Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
According to my choked browsers, II apparently went on too far unfortunately.I use Excel the same way. I build formulas through multiple simple cells before I combine them to the final format I need.
I do that too. It makes it a little easier to update years later. I do like to combine formulas to avoid needless calculations, but it can be tricky to decipher a really long and convoluted formula.
Although I'm not sure that combining would reduce the calculations.
If you have IF(VLOOKUP(A1,A:B, 2)=2, TRUE, FALSE) in C1, then would that save processing time compared to having VLOOKUP(A1,A:B,2) in C1 and IF(C1=2, TRUE, FALSE) in D1? It seems the same number of steps, but is there a saving when the nested function is resolved within the main function?
Random stuff is at least 67% more skippable than people think.
Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.Never show your work. You know the answer, your reader knows the answer, so what's the point of showing your work? Even if your reader wants to know how you came up with the answer, that's none of their business. Even if there is a chance that you made a silly mistake, don't bother showing work because there's a risk you'll copy things down wrong. Besides, you might confuse your reader by using a method which wasn't the one they had in mind, so it's better to just give the result and have them assume you solved it the same way as them.
But since I'm posting here, I'll mine as well ask people why showing your work with basic math (basic to you, not me) is so important.
Random Stuff III. We didn't need this.
But since I'm posting here, I'll mine as well ask people why showing your work with basic math (basic to you, not me) is so important.
Of course, this really only applies to more computational math. In more proof-oriented math, you could say that the entire problem itself is to show your work. But even then, you generally assume that your audience can accept a lot of the basic details without you stating them, or else you at least refer them to other work that has worked out those details for you.You mean Proofs like this one?
Step 1 should be addition, not multiplication.Well of course the proof is flawed, but that doesn't make it less of a proof.
The statement in step 4 is not axiomatic and needs further proof. For the record, the actual line is that "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil".
The proof is flawed!
Well of course the proof is flawed, but that doesn't make it less of a proof.
Step 1 should be addition, not multiplication.
Man, the English language has sometimes some weird pronunciation, like the pronunciation of the word "gauge" makes no sense at all. It has neither an "e" nor an "i" in the word what you would expect.
ɡeɪdʒ
Quote
Quote ^^^^
I like gawj.
Edit: Now that I think about it, I think gaw-j for the verb form and gay-j for the noun form.
A new random stuff thread? I noticed we got up to random stuff V in titles, why stop there?
I think this may be getting out of hand.A new random stuff thread? I noticed we got up to random stuff V in titles, why stop there?
Why indeed?
What kind of heretic uses capital letters in the general quadratic equation?
What kind of heretic uses capital letters in the general quadratic equation?
When the coefficients are matrices.
What kind of heretic uses capital letters in the general quadratic equation?
When the coefficients are matrices.
Oh, boy. Yeah, it's been a while since I've used matrices in proper equations.
On a completely unrelated note, who is watching this year's AGDQ - Awesome Games Done Quick? I tend to plug it every year and it's almost over for this year, sure, but still has 2 more days to go and has raised just shy of $600,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation so far. If you want to watch awesome games getting completely ruined by extremely talented and experienced gamers - or even if you don't, since chances are you'll enjoy some of it anyway - go check it out.
http://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick for the stream directly
https://gamesdonequick.com/ for their main site and the easiest place to donate.
ash, what did you find hard to pronounce in German ? Aside from regional differences (like the final g, stuff like that), it's by far the most consistent language I know in terms of pronounciation. There are basically no silent letters, which makes it pretty straightforward.
ash, what did you find hard to pronounce in German ? Aside from regional differences (like the final g, stuff like that), it's by far the most consistent language I know in terms of pronounciation. There are basically no silent letters, which makes it pretty straightforward.
Versöhnungsgemeinde
A word like this is scary. We don't use umlauts in English, for one, so I'm not sure what the o actually sounds like. That's a lot of consonants in a row there in the middle.
If I was in a taxi, I'd try to break it down... versun - ungs - jem - indy.
Also, that odd letter in German that sort of looks like a fancy B but doesn't exist in English? It's in a lot of street names (Straße) (I think it's part of the word for street, in fact). I just say "straub" since that's what it looks like.
ash, what did you find hard to pronounce in German ? Aside from regional differences (like the final g, stuff like that), it's by far the most consistent language I know in terms of pronounciation. There are basically no silent letters, which makes it pretty straightforward.
Versöhnungsgemeinde
A word like this is scary. We don't use umlauts in English, for one, so I'm not sure what the o actually sounds like. That's a lot of consonants in a row there in the middle.
ash, what did you find hard to pronounce in German ? Aside from regional differences (like the final g, stuff like that), it's by far the most consistent language I know in terms of pronounciation. There are basically no silent letters, which makes it pretty straightforward.
Versöhnungsgemeinde
A word like this is scary. We don't use umlauts in English, for one, so I'm not sure what the o actually sounds like. That's a lot of consonants in a row there in the middle.
And I don't know the forum code to shrink the image.
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thanks. I will edit my post.And I don't know the forum code to shrink the image.
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I do.
Versöhnungsgemeinde
A word like this is scary. We don't use umlauts in English, for one, so I'm not sure what the o actually sounds like. That's a lot of consonants in a row there in the middle.
If I was in a taxi, I'd try to break it down... versun - ungs - jem - indy.
Also, that odd letter in German that sort of looks like a fancy B but doesn't exist in English? It's in a lot of street names (Straße) (I think it's part of the word for street, in fact). I just say "straub" since that's what it looks like.
What does that word even mean?
I mean, sure we have letters that other languages don't have, but it doesn't take a long time to memorize them I think... at least it's obvious. Other languages have letter combination that you have to memorize ("ge" in Italian, "ou" in Dutch). English doesn't even have any consistent phonetics. What usually makes German impossibleto learn for people isn't that, it's grammar.
As for pronounciation: ß is just a fancy s and is pronounced as in "mass". Ö is somewhat like "nerd".
Versöhnungsgemeinde
A word like this is scary. We don't use umlauts in English, for one, so I'm not sure what the o actually sounds like. That's a lot of consonants in a row there in the middle.
If I was in a taxi, I'd try to break it down... versun - ungs - jem - indy.
Also, that odd letter in German that sort of looks like a fancy B but doesn't exist in English? It's in a lot of street names (Straße) (I think it's part of the word for street, in fact). I just say "straub" since that's what it looks like.
What does that word even mean?
I mean, sure we have letters that other languages don't have, but it doesn't take a long time to memorize them I think... at least it's obvious. Other languages have letter combination that you have to memorize ("ge" in Italian, "ou" in Dutch). English doesn't even have any consistent phonetics. What usually makes German impossibleto learn for people isn't that, it's grammar.
As for pronounciation: ß is just a fancy s and is pronounced as in "mass". Ö is somewhat like "nerd".
I don't know what it means -- it's German.
I guess I should have clarified that it's a lot of consonants in a row that we don't put in a row in English.
If B = ss, how do you write a B? If a German word has a double s, is it pronounced as a b?
Now you have the German ss as it was printed in Fraktur style fonts. It's not a B, it's just another character you have to memorize and is, if I remember correctly, entirely deprecated, no longer used in official documents etc. It is exactly equivalent to "ss".
"-"; the hyphen, press the hyphen button on your keyboard. this is for things that you think of as 'hyphenated' (compound surnames, words that bunch together like seven-year-old)
"–"; the en dash, hold alt and press 0-1-5-0 on your numpad. this is for ranges, subtractions, and other things that don't feel like hyphens/em dashes. use your best judgement
"—"; the em dash, hold alt and press 0-1-5-1 on your numpad. this is for the grammatical usage—it indicates a longer pause that can sort of be a proxy for a colon, comma, or semicolon i think
("what is this, two days ago?"
–you, the reader)
You know that weird-shaped s you see in old documents in English, like the Constitution, that looks a bit like an integral sign, or a fancy f with no cross? Okay, now write a normal lowercase s right next to that. Now connect their tops with a straight line down.
Now you have the German ss as it was printed in Fraktur style fonts. It's not a B, it's just another character you have to memorize and is, if I remember correctly, entirely deprecated, no longer used in official documents etc. It is exactly equivalent to "ss".
You know that weird-shaped s you see in old documents in English, like the Constitution, that looks a bit like an integral sign, or a fancy f with no cross? Okay, now write a normal lowercase s right next to that. Now connect their tops with a straight line down.
Now you have the German ss as it was printed in Fraktur style fonts. It's not a B, it's just another character you have to memorize and is, if I remember correctly, entirely deprecated, no longer used in official documents etc. It is exactly equivalent to "ss".
I guess.
I'm just arguing that, to me, German seems incredibly difficult as a foreign language as compared to something super simple like Japanese. I know a lot of non-native English speakers find English difficult -- this is the same as that, I guess.
You know that weird-shaped s you see in old documents in English, like the Constitution, that looks a bit like an integral sign, or a fancy f with no cross? Okay, now write a normal lowercase s right next to that. Now connect their tops with a straight line down.
Now you have the German ss as it was printed in Fraktur style fonts. It's not a B, it's just another character you have to memorize and is, if I remember correctly, entirely deprecated, no longer used in official documents etc. It is exactly equivalent to "ss".
I guess.
I'm just arguing that, to me, German seems incredibly difficult as a foreign language as compared to something super simple like Japanese. I know a lot of non-native English speakers find English difficult -- this is the same as that, I guess.
You think Japanese is super simple and your main complaint about German is one letter that English doesn't have?
Also, ß never appears at the beginning of a ward. There's also no capital version of it.
I don't think Japanese is super simple, I know it is. I speak English, Japanese, and Italian, having learned the second two. Japanese was the easier to learn, by far.
I am sure I could learn German if I studied. But just plopping in the middle of it, it's clear to me that it is much harder than the languages I've learned.
If you were to drop a person in the middle or Tokyo or Berlin with no knowledge of either language, or a related language, the one dropped in Tokyo would have a much easier time picking it up.
I don't think Japanese is super simple, I know it is. I speak English, Japanese, and Italian, having learned the second two. Japanese was the easier to learn, by far.
I am sure I could learn German if I studied. But just plopping in the middle of it, it's clear to me that it is much harder than the languages I've learned.
If you were to drop a person in the middle or Tokyo or Berlin with no knowledge of either language, or a related language, the one dropped in Tokyo would have a much easier time picking it up.
You are in the minority, dude. Most native English speakers find German way easier than Japanese. They're sister languages, German and English. Several words are the same, and the grammar's way closer.
I don't think Japanese is super simple, I know it is. I speak English, Japanese, and Italian, having learned the second two. Japanese was the easier to learn, by far.
I am sure I could learn German if I studied. But just plopping in the middle of it, it's clear to me that it is much harder than the languages I've learned.
If you were to drop a person in the middle or Tokyo or Berlin with no knowledge of either language, or a related language, the one dropped in Tokyo would have a much easier time picking it up.
Compare that long German word I wrote earlier to something of similar length in Japanese:
客室乗務員
I don't think Japanese is super simple, I know it is. I speak English, Japanese, and Italian, having learned the second two. Japanese was the easier to learn, by far.
I am sure I could learn German if I studied. But just plopping in the middle of it, it's clear to me that it is much harder than the languages I've learned.
If you were to drop a person in the middle or Tokyo or Berlin with no knowledge of either language, or a related language, the one dropped in Tokyo would have a much easier time picking it up.
Japanese is like the easiest thing ever to pronounce and the grammar is more intuitive than that of German languages a lot of the time, but surely learning thousands of Chinese characters is more difficult than learning one ß.Compare that long German word I wrote earlier to something of similar length in Japanese:
客室乗務員
FTFY.
Learning thousands of Chinese characters would in fact be very difficult, as well as unfortunate given I was discussing Japanese.
The characters are related, and some are the same, but they are not the same language.
Learning thousands of Chinese characters would in fact be very difficult, as well as unfortunate given I was discussing Japanese.
The characters are related, and some are the same, but they are not the same language.
Well, the argument could be made that it's unfortunate that Japanese uses thousands of Chinese characters in its writing system, but I doubt they're going to change that any time soon.
I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak German and English, and the idea that an English speaker would have an easier time learning Japanese is ludicrous. English is basically an easier to learn version of German (except in the pronounciation field, English pronounciation makes zero sense).
I don't care how complex German grammar is, the simple fact that you basically know half of the vocabulary already has to make it much easier.
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
This post is discriminatory to those without hands (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12442.0).I think this may be getting out of hand.A new random stuff thread? I noticed we got up to random stuff V in titles, why stop there?
Why indeed?
The weird thing is that pronounciation is, like, the simplest thing about the German language. Of the languages I know, the difficulty in pronouncing goes this way (left = hard)
English >>>>>>> French >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>German
And this isn't that subjective. German is simple to pronouncebecause it has clear rules and mostly holds to it. As opposed to English wich has basically no rules, and you have to learn how to pronounce every single word. French is somewhere in between : there are rules, but there are many, many of them, and they're not as universally true as the ones in German.
The word you highlighted above is actually very simple to pronounce, and, as someone pointed out, much easier than the word you negatively happened to us to describe it (straightforward).
Now Japanese seems pretty easy to pronounce as well, I'll give you that.But in the grand schme of things, German is very much on the easy side.
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
It sounds like you're saying that, if you spell things phonetically, then they're easier to pronounce from their spelling.
German and English are not Latin they are germanic.I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak German and English, and the idea that an English speaker would have an easier time learning Japanese is ludicrous. English is basically an easier to learn version of German (except in the pronounciation field, English pronounciation makes zero sense).
I don't care how complex German grammar is, the simple fact that you basically know half of the vocabulary already has to make it much easier.
I haven't tried to learn German, but I learned both Japanese and Italian fluently, and the latter was exponentially harder to learn, even though Latin languages are supposed to be easier.
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
It sounds like you're saying that, if you spell things phonetically, then they're easier to pronounce from their spelling.
I'm saying that, some sounds, even spelled phonetically, are harder to make with your mouth than others.
Danish is another ridiculously hard to pronounce language. Ever drink Carlsberg beer? You (and I) are saying it wrong.
This post is discriminatory to those without hands (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12442.0).I think this may be getting out of hand.A new random stuff thread? I noticed we got up to random stuff V in titles, why stop there?
Why indeed?
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
German and English are not Latin they are germanic.I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak German and English, and the idea that an English speaker would have an easier time learning Japanese is ludicrous. English is basically an easier to learn version of German (except in the pronounciation field, English pronounciation makes zero sense).
I don't care how complex German grammar is, the simple fact that you basically know half of the vocabulary already has to make it much easier.
I haven't tried to learn German, but I learned both Japanese and Italian fluently, and the latter was exponentially harder to learn, even though Latin languages are supposed to be easier.
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
Romanizing Japanese words isn't comparable to German spellings of German words. You need to compare the IPAs if you want to make that argument, and it's true that you would find that the IPA for German words is more complicated than it is for Japanese, but it's not as complicated as you seem to think.
Maybe we are talking past each other. We are writing on a forum, so writing and reading is required, but I'm talking about speaking out loud -- and German just seems so obviously harder to speak than Japanese. The way it is written is a visual representation of that when the language is written phonetically -- like when I romanized the Japanese word -- which is what the argument is. Learning to make the sounds that match their phonetic representations is the thing we are discussing but SP and Awaclus are trying to muddy the waters with kanji.
Sure, it's hard to memorize 1800 or 5000 kanji. But speaking Japanese is really, really easy. Memorizing a funny SS might be simple, but speaking German is not.
Romanizing Japanese words isn't comparable to German spellings of German words. You need to compare the IPAs if you want to make that argument, and it's true that you would find that the IPA for German words is more complicated than it is for Japanese, but it's not as complicated as you seem to think.
So I made an incorrect comparison but had the right conclusion. You just disagree with the degree.
I concluded that, to me, German is far harder (to pronounce/learn) than Japanese. Everyone seems united against me to prove that I am wrong, for some reason. You don't even know me, but you do know that I found Japanese extremely easy to learn and Italian extremely hard to learn. I also recently spent time I'm Germany, noting the difficult to pronounce words and phrases everywhere around me.
I don't see why everyone wants to change my opinion, given how short life is.
But we can all say Murakami without a problem.This is a bad example to pick, because an English native speaker is not going to pronounce the Japanese R correctly without practice.
I concluded that, to me, German is far harder (to pronounce/learn) than Japanese. Everyone seems united against me to prove that I am wrong, for some reason. You don't even know me, but you do know that I found Japanese extremely easy to learn and Italian extremely hard to learn. I also recently spent time I'm Germany, noting the difficult to pronounce words and phrases everywhere around me.Would you say Japanese is 90_93% easier than people think?
I don't see why everyone wants to change my opinion, given how short life is.
I concluded that, to me, German is far harder (to pronounce/learn) than Japanese. Everyone seems united against me to prove that I am wrong, for some reason. You don't even know me, but you do know that I found Japanese extremely easy to learn and Italian extremely hard to learn. I also recently spent time I'm Germany, noting the difficult to pronounce words and phrases everywhere around me.Would you say Japanese is 90_93% easier than people think?
I don't see why everyone wants to change my opinion, given how short life is.
And that was a cheap way to get +1s, considering how short life is.
does through really rhyme with cough?
Meanwhile in English, none of bough, cough, dough, rough, and through don't rhyme
yeah, that's what I thought tooMeanwhile in English, none of bough, cough, dough, rough, and through don't rhyme
yeah, that's what I thought tooMeanwhile in English, none of bough, cough, dough, rough, and through don't rhyme
I think that's a double negative probably, what Kirian meant to say is that none of those words rhyme with each other.
yeah, that's what I thought tooMeanwhile in English, none of bough, cough, dough, rough, and through don't rhyme
I think that's a double negative probably, what Kirian meant to say is that none of those words rhyme with each other.
I concluded that, to me, German is far harder (to pronounce/learn) than Japanese. Everyone seems united against me to prove that I am wrong, for some reason. You don't even know me, but you do know that I found Japanese extremely easy to learn and Italian extremely hard to learn. I also recently spent time I'm Germany, noting the difficult to pronounce words and phrases everywhere around me.
I don't see why everyone wants to change my opinion, given how short life is.
I guess I'll post this here. I learned about 'Omer,' a user who was banned several years ago. Maybe you remember him, he had 25 postd and a Cultist avatar? I don't understand why he got banned so quickly but Goon Garden went on for 13 pages before he was banned.
Okay, a follow up question: What was Omer's offense/offenses that caused him to get banned? Sure, he wasn't the most polite person I've ever seen, but I think a ban was very cruel.I guess I'll post this here. I learned about 'Omer,' a user who was banned several years ago. Maybe you remember him, he had 25 postd and a Cultist avatar? I don't understand why he got banned so quickly but Goon Garden went on for 13 pages before he was banned.
It matters how fast theory notices. This ain't a science.
Okay, a follow up question: What was Omer's offense/offenses that caused him to get banned? Sure, he wasn't the most polite person I've ever seen, but I think a ban was very cruel.I don't remember, but maybe there are posts that were deleted.
Okay, a follow up question: What was Omer's offense/offenses that caused him to get banned? Sure, he wasn't the most polite person I've ever seen, but I think a ban was very cruel.I don't remember, but maybe there are posts that were deleted.
Someone tell me about why Goon Gardens got banned, and what happened. I don't want to read through 15 pages of content to figure it out.
Someone tell me about why Goon Gardens got banned, and what happened. I don't want to read through 15 pages of content to figure it out.Being very disrespectful when his point was countered and he gave estimates that were probsbly not accurate, frequent swearing and personal attacks on F.DS members, and he asked to be banned once or twice.
Someone tell me about why Goon Gardens got banned, and what happened. I don't want to read through 15 pages of content to figure it out.
My rankings, then, would go:You know Japanese is a mildly tonal language too, right? With regional and contextual variation, for the fun of it.
Tonal languages such as Vietnamese and Chinese >>> French >>> German >>> English >>> Portuguese >>> Spanish >>> Italian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Japanese.
Someone tell me about why Goon Gardens got banned, and what happened. I don't want to read through 15 pages of content to figure it out.
Good thing there's only 8 pages then!
Anyway, the best part starts around here: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14521.200
He gets banned on the next page.
"Considering how short life is" and ridiculously specific percentage estimates (especially 90-93%) are references to that thread.
I'm pretty sure you could drown a fish.you can drown a fish in a lot of non water liquids I think
Yeah, there are some assumptions about drowning that don't take into account the definition.
I guess many people would define drowning as dying due to having water in lungs. In that case, no, you cannot drown a fish. But the definition I found that says drowning is suffocating while under a liquid would still count, though the method of dying is different for a fish versus a human. The human dies because of the water preventing the intake of air, so he suffocates that way, regardless of oxygen content. If a fish drowns, it's not because there is water there; it's because the oxygen content of the water is poor.
I'm happy with the definition I found, but I'm sure someone out there would dispute it. I would likely accept the definition given by a marine biologist.
Today I found out that when a forecast says "75% chance of rain", it doesn't mean "there is a 75% chance it will rain today." What it really means is "Given a uniformly random point in the city, the probability that point gets any rain today is 75%"
So for example, if there is huge storm covering half the city, and there is sunshine over the other half, then there's a 50% chance of rain in that city.
Somehow, I feel cheated, but after thinking about it more it's a reasonable reporting system. I'm not convinced it's the best one though.
And it's not just uniformly over a single city; prediction down to the kilometer just isn't a thing yet. More like "within 40 km of selected coordinates."
And it's not just uniformly over a single city; prediction down to the kilometer just isn't a thing yet. More like "within 40 km of selected coordinates."
Aren't "within 40 km of the selected coordinates" and "over a single city" not all that different, though?
Where do you live that single cities are that big? There are half a dozen large (>50k population) within 40 km of me, and another twenty or more with >25k population. In my old place (less urban), there were only about 10 cities of >25k within 40 km, but it was a much less urbanized area... and the entire city plus true suburbs only covered about a 15 km square...
Where do you live that single cities are that big? There are half a dozen large (>50k population) within 40 km of me, and another twenty or more with >25k population. In my old place (less urban), there were only about 10 cities of >25k within 40 km, but it was a much less urbanized area... and the entire city plus true suburbs only covered about a 15 km square...
Here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joensuu).
Question: mammals can "breathe" temporarily in a perfluorocarbon. Would fish also be able to do so, or would they "drown" in an otherwise oxygen-rich environment? (Ignore for a moment the density; fish would float straight to the surface in current PFCs.)
I already had that number memorised by the time that video came out. The short form, not the long form, obviously. Ah well, I still feel geeky.
As an aside, how would you round 0.095 to one significant figure? Would you leave the answer as 0.1 (which has 1 significant figure) or as 0.10 (which seems to have two significant figures, but shows the level of accuracy you get from rounding the previous number to one significant figure)?
On the other hand, you can also easily write 0.09(5) and be done with it.
On the other hand, you can also easily write 0.09(5) and be done with it.
0.45?
So, half of 0.9 is 0.45!?On the other hand, you can also easily write 0.09(5) and be done with it.
0.45?
0.45!
So, half of 0.9 is 0.45!?On the other hand, you can also easily write 0.09(5) and be done with it.
0.45?
0.45!
I don't understand. If you're going to specify two significant digits (0.10), then why would you round it at all!? 0.095 is also two significant digits and is more accurate!
So what's the real problem here, then? Well, there are two.
So what's the real problem here, then? Well, there are two.
It's that no one cares.
So what's the real problem here, then? Well, there are two.
It's that no one cares.
So what's the real problem here, then? Well, there are two.
It's that no one cares.
90-93% of people care far more than people think.
So what's the real problem here, then? Well, there are two.
It's that no one cares.
90-93% of people care far more than people think.
73,3% of all statistics are made up!
I already had that number memorised by the time that video came out. The short form, not the long form, obviously. Ah well, I still feel geeky.
As an aside, how would you round 0.095 to one significant figure? Would you leave the answer as 0.1 (which has 1 significant figure) or as 0.10 (which seems to have two significant figures, but shows the level of accuracy you get from rounding the previous number to one significant figure)?
It seems pretty obviously 0.1. Rounding to 0.10 would exactly be rounding to two significant figures. It doesn't matter how many significant figures you start with.
I don't understand. If you're going to specify two significant digits (0.10), then why would you round it at all!? 0.095 is also two significant digits and is more accurate!
I already had that number memorised by the time that video came out. The short form, not the long form, obviously. Ah well, I still feel geeky.
As an aside, how would you round 0.095 to one significant figure? Would you leave the answer as 0.1 (which has 1 significant figure) or as 0.10 (which seems to have two significant figures, but shows the level of accuracy you get from rounding the previous number to one significant figure)?
It seems pretty obviously 0.1. Rounding to 0.10 would exactly be rounding to two significant figures. It doesn't matter how many significant figures you start with.
See, now that's interesting, because my intuition says 0.10 is the better answer here. You're still rounding to 1 sf, but the extra 0 implies an accuracy to within 0.005 either way - which is what you're actually within. The 0.1 answer has 1 sf but implies an uncertainty of 0.05, which is much larger than what you actually started with. On the other hand, it does only specify 1 significant figure, so I guess that it's a more true answer in the abstract sense - although usually less useful. So... I dunno. I can kinda see both sides though, I was wondering if there was an actual standard convention here.
(http://i.imgur.com/qmEoYt6.gif) (http://imgur.com/gallery/qmEoYt6)
Hyperbole and a half is one of the funniest things on the Internet. So sad it's not updated anymore. Anybody know if the author is doing anything similar now?
Hyperbole and a half is one of the funniest things on the Internet. So sad it's not updated anymore. Anybody know if the author is doing anything similar now?
Last I saw her, she was on Tabletop with Wil Wheaton... and disappeared again. Depression is hell. :(
Hyperbole and a half is one of the funniest things on the Internet. So sad it's not updated anymore. Anybody know if the author is doing anything similar now?
I just saw this thing (http://digg.com/video/donald-trump-linguistics-answer-question). Not that I know much about Trump, but this made a lot of sense to me, and fits basically in what I suspected.That is impressive. I rarely understand what he is trying to say.
Thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzleIt's just a giant nonogram puzzle.
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzleIt's just a giant nonogram puzzle.
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
Oh, yes. You have to get through all the parts. I'm out.http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzleIt's just a giant nonogram puzzle.
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
That's part 1, yes.
Oh, yes. You have to get through all the parts. I'm out.http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzleIt's just a giant nonogram puzzle.
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
That's part 1, yes.
I want to buy a new USB 3.0 cable for my Galaxy S5 charger (the cable that came with the phone is starting to fray). There are lots of entries on Amazon for amazing prices... except many of the reviews suggest that they are actually cheap knock-offs. Is there an easy way to find something that is verified authentic?
At this point I'm probably going to buy a non-Samsung cable from Best Buy.
Edit: Bahh, I'm just going to go buy the cable locally. Even if I found something authentic, I don't want to keep using the frayed cable while waiting for shipping.
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzle
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
"They operate in four-man teams comprising a sniper, two riflemen, and a signaller," says Dyer. "They've got night vision gear and digital radios so if they need to, they can call in ground and air support."
The teams monitor 102 rhinos, but when they spot poachers, they don't arrest them. They don't even invite them to lay down their arms. Instead, they kill them - 19 so far, in split-second ambushes during which their victims probably never knew what hit them.
Dyer says this is the safest way to deal with men facing 25 years in prison if convicted.
"Technically we do have to offer them the opportunity to surrender," he adds, "but this tends to happen after they've been, er, incapacitated."
A controversial genetic technology able to wipe out the mosquito carrying the Zika virus will be available within months, scientists say.The pace of genetic tech progress at the moment is pretty amazing.
[...]
With Zika sowing fear across Latin America and beyond, the technology is likely to get a closer look. “Four weeks ago we were trying to justify why we are doing this. Now they’re saying ‘Get the lead out,’” says James.
http://www.iflscience.com/brain/nobody-has-been-able-solve-gchqs-christmas-card-puzzle
Come on, f.DS, I'm sure you brilliant minds can do this.
Dunno about these puzzles, but I just purchased The Witness. I'll see how that goes.
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/degrees.png) (http://xkcd.com/1643/)
Why is Ela assuming that 'Roadrunner' is me? There could be any number of Roadrunners running around out there!
Once, somebody mentioned that where they were from it was zero degrees, and I asked whether it was Fahrenheit or Celsius. Zero degrees makes so much more sense to be Celsius, so that's why I asked, even though I'm in America. Everybody was like, "What?!? That doesn't even make sense!" Somebody even got kind of mad at me for "showing off how much I know".
Once, somebody mentioned that where they were from it was zero degrees, and I asked whether it was Fahrenheit or Celsius. Zero degrees makes so much more sense to be Celsius, so that's why I asked, even though I'm in America. Everybody was like, "What?!? That doesn't even make sense!" Somebody even got kind of mad at me for "showing off how much I know".
Watching ashersky go through checking f.ds while drunk. Starts in forum games, moves to random stuff, before going to "Interview with Donald X"
Can't wait to see where he goes next. *insert popcorn eating guy meme but I am on my phone and that is too much hassle*
Watching ashersky go through checking f.ds while drunk. Starts in forum games, moves to random stuff, before going to "Interview with Donald X"
Can't wait to see where he goes next. *insert popcorn eating guy meme but I am on my phone and that is too much hassle*
For a second I thought you meant ashersky was drunk. I was like, "How do you know this?" Maybe he's in the airport too and you're watching over his shoulder as he browses f.DS?
How dare you mention current Mafia games!!!Watching ashersky go through checking f.ds while drunk. Starts in forum games, moves to random stuff, before going to "Interview with Donald X"
Can't wait to see where he goes next. *insert popcorn eating guy meme but I am on my phone and that is too much hassle*
For a second I thought you meant ashersky was drunk. I was like, "How do you know this?" Maybe he's in the airport too and you're watching over his shoulder as he browses f.DS?
Nah he said so in our mafia game.
It wasn't a big deal!How dare you mention current Mafia games!!!Watching ashersky go through checking f.ds while drunk. Starts in forum games, moves to random stuff, before going to "Interview with Donald X"
Can't wait to see where he goes next. *insert popcorn eating guy meme but I am on my phone and that is too much hassle*
For a second I thought you meant ashersky was drunk. I was like, "How do you know this?" Maybe he's in the airport too and you're watching over his shoulder as he browses f.DS?
Nah he said so in our mafia game.
Good point I deleted it
It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.So it's a good thing it wasn't a big deal.
Good point, I have now deleted that post and reported posts by other people which I'm sure will be deleted any second now.It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
Yeah, you quoted it in the post saying you deleted it....
What?Good point, I have now deleted that post and reported posts by other people which I'm sure will be deleted any second now.It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
Yeah, you quoted it in the post saying you deleted it....
You clearly didn't see anything.What?Good point, I have now deleted that post and reported posts by other people which I'm sure will be deleted any second now.It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
Yeah, you quoted it in the post saying you deleted it....
What was there to see?You clearly didn't see anything.What?Good point, I have now deleted that post and reported posts by other people which I'm sure will be deleted any second now.It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
Yeah, you quoted it in the post saying you deleted it....
It's been quoted in the last several posts, so.
Yeah, you quoted it in the post saying you deleted it....
Will you be living in a residence?Yeah. I'll be living on campus.
Does anyone even really use Fahrenheit nowadays? I know the conversion from Celsius to Farenheit is F = 9C/5 + 32 (and vice versa) but... I couldn't tell you how hot something like 70F or 50F or whatever was intuitively, I'd need to actually shove it into the formula to get it in a quantity that I understand and that people actually use.Yes, in America I only had intuition for Farenheit until recently. Now I've done the conversion enough times that I have a decent intuition for Celsius too, but all the weather stations etc. are in Farenheit here.
Does anyone even really use Fahrenheit nowadays? I know the conversion from Celsius to Farenheit is F = 9C/5 + 32 (and vice versa) but... I couldn't tell you how hot something like 70F or 50F or whatever was intuitively, I'd need to actually shove it into the formula to get it in a quantity that I understand and that people actually use.
Fahrenheit is awful, as are all imperial systems.
That being said, the guy in the xkcd comic should definitely use Fahrenheit in that case, using Celsius accomplishes nothing if everyone around you is used to Fahrenheit, it's not like you're going to change the world by being a douche.
Will you be living in a residence?Yeah. I'll be living on campus.
Fahrenheit is awful, as are all imperial systems.
Will you be living in a residence?Yeah. I'll be living on campus.
You'll be fine. Socialize with the people on your floor, get into a club/association or two, try new things, know your limits with alcohol, don't overspend, don't forget to talk to your parents from time to time, enjoy the best years of your life, etc., etc.
Will you be living in a residence?Yeah. I'll be living on campus.
You'll be fine. Socialize with the people on your floor, get into a club/association or two, try new things, know your limits with alcohol, don't overspend, don't forget to talk to your parents from time to time, enjoy the best years of your life, etc., etc.
Just make sure to use the prevailing temperature system for your country/region.
I'm in the US, but I had chem last semester. SI units are sooooooooo much nicer to use for dimensional analysis.Will you be living in a residence?Yeah. I'll be living on campus.
You'll be fine. Socialize with the people on your floor, get into a club/association or two, try new things, know your limits with alcohol, don't overspend, don't forget to talk to your parents from time to time, enjoy the best years of your life, etc., etc.
Just make sure to use the prevailing temperature system for your country/region.
The real metric system there would be to report all temperatures in Kelvin. But that's not as useful for the range temperatures that we actually experience in day-to-day life. Celsius is better for that, but so is Fahrenheit.I get that Kelvin is more fundamental scientifically because its 0 actually means something, but I don't see why it would be the 'real metric system'. Celsius has a better argument to make for the whole base-10 thing because of 0 and 100, and well the properties of water at one atmosphere of pressure are relevant for every day life. It's not like the meter or kilogram are special scientifically either, the thing which makes them better is the easy conversion by changing the exponent of 10.
Any tips for someone going away to university for the first time?
It'll be my first time living on my own and all.
I like to think -40° is quite significant too. But you've got to travel pretty far north for that.Once, somebody mentioned that where they were from it was zero degrees, and I asked whether it was Fahrenheit or Celsius. Zero degrees makes so much more sense to be Celsius, so that's why I asked, even though I'm in America. Everybody was like, "What?!? That doesn't even make sense!" Somebody even got kind of mad at me for "showing off how much I know".
0F is a significant cutoff for talking about extreme temperatures in Winter. (It's arbitrary, but still notable because of 0 as a number itself.) Reaching negative Fahrenheit is pretty cold, so it's of note when it happens. Hitting 0C is much more common unless you're fairly far south (in the US).
Fahrenheit is awful, as are all imperial systems.
I think a very persuasive argument can be made that most imperial systems are way worse than the corresponding metric systems. Not so much for temperature. The real metric system there would be to report all temperatures in Kelvin. But that's not as useful for the range temperatures that we actually experience in day-to-day life. Celsius is better for that, but so is Fahrenheit. It's way easier to convert between Kelvin and Celsius than it is to convert between Kelvin and Fahrenheit, but that doesn't matter at all if you're not doing that conversion.
The real metric system there would be to report all temperatures in Kelvin. But that's not as useful for the range temperatures that we actually experience in day-to-day life. Celsius is better for that, but so is Fahrenheit.I get that Kelvin is more fundamental scientifically because its 0 actually means something, but I don't see why it would be the 'real metric system'. Celsius has a better argument to make for the whole base-10 thing because of 0 and 100, and well the properties of water at one atmosphere of pressure are relevant for every day life. It's not like the meter or kilogram are special scientifically either, the thing which makes them better is the easy conversion by changing the exponent of 10.
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I like to think -40° is quite significant too. But you've got to travel pretty far north for that.Once, somebody mentioned that where they were from it was zero degrees, and I asked whether it was Fahrenheit or Celsius. Zero degrees makes so much more sense to be Celsius, so that's why I asked, even though I'm in America. Everybody was like, "What?!? That doesn't even make sense!" Somebody even got kind of mad at me for "showing off how much I know".
0F is a significant cutoff for talking about extreme temperatures in Winter. (It's arbitrary, but still notable because of 0 as a number itself.) Reaching negative Fahrenheit is pretty cold, so it's of note when it happens. Hitting 0C is much more common unless you're fairly far south (in the US).
Wow. Thanks for the great advice! I've actually never drank before...and I'm not really planning on it I guess? I agree that it seems like a hugely overrated part of college life, though of course I've never experienced it myself. I'm straight (thanks for covering all those bases though ;D), and I appreciate the admonition about the expectations of meeting a possible life partner in school--as I definitely have/had that expectation. I must admit, I'd probably be a bit sad if I was finished with college without meeting someone "special" or whatever. I'm not a terribly outgoing person, and it seems like it's difficult to meet people once you're out of school? Or so it seems to me at least.
Up to this point in my academic career, I have been really focused on my GPA. I really appreciate your take on the true purpose of education, as I sometimes do feel a bit cynical about things and have almost certainly avoided some courses in order to protect my grades. I do feel really passionate about my major though (computer science). It took me a while in community college to really settle on what felt right for me, but I find the subject matter incredibly engaging, so that's a positive.
Wow. Thanks for the great advice! I've actually never drank before...and I'm not really planning on it I guess? I agree that it seems like a hugely overrated part of college life, though of course I've never experienced it myself. I'm straight (thanks for covering all those bases though ;D), and I appreciate the admonition about the expectations of meeting a possible life partner in school--as I definitely have/had that expectation. I must admit, I'd probably be a bit sad if I was finished with college without meeting someone "special" or whatever. I'm not a terribly outgoing person, and it seems like it's difficult to meet people once you're out of school? Or so it seems to me at least.
Up to this point in my academic career, I have been really focused on my GPA. I really appreciate your take on the true purpose of education, as I sometimes do feel a bit cynical about things and have almost certainly avoided some courses in order to protect my grades. I do feel really passionate about my major though (computer science). It took me a while in community college to really settle on what felt right for me, but I find the subject matter incredibly engaging, so that's a positive.
Any tips for someone going away to university for the first time?
It'll be my first time living on my own and all.
Oh hey - it's like it's actually a measure! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(mathematics)) (well, in the sense of additivity; total kinetic energy (heat) would work better since it isn't averaged). That's certainly a good reason to call it metric. Thanks, it just clicked. In fact I remember always having to convert Celsius to Kelvin in chemistry class for this very reason.The real metric system there would be to report all temperatures in Kelvin. But that's not as useful for the range temperatures that we actually experience in day-to-day life. Celsius is better for that, but so is Fahrenheit.I get that Kelvin is more fundamental scientifically because its 0 actually means something, but I don't see why it would be the 'real metric system'. Celsius has a better argument to make for the whole base-10 thing because of 0 and 100, and well the properties of water at one atmosphere of pressure are relevant for every day life. It's not like the meter or kilogram are special scientifically either, the thing which makes them better is the easy conversion by changing the exponent of 10.
In metric systems, correct me if I'm wrong, but multiplying something always means you that multiple amount of it. Double 10 metres and you're travelling twice as far. Triple 10 kilograms and you have something three times as massive. Double 10 degrees Celsius and you don't get something twice as hot. But if you multiply 30 Kelvin by 3, you do get something three times as hot. So that's a pretty reasonable argument for using Kelvin as the standard unit.
Oh, something else about university: you might feel very lost in your courses for a term or two, the difference with high school can be quite a shock. It's perfectly normal! Don't despair or think that you are worthless and everybody else is smarter than you. I mean, obviously there will always be people that are smarter than you, but most will feel just as lost as you do. Just keep calm and carry on. I'll repeat scott_pilgrim's advice about working with other students, it really helps with productivity and motivation.
Agree, I spent most of uni not drinking, and worked fine for me (other than living in a house with Tables).Wow. Thanks for the great advice! I've actually never drank before...and I'm not really planning on it I guess? I agree that it seems like a hugely overrated part of college life, though of course I've never experienced it myself. I'm straight (thanks for covering all those bases though ;D), and I appreciate the admonition about the expectations of meeting a possible life partner in school--as I definitely have/had that expectation. I must admit, I'd probably be a bit sad if I was finished with college without meeting someone "special" or whatever. I'm not a terribly outgoing person, and it seems like it's difficult to meet people once you're out of school? Or so it seems to me at least.
Up to this point in my academic career, I have been really focused on my GPA. I really appreciate your take on the true purpose of education, as I sometimes do feel a bit cynical about things and have almost certainly avoided some courses in order to protect my grades. I do feel really passionate about my major though (computer science). It took me a while in community college to really settle on what felt right for me, but I find the subject matter incredibly engaging, so that's a positive.
I never drank until I was 29, almost 30. It has helped a lot for dating (well, maybe).. a little bit for other social life. Otherwise, it's highly overrated.
If you do decide to start drinking, do so for actual taste and not just for the sake of drinking alcohol. Avoid people that want to 'get drunk'. At least, that's my advice.
If you do decide to start drinking, do so for actual taste and not just for the sake
Oh, something else about university: you might feel very lost in your courses for a term or two, the difference with high school can be quite a shock. It's perfectly normal! Don't despair or think that you are worthless and everybody else is smarter than you. I mean, obviously there will always be people that are smarter than you, but most will feel just as lost as you do. Just keep calm and carry on. I'll repeat scott_pilgrim's advice about working with other students, it really helps with productivity and motivation.Yeah. I've already been going to community college for a while, and I'm transferring in as a junior. I'm sure university classes will still be significantly more difficult though. I'm sure it will take me a while to be ok with not getting A's.
Oh, something else about university: you might feel very lost in your courses for a term or two, the difference with high school can be quite a shock. It's perfectly normal! Don't despair or think that you are worthless and everybody else is smarter than you. I mean, obviously there will always be people that are smarter than you, but most will feel just as lost as you do. Just keep calm and carry on. I'll repeat scott_pilgrim's advice about working with other students, it really helps with productivity and motivation.Yeah. I've already been going to community college for a while, and I'm transferring in as a junior. I'm sure university classes will still be significantly more difficult though. I'm sure it will take me a while to be ok with not getting A's.
If you do decide to start drinking, do so for actual taste and not just for the sake
I see what you did there.
Woah, Random Stuff Part III? When are we going to release the trilogy on Blu-ray?
Woah, Random Stuff Part III? When are we going to release the trilogy on Blu-ray?
Once this thread gets 100+ posts
Woah, Random Stuff Part III? When are we going to release the trilogy on Blu-ray?
Once this thread gets 100+ posts
Don't forget the two years spent adding a bunch of shit CGI no one wanted.
If you do decide to start drinking, do so for actual taste and not just for the sake
I see what you did there.
WW had the right spirit.
I literally laughed out loud after reading this. A rare feat!
I literally laughed out loud after reading this. A rare feat!
Now I want to use an acronym LLOL to include literally. But I rarely LLOL, so I'll probably never type it (except for here).
I literally laughed out loud after reading this. A rare feat!
Now I want to use an acronym LLOL to include literally. But I rarely LLOL, so I'll probably never type it (except for here).
Laugh literally out loud?
Laugh loudly or literally?
Literally loud overture (of) laughter?
Laudanum literally originates laughter?
I literally laughed out loud after reading this. A rare feat!
Now I want to use an acronym LLOL to include literally. But I rarely LLOL, so I'll probably never type it (except for here).
Laugh literally out loud?
Laugh loudly or literally?
Literally loud overture (of) laughter?
Laudanum literally originates laughter?
Pretty sure it means Let's Lose our Legs
Laugh literally out loud?
Laugh loudly or literally?
Literally loud overture (of) laughter?
Laudanum literally originates laughter?
I haven't really been in the main Dominion discussion part of the board much these last few days but it looks like there's been some kind of drama going on? A ton of locked posts and threads reaching 5+ pages in a day or two. What's happening, in short?
I haven't really been in the main Dominion discussion part of the board much these last few days but it looks like there's been some kind of drama going on? A ton of locked posts and threads reaching 5+ pages in a day or two. What's happening, in short?
I haven't really been in the main Dominion discussion part of the board much these last few days but it looks like there's been some kind of drama going on? A ton of locked posts and threads reaching 5+ pages in a day or two. What's happening, in short?A tangled web was weaved, but I will explain it as well as I possibly can. Keep in mind that I am quite the biased/influential individual.
I liked Kirian's explanation much better than RR's.
I liked Kirian's explanation much better than RR's.Me, too.
I liked Kirian's explanation much better than RR's.
I feel a lot more informed by Roadrunners, but Kirians seems like the better Respect whoring option, and IIRC that's the point of the Dominionstrategy forums anyway.
It truly wasn't intended as respect-whoring, just not wanting the Random Stuff thread to get infected. Not to mention the standard "If it's locked, stop talking about it elsewhere" forum etiquette.
It never causes any problems because anyone who would disagree with you on those topics has been banned.It truly wasn't intended as respect-whoring, just not wanting the Random Stuff thread to get infected. Not to mention the standard "If it's locked, stop talking about it elsewhere" forum etiquette.
I don't think it's necessary to stop talking about locked threads elsewhere, as long as you don't start the same conversations again. We're talking about decline of civility, Gunpowder and KC being more skippable than people think all the time (or maybe around 90-93% of the time) and it never causes any problems.
It never causes any problems because anyone who would disagree with you on those topics has been banned.It truly wasn't intended as respect-whoring, just not wanting the Random Stuff thread to get infected. Not to mention the standard "If it's locked, stop talking about it elsewhere" forum etiquette.
I don't think it's necessary to stop talking about locked threads elsewhere, as long as you don't start the same conversations again. We're talking about decline of civility, Gunpowder and KC being more skippable than people think all the time (or maybe around 90-93% of the time) and it never causes any problems.
That's why I was commenting on the popcorn post. I think that's the worst thing that you can possibly do in threads with high stake discussions, regardless of what they're about or who is right. All it does is showcase apathy towards other people's feelings, and I think encouraging it via upvotes is a massive mistake. Wouldn't this be a discussion worth having?I fully agree with this. I would've hoped something like that wouldn't have been posted, I consider everyone on this forum quite mature (except RR, that guy is something else). I think posts like those contribute to the lockage of threads, which is obviously something we don't want, because threads are strictly better than non-threads.
That's why I was commenting on the popcorn post. I think that's the worst thing that you can possibly do in threads with high stake discussions, regardless of what they're about or who is right. All it does is showcase apathy towards other people's feelings, and I think encouraging it via upvotes is a massive mistake. Wouldn't this be a discussion worth having?
You don't have to overthink it, it's just a popcorn post.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
There is indeed nothing worse than that in those situations. Vaguely tolerable on the Internet, but I don't think anything gets me more worked up IRL.
Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.How can we get off topic if we're talking about random stuff?
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You don't have to overthink it, it's just a popcorn post.
I'm arguing that it hurts feelings of the people who are having the stakes in the discussion.
Maybe that's only the case for me, because I'm sensitive, but I don't think so. Neither Adam nor Stef upvoted any of the off topic posts.
And it's not like not doing it is a big loss, there is an entire rest of the forum to post jokes in.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
There is indeed nothing worse than that in those situations. Vaguely tolerable on the Internet, but I don't think anything gets me more worked up IRL.
I have done something like that in the past more than once. I don't enjoy the least bit to see smart people sling mud at each other. I do it to draw attention to the fact that they are offering a spectacle to onlookers, and to make them question whether that's what they really want to do (instead of calming down, trying to see the other's person perspective, or reaching a compromise, etc.).
Obviously it only works when it's clear you are being ironic, which is harder online...
Actually I like to think stuff like that breaks the tension when there is an argument/disagreement. That's usually why I do it.
Also, if I understand the intention, then it's only a good idea if the discussion shouldn't take place, right? Or at least not in public.
Here, have an emergency Venn diagram:The one I always remember is - NSFW? - http://explosm.net/comics/2883
Here, have an emergency Venn diagram:The one I always remember is - NSFW? - http://explosm.net/comics/2883
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
There is indeed nothing worse than that in those situations. Vaguely tolerable on the Internet, but I don't think anything gets me more worked up IRL.
I have done something like that in the past more than once. I don't enjoy the least bit to see smart people sling mud at each other. I do it to draw attention to the fact that they are offering a spectacle to onlookers, and to make them question whether that's what they really want to do (instead of calming down, trying to see the other's person perspective, or reaching a compromise, etc.).
Obviously it only works when it's clear you are being ironic, which is harder online...
You don't have to overthink it, it's just a popcorn post.
I'm arguing that it hurts feelings of the people who are having the stakes in the discussion.
Maybe that's only the case for me, because I'm sensitive, but I don't think so. Neither Adam nor Stef upvoted any of the off topic posts.
And it's not like not doing it is a big loss, there is an entire rest of the forum to post jokes in.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
Actually I like to think stuff like that breaks the tension when there is an argument/disagreement. That's usually why I do it.
Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.
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I was actually wondering where its pancake hat was...Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.
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Everyone's first thought when seeing a picture like this is how tasty rabbit is when prepared well, right?
Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.
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Everyone's first thought when seeing a picture like this is how tasty rabbit is when prepared well, right?
You don't have to overthink it, it's just a popcorn post.
I'm arguing that it hurts feelings of the people who are having the stakes in the discussion.
Maybe that's only the case for me, because I'm sensitive, but I don't think so. Neither Adam nor Stef upvoted any of the off topic posts.
And it's not like not doing it is a big loss, there is an entire rest of the forum to post jokes in.
I just... you know, I think most people, when they're upset about something, don't really want to see others having fun with that.
Here, have an emergency Venn diagram:The one I always remember is - NSFW? - http://explosm.net/comics/2883
How can we get off topic if we're talking about random stuff?
(http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/Themes/core/images/dice_warn.gif) This dice roll may have been tampered with!
Rolled 1d55 : 47, total 47
A good friend of mine once asked me join him in blood giving procedure to help his grandpa who needed it due to some forthcoming operation.
So we both took a day off and went to hospital, but they turned both of us down for some silly reasons which I don't remember.
We then got some beers, went to my place and watched a nice idiotic zombie movie. THE END.
What happens if you report Theory?Theory might get banned
I did this a few days ago, and I wonder what happened: What happens if you report Theory?
So...Theory becomes sticky?I did this a few days ago, and I wonder what happened: What happens if you report Theory?
Well, remember that the report button isn't just for things like bad behavior, it's also for needs to be moved, or please make sticky, or whatnot.
So...Theory becomes sticky?I did this a few days ago, and I wonder what happened: What happens if you report Theory?
Well, remember that the report button isn't just for things like bad behavior, it's also for needs to be moved, or please make sticky, or whatnot.
I did this a few days ago, and I wonder what happened: What happens if you report Theory?
I did this a few days ago, and I wonder what happened: What happens if you report Theory?
Don't do it.
I had a really bad first time blood giving experience and never went again.
My parents were in Ukraine during Mad Cow disease, so that might disqualify me. It disqualifies them, at any rate.
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Canada you can't give blood if you've spent more than 5 years in Europe before 2007
I have never noticed how fun it is to watch people eat salad. They try so hard to get food on their fork, then they get one tiny thing on their fork and just give up and take a bite. It's the most entertaining thing ever.
I have never noticed how fun it is to watch people eat salad. They try so hard to get food on their fork, then they get one tiny thing on their fork and just give up and take a bite. It's the most entertaining thing ever.
Woah, guys, we're veering off topic again, and I'm all out of pie charts.How can we get off topic if we're talking about random stuff?
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I have never noticed how fun it is to watch people eat salad. They try so hard to get food on their fork, then they get one tiny thing on their fork and just give up and take a bite. It's the most entertaining thing ever.
My cute degenerate friends shot a music video and I'm starring there. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QetEEtPvCfA
You are the fish, right?
Hi.You are the fish, right?
To some extent we all are
You are the fish, right?
To some extent we all are
My brain was hurting from reading a gaming post earlier this week. It was a fluff post asking if people prefer d20 or d100 (for the uninitiated, d20 refers to a 20-sided die and d100 refers to two 10-sided dice determining tens and ones [or there is literally a 100-sidedgolf balldie]). Since many gamers started with D&D and it uses a d20, they declared a fondness for that die. Not too surprising.
But then one guy said he prefers d20 because it's more random than the d100. I sputtered and explained that they're both random. There's no "more" about it. He elaborated that you're more likely to get a 7 or lower on a d20 than a 35 or lower on a d100 because of the d100's bell curve. To my credit, I managed to say that the d100 did not have a bell curve while not exploding. Mostly I was still trying to figure out what premise he was working with because he called it 2d10 (again for the uninitiated, that's two 10-sided dice added together). I found his terminology confusing because while I concur that 2d10 does have a bell curve, you can't get 35 with that. I mean, technically, you have a 100% chance of rolling 35 or lower on 2d10. So I really wanted to know what this guy thinks is being rolled before going all mathy on him.
Someone else beat me to the punch and explained the probability distribution. The original guy never responded back, which I read as him realizing the error and not pressing the issue. A part of me kind of hoped he clung to his original idea and tried to defend it, but that was just my asshole side wanting to get into an argument.
So I really wanted to know what this guy thinks is being rolled before going all mathy on him.
Well, one could argue that a d10 is not a platonic solid and thus the results are not evenly distributed, right? In that sense, d20 is "more random" I think. That's why I prefer d20 to d10 anyway.
Well, one could argue that a d10 is not a platonic solid and thus the results are not evenly distributed, right? In that sense, d20 is "more random" I think. That's why I prefer d20 to d10 anyway.
Hmm, I can see that argument, but I think a d10 is still evenly distributed. The even and odd sides both have a 50% of coming up. Given that, each of the five numbers on that side have a 20% chance of coming up. So you still have a uniform distribution of results even though the d10 is not a platonic solid. Even the wonky dice like the d46 that are built like the d10 would be evenly distributed. I heard rumors of a d17, though I'd be really curious about that distribution.
I view the d20 and d100 as essentially identical. If all you care about are 5% increments, then both do the job just as well. Granted, you only need to roll 1 die with a d20 and 2 dice with a d100 (unless you use a heathen golf ball). If you need greater degrees of successes, then a d100 will let you capture the 2% chance of such-and-such happening. And really if you need more precision than that, you could technically implement a d1000 or even d10k roll, though that is probably not a game I would be interested in.
Well, one could argue that a d10 is not a platonic solid and thus the results are not evenly distributed, right? In that sense, d20 is "more random" I think. That's why I prefer d20 to d10 anyway.
Hmm, I can see that argument, but I think a d10 is still evenly distributed. The even and odd sides both have a 50% of coming up. Given that, each of the five numbers on that side have a 20% chance of coming up. So you still have a uniform distribution of results even though the d10 is not a platonic solid. Even the wonky dice like the d46 that are built like the d10 would be evenly distributed. I heard rumors of a d17, though I'd be really curious about that distribution.
I view the d20 and d100 as essentially identical. If all you care about are 5% increments, then both do the job just as well. Granted, you only need to roll 1 die with a d20 and 2 dice with a d100 (unless you use a heathen golf ball). If you need greater degrees of successes, then a d100 will let you capture the 2% chance of such-and-such happening. And really if you need more precision than that, you could technically implement a d1000 or even d10k roll, though that is probably not a game I would be interested in.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Well, one could argue that a d10 is not a platonic solid and thus the results are not evenly distributed, right? In that sense, d20 is "more random" I think. That's why I prefer d20 to d10 anyway.
Hmm, I can see that argument, but I think a d10 is still evenly distributed. The even and odd sides both have a 50% of coming up. Given that, each of the five numbers on that side have a 20% chance of coming up. So you still have a uniform distribution of results even though the d10 is not a platonic solid. Even the wonky dice like the d46 that are built like the d10 would be evenly distributed. I heard rumors of a d17, though I'd be really curious about that distribution.
I view the d20 and d100 as essentially identical. If all you care about are 5% increments, then both do the job just as well. Granted, you only need to roll 1 die with a d20 and 2 dice with a d100 (unless you use a heathen golf ball). If you need greater degrees of successes, then a d100 will let you capture the 2% chance of such-and-such happening. And really if you need more precision than that, you could technically implement a d1000 or even d10k roll, though that is probably not a game I would be interested in.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
It's symmetric?
Well, one could argue that a d10 is not a platonic solid and thus the results are not evenly distributed, right? In that sense, d20 is "more random" I think. That's why I prefer d20 to d10 anyway.
Hmm, I can see that argument, but I think a d10 is still evenly distributed. The even and odd sides both have a 50% of coming up. Given that, each of the five numbers on that side have a 20% chance of coming up. So you still have a uniform distribution of results even though the d10 is not a platonic solid. Even the wonky dice like the d46 that are built like the d10 would be evenly distributed. I heard rumors of a d17, though I'd be really curious about that distribution.
I view the d20 and d100 as essentially identical. If all you care about are 5% increments, then both do the job just as well. Granted, you only need to roll 1 die with a d20 and 2 dice with a d100 (unless you use a heathen golf ball). If you need greater degrees of successes, then a d100 will let you capture the 2% chance of such-and-such happening. And really if you need more precision than that, you could technically implement a d1000 or even d10k roll, though that is probably not a game I would be interested in.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
It's symmetric?
What do you mean by this? I'm pretty sure it does not have the same symmetries that a (regular) die with 4, 6, 8, 12, or 20 sides has.
But it doesn't have edge and vertex symmetry. Wouldn't this lead to a not perfectly uniform distribution?
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
It's the "equal chance" part that isn't clear. You're just restating 'uniform'.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
It's the "equal chance" part that isn't clear. You're just restating 'uniform'.
That's what "uniform" means. An equal chance of each result.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
It's the "equal chance" part that isn't clear. You're just restating 'uniform'.
That's what "uniform" means. An equal chance of each result.
Yes I know this. My point is Kuildeous is not explaining, he's restating.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
It's the "equal chance" part that isn't clear. You're just restating 'uniform'.
That's what "uniform" means. An equal chance of each result.
Yes I know this. My point is Kuildeous is not explaining, he's restating.
So…you're arguing just to argue, and being obstinate just for the sake of being obstinate?
Or really I'm saying wondering how different symmetries lead to the end distribution.
It has a transitive symmetry group: given any two faces A and B I can rotate (and reflect if necessary, although it isn't for a d10) so that A is now in the position formerly occupied by B.
Or really I'm saying wondering how different symmetries lead to the end distribution.It has a transitive symmetry group: given any two faces A and B I can rotate (and reflect if necessary, although it isn't for a d10) so that A is now in the position formerly occupied by B.
I have to actually look at a dieThat sounds like an awesome idea.
Or really I'm saying wondering how different symmetries lead to the end distribution.It has a transitive symmetry group: given any two faces A and B I can rotate (and reflect if necessary, although it isn't for a d10) so that A is now in the position formerly occupied by B.
Yes but the vertices don't enjoy the same symmetry.
But maybe there's just two sets of vertex symmetries ("top" <-> "bottom" and the "sides".. or maybe the sides themselves break into two groups, I have to actually look at a die), which gives what Kuildeous is getting at.
If you roll a regular die, like a d6, there's a physical process as well?
I find the arrogance some here are showing in this argument annoying. WW is trying to understand what you mean, you're not helping him at all. I still don't fully get it. I think vertices should matter, for example: In an ideal die throw, we can assume that the die is randomly rotated, with a random momentum, when it hits the table. The by far most likely case is that the die hits the table on a vertex. Not all vertices are "the same", so it is not clear why we would get a uniform distribution going from here.
I find the arrogance some here are showing in this argument annoying. WW is trying to understand what you mean, you're not helping him at all. I still don't fully get it. I think vertices should matter, for example: In an ideal die throw, we can assume that the die is randomly rotated, with a random momentum, when it hits the table. The by far most likely case is that the die hits the table on a vertex. Not all vertices are "the same", so it is not clear why we would get a uniform distribution going from here.
Why do you think a d10's results are uniformly distributed? It isn't regular.
Like I said, you have two equal chances of landing on the odd or even side. You then have five equal chances of getting 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, depending on what the first one was. Of course, this assumes a perfectly cut d10 so that all the planes are congruent with congruent angles between them, but we have to make that assumption for all dice anyway.
I'm not sure how I can add to that. Without trying to sound like a cop-out, why would not being regular preclude even distribution? How does a d10 not achieve even distribution?
It's the "equal chance" part that isn't clear. You're just restating 'uniform'.
That's what "uniform" means. An equal chance of each result.
Yes I know this. My point is Kuildeous is not explaining, he's restating.
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But, please, keep treating me like an idiot, because that's fun.
But, please, keep treating me like an idiot, because that's fun.
I am sorry if I came out that way. I didn't understand that you were talking about the influence of the initial configuration on the final configuration. But I have a feeling that you have to assume an initial configuration that is itself uniform, otherwise you would be cheating. Then your problem disappears?
But each face relates to the same number/type of vertices in exactly the same way, as already pointed out the faces are indistinguishable.
I was treating you like a troll, not an idiot. But I apologize for that, too.
I guess in my mind, there is absolutely no reason the burden of proof should be on anybody but you in this case. If you don't think a d10 has a uniform probability distribution, prove why that is.
Burden of proof was definitely not on witherweaver. He wasn't arguing that it wasn't uniform, just that it had yet to be shown that it was uniform.
Then could somebody please prove to me that a regular polyhedron does have a uniform distribution? Witherweaver does appear to take that as a given.Singletee's argument works for any die with indistinguishable faces, including all regular polyhedra:
Suppose an idealized D10 does not produce a uniform distribution. In that case, there is one face that is at least as likely as any other, and more likely than at least one other. Without loss of generality we can assume that 1 is more likely to be rolled than 2. (Our labeling is arbitrary, not necessarily the standard D10 labeling.) Now we rotate this die such that the 2 face is now where the 1 face started out. Since the physical structure of the die is the same, the probability of rolling any given face is only dependent on its position on the die. So the 2 face ends up in the 1 spot, and the 1 face ends up somewhere other than the 1 spot. Thus 2 is at least as likely as 1, and we have a contradiction. Therefore an idealized D10 produces a uniform distribution.
I'm not sure what you mean. The answer is obviously yes, right?
Do we even know that a human made that poll? Or that only humans voted in it?! AI already outnumbers us!I firmly believe that WW made this post so that we won't expect him to be AI, but I'm onto him.
This is venturing into RSP territory, but AI is getting to the point where they are replacing jobs and not really opening up too many more. That's what's worrying. We'll have to rethink how the world works if people can't realistically be expected to be employed.I'm not sure what you mean. The answer is obviously yes, right?
This is correct. Regardless of the possibility, humans should be worried about all possible threats in the universe. Aliens, zombies, vampires, robots, pirates. Be worried an appropriate amount and be done.
This is venturing into RSP territory, but AI is getting to the point where they are replacing jobs and not really opening up too many more. That's what's worrying. We'll have to rethink how the world works if people can't realistically be expected to be employed.I'm not sure what you mean. The answer is obviously yes, right?
This is correct. Regardless of the possibility, humans should be worried about all possible threats in the universe. Aliens, zombies, vampires, robots, pirates. Be worried an appropriate amount and be done.
This is venturing into RSP territory, but AI is getting to the point where they are replacing jobs and not really opening up too many more. That's what's worrying. We'll have to rethink how the world works if people can't realistically be expected to be employed.I'm not sure what you mean. The answer is obviously yes, right?
This is correct. Regardless of the possibility, humans should be worried about all possible threats in the universe. Aliens, zombies, vampires, robots, pirates. Be worried an appropriate amount and be done.
Maybe delete that? no, thank you.
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Yesterday while I was on duty at lunchtime, we spotted a large group of year 11's (15-16 year olds) - perhaps about 10 of them - head behind one of the buildings where there's a small grassy bank. There's nothing around the back there, and it's a camera blind spot, so we figured that there was definitely something going on. Almost certainly cigarettes, alcohol or worse. I was in a 1st floor room and stayed there while 1-2 others in the room went down to check what was going on.I am not smart enough to smuggle illegal pizza into my school. Can you give me tips from those people?
We saw them, and a few other teachers who had spotted the kids, go around the back there and tell all the kids to come out, stopping them and asking what was going on. Some just ran (bad idea, since everyone knows their names anyway), most looked guilty. One teacher looped around to the other side to stop them escaping that way. That teacher managed to find exactly what it was they were doing around there.
He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.
It was a very surreal experience. Definitely not what I expected to happen.
Yesterday while I was on duty at lunchtime, we spotted a large group of year 11's (15-16 year olds) - perhaps about 10 of them - head behind one of the buildings where there's a small grassy bank. There's nothing around the back there, and it's a camera blind spot, so we figured that there was definitely something going on. Almost certainly cigarettes, alcohol or worse. I was in a 1st floor room and stayed there while 1-2 others in the room went down to check what was going on.I am not smart enough to smuggle illegal pizza into my school. Can you give me tips from those people?
We saw them, and a few other teachers who had spotted the kids, go around the back there and tell all the kids to come out, stopping them and asking what was going on. Some just ran (bad idea, since everyone knows their names anyway), most looked guilty. One teacher looped around to the other side to stop them escaping that way. That teacher managed to find exactly what it was they were doing around there.
He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.
It was a very surreal experience. Definitely not what I expected to happen.
He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.Why are there rules that forbid this?
They didn't bring enough for the whole class.He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.Why are there rules that forbid this?
1) having food delivered:He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.Why are there rules that forbid this?
He came back from the other side carrying three full boxes of take away pizza. They had literally just smuggled... pizza... into school. It's still against the rules, so it was taken off them.Why are there rules that forbid this?
I have a Dominion question that does not deserve its own thread: Is the artwork in Dominion painted or is the artwork made on a computer?
I have a Dominion question that does not deserve its own thread: Is the artwork in Dominion painted or is the artwork made on a computer?
Follow up question:I'll offer up Ismail Merchant and Squallmonger.
What are some types of merchants (spice merchants, for example)?
What are some types of mongers (ironmongers, fishmongers, deathmongers, etc)?
How did Awaclus manage to figure out Donald's forum password?Follow up question:I'll offer up Ismail Merchant and Squallmonger.
What are some types of merchants (spice merchants, for example)?
What are some types of mongers (ironmongers, fishmongers, deathmongers, etc)?
How did Awaclus manage to figure out Donald's forum password?Follow up question:I'll offer up Ismail Merchant and Squallmonger.
What are some types of merchants (spice merchants, for example)?
What are some types of mongers (ironmongers, fishmongers, deathmongers, etc)?
Guitar Hero Live is pretty fun. I highly recommend not buying it.
Guitar Hero Live is pretty fun. I highly recommend not buying it.
I'm disappointed nobody bothered to comment on this weird statement. Since nobody has and it's been almost a month, I'm just going to explain. The game is fun, but the component quality is awful. I've had two guitars, with a total of three crippling defects between them. As in, defects that make the game effectively unplayable and need either fixing or replacing. My co-worked who had the game before me had 1 out of 2 guitars being defective. That's a small sample size, but it's averaging one defect per guitar. Then there's the issue of the game itself. It just doesn't give you a nice calibration option any more. The current calibration system is much harder to get right, and seems to drift between play sessions as well - one day it seems fine, the next every note is registered early.
It's a fun game, and makes for an interesting new Guitar Hero experience, but man, just don't bother. It's too much hassle.
Guitar Hero Live is pretty fun. I highly recommend not buying it.
I'm disappointed nobody bothered to comment on this weird statement. Since nobody has and it's been almost a month, I'm just going to explain. The game is fun, but the component quality is awful. I've had two guitars, with a total of three crippling defects between them. As in, defects that make the game effectively unplayable and need either fixing or replacing. My co-worked who had the game before me had 1 out of 2 guitars being defective. That's a small sample size, but it's averaging one defect per guitar. Then there's the issue of the game itself. It just doesn't give you a nice calibration option any more. The current calibration system is much harder to get right, and seems to drift between play sessions as well - one day it seems fine, the next every note is registered early.
It's a fun game, and makes for an interesting new Guitar Hero experience, but man, just don't bother. It's too much hassle.
I feel like the gameplay in GHL is great. Having something like 200+ songs available for free is great, and I like the new guitar layout, makes things interesting. But there's just so many issues with it as well.
I'm thinking about getting either Dark Souls 3 when it comes out or Street Fighter V. Which should I get? F.DS DECIDES!
5 > 3
Street fighter
Going to assume by the fact that you are even asking this question, you are new to Souls? I will say Dark Souls 3, but with the preface that you should play the previous Souls games (including Demon's Souls) and Bloodborne first if you haven't, as DS3 has many references to those games, and they're all great and well worth your time anyway. (You can skip Dark Souls 2 if you don't have time for it; it was made by a different team/director and typically seen as not quite up to the same quality, which I personally agree with) At the very least, you should play Dark Souls 1. I can't comment on SF because I haven't played one of those since SFII, but I would have to imagine if you wait on it you could get a better deal when the turbo ultra deluxe pony edition comes out.
How am I the first +1?5 > 3
Street fighter
Might you go so far as to say 5 <3?
Yay, new iPhone 7 coming out and guess what, there's no headphone jack. You'll have to connect Apple approved Bluetooth wireless headphones if you want to listen to your music now. Another $100. I like Apple products, but I'm getting really sick of this blatant rip-off. I don't care if the phone is thinner. If anything, I want it bigger, so at least the battery life is better.
This is why I dislike Apple. I'm not really a big fan of their products, but I'll admit that they make some quality stuff. But the fact that they make the only hardware that runs their software means that they can pull stuff like this, forcing you to buy extra equipment if you want to use their software at all. If a manufacturer for hardware that runs Android, Windows, or whatever software competing with Apple tried this, they would lose business. But that's just me, no hard feelings towards anyone who likes Apple.
This is why I dislike Apple. I'm not really a big fan of their products, but I'll admit that they make some quality stuff. But the fact that they make the only hardware that runs their software means that they can pull stuff like this, forcing you to buy extra equipment if you want to use their software at all. If a manufacturer for hardware that runs Android, Windows, or whatever software competing with Apple tried this, they would lose business. But that's just me, no hard feelings towards anyone who likes Apple.
That's actually the only merit of Apple products for me. You don't have to worry about compatibility when they're the ones making everything you use.
Although obviously, it is not enough of a merit to compensate for the fact that you have to pay 1.5-2 times (or even more in some cases) the price for hardware with similar specs and then it comes with an OS which is far less versatile and customizable than, say, Windows.
I would say that osx is significantly more annoying once you're used to windows too.This is why I dislike Apple. I'm not really a big fan of their products, but I'll admit that they make some quality stuff. But the fact that they make the only hardware that runs their software means that they can pull stuff like this, forcing you to buy extra equipment if you want to use their software at all. If a manufacturer for hardware that runs Android, Windows, or whatever software competing with Apple tried this, they would lose business. But that's just me, no hard feelings towards anyone who likes Apple.
That's actually the only merit of Apple products for me. You don't have to worry about compatibility when they're the ones making everything you use.
Although obviously, it is not enough of a merit to compensate for the fact that you have to pay 1.5-2 times (or even more in some cases) the price for hardware with similar specs and then it comes with an OS which is far less versatile and customizable than, say, Windows.
That may be true, but I'd say Windows is significantly more annoying to do anything in once you get used to the Unix way of doing things. A lot more things "just work" on OSX.
I would say that osx is significantly more annoying once you're used to windows too.
I would say that osx is significantly more annoying once you're used to windows too.
The same is true with the opposite to some degree, at least for me.
The nearby barcade has a deal on Fridays where the first 100 people get 20 free tokens. They normally open at 3, and I get off work at 3. It's perfect. This month, they're opening at 11 because of a basketball thing.
Now I have to decide if I want to take a lunch break at 11 to go get tokens. They serve pizza, so I could actually eat there. It's actually not bad.
That may be true, but I'd say Windows is significantly more annoying to do anything in once you get used to the Unix way of doing things. A lot more things "just work" on OSX.
That may be true, but I'd say Windows is significantly more annoying to do anything in once you get used to the Unix way of doing things. A lot more things "just work" on OSX.
Well, highly customizable systems are inherently more annoying once you get used to a system that doesn't expect you to spend a lot of time and effort customizing things.
I dunno, Windows is a pile of crap.
Windows xp is really where it's at.I dunno, Windows is a pile of crap.
Windows 10, sure. But 8.1 is absolutely amazing.
Windows xp is really where it's at.
Hey, I don't think Windows 10 is that bad... It's what I have at the moment.
The nearby barcade has a deal on Fridays where the first 100 people get 20 free tokens. They normally open at 3, and I get off work at 3. It's perfect. This month, they're opening at 11 because of a basketball thing.
Now I have to decide if I want to take a lunch break at 11 to go get tokens. They serve pizza, so I could actually eat there. It's actually not bad.
I think you've already decided.
Here's the thing. If you write something that becomes as huge as Harry Potter, when you're done, you have three options. The first is to keep writing, but write other stuff. The second is to keep writing, but do HP stuff. The third option is to not write anymore.
If you write other stuff, people will ALWAYS compare it to HP. Some might even ask why she'd write other stuff when there's still a lot of HP to explore. If she writes HP stuff, she's a sellout that just want to milk the franchise. And if she stops writing... Well, she's not really an active writer anymore. It's easy to say you should quit when you're at your peak, it's a whole different story actually doing it.
Here's the thing. If you write something that becomes as huge as Harry Potter, when you're done, you have three options. The first is to keep writing, but write other stuff. The second is to keep writing, but do HP stuff. The third option is to not write anymore.
If you write other stuff, people will ALWAYS compare it to HP. Some might even ask why she'd write other stuff when there's still a lot of HP to explore. If she writes HP stuff, she's a sellout that just want to milk the franchise. And if she stops writing... Well, she's not really an active writer anymore. It's easy to say you should quit when you're at your peak, it's a whole different story actually doing it.
But I would actually be fine with her writing HP stuff. Here's what I'm not fine with
- It's not actually written by her. It's just fanfiction that got her okay.
- It seems like a stupid generic plot... Harry's Son struggles with his legacy... that has to be the least creative idea for a sequel. Also this much hype usually means a bad product.
- Hermione is played by a 46 year old black actress.
That's just cheap. Hermione is not black. HP has already plenty of anti-discrimination for various minorities, but it has always been done really smart and subtle.
I mean maybe it'll be good but ehhhhhh it seems so unlikely.
And she has actually written other stuff after HP -- I've not read it, though. I've heard that it's boring, but just from one source.
And she has actually written other stuff after HP -- I've not read it, though. I've heard that it's boring, but just from one source.
Plays are s***. I don't care about a play. I want to read the actual book when it comes out.
They are not; maybe you just haven't seen any good ones.
They are not; maybe you just haven't seen any good ones.
I haven't seen any. I didn't mean all plays were garbage, I just mean the obvious bad plays are garbage. Like, the Spiderman play. And the Harry Potter play.
And she has actually written other stuff after HP -- I've not read it, though. I've heard that it's boring, but just from one source.
They are not; maybe you just haven't seen any good ones.
I haven't seen any. I didn't mean all plays were garbage, I just mean the obvious bad plays are garbage. Like, the Spiderman play. And the Harry Potter play.
I don't know about Spider-Man play; maybe you mean the musical? I might agree; I think musicals are a bit cheap in general, and that Spider-Man one seemed overly unnecessary. This one may be, too. (That being said, I'm a huge fan of some.)
But you really can't make any criticism if you've never been to the theater.
Edit: Though this HP thing is apparently not a musical.
Here's the thing. If you write something that becomes as huge as Harry Potter, when you're done, you have three options. The first is to keep writing, but write other stuff. The second is to keep writing, but do HP stuff. The third option is to not write anymore.
If you write other stuff, people will ALWAYS compare it to HP. Some might even ask why she'd write other stuff when there's still a lot of HP to explore. If she writes HP stuff, she's a sellout that just want to milk the franchise. And if she stops writing... Well, she's not really an active writer anymore. It's easy to say you should quit when you're at your peak, it's a whole different story actually doing it.
But I would actually be fine with her writing HP stuff. Here's what I'm not fine with
- It's not actually written by her. It's just fanfiction that got her okay.
- It seems like a stupid generic plot... Harry's Son struggles with his legacy... that has to be the least creative idea for a sequel. Also this much hype usually means a bad product.
- Hermione is played by a 46 year old black actress.
That's just cheap. Hermione is not black. HP has already plenty of anti-discrimination for various minorities, but it has always been done really smart and subtle.
I mean maybe it'll be good but ehhhhhh it seems so unlikely.
And she has actually written other stuff after HP -- I've not read it, though. I've heard that it's boring, but just from one source.
They are not; maybe you just haven't seen any good ones.
I haven't seen any. I didn't mean all plays were garbage, I just mean the obvious bad plays are garbage. Like, the Spiderman play. And the Harry Potter play.
And I was under the impression that the race of Hermione was up for interpretation in that it was never specifically stated. Even if she didn't have a black girl in mind when she was writing it that doesn't mean the character can't be black when a person is reading it. If she had specifically said she was of Caucasian decent that might be a different story.
And no one through a fit when Denzel Washington played Don Pedro in Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing" where the first actor to play him was almost certainly not black. Race is very much up to interpretation in theater.
But I would actually be fine with her writing HP stuff. Here's what I'm not fine with
- It's not actually written by her. It's just fanfiction that got her okay.
- It seems like a stupid generic plot... Harry's Son struggles with his legacy... that has to be the least creative idea for a sequel. Also this much hype usually means a bad product.
- Hermione is played by a 46 year old black actress.
That's just cheap. Hermione is not black. HP has already plenty of anti-discrimination for various minorities, but it has always been done really smart and subtle.
I mean maybe it'll be good but ehhhhhh it seems so unlikely.
Err... I may be misremembering, but I think she's pretty much only described as a girl with unruly kind of curly dark hair and weird teeth. Either way, I'm pretty sure she isn't explicitly mentioned as caucasian/white. I mean, she could be of Indian descent for all I know. Also, even if she was, I don't think this is or should be an issue. I mean Jesus Christ Superstar is traditionally set in a more modern era. And usually Jesus is said to have lived a long time ago.
Here's the thing. If you write something that becomes as huge as Harry Potter, when you're done, you have three options. The first is to keep writing, but write other stuff. The second is to keep writing, but do HP stuff. The third option is to not write anymore.
- It's not actually written by her. It's just fanfiction that got her okay.
- It seems like a stupid generic plot... Harry's Son struggles with his legacy... that has to be the least creative idea for a sequel. Also this much hype usually means a bad product.
- Hermione is played by a 46 year old black actress... That's just cheap. Hermione is not black.
Also, notably, in Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas was played by a black man in the well-known production, and also in the one I saw. Real-life Judas, if he existed, was probably not black.
Hmm? Have you seen Jesus Christ Superstar? I've only ever seen it taking place in Roman time. (Though, the music is modernized. And maybe the final number is ambiguous; I don't quite remember.)
Hmm? Have you seen Jesus Christ Superstar? I've only ever seen it taking place in Roman time. (Though, the music is modernized. And maybe the final number is ambiguous; I don't quite remember.)
I've seen three movie adaptations (one was a stage production that was turned into a movie and the other was made with a stage production in mind) and one stage adaptation (in Swedish). They were all modernized.
Ah, okay. I see what you mean. I think it still 'takes place' in Jesus' time, but with intentional anachronisms for style. Maybe to emphasize the idea that, if he was around now, he'd be a pop idol.
But okay. I don't remember if the live performance I saw had this (guns and stuff). I don't remember it.
Ah, okay. I see what you mean. I think it still 'takes place' in Jesus' time, but with intentional anachronisms for style. Maybe to emphasize the idea that, if he was around now, he'd be a pop idol.
But okay. I don't remember if the live performance I saw had this (guns and stuff). I don't remember it.
I think my point still stands. There are various "settings" being used. And people don't really complain about it. ;)
- It's not actually written by her. It's just fanfiction that got her okay.
So? How is that a problem?
And the play is set years after HP7 so the age is fine...
And I was under the impression that the race of Hermione was up for interpretation in that it was never specifically stated.
It isn't an issue of equality, it's just that it is completely unnecessary to match ethnicity of a stage actor with his or her character. It's a bit presumptuous to assume that not doing so is pandering.
Hmm? Have you seen Jesus Christ Superstar? I've only ever seen it taking place in Roman time. (Though, the music is modernized. And maybe the final number is ambiguous; I don't quite remember.)
I've seen three movie adaptations (one was a stage production that was turned into a movie and the other was made with a stage production in mind) and one stage adaptation (in Swedish). They were all modernized.
Ah, okay. I see what you mean. I think it still 'takes place' in Jesus' time, but with intentional anachronisms for style. Maybe to emphasize the idea that, if he was around now, he'd be a pop idol.
But okay. I don't remember if the live performance I saw had this (guns and stuff). I don't remember it.
It isn't an issue of equality, it's just that it is completely unnecessary to match ethnicity of a stage actor with his or her character. It's a bit presumptuous to assume that not doing so is pandering.
Come on, all the fans have imagined how the characters look like. It's not like you don't have the money to try to be authentic.
Harry, Ron, and Hermoine at least have all been on official covers for the books -- doesn't that officially answer the skin color question?
Oh, I didn't except everyone to disagree with me on the Hermione issue.
I think it's super, extremely lame and cheap because it implies that she's been black all along and it has not been mentioned. Look, I know you want to preach equality, but Hermione just is. not. black. She's one of the main characters. It would have been mentioned at some point. Even the wiki (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hermione_Granger) says she's not black.
Come on, all the fans have imagined how the characters look like. It's not like you don't have the money to try to be authentic.
Harry, Ron, and Hermoine at least have all been on official covers for the books -- doesn't that officially answer the skin color question?
... yeah, duh. Great point.
@WW if you're saying that it's normal for plays or something... well I don't know about plays. Doesn't make it less lame, though.
The problem here is that you're assuming this production cast this actress because she was black (unless you have something to support this?), and not because she was simply the person they wanted for the part for her abilities as an actress.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 21 : "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree."
The problem here is that you're assuming this production cast this actress because she was black (unless you have something to support this?), and not because she was simply the person they wanted for the part for her abilities as an actress.
Okay, to end this discussion about what skin color she really has - it actually is stated in the books.QuoteHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 21 : "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree."
(See? Subtle! I'm sure this has been intentional.)The problem here is that you're assuming this production cast this actress because she was black (unless you have something to support this?), and not because she was simply the person they wanted for the part for her abilities as an actress.
Yes, I do. But even if that were not the case, it'd still be lame. It's inauthentic by the definition of the word.
Should we cripple an actor to play a cripple?No, but you should make him look like a cripple and do things like a cripple.
I saw Dracula on the stage once, and I swear that dude wasn't really from Transylvania. Come to think of it, I don't think he was really a vampire!No, but they tried to make him look like a vampire, and act like a vampire.
Should we cripple an actor to play a cripple?No, but you should make him look like a cripple and do things like a cripple.I saw Dracula on the stage once, and I swear that dude wasn't really from Transylvania. Come to think of it, I don't think he was really a vampire!No, but they tried to make him look like a vampire, and act like a vampire.
Do you think appearance is inconsequential? If you don't think that, then skin color is not inconsequential. White people look very different from black people - they have a different skin color.
Why does anyone care? It's a crappy continuation of a mediocre series, it's not like you're actually going to see the play or anything.
Okay, to end this discussion about what skin color she really has - it actually is stated in the books.QuoteHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 21 : "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree."
(See? Subtle! I'm sure this has been intentional.)
Why does anyone care? It's a crappy continuation of a mediocre series, it's not like you're actually going to see the play or anything.
I'm going to assume this is where they're running from werewolves and dementors. I could easily see someone describing someone's face as white if you're being chased by crazy stuff. BUT I think this shows that Rowling thought of Hermione as light skinned. But I don't think it's her intentional way of saying "she's definately white, guys! I'll point to this later!".
Why does anyone care? It's a crappy continuation of a mediocre series, it's not like you're actually going to see the play or anything.
It's an issue if you're saying ethnicity Y people cannot play roles based on source material where the base character had ethnicity Z. Especially when the relative sizes of Y, Z, etc. have great disparity.
I'm saying that if a black person plays a white person in a stage play or vice versa then you're being inauthentic because they look different. Other assets, cultural, whatever, different story, because you can't see them. They're actors, they play a character.
Whether she's white or not, it's not important for the character or the plot. If you make a movie about slavery you don't caste a white guy as a black slave. You cast a black guy. But Hermione's character isn't affected by her skin colour, nor is any situation she's in get affected by it, so it doesn't matter who they cast for the role.
Whether she's white or not, it's not important for the character or the plot. If you make a movie about slavery you don't caste a white guy as a black slave. You cast a black guy. But Hermione's character isn't affected by her skin colour, nor is any situation she's in get affected by it, so it doesn't matter who they cast for the role.
Whether she's white or not, it's not important for the character or the plot. If you make a movie about slavery you don't caste a white guy as a black slave. You cast a black guy. But Hermione's character isn't affected by her skin colour, nor is any situation she's in get affected by it, so it doesn't matter who they cast for the role.
I can assure you: it matters. People care about it. For many, if they are deeply invested into a series, and it is put into a visual medium, they care how the characters look. I mean, of course they do. Why do you think movies are flooded with pretty looking people? People care how other people look.
This is what makes me think you haven't seen plays before.
I would bet at least 100$ against 20$ that it is in fact what she is saying, intentionally. It's not the first time that she packs information into such small details; e.g. you can infer the date at which the books are taking place from the date of death of the headless nick and his 1000th celebration thing - and that date was stated once in the very first book. The series has an amazing attention to detail.
This is what makes me think you haven't seen plays before.
I haven't seen plays before.
And the audience for this play is not the community that knows plays well; it's the community that knows the harry potter series well. There are a lot of harry potter fans out there, they are going to watch this.
I would bet at least 100$ against 20$ that it is in fact what she is saying, intentionally. It's not the first time that she packs information into such small details; e.g. you can infer the date at which the books are taking place from the date of death of the headless nick and his 1000th celebration thing - and that date was stated once in the very first book. The series has an amazing attention to detail.
The series also has a bunch of plot holes and stuff that doesn't make sense. I don't think it has an amazing attention to detail.
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione
I would bet at least 100$ against 20$ that it is in fact what she is saying, intentionally. It's not the first time that she packs information into such small details; e.g. you can infer the date at which the books are taking place from the date of death of the headless nick and his 1000th celebration thing - and that date was stated once in the very first book. The series has an amazing attention to detail.
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione 😘
I think the harry potter series is a masterpiece
I'll accept the bet!
I love plays, I see plays all the time, who wants to talk about plays?
I've mostly seen amateur plays and musicals.
I love plays, I see plays all the time, who wants to talk about plays?
I saw Venus in Fur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_in_Fur) by David Ives a few years ago. It was one of my favorite things I've seen on stage.
I also saw Waiting for Godot with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Billy Crudup. Very good.
I love plays, I see plays all the time, who wants to talk about plays?
I would bet at least 100$ against 20$ that it is in fact what she is saying, intentionally. It's not the first time that she packs information into such small details; e.g. you can infer the date at which the books are taking place from the date of death of the headless nick and his 1000th celebration thing - and that date was stated once in the very first book. The series has an amazing attention to detail.Am the days of the week are frequently inconsistent with these dates. The phases of the moon basically never match up.
Am the days of the week are frequently inconsistent with these dates. The phases of the moon basically never match up.
To add fuel to the fire: Earthsea.
Okay, to end this discussion about what skin color she really has - it actually is stated in the books.QuoteHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 21 : "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree."
(See? Subtle! I'm sure this has been intentional.)
I'm going to assume this is where they're running from werewolves and dementors. I could easily see someone describing someone's face as white if you're being chased by crazy stuff. BUT I think this shows that Rowling thought of Hermione as light skinned. But I don't think it's her intentional way of saying "she's definately white, guys! I'll point to this later!".
They were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor — Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him.
pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
To add fuel to the fire: Earthsea.
Is that an example of casting separate from source race? Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption is an example. In the novel, his character was specifically and unambiguously stated to be Irish (like, white-skin, red-head Irish, hence the name, 'Red'). The movie makes a reference to this (there is a line by Freeman, "Maybe because I'm Irish" about his name), which I always thought was extremely clever.
Also, one of the best (or just the best?) adaptations of a book to screen.
I don't have a problem with a black Hermione. At all.
There's also this at the beginning of Azkaban:QuoteThey were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor — Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him.
This outrage just reminds me of all the people complaining that Rue in Hunger Games was played by a black girl even though she was explicitly described as such in the books. It's a little more understandable here since Hermione's race is ambiguous, but still.That's not the same, that's the opposite. Rue would have sucked were she white in the movie.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/white-faced
http://www.yourdictionary.com/white-faced
Yes. It's a saying. It's a saying that became popular among white people. Do you honestly think a black person would describe another black person as white faced if he had just been scared? Obviously it it's a thing of our culture.
Plus they're on the covers. I can't believe we're really having this argument.
Whether she's white or not, it's not important for the character or the plot. If you make a movie about slavery you don't caste a white guy as a black slave. You cast a black guy. But Hermione's character isn't affected by her skin colour, nor is any situation she's in get affected by it, so it doesn't matter who they cast for the role.
I wouldn't say you have to cast a black guy; you only need to portray the character as being black, given that it's important. If casting a black actor is your way of doing it, fine. If you want to do it in another way (that works), fine.
Someone start a Black Hermoine thread in RSP and take this there, please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNEna-PETY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNEna-PETY
Stuff like this:Am the days of the week are frequently inconsistent with these dates. The phases of the moon basically never match up.
err what?
The zoo trip took place on Saturday, but Dudley's eleventh birthday (June 23, 1991) actually was on a Sunday.(http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Mistakes_in_the_Harry_Potter_books, there are many more exampls there)
Stuff like this:Am the days of the week are frequently inconsistent with these dates. The phases of the moon basically never match up.
err what?QuoteThe zoo trip took place on Saturday, but Dudley's eleventh birthday (June 23, 1991) actually was on a Sunday.(http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Mistakes_in_the_Harry_Potter_books, there are many more exampls there)
I suspect it was an example of Harry Potter being unoriginal.To add fuel to the fire: Earthsea.
Is that an example of casting separate from source race?
Interesting.I knew it!
I suspect it was an example of Harry Potter being unoriginal.To add fuel to the fire: Earthsea.
Is that an example of casting separate from source race?
A Wizard of Earthsea is an Ursula K. Le Guin novel about a kid who goes to wizard school (then other stuff happens). It's been some years but I remember liking it. It of course predates Harry Potter by decades. And someone asked the author what she thought of Harry Potter, and she said something like, well I don't feel ripped off or anything, but I don't know why anyone says Rowling is original.
A Wizard of Earthsea also has this concept of things having names that give you power over them, which The Name of the Wind uses.
I remembered I had seen this idea (power through names) used by other authors as well. I think it comes up in the Dresden series.
I remembered I had seen this idea (power through names) used by other authors as well. I think it comes up in the Dresden series.
Before Christianity, people in Finland actually believed in power through names.
It's hardly a new concept, it's called "true names". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_nameRumpelstiltskin, what? The name had no power. I am looking at the link, it gives no power to the name.
Rumpelstiltskin is a good example of a story with it that's existed for thousands of years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
I'm pretty certain both "kid learns about special powers s/he wasn't aware of and enters a magical world" and "names give you power over things" predate Ursula LeGuin as well.I don't equate "kid learns about special powers s/he wasn't aware of and enters a magical world" with "school for wizards."
QuoteI don't have a problem with a black Hermione. At all.
There's also this at the beginning of Azkaban:QuoteThey were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor — Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him.
But I wanted to chime in to say that this argument doesn't work so much.
If I remember rightly this quote is from immediately after Hermione has been on holiday somewhere beachy. It's a comment on her tan. So really it supports the idea that she's canonically white. Otherwise commenting on her tan wouldn't really be a thing.
Enough about Harry Potter. Let's talk about Star Wars.
Why does anyone care? It's a crappy continuation of a mediocre series
Enough about Harry Potter. Let's talk about Star Wars.Why does anyone care? It's a crappy continuation of a mediocre series
If it's in the context of being scared, white-face means pale, as in the reddish color from normal blood flow has left your face. Contrast to flush, where your face is red from increased flow. This is a human thing, not a racial thing, though obviously not noticeable the lighter someone's skin is.
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
This might actually be a cross Atlantic issue. Am i right in saying you're American?QuoteI don't have a problem with a black Hermione. At all.
There's also this at the beginning of Azkaban:QuoteThey were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor — Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him.
But I wanted to chime in to say that this argument doesn't work so much.
If I remember rightly this quote is from immediately after Hermione has been on holiday somewhere beachy. It's a comment on her tan. So really it supports the idea that she's canonically white. Otherwise commenting on her tan wouldn't really be a thing.
I think people have argued that if she were just tanned, it would have said "tanned" instead of "brown". But my point was more that we shouldn't read too much into the colours in this quotation or the other. "White" in context was likely just a reference to Hermione's emotional state.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
In other words, you agree that, on average, it is a pretty mediocre series?
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
No man, 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > 6 > 1; the second of the prequels is the only movie worth watching.
This might actually be a cross Atlantic issue. Am i right in saying you're American?
In my experience, brits use "brown" to describe tan on white people more often/naturally than "tanned".
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
No man, 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > 6 > 1; the second of the prequels is the only movie worth watching.
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
That's arguably the WORST Star Wars movie!
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
No man, 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > 6 > 1; the second of the prequels is the only movie worth watching.
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
That's arguably the WORST Star Wars movie!
I remember having had this discussion in the past with Teproc, but he wasn't able to tell me what is bad about it.
It has a really good plot, not generic, untypical, even, with the good side having the larger army and the main characters not being the heroes at the end; It has cool locations; It takes itself seriously, for the most part (the chase in the beginning sucks and the comic relief in the end with C-3PO is the worst part about it); it does not require opponents to be utterly incompetent to work, or even the good side having extraordinary amounts of luck; it's not predictable; it sells the universe believably; it has no stupid over the top scenes like 3 and 4 and 6.
In other words, it's a good movie! Unlike 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
In this case I agree with Awaclus. I don't even think the starwars movies qualify as 'mediocre'.
Heresy! HERESY! (The prequels are awful though)
No man, 2 > 5 > 3 > 4 > 6 > 1; the second of the prequels is the only movie worth watching.
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
That's arguably the WORST Star Wars movie!
I remember having had this discussion in the past with Teproc, but he wasn't able to tell me what is bad about it.
It has a really good plot, not generic, untypical, even, with the good side having the larger army and the main characters not being the heroes at the end; It has cool locations; It takes itself seriously, for the most part (the chase in the beginning sucks and the comic relief in the end with C-3PO is the worst part about it); it does not require opponents to be utterly incompetent to work, or even the good side having extraordinary amounts of luck; it's not predictable; it sells the universe believably; it has no stupid over the top scenes like 3 and 4 and 6.
In other words, it's a good movie! Unlike 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
You confuse me.
I know it's a bit weird that the series "starts" with Episode 4, and I'm sure there are plenty of stories they could tell prior to New Hope, but I think it's a bit silly to be ranking movies that haven't been made yet, right?
Careful, or you'll hit yourself in your confusion.
I know it's a bit weird that the series "starts" with Episode 4, and I'm sure there are plenty of stories they could tell prior to New Hope, but I think it's a bit silly to be ranking movies that haven't been made yet, right?
who ranked movies that haven't been made yet?
I know it's a bit weird that the series "starts" with Episode 4, and I'm sure there are plenty of stories they could tell prior to New Hope, but I think it's a bit silly to be ranking movies that haven't been made yet, right?
who ranked movies that haven't been made yet?
ehh. I see. That would be a much better joke if the prequels weren't better than the originals.
ehh. I see. That would be a much better joke if the prequels weren't better than the originals.
You either watched the movies when you were 2, or you're trolling. You have to be trolling.
Sorry man, they're just not good movies, and for some reason everyone who talks about how amazing they are never explains me what is so good about them.
I mean, it's all right to be that guy who goes against the prevailing consensus about whether or not a movie is good. But that doesn't mean there's no consensus, and the consensus doesn't favor those three non-existent movies:err :D well the consensus is not a good argument when it comes to art.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/star-wars-saga/
Sorry man, they're just not good movies, and for some reason everyone who talks about how amazing they are never explains me what is so good about them.
What is so bad about Episode 4, 5, and 6? What happens in the movies?
I mean, it's all right to be that guy who goes against the prevailing consensus about whether or not a movie is good. But that doesn't mean there's no consensus, and the consensus doesn't favor those three non-existent movies:err :D well the consensus is not a good argument when it comes to art.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/star-wars-saga/
But even in art, it's tricky to go against the consensus. If you try to tell me that you think Beethoven's 1st Symphony is superior to his 9th, or that the Pieta is artistically inferior to the death masks of the Egyptians, that's going to be a really, really hard sell.
But even in art, it's tricky to go against the consensus. If you try to tell me that you think Beethoven's 1st Symphony is superior to his 9th, or that the Pieta is artistically inferior to the death masks of the Egyptians, that's going to be a really, really hard sell.
Well, it's not exactly a major achievement to be superior to Beethoven's 9th symphony.
Unrelated, I just finished rewatching Shutter Island. OH MY GOD that movie is so amazing **_** Can we at least agree on that one?
I like Beethoven's 9th Symphony a lot. Tied for my favorite classical piece with the 4 seasons from Vivaldi.
I like Beethoven's 9th Symphony a lot. Tied for my favorite classical piece with the 4 seasons from Vivaldi.
Really? I mean, Vivaldi's 4 seasons is good, but Beethoven's 9th symphony is pretty much on-par with modern supermainstream pop music.
Unrelated, I just finished rewatching Shutter Island. OH MY GOD that movie is so amazing **_** Can we at least agree on that one?
An island for exclusively selling outside window covers?
I like Beethoven's 9th Symphony a lot. Tied for my favorite classical piece with the 4 seasons from Vivaldi.
Really? I mean, Vivaldi's 4 seasons is good, but Beethoven's 9th symphony is pretty much on-par with modern supermainstream pop music.
I had no idea you thought so highly of mainstream pop.
Okay, someone beside me must have seen Shutter Island. I thought that movie was really well known. Awaclus? eH?
Okay, someone beside me must have seen Shutter Island. I thought that movie was really well known. Awaclus? eH?
Unrelated, I just finished rewatching Shutter Island. OH MY GOD that movie is so amazing **_** Can we at least agree on that one?
I like Beethoven's 9th Symphony a lot. Tied for my favorite classical piece with the 4 seasons from Vivaldi.
Really? I mean, Vivaldi's 4 seasons is good, but Beethoven's 9th symphony is pretty much on-par with modern supermainstream pop music.
Or you could say that Windows 8 is better than Windows 7.
I can't tell if you're trolling to mess with me, or if you actually believe that. Next you'll say that the New World Symphony was pablum for the masses
In particular, the Scherzo/Trio second movement of Beethoven 9 is astonishingly good.
i think that silverspawn has laid out his whatever quite nicely with respect to star wars, regardless of my stance on the movies
i think the only time you can find a good classical song is when you find a kinda dumb mozart compilation thing on spotify whilst looking for a song that you had to analyse in high school music theory
Okay, someone beside me must have seen Shutter Island. I thought that movie was really well known. Awaclus? eH?
Why is it so hard to preorder Fire Emblem Fates Collector's Edition in Sweden?
I mainly play FE for the strategy, rather than RPG parts. Which is one of the reasons why I dind't think SD was as bad as a lot of others seem to. That said, it was not a great game.
On a completely different note. I had no idea I needed this in my life.
https://youtu.be/F6pDrnWtuD0
Three randenim studds!! Don't u darw call me odd topic!!!
So. I'm basically being accused of plagiarism in my programming class right now. Another student and I had contacted the department chair with some concerns about how our professor was teaching the class. I won't go into the specifics, but we were informed that there were at least several other groups that shared similar concerns. And...now my grading rubric for an assignment says that my solution was "identical" to another student's, so I lose 25%.
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed about this.
So. I'm basically being accused of plagiarism in my programming class right now. Another student and I had contacted the department chair with some concerns about how our professor was teaching the class. I won't go into the specifics, but we were informed that there were at least several other groups that shared similar concerns. And...now my grading rubric for an assignment says that my solution was "identical" to another student's, so I lose 25%.
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed about this.
I have been in contact with the department chair for a few weeks regarding earlier concerns about how the instructor was handling the class. I think the case about there not being sufficient different ways to solve the problem (it wasn't terribly complex) sounds like my best course of action if it isn't worked out some other way.So. I'm basically being accused of plagiarism in my programming class right now. Another student and I had contacted the department chair with some concerns about how our professor was teaching the class. I won't go into the specifics, but we were informed that there were at least several other groups that shared similar concerns. And...now my grading rubric for an assignment says that my solution was "identical" to another student's, so I lose 25%.
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed about this.
Is there a superior body you can appeal to to evaluate your case? Many universities here have specific anti-plagiarism boards that make the decision about what is plagiarism and what isn't, and about what to do about each case.
Or even just a generic grading complaint system.
Is the assignment a written essay or practical work? In case of a written essay it should be fairly easy to defend your case, unless you've been really unlucky. If it's a piece of program you might make the case that, while there are many degrees of freedom in making a good work, they are not different or varied enough to guarantee that each student will provide a completely unique solution, in particular since you've all been taught at the same establishment. It's a bit like accusing somebody of plagiarism over the way they solved an equation.
Anyhow, it really sucks, I've been in a similar situation (which resolved in the best way possible) and I know how it feels. :/
I agree that he should have to provide proof. I sent the department chair an email about this before I will bring it up with him, since she seemed very receptive to the complaints that other students and I had several weeks ago. The response to our complaints was for them (some CS faculty and maybe the chair) to have a meeting with the professor discussing things that he needed to change--some major ones were him taking a significant amount of time to grade assignments (last semester with this professor, I turned in an assignment on the third week of class and did not receive it back until after finals), and his lecture not reflecting the material present on assignments and exams. She has asked me to update her about how the class is going since they had the meeting with him.So. I'm basically being accused of plagiarism in my programming class right now. Another student and I had contacted the department chair with some concerns about how our professor was teaching the class. I won't go into the specifics, but we were informed that there were at least several other groups that shared similar concerns. And...now my grading rubric for an assignment says that my solution was "identical" to another student's, so I lose 25%.
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed about this.
Obviously I don't know the proper procedures at your school, so take everything I'm about to say with a grain or two of salt. This is from my experience as an adjunct instructor at three separate universities/colleges, and five years in high schools.
First, if your prof says your solution was identical to another student's, he should be able to provide proof. I spent many hours making copies of identical papers, and many more hours explaining to students, department chairs, and, at the high school level, parents**. If he has no proof and still will not change your grade back, this is a separate complaint to take to the department chair.
Second, if the department chair hasn't been as responsive as you would like to your previous complaints, you need to go further up the chain of command, as it were. It sounds like your concerns were... placated... and possibly not taken seriously--it's hard to say. Certainly the department chair should respond to your complaint about the "identical" charge if the prof has no copies and no evidence.
At most universities, the next step is to contact the dean of the college. To go to that level, you need to make sure everything that has happened so far is written out, ideally typed as though it were a lab report or the like. Your university may have a formal complaint system that you will need to navigate, so please check your student handbook to be certain you're following the proper procedures.
**The worst one was a year and a half ago, when a student turned in a lab report that was literally identical to a report from a previous year's student. Down to data that matched what the previous year's student had measured, as opposed to what his group had measured. In that class, the students turned their work in electronically, so it was impressively easy to catch and prove. Amusingly, this is a student who I had taught nine years earlier at the high school level... and had behavior and general academic problems at that time. It was sad to see that nine years, including seven in adulthood, had failed to significantly change his attitude toward schooling. (He received a zero for the lab and ultimately failed.)
Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Welcome! :)
Don't worry, somebody will direct you to the Forum games shortly.
I don't know what my problems were either, this all seems simple enough. I'm just not very tech-savvy in general.Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Welcome!
I'm not sure what your problems with navigation are, but starting at the Home Page (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php) and then choosing what looks like the right subforum is probably a good way to start. It sound like Dominion Articles (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?board=8.0) or Dominion General Discussion (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?board=1.0) is what you're interested in. If someone has a link to that "five deck types" article handy this guy could probably use it.
(Also, have you check out The Necro Wars? (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14917.0))
If you explain the inside jokes to everyone, how are they inside jokes?Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Welcome! :)
Don't worry, somebody will direct you to the Forum games shortly.
Just to be clear, this is an inside joke on this forum. This forum has many inside jokes. The joke here is that new people get frequently suggested to check out the forum games, found here (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?board=26.0), and so Accatitippi is joking about this inevitably happening because you are new here. Another inside joke on this forum is the idea that explaining jokes makes them funnier, and that pointing this out also makes them funnier. I have now explained this joke to you, so it is now funnier, as per the previous sentence.
If you explain the inside jokes to everyone, how are they inside jokes?
If you explain the inside jokes to everyone, how are they inside jokes?
If you explain the inside jokes to everyone, how are they inside jokes?Random stuff seems like a good place to post this-
Please help! I'm relatively new to Dominion but I want to get better than my friends so I came here. Sadly, this is also a first my first time on a forum, so navigation has proved to be quite the challenge.
Is there anywhere I can go to get my bearings?
Welcome! :)
Don't worry, somebody will direct you to the Forum games shortly.
Just to be clear, this is an inside joke on this forum. This forum has many inside jokes. The joke here is that new people get frequently suggested to check out the forum games, found here (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?board=26.0), and so Accatitippi is joking about this inevitably happening because you are new here. Another inside joke on this forum is the idea that explaining jokes makes them funnier, and that pointing this out also makes them funnier. I have now explained this joke to you, so it is now funnier, as per the previous sentence.
If you explain the inside jokes to everyone, how are they inside jokes?
So. I'm basically being accused of plagiarism in my programming class right now. Another student and I had contacted the department chair with some concerns about how our professor was teaching the class. I won't go into the specifics, but we were informed that there were at least several other groups that shared similar concerns. And...now my grading rubric for an assignment says that my solution was "identical" to another student's, so I lose 25%.
Needless to say I'm pretty stressed about this.
Is there a superior body you can appeal to to evaluate your case? Many universities here have specific anti-plagiarism boards that make the decision about what is plagiarism and what isn't, and about what to do about each case.
In my high school physics class, copying is rampant. The teacher knows too, or at least is pretty sure, but feels that he cannot do anything about it. It's really quite sad. He feels that administration might not back him up and that the students would protest (he is right about the latter, not sure on the former). It has really made it hard for me to take the class seriously now.
Ichi's story and ones like it from the teachers' perspective aren't pretty either :(
Honestly I'm not sure. He doesn't have much rock solid proof, but really I think it isn't too hard to figure out that the lab reports all look a bit similar, he just doesn't look at them that closely. The legitimacy of the protest doesn't matter that much honestly. They'll just hound whoever they need to until they get their grade. That's how high school works. The weird part is even though they are all seniors and by now have been accepted to colleges they still care about their grades for some reason.In my high school physics class, copying is rampant. The teacher knows too, or at least is pretty sure, but feels that he cannot do anything about it. It's really quite sad. He feels that administration might not back him up and that the students would protest (he is right about the latter, not sure on the former). It has really made it hard for me to take the class seriously now.
Ichi's story and ones like it from the teachers' perspective aren't pretty either :(
In what way could the students legitimately protest? Why doesn't he think the admin would back him?
Administration doesn't like dealing with potential angry parents and they also don't like failing students. If grades are a bit inflated who cares really.
Administration doesn't like dealing with potential angry parents and they also don't like failing students. If grades are a bit inflated who cares really.
I once lost a teaching job mid-year because I refused to inflate my grades.
A less extreme version of this may be what he is afraid of. How much grades are inflated varies wildly from class to class for me though, so it does seem like there is some freedom given to teachers on how they grade.Administration doesn't like dealing with potential angry parents and they also don't like failing students. If grades are a bit inflated who cares really.
I once lost a teaching job mid-year because I refused to inflate my grades.
I know someone who had people literally photocopy his solution to something and hand it in, including his name on them.That happened in my IB calc class senior year, they even used the school library to do it.
Hey everyone! I really appreciate all the advice.
And I have an interesting update!
I received an email back from the department chair. She said that I should address the situation directly with my professor first, and if I still had concerns to talk to her then. She also made it very clear to me that the professor is not aware of which individuals (or even in which sections) made complaints about him.
So I went to my professor's office hour today and...
I learned that when he said identical, he meant identical. I actually think he's on my side in this one, but basically some other student in the class somehow got a hold of my code and submitted it without any changes whatsoever. I find that kind of ludicrous, but that's the only thing that I could conclude given that he said they were identical, even including the comments.
So, tomorrow after class I will be meeting with my instructor and this other student to talk about this. I am positive that I was the first one to contact my professor, and in person as well. We talked about different possibilities that someone might have had an opportunity to steal my code, but I really couldn't think of anything. I never leave my computer or flashdrive unattended, and I do most of my coding at home.
Worst comes to worst, I also have maybe 3-4 "prototype" files on my flashdrive and computer which I have been very careful not to open given that they are dated well before the assignment's due date and could possibly be used as proof.
And of course I'm town...
Don't ever leave me again :'(And of course I'm town...
No, you're Ichimaru Gin.
*ba-dum chhhhhhhhh*
Don't ever leave me again :'(And of course I'm town...
No, you're Ichimaru Gin.
*ba-dum chhhhhhhhh*
ok
Wow, blaming mod error?I'm dying.
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I feel kinda bad for my professor now :-[
I feel kinda bad for my professor now :-[
Don't feel too bad.
I am glad this was resolved quickly, though.
Definitely don't feel bad about it. Plagiarism is serious, but accusations of plagiarism are equally serious. He should have double and triple checked that the assignments were identical before accusing anybody.
I have Street Fighter V now. Never played it, so I'll obviously suck. But I'm pretty good at Smash Bros, so I hope I can adjust.
I have Street Fighter V now. Never played it, so It'll obviously suck.
Definitely don't feel bad about it. Plagiarism is serious, but accusations of plagiarism are equally serious. He should have double and triple checked that the assignments were identical before accusing anybody.I have Street Fighter V now. Never played it, so I'll obviously suck. But I'm pretty good at Smash Bros, so I hope I can adjust.
Sometimes I forget which thread this is, and then non sequiturs like these really throw me.
Anybody has any thoughts about Super Smash Bros for WiiU?
My group of friends casually played SSBB before the disc broke (long and sad story -.-'), and we're idly considering either having somebody buy a Wii U, buying a new SSBB, or finding a "free" solution to the SSBB problem.
That, Just Dance and Mario Kart are virtually the only stuff we play on the Wii, so I'm not sure we'd actually buy a new console even if SSB for WiiU is amazing.
Anybody has any thoughts about Super Smash Bros for WiiU?
My group of friends casually played SSBB before the disc broke (long and sad story -.-'), and we're idly considering either having somebody buy a Wii U, buying a new SSBB, or finding a "free" solution to the SSBB problem.
That, Just Dance and Mario Kart are virtually the only stuff we play on the Wii, so I'm not sure we'd actually buy a new console even if SSB for WiiU is amazing.
I actually kind of liked Brawl so I'm uniquely qualified to answer this versus Melee purists.
SSB4 is strictly better than Brawl. Not even close. Not once since I have bought 4 have I even thought about playing Brawl. It's a very well balanced (for Smash) and very fun fighting game. It is worth getting a Wii U for (though also pick up Mario Kart 8 and 3D World, two of the best games in their respective serieses)
Anybody has any thoughts about Super Smash Bros for WiiU?
My group of friends casually played SSBB before the disc broke (long and sad story -.-'), and we're idly considering either having somebody buy a Wii U, buying a new SSBB, or finding a "free" solution to the SSBB problem.
That, Just Dance and Mario Kart are virtually the only stuff we play on the Wii, so I'm not sure we'd actually buy a new console even if SSB for WiiU is amazing.
Anybody has any thoughts about Super Smash Bros for WiiU?
My group of friends casually played SSBB before the disc broke (long and sad story -.-'), and we're idly considering either having somebody buy a Wii U, buying a new SSBB, or finding a "free" solution to the SSBB problem.
That, Just Dance and Mario Kart are virtually the only stuff we play on the Wii, so I'm not sure we'd actually buy a new console even if SSB for WiiU is amazing.
I was going to suggest Splatoon and Super Mario Maker, but based on your list of most-played Wii games, it sounds like you're looking more for couch multiplayer, which neither of those games offers.
Speaking of IRL multiplayer, did anybody else play Pac-Man Vs. on the GameCube? Man that was a fun game.
Anybody has any thoughts about Super Smash Bros for WiiU?
My group of friends casually played SSBB before the disc broke (long and sad story -.-'), and we're idly considering either having somebody buy a Wii U, buying a new SSBB, or finding a "free" solution to the SSBB problem.
That, Just Dance and Mario Kart are virtually the only stuff we play on the Wii, so I'm not sure we'd actually buy a new console even if SSB for WiiU is amazing.
I was going to suggest Splatoon and Super Mario Maker, but based on your list of most-played Wii games, it sounds like you're looking more for couch multiplayer, which neither of those games offers.
Speaking of IRL multiplayer, did anybody else play Pac-Man Vs. on the GameCube? Man that was a fun game.
Pac Man VS, along with Four Swords / Advent Children, are the only reason I have kept all my GBAs and GC GBA cables for all these years. It's such a novel concept for a video game, and it's always a blast.
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
Maybe they're messing with you. Or maybe they know something you don't. ;)
What are you teaching that you used this analogy?
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."Well, I'm pretty sure the number of planets humans live on used to be 0, will probably increase at some point, and also go back to 0.
Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
Maybe they just don't like him, and are just trolling him?Me: "It would be like comparing the number of shark attacks against... the number of planets humans live on. One number might change but the other has always been one."
Girl in class: "Aren't there three planets humans live on? Earth, Mars and the Moon?"
*Slightly later*
Boy in class: "Isn't there another identical earth planet they found somewhere which has copies of all of us on it?"
Admittedly, these are 11 year old kids, but still, they're an average to above average ability group...
The boy might be intentionally speaking slyly. I could certainly see someone facetiously saying that.
Not sure about the girl's question. I suppose it could be deadpan humor. I'd have to know her prior history.
(Also obligatory reminder that I'm a teaching assistant not a teacher, so I wasn't really 'teaching' anything, I just happened to pipe up before the actual teacher did in this case)
(Also obligatory reminder that I'm a teaching assistant not a teacher, so I wasn't really 'teaching' anything, I just happened to pipe up before the actual teacher did in this case)
Can you... explain further? Are you observing with intent to later go into teaching? Is teaching assistant a regular thing at the 6th grade level in Britain? What's your actual job description?
(Serious questions, not trying to joke or anything, I'm interested.)
(Also obligatory reminder that I'm a teaching assistant not a teacher, so I wasn't really 'teaching' anything, I just happened to pipe up before the actual teacher did in this case)
Can you... explain further? Are you observing with intent to later go into teaching? Is teaching assistant a regular thing at the 6th grade level in Britain? What's your actual job description?
(Serious questions, not trying to joke or anything, I'm interested.)
From what I understand, Teaching Assistant means something slightly different in the US. I don't know exactly what it is over there or what the equivalent to our TA's are called there.
Basically, a Teaching Assistant's main role is to support students with learning difficulties, called Special Educational Needs or SEN for short - things like dyslexia, autism, physical disabilities such as sight or hearing impairments and so forth. English as an Additional Language, or EAL, isn't quite an SEN need but often TAs will support those students as well. Not every class will have a TA with them, generally only the ones with a significant number of SEN need. Mostly this means the lower sets will have TA support more often, since many SEN needs (yes I know the N stands for need but SENs sounds wrong) tend to lead to lower attainment and needing a slower working pace. This set just happens to be a slightly stronger set with an interesting mix of characters. We have one boy who was born with only one arm (normally fine but I occasionally have to help him with the more graphical stuff), one girl with a moderate visual impairment who I spend most of my time in that group, two boys with autism (one who I spend most of the rest of my time with), one boy with EAL at the point he struggles with language and... I think that's it. Basically, quite a needy group for a middle set.
Exactly what a TA does depends on school, and even varies from lesson to lesson. In the above example I mostly help with the visually impaired girl as I mentioned, while in other lessons I might sit with one or two pupils and help break the work down for them. Other lessons I'll just roam around the room and support generally, but keep an eye on a small number of SEN pupils in particular.
I'm happy to talk more about what TAs do if you're still interested but have to get going now, sorry.
Basically, a Teaching Assistant's main role is to support students with learning difficulties, called Special Educational Needs or SEN for short - things like dyslexia, autism, physical disabilities such as sight or hearing impairments and so forth. English as an Additional Language, or EAL, isn't quite an SEN need but often TAs will support those students as well.
At the university level in Britain, the term TA starts matching up again with the US definition. Or more so, anyway.
For instance I have done some TAing for a few varied 3rd year courses. The professor and I teach the class jointly, him taking the lead obviously. But my main role there was to collect and mark the work for the students, leaving the professor time to focus on the class itself.
The marking can be an almighty pain, hoping to graduate to tutor next year to avoid it.
I know someone who had people literally photocopy his solution to something and hand it in, including his name on them.I know someone who had a "wall of shame" in his PhD office for examples of blatant plagiarism. This included one essay where the introduction and conclusion were in the student's highly identifiable broken English, while the body was grammatically perfect (and pretty much verbatim the relevant Wikipedia article). I think he had one or two more copied-from-Wikipedia essays that left in links and citation marks.
I don't think this deserves its own thread:
In what order do you think of the base cards? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse? Is it Curse, Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province, Copper, Silver, Gold? Is it something else?
Thanks!
I don't think this deserves its own thread:
In what order do you think of the base cards? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse? Is it Curse, Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province, Copper, Silver, Gold? Is it something else?
Thanks!
The first one.
I don't think this deserves its own thread:Today it's Copper, Silver, Gold, Province, Estate, Duchy, Curse.
In what order do you think of the base cards? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse? Is it Curse, Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province, Copper, Silver, Gold? Is it something else?
Thanks!
I don't think this deserves its own thread:
In what order do you think of the base cards? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse? Is it Curse, Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Copper, Silver, Gold, Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province? Is it Curse, Estate, Duchy, Province, Copper, Silver, Gold? Is it something else?
Thanks!
You know what's the worst when I'm playing in-person Dominion (which is very rare)? When people set up the cards in cost order... including the standard supply cards. So the table gets laid out something like this:
Colony - Platinum - Province
Inheritance - King's Court - Gold - Nobles
Market - Catacombs - Duchy
Coppersmith - Worker's Village - Tournament
Silver - Oasis - Urchin - Plan
Page - Pawn - Estate
Copper - [Curse]
(These sorts of people invariably fail to put out curse if there's no curser.)
So this means that depending on my seat, I have to look over/around big stacks to see the standard kingdom stacks. And don't forget the events being mixed in with all the regular cards!
You know what's the worst when I'm playing in-person Dominion (which is very rare)? When people set up the cards in cost order... including the standard supply cards. So the table gets laid out something like this:
Colony - Platinum - Province
Inheritance - King's Court - Gold - Nobles
Market - Catacombs - Duchy
Coppersmith - Worker's Village - Tournament
Silver - Oasis - Urchin - Plan
Page - Pawn - Estate
Copper - [Curse]
(These sorts of people invariably fail to put out curse if there's no curser.)
So this means that depending on my seat, I have to look over/around big stacks to see the standard kingdom stacks. And don't forget the events being mixed in with all the regular cards!
I set up the Kingdom cards in cost order, but who would do THAT!?
You know what's the worst when I'm playing in-person Dominion (which is very rare)? When people set up the cards in cost order... including the standard supply cards. So the table gets laid out something like this:
Colony - Platinum - Province
Inheritance - King's Court - Gold - Nobles
Market - Catacombs - Duchy
Coppersmith - Worker's Village - Tournament
Silver - Oasis - Urchin - Plan
Page - Pawn - Estate
Copper - [Curse]
(These sorts of people invariably fail to put out curse if there's no curser.)
So this means that depending on my seat, I have to look over/around big stacks to see the standard kingdom stacks. And don't forget the events being mixed in with all the regular cards!
I don't have Adventures yet, so I can't say what I'd do with the events. I guess put them above the treasure/VPs. Probably.
Sort the cards alphabetically by artist first name.
what's the tiebreaker?
You know what's the worst when I'm playing in-person Dominion (which is very rare)? When people set up the cards in cost order... including the standard supply cards. So the table gets laid out something like this:
...
(These sorts of people invariably fail to put out curse if there's no curser.)
So this means that depending on my seat, I have to look over/around big stacks to see the standard kingdom stacks. And don't forget the events being mixed in with all the regular cards!
Not! April fooolss ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
April Fools jokes are so cliche and unoriginal. I refuse to participate.
I was very tempted to ask theory if he'd mock ban me for something on April Fools day, but I think that joke has been done before anyway. Still could have been funny I guess?
I was very tempted to ask theory if he'd mock ban me for something on April Fools day, but I think that joke has been done before anyway. Still could have been funny I guess?
Not! April fooolss ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Happy Spawnday!Not! April fooolss ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
it's my birthday today!
Where is the classic 'remove the restriction from forum games for overall posts' thing that theory does today? Totally slacking on the job.
Where is the classic 'remove the restriction from forum games for overall posts' thing that theory does today? Totally slacking on the job.
Seems like a really tame April Fools' Day in general. I can't even find any new "leaked" Pokémon from Sun and Moon.
Where is the classic 'remove the restriction from forum games for overall posts' thing that theory does today? Totally slacking on the job.
Seems like a really tame April Fools' Day in general. I can't even find any new "leaked" Pokémon from Sun and Moon.
Happy Spawnday!Not! April fooolss ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
it's my birthday today!
Everyone else in the world does.I was very tempted to ask theory if he'd mock ban me for something on April Fools day, but I think that joke has been done before anyway. Still could have been funny I guess?
I can't ban you, can I just mock you instead?
3) Better technology inside. I like the idea of the head tracking 3D (although I should look in to how good people feel it is), and having bigger screens sounds nice as well. Plus I believe it generally loads faster, and there's a few games which take advantage of the extra buttons.
I did it. I've ordered an N3DS XL.
If I don't enjoy it, I'm blaming you, LastFootnote.
So very impractical, but I found the video satisfying.
http://www.cnet.com/news/bonkers-120-sided-die-puts-the-big-roll-in-role-playing-games/
Apparently, getting used to a new name takes some time. :S
I missed the 3DS discussion a little, but on top of everything else, the biggest advantage is that the volume slider is not underneath your left hand anymore! No more accidentally spiking the volume up or down mid game. I am definitely happy with the upgrade, and it does sometimes still fit in my pockets.
I missed the 3DS discussion a little, but on top of everything else, the biggest advantage is that the volume slider is not underneath your left hand anymore! No more accidentally spiking the volume up or down mid game. I am definitely happy with the upgrade, and it does sometimes still fit in my pockets.
Yep, I'm playing my N3DS now, and it can indeed still fit in my pocket, which is pretty nice. It's noticably heavier though, but that's to be expected I guess. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm currently playing Bravely Second, and whenever I transition to a menu or back out again I keep thinking, damn why does everything look so big. The 3D tracking is actually really good, better than I expected for sure. I did have to turn off auto brightness, that doesn't seem to work very well but otherwise, yeah, it's nice all around.
http://imgur.com/gallery/tIwD5
http://imgur.com/gallery/tIwD5
I don't get it.
http://imgur.com/gallery/tIwD5
I don't get it.
http://imgur.com/gallery/tIwD5
I don't get it.
Have you watched Parks & Recreation?
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While funny, there are more differences than that. :)
While funny, there are more differences than that. :)
So when it stops being funny, there are no more differences than that?
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/conditionals.png)(http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110224.gif)
While funny, there are more differences than that. :)
So when it stops being funny, there are no more differences than that?
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While funny, there are more differences than that. :)
So when it stops being funny, there are no more differences than that?
Where did Limetime go?This. And not just because we miss him in forum Mafia either. Not seen hide nor hair of him.
Where did Limetime go?
Where did Limetime go?
I squared him off against my Apprentice, and he got trashed. Sorry.
Who are you? Are you an alternate account or a new player? Can I play a game of Dominion with you? I promise not to cut off your hand.
Who are you? Are you an alternate account or a new player? Can I play a game of Dominion with you? I promise not to cut off your hand.
I am Wandering Winder.
Are you also the reincarnation of Isotropicwasbetter?Who are you? Are you an alternate account or a new player? Can I play a game of Dominion with you? I promise not to cut off your hand.
I am Wandering Winder.
Are you also the reincarnation of Isotropicwasbetter?
There's a college-age female on the train reading a beat up copy of Pride and Prejudice. Is there possibly a more clichéd image in all the world?
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
It's not the guy himself, it's his glasses that are the serial rapist. Every day he walks on the streets, his glasses go and rape random strangers, no matter how much he tries to stop them.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I wouldn't, if only because of the proportion of males among MTG players.
Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I wouldn't, if only because of the proportion of males among MTG players.
Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
I still recognize certain Arabic phrases (such as a request to join my team or a reference to my mother's vagina (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kos+omak&defid=1912378)) when non-Unicode Arabic characters are displayed on a Finnish system (i.e. when they look something like this: ð˜M‚鎖‚ÅŒø‰Ê) from back when I played the retail version of Conquer Online, which is highly popular among Egyptian people. Is that close enough?
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
Basically everything I know about MTG communities, nerd spaces in general, rape culture, and misogyny would disagree with this. Obviously I can't make a rigorous, provable argument for the opposite, but MTG play groups can be pretty toxic spaces for non-men.
I guess there's a chance that more people would be okay with rape in these communities, but less would be bothered to actually go out and be rapists.
I would bet on there being fewer rapists among MTG players than among a random group of people.
Basically everything I know about MTG communities, nerd spaces in general, rape culture, and misogyny would disagree with this. Obviously I can't make a rigorous, provable argument for the opposite, but MTG play groups can be pretty toxic spaces for non-men.
Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
Basically everything I know about MTG communities, nerd spaces in general, rape culture, and misogyny would disagree with this. Obviously I can't make a rigorous, provable argument for the opposite, but MTG play groups can be pretty toxic spaces for non-men.
I guess there's a chance that more people would be okay with rape in these communities, but less would be bothered to actually go out and be rapists.
People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
I really don't know about that.
People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
I really don't know about that.
I think this line of conversation should probably be in RSP.People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
I really don't know about that.
Relatively few (but a nontrivial number) of people think rape is okay. Many, many people don't think of what they are doing as rape.
I have been drunk many times and I've never wanted to rape anybody. I honestly just do not understand how being drunk makes people who are otherwise moral upstanding citizens okay with rape. I don't believe it.
People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
I really don't know about that.
People from first-world country cultures don't commit rape because they generally think rape is okay, they do it mostly because they're drunk.
I really don't know about that.
Yeah sorry about the tangent. I'd prefer just dropping the topic to making an RSP thread about it though.
There's a college-age female on the train reading a beat up copy of Pride and Prejudice. Is there possibly a more clichéd image in all the world?
A group of teenagers at a convention who think CAH is edgy and original.
A group of teenagers at a convention who think CAH is edgy and original.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia?
Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
I don't myself, but two of my flatmates speak each of them as first or second languages. May they be of help?
A group of teenagers at a convention who think CAH is edgy and original.
A group of teenagers at a convention who think CAH is edgy and original.
I thought you meant Cyanide and Happiness, and didn't understand the hate (although I'll admit it's very hit-and-miss).
Copying the text into Libre Write didn't produce any of the large spaces you describe. Anyway, my flatmate reports that the Arabic part is well written and doesn't change with copypasting.Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
I don't myself, but two of my flatmates speak each of them as first or second languages. May they be of help?
I appreciate it. They've decided to go with a professional service, which is for the best. That way, someone can be held accountable if there's a bad translation.
Though now I'm just curious. We were jacking around with various translations listed on this page: https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Regulations-and-Guidance/Downloads/Appendix-B-Sample-Translated-Taglines.pdf
We can copy the text from the PDF and paste it into Word. Aside from the RTL/LTR flow, it looks like some of the words are "elongated(?)". It's like a large space was inserted between two characters. I wonder if that actually changes the meaning. I suppose it could be a font change, like italicizing a word in English changes the look more than the meaning (though Christine does mean something different from Christine).
So if your flatmates have any insight into this, I'm curious.
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A group of teenagers at a convention who think CAH is edgy and original.
I thought you meant Cyanide and Happiness, and didn't understand the hate (although I'll admit it's very hit-and-miss).
Very, very hit-and-miss. I suspect their new CAH clone will be about as interesting a game as CAH, i.e., I'd prefer to be stabbed in the balls than play it.Until there's a bracket comparing the options though, it's hard to say for sure.
1 2 3 4Star Wars Movie Bracket[1] The Empire Strikes Back
[8] Star Wars Holiday Special
[2] A New Hope
[7] Attack of The Clones
[3] The Force Awakens
[6] The Phantom Menace
[4] Return of The Jedi
[5] Revenge of The Sith
Probably a long shot, but does anyone here read Arabic or Persian-Farsi fluently?
I don't myself, but two of my flatmates speak each of them as first or second languages. May they be of help?
Browsing random articles on the wiki, I learned that the Spanish for a female explorer is Exploradora. And considering that Dora the Explorer speaks Spanish ... *mind blown*
Also amusingly, the Italian name for Explorer is Avventuriero, because they used Esploratore for Adventurer.
I suspect their new CAH clone will be about as interesting a game as CAH, i.e., I'd prefer to be stabbed in the balls than play it.
I suspect their new CAH clone will be about as interesting a game as CAH, i.e., I'd prefer to be stabbed in the balls than play it.
Forgive me for asking, but have you actually played Cards Against Humanity? I mean probably you have; the reason I ask is that my first exposure to the game was trying to play a different game near a rowdy group of CAH players, and holy crap was that annoying. But then after actually playing it myself I found that enjoy it a lot. With the right group, obviously. Some of the cards are really lowbrow, which I don't personally find amusing, but enough of the cards/combinations are funny to make up for it. It blows Apples to Apples out of the water, for better or worse.
I've had much better experience with Apples to Apples. It depends a lot on the group.
I've had much better experience with Apples to Apples. It depends a lot on the group.
Truth. It does depend on the group and what their level of humor is at. I find myself passing on playing CAH and A2A because I didn't want to deal with the group. If it's a witty group, then I'm on board.
I like the structure of CAH where you are filling in blanks for sentences. With A2A, it's mostly word association. That can be funny (I was rather pleased with playing Joan of Arc for Sultry, though the judge didn't get it *shrug*). I like to try to be clever in my card choice. For that reason, I actually cheer at Pick 2 or Pick 3 in CAH. It allows me to get rid of those boring cards when they're paired up with other boring cards.
And the boring cards are what make CAH worse. Some cards are simply more excitable than others. Hell, you can read off some of the cards without any context and be guaranteed a snort from someone. A2A doesn't really have that. All cards are homogenously boring. So for that reason, A2A requires greater thought when hooking up a noun with an adjective. Meanwhile, in CAH, if the judge is the type to start busting out laughing at unicorn-humping, then your carefully chosen card probably won't get picked because unicorn-humping.
I like CAH, but I only like it with the right group. Otherwise, I tolerate it. It's fun, but I'm all for ending the game early.
Browsing random articles on the wiki, I learned that the Spanish for a female explorer is Exploradora. And considering that Dora the Explorer speaks Spanish ... *mind blown*
Also amusingly, the Italian name for Explorer is Avventuriero, because they used Esploratore for Adventurer.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy birthday! Also, cool cake in the profile.
So, friends, I beseech you, join me on the 23rd as we storm the beaches of Normandy as liberators of the European peoples from the clawing talons of the EU-minati.
I live in America, but it looks like it'd be shit to be in the EU.
The EU is shit, but being out of it is probably even shitter.I live in America, but it looks like it'd be shit to be in the EU.
Well, I can only say that the feeling is reciprocal ;D ;)
This country's fate lies in the balance. On the 23rd of June the peoples of Britain will gather to decide the fate of the UK in Europe. At this crucial time I beg my friends and acquaintances to vote in the only logical direction.
The way this issue is classically presented is as a binary: Brexit or Bremain. I'd like to suggest this as wrong. Consider the following position: Brinvade.
Yes, kinsfolk, that's right, I said it. I believe it is time that Britain reclaims its sovereignty, and everyone else's. After all, we're both stronger together and need to be the captains of our own destiny. Therefore, it is clear that the only way to reconcile these differences is to march our emperor, Julius Cameron, all the way to Brussels and to sit him upon the throne, iron or otherwise.
The EU parliament is corrupt? Yes, and that is why we shall put an emperor in charge who's known for his benevolence and integrity.
Britain won't have the bargaining power? It will if we control all of Europe.
So, friends, I beseech you, join me on the 23rd as we storm the beaches of Normandy as liberators of the European peoples from the clawing talons of the EU-minati.
(Disclaimer: I stole this from a friends FB wall, and don't know if he stole it from elsewhere.)
I still don't understand why anyone watches trailers.
I figured it was going to be incredibly bad or remarkably good. I'm glad it was the former.
I still don't understand why anyone watches trailers.
I enjoy watching trailers, but if it's for a movie I already want to see, I won't go out of my way to watch the trailer. For example, I haven't seen the Rogue One trailer. There is a 95% chance I'm going to watch it, so why spoil anything? From what I hear, a woman is being cast as not-a-sidekick so there's an uproar from a group that no one likes.
Trailers do serve a good purpose of alerting me to an upcoming movie that I may not have known about. I don't say, "Oh, that's going to be soooo good," because trailers are usually not an accurate representation of the movie. I'll say that it looks promising.
One benefit of trailers is that if the trailer looks dumb to me, then the movie will suck. But that's not always been the case. I passed over Fight Club because the trailers looked like some stupid Van Damme clone. Man, how wrong I was!
And even a dumb trailer can still have just enough cleverness that it could go either way. I was wary of Guardians of the Galaxy, but it had just enough self-awareness of its own camp that it kept my interest. I figured it was going to be incredibly bad or remarkably good. I'm glad it was the former.
So why watch them ? All they do is
a) spoil you. Even if not on the plot, on the visuals, on jokes, on specific lines, specific shots etc.
b) set up false expectations. Not only with regards to quality, but also tone : for example Crimson Peak apparently had a trailer selling it as straight horror when it's more gothic romance with bits of horror.
c) Potentially make you miss films you might enjoy because the trailer was awful
I still don't understand why anyone watches trailers.
I figured it was going to be incredibly bad or remarkably good. I'm glad it was theformerlatter.
You are glad it was incredibly bad?
Right. The quality of a trailer has very little to do with the quality of the movie, right ? That's what I think you're saying ?
Right. The quality of a trailer has very little to do with the quality of the movie, right ? That's what I think you're saying ?
Not exactly. It's true in some cases (re: Fight Club again). In general, I think that the quality of trailers is going to equal or exceed the quality of the movie.
Someone just gave me a +1 and then removed it.
Someone just gave me a +1 and then removed it.
Trailers tend to give you an idea of the general mood and feel of a movie. You have to accept conclusions may be inaccurate. Sometimes marketing campaigns misappropraite plots and premises (anyone remember the trailers for The Fellowship of the Ring that seemed to promote Arwen as a huge (if not the main) part of the story? (Something like 'one woman's courage...' showign scenes of her rushing Frodo to Rivendell for treatment of the wound from Weathertop.)
Anyway, what I get from trailers is more than a feel. Rogue One looks promising.
Plus, sometimes you learn about things you wouldn't have heard of before. I hadn't ever heard of David Foster Wallace before seeing The End of the Tour trailer, and it made me want to see the movie and look into the story. In other news, I just saw The End of the Tour, and it was really good. Makes me want to read Wallace's books.
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That's not Godwin's Law!
I thought that was intentional from Seprix
GAAH every time I read an of instead of a have I get so mad
GAAH every time I read anI read your post like this and it still made sense and I agreed.ofinstead of ahaveI get so mad
GAAH every time I read an of instead of a have I get so mad
GAAH every time I read an of instead of a have I get so mad
It would probably help to have a little punctuation first:GAAH every time I read an of instead of a have I get so mad
I can't read this for the life of me. I've tried periodically all day.
GAAH. Every time I read an "of" instead of a "have" I get so mad.So in other words, ss is getting annoyed that people are using the word "of" where the correct word is "have", presumably in phrases like "I could have done this" or "You should have done that". And I agree that as someone who tries to avoid grammatical errors it's annoying.
GAAH every time I read an of instead of a have I get so mad
I can't read this for the life of me. I've tried periodically all day.
GAAH every time I read an "of" instead of a "have" I get so mad
Quick, someone write a film noir story.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
Inconsistent verb tenses. 2/5.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Then you're a poe judge of character.
Godwins Law actually states that in an online argument, the person who first compares their opposition to Hitler is indistinguishable from satire.
I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Then you're a poe judge of character.
Help! I need someone to explain the joke for me.
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So in other words, ss is getting annoyed that people are using the word "of" where the correct word is "have", presumably in phrases like "I could have done this" or "You should have done that". And I agree that as someone who tries to avoid grammatical errors it's annoying.
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Don't post that! Ashersky will get mad you used anything from Nathan Fillion.
This is from that interview where Fillion is asked why anyone likes Firefly, and he had no answer, right?
So there's a website for Chief Learning Officer. It involves media. So naturally, it has a website called:
http://www.clomedia.com/
I nearly spat out my drink when I read that URL in my head.
So there's a website for Chief Learning Officer. It involves media. So naturally, it has a website called:
http://www.clomedia.com/
I nearly spat out my drink when I read that URL in my head.
See Ell Oh Media. Cloh Media. Cloh me, dear?
I don't get it.
Pretty sure this is from Castle.(http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nevermind_nathan_fillion.gif)
Don't post that! Ashersky will get mad you used anything from Nathan Fillion.
This is from that interview where Fillion is asked why anyone likes Firefly, and he had no answer, right?
I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've appeared in a fic. I'm honoured.Quick, someone write a film noir story.
Yes sir.
Titandrake sat in his office, smoking in the dark, waiting. The soft glow of the cigarette illuminated the pistol on his cluttered desk. A sudden knock startles Titandrake.
"Come in," he mumbles. The door opens, letting in the light, temporarily blinding Tidandrake. He could barely make out the glowing figure, but surely it must be some hot femme fatale who would surely lead Titandrake to his doom. He was wrong.
A ninja stood at the door, a sword drawn. Titandrake rushed for his weapon, but it was already too late. The ninja cut down Titandrake.
"You thought I was some hot deadly woman," the ninja said. "You thought wrong. I am a con man, who is also a ninja." Titandrake was bleeding heavily, gasping on the floor.
"Y-you... ConMan!"
"You should of been prepared."
"...Should have..."
Enraged, the Con Man Ninja slays TitanDrake.
...And that is how Titandrake got ninja'd by a Con Man, film noir style.
This was the most intuitive way to parse it to me:
Parents of (Boys Missing at Sea Battle) Over (iPhone Discovered on Boat)
This was the most intuitive way to parse it to me:
Parents of (Boys Missing at Sea Battle) Over (iPhone Discovered on Boat)
This was the most intuitive way to parse it to me:
Parents of (Boys Missing at Sea Battle) Over (iPhone Discovered on Boat)
I don't understand how this or the "sea battle" interpretations make much sense. Parsing it that way leaves the headline without a verb. What is the meaning you guys are reading into that?
Edit: Should have read scott's more carefully since they add punctuation, but they all seem far more awkward constructions than the very first one which ashersky also highlighted. I guess headlines are often awkward though. Then again, I don't think they tend to omit important commas.
This was the most intuitive way to parse it to me:
Parents of (Boys Missing at Sea Battle) Over (iPhone Discovered on Boat)
I don't understand how this or the "sea battle" interpretations make much sense. Parsing it that way leaves the headline without a verb. What is the meaning you guys are reading into that?
Edit: Should have read scott's more carefully since they add punctuation, but they all seem far more awkward constructions than the very first one which ashersky also highlighted. I guess headlines are often awkward though. Then again, I don't think they tend to omit important commas.
This is a "sea battle" interpretation. There are boys missing at sea battle. And then there's an iPhone discovered on boat. The article is (presumably a picture of) the parents of those boys (being) over that iPhone.
That makes sense for a picture caption, sure, but not a headline.
That makes sense for a picture caption, sure, but not a headline.
Aren't a lot of headlines just picture captions anyway?
That makes sense for a picture caption, sure, but not a headline.
Aren't a lot of headlines just picture captions anyway?
That makes sense for a picture caption, sure, but not a headline.
Aren't a lot of headlines just picture captions anyway?
Not from what I've read, but maybe it's a regional thing?
That makes sense for a picture caption, sure, but not a headline.
Aren't a lot of headlines just picture captions anyway?
Not from what I've read, but maybe it's a regional thing?
Headlines with no verbs in them (even going to great lengths to omit any verbs that totally should be there) are extremely commonplace in Finland, especially on the more sensational releases. Here's an example, translated as faithfully as I possibly could, from Ilta-Sanomat: "Prince no last will - an enormous inheritance dispute in the offing, a terrifying disappointment to sister".
Thinking on it further, I think it's the mundanity of the event rather than the lack of a verb that makes me decide against it as a plausible interpretation. I mean, "Oil Spill on BC Coast" would make sense as a headline to me. But "People Near Phone" doesn't, even if you qualify it with why the people or the phone might be somewhat interesting.
Thinking on it further, I think it's the mundanity of the event rather than the lack of a verb that makes me decide against it as a plausible interpretation. I mean, "Oil Spill on BC Coast" would make sense as a headline to me. But "People Near Phone" doesn't, even if you qualify it with why the people or the phone might be somewhat interesting.
But then...
who was phone?
My MF rating has gone from 4000 to 3500 in just two days, mostly due to the game constantly freezing mid-load. It's infuriating. I don't know where I'd be on the rating, but I can't get past 4000 because of these constant freezes, and it's been this way for months now. I probably shouldn't be caring about my rating as much as I do, but it ticks me off. It's a Mac computer only issue.
My MF rating has gone from 4000 to 3500 in just two days, mostly due to the game constantly freezing mid-load. It's infuriating. I don't know where I'd be on the rating, but I can't get past 4000 because of these constant freezes, and it's been this way for months now. I probably shouldn't be caring about my rating as much as I do, but it ticks me off. It's a Mac computer only issue.
I've had the same problems, but mostly because I've been playing awfully lately.
My windows client freezes quite often, but I've found that if I wait about 30'' it sometimes recovers, and usually my opponent is still there. :)
I suspect it might be related to my graphic driver/board.
My MF rating has gone from 4000 to 3500 in just two days, mostly due to the game constantly freezing mid-load. It's infuriating. I don't know where I'd be on the rating, but I can't get past 4000 because of these constant freezes, and it's been this way for months now. I probably shouldn't be caring about my rating as much as I do, but it ticks me off. It's a Mac computer only issue.
I've had the same problems, but mostly because I've been playing awfully lately.
My windows client freezes quite often, but I've found that if I wait about 30'' it sometimes recovers, and usually my opponent is still there. :)
I suspect it might be related to my graphic driver/board.
I have to win close to 80% of my matches because of the freezing, and I've been losing 50/50 the last couple of days due to careless play, (and playing Iguana Iguana in randoms... He was a god) and the freezing has also been hitting far more often than normal.
It's probably a graphics issue on your part, since it loads eventually. For me, it will never finish loading. It's a Unity bug, at least that's what the devs at MF say. Nothing they can do about it.
Well, eventually your rating will get low enough that you will win close to 80% of your matches.
My MF rating has gone from 4000 to 3500
careless play (and playing Iguana Iguana in randoms... He was a god)
careless play (and playing Iguana Iguana in randoms... He was a god)
You were just playing too fast.
I happened to discover shortcut keys on the Calculator program in Windows. It's not as thorough or intuitive as I would like, but at least I can type 4Y8 if I need to know four to the eighth power. And I often need to know 1/x, and R does that for me.
It does bug me that Shift+3 is the shortcut key for cubing a number, but Shift+2 is the shortcut key for finding the square root. WTF, Microsoft? Incidentally, squaring a number is Q, but they really should have swapped those two around.
I happened to discover shortcut keys on the Calculator program in Windows. It's not as thorough or intuitive as I would like, but at least I can type 4Y8 if I need to know four to the eighth power. And I often need to know 1/x, and R does that for me.
It does bug me that Shift+3 is the shortcut key for cubing a number, but Shift+2 is the shortcut key for finding the square root. WTF, Microsoft? Incidentally, squaring a number is Q, but they really should have swapped those two around.
Sorry, I think you're posting in the wrong thread. Obviously this should be in the Dominion Online 2017 Features Thread (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15260.0).
I happened to discover shortcut keys on the Calculator program in Windows. It's not as thorough or intuitive as I would like, but at least I can type 4Y8 if I need to know four to the eighth power. And I often need to know 1/x, and R does that for me.
It does bug me that Shift+3 is the shortcut key for cubing a number, but Shift+2 is the shortcut key for finding the square root. WTF, Microsoft? Incidentally, squaring a number is Q, but they really should have swapped those two around.
Sorry, I think you're posting in the wrong thread. Obviously this should be in the Dominion Online 2017 Features Thread (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15260.0).
I was becoming suspicious of the joke during that first page. Now I see what you're getting at.
Although IE9 is getting on my tits. When I download a file from a web page (which I do on a daily basis at work), I am asked in a box if I want to open or save it. In Windows notation, it's Open, but pressing O does not activate the hot key. Why would you underline the letter to indicate that it's a hot key when it's not a hot key? Why, Microsoft? Whyyyyyyyy?!
I can tell you why the hot key wouldn't work, at least. Suppose you have a website with a game on it where you press O rapidly to shoot the zombies or whatever. Now it pops up the file save dialog while you are spamming the O key. Bam, you've just run a potentially malicious executable. As for why they would underline it, I don't know; perhaps it's an oversight.
I can tell you why the hot key wouldn't work, at least. Suppose you have a website with a game on it where you press O rapidly to shoot the zombies or whatever. Now it pops up the file save dialog while you are spamming the O key. Bam, you've just run a potentially malicious executable. As for why they would underline it, I don't know; perhaps it's an oversight.
I can understand the former part. It's the latter part that's so inexcusable. Don't tease me with your tarty underlines. I must know that your underscore will deliver when I come calling.
I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
Don't you live in Kansas?I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
Oh yeah because I totally went out on the town and left her alone with my cat ... 8)
Don't you live in Kansas?I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
Oh yeah because I totally went out on the town and left her alone with my cat ... 8)
I can't speak for your wife, but if your cat is nice I'd be happy to stay home and mess with someone's computer.Don't you live in Kansas?I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
Oh yeah because I totally went out on the town and left her alone with my cat ... 8)
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
I left my computer screen on while out of the house and came back to find my computer display had turned sideways. I'm pretty sure my cat walked across the keyboard while I was gone and ended up hitting CTRL + ALT + Right ArrowMaybe it was your wife!
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
First, Chairs, and now there's Iguana who also lives in my city. I really should go out and meet these people.
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
First, Chairs, and now there's Iguana who also lives in my city. I really should go out and meet these people.
I thought First lived in Illinois.
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
First, Chairs, and now there's Iguana who also lives in my city. I really should go out and meet these people.
I live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
First, Chairs, and now there's Iguana who also lives in my city. I really should go out and meet these people.
Deadlock also lives here. We should do a dominion game night!
googling, typing "everything you need to know about", google offers
cars
weed
deadpool
pregnancy
football
the music business
life
the division
vaping
Nice to know we got priorities.
Why does everyone need to know about weed?
googling, typing "everything you need to know about", google offers
cars
weed
deadpool
pregnancy
football
the music business
life
the division
vaping
Nice to know we got priorities.
Doesn't google now sort your searches at least partially based off the demographics of the user and the user's location? I think those might be your priorities.
Mine were:
Cars
Weed
Buying a home
Life
science
Excel
I didn't know that, but that's interesting.
Edit: I get the same results in a different browser in incognito mode.
Edit: I get the same results in a different browser in incognito mode.
Of course you do, your IP address didn't change.
Making Fun's next project?
https://twitter.com/stelian/status/720913927639560194
Making Fun's next project?
https://twitter.com/stelian/status/720913927639560194
That is the best thing I've seen this week.
Man, these kinds of "alternative" news sites never fail to amaze me. Like, what the actual shit.
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/01/cern-scientists-break-the-speed-of-light-21-jan-2016-3283624.html
This data is from 2011. In 2012, it was proven to be faulty. In 2016, sites like the one linked above are copying and pasting the text from the original Telegraph article as though it was still relevant.
Man, these kinds of "alternative" news sites never fail to amaze me. Like, what the actual shit.
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/01/cern-scientists-break-the-speed-of-light-21-jan-2016-3283624.html
This data is from 2011. In 2012, it was proven to be faulty. In 2016, sites like the one linked above are copying and pasting the text from the original Telegraph article as though it was still relevant.
I'm not clicking on that link and giving them views, but damn, I love the irony in their name.
Oh, also everyone, the fourth of May be with you. Happy Star Trek day!
Oh, also everyone, the fourth of May be with you. Happy Star Trek day!
So after getting extremely pissed off after note being able to login to my stupid health insurances website and it taking forever to change my password, I decided to catalogue my username and passwords for all the different work-related access sites in a single file, because that surely sounds safe. This does not include the username and password used to log into my laptop itself (Windows) which is sometimes, and sometimes not, linked to a number of other programs on my computer (e.g., email), which is sometimes, and sometimes not, linked to a Microsoft Office online account. The nature of the linking is not, as far as I know, deterministic. I only know I dread the time of the year where we must change OS passwords, because I basically can't do anything.
So far my file looks like this. Things that are not in parentheses are literal strings in the file.
(pay statement sytem), (username), (reminder)
(health insurance site), (slightly different name with a random difference to make remembering it impossible), (reminder)
(investment site), (yet a slightly different username), who the fuck knows?
(time tracking site), (very similar, but not the same, username), who the fucdk knows why the fuck do we have so many god damn mother fucking sites with a million different logins and a million different passwords how in the loving fuck are we supposed to remember all of this god fucking damit mother fucker
(site for goals), some random permutation on the 100 different user names, no fucking clue
support portal, ????, ?????
support portal external, ???? differnet maybe ????, ?????
(internal software site for builds), could really be fucking anything, kill me now
FSA, I really don't know,
There are a few more sites that I haven't put in.
This is only for work-related sites and doesn't include stuff like, other emails, Facebook, bank, credit cards, loans, cable, amazon, google, websites like this, things like Dominion online, other online gaming stuff, transit card, various other websites that you need to create an account but you only ever log on three times a year, etc., etc., etc.
Dude. Save yourself the headache.
https://lastpass.com/generatepassword.php
I've always had a problem with this logic... "Don't use the same password for everything, because if someone gets access to that password, then they have access to all your accounts. Instead, keep all your different passwords locked under one single master pasword..."
Isn't the safest way to have a bunch different passwords on a physical notepad ? Yeah someone could rob your house but... that's a lot less likely to happen than getting an account pirated, right ?
I've always had a problem with this logic... "Don't use the same password for everything, because if someone gets access to that password, then they have access to all your accounts. Instead, keep all your different passwords locked under one single master pasword..."
As long as the password is physically on your computer and not stored on a server anywhere, it's way safer. Contrary to popular belief, the main security threat regarding your passwords is not that a human being is able to correctly guess it.
Well, it's an issue if it's a laptop that could potentially get lost/stolen/etc.
Well, it's an issue if it's a laptop that could potentially get lost/stolen/etc.
Aren't you screwed regardless then?
Well, it's an issue if it's a laptop that could potentially get lost/stolen/etc.
My main question is, why do you have so many different usernames? Aren't you choosing them yourself? Why not stick to two or three of them, each one for different sort of activities?
Seprix's Law: If anyone comments about a correlation between a user's respect number and a reference, someone will inevitably upvote it in order to change the number.
I got to play with a VR headset today (HTC Vive I think it was). I have to say I was very surprised by how immersive and realistic it feels. It wasn't perfect, of course, but it worked really well. I was wondering why it hasn't caught on at all yet. And then I remembered it costs just shy of what getting all three next gen consoles would cost, and needs a bunch of space, and has a limited game selection.
I don't imagine VR gaming will eventually replace traditional gaming, but it'll very likely eventually become something alongside them. It could be great fun, once the costs drop.
For laptops with sensitive data, it's a good idea to use drive encryption. (On Windows, it's called BitLocker.)I've always had a problem with this logic... "Don't use the same password for everything, because if someone gets access to that password, then they have access to all your accounts. Instead, keep all your different passwords locked under one single master pasword..."
As long as the password is physically on your computer and not stored on a server anywhere, it's way safer. Contrary to popular belief, the main security threat regarding your passwords is not that a human being is able to correctly guess it.
Well, it's an issue if it's a laptop that could potentially get lost/stolen/etc.
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Me: Are you still selling six months of Macutab for the price of five?
Receptionist: No, sorry.
Me: Damn, okay, I'll take 6 months anyway.
Receptionist: That'll be $150.
Me: Each month is still $30, right?
Receptionist: Yes.
Me: So it's like it was before?
Receptionist: I suppose so, but no free Macutab this time.
Me: …
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Technically correct; the best kind of correct.
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Technically correct; the best kind of correct.
I mean... it's not even "technically" correct. It's entirely correct.
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Technically correct; the best kind of correct.
I mean... it's not even "technically" correct. It's entirely correct.
Well, stuff that's "technically" correct is entirely correct. It just isn't what whoever thought of that question was thinking of.
Of course, another good smart-ass answer would be 162 in the first three slots.This shows that you actually understand the question and can answer it. The answers in the picture don't demonstrate that the student knows the difference between the places.
... what was he thinking there?
So the unreduced 6 months were more expansive than 6 * 1 month? ???
... what was he thinking there?
I meant that as a real question. What was the misunderstanding? I don't get his thought process.
Man, attending a redneck party
I'm trying to think of some positives of being a redneck. I can't think of any.
What makes someone a redneck? I honestly don't know.
How red? I've never seen anyone with a strangely red neck. I think I know what you're talking about though?What makes someone a redneck? I honestly don't know.
Having a red neck.
I'm trying to think of some positives of being a redneck. I can't think of any.
I'm trying to think of some positives of being a redneck. I can't think of any.
Well, it's easier to commit murder since your DNA matches everyone else in the community already anyway.
The memes/inside jokes, they're leaking into my posting on other forums: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/740205-bravely-second-end-layer/73670232/851800080
In case you can't spot it: Moat (No, this isn't the meme)
Not only can I still not spot it, that entire post made zero sense. The one at Gamefaqs, that is. "Bravely Second"? What the hell kind of game title is that?
"Bravely Second"? What the hell kind of game title is that?
I'm trying to think of some positives of being a redneck. I can't think of any.
Well, it's easier to commit murder since your DNA matches everyone else in the community already anyway.
<morbo> DNA DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. </morbo>The memes/inside jokes, they're leaking into my posting on other forums: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/740205-bravely-second-end-layer/73670232/851800080
In case you can't spot it: Moat (No, this isn't the meme)
Not only can I still not spot it, that entire post made zero sense. The one at Gamefaqs, that is. "Bravely Second"? What the hell kind of game title is that?
So, I'm having a problem with LaTeX/TikZ:
I'm trying to do this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/71596/106050. However, if I compile this, the result looks different (see attachment), the circle centers seem to be in the wrong position. I'm trying to ask for help at stackexchange, but it won't let me, since I apparently don't have enough reputation.
Can anyone help me by either telling me why it doesn't work, asking why it doesn't work on stackexchange, or telling me about another way to draw an arc by specifying the two points it connects and the center?
it seems to be compiler dependant. For example, this online compiler (https://tex.mendelu.cz/en/) has the right output, while this one (http://latex.informatik.uni-halle.de/latex-online/latex.php) has the same result as my offline one.So, I'm having a problem with LaTeX/TikZ:
I'm trying to do this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/71596/106050. However, if I compile this, the result looks different (see attachment), the circle centers seem to be in the wrong position. I'm trying to ask for help at stackexchange, but it won't let me, since I apparently don't have enough reputation.
Can anyone help me by either telling me why it doesn't work, asking why it doesn't work on stackexchange, or telling me about another way to draw an arc by specifying the two points it connects and the center?
I tried the code, and it gives me the correct output. Are you sure you didn't change anything about the code?
So, I'm having a problem with LaTeX/TikZ:
I'm trying to do this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/71596/106050. However, if I compile this, the result looks different (see attachment), the circle centers seem to be in the wrong position. I'm trying to ask for help at stackexchange, but it won't let me, since I apparently don't have enough reputation.
Can anyone help me by either telling me why it doesn't work, asking why it doesn't work on stackexchange, or telling me about another way to draw an arc by specifying the two points it connects and the center?
I tried the code, and it gives me the correct output. Are you sure you didn't change anything about the code?
So, I'm having a problem with LaTeX/TikZ:
I'm trying to do this: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/71596/106050. However, if I compile this, the result looks different (see attachment), the circle centers seem to be in the wrong position. I'm trying to ask for help at stackexchange, but it won't let me, since I apparently don't have enough reputation.
Can anyone help me by either telling me why it doesn't work, asking why it doesn't work on stackexchange, or telling me about another way to draw an arc by specifying the two points it connects and the center?
I current have exactly 1000 respect!
I think now would be a good time to point out that I have an irrational fear of overly round numbers, and you should all give me respect to get me as far away from this terrifying number as possible.
I want to buy a pocket knife but I don't know where to start as far as finding something that's decent quality at a decent price, etc. Is anybody here a knife enthusiast?
I want to buy a pocket knife but I don't know where to start as far as finding something that's decent quality at a decent price, etc. Is anybody here a knife enthusiast?Ok. My brother is a knife enthusiast; I have some knowledge from him.
I want to buy a pocket knife but I don't know where to start as far as finding something that's decent quality at a decent price, etc. Is anybody here a knife enthusiast?Ok. My brother is a knife enthusiast; I have some knowledge from him.
What sort of knife are you looking for?
My mum was just watching some crime program (Second Chance I think it was called?) when an in-universe TV report came on saying some people had been murdered and the letters F, D and S had been carved into the victims head.
What the heck have you guys been up to? Murder is NOT the advertising method theory endorses!
My mum was just watching some crime program (Second Chance I think it was called?) when an in-universe TV report came on saying some people had been murdered and the letters F, D and S had been carved into the victims head.
What the heck have you guys been up to? Murder is NOT the advertising method theory endorses!
I was just at this player's party thing, which was like a dance club. And now I want to kill myself. So if you don't hear from me for a while, that's probably what happened.
I was just at this player's party thing, which was like a dance club. And now I want to kill myself. So if you don't hear from me for a while, that's probably what happened.
Player as in a male who is adept at manipulating others, or as in a Dominion player?
I guess I didn't kill myself after all.
Right after handing in today's exam, I suddenly realized the reason why my professor used "#" in all his slideshows to mean "different".
It's supposed to be a double-strikethrough equal sign.
≠ is just alt =. Simple enough.
≠ is just alt =. Simple enough.
Doesn't work for me...
So normally when I go for a run or to the gym, I am tired in a bad way in 15-20 minutes. But I've noticed that on days where I go for burger and fries from a food truck, I can do exercice 4 hours later for 40-50 minutes before feeling exhausted, and even then I feel tired in a good way. Obviously eating burger and fries every other day is not really a good long term solution, so does anybody have good recommendations about what (and when) to eat to get through a workout with a maximum of energy?
I imagine that the basic idea is "carbs", but then what kind? how much? how long before exercising? etc.
just playing my first matches of dominion in several years
game's kind of fun actually
Well, the fact that # is on the keyboard is an advantage i guess.
just playing my first matches of dominion in several years
game's kind of fun actually
Has it been several years already?
So normally when I go for a run or to the gym, I am tired in a bad way in 15-20 minutes. But I've noticed that on days where I go for burger and fries from a food truck, I can do exercice 4 hours later for 40-50 minutes before feeling exhausted, and even then I feel tired in a good way. Obviously eating burger and fries every other day is not really a good long term solution, so does anybody have good recommendations about what (and when) to eat to get through a workout with a maximum of energy?
I imagine that the basic idea is "carbs", but then what kind? how much? how long before exercising? etc.
If you already have a healthy diet, I don't think it's a good idea to change it just so you can exercise more. If you don't already have a healthy diet, make it a top priority to have a healthy diet before you worry about exercising. If you run regularly, you should be able to run (lightly) for at least an hour or so without getting tired regardless of what you've eaten that day.
I have never ever been able to run for one hour, not even close. I just don't eat enough, or I have a very high metabolism (probably a mix of both). I don't know what exactly you mean by a healthy diet, but before coming to Canada it was your typical mediterranean fare.
So normally when I go for a run or to the gym, I am tired in a bad way in 15-20 minutes. But I've noticed that on days where I go for burger and fries from a food truck, I can do exercice 4 hours later for 40-50 minutes before feeling exhausted, and even then I feel tired in a good way. Obviously eating burger and fries every other day is not really a good long term solution, so does anybody have good recommendations about what (and when) to eat to get through a workout with a maximum of energy?
I imagine that the basic idea is "carbs", but then what kind? how much? how long before exercising? etc.
Well, the fact that # is on the keyboard is an advantage i guess.
I guess, indeed. I could see this as being an advantage if quickly typing in chat or something. For a PowerPoint, there's no reason the professor couldn't take the effort to type Alt+8800. Or since it's an Office product, he could have inserted the symbol.
At the very least, != and <> are also easily typed from the keyboard and provides a universal use of not equal. They don't send a mixed signal like # does.
In any case, the notation should have been explained early in class and not left for the student to realize after handing in an exam.
Well, the fact that # is on the keyboard is an advantage i guess.
I guess, indeed. I could see this as being an advantage if quickly typing in chat or something. For a PowerPoint, there's no reason the professor couldn't take the effort to type Alt+8800. Or since it's an Office product, he could have inserted the symbol.
At the very least, != and <> are also easily typed from the keyboard and provides a universal use of not equal. They don't send a mixed signal like # does.
In any case, the notation should have been explained early in class and not left for the student to realize after handing in an exam.
The meaning was explained, but not the reasoning.
Well, the fact that # is on the keyboard is an advantage i guess.
I guess, indeed. I could see this as being an advantage if quickly typing in chat or something. For a PowerPoint, there's no reason the professor couldn't take the effort to type Alt+8800. Or since it's an Office product, he could have inserted the symbol.
At the very least, != and <> are also easily typed from the keyboard and provides a universal use of not equal. They don't send a mixed signal like # does.
In any case, the notation should have been explained early in class and not left for the student to realize after handing in an exam.
The meaning was explained, but not the reasoning.
The meaning was never explicitly explained, but we inferred it easily from the professor's explaination of the slides.
No big deal, but it was a bit annoying.
So normally when I go for a run or to the gym, I am tired in a bad way in 15-20 minutes. But I've noticed that on days where I go for burger and fries from a food truck, I can do exercice 4 hours later for 40-50 minutes before feeling exhausted, and even then I feel tired in a good way. Obviously eating burger and fries every other day is not really a good long term solution, so does anybody have good recommendations about what (and when) to eat to get through a workout with a maximum of energy?
I imagine that the basic idea is "carbs", but then what kind? how much? how long before exercising? etc.
If you already have a healthy diet, I don't think it's a good idea to change it just so you can exercise more. If you don't already have a healthy diet, make it a top priority to have a healthy diet before you worry about exercising. If you run regularly, you should be able to run (lightly) for at least an hour or so without getting tired regardless of what you've eaten that day.
I can't run or bicycle for more than about 30 minutes before I overheat. (I don't sweat enough.)
So normally when I go for a run or to the gym, I am tired in a bad way in 15-20 minutes. But I've noticed that on days where I go for burger and fries from a food truck, I can do exercice 4 hours later for 40-50 minutes before feeling exhausted, and even then I feel tired in a good way. Obviously eating burger and fries every other day is not really a good long term solution, so does anybody have good recommendations about what (and when) to eat to get through a workout with a maximum of energy?
I imagine that the basic idea is "carbs", but then what kind? how much? how long before exercising? etc.
If you already have a healthy diet, I don't think it's a good idea to change it just so you can exercise more. If you don't already have a healthy diet, make it a top priority to have a healthy diet before you worry about exercising. If you run regularly, you should be able to run (lightly) for at least an hour or so without getting tired regardless of what you've eaten that day.
I can't run or bicycle for more than about 30 minutes before I overheat. (I don't sweat enough.)
I can't run or bicycle for more than about 30 minutes before I overheat. (I don't sweat enough.)
Further evidence that Kirian is a cold calculating machine.
I can't run or bicycle for more than about 30 minutes before I overheat. (I don't sweat enough.)
Further evidence that Kirian is a cold calculating machine.
I wish. I am a very hot calculating machine. In the thermodynamic sense.
does anyone here happen to know haskell? I have a problem that I can't figure out via google.
I thought Haskell was a programming language.It is, Tables is just being a troll like usual.
Tomorrow I'm doing my driving theory test. Just to bring people outside the UK up to speed on how that works, it's a 50 multiple choice question test and you have to get 43 correct to pass. Then there's a hazard perception test where you basically have to watch 14 videos and identify the hazard in each as quickly as possible.
But mostly I want to focus on how weird the multiple choice part is. You get these questions which are literally just basic reasoning and deduction based on the options, and then you get questions about hand signals that nobody actually seems to know (seriously, I've asked a few friends that are drivers and they're always unsure exactly what each one is) that you're meant to use when your indicators aren't working (or whatever), and there's usually multiple reasonable options for them. So about 70% of the questions you can easily blag through without any driving knowledge whatsoever, and then 30% are just learning these answers.
It'd be like having a test that looks a bit like this, if there was a Hyrule Warriors theory test to pass:
Q1: You have enemies approaching from behind, as well as from the front. You should:
a) Ignore the enemies behind you and attack the ones ahead.
b) Ignore the enemies ahead of you, turn and attack the ones behind
c) Dodge towards the side to group the enemies together, and avoid getting flanked
d) Give up and restart the mission
Q2: Which of these weapons does not have a C6?
a) Goddess Harp
b) Horse
c) Scimitars
d) Zora Scale
Most questions on the driving theory look like question 1. I'm sure even if you've never played the game (or even know what genre it is) you can answer question 1 correctly, but question 2, you just look at and guess randomly. Maybe in context you'd be able to eliminate one or two options (e.g. if I'm signalling to turn left, I'm definitely not holding my hand straight out to the right), but yeah, they're kinda like that.
Not that dissimilar from the US, either (at least Ohio, where I first got my license).
Also, are you one of those people who somehow have never driven until they've been an adult for several years? Londoner and using the Underground, or something else?
Moral of the story: Musicals are bad.
inb4 people get mad
So I saw Wicked tonight. I've never been so underwhelmed by a stage performance. The production itself was great, in terms of set, costumes, and the actors themselves were very good. But the music was pretty bad.. performed well, but bad overall. It was like the music was just in the way of the storytelling.. like instead of the songs enhancing the story or furthering the plot, it's like we had to wait for them to 'get through a song, before interesting stuff started happening again.
Really I think this should have been a play.
Cats is a good musical.
One time when I was in film history class, I stated that I didn't like musicals, and some girl got incredibly passionate about it. #UninterestingMomentsSeprix2016
Is the answer to question one 'C?'
Splatter Zones? I think my level of interest to go to a musical went from 0 to 1.
Cats is a good musical.
You misspelled "bad."
Chess is a good musical, as is Jesus Christ Superstar.
Splatter Zones? I think my level of interest to go to a musical went from 0 to 1.
Sure, how can you not be intrigued by a musical with songs like, "What the Fuck Was That?", "All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons", "Ode to an Accidental Stabbing," and "Blew that Bitch Away"?
Also, lots of blood.
Not like Hello, Dolly! at all ("F-E-M-I-T-Y!").
For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
In theory, yes.
For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
In theory, yes.
Better get some practice.
For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
In theory, yes.
Better get some practice.
Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?
The reason why nobody's perfect is that they don't practice Enough.For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
In theory, yes.
Better get some practice.
Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
For those wondering, I passed my driving theory. Now I can drive to my theoretical friends house.
Ugh, seriously having a talk with my wife about the need to put down our first pet rat. She's the first pet I owned as an adult. She's the one that made my wife fall in love with rats.
If the medication isn't helping her, then we'll have to make the appointment. Sad days.
Ugh, seriously having a talk with my wife about the need to put down our first pet rat. She's the first pet I owned as an adult. She's the one that made my wife fall in love with rats.
If the medication isn't helping her, then we'll have to make the appointment. Sad days.
But on the upside, you'll get +1 card!
Man, I hate overexplainers. Someone had an issue with a Word document.
Co-worker: The page numbers are replaced with that.
Me: Oh, that's a field code. Press Alt+F9 to fix it.
Co-worker: And then there are these things scattered through the document.
Me: Yep, press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And the index is gone.
Me: That's also a code. Press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And my Table of Contents disappeared!
Me: *deep breath* I see that. Press Alt+F9 now, and it'll all be fixed.
Seriously, if I can diagnosis it after one symptom, I don't need to know the others (and they're really all one symptom anyway).
Man, I hate economics already. I have no idea how to calculate a market equilibrium having nothing but a table (no equation), or how each change in demand and/or supply affects equilibrium prices and equilibrium quantities in a competitive market. It's week one. I'm doomed.
(http://dominion.diehrstraits.com/comix/DominionComix018.PNG)
Man, I hate economics already. I have no idea how to calculate a market equilibrium having nothing but a table (no equation), or how each change in demand and/or supply affects equilibrium prices and equilibrium quantities in a competitive market. It's week one. I'm doomed.
Man, I hate economics already. I have no idea how to calculate a market equilibrium having nothing but a table (no equation), or how each change in demand and/or supply affects equilibrium prices and equilibrium quantities in a competitive market. It's week one. I'm doomed.
I just realized that newspapers are unbelievably boring
I can't believe people read them every day.
I just realized that newspapers are unbelievably boring
I can't believe people read them every day.
They're not.
They don't.
there's a giant flying thing in my room that makes weird rustling noises. I do not approve.
no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly
Man, I hate overexplainers. Someone had an issue with a Word document.On the one hand, absolutely. Especially in this case, where all of the problems were in fact symptoms of the same underlying issue. But then on the other hand you get the people who will only report one symptom, and it won't be the one most relevant to solving the problem (the archetypal one being the person who calls tech support because they can't see their mouse cursor, one page of dialogue later they admit there's been a blackout).
Co-worker: The page numbers are replaced with that.
Me: Oh, that's a field code. Press Alt+F9 to fix it.
Co-worker: And then there are these things scattered through the document.
Me: Yep, press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And the index is gone.
Me: That's also a code. Press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And my Table of Contents disappeared!
Me: *deep breath* I see that. Press Alt+F9 now, and it'll all be fixed.
Seriously, if I can diagnosis it after one symptom, I don't need to know the others (and they're really all one symptom anyway).
no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly
A helicopter is giant compared to a fly.
And giant is relative anyway.
no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly
A helicopter is giant compared to a fly.
yes, but by saying that it was compared to a fly it no longer necessitates a helicopter and hence the more plausible option is more likely.
*opens shiny new Office 2013 application*
*presses Ctrl+O and tries to type path*
*discovers new shortcut key is Alt+F, O, C, B*
This is why no one likes you, Office 2013.
OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.
OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.
Yeah, I see no indication of Office 2013 being hugely different from Office 2007, except that apparently they just want to keep punishing us hotkey users. They took something as beautiful as Ctrl+O and turned it into a monstrosity.
OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.
Yeah, I see no indication of Office 2013 being hugely different from Office 2007, except that apparently they just want to keep punishing us hotkey users. They took something as beautiful as Ctrl+O and turned it into a monstrosity.
Can't you change the hotkeys? You can with Mac applications #MacMasterRace
"I play Laboratory, which lets me draw two more cards from my deck and add them to my hand!"
Pot of Greed sounds hilarious. And yes, I looked it up. Pot of Greed is banned. What kind of game that has a single card that lets you draw two is so OP that it has to be banned?
Pot of Greed sounds hilarious. And yes, I looked it up. Pot of Greed is banned. What kind of game that has a single card that lets you draw two is so OP that it has to be banned?
Dominion is actually the outlier in this respect, I think. In my limited experience, other deck builders tend to make card drawing much rarer and/or more expensive. Which is fair, since it can be a real drag to wait while another player painstakingly plays their entire deck each turn.
Pot of Greed sounds hilarious. And yes, I looked it up. Pot of Greed is banned. What kind of game that has a single card that lets you draw two is so OP that it has to be banned?
Dominion is actually the outlier in this respect, I think. In my limited experience, other deck builders tend to make card drawing much rarer and/or more expensive. Which is fair, since it can be a real drag to wait while another player painstakingly plays their entire deck each turn.
Pot of Greed sounds hilarious. And yes, I looked it up. Pot of Greed is banned. What kind of game that has a single card that lets you draw two is so OP that it has to be banned?
Dominion is actually the outlier in this respect, I think. In my limited experience, other deck builders tend to make card drawing much rarer and/or more expensive. Which is fair, since it can be a real drag to wait while another player painstakingly plays their entire deck each turn.
Regarding this, it must also be noted that all other deckbuilders that I've played don't have Dominion's restriction on Actions. This makes draw incredibly more powerful, as shown by Champion. Not only you can chain the draw cards, but you're guaranteed to be able to play anything you draw. In such a context, building engines is not nearly as exciting as in Dominion, and abundant draw availability would kinda break the game.
I was trying to play Splatoon today and getting annoyed at constant disconnections, so I decided to do a speedtest to check if my internet was running properly.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5391549320
Welcome to the world of TalkTalk.
That is most definitely not anything close to average. That's about 6 times the average download and double the average upload, compared to the numbers they have there.
http://www.speedtest.net/results.php
Having lived in Minnesota my whole life, I had no idea there was a Minnesota City. I was like, "That's gotta be fake."
It will include some places with very poor internet, such as parts of Africa and those people served by TalkTalk in the UK, but overall that's still incredibly high. 100 Mbit/second means you can download one gigabyte of data in about a minute, which is pretty huge for a personal internet connection. Then again it does depend on how many people you share that internet connection with I guess.
I ran the speed test a couple times. Most of the time I came back with something like this. (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5392196809)
But then I ran it and got this. (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5392195120)
tests run 2 minutes apart with wildly different results (on the download speed). Yay for reliable internet.
Casual 5$ dominion tournament at a local coffee shop today.
I'm merely speculating on what the rule and sets will be, but: crash course on 4p base Dominion please. Is Thief good?
Casual 5$ dominion tournament at a local coffee shop today.
I'm merely speculating on what the rule and sets will be, but: crash course on 4p base Dominion please. Is Thief good?
Ok, skip Thief, do I buy Gardens when other people do?
I'm looking for easy answers here.
I'm looking for easy answers here.
"depends on the board." If everyone starts grabbing Gardens, well, is the game going to end soon or not? If so, you'd better start Greening. If not, go Provinces. If you do something different from everyone else who wants to do the same thing, you usually win just from doing that.
I'm not familiar with that game, but from your story, I'm not convinced you played well. If you had abilities to help your teammates survive, why the hell would you be in the enemy base alone?
Shouldn't you be aware of what your teammates are doing in a team game?
I'm not familiar with that game, but from your story, I'm not convinced you played well. If you had abilities to help your teammates survive, why the hell would you be in the enemy base alone?
Shouldn't you be aware of what your teammates are doing in a team game?
Pot of Greed sounds hilarious. And yes, I looked it up. Pot of Greed is banned. What kind of game that has a single card that lets you draw two is so OP that it has to be banned?
Dominion is actually the outlier in this respect, I think. In my limited experience, other deck builders tend to make card drawing much rarer and/or more expensive. Which is fair, since it can be a real drag to wait while another player painstakingly plays their entire deck each turn.
As an example, Bill (in pokemon tcg) was identical to pot of greed and almost every competitive deck ran 4 of it. Card/hand advantage is huge in most card games. It's big in dominion too, but one difference there is you have to work to get your labs. You don't just burn through 2 cards in your deck. Furthermore, in a game like Ygo, your deck only has 40 cards and your goal is to get to your good stuff. Reducing the work to get there is incredibly powerful.
I decided to check out what time Nintendo's broadcast this E3 is, and so naturally their official E3 page seemed like a good place to look.
http://e3.nintendo.com/
Well okay.
(I do know what this is about, before anyone thinks I'm confused)
I just realized that whenever I kill a mosquito, I contribute towards the evolution of future mosquito generations being harder to kill.
I just realized that whenever I kill a mosquito, I contribute towards the evolution of future mosquito generations being harder to kill.
Have mosquitos really changed at all recently?
I just realized that whenever I kill a mosquito, I contribute towards the evolution of future mosquito generations being harder to kill.
Have mosquitos really changed at all recently?
There's a MLP x Ace Attorney crossover called Turnabout Storm (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL347AD9B9E509804A). It's better than it sounds. It's also very long, about 9 hours total, so watch out for binging.I started watching that when there were one or two episodes. I always meant to catch up on it, but ...
I got excited about a new Phoenix Wright game for nothing. :( Those fan games tricked me.Have you already gotten excited about the new game that was announced about a month ago? Because it looks pretty cool. I'm a bit behind on the series but I'll probably get it when it comes out anyway.
I just realized that whenever I kill a mosquito, I contribute towards the evolution of future mosquito generations being harder to kill.
Have mosquitos really changed at all recently?
There's a MLP x Ace Attorney crossover called Turnabout Storm (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL347AD9B9E509804A). It's better than it sounds. It's also very long, about 9 hours total, so watch out for binging.I started watching that when there were one or two episodes. I always meant to catch up on it, but ...
I just realized that whenever I kill a mosquito, I contribute towards the evolution of future mosquito generations being harder to kill.
I'm trying to find an average opinion on fruit. If you're interesting in helping out, fill out the survey at http://goo.gl/forms/g5MH8AJ9a1i5kQoz2
Except Tomatoes. Fuck tomatoes.
I'm trying to find an average opinion on fruit. If you're interesting in helping out, fill out the survey at http://goo.gl/forms/g5MH8AJ9a1i5kQoz2A bit of feedback: The Ease/Difficulty scale is really confusing, because it says ease on the left and difficulty right i Ease/Difficulty, yet easy is on the right and difficult is on the left when you click the buttons.
Oh no, LFN has surpassed me on the top 10 post voters list!
Oh no, LFN has surpassed me on the top 10 post voters list!
I'm trying to find an average opinion on fruit. If you're interesting in helping out, fill out the survey at http://goo.gl/forms/g5MH8AJ9a1i5kQoz2
I'm trying to find an average opinion on fruit. If you're interesting in helping out, fill out the survey at http://goo.gl/forms/g5MH8AJ9a1i5kQoz2A bit of feedback: The Ease/Difficulty scale is really confusing, because it says ease on the left and difficulty right i Ease/Difficulty, yet easy is on the right and difficult is on the left when you click the buttons.
I'm trying to find an average opinion on fruit. If you're interesting in helping out, fill out the survey at http://goo.gl/forms/g5MH8AJ9a1i5kQoz2
So....grapes get seeded and seedless, but not red/green. Watermelons- were those supposed to be seedless or seeded? In in general I had a rule of thumb: peeling is difficult, slicing is worse. Ambiguous fruits (do I slice the apple or just eat it whole???) were in the middle. But speaking of apples, just plain red? I don't like red delicious that much, but fugi is my favorite. Honeycrisp is also delicious.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
In a culinary sense, strawberries are fruit. In a botanical sense, I don't care. So I'm siding with eHalcyon here.
He's also within 200 respect of you too.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
In a culinary sense, strawberries are fruit. In a botanical sense, I don't care. So I'm siding with eHalcyon here.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
In a culinary sense, strawberries are fruit. In a botanical sense, I don't care. So I'm siding with eHalcyon here.
I got into an argument with someone recently about whether avocados are fruits or vegetables. I'm willing to accept that they might technically be fruits, but I think it's totally impractical to refer to them as such in the real world, because functionally, they always get used at the same time as vegetables. Someone should be able to ask me "What vegetables do you want on your burger?" and I can say "Avocado"; rather than them asking me "What vegetables and/or avocado do you want on your burger?"
Maybe this is just an issue of descriptivism vs. prescriptivism though.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
In a culinary sense, strawberries are fruit. In a botanical sense, I don't care. So I'm siding with eHalcyon here.
I got into an argument with someone recently about whether avocados are fruits or vegetables. I'm willing to accept that they might technically be fruits, but I think it's totally impractical to refer to them as such in the real world, because functionally, they always get used at the same time as vegetables. Someone should be able to ask me "What vegetables do you want on your burger?" and I can say "Avocado"; rather than them asking me "What vegetables and/or avocado do you want on your burger?"
Maybe this is just an issue of descriptivism vs. prescriptivism though.
tl;dr Don't be that guy who says a tomato is a fruit.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
Oh, also strawberries are not fruit, they're nuts.
No, they are fruit.
In a culinary sense, strawberries are fruit. In a botanical sense, I don't care. So I'm siding with eHalcyon here.
I got into an argument with someone recently about whether avocados are fruits or vegetables. I'm willing to accept that they might technically be fruits, but I think it's totally impractical to refer to them as such in the real world, because functionally, they always get used at the same time as vegetables. Someone should be able to ask me "What vegetables do you want on your burger?" and I can say "Avocado"; rather than them asking me "What vegetables and/or avocado do you want on your burger?"
Maybe this is just an issue of descriptivism vs. prescriptivism though.
tl;dr Don't be that guy who says a tomato is a fruit.
Dammit, Microsoft. As much effort as you put into making things consistent, there are still strides to be made in others.
Working in Excel: Press Alt+E, S to paste special.
Working in Word: Press Alt+E, S to paste special.
Working in PowerPoint: Press Alt+E, S to paste special.
Working in Outlook: Press Alt+E, S to pas…er, no, to fucking send the e-mail before I'm done. RAGERECALL!
It's like Microsoft is trying to kill off us keyboard users without making it look like they are trying to kill us.
LOG(x) in Excel is not the natural logarithm of x. Like what the shit, Excel?
LOG(x) in Excel is not the natural logarithm of x. Like what the shit, Excel?
Hmm, my math is rusty, but when you use LOG in calculations isn't the default assumption base 10? For the natural log, you would normally use LN, right?
I do see that Excel is redundant by having LOG() be the same as LOG10(), though you do have an additional argument for LOG() so you can choose your base (not e, though).
log_a(n)=O(log_b(n)) anyway
So all the animals file two by two off the Ark, and Noah tells them to go forth and multiply. Almost all the animals shuffle/stampede/slither/fly away, but a pair of snakes stays behind.I thought the ruling was that just because the operation results in a multiplication, it is not considered a multiplication?
Noah comes to them and says, "Did you not hear? Go forth and multiply!"
One of the snakes says, "But... we cannot multiply."
The other snake says, "We are adders."
Noah replies, "Ah, I can help you." He goes into a nearby forest and returns with some dead and incredibly wet logs. Then over the course of a day, he fashions the logs into a crude table, complete with benches. Finally he takes the two adders and places them on the table.
"What shall we do now?" asks one of the snakes.
Noah says happily, "On a log table, even adders can multiply!"
So I know that America is considered barbaric in this regard (but not as bad as the Middle East), but nearly all of us use toilet paper after defecating. I've seen some groundbreaking reports of water jets being implemented (not so groundbreaking to other nations I'm sure).
I approve this concept of blasting away the bits, but I wonder how can it be done without splashing water and fecal matter everywhere.
And then there's the matter of drying. This may be a current issue in other countries as well. Are you expected to slide your underwear over your sopping wet ass?
These things are important.
SUDGY IS BACK!!!!!!!
He's also within 200 respect of you too.
But it was me who surpassed him some time ago.
EDIT: The list (and a bunch of other lists) are here: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?action=stats
Which I had to check recently after I was shocked to realize how big my total time online was, to make sure that at least some forum gamers still had a bigger amount than me.
"Yes, nine is generally equal to nine. ...Unless it's NINE of course. That's quite different." The kids laughed even though they probably didn't mostly get the joke. I sat there laughing and trying to maintain my composure.
Is the upper-case stress supposed to indicate 9! ?
"Yes, nine is generally equal to nine. ...Unless it's NINE of course. That's quite different." The kids laughed even though they probably didn't mostly get the joke. I sat there laughing and trying to maintain my composure.
Sadly I don’t get it. Is the upper-case stress supposed to indicate 9! or is there another notation I’m not picking up on?
"Yes, nine is generally equal to nine. ...Unless it's NINE of course. That's quite different." The kids laughed even though they probably didn't mostly get the joke. I sat there laughing and trying to maintain my composure.
Sadly I don’t get it. Is the upper-case stress supposed to indicate 9! or is there another notation I’m not picking up on?
I think the teacher shouted it the same way the student shouted "FOUR!" Apparently shouting the number is the correct way of verbally indicating that you are taking the factorial of it.
Apricot Kernels are one of the highest natural sources of a rare phytonutrient called amygdalin, also known as vitamin B17, an important nutrient which has largely disappeared from Western diets...
WARNING: Sweet apricot kernels contain amygdalin (Vitamin B17) which can cause symptoms of cyanide poisoning when eaten in excess. DO NOT EAT MORE THAN 8 SEEDS PER DAY. See a doctor immediately if you experience symptoms like nausea, fever, headache, or low blood pressure. Do not eat if you are pregnant or nursing. Not intended for children.
I recommend the acoustic version on The Adventure Club Sessions. Ah, youtube didn't let me down.
I think the teacher shouted it the same way the student shouted "FOUR!" Apparently shouting the number is the correct way of verbally indicating that you are taking the factorial of it.
Casual 5$ dominion tournament at a local coffee shop today.Why would you pay 5 dollars to play 4p base dominion?
I'm merely speculating on what the rule and sets will be, but: crash course on 4p base Dominion please. Is Thief good?
It's none of those things. I got the CD because I found out it existed (I think a record store had shelved it under one of the bands on it) and liked some of the bands on it (I did not know the Cranberries). It's a great CD; the alternate versions are mostly better than the originals, and there are a few good songs that are rare in any form. They said it was the start of a series, but I don't think there was ever another volume. On the strength of the CD, I would have listened to the show if it had been available.I recommend the acoustic version on The Adventure Club Sessions. Ah, youtube didn't let me down.
Whoa, Donald X knows Adventure Club! Did you used to live in DFW, or are you just so into the Cranberries you found a cd from a rad old radio show? Or did Adventure Club get syndicated at some point?
I tried not using an avatar for a day, because that is what everyone else does for some reason. I don't get the hype.
I tried not using an avatar for a day, because that is what everyone else does for some reason. I don't get the hype.
Usually I don’t bother with an avatar because I don’t care enough to go through the steps.
Then I have to find a picture.
The only reason I chose an avatar here is because I was playing The Claw in a Cosmic Encounter game, and I thought it might help the players differentiate who I am.
you under-appreciate the importance of an avatar greatly. I associate everyone with his avatar. The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
you under-appreciate the importance of an avatar greatly. I associate everyone with his avatar. The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
That's ridiculous! You're such a silly pony.
Avatars are tricky. You want something reasonably unique but meaningful to you.
I don't think I could ever do a card art avatar, because it's quite easy for me to pick the same art as somebody else. That would be confusing, and kind of defeat the purpose.
So being a Hipster that is Too Cool for the Popular Trend of using card art avatars, I picked a late 90's album that's dear to my heart. Seems fitting really. Not the most popular thing in the world, and hardcore board gamers aren't the biggest indie rock snobs, so no chance of avatar collision, right?
Nah, I've seen at least one other person with the same album art for their avatar regardless. Guess there's not much I can do.
The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
Avatars are tricky. You want something reasonably unique but meaningful to you.
I don't think I could ever do a card art avatar, because it's quite easy for me to pick the same art as somebody else. That would be confusing, and kind of defeat the purpose.
So being a Hipster that is Too Cool for the Popular Trend of using card art avatars, I picked a late 90's album that's dear to my heart. Seems fitting really. Not the most popular thing in the world, and hardcore board gamers aren't the biggest indie rock snobs, so no chance of avatar collision, right?
Nah, I've seen at least one other person with the same album art for their avatar regardless. Guess there's not much I can do.
The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
Ooh, that’s a good point. I’ve now removed my avatar.
I may have been unintentionally judging people on their avatars, and I don’t want to subject everyone else to that burden.
The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
Ooh, that’s a good point. I’ve now removed my avatar.
I may have been unintentionally judging people on their avatars, and I don’t want to subject everyone else to that burden.
But I liked the robot! :'( Why oh why did I bring up avatars!?The world is filled with those who have said, "I wish I had never asked that."
The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
Ooh, that’s a good point. I’ve now removed my avatar.
I may have been unintentionally judging people on their avatars, and I don’t want to subject everyone else to that burden.
I'm judging you for your lack of character.
The choice of how his avatar looks can even change my perception of his character.
Ooh, that’s a good point. I’ve now removed my avatar.
I may have been unintentionally judging people on their avatars, and I don’t want to subject everyone else to that burden.
I'm judging you for your lack of character.
That’s totally fair. I’m pretty amoral.
But it does raise a good point. If I am not familiar with that person, I may well make judgment calls about him if he has a picture of a gun or Bernie Sanders or the Obama hope poster or a crucifix.
I should be judging people on what they post.
Also if they use apostrophes for plurals. I judge the shit out of those guys.
Wait wait, maybe this should be its own thread, but I want silver to analyze what my avatar says about me!
edit: grammar
But it does raise a good point. If I am not familiar with that person, I may well make judgment calls about him if he has a picture of a gun or Bernie Sanders or the Obama hope poster or a crucifix.
I should be judging people on what they post.
Also if they use apostrophes for plurals. I judge the shit out of those guys.
You are clearly a flamboyant robot. I am clearly a confused Roman. But is it so clear? After all, if I am confused, would it not be clear to me at all? Perhaps I perceive that it could potentially be clear, but I am not positive about it.
But the avatar you choose is a conscious decision. It does say something about your character. Why is it okay to judge people on what they post, but not on which avatar they choose?
Wait wait, maybe this should be its own thread, but I want silver to analyze what my avatar says about me!
Nah, I've seen at least one other person with the same album art for their avatar regardless. Guess there's not much I can do.
Wait wait, maybe this should be its own thread, but I want silver to analyze what my avatar says about me!
Me too! Especially considering that he thinks the taijitu is a bird.
What if someone hated Futurama? I know, I know, I should quit talking crazy talk, right? But suppose there is some theoretical madman madder than the edge of space who actually hates Futurama? Now this hypothetical person would see my Clamps avatar and subconsciously (and possibly out loud because he’s mad) say, “This Kuildeous doesn’t know what he’s talking about, because he has a Futurama avatar, so I’m going to ignore every third word of his post and then laugh at how dumb he sounds,” again because he’s mad.
Okay, you can now all relax. That was just a hypothetical. Nobody is that deranged.
A faceless nameA Kuildeous is finally noone.
A faceless nameA Kuildeous is finally noone.
Why did they call you the Black Dragon?Dduuuuuuuuddddddeee. New avatar.
Trying to fly out of SeaTac, but today is the day that Obama has to come visit Seattle. I mean, it's great and all, but grounding my flight because of it is not so great
Trying to fly out of SeaTac, but today is the day that Obama has to come visit Seattle. I mean, it's great and all, but grounding my flight because of it is not so great
I wish the birds would have the decency not to start chirping until I fall asleep. It's depressing :(
There is interestingly substance to most of those points, the conclusion just doesn't follow.
It’s a more subtle form of satire, which I’m a fan of. The responses are giving me a chuckle.
Now I’m just waiting to hear about some club owner showing this article to a band to justify not paying them.
Did you invite him to F.DS? Did you tell him about the Forum Games?
I'm so sick of the constant tons of Adventures cards that I am going to play from now on with bias towards every set but Adventures.???
I'm so sick of the constant tons of Adventures cards that I am going to play from now on with bias towards every set but Adventures.WFT man? I have a bias towards ONLY Adventures becayse I haven't played with those yet online!
I think that's the point. Since many people bias towards adventures, if you want to see all cards the same amount of times, you have to bias to everything else to even it outI'm so sick of the constant tons of Adventures cards that I am going to play from now on with bias towards every set but Adventures.WFT man? I have a bias towards ONLY Adventures becayse I haven't played with those yet online!
That feeling when you were having a really interesting game, and your opponent is leading, and then they disconnect. :( I feel bad for them!
That feeling when you were having a really interesting game, and your opponent is leading, and then they disconnect. :( I feel bad for them!
Right up until you see your rating go up.
I just went to my profile, saw the cake and realized that it's actually my birthday now.I hope you're joking.
I just went to my profile, saw the cake and realized that it's actually my birthday now.I hope you're joking.
So now you can legally drink (in the USA)?
In other news, my military service is starting tomorrow!
In other news, my military service is starting tomorrow!
I'm so sorry.
Why? There's all kinds of cool stuff there that I would never be able to experience anywhere else.
Oh that's not why I was sorry.Why? There's all kinds of cool stuff there that I would never be able to experience anywhere else.
As long as you're not getting shot up in a shitty war.
Well, we don't usually get involved in shitty wars here in Finland. It's been 70 years since the last time.
In other news, my military service is starting tomorrow!Is military service in Finland required?
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16948609/yui%20hymyilee.jpg)
/tag
Is military service in Finland required?
It's so ridiculous there is not more outrage about mandatory conscription that's only for males.I completely agree
It's so ridiculous there is not more outrage about mandatory conscription that's only for males.
It's so ridiculous there is not more outrage about mandatory conscription that's only for males.
Very interesting. Without straying into RSP too much, I feel like it'd be good for defense from a nationalist standpoint, but I'm not sure I'd support a similar system in a country actively engaging in armed conflict like the USA. Regardless, kudos to you for serving.Is military service in Finland required?
For healthy non-Jehovah's Witness men, a military service or the alternative service is required. For women and Jehovah's Witnesses, it's optional. Those who aren't physically or mentally healthy enough aren't allowed in. I would complete it even if it wasn't required, though, so I'm not super complaining, but in the grand scheme of things, this model kind of sucks in a multitude of different ways.
It's so ridiculous there is not more outrage about mandatory conscription that's only for males.
I can't imagine many women are pissed about it, and men would look like wimps if they complained about it.
I am! But saying something stupid there made the annoying captchas go away for posting on Haddock's BSG game./tag
You're it.
Bane of my existence: makefiles.
Bane of my existence: makefiles.
First reaction: what's a makefly?
I am right now tweaking my signature. Does anyone find this one too large/flashy/distracting/etc ? (referring of course to the image)
I have played over 700 differently named board games now.
So Abominable Charles Christopher started updating again and nobody told me.
If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.News makes you sad. Always.
I disagree.If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
#f.dsShaming
But yes, I heard about it. It can only end poorly.
I disagree.If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
#f.dsShaming
But yes, I heard about it. It can only end poorly.
If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.News makes you sad. Always.
This one doesn't have to result in government takeover or anything. It just need to let the government know how everyone feels. Which would've been great except the civilians ruined it, sort of.I disagree.If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
#f.dsShaming
But yes, I heard about it. It can only end poorly.
Name some military coups that ended well.
This one doesn't have to result in government takeover or anything. It just need to let the government know how everyone feels. Which would've been great except the civilians ruined it, sort of.I disagree.If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
#f.dsShaming
But yes, I heard about it. It can only end poorly.
Name some military coups that ended well.
RSP anyone?
>Implying people in the military aren't peopleThis one doesn't have to result in government takeover or anything. It just need to let the government know how everyone feels. Which would've been great except the civilians ruined it, sort of.I disagree.If you're on the forum instead of on the news, there was a coup in Turkey.
#f.dsShaming
But yes, I heard about it. It can only end poorly.
Name some military coups that ended well.
RSP anyone?
Except it is not the people who took over, but the military.
>Implying people in the military aren't people
But really, the people should've seen that a coup falling into their laps was something they should take advantage of.
>Implying people in the military aren't peopleThis one doesn't have to result in government takeover or anything. It just need to let the government know how everyone feels. Which would've been great except the civilians ruined it, sort of.
RSP anyone?
Except it is not the people who took over, but the military.
But really, the people should've seen that a coup falling into their laps was something they should take advantage of.
I just googled "dreams cause pollution" and got zero results. now that I typed "dreams cause pollution" into a public forum, will I get one? Let me see...
edit: I do not! scam!
I just googled "dreams cause pollution" and got zero results. now that I typed "dreams cause pollution" into a public forum, will I get one? Let me see...
edit: I do not! scam!
The German Authorities must be censoring more than 'hate speech'. Googling it gave me tons of things to look at.
Help me f.ds, I summon thee!
We are playing Carcassonne, I have a mayor in a city, can I put a Builder there (I guess the question is whether a mayor counts as a knight or not)?
if mayor=big meeple and knight=small meeple, no
I just changed to Windows 10. I'm not using the word update, because after having used it for about 20 minutes I'm pretty certain that's not a word it deserves me using.
I just changed to Windows 10. I'm not using the word update, because after having used it for about 20 minutes I'm pretty certain that's not a word it deserves me using.
"Downdate"?
Which OS did you change from?
I've spent the last few hours trying to work out why my mousepad no longer scrolls vertically, downloading new drivers, updating and reverting drivers, working without a mouse as things just don't seem to be recognised or work properly on Windows 10. I decided screw it, it isn't worth it, I'll revert to Windows 7, since that's an option from one month after updating - and it wasn't there for some reason. It won't let me revert to Windows 7 in other words.
I just changed to Windows 10. I'm not using the word update, because after having used it for about 20 minutes I'm pretty certain that's not a word it deserves me using.
"Downdate"?
Which OS did you change from?
Windows 7. I've spent the last few hours trying to work out why my mousepad no longer scrolls vertically, downloading new drivers, updating and reverting drivers, working without a mouse as things just don't seem to be recognised or work properly on Windows 10. I decided screw it, it isn't worth it, I'll revert to Windows 7, since that's an option from one month after updating - and it wasn't there for some reason. It won't let me revert to Windows 7 in other words.
Windows 7 is really good and nothing else from microsoft is afaik. Stay with Windows 7. Never leave.
So I've finally managed to find and install a driver which a) Works properly, b) Doesn't instantly try and revert to another driver, c) Has edge scrolling as an option.
I'm suddenly considerably happier with my downgrade to Windows 10. It feels like I haven't lost anything significant now except time.
Dude. I downloaded a program to stop it from pushing Windows 10 at me. http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/I've spent the last few hours trying to work out why my mousepad no longer scrolls vertically, downloading new drivers, updating and reverting drivers, working without a mouse as things just don't seem to be recognised or work properly on Windows 10. I decided screw it, it isn't worth it, I'll revert to Windows 7, since that's an option from one month after updating - and it wasn't there for some reason. It won't let me revert to Windows 7 in other words.
Damn, I'm sorry. I'm glad I haven't switched from Windows 7 myself. Though it's not from a lack of Windows itself trying to convince me to update.
While we're on the subject, does anyone know of a way to actually clean install Windows 10 on a computer instead of just upgrading an existing version of Windows? It's about that time of the decade where I wipe my hard drive instead of upgrading, but I can't find an obvious way to do this.
While we're on the subject, does anyone know of a way to actually clean install Windows 10 on a computer instead of just upgrading an existing version of Windows? It's about that time of the decade where I wipe my hard drive instead of upgrading, but I can't find an obvious way to do this.I think that you could download the dvd/usb wizard installer from Microsoft's. Using that (on an usb drive) gave me the option to format my HDD.
I cleanly installed Win 10 after an 8.1 update suddently made windows unable to cooperate with pretty much all drivers on an 1-yr old pc. (microsoft says it was the manifacturer's fault, but I somewhat doubt it)
I had to fix a couple of settings for the motherboard driver to make standby work as intended, but done that I never looked back. From the UI point of view, I like that I can pretend to have never heard of "start screens" and "settings menus" and whatnot.
It doesn't run CiV, but I haven't tried hard either, and maybe that's for the best. :P
I'm going to protest the lack of capitalization by some users on this board by typing in a different font face.
I'm going to protest the lack of capitalization by some users on this board by typing in a different font face.
ee cummings is not amused by your shenanigans.
I'm going to protest the lack of capitalization by some users on this board by typing in a different font face.
ee cummings is not amused by your shenanigans.
I've never understood your new avatar. Is it VATAR or RAVAT? It could also be ARAVATARAVATARAVATARAVATA.
Please explain SeprixSeprix is the username associated with an individual who reads and contributes to the Dominion Strategy forums.
I was waiting for Awaclus but you'll doPlease explain SeprixSeprix is the username associated with an individual who reads and contributes to the Dominion Strategy forums.
Please explain Seprix
Please explain Seprix
Please explain Seprix
Man, there’s no explaining Seprix.
He can provide the true meaning, but I’ll give my interpretation of it just to see if I’m right.
I read it as the delayed response of Dominion cards. Most of the time, you buy something to use later. You rarely buy something for an immediate effect—and this is definitely true with Chancellor. So you recruit him for his deck-flipping ability, but you don’t benefit from it until he shows up in your hand. You could replace him with the Smithy or the Chapel.
Now do one with two terminal actions duking it out (but not literally the Duke since he’s not an action).
There's a joke about Merkel there somewhere, someone please help me out.
There's a joke about Merkel there somewhere, someone please help me out.
why do Microsoft developers go out of their way to create really ugly, obnoxious, and annoying user interfaces?
including google!
edit: oh apparently my browser is at fault. super weird because this forum is the only thing that's working. But good, I was already getting worried.
including google!
edit: oh apparently my browser is at fault. super weird because this forum is the only thing that's working. But good, I was already getting worried.
That's because this forum isn't online. You were randomly chosen to unknowingly evaluate numerous advanced AIs. This forum is one big Turing test. How are we doing? Are we convincing humans?
That comment would probably be less scary if i hadn't just watched a slice of life highschool show where the main character is really insane and in truth it's a zombie apocalypse.I watched the first episode of that, wondering how far in the zombies would actually show up. Somehow, like in so many other such obvious cases, I missed the twist. Also, I think I can live without another zombie show.
It's not amazing, and I can't stand the fanservice.
It's not amazing, and I can't stand the fanservice.
I bet you just love Doctor Who then.
It's not amazing, and I can't stand the fanservice.
I bet you just love Doctor Who then.
Actually I once tried to watch it and dropped it early into the first episode.
Fun fact: Sick of moving the mouse and pressing Post? Press Alt-S for a quick short cut instead.
Fun fact: Sick of moving the mouse and pressing Post? Press Alt-S for a quick short cut instead.
Tab + enter also works
I'm eating gelato.
jealous creamthat's my favorite uh porn category
jealous creamthat's my favorite uh porn category
I'm thinking of upgrading from Galaxy S5 to Galaxy S7. I've been having some screen issues for a while now, with the screen flickering green or even staying completely black when I wake it, but this only happened at the lowest brightness setting (and it seemed to occur more often when it was particularly cold out). I'm still not sure whether this is software or hardware related; I have dropped my phone a few times.
It's slowly been getting worse though, with the "minimum" brightness getting higher and higher. At this point, it does the green flicker when I'm just turning the phone on or off (because the screen dims first, I think). I've read reports of others having similar issues too. I think Pokemon Go may have exacerbated the problem because it's caused me to leave the screen on for much longer than usual, even when I'm not actively using the phone. :P
Today I had a fully black screen twice, and I noticed that the screen was still touch-responsive (I was able to unlock the screen and do some things just from muscle memory) during that time. I don't know if that was the case before, but I never noticed it then. It was very disconcerting.
So yeah... thinking of upgrading. I've been mulling over this for like 2 hours now instead of doing something productive. Well, I guess buying a phone is productive in its own way. Feel free to offer whatever thoughts or advice you may have.
I'm thinking of upgrading from Galaxy S5 to Galaxy S7. I've been having some screen issues for a while now, with the screen flickering green or even staying completely black when I wake it, but this only happened at the lowest brightness setting (and it seemed to occur more often when it was particularly cold out). I'm still not sure whether this is software or hardware related; I have dropped my phone a few times.
It's slowly been getting worse though, with the "minimum" brightness getting higher and higher. At this point, it does the green flicker when I'm just turning the phone on or off (because the screen dims first, I think). I've read reports of others having similar issues too. I think Pokemon Go may have exacerbated the problem because it's caused me to leave the screen on for much longer than usual, even when I'm not actively using the phone. :P
Today I had a fully black screen twice, and I noticed that the screen was still touch-responsive (I was able to unlock the screen and do some things just from muscle memory) during that time. I don't know if that was the case before, but I never noticed it then. It was very disconcerting.
So yeah... thinking of upgrading. I've been mulling over this for like 2 hours now instead of doing something productive. Well, I guess buying a phone is productive in its own way. Feel free to offer whatever thoughts or advice you may have.
I feel like once you get to this point about upgrading/getting a new anything, you're basically going to do it.
I'm thinking of upgrading from Galaxy S5 to Galaxy S7. I've been having some screen issues for a while now, with the screen flickering green or even staying completely black when I wake it, but this only happened at the lowest brightness setting (and it seemed to occur more often when it was particularly cold out). I'm still not sure whether this is software or hardware related; I have dropped my phone a few times.
It's slowly been getting worse though, with the "minimum" brightness getting higher and higher. At this point, it does the green flicker when I'm just turning the phone on or off (because the screen dims first, I think). I've read reports of others having similar issues too. I think Pokemon Go may have exacerbated the problem because it's caused me to leave the screen on for much longer than usual, even when I'm not actively using the phone. :P
Today I had a fully black screen twice, and I noticed that the screen was still touch-responsive (I was able to unlock the screen and do some things just from muscle memory) during that time. I don't know if that was the case before, but I never noticed it then. It was very disconcerting.
So yeah... thinking of upgrading. I've been mulling over this for like 2 hours now instead of doing something productive. Well, I guess buying a phone is productive in its own way. Feel free to offer whatever thoughts or advice you may have.
I feel like once you get to this point about upgrading/getting a new anything, you're basically going to do it.
True. I've pulled back before though! And advice can be "which new thing" instead of "don't get the new thing". For example, I'm probably going to go with the S7 rather than the S7 edge, but opinions on that would be cool. I don't really understand the whole edge gimmick.
I like the notes a lot... large screen is helpful.
I like the notes a lot... large screen is helpful.
I like the notes a lot... large screen is helpful.
Is there a thermal exhaust port? Those tend to be detriments to technological advancements.
Happy birthday to me!
Happy birthday to me!Happy birthday RR. :) 14, right? Care for a cupcake? :P
Happy birthday to me!
There are two people around my age and one closer to 16. It's hard to tell thoughHappy birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, RR :-) Hope to get to play in a Mafia game with you soon!
(Are many other people here super-young?)
(Are many other people here super-young?)
I'm starting to not feel quite so young here anymore. I'm 19.Me too.
I just googled "dreams cause pollution" and got zero results. now that I typed "dreams cause pollution" into a public forum, will I get one? Let me see...
edit: I do not! scam!
-> git branch list
[nothing happens]
-> git branch --list
* master
list
-> git branch rm list
-> git branch --list
* master
list
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I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
See, that's why I don't like judging people on their avatars.
Speaking of which, mine sucks. It was a hack job done in Flash. I need to spend a little more time on it.
I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
See, that's why I don't like judging people on their avatars.
Speaking of which, mine sucks. It was a hack job done in Flash. I need to spend a little more time on it.
My age is currently an antiprime number (antiprime numbers might only be a thing according to Brady Haran and called highly composite number by most other people).oh... Highly composite number. Now I know what you're talking about. My guess is you're hmmm 36?
My age is currently an antiprime number (antiprime numbers might only be a thing according to Brady Haran and called highly composite number by most other people).oh... Highly composite number. Now I know what you're talking about. My guess is you're hmmm 36?
I'm starting to not feel quite so young here anymore. I'm 19.I know how you feel. 20 and I can't believe I'm not a teenager anymore :'(
I vaguely remember Eevee or someone else thinking the same thing. I just like Count's art.I'm 18.Because of your avatar I always assumed you were around 40.
I know of other younger people who have stated their ages on here a while back, but don't know if they want to be re-outed.
Speaking of which, mine sucks.
It bothers me that your avatar goes from yellow to white except for the R, which is yellow like the As. I just can't.
It bothers me that your avatar goes from yellow to white except for the R, which is yellow like the As. I just can't.
Interesting. I've stared at it for a few iterations, and I don't see the white. I wonder if it's a browser thing.
In any case, there was not to be any white in it when I crafted it, so it's not at all intentional.
Of course, now I'm tempted to create one that cycles through six iterations and then on the seventh one have some really odd and quick glitch just so people can wonder if they saw that correctly.
It bothers me that your avatar goes from yellow to white except for the R, which is yellow like the As. I just can't.
Interesting. I've stared at it for a few iterations, and I don't see the white. I wonder if it's a browser thing.
In any case, there was not to be any white in it when I crafted it, so it's not at all intentional.
Of course, now I'm tempted to create one that cycles through six iterations and then on the seventh one have some really odd and quick glitch just so people can wonder if they saw that correctly.
It bothers me that your avatar goes from yellow to white except for the R, which is yellow like the As. I just can't.
Interesting. I've stared at it for a few iterations, and I don't see the white. I wonder if it's a browser thing.
In any case, there was not to be any white in it when I crafted it, so it's not at all intentional.
Of course, now I'm tempted to create one that cycles through six iterations and then on the seventh one have some really odd and quick glitch just so people can wonder if they saw that correctly.
I think he means blue, not white. All the consonants only have the outlines in the orange color and the middle is the same kind of blue as the background, except for R which is fully orange just like the As.
It bothers me that your avatar goes from yellow to white except for the R, which is yellow like the As. I just can't.
Interesting. I've stared at it for a few iterations, and I don't see the white. I wonder if it's a browser thing.
In any case, there was not to be any white in it when I crafted it, so it's not at all intentional.
Of course, now I'm tempted to create one that cycles through six iterations and then on the seventh one have some really odd and quick glitch just so people can wonder if they saw that correctly.
I think he means blue, not white. All the consonants only have the outlines in the orange color and the middle is the same kind of blue as the background, except for R which is fully orange just like the As.
Yes that is what I meant. For some reason I just assumed because it wasn't colored that it was white. Interesting subconscious thought.
My wife and I are officially home owners!
My wife and I are officially home owners!
You mean, mortgage payers? If so, welcome to the club.
If you mean to say you no longer owe debt on your home, then congratulations!
My wife and I are officially home owners!Congrats :) We're hoping to close on a home next month - offer accepted, mortgage docs signed.
I got No Man's Sky. It's very fun so far, with what little I know. The only issue is it keeps crashing on my PS4. :(dammit that's the one it's supposed to not crash on
I got No Man's Sky. It's very fun so far, with what little I know. The only issue is it keeps crashing on my PS4. :(dammit that's the one it's supposed to not crash on
My age is currently an antiprime number (antiprime numbers might only be a thing according to Brady Haran and called highly composite number by most other people).
I remember when I was the perfect age. I remember when I was in my Mersenne prime.
But those won't happen to me ever again unless they find a cure for natural mortality.
I need to find other fun numbers. The gap between squares is ever widening. I have to wait 5 more years for that.
I remember when I was the perfect age. I remember when I was in my Mersenne prime.
But those won't happen to me ever again unless they find a cure for natural mortality.
I need to find other fun numbers. The gap between squares is ever widening. I have to wait 5 more years for that.
44?
I tossed up about 31, but "remember when" does seem to imply that it's not current.I remember when I was the perfect age. I remember when I was in my Mersenne prime.
But those won't happen to me ever again unless they find a cure for natural mortality.
I need to find other fun numbers. The gap between squares is ever widening. I have to wait 5 more years for that.
44?
Correct. I threw a little solve-for-x problem in there, though it's not the only solution. But you did choose the statistically most likely solution.
I'm confused about the statement of the problem. Is x a number of the form n^2-5 that is greater than the largest perfect numbers and a Mersenne primes that are in the interval, say, (0, 110) (and is itself also in (0,100))? In that case you still have 59, 76, 95.
I'm confused about the statement of the problem. Is x a number of the form n^2-5 that is greater than the largest perfect numbers and a Mersenne primes that are in the interval, say, (0, 110) (and is itself also in (0,100))? In that case you still have 59, 76, 95.
Yeah, pretty much. Like Kuildeous says, there's several possibilities, but of them there, 44 is the most likely considering the general demographic of F.DS.
I'm confused about the statement of the problem. Is x a number of the form n^2-5 that is greater than the largest perfect numbers and a Mersenne primes that are in the interval, say, (0, 110) (and is itself also in (0,100))? In that case you still have 59, 76, 95.
Yeah, pretty much. Like Kuildeous says, there's several possibilities, but of them there, 44 is the most likely considering the general demographic of F.DS.
I really need to get rid of my VCR tapes, since I don't even have a VCR to play them anymore. They're just taking up sentimental space on my shelves. I also just hate throwing things away, especially when I spent money on them.
I'm confused about the statement of the problem. Is x a number of the form n^2-5 that is greater than the largest perfect numbers and a Mersenne primes that are in the interval, say, (0, 110) (and is itself also in (0,100))? In that case you still have 59, 76, 95.
Yeah, pretty much. Like Kuildeous says, there's several possibilities, but of them there, 44 is the most likely considering the general demographic of F.DS.
Yeah, I could have thrown in something to cap the choices. I dunno, something like I always wanted a VCR when I was in high school? That also eliminates many of the younger choices, but you never know. Someone under 20 could want something so retro as a VCR.
I really need to get rid of my VCR tapes, since I don't even have a VCR to play them anymore. They're just taking up sentimental space on my shelves. I also just hate throwing things away, especially when I spent money on them.
Argh. Friend of mine shares his Facebook account with his wife. It's creepy enough, but it is also confusing when both of them use it to communicate.
Husband posted about how the day needs a good drink.
Then wife commented with LMAO and how the post is interesting. And she misses him.
Then he comments on that he'll be home soon.
But these are all posted from the same account. I only know the husband started it because he signed his name. The others I had to extrapolate.
Which makes me wonder how he even saw her comment since Facebook alerts you to when someone else comments on your post—not your own. And is she ever going to see his comment to her comment?
I just don't get shared accounts, especially if both people will be using it. It'd be different if maybe he uses it all the time but just tacks her name on it because she can't be arsed to have her own account.
Argh. Friend of mine shares his Facebook account with his wife. It's creepy enough, but it is also confusing when both of them use it to communicate.
Husband posted about how the day needs a good drink.
Then wife commented with LMAO and how the post is interesting. And she misses him.
Then he comments on that he'll be home soon.
But these are all posted from the same account. I only know the husband started it because he signed his name. The others I had to extrapolate.
Which makes me wonder how he even saw her comment since Facebook alerts you to when someone else comments on your post—not your own. And is she ever going to see his comment to her comment?
I just don't get shared accounts, especially if both people will be using it. It'd be different if maybe he uses it all the time but just tacks her name on it because she can't be arsed to have her own account.
Why don't you invite yourself out for a drink so you can talk about it?
So, I had an idea for a board game not too long ago, and over the last two days I've fleshed it out to the point it's... almost playable? It would work nicely by forum as well. You can probably guess where I'm going here. It's a resource management/bidding game, should be a relatively short playtime. In short, the game takes place over 3 stages with 3 turns in each. Each turn everyone secretly bids simultaneously, then in order from highest to lowest bid buys a card, which might give more resource cubes, more income or other special effects. Stages 1+2 are mostly about setup, with stage 2 having stronger cards, while Stage 3 is mostly about converting those cards and cubes into points. Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
I'd say there's 98% chance it sucks or just isn't really fun to play, but just in case it's in the 2%... who wants to be the first PBF testers? I think it should work best with about 4 players although I'm planning for 3-6 players to work. If there's interest I'll maybe type the rules up into a workable format and get something going.
So, I had an idea for a board game not too long ago, and over the last two days I've fleshed it out to the point it's... almost playable? It would work nicely by forum as well. You can probably guess where I'm going here. It's a resource management/bidding game, should be a relatively short playtime. In short, the game takes place over 3 stages with 3 turns in each. Each turn everyone secretly bids simultaneously, then in order from highest to lowest bid buys a card, which might give more resource cubes, more income or other special effects. Stages 1+2 are mostly about setup, with stage 2 having stronger cards, while Stage 3 is mostly about converting those cards and cubes into points. Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
I'd say there's 98% chance it sucks or just isn't really fun to play, but just in case it's in the 2%... who wants to be the first PBF testers? I think it should work best with about 4 players although I'm planning for 3-6 players to work. If there's interest I'll maybe type the rules up into a workable format and get something going.
So, I had an idea for a board game not too long ago, and over the last two days I've fleshed it out to the point it's... almost playable? It would work nicely by forum as well. You can probably guess where I'm going here. It's a resource management/bidding game, should be a relatively short playtime. In short, the game takes place over 3 stages with 3 turns in each. Each turn everyone secretly bids simultaneously, then in order from highest to lowest bid buys a card, which might give more resource cubes, more income or other special effects. Stages 1+2 are mostly about setup, with stage 2 having stronger cards, while Stage 3 is mostly about converting those cards and cubes into points. Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
I'd say there's 98% chance it sucks or just isn't really fun to play, but just in case it's in the 2%... who wants to be the first PBF testers? I think it should work best with about 4 players although I'm planning for 3-6 players to work. If there's interest I'll maybe type the rules up into a workable format and get something going.
I also could be talked into it. I have a hole in my life that only a PBF game can fulfill.
Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
Somewhat controversial, but it should be noted that simultaneous decisions are arguably elements of luck. It's like Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Your idea sounds a lot like 7 Wonders, except with drafting from a pool instead of from personal hands, and bidding for draft order -- especially the part about the 3 stages. Only 9 turns total sounds rather short, but I guess it'll depend on the feel you're aiming for.
I also could be talked into it. I have a hole in my life that only a PBF game can fulfill.
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16061
I also could be talked into it. I have a hole in my life that only a PBF game can fulfill.
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16061
My hole's not that big. I'm forbidden from playing Mafia PBF ever again.
Edge-case: reinoe.I also could be talked into it. I have a hole in my life that only a PBF game can fulfill.
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16061
My hole's not that big. I'm forbidden from playing Mafia PBF ever again.
Really? I find Mafia to be the perfect game for letting me commit as much or little of my time and attention as I want on a given day. Also, no one is actually forbidden unless you mean you're whooped by your SO.
My hole's not that big. I'm forbidden from playing Mafia PBF ever again.
Really? I find Mafia to be the perfect game for letting me commit as much or little of my time and attention as I want on a given day. Also, no one is actually forbidden unless you mean you're whooped by your SO.
I want to try this game. But, also, it's like $60 and I don't have time to sit in front of the TV to play games :( . (Well, I do take time to sit in front of the TV, but that's currently for watching series that I follow or movies, of which I have quite a bit to catch up on. I'd have to give up some of that time. I also put Witcher III on the back shelf some time ago. I'd like to finish that, but can't find the time.)
I want to try this game. But, also, it's like $60 and I don't have time to sit in front of the TV to play games :( . (Well, I do take time to sit in front of the TV, but that's currently for watching series that I follow or movies, of which I have quite a bit to catch up on. I'd have to give up some of that time. I also put Witcher III on the back shelf some time ago. I'd like to finish that, but can't find the time.)
It's on PC too. You could wait for a Steam Sale or something. I'm sure there will be one at like Christmas.
I want to try this game. But, also, it's like $60 and I don't have time to sit in front of the TV to play games :( . (Well, I do take time to sit in front of the TV, but that's currently for watching series that I follow or movies, of which I have quite a bit to catch up on. I'd have to give up some of that time. I also put Witcher III on the back shelf some time ago. I'd like to finish that, but can't find the time.)
It's on PC too. You could wait for a Steam Sale or something. I'm sure there will be one at like Christmas.
I don't play any games on PC besides Dominion. Actually, I currently only have a work laptop, as I gave my regular home laptop away. I'm not too thrilled about PC gaming, because I don't really value spending the money on the right hardware. Also, I have a PS4, so there's that.
Yep, clearly 3 groups of 2. Would be way better with equal spacing throughout.
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16067
I've decided to change how the bidding works to something else I've been mulling over (which I think is similar to another game's bidding system I played, something involving dinosaurs, but I can't quite put my finger on what it was). But yeah, go, sign up, let's playtest this thing.
Also, it's a low luck game (I'm not entirely sure yet whether to make it no luck besides setup... basically it's just a case of how many of the cards are revealed from the start of the game. I can have everything visible and make it no luck, only reveal cards at the start of the turn and make it quite reaction based, or something in between).
Somewhat controversial, but it should be noted that simultaneous decisions are arguably elements of luck. It's like Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Your idea sounds a lot like 7 Wonders, except with drafting from a pool instead of from personal hands, and bidding for draft order -- especially the part about the 3 stages. Only 9 turns total sounds rather short, but I guess it'll depend on the feel you're aiming for.
No, I agree. This was actually something I've been umming and aahing over, whether after each bid all other players in the round should re-bid, or just go with what ends up being the order, even if it's no longer what you want. The former has the advantage of giving players less of a "I got screwed by his bid" feel, while the latter has the advantage of being much quicker, and I'm aiming for more short game.
Regarding 7 Wonders, yeah the comparison is definitely there. 7 Wonders and TtA are two games that both have some loose elements in common.
So, playing Splatoon. I see a Sniper in an exposed position. I'm not using the best weapon to approach, but he's using a scoped charger and he's looking about 90 degrees away from my position, so either a) He's not charged yet, and won't have time to kill me before I'm in range to kill me, or b) He's charged and won't be able to see me due to the scope's tunnel vision. So sure, seems like a good time to attack. As I approach, he swings around 90 degrees, immediately shoots and turns back to where he was looking before. I was dumbfounded. Firstly by the fact he managed to see me approach, which shouldn't have been possible if he was charged enough to kill, second by the fact he made such a big swing around and still got the shot perfectly lined up with basically no aiming period. I have no idea how he managed it.
I just switched to linux.
I am very happy with my decision.
So, playing Splatoon. I see a Sniper in an exposed position. I'm not using the best weapon to approach, but he's using a scoped charger and he's looking about 90 degrees away from my position, so either a) He's not charged yet, and won't have time to kill me before I'm in range to kill me, or b) He's charged and won't be able to see me due to the scope's tunnel vision. So sure, seems like a good time to attack. As I approach, he swings around 90 degrees, immediately shoots and turns back to where he was looking before. I was dumbfounded. Firstly by the fact he managed to see me approach, which shouldn't have been possible if he was charged enough to kill, second by the fact he made such a big swing around and still got the shot perfectly lined up with basically no aiming period. I have no idea how he managed it.
So, playing Splatoon. I see a Sniper in an exposed position. I'm not using the best weapon to approach, but he's using a scoped charger and he's looking about 90 degrees away from my position, so either a) He's not charged yet, and won't have time to kill me before I'm in range to kill me, or b) He's charged and won't be able to see me due to the scope's tunnel vision. So sure, seems like a good time to attack. As I approach, he swings around 90 degrees, immediately shoots and turns back to where he was looking before. I was dumbfounded. Firstly by the fact he managed to see me approach, which shouldn't have been possible if he was charged enough to kill, second by the fact he made such a big swing around and still got the shot perfectly lined up with basically no aiming period. I have no idea how he managed it.
So, playing Splatoon. I see a Sniper in an exposed position. I'm not using the best weapon to approach, but he's using a scoped charger and he's looking about 90 degrees away from my position, so either a) He's not charged yet, and won't have time to kill me before I'm in range to kill me, or b) He's charged and won't be able to see me due to the scope's tunnel vision. So sure, seems like a good time to attack. As I approach, he swings around 90 degrees, immediately shoots and turns back to where he was looking before. I was dumbfounded. Firstly by the fact he managed to see me approach, which shouldn't have been possible if he was charged enough to kill, second by the fact he made such a big swing around and still got the shot perfectly lined up with basically no aiming period. I have no idea how he managed it.
Did the other team have an echolocator?
True willpower is suppressing the urge to shout, “Where’s the best place to fuck,” when listening to Science Fiction Double Feature at work. Oh, Pandora, you’re going to get me in trouble someday.
I also had to resist the urge to whistle when Always Look on the Bright Side of Life came on, but that would have been less disastrous.
True willpower is suppressing the urge to shout, “Where’s the best place to fuck,” when listening to Science Fiction Double Feature at work. Oh, Pandora, you’re going to get me in trouble someday.
I also had to resist the urge to whistle when Always Look on the Bright Side of Life came on, but that would have been less disastrous.
Is that something usually done during the theater showings?
True willpower is suppressing the urge to shout, “Where’s the best place to fuck,” when listening to Science Fiction Double Feature at work. Oh, Pandora, you’re going to get me in trouble someday.
I also had to resist the urge to whistle when Always Look on the Bright Side of Life came on, but that would have been less disastrous.
Is that something usually done during the theater showings?
Yes, audience members typically shout it just before Richard O’Brien sings, “In the back row.” Then there’s more hijinks after that.
True willpower is suppressing the urge to shout, “Where’s the best place to fuck,” when listening to Science Fiction Double Feature at work. Oh, Pandora, you’re going to get me in trouble someday.
I also had to resist the urge to whistle when Always Look on the Bright Side of Life came on, but that would have been less disastrous.
Is that something usually done during the theater showings?
Yes, audience members typically shout it just before Richard O’Brien sings, “In the back row.” Then there’s more hijinks after that.
Ah. I'm a fan but I've never actually had the theater experience.
Although, the GIF limitation may be working against me. Three hundred fifty frames of tweens means that I’m exceeding 256 colors, so some are being dropped. That actually slows it down in some parts.
I wonder if SWFs can be uploaded as avatars.
I wonder if SWFs can be uploaded as avatars.
I'm still 13!There are two people around my age and one closer to 16. It's hard to tell thoughHappy birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, RR :-) Hope to get to play in a Mafia game with you soon!
(Are many other people here super-young?)
I'm still 13!There are two people around my age and one closer to 16. It's hard to tell thoughHappy birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, RR :-) Hope to get to play in a Mafia game with you soon!
(Are many other people here super-young?)
What are satyrs, centaurs and mermaids classified as? Creatures who have the upper half of a human but the lower half of something else. Is there a word for all of those?I guess "chimaera" serves fairly well but isn't quite that specific.
What are satyrs, centaurs and mermaids classified as? Creatures who have the upper half of a human but the lower half of something else. Is there a word for all of those?
The church I work at
I'm still 13!There are two people around my age and one closer to 16. It's hard to tell thoughHappy birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, RR :-) Hope to get to play in a Mafia game with you soon!
(Are many other people here super-young?)
Wow, you're pretty old. Have you considered contacting the Guinness World Records?
The church I work at
I'm lacking some cultural context here. What does that involve? The churches I've come across don't have anything resembling staff, and certainly not enough to develop an attendant bureaucracy.
The church I work at
I'm lacking some cultural context here. What does that involve? The churches I've come across don't have anything resembling staff, and certainly not enough to develop an attendant bureaucracy.
It's pretty relaxed where I work at, but there are business-like policies and budgets and things like that. There's also incompetent leadership that belittles everyone who makes a mistake or even brings up inconvenient truths like sound equipment breaking down, because that involves money. Nobody in the higher-ups has any idea about technology, and they expect the team I work for to just get it done without any money, which is going to only work for so long.
Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Reminds me of Steins;Gate, although it's about time travel, not just teleportation.
Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Have you watched Dark Matter?
Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Reminds me of Steins;Gate, although it's about time travel, not just teleportation.
do you like that show?
I just googled "dreams cause pollution" and got zero results. now that I typed "dreams cause pollution" into a public forum, will I get one? Let me see...
edit: I do not! scam!
The VN (which I sadly have yet to play) is coming to Steam next month!Common premise: When you are teleported, the old you is disintegrated and a new you is built complete with memories.
Story idea: The first stages of teleportation research where they haven't figured out how to retain the memories.
Reminds me of Steins;Gate, although it's about time travel, not just teleportation.
do you like that show?
I like the show and love the VN.
8)yes. may i help you?
I had seven soft drinks today, from about noon to 10 PM. It's 3:30 AM and my 'sugar high' still isn't gone. When I crash I think I might pass out. Or I might accidentally pull a all nighter.
It's still summer for me!I had seven soft drinks today, from about noon to 10 PM. It's 3:30 AM and my 'sugar high' still isn't gone. When I crash I think I might pass out. Or I might accidentally pull a all nighter.
It's middle of the week, man!
It's still summer for me!I had seven soft drinks today, from about noon to 10 PM. It's 3:30 AM and my 'sugar high' still isn't gone. When I crash I think I might pass out. Or I might accidentally pull a all nighter.
It's middle of the week, man!
It's sad when I'm in the middle of the day and forum is sleeping thoughHi
There are 10 people online right now. I happen to know at least five of them are pretty cool, but anyone who's on the Dominion Forum is probably cool. But you can find out who's online here: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16136.new#new
I feel really proud. I got to 26th in the MF leaderboard. I know it's an awful rating system, but I never thought I'd ever go that high in my life, and well, it feels like an achievement.
I feel really proud. I got to 26th in the MF leaderboard. I know it's an awful rating system, but I never thought I'd ever go that high in my life, and well, it feels like an achievement.
Oh yes? Tell me about it. I don't see why anyone would want to memorialise getting to the top or near the top of a weird/buggy/beta leaderboard though.
I feel really proud. I got to 26th in the MF leaderboard. I know it's an awful rating system, but I never thought I'd ever go that high in my life, and well, it feels like an achievement.I need to play you rated.
I feel really proud. I got to 26th in the MF leaderboard. I know it's an awful rating system, but I never thought I'd ever go that high in my life, and well, it feels like an achievement.I need to play you rated.
Is there a thread where it's really easy to just find every single Dominion card?
I had seven soft drinks today, from about noon to 10 PM. It's 3:30 AM and my 'sugar high' still isn't gone. When I crash I think I might pass out. Or I might accidentally pull a all nighter.If the soft drinks were caffeinated, you're more likely being kept awake by the caffeine than by the sugar. (I don't know much reason that eating a lot of sugar would keep anyone awake.)
Yeah it was probably caffeine. At the time that didn't occur to me, for obvious reasonsI had seven soft drinks today, from about noon to 10 PM. It's 3:30 AM and my 'sugar high' still isn't gone. When I crash I think I might pass out. Or I might accidentally pull a all nighter.If the soft drinks were caffeinated, you're more likely being kept awake by the caffeine than by the sugar. (I don't know much reason that eating a lot of sugar would keep anyone awake.)
Is there a thread where it's really easy to just find every single Dominion card?
http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/All_Cards
Adventures and Empires are still missing though.
Is there a thread where it's really easy to just find every single Dominion card?
http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/All_Cards
Adventures and Empires are still missing though.
no they're not. I just looked through it.
I feel really proud. I got to 26th in the MF leaderboard. I know it's an awful rating system, but I never thought I'd ever go that high in my life, and well, it feels like an achievement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
So a Facebook friend (really, someone I went to elementary school with, so "friend" is an overstatement), in accordance to instructions, shared a post from "Chevy USA" in order to qualify for one of five free Chevy trucks.
I looked at Chevy USA and saw that it only had 745 Likes. I voiced my suspicions that an established company like that would have thousands upon thousands of followers (in fact, 16 million). I said that such a group was likely created for Like farming so it could be sold later. Her response was, "ya never know." That's when I just have to give up.
So a Facebook friend (really, someone I went to elementary school with, so "friend" is an overstatement), in accordance to instructions, shared a post from "Chevy USA" in order to qualify for one of five free Chevy trucks.
I looked at Chevy USA and saw that it only had 745 Likes. I voiced my suspicions that an established company like that would have thousands upon thousands of followers (in fact, 16 million). I said that such a group was likely created for Like farming so it could be sold later. Her response was, "ya never know." That's when I just have to give up.
I always give up. It's the only sensible solution.
Oh, and now the picture instructs the user to visit a web page. Yeah, I commented on it in all caps (so I look like a lunatic) warning people that it's probably a scam.I say let natural selection run its course. If they give their credit card information for their free Chevy, I wouldn't try to stop them.
I also sent the link to Chevy itself.
I don't even care for Chevies. I just hate bullshit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
That's definitely happened to me with Dominion, and also with music. I remember one time I spent many hours arranging a piece that modulated into C flat and the next morning I didn't want to get up because I was in C flat and none of my clothes were and I couldn't go outside without clothes that were in a different key. Like I was seriously ready to ask someone to get me some clothes in C flat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
That's definitely happened to me with Dominion, and also with music. I remember one time I spent many hours arranging a piece that modulated into C flat and the next morning I didn't want to get up because I was in C flat and none of my clothes were and I couldn't go outside without clothes that were in a different key. Like I was seriously ready to ask someone to get me some clothes in C flat.
I've also made food whose taste had too many bass frequencies in it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Apparently that's how it is called when you repeatedly ask your morning alarm to wait one more turn so you can buy another Province...
That's definitely happened to me with Dominion, and also with music. I remember one time I spent many hours arranging a piece that modulated into C flat and the next morning I didn't want to get up because I was in C flat and none of my clothes were and I couldn't go outside without clothes that were in a different key. Like I was seriously ready to ask someone to get me some clothes in C flat.
I've also made food whose taste had too many bass frequencies in it.
You should probably stay away from seafood
A question for you guys. Is YouTube's comments just currently not working for you all?
A question for you guys. Is YouTube's comments just currently not working for you all?
A question for you guys. Is YouTube's comments just currently not working for you all?
YouTube comments are the best depiction of the utter stupidity of most people on the internet. I don't even...
Until recently I was using crappy earbuds I got for free that only worked in one ear. Then they didn't work in either ear, and I accidentally ripped them in half. But my mom hates earbuds and never opened hers so I snagged an awesome pair of Apple Earbuds and it feels like a surround sound system because it surrounds me instead of just being off to the left.
The best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.Until recently I was using crappy earbuds I got for free that only worked in one ear. Then they didn't work in either ear, and I accidentally ripped them in half. But my mom hates earbuds and never opened hers so I snagged an awesome pair of Apple Earbuds and it feels like a surround sound system because it surrounds me instead of just being off to the left.
How actually get a good pair of earbuds, and you'll be in heaven. I can help you find that perfect pair too.
The best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.Until recently I was using crappy earbuds I got for free that only worked in one ear. Then they didn't work in either ear, and I accidentally ripped them in half. But my mom hates earbuds and never opened hers so I snagged an awesome pair of Apple Earbuds and it feels like a surround sound system because it surrounds me instead of just being off to the left.
How actually get a good pair of earbuds, and you'll be in heaven. I can help you find that perfect pair too.
The best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.have you ever tried good rap? i usually don't listen to it but i've heard that it's pretty good
excuse me. i know that bad rap tends to get a bad rap, and it's fine if you would rather listen to thatThe best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.have you ever tried good rap? i usually don't listen to it but i've heard that it's pretty good
I think 'good rap' might be an oxymoronThe best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.have you ever tried good rap? i usually don't listen to it but i've heard that it's pretty good
try the song 'Stan' by eminemI think 'good rap' might be an oxymoronThe best type of earbuds are the cheap/free ones. It's not like I use them for anything besides bad rap and YouTube.have you ever tried good rap? i usually don't listen to it but i've heard that it's pretty good
rap, techno, a mixture, or cheap pop. As a result I'm pre-disposed to disliking all those genres.
rap, techno, a mixture, or cheap pop. As a result I'm pre-disposed to disliking all those genres.
Except the first one isn't a genre, it's a vocal technique.
Where does all the aversion to rap come from? I don't really like the Hip Hop culture either, but rap is so versatile and used in so many genres that I doubt you guys like no rap part at all.
Rap is both a genre and a vocal technique. Not all songs with rap in them fall under the rap genre, and not every song in the rap genre consists entirely of rap.
Hip-hop is generally a preferred, umbrella term, but there are edge cases where songs are definitely rap songs, but are less clearly hip-hop songs.
Because it's fucking terrible. Have you listened to anything in the past 20 years? At least the fucking terrible shit they play in public places. There is no sense of rhythm, or even of music.
I just bought The Talos Principle on Steam. On sale till monday, but even after only playing a bit over an hour, this game is amazing. If you can spare $10, it's worth it. A puzzle game with great atmospheric and philosophical elements. Highly recommend, especially for people on this forum.that is correct
I just bought The Talos Principle on Steam. On sale till monday, but even after only playing a bit over an hour, this game is amazing. If you can spare $10, it's worth it. A puzzle game with great atmospheric and philosophical elements. Highly recommend, especially for people on this forum.
I just bought The Talos Principle on Steam. On sale till monday, but even after only playing a bit over an hour, this game is amazing. If you can spare $10, it's worth it. A puzzle game with great atmospheric and philosophical elements. Highly recommend, especially for people on this forum.
Holy cow, the game looks great. I want to get this. I don't play on my computer though. Is it on the PS4?
Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
Maybe we can make a topic in rsp if people are interested.
I'd encourage anyone who is somewhat educated to start a new thread about rap music.
I mean, what other genre of music gives you the freedom that you get in rap music to be this creative with your rhymes and lyrics?
Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
...has nothing to do with racism or classism and everything to do with laziness and reluctance to learn about any kind of music that you're not already familiar with.
...has nothing to do with racism or classism and everything to do with laziness and reluctance to learn about any kind of music that you're not already familiar with.
The thing is, reluctance to learn about unfamiliar things is one of the roots of intolerance and prejudice.
I mean, what other genre of music gives you the freedom that you get in rap music to be this creative with your rhymes and lyrics?
Rap is the best lyricism and flow of any music in our current generation. Anyone writing it off because of caricatures of what they think popular rappers sound like or what they think of people who listen to rap, is quite simply missing out on the best music of our time, at least in terms of lyrics and rhythmic production.
Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
I already know J Reggie's favorite rapper ;)Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
Totally agree, bit we probably shouldn't get this thread locked talking about it. Maybe we can make a topic in rsp if people are interested.
Not sure if I get this reference...I already know J Reggie's favorite rapper ;)Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
Totally agree, bit we probably shouldn't get this thread locked talking about it. Maybe we can make a topic in rsp if people are interested.
...has nothing to do with racism or classism and everything to do with laziness and reluctance to learn about any kind of music that you're not already familiar with.
The thing is, reluctance to learn about unfamiliar things is one of the roots of intolerance and prejudice.
Awesome. I'm probably missing out. Can you give an example of some of the best lyrics out there?
Rap is the best lyricism and flow of any music in our current generation. Anyone writing it off because of caricatures of what they think popular rappers sound like or what they think of people who listen to rap, is quite simply missing out on the best music of our time, at least in terms of lyrics and rhythmic production.
Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
Awesome. I'm probably missing out. Can you give an example of some of the best lyrics out there?
Also, lots of rap hate has subtle undertones of racism and classism in it. Really.
I've completed three trials of the new Ace Attorney (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice) and I'm already like 80% confident that (potential spoilers up to that point) 1: The client in the final trial is going to be Rayfa and 2: Her dad is going to be the prime suspect but turn out not to be the one who committed the murder. I dunno who the victim will be yet, Dhurke or Nahyuta probably
Anyway I'm sure I'll find out before too long.
There is garbage music in every genre, and in fact, it is that garbage you are mostly likely to casually encounter.
If you can spare $1000, I'd go with the Grado Statement Series, which are the headphones I have.
If you can spare $1000, I'd go with the Grado Statement Series, which are the headphones I have.
I'm not familiar with those particular headphones, but generally speaking, getting headphones that cost more than $100 is a massive waste unless you also have a decent headphone amplifier because the built-in headphone amps in computers and such are horrible crap.
I'm now up to case 5, just finished Investigation 1. Wow. 200% unexpected.
I'm now up to case 5, just finished Investigation 1. Wow. 200% unexpected.
Phoenix Wright?
I'm now up to case 5, just finished Investigation 1. Wow. 200% unexpected.
Yeah, I saw that you were also playing it the other day. I just started case 3.
Where does all the aversion to rap come from? I don't really like the Hip Hop culture either, but rap is so versatile and used in so many genres that I doubt you guys like no rap part at all.It just got a bad rap, is all.
Where does all the aversion to rap come from? I don't really like the Hip Hop culture either, but rap is so versatile and used in so many genres that I doubt you guys like no rap part at all.It just got a bad rap, is all.
I lost a lot of motivation for case 3 when I saw that (spoiler from early in investigation 1) Maya was the client again. Because that one hasn't been done to death, especially after they just used Trucy for case 2. But the case did grow on me as I went.
Yeah, I saw that you were also playing it the other day. I just started case 3.
I lost a lot of motivation for case 3 when I saw that (spoiler from early in investigation 1) Maya was the client again. Because that one hasn't been done to death, especially after they just used Trucy for case 2. But the case did grow on me as I went.
Anyway I ended up playing about an hour longer than I was meant to in case 5 just to see if it would really deliver. It really delivered.
As someone who spends a lot of time on internet forums, I've decided the worst kind of people are the ones who post several (like 6-10 or more) topics in the space of a day or two, all with little or no points for discussion - e.g. they're asking a simple yes/no question (bonus points if they do this repeatedly with multiple topics each asking a different simple question, double bonus points if all of these questions were answered very directly in the board FAQ), or they're asking people for opinions on something nobody really cares about, or asking plot questions (with a request for no spoilers) about something that's obviously coming up in the plot soon (bonus points if they mark said questions as being a plot hole, double bonus points if they predict where the plot is going in multiple different threads, with things that contradict what has already happened in the plot).
I've so far met two people who do this, and it sucks. They aren't breaking any rules, but they drain the discussion away from the board. And it sucks going back to a favorite board and find there are 10+ new threads, all at the top of the board, all with topics like the above. All have 0-2 replies, and you have to keep scrolling down to find the actually interesting threads. And they aren't gonna just go away and disappear, of course. You're going to keep seeing 5-10 new threads with inane questions or boring trivia every day for as long as they're around.
Join my Discord Server. Crazy things happen there.
https://discord.gg/quMDB
Don't miss out.
Join my Discord Server. Crazy things happen there.
https://discord.gg/quMDB
Don't miss out.
I had a dream just today about discord interfering to stop Rainbow Dash from warning the world about an incoming large-scale Zombie attack, but I saved the world by revealing it and telling everyone to inform Russia and USA asap to send their armies.
Can your server live up to that level of craziness?
Pros and cons of Twitter vs. Instagram?
let's talk about the portal series.
Is anyone else as obsessed with it as I am?
let's talk about the portal series.
Is anyone else as obsessed with it as I am?
Did you just recently play the games for the first time?
let's talk about the portal series.
Is anyone else as obsessed with it as I am?
let's talk about the portal series.
Is anyone else as obsessed with it as I am?
Yes, yes and YES. I'm playing it for 4-5 years and still playing. I love it. My friend once said: "Why can all the games not be Portal variations?" and that's true. Really true. Also, check out Talos Principle.
Portal is the best.
let's talk about the portal series.
Is anyone else as obsessed with it as I am?
Yes, yes and YES. I'm playing it for 4-5 years and still playing. I love it. My friend once said: "Why can all the games not be Portal variations?" and that's true. Really true. Also, check out Talos Principle.
Portal is the best.
I posted about Talos principle recently. I'm very impressed. Portal is the only comparison, but it's very different.
If you like Portal and similar games, check out the new Turing Test (http://store.steampowered.com/app/499520/)
I've never played Portal. I guess I will one day.
I've never played Portal. I guess I will one day.
Make that one daysooner rather than latertoday.
I'm really disappointed with Apple. I've been taking their Apple shaped dong up my butt for years telling myself I liked it and I am just now coming around to the idea that it has been terrible all along.
Pros and cons of Twitter vs. Instagram?
Portal and Portal 2 were great. I think I have Talos Principle purchased but I haven't played it yet.
In any case, I cannot limit myself to a mere 140 characters
You buy games?
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
any amount of money you spend on a game is an amount of money you don't spend on the charity of your choice instead. I don't think spending money on games is morally acceptable in most cases (if it can be avoided).
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
any amount of money you spend on a game is an amount of money you don't spend on the charity of your choice instead. I don't think spending money on games is morally acceptable in most cases (if it can be avoided).
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
any amount of money you spend on a game is an amount of money you don't spend on the charity of your choice instead. I don't think spending money on games is morally acceptable in most cases (if it can be avoided).
With that logic, you can justify not paying for anything at all if you can get away with it. Go mooch your neighbor's WiFi, you'll save money that way.
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
any amount of money you spend on a game is an amount of money you don't spend on the charity of your choice instead. I don't think spending money on games is morally acceptable in most cases (if it can be avoided).
You should also probably stop spending money on Internet and phone and TV then, and donate that to charity too.
Veering into RSP, but you could also pay those people that worked hard for your entertainment, and then let them decide whether they want to give their money to charity. They've earned that choice.
Think of it this way, silverspawn. You work hard at a burger joint, and your boss decides to take your paycheck and donate it to charity. Or maybe you're a hot hog vendor, and the guy who takes your hot dog promises to donate to charity instead of paying you. Regardless of whether it is a noble thing to give to charity or not (I stipulate it is actually not that useful for many reasons, regardless of the intentions of the giver), the point is that you worked for something, and you deserve what you get for working.
(I stipulate it is actually not that useful for many reasons, regardless of the intentions of the giver)
You buy games?
Yes, I don't steal the intellectual property of people who worked hard to create the games you enjoy. If you enjoy something, you really really should pay for it.
Only outcomes matter?
Only outcomes matter?
Yes, it's called consequentialism and it's a super popular ethical view these days.
That's very sad to hear. It's things like this that make me want to be religious. At least religious people have a concept of doing the right thing for it's own sake, for honesty and truth, rather than simply because the outcome happens to be good.
You can't own an abstract idea
and something that you can infinitely duplicate shouldn't have any value.
I would pay for the time they spend working on the game, but most game developers choose to do that for free instead.
Good intentions don't improve anyone's life. Good outcomes do.Ok then, I claim that people getting fairly compensated for creative work is a good outcome, because it both lets them work on their art without needing to worry about getting a so-called "real" job, and it provides them an incentive to create the kinds of things that people like.
That's very sad to hear. It's things like this that make me want to be religious. At least religious people have a concept of doing the right thing for it's own sake, for honesty and truth, rather than simply because the outcome happens to be good.
Good intentions don't improve anyone's life. Good outcomes do.
that would work if you could assume that they all consequent utilitarians. I'd give that less than 1% of being true.
they won't be responsible with the money. it's up to you.
Frankly, though, I do think that everytime you want to spend money on a movie or a game which you could get for free, you should instead get it for free and donate the same amount here (http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities) or here (https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/climatemobilization). I'm sure others will disagree but I think it's a clear case. And it's something you can do with very little effort.
Alright. I'll stop preaching now and continue to err do things.
Except, of course, that any time spent on that entertainment is time you could have spent volunteering for those charities.
Except, of course, that any time spent on that entertainment is time you could have spent volunteering for those charities.
Volunteering directly for the really good charities Silver mentions is often not a great way to further their causes. If you look at how much human life you can save (usually measured in disability-adjusted life-years, by groups like the WHO), it's almost always orders of magnitude better to send money to a third world country to treat specific problems there (malaria, parasitic infections and malnutrition being the most common ones) than to get involved yourself.
that would work if you could assume that they all consequent utilitarians. I'd give that less than 1% of being true.
they won't be responsible with the money. it's up to you.
But somehow only people doing entertainment that can be distributed online get to have their money directed to charity because you say so? Are they somehow more irresponsible than other professions?
I'm not totally sure your logic about free computer games follows, unless you happen to apply that to lots of other purchasing decisions across the board as well
Except, of course, that any time spent on that entertainment is time you could have spent volunteering for those charities.
Volunteering directly for the really good charities Silver mentions is often not a great way to further their causes. If you look at how much human life you can save (usually measured in disability-adjusted life-years, by groups like the WHO), it's almost always orders of magnitude better to send money to a third world country to treat specific problems there (malaria, parasitic infections and malnutrition being the most common ones) than to get involved yourself.
Fair enough. So you should spend all your time working to earn money to donate.
Only outcomes matter? The ends do not always justify the means. That's morality 101.
Yes I can. I cannot force you to acknowledge my ownership, but I also can't force you to acknowledge my ownership of my wallet, or my computer. Just because it is easier to steal the former doesn't make it any less of a theft.
Quoteand something that you can infinitely duplicate shouldn't have any value.
Says who? Who let you dictate societal norms and laws? Ideas and words have value.
QuoteI would pay for the time they spend working on the game, but most game developers choose to do that for free instead.No they don't. Most game developers get paid in some fashion. They require food and shelter just like you do.
Ok then, I claim that people getting fairly compensated for creative work is a good outcome, because it both lets them work on their art without needing to worry about getting a so-called "real" job, and it provides them an incentive to create the kinds of things that people like.
Without intellectual property, you don't get Dominion, because while there may still be a Rio Grande Games who can sell you pieces of cardboard in a box, you don't have Donald X Vaccarinos who come up with words to go on the cards and rules for moving the cards around, nor do you have Claus Stephans to draw pretty pictures to co on the cards.
Frankly, though, I do think that everytime you want to spend money on a movie or a game which you could get for free, you should instead get it for free and donate the same amount here (http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities) or here (https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/climatemobilization).Do you do this?
Only outcomes matter? The ends do not always justify the means. That's morality 101.
That's what I've been told numerous times throughout my life and every time I just kept thinking IT'S NOT TRUE! IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE! IT MAKES ON SENSE! YOU AREN'T EVEN THINKING! ARGH!
You can make every consequent morality that is oriented on principles fall apart with the right scenarios, with no exception. Because principled moral just frankly makes zero sense. It's an incredibly controversial thing to say but not more than saying that the earth circles around the sun a few hundred years ago.
So let's say Peter earns 30 000 $ each month and lives fairly comfortable with that. Now imagine you had a button that you can press, and every time you do he loses 1$ of his next salary and a poor family in Africa gets it instead. Is it right or wrong to press that button?
Now I give you a second button. Whenever you press that one, you take 1$ away from a poor family in Africa and add it to Peter's salary. I'm sure we can agree that you shouldn't even touch this button. But those two buttons do the exact opposite. So both an option and the reverse of that option are wrong?
[Note that I'm using small amounts to have largely linear effects]
If the answer is yes I think that should make you rethink things.
Onward. In the next scenario, you don't have buttons anymore. Instead you have a switch, with one side labeled "Africa" and the other side labeled "Peter". In two hours, the state of the switch will trigger an effect. If it is on Peter, he will receive his full salary. If it is on "Africa", our America family will receive 1$ of his salary. The default setting of the switch is "Africa". Is it correct to switch it back to "Peter" to take money away from the African family to Peter to avoid having him lose money he earned? If the answer is "no" then what happened to your principle? And if the answer is "yes", then that should make you think, because flipping this switch has the same effect as pressing the second button, which we already agreed is evil.
And lastly, imagine you have a second switch with sides labeled as "Transfer" and "No transfer", which determines not wether 1$ but 500 000 $ picked evenly from 5000 wealthy but fair working people's people's salaries are being transferred to a couple of families in Africa. It's a safe bet that at least a couple of people will live if "Transfer" is chosen but not if "No transfer" is chosen.
Do you switch it if the default setting is "Transfer?" Do you switch it if the default setting is "No transfer?"
With a principled moral, you have to bend over backwards and around on a handstand to come up with satisfying solutions (if I'm wrong about that, correct me, give me your answers).
If you value outcomes, it's the simplest thing in the world. You go with redistribution every time. Done.
Frankly, though, I do think that everytime you want to spend money on a movie or a game which you could get for free, you should instead get it for free and donate the same amount here (http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities) or here (https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/climatemobilization).Do you do this?
Assume Peter has 100 Euros in his bank account that he's not using. Should you steal that money and give it to the poor, according to your moral system?
Assume Peter has 100 Euros in his bank account that he's not using. Should you steal that money and give it to the poor, according to your moral system?
Well, if you have a button that does this then yes. If you have to plan and execute a criminal act then I don't think that's worth it.
If you do this on a large, Robin Hood like scale... I'd probably applaud that. If you do it responsibly.
And if the answer is "yes", then that should make you think, because flipping this switch has the same effect as pressing the second button, which we already agreed is evil.
Didn't I just say that I need to figure out what is the best charity before I donate the rest?
Didn't I just say that I need to figure out what is the best charity before I donate the rest?
What's the maximum one is allowed to earn before thievery is allowed?
Didn't I just say that I need to figure out what is the best charity before I donate the rest?
What's the maximum one is allowed to earn before thievery is allowed?
You are trying to get me to say controversial stuff because you don't like my arguments and want me to look bad in this discussion. Thievery is never allowed. What is allowed depends on laws. I'm not making laws. If you want to ask at which point I would think favorably about thievery, then I don't think I want to give you an exact answer. Obviously a line has to exist.
Didn't I just say that I need to figure out what is the best charity before I donate the rest?
What's the maximum one is allowed to earn before thievery is allowed?
You are trying to get me to say controversial stuff because you don't like my arguments and want me to look bad in this discussion. Thievery is never allowed. What is allowed depends on laws. I'm not making laws. If you want to ask at which point I would think favorably about thievery, then I don't think I want to give you an exact answer. Obviously a line has to exist.
You think your answer would be controversial?
Okay, at what level of income do you think it should be legally allowed to have your money taken away unilaterally and without consent to be given to those who have less than you?
Does that wording work better for you? It's your plan, man.
Is this conversation because people need exercise in eye rolling?
Only outcomes matter? The ends do not always justify the means. That's morality 101.
That's what I've been told numerous times throughout my life and every time I just kept thinking IT'S NOT TRUE! IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE! IT MAKES ON SENSE! YOU AREN'T EVEN THINKING! ARGH!
Since we need a change of pace,
http://imgur.com/gallery/K81U7
http://joancornella.net/
Since we need a change of pace,
http://imgur.com/gallery/K81U7
http://joancornella.net/
Since we need a change of pace,
http://imgur.com/gallery/K81U7
http://joancornella.net/
I have an album with all his works apparently. He's good, but sometimes too black-ish
Since we need a change of pace,
http://imgur.com/gallery/K81U7
http://joancornella.net/
I have an album with all his works apparently. He's good, but sometimes too black-ish
What do you mean black? They're always smiling!
Only outcomes matter? The ends do not always justify the means. That's morality 101.
That's what I've been told numerous times throughout my life and every time I just kept thinking IT'S NOT TRUE! IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE! IT MAKES ON SENSE! YOU AREN'T EVEN THINKING! ARGH!
Do you know what's even worse? No principles at all. Going in with "the ends justify the means" mindset is a disaster waiting to happen. Suppose your mother slaps you, and then tells you to stop hitting your brother. Massive hypocrite, right? And yet, the ends justify the means there. You'll stop. But man, great example from the mom.
Suppose you steal millions of dollars from someone who earned all of his millions legitimately. You donate it all to charity. Are you going to say then that stealing all of that money is right, simply because all of it went to charity? You must know on some superficial level that stealing is wrong. Again, this is morality 101.
Just because it is hard to implement some principled moralities does not make them wrong, and does not make no principles right.
Yes I can. I cannot force you to acknowledge my ownership, but I also can't force you to acknowledge my ownership of my wallet, or my computer. Just because it is easier to steal the former doesn't make it any less of a theft.
No you can't. Any abstract idea can be represented by a number and numbers just inherently exist.
Quoteand something that you can infinitely duplicate shouldn't have any value.
Says who? Who let you dictate societal norms and laws? Ideas and words have value.
The law of supply and demand.
QuoteI would pay for the time they spend working on the game, but most game developers choose to do that for free instead.No they don't. Most game developers get paid in some fashion. They require food and shelter just like you do.
The people who work for a company that develops games might get paid for their time by the company, but it's super rare for the company to get paid for that by the customers. Instead, the company gets paid for merchandise (e.g. game DVD ROMs) which is also understandable because the physical merch does have value too, and digital copies of the game, which is ridiculous.
It's worth noting that you can legally download my band's music for free and you can create whatever derivative works you want as long as those derivative works are released under the same license. While I want to do this just out of principle as well, I also think that it's the best strategy if we want to succeed as professional musicians because having people listen to our music for free is vastly preferable to having people not listen to our music at all.
Mostly, intellectual property laws just serve to further benefit the record labels and artists who don't have any real financial issues to begin with, at the cost of artists who are just starting out.
Frankly, though, I do think that everytime you want to spend money on a movie or a game which you could get for free, you should instead get it for free and donate the same amount here (http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities) or here (https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/climatemobilization).Do you do this?
I've spent very little money on things I could get for free for several years now, and donated not quite half of my savings to GiveWell's Give Directly a while ago, so in effect I think I've been largely doing it. I did not do the literal thing of making lots of small donations every time. I'm pretty sure I don't actually have enough money to pay for all music and movies I have on my hard drive even if you subtract the above amount.
Right now I'm trying to figure out whether it's crazy to donate to anything not related to climate change even if it's efficient. I mostly chose Give Directly to make sure charity doesn't have the humiliating factor. "I am wealthy, I will do this thing for you, you will be grateful." Or things like destroying local businesses by donating old clothes. With direct donations I imagine it's quite easy to ... well maybe not forget that it is charity, but not be bothered by it, and it doesn't damage their economy, and it's sure not to be spent on useless things since they can decide themselves what they need most, and it's documented that most of it is in fact used for very essential things. ... still it won't help us at all to avoid global collapse. So I'm sure it's better than keeping it, but it might be much worse than other causes. I might retract that donation and give it to the second thing I linked instead, if I could (which of course I can't).
Tell that to Notch. Or one of the hundreds of game designers out there for whom the company is (or was) synonymous with the designer(s).
And that's admirable, great! But not every musician/filmmaker/author should be forced to follow that model.
Again, tell that to independent authors/musicians/filmmakers/artists who rely on intellectual property protections.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
Better for you, but better for the developer? Absolutely not. Utilitarianism is thinly veiled selfishness disguised as a legitimate ideology.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
Better for you, but better for the developer? Absolutely not. Utilitarianism is thinly veiled selfishness disguised as a legitimate ideology.
Better for me and better for the developer.
Why is it better for the developer? I would rather nobody use my product than someone use it and not pay for it.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
Better for you, but better for the developer? Absolutely not. Utilitarianism is thinly veiled selfishness disguised as a legitimate ideology.
Why is it better for the developer? I would rather nobody use my product than someone use it and not pay for it.
Because if someone uses it and likes it, they're going to tell their friends about it.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
Better for you, but better for the developer? Absolutely not. Utilitarianism is thinly veiled selfishness disguised as a legitimate ideology.
I think you're kind of intentionally cutting corners and implicitly assuming utilitarianism is saying things that it is not saying.
In the exact scenario described, he is right - if the only two options are illegal download or not acquire at all, it is obviously better for you to download it, and at worst it has no effect on the content creator. At best there is "exposure" which has nonzero value.
You implicitly assumed a third option existed (like it does in reality) of paying for the work conventionally, but that wasn't present in the argument. Utilitarianism is not saying illegal downloading is more ethical than paying for it, at all.
...Who will then also download it illegally.
The argument itself was bogus, presenting only two options where more exist.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
According to utilitarianism, it's better to illegally download stuff that you enjoy than not having that stuff at all.
Better for you, but better for the developer? Absolutely not. Utilitarianism is thinly veiled selfishness disguised as a legitimate ideology.
I think you're kind of intentionally cutting corners and implicitly assuming utilitarianism is saying things that it is not saying.
In the exact scenario described, he is right - if the only two options are illegal download or not acquire at all, it is obviously better for you to download it, and at worst it has no effect on the content creator. At best there is "exposure" which has nonzero value.
You implicitly assumed a third option existed (like it does in reality) of paying for the work conventionally, but that wasn't present in the argument. Utilitarianism is not saying illegal downloading is more ethical than paying for it, at all.
...Who will then also download it illegally.
And tell their friends about it. By the end of the day, you've gained a bunch of fans for free. That's super useful to a creator.
The argument itself was bogus, presenting only two options where more exist.
It was eHalcyon who was suggesting that silverspawn should neither pay for entertainment nor download it illegally, because reasons.
...Who will then also download it illegally.
And tell their friends about it. By the end of the day, you've gained a bunch of fans for free. That's super useful to a creator.
It can be useful, but it is still thievery. And at the end of the day, if everyone is a utilitarian who thinks the way that you do, why does anybody have to pay for anything? Your very luxury of not paying for content is supported by thousands upon thousands who do end up paying for it. If nobody pays for it, there will be no product. If this is the case, why skirt around the rules and mooch off of someone else's hard work?QuoteThe argument itself was bogus, presenting only two options where more exist.
It was eHalcyon who was suggesting that silverspawn should neither pay for entertainment nor download it illegally, because reasons.
True. It is obvious that handling with this concept in theory is going to be tricky, because the real world is usually more complicated than theoretical land.
But why don't you donate without illegally downloading all that stuff?
I was waiting for an answer so I could elaborate with basically what you have here. I don't think a system works if it breaks down upon everyone following it.
I was waiting for an answer so I could elaborate with basically what you have here. I don't think a system works if it breaks down upon everyone following it.
"It wouldn't work if everyone did it!" is a non-argument. You can say this about virtually every career choice. If everyone went for the same career choice you did, the world wouldn't work.
I think it does. He said a system doesn't work if it wouldn't work if everyone did it. I said that it makes no difference what would happen if everyone followed it. The system is working. Artists are a bit worse off and much poorer people a bit better with what I'm doing, which is a net positive.
If nobody pays for it, there will be no product.
if everyone is a utilitarian who thinks the way that you do, why does anybody have to pay for anything?
when have I said that that would be a bad thing? ???
If nobody pays for it, there will be no product.
That's how it would work if all creators did what I'm suggesting they should do (i.e. crowdfunding every project and not doing the project if they don't get paid enough money for it to be worth their time). The way most creators do it now, the creators create the product for free and then if nobody pays for the product (regardless of whether or not they acquired it through other means), they just spent a lot of time and got nothing in return but the product definitely exists.
when have I said that that would be a bad thing? ???
When you said that a system doesn't work when everyone follows it.
It would be cool to have everything crowdfunded. I wouldn't disagree with that. It couldn't work with everything, but I don't hate crowdfunding as an idea.
In the exact scenario described, he is right - if the only two options are illegal download or not acquire at all, it is obviously better for you to download it, and at worst it has no effect on the content creator. At best there is "exposure" which has nonzero value.
And tell their friends about it. By the end of the day, you've gained a bunch of fans for free. That's super useful to a creator.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
Now lets act like that brief time the forum was down didn't drive us to the depths of insanity.
GOOD MORNING.
Now lets act like that brief time the forum was down didn't drive us to the depths of insanity.
TELL ME MCGARNACLE, ARE YOU AFRAID?
GOOD MORNING.
Now lets act like that brief time the forum was down didn't drive us to the depths of insanity.
TELL ME MCGARNACLE, ARE YOU AFRAID?
A little
But unsurprisingly, not as useful as food. Having a bunch of fans who will then also illegally download your stuff, and no one who pays even the smallest bit, means you starve.
Probably it's more moral to donate charity and not download the games illegally than it is to donate to charity and download the games illegally. So if you are trying to optimize your morality I guess you can't play games.
Probably it's more moral to donate charity and not download the games illegally than it is to donate to charity and download the games illegally. So if you are trying to optimize your morality I guess you can't play games.
How is it moral to not download games?
So, this is very random, and I don't know if anybody will do this, but here goes. Does somebody want to be amazing and do some pixel art for me? Here's some crappy concept art I just made for something:
(http://i.imgur.com/THpoRAW.png)
It's a walking pancake with a white tie. Don't ask. Anyway, I want you to make it look way nicer, and put it in this (http://i.imgur.com/gfKOzWH.png) format. With all the different steps and everything. Shouldn't be too hard, right?
I can make a one bit pixel image. ;)
Yeah all starters IIRC have a 7/8 chance to be male.
Yeah all starters IIRC have a 7/8 chance to be male.
Why is it like that? Almost all the other Pokemon have 50/50% gender rates.
Yeah all starters IIRC have a 7/8 chance to be male.
Why is it like that? Almost all the other Pokemon have 50/50% gender rates.
Yeah all starters IIRC have a 7/8 chance to be male.
Why is it like that? Almost all the other Pokemon have 50/50% gender rates.
There are a lot of monsters with higher chance of being male. Only a handful has higher chance to be female.
Man, I know why they call this Random Stuff Part III!
Update: my now Venusaur died at lvl 46 to a critical hit - selfdestructare you nuzzlocking?
I'd be okay with that since it means I now need to be more creative in making my team but the two new ones of my team also died. All I have left is my Alakazam, which just seems to one-hit virtually everything.
I just spent three to four hours trying to track down what I thought was a bug that may actually just be an artifact of how our code is set up. This is where a real programmer would say it's a feature, right?
I just spent three to four hours trying to track down what I thought was a bug that may actually just be an artifact of how our code is set up. This is where a real programmer would say it's a feature, right?grumble grumble no man's sky grumble
Seprix seems like a pretty cool guy over the Internet. That sucks though :( I'll still assume you're cool IRL
Did you get her to play forum games? Or are you the type of guy who doesn't do that until the third date?
Sometimes people get busy, too. Other things come up in life.
Sometimes I just want to stay home and watch TV and I stop talking to people.
Except Tom Hiddleston.
Dune is better than girls.
In other news, if I die in the next couple of days, it is because ashersky got jealous and killed me over this awesome new book I found.Dude where's your neck?
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qv3diuan39ateca/Photo%20on%209-30-16%20at%2011.13%20PM.jpg?dl=0)
I've always wanted to read it, and now I can!
In other news, if I die in the next couple of days, it is because ashersky got jealous and killed me over this awesome new book I found.
In other news, if I die in the next couple of days, it is because ashersky got jealous and killed me over this awesome new book I found.
Ashersky does know he can go to the bookstore or library and read it himself too, right? Dune isn't a rare commodity like spice melange.
In other news, if I die in the next couple of days, it is because ashersky got jealous and killed me over this awesome new book I found.
Ashersky does know he can go to the bookstore or library and read it himself too, right? Dune isn't a rare commodity like spice melange.
Yes, but I have this fancy special edition book cover of Dune.
It's the Barnes & Nobles deluxe edition: https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Hardcover-Frank-Herbert/dp/0425266540/
It's the Barnes & Nobles deluxe edition: https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Hardcover-Frank-Herbert/dp/0425266540/
Well, yeah. But it's still cool looking!
They should make a bathing suit for women where the straps fall along tan curves, so that tan lines are actual tan lines.
They should make a bathing suit for women where the straps fall along tan curves, so that tan lines are actual tan lines.
I didn't follow this one in the least.
Ok. So I finally decided to bite the bullet and I'm picking up a (regular) new 3ds today, the Super Mario bundle one.
If I could only get like...3 games to start, what are the best ones?
Ok. So I finally decided to bite the bullet and I'm picking up a (regular) new 3ds today, the Super Mario bundle one.
If I could only get like...3 games to start, what are the best ones?
They should make a bathing suit for women where the straps fall along tan curves, so that tan lines are actual tan lines.
I didn't follow this one in the least.
They should make a bathing suit for women where the straps fall along tan curves, so that tan lines are actual tan lines.
They should make a bathing suit for women where the straps fall along tan curves, so that tan lines are actual tan lines.
I didn't follow this one in the least.
The first and third uses of 'tan' mean the function x -> tan(x), and the second use of 'tan' means the darkening of skin tone due to exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
Ok. So I finally decided to bite the bullet and I'm picking up a (regular) new 3ds today, the Super Mario bundle one.
If I could only get like...3 games to start, what are the best ones?
Ok. So I finally decided to bite the bullet and I'm picking up a (regular) new 3ds today, the Super Mario bundle one.
If I could only get like...3 games to start, what are the best ones?
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is a 3DS rerelease of the best game ever, but sadly is N3DS only.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is a 3DS rerelease of the best game ever, but sadly is N3DS only.
Got any tips for getting through Xenoblade Chronicles? I got to maybe the 4th or 5th area before completely losing interest. It's just such a slog, especially for a completionist.
I think that in fire red, the top 4 use moves strategically while all other trainers use movies randomly. That's pretty mean. and it killed me :xi think most of the games are like that. get excited for a modest amount of bonus stuff after the elite 4
For 3DS, uh, I liked Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. It's a lot lighter than say a JRPG.
For 3DS, uh, I liked Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. It's a lot lighter than say a JRPG.
Oh, yeah, I should have mentioned that one. I don't think that's one of the best 3DS games but you know, it's still really good. It was actually my first 3DS game so there's that.
If you want to try a rhythm game, the 3DS is sadly a bit lacking, but Rhythm Thief is pretty good. If you dig back into the DS archives (sadly, none of which are on the eShop, I believe) then there are classics like Rhythm Heaven and Elite Beat Agents.
Sometimes I'm not convinced anything more than two hours of the work day is worth it.
Sometimes I'm not convinced anything more than two hours of the work day is worth it.
I think the world would be so much of a better place if we all admitted to ourselves that 40 hours doesn't need to be standard for a salaried job and that many jobs would be better for everyone if they paid the same, had the same amount of work per week, but you only came in for 20 focused, no bullshit hours.
Sometimes I'm not convinced anything more than two hours of the work day is worth it.
I think the world would be so much of a better place if we all admitted to ourselves that 40 hours doesn't need to be standard for a salaried job and that many jobs would be better for everyone if they paid the same, had the same amount of work per week, but you only came in for 20 focused, no bullshit hours.
I agree. Every once and a while I'll have highly productive weeks, where I really am busy the full time, but mostly I just can't stay that focused and productive for eight hours x 5 days straight.
Sometimes I'm not convinced anything more than two hours of the work day is worth it.
I think the world would be so much of a better place if we all admitted to ourselves that 40 hours doesn't need to be standard for a salaried job and that many jobs would be better for everyone if they paid the same, had the same amount of work per week, but you only came in for 20 focused, no bullshit hours.
Basic income all the way!
Basic income all the way!
A necessary but not sufficient solution to this problem. The greater acceptance and availability of "part time" work would need to come with this, or the 40-hour standard / rut will persist.
Someone else find a link for that "Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed" article.
This article made me cry.Basic income all the way!
A necessary but not sufficient solution to this problem. The greater acceptance and availability of "part time" work would need to come with this, or the 40-hour standard / rut will persist.
Someone else find a link for that "Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed" article.
Oh. And I also appreciate all of the great opinions everyone had on 3DS games.
I'm probably going broke now ;)
Since no one actually linked it:
http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/
It turns out the problem with runs where you have to stop playing once you die is that you have to stop playing once you die.
It turns out the problem with runs where you have to stop playing once you die is that you have to stop playing once you die.
This applies to both Ironman playthroughs and many Speedruns equally. The solution in both is also the same.
It turns out the problem with runs where you have to stop playing once you die is that you have to stop playing once you die.
This applies to both Ironman playthroughs and many Speedruns equally. The solution in both is also the same.
I'm all ears
It turns out the problem with runs where you have to stop playing once you die is that you have to stop playing once you die.
This applies to both Ironman playthroughs and many Speedruns equally. The solution in both is also the same.
I'm all ears
You try again
I'll try again. Last loss was out of stupidity. I'll try not to be stupid this time.
I'll try again. Last loss was out of stupidity. I'll try not to be stupid this time.
Famouslastfirst words of the roguelike addict.
It turns out the problem with runs where you have to stop playing once you die is that you have to stop playing once you die.
This applies to both Ironman playthroughs and many Speedruns equally. The solution in both is also the same.
I'm all ears
You try again
This is why I prefer my roguelike / one-try-only games to be short.
Ok. So I finally decided to bite the bullet and I'm picking up a (regular) new 3ds today, the Super Mario bundle one.
If I could only get like...3 games to start, what are the best ones?
pokemon x --restarted once after I beat the third gym. I really don't know which pokemon are good or anything about team comp. It's a bit overwhelming having virtually zero knowledge of pokemon and then having 700+ pokemon and all the moves to learn about. I know you don't have to min/max for just going through the story, but I don't like playing suboptimally. So kinda feeling like I have learn more before I'll really get into it.
Dunno how your finances are, but if X/Y are overwhelming, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are remakes of the third Gen, so they have less things to worry about.Those might be a better fit to start with then.
From your list, you seem to have looooooooots of free time :p Most of those are reeeeeeeeeeeally long.
Cool. Is x/y still the main pokemon thread here? Maybe we should have more!pokemon x --restarted once after I beat the third gym. I really don't know which pokemon are good or anything about team comp. It's a bit overwhelming having virtually zero knowledge of pokemon and then having 700+ pokemon and all the moves to learn about. I know you don't have to min/max for just going through the story, but I don't like playing suboptimally. So kinda feeling like I have learn more before I'll really get into it.
I can teach you all there is to know about Pokemon. I used to play it all of the time, and I was quite good at it too. Competitive player and all. I couldn't tell you the current metagame, but a quick google could fix that problem.
Cool. Is x/y still the main pokemon thread here? Maybe we should have more!pokemon x --restarted once after I beat the third gym. I really don't know which pokemon are good or anything about team comp. It's a bit overwhelming having virtually zero knowledge of pokemon and then having 700+ pokemon and all the moves to learn about. I know you don't have to min/max for just going through the story, but I don't like playing suboptimally. So kinda feeling like I have learn more before I'll really get into it.
I can teach you all there is to know about Pokemon. I used to play it all of the time, and I was quite good at it too. Competitive player and all. I couldn't tell you the current metagame, but a quick google could fix that problem.
I'm learning about small businesses in school and we've been talking about the SBA and stuff but I have a question: Is there a site/hub for businesses that need advertising so that they can easily get in contact with advertising companies?
How do you do the dice thing?[roll]1d6[/roll]
How do you do the dice thing?[roll]1d6[/roll]
Lame, 1d1 automatically changes to 1d2.
Just imagine how much additional work it would be to have 20% more people who try to run it succeed. Probably quite a lot. But 20% more total work? Not even close.
I have never tried to install any software that was too difficult to configure, considering what the basic functionality of the software was.
Just imagine how much additional work it would be to have 20% more people who try to run it succeed. Probably quite a lot. But 20% more total work? Not even close.
I mean, I can think of countless reasons why this math here doesn't necessarily work, but since I don't know what program nor company we are talking about, I don't know how relevant they are.
loz oot --been having an absolute blast as it's my first zelda game ever!
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
It's hard to compare OoT and TP, because I played them first at a very different point in my life. Overall, I think OoT has a more imaginative Hyrule, a memorable soundtrack, and a better story. TP has better mechanics and gameplay, although I am not a big fan of the light/dark World gimmick. They are still extremely similar games.
And, of course, OoT was extremely ground breaking back in the day, but that's not relevant when comparing their merits today.
Zelda snobs tend to say Majora's was the better game anyway.
And Windwaker is a perfect game in every way, of course, even in the ways it isn't.
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
it's amazing how many of your opinions are just wrong
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
I think Ocarina of Time is better than Twilight Princess by a lot of metrics, but worse by some. They're both good games. It was fun replaying them both recently, on 3DS and WiiU respectively.
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
I think Ocarina of Time is better than Twilight Princess by a lot of metrics, but worse by some. They're both good games. It was fun replaying them both recently, on 3DS and WiiU respectively.
I bought OoT for the 3DS, and I was bored out of my mind playing it. Is that normal? Is it boring in the beginning?
btw, Link to the Past is my favorite in the series.
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
it's amazing how many of your opinions are just wrong
Opinions can't be 'wrong'.
Ocarina of Time is vastly overrated. I've played Twilight Princess, and that is basically what OoT is, except OoT was worse (for being a predecessor, less ideas, mechanics, etc). It was an innovative game for its time, but come on, let's not kid ourselves, it's not that fantastic of a game today.
I think Ocarina of Time is better than Twilight Princess by a lot of metrics, but worse by some. They're both good games. It was fun replaying them both recently, on 3DS and WiiU respectively.
I bought OoT for the 3DS, and I was bored out of my mind playing it. Is that normal? Is it boring in the beginning?
btw, Link to the Past is my favorite in the series.
Ocarina of Time is a little slow to start. Not nearly as slow as Twilight Princess, though. How far did you get?
I think I got to the first boss, the thing in that cave. After that, I never had a chance to continue OoT due to personal reasons. This was like a year ago. I would continue playing if I could, but that was my initial impressions.
I think I got to the first boss, the thing in that cave. After that, I never had a chance to continue OoT due to personal reasons. This was like a year ago. I would continue playing if I could, but that was my initial impressions.
I was kind of idly clicking through recent posts and, not realizing this was the random stuff thread, thought "what the heck is he talking about getting to the first boss in dominion?".
I think I got to the first boss, the thing in that cave. After that, I never had a chance to continue OoT due to personal reasons. This was like a year ago. I would continue playing if I could, but that was my initial impressions.
I was kind of idly clicking through recent posts and, not realizing this was the random stuff thread, thought "what the heck is he talking about getting to the first boss in dominion?".
Level 6: Throne Room
Featured Card: Throne Room
Boss: Marin
I have never played a Zelda game.
I have never played a Zelda game.
It's pretty neat. Zelda can throw swords. As you progress, Zelda can start picking up and using bombs, boomerangs, and bows.
Zelda is a badass in combat.
Cue: Nerd rage
Am I the only one old enough to have watched the animated series when it was airing?
Am I the only one old enough to have watched the animated series when it was airing?
Am I the only one old enough to have watched the animated series when it was airing?
Am I the only one old enough to have watched the animated series when it was airing?
You mean during the "Super Mario Brothers Super Show?"
No, you are not.
Man, we would watch *any* bullshit they made into a cartoon when we were kids, wouldn't we?
Man, we would watch *any* bullshit they made into a cartoon when we were kids, wouldn't we?this is not a quality unique to any generation. for example, probably more than half of games on steam would demonstrate this point
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?
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. :)
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.
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.
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?)
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?
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.
Mabye I should have mentioned that it is in the context of parsing a binary file :P
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?
Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?2d6 is weighted to the center if you're adding them
Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?
Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?
Pros and cons of rolling a D12 vs. 2D6?
A D12 always has a 1/12 chance to land on any number. 2D6 more often land on 5-8. You can't roll 1 on 2D6. In general I prefer rolling 2D6 when I want a "better roll", but I know people who think differently.
So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
No, sorry.So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
I'm not fully understanding this question. Like, what would you roll to guarantee that you get a higher result than what you get with a d4?
If that's the question, then 5+ dice of anything will do better than a d4. This could be 5d2 or 5d1000. Both would strictly give you a number higher than what you get with a d4.
Do I understand correctly?
But you have a better chance of rolling a 12 (or 11, I think) with a D12, so doesn't that give you a better chance of beating a D20, since its average is 10?So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
Isn't it just 2D6 every time? It rolls 7 on average, while 1D12 rolls only 6.5 on average.
But you have a better chance of rolling a 12 (or 11, I think) with a D12, so doesn't that give you a better chance of beating a D20, since its average is 10?So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
Isn't it just 2D6 every time? It rolls 7 on average, while 1D12 rolls only 6.5 on average.
Okay, that actually did help me wrap my head around it. Thank you!But you have a better chance of rolling a 12 (or 11, I think) with a D12, so doesn't that give you a better chance of beating a D20, since its average is 10?So if you're trying to roll higher than a D4, which is better? What if you're trying to roll higher than a D10? Or D20?
Isn't it just 2D6 every time? It rolls 7 on average, while 1D12 rolls only 6.5 on average.
It's true that D12 has a better chance of beating 10, but a D20 only averages at 10, it doesn't roll it every time. To make it easier to wrap your head around the issue, imagine that you play the game 20 times and the D20 rolls each of its numbers exactly once.
I wrote a Python script to simulate this because it was easier than doing the math and it looks like 2D6 wins about 30% of the time, while 1D12 only wins about 27.5% of the time.
idea: reddit variant that lets you upvote/downvote individual words
e.g. my three favorite garies are gary from spongebob, gary johnson and gary, indiana
Played around with some effects. Didn't expect it to amount to anything, but... (http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161108/etbsbexg.png)
Played around with some effects. Didn't expect it to amount to anything, but... (http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161108/etbsbexg.png)
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blindand who
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
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.
technical is pretty good
On my way home after finishing an RPG campaign we've been playing for the last seven years. Feels pretty good.
On my way home after finishing an RPG campaign we've been playing for the last seven years. Feels pretty good.Yeah I'd be sad if it was over
On my way home after finishing an RPG campaign we've been playing for the last seven years. Feels pretty good.Yeah I'd be sad if it was over
On my way home after finishing an RPG campaign we've been playing for the last seven years. Feels pretty good.
Was the campaign that bad, if it feels good that it's over?
Played around with some effects. Didn't expect it to amount to anything, but... (http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161108/etbsbexg.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/v4Y3VCd.gif) (http://imgur.com/gallery/v4Y3VCd)
Played around with some effects. Didn't expect it to amount to anything, but... (http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161108/etbsbexg.png)
I worked on it further (http://fs5.directupload.net/images/161117/uqhjntdb.png) (or made it into something else, rather). This is pretty fun. I unexpectedly feel slightly motivated to be productive again.
Does anyone have a link to that video where Donald was discussing different voting theories? It was posted somewhere on the boards, but I can't remember where and can't come up with the correct search string.
Does anyone have a link to that video where Donald was discussing different voting theories? It was posted somewhere on the boards, but I can't remember where and can't come up with the correct search string.Later I came up with one scheme that's just perfect, for a narrow situation that comes up everywhere constantly. I will share this wonderful thing with you. This is the text as written several years ago; I could tweak it a little to be clearer now (e.g. it should say "data loss" in a few places it says "data compression"), but I think it will do the job as written.
By voting reforms, I don't mean like making ballots clear or something. I mean, algorithms for doing a better job of going from "what people want" to "what people get." And conventional voting, I will tell you now, is awful at this.
The problem is data compression. You take everything about what one person wants in a president, for example, and compress it down into one bit of information - which of two candidates they prefer. Then you take millions of these bits - one per voter - and compress them down to one bit - who wins. Paint a picture of what Americans want in a president. To paint this picture you may use a single pixel, which you can make a particular shade of red or a particular shade of blue.
It's not quite that bad because of primaries, and you can argue about what chances exactly a 3rd party has, but whatever. There's massive data compression here. And the result is, well like I said, you do a poor job of turning what people want into what they get. You may still get some other value out of voting; that's not my topic today.
Sadly most voting reforms focus only on increasing the input. Instant run-off voting, for example, increases the number of bits of information each person puts into the system. But the output is still a single bit, so with millions of voters each voter can only contribute a tiny fraction of a bit to the result anyway. Increasing the input can address the problem of spoilers, and that's great, but mostly what you are accomplishing is letting people pretend to vote for a loser while casting their real vote for one of the two contenders.
I have a bunch of schemes for improving on conventional voting. Mostly they involve explaining tricky stuff to the voters, or have weird ways to game the system, or other problems. They are interesting thought experiments but need work. Today though I have a scheme to share that has no such issues. It manages to dodge problems my other ideas have, by only addressing a certain situation: voting for voters. As it happens people do this all the time so this is still useful.
So here is the scheme. I will use the U.S. House of Representatives for my example. It will apply to any situation where people vote on voters though.
1. Redraw the voting districts to be twice as big. Just join adjacent districts.
2. People vote for representatives in each district. It looks like classic voting here: pick your favorite guy.
3. Each representative getting at least 15% of the vote is elected. Potentially six people from any given district will make it in, or maybe just one.
4. In the House, when the representatives vote on things, each representative gets a number of votes equal to the number of people that voted for them. If 17,350 people voted for you, you get 17,350 votes in the House. You don't get to split your votes - anything you vote on, all 17,350 votes go the same way (or however many you got).
That's it. How many votes a representative gets depends on how many votes they got. In a typical district one or two people would make it into office, but possibly more would; in the long run you might want to make the voting districts a little larger to cut down on how many members of the House you end up with total.
The beauty of this system is that it's so easy to see how it works and what it gets you. The representatives are representing the voters, right? Doesn't this system therefore make way more sense than well not doing this? Once upon a time, large numbers were more work to deal with; today a computer just adds them up for you.
Let's say one district is 60% Apple party members, 30% Blueberry, 10% Carrot. Under the current system, the Apple gets in and gets one vote in Congress. The Blueberries and Carrots are unrepresented. With my proposal, the Apple and Blueberry candidates both get in, but in Congress the Apple guy's opinion counts for twice as much as the Blueberry guy's (well the district is twice as big but you know). This better corresponds to the reality of the district. The Carrot guy still doesn't make it in; I have to draw the line somewhere, so that everyone doesn't vote themselves into Congress, and if a party doesn't have a certain amount of support, maybe we would be scared to give them any power anyway.
One benchmark I like is, how does the voting reform do against gerrymandering? Gerrymandering doesn't do anything here unless you can get the enemy party below 15% somewhere. If you can't, they get the same number of votes no matter what you do. Gerrymandering can still be used against parties without much support in a region though, because of that 15% threshold. So, the district lines do matter, but not everywhere, and not as much as they currently do.
This system doesn't limit a party to one candidate in a district, and it's fine if two candidates for the same party win in a district - it doesn't give that party an advantage, since each candidate ends up with fewer votes and thus fewer votes in the House as a result. It might hurt that party though if they splintered so much that some of their people went below 15%, so in practice I think parties would have primaries and try to just have one guy running per district.
Overall this system seems obviously better than the current system, by the metric of, how well does it turn what people want into what they get. It represents people better than the current system, which seems like a fine thing to want out of representatives. So, get to it, governments!
That's kind of the whole VP being whoever loses in the past though, and that didn't work out too well then.
That's kind of the whole VP being whoever loses in the past though, and that didn't work out too well then.
When was that done? (Not a politics person here.) I've always kind of thought that if I were ever to be president (not that I want to or am qualified), I'd select my main opponent(s) for major positions. I haven't actually thought it through, just, seems to make sense to get people with different viewpoints to help you, as long as you can work together.
Let's say one district is 60% Apple party members, 30% Blueberry, 10% Carrot. Under the current system, the Apple gets in and gets one vote in Congress. The Blueberries and Carrots are unrepresented. With my proposal, the Apple and Blueberry candidates both get in, but in Congress the Apple guy's opinion counts for twice as much as the Blueberry guy's (well the district is twice as big but you know). This better corresponds to the reality of the district. The Carrot guy still doesn't make it in; I have to draw the line somewhere, so that everyone doesn't vote themselves into Congress, and if a party doesn't have a certain amount of support, maybe we would be scared to give them any power anyway.
It happened during the 1796 election, where nobody won, and John Adams ended up getting stuck with Thomas Jefferson as VP. It's an interesting time period too, because this election result basically formulated the 1-party system.
Interesting, thanks. When you think about these things, do you formally go through and show which criteria it does and does not satisfy? (I don't know much about voting theory, I'm just talking about what Wikipedia says (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system#Mathematical_criteria). Is that kind of the accepted evaluation technique?)I don't formally show anything or look up any criteria for judging things. I'm just entertaining myself.
Everyone seems to like Hamilton.
Everyone seems to like Hamilton.
In practice, how much different is Apple 2x Blueberry x vs just Apple in? Blueberry is 'represented' but its vote gets dwarfed by Apple. If our society were just this district, then it wouldn't be any different than just electing Apple alone (except for the extent to which Blueberry and Apple can influence each other while working in the same building, or whaterver).* So we actually have lots of these, so you have an aggregate effect, though it's not clear to me how that plays out in practice.It's a lot different! Our society is not just this district (and if it were, you could divide up that district so that it wasn't); the difference between a president and a parliament. And Apples aren't 100% party-line.
Later I came up with one scheme that's just perfect, for a narrow situation that comes up everywhere constantly. I will share this wonderful thing with you. This is the text as written several years ago; I could tweak it a little to be clearer now (e.g. it should say "data loss" in a few places it says "data compression"), but I think it will do the job as written.You've probably heard of it already, but you might be interested in the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, which is a multi-member district system used in a few places already. Your system has a much simpler ballot though, which is nice.
You've probably heard of it already, but you might be interested in the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, which is a multi-member district system used in a few places already. Your system has a much simpler ballot though, which is nice.I am pretty familiar with voting systems. The one that's fun to say is Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping. The best simple system that doesn't increase the output (and thus sucks) is to give each candidate a score from 0-10, and add 'em up across voters. If people game the system it degenerates multiple times, ending up as approval voting, which is a fine simple system, if again you are willing to live with a 1-bit output, which you shouldn't be.
Everyone seems to like Hamilton.
Not Aaron Burr.
Dating profile description: "Please give your name when replying to me."
My response: "Hi, my first name is ____, and if we get to know each other well enough, you'll get my last name. If we really get to know each other, you'll also get my last name."
Nailed it.
What is the point of coding stuff in Vim?
Some random questions as a CS major.
Is coding still as fun when you move into higher levels?
What is the point of coding stuff in Vim?
It gets even worse once you see the chatbox light up with their conversation.
Thanks for tuning in to this Thanksgiving coffee rant.
So I don't really like Starbucksbut, sometimes it's just the most convenient. Especially on holidays or other times when small businesses may be closed.
For some reason they insist on making a cafe americano exactly incorrectly. They put the espresso shots in an empty cup and then fill with (almost always way too hot) water. It should be like a cafe longe (which you can't get in US, though they were the best thing ever in Paris): add hot (drinkable temperature) water and then add the espresso shots in top. This preserves the nice 'cream' on top of the drink. Also you want to drink the espresso shot as soon as possible, so why do it first? After the few initial drinks, I suppose both ways are more or less the same as the drink has become homogeneous, but it's not as good at first.
Thanks for tuning in to this Thanksgiving coffee rant.
So I don't really like Starbucksbut, sometimes it's just the most convenient. Especially on holidays or other times when small businesses may be closed.
For some reason they insist on making a cafe americano exactly incorrectly. They put the espresso shots in an empty cup and then fill with (almost always way too hot) water. It should be like a cafe longe (which you can't get in US, though they were the best thing ever in Paris): add hot (drinkable temperature) water and then add the espresso shots in top. This preserves the nice 'cream' on top of the drink. Also you want to drink the espresso shot as soon as possible, so why do it first? After the few initial drinks, I suppose both ways are more or less the same as the drink has become homogeneous, but it's not as good at first.
Thanks for tuning in to this Thanksgiving coffee rant.
So I don't really like Starbucksbut, sometimes it's just the most convenient. Especially on holidays or other times when small businesses may be closed.
For some reason they insist on making a cafe americano exactly incorrectly. They put the espresso shots in an empty cup and then fill with (almost always way too hot) water. It should be like a cafe longe (which you can't get in US, though they were the best thing ever in Paris): add hot (drinkable temperature) water and then add the espresso shots in top. This preserves the nice 'cream' on top of the drink. Also you want to drink the espresso shot as soon as possible, so why do it first? After the few initial drinks, I suppose both ways are more or less the same as the drink has become homogeneous, but it's not as good at first.
Thanks for tuning in to this Thanksgiving coffee rant.
So I don't really like Starbucksbut, sometimes it's just the most convenient. Especially on holidays or other times when small businesses may be closed.
For some reason they insist on making a cafe americano exactly incorrectly. They put the espresso shots in an empty cup and then fill with (almost always way too hot) water. It should be like a cafe longe (which you can't get in US, though they were the best thing ever in Paris): add hot (drinkable temperature) water and then add the espresso shots in top. This preserves the nice 'cream' on top of the drink. Also you want to drink the espresso shot as soon as possible, so why do it first? After the few initial drinks, I suppose both ways are more or less the same as the drink has become homogeneous, but it's not as good at first.
Thanks for tuning in to this Thanksgiving coffee rant.
I don't drink americano. I think it's kind of weird, but I get why people do like it. I prefer when it tastes more, I guess.
Can't find anything on cafe longe, but I do know how cafe lungo works, and it's not really add water to espresso, but rather have more water pass through for a longer time.
And wikipedia says you can add the water before or after for an americano.
I don't know much about coffee, though. So take it with a grain of salt (which was apparently how one took their coffee, at least in Sweden, way back).
I enjoy Starbucks for what it is -- a place for free wifi and flavored beverages that have coffee as an ingredient.
For real coffee, no matter the style, make your own at home. (Or fly to Italy.)
Anyone have recommendations for a phone stylus? I bought a cheap-ish one from Best Buy so I could continue to play Pokemon Go without my hands freezing. It is wearing out after only a couple weeks of use. Not sure if it's just especially low quality, cold weather or the specific motions needed for PoGo (but probably some combination of all 3).
Anyway, I'm not sure if a more expensive stylus would be better. For now, I've ordered a set of 10 extra-cheap styluses from Amazon. No idea if they'll collectively last longer, but it's so cheap that I may as well try. They're gonna take a month to arrive though. Any of you guys have relevant wisdom to offer?
Anyone have recommendations for a phone stylus? I bought a cheap-ish one from Best Buy so I could continue to play Pokemon Go without my hands freezing. It is wearing out after only a couple weeks of use. Not sure if it's just especially low quality, cold weather or the specific motions needed for PoGo (but probably some combination of all 3).
Anyway, I'm not sure if a more expensive stylus would be better. For now, I've ordered a set of 10 extra-cheap styluses from Amazon. No idea if they'll collectively last longer, but it's so cheap that I may as well try. They're gonna take a month to arrive though. Any of you guys have relevant wisdom to offer?
No wisdom, but a question: How in the world is something from Amazon taking a month to ship?
Unless I've misunderstood and they're coming from some rare uncontacted tribe in the Amazon.
Anybody in here has any experience with signal processing? I have signals that have a huge messy noise source around 50kHz that I want to get rid off. I've tried some things already with less good results than I was hoping, so I am looking for options.
Well, yeah. Assuming it were a more annoying frequency for you, what would you do? Probably won't be useful to me, but who knows.
Well, yeah. Assuming it were a more annoying frequency for you, what would you do? Probably won't be useful to me, but who knows.
You never truly appreciate the 'r' and 'e' keys being right next to each other until you try to search "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and come up with something totally different...
Any idea what a denoiser does, exactly?
I guess it would be too much to assume that you know how? Or, failing that, have a link?
You never truly appreciate the 'r' and 'e' keys being right next to each other until you try to search "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and come up with something totally different...
You never truly appreciate the 'r' and 'e' keys being right next to each other until you try to search "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and come up with something totally different...
It's always good to proofread, in order to keep abeast of typos.
I guess it would be too much to assume that you know how? Or, failing that, have a link?
As Taylor Mali says, there is no prostitute for proper proofreading.
I guess it would be too much to assume that you know how? Or, failing that, have a link?
I'm in image processing rather than 1D signals, but usually if you can characterize the statistical properties of your noise vs your signal, you're off to a good start. Often denoising relies on decomposing your signal into some kind of basis function representation, downweighting coefficients that represent the noise band, and reconstructing the original signal minus the noise from that. You say you've tried frequency space (FFTs?) already, so that's one related approach. You might investigate different windowing functions you could apply beforehand, too.
An important question is what you're doing with your signal afterwards, though. If you're using it for some kind of analysis, can you just design the remainder of the pipeline to be robust/invariant to the noise, rather than requiring a pre-processing step that might also interfere with the informative part of the signal?
I had a dream tonight that made me remember about one beautiful and interesting game called Braid. Has anyone played? I highly recommend it, it's in my top-5 best games in the world!
An important question is what you're doing with your signal afterwards, though. If you're using it for some kind of analysis, can you just design the remainder of the pipeline to be robust/invariant to the noise, rather than requiring a pre-processing step that might also interfere with the informative part of the signal?
Simplifying my problem, I am trying to identify the number of times a given pulse shape appears in my signal, with that pulse shape occurring in clusters. I have yet to try Wiener deconvolution (since I know my pulse shape and have a good estimate of my noise), that seems like the next logical step. Otherwise, I have to try wavelets and see what happens, although I have no experience with those.
I have tried to make the remainder of the pipeline more robust to the noise, that was my first approach, but I have only limited success because of that 50kHz, so that's why I am trying to approach the problem from that angle now.
I had a dream tonight that made me remember about one beautiful and interesting game called Braid. Has anyone played? I highly recommend it, it's in my top-5 best games in the world!
In the past people have been able to answer my questions about dice, but I think this one is more difficult.
Which one is more likely to win, a D10 or a D8+1? Which one is 'better?'
Huh. Okay.
What about if you were facing a roll of a D12? Which would be better?
No, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?Huh. Okay.
What about if you were facing a roll of a D12? Which would be better?
The D12.
In less mathy terms, D10 has a range of 1-10 with each result being equally likely. D8+1 has a range of 2-9 with each result being equally likely. Looking at it from that perspective, it's not difficult to see that they would have the same average roll. D12 has a range of 1-12 with each result being equally likely, so it's better.
No, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?Huh. Okay.
What about if you were facing a roll of a D12? Which would be better?
The D12.
In less mathy terms, D10 has a range of 1-10 with each result being equally likely. D8+1 has a range of 2-9 with each result being equally likely. Looking at it from that perspective, it's not difficult to see that they would have the same average roll. D12 has a range of 1-12 with each result being equally likely, so it's better.
Really? But they have different rangesNo, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?Huh. Okay.
What about if you were facing a roll of a D12? Which would be better?
The D12.
In less mathy terms, D10 has a range of 1-10 with each result being equally likely. D8+1 has a range of 2-9 with each result being equally likely. Looking at it from that perspective, it's not difficult to see that they would have the same average roll. D12 has a range of 1-12 with each result being equally likely, so it's better.
Doesn't matter.
Really? But they have different rangesNo, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?Huh. Okay.
What about if you were facing a roll of a D12? Which would be better?
The D12.
In less mathy terms, D10 has a range of 1-10 with each result being equally likely. D8+1 has a range of 2-9 with each result being equally likely. Looking at it from that perspective, it's not difficult to see that they would have the same average roll. D12 has a range of 1-12 with each result being equally likely, so it's better.
Doesn't matter.
Is there any instance where you'd rather have 1D8+1 over a D10, or vice versa?Really? But they have different rangesNo, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?
The D12.
In less mathy terms, D10 has a range of 1-10 with each result being equally likely. D8+1 has a range of 2-9 with each result being equally likely. Looking at it from that perspective, it's not difficult to see that they would have the same average roll. D12 has a range of 1-12 with each result being equally likely, so it's better.
Doesn't matter.
They have the same average roll.
Is there any instance where you'd rather have 1D8+1 over a D10, or vice versa?
Obviously when rolling a one sided die. But what about with a D4? Would you maybe want the D8+1 instead of the D10?
So I saw Book of Mormon today. It's pretty amazing.
No, I meant would you rather roll a D10 or D8+1 against a D12?
To generalize:Is there any instance where you'd rather have 1D8+1 over a D10, or vice versa?
Obviously when rolling a one sided die. But what about with a D4? Would you maybe want the D8+1 instead of the D10?
For D4, you'd want D8+1. For D4+5, you'd want D10. That's because the numbers 1-10 are symmetric in such a way that D10 has the advantage for the higher numbers and D8+1 for the lower numbers (and it all adds up so that they're both just as good against anything that rolls numbers between 1 and 10 symmetrically).
output 2d6>1d10| . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X |
| 2 | # | = | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| 3 | # | # | = | O | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| 4 | # | # | # | = | O | O | O | O | O | O |
| 5 | # | # | # | # | = | O | O | O | O | O |
| 6 | # | # | # | # | # | = | O | O | O | O |
| 7 | # | # | # | # | # | # | = | O | O | O |
| 8 | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | = | O | O |
| 9 | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | # | = | O |
This has turned into Random Stuff again for me. I have no idea what's happening!Someday I hope to understand what's going on.
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well.
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well.
Don't tell me how to live my day!
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well.
Don't tell me how to live my day!
Well, he didn't tell you to have a good day. He just hoped it happened to be a good day.
Have a good day.
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well.
Don't tell me how to live my day!
Well, he didn't tell you to have a good day. He just hoped it happened to be a good day.
Have a good day.
It was implied and you know it.
I mean, if I don't have a good day, then I'm disappointing him. I'm ruining his day. How dare he put that kind of weight on my shoulders.
Today, I had to part with my super cute 7.62 RK-62 automatic assault rifle. :'(
Today, I had to part with my super cute 7.62 RK-62 automatic assault rifle. :'(
Is this because the government has seen first to reappropriate it for you?
Today, I had to part with my super cute 7.62 RK-62 automatic assault rifle. :'(
Is this because the government has seen first to reappropriate it for you?
It's because my military service is about to be over.
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well.
Don't tell me how to live my day!
Today, I had to part with my super cute 7.62 RK-62 automatic assault rifle. :'(
Is this because the government has seen first to reappropriate it for you?
It's because my military service is about to be over.
Today, I had to part with my super cute 7.62 RK-62 automatic assault rifle. :'(
Is this because the government has seen first to reappropriate it for you?
It's because my military service is about to be over.
That sounds great! Why is it sad?
Also, I super enjoyed the military service in general and I applied for an extension but it got rejected.
Spoken by someone who's never fired an automatic rifle.
And an RK, no less! Man, shooting one is almost like meditation. You just relax your body and mind, then you aim, then you take a deep breath in, then you breathe half of the air in your lungs out, hold your breath and resolutely pull the trigger. Then the gun reloads itself because it's awesome and you repeat the process. It's just magical.
It's not common for people to want an extension, I actually don't know of anyone else who did (then again, unlike me, most enthusiasts probably get a longer serving time in the first place - I got the shortest possible one probably because my physical fitness wasn't the best when it was first measured but now it has obviously improved). The reason I was told was that it's super difficult to legally change someone's serving time after it has been decided once, so the captain didn't want to do it.
Spoken by someone who's never fired an automatic rifle.And an RK, no less! Man, shooting one is almost like meditation. You just relax your body and mind, then you aim, then you take a deep breath in, then you breathe half of the air in your lungs out, hold your breath and resolutely pull the trigger. Then the gun reloads itself because it's awesome and you repeat the process. It's just magical.
I cannot begin to describe how much the two of you scare me right now.
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
I mean, the US doesn't really declare war, just sends people everywhere. But this is starting to get too RSP for random stuff
We wouldn't even declare a war in the first place. The purpose of our defense forces is actually just to defend.
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
I mean, the US doesn't really declare war, just sends people everywhere. But this is starting to get too RSP for random stuff
Awaclus is from Finland, not from the US.
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
I mean, the US doesn't really declare war, just sends people everywhere. But this is starting to get too RSP for random stuff
Awaclus's country probably couldn't even declare war because some lackey didn't want to do the paperwork involved. Freaking Red Tape.
I mean, the US doesn't really declare war, just sends people everywhere. But this is starting to get too RSP for random stuff
Awaclus is from Finland, not from the US.
Yes, but seprix is from the US. I was going more of a "red tape is restrictive, but not always a bad thing" by comparing to the US. Every country has its own faults.
I was wondering if that's what you meant, but then I thought if you did that sentence would have an 'also' in it :P
That reminds me. In my YouTube "Recommended" videos there's one titled something like "What actually happens when you land on Free Parking in Monopoly?" and it goes for eight minutes. Eight. Minutes. I don't plan on watching it but I'm really hoping that it starts with someone saying "Nothing." and then just has eight minutes of muzac.
That reminds me. In my YouTube "Recommended" videos there's one titled something like "What actually happens when you land on Free Parking in Monopoly?" and it goes for eight minutes. Eight. Minutes. I don't plan on watching it but I'm really hoping that it starts with someone saying "Nothing." and then just has eight minutes of muzac.This came up on my Youtube list as well. Not planning on watching it.
It doesn't help that many of these videos aren't edited or scripted, so it's just someone saying um and ah a lot punctuated with uncomfortable pauses.
If you're really good at monopoly, you might reach a 52% winrate against someone who only plays casually! And maybe a 50.5% winrate against someone who's examined the mechanics for 5 minutes.
If you're really good at monopoly, you might reach a 52% winrate against someone who only plays casually! And maybe a 50.5% winrate against someone who's examined the mechanics for 5 minutes.
If you're really good at monopoly, you might reach a 52% winrate against someone who only plays casually! And maybe a 50.5% winrate against someone who's examined the mechanics for 5 minutes.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing the other players to let you go first, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
All right, I've sacrificed myself for you guys and watched the video.
While it takes a minute or so to get to "Nothing," the intro says that it's about all the things you're doing wrong. Then it covers basically all the bad house rules people use (including some I'd never heard of, and wondered what people were thinking), tells you the real rules, etc. It does discuss the reasoning behind not using house rules--every single one of them prolongs the game or increases the chance of fist-fights. And of course using the real rules to your advantage can really increase your win chances.
Also, fun line (paraphrasing): "You can sit in jail, and if you're rich enough, you can just continue to do business as usual, much like in real life."
If you're really good at monopoly, you might reach a 52% winrate against someone who only plays casually! And maybe a 50.5% winrate against someone who's examined the mechanics for 5 minutes.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing the other players to let you go first, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
If you're really good at monopoly, you might reach a 52% winrate against someone who only plays casually! And maybe a 50.5% winrate against someone who's examined the mechanics for 5 minutes.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing the other players to let you go first, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
Getting first certainly doesn't get you anywhere near 99,5%.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing the other players to let you be the banker, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing people to play Dominion instead, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
it super sucks to be last if there are more players.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing people to play Dominion instead, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
FTFY
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing people to play Dominion instead, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
FTFY
I want to see the guy who has 99,5% winrate in dominion against a casual player.
That highly depends though. If you've mastered the most important skill at Monopoly, which is convincing people to play Dominion instead, you can reach a 99.5% win rate against anyone!
FTFY
I want to see the guy who has 99,5% winrate in dominion against a casual player.
That just means that you have a 99.5% chance of winning Monopoly by playing Dominion instead.
The 0.5% comes from those rare moments when you open a Dominion box and find that some asshole stuffed Monopoly in it instead.
Wait...
D10-1 is equal to D8
D6+1 is equal to D8
Is a roll of D10-1 as good as a roll of D6+1?
That's crazy!Wait...
D10-1 is equal to D8
D6+1 is equal to D8
Is a roll of D10-1 as good as a roll of D6+1?
yup
Wait...
D10-1 is equal to D8
D6+1 is equal to D8
Is a roll of D10-1 as good as a roll of D6+1?
Wait...
D10-1 is equal to D8
D6+1 is equal to D8
Is a roll of D10-1 as good as a roll of D6+1?
We taught you how to fish. We gave you the tools. Now go catch your fish.
no, that's perfectly normal :P
If you can match means and variances (that is, matching first moment and second moment), you're doing much better. If you can match more moments, the distributions are closer.So, I've never taken a real statistics class, only "AP" Statistics. Even there we still talked about how two distributions can have different spreads, i.e. variance. I suppose this is the second moment, and I looked up how it's defined: Var(x) = E((E(x) - x)^2), which makes sense certainly. This doesn't look like what you wrote here, but I like the idea that you're just talking about how the expectation of the variable to a power is different from the expectation to a power. So then I thought, based on your post, before I saw the above definition, that maybe Var(x) = E(x^2) - E(x)^2, since that is always positive and seems to measure spread. But now I notice:
Basically
E(X) = E(Y)
is weak
E(X^n) = E(Y^n) for all n= 1, 2, ..., N
for a decent size N is much better.
Sentry.
Sentry draws first, so doesn't combo with Pearl Diver's topdeck effect!
Unless you play 2 Pearl Divers! ::)
We've talked about this before, but ...
Dice Dice Math Dice
Dice Math Dice Dice
DIIIIIIICE Math Dice?
Is this how I use math to beat my friends at D&D with dice?
I don't know about D&D, but it is true that...
The expected roll of a D10 minus 1 is equal to the expected roll of a D8. (5.5-1=4.5)
The expected roll of a D6 plus 1 is equal to the expected roll of a D8. (3.5+1=4.5)
The expected roll of a D6 plus 1 is equal to the expected roll of a D10 minus 1. (3.5+1=5.5-1)
But you can't really say that a roll of a D6 plus 1 is "as good as" a roll of D10 minus 1. What "as good as" means depends on the situation!
Deja vu. You should be able to calculate things like this yourself now.
Math Fact: Having equal means is not enough for two random variables to have identical distributions.
Look, I know lots of math.
Rats!
I don't know that much math, but I am learning.
Wow! Look at all this math I know! Way more than you ever need to know.
Okay, how do you have such a large avatar? I need to know.
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
http://begthequestion.info/
This begs the question
No it doesn't.
http://begthequestion.info/
yes it does, because that's how people use it, and it means what people think it means. It doesn't matter if it originally was meant to be something else
protesting an invevitable trend in words does not make language more exact. It's just pointless.
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
http://begthequestion.info/
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
http://begthequestion.info/
Why would the people on this site get to decide what begging the question means?
...
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
http://begthequestion.info/
Why would the people on this site get to decide what begging the question means?
It really begs the question, doesn't it?
That kind of begs the question of why you have an avatar at all.
http://begthequestion.info/
Why would the people on this site get to decide what begging the question means?
I will interpret.
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I will interpret.
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Your challenge is to post a one-line summary for each of the 2000+ messages in this thread.
I'm randomly sitting next to Mohamed Salah.
I will interpret.
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Your challenge is to post a one-line summary for each of the 2000+ messages in this thread.
I will interpret.
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Your challenge is to post a one-line summary for each of the 2000+ messages in this thread.
More like 7000+. Random Stuff I and II should be included.
Edit: Or 12000+? I forgot what they max out at.
Anyone who wouldn't step on a puppy for $20 billion has ceased to be human. You have a frontal cortex for a reason, and that reason is being able to step on a puppy for twenty billion dollars.;D
Looking Through Eliezer Yudkowsky's Facebook Page...i thought it was the opposite thing. or wait, what part doesn't want you to step on puppies? the amygdala or something?QuoteAnyone who wouldn't step on a puppy for $20 billion has ceased to be human. You have a frontal cortex for a reason, and that reason is being able to step on a puppy for twenty billion dollars.;D
Clearly, someone who would pay you $20 billion to step on a puppy has some serious issues. He should not be allowed to have $20 billion. You can use that money to buy a death ray and off the guy before he uses his vast riches to entice other people into stepping on puppies.one might spend $15bn on an advertising campaign to get more opportunities to step on puppies for fun & profit. hey, there's a slogan
Why not make a bracket?That's actually a good idea, but I want to also rank everything, not just determine a winner, so I'd need a bunch of losers' brackets.
there was some term that i'm forgetting that you're supposed to use for white & black & the likejust looked it up, it's "race"
I still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
Is that the truth?That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
You have so much charm
That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
You have so much charm
That's strangeI still don't get the concept of having a favorite color.
I had a problem with that too, but then I started to think of it as in having a favourite polyhedron, but with colours instead.
I failed to understand that as well, but then I considered the similarity between having a favorite polyhedron and having a favorite quark.
You have so much charm
I'm going to go up to downtown and will go to a skyscraper to visit all the floors from the bottom to the top.
there was some term that i'm forgetting that you're supposed to use for white & black & the like
So I found this cool website where you can listen to accents from different parts of the world.the top one in colorado is "shred the gnar, brah!"
https://localingual.com/ (https://localingual.com/)
Today I played the Nintendo Switch. Anyone have any questions about it?
Today I played the Nintendo Switch. Anyone have any questions about it?
Was it as awesome as it appears to be? What game did you play?
How was Arms? I can't tell if it's going to be the dumbest game ever or the greatest game ever (or both).
Today I played the Nintendo Switch. Anyone have any questions about it?Hey, me too! I posted my thoughts about it on another forum, I'll go retrieve that post at some point and share it here, too.
ARMS is a tech demo, and one with fairly limited replay potential.
Speaking of 1, 2, Switch, they weren't kidding about the sensitivity of the rumble - I played both the Safe cracking and Ball counting games and you could feel quite small changes in the pattern of the rumble (Ball counting is definitely one of those games that you'd only play once and go "Woah" at, though).
The price point is not terrible, though, so we might consider it (especially for Zelda).
I think it's a bit below Pokken, personally. Besides the lack of a major licence, I didn't feel like there was a huge amount of control available like there is in most popular fighting or shooting games - you pick a character, you pick their left and right weapons, you flail wildly in an attempt to hit your opponent without getting hit yourself. It didn't feel like they were leaving room for, say, fancy combos like in Street Fighter or a large range of weapons like in Splatoon. I guess I might be judging too much from a pre-launch demo, but none of our group really saw it as a game that we'd pay full price for.ARMS is a tech demo, and one with fairly limited replay potential.
Eh, I dunno. I think it's got a bit of replayability. It feels like it's probably on par with stuff like Pokken, but I doubt it's going to be a smash hit like Splatoon was.
* Not actually upcoming.
I'm pretty excited for the Switch, personally.We don't take kindly to optimists 'round these parts...
Well it's not possible to take kindly to anything. It's only negative. I mean try it out. "I take kindly to optimists." See, it's gibberish.I'm pretty excited for the Switch, personally.We don't take kindly to optimists 'round these parts...
"I only read eBooks," said Tom kindly.
Well it's not possible to take kindly to anything. It's only negative. I mean try it out. "I take kindly to optimists." See, it's gibberish.I'm pretty excited for the Switch, personally.We don't take kindly to optimists 'round these parts...
It's like how no one is ever plussed or couth, or gruntled.
Or whelmed.Well it's not possible to take kindly to anything. It's only negative. I mean try it out. "I take kindly to optimists." See, it's gibberish.I'm pretty excited for the Switch, personally.We don't take kindly to optimists 'round these parts...
It's like how no one is ever plussed or couth, or gruntled.
Well it's not possible to take kindly to anything. It's only negative. I mean try it out. "I take kindly to optimists." See, it's gibberish.I'm pretty excited for the Switch, personally.We don't take kindly to optimists 'round these parts...
It's like how no one is ever plussed or couth, or gruntled.
Somebody was asking how to approximate 1% with only six-sided dice.
"take kindly" can be used without the "not"--although it isn't done so as often.You can also find "sitting in the catbird seat" in an idiom dictionary, and point at it in a James Thurber story from before any of us were born; that won't magically turn it into something people actually say in 2017.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+kindly+to
Sure. Then again I didn't use the positive form."take kindly" can be used without the "not"--although it isn't done so as often.You can also find "sitting in the catbird seat" in an idiom dictionary, and point at it in a James Thurber story from before any of us were born; that won't magically turn it into something people actually say in 2017.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+kindly+to
It's a living language! And taking kindly to things has gone the way of the snows of yesteryear.
Personally, I think making up your own idioms is as fun as a tickle fight with a baby panda.
Sure, but getting other people to use them is like rolling an armadillo uphill.
...and now Dr McNinja is over :'(
So long, and thank you for being one of the best things on the Internet.
Is it common in English for people to refer to kilocalories as just calories?This is my first encounter with the term "kilocalories."
Is it common in English for people to refer to kilocalories as just calories?
However, just because you and I don't use a particular phrase doesn't mean there aren't locales where it is still in use. "Don't take kindly" is still used today in certain parts of the United States."Don't take kindly" is in fact in use. Not a thing being contested.
I just don't think one can call something that's still in a current dictionary "gibberish".You totally can, if your goal is merely to communicate clearly, rather than to try to communicate using computer code.
Plus it's fun to bring back old phrases sometimes. There are lots of words in dictionaries that are not used by the general population, but that doesn't render them meaningless.Your post (not the quoted post) picked apart my humorous observation. I mean. Can't you just not chuckle and move on?
Is it common in English for people to refer to kilocalories as just calories?
Is it common in English for people to refer to kilocalories as just calories?
Basically what Dylan said above. I have no clue how it happened, nor do I understand why we don't all just use kJ or MJ like civilized people. Yes, this Big Mac has 3.2 MJ. That's most of your daily allowance of 8.5 MJ.
Yes, this Big Mac has 3.2 MJ. That's most of your daily allowance of 8.5 MJ.
Yes, this Big Mac has 3.2 MJ. That's most of your daily allowance of 8.5 MJ.
8.5 MJ? Man, that's not anywhere near enough for an adult male.
Yes, this Big Mac has 3.2 MJ. That's most of your daily allowance of 8.5 MJ.
8.5 MJ? Man, that's not anywhere near enough for an adult male.
Not sure if serious...
Yes, this Big Mac has 3.2 MJ. That's most of your daily allowance of 8.5 MJ.
8.5 MJ? Man, that's not anywhere near enough for an adult male.
Not sure if serious...
Usually I eat at least 10 MJ and up to something like 16 MJ every day and I'm 183 cm tall, I weigh 61 kg, my waist circumference is 65 cm, and I haven't measured it but if I grab my wrist with the other hand, my thumb touches my little finger. If I ate only 8.5 MJ a day, I would probably start to look pretty horrible pretty soon.
Um.
You live somewhere with good healthcare, right?
Unless you're extremely active, like lifting and running every day, you should see a doctor. That sounds like a thyroid problem.
I'm sorry. I think I misunderstood the spirit of what you were getting at (internet being what it is and all).However, just because you and I don't use a particular phrase doesn't mean there aren't locales where it is still in use. "Don't take kindly" is still used today in certain parts of the United States."Don't take kindly" is in fact in use. Not a thing being contested.I just don't think one can call something that's still in a current dictionary "gibberish".You totally can, if your goal is merely to communicate clearly, rather than to try to communicate using computer code.Plus it's fun to bring back old phrases sometimes. There are lots of words in dictionaries that are not used by the general population, but that doesn't render them meaningless.Your post (not the quoted post) picked apart my humorous observation. I mean. Can't you just not chuckle and move on?
I'm sorry. I think I misunderstood the spirit of what you were getting at (internet being what it is and all).However, just because you and I don't use a particular phrase doesn't mean there aren't locales where it is still in use. "Don't take kindly" is still used today in certain parts of the United States."Don't take kindly" is in fact in use. Not a thing being contested.I just don't think one can call something that's still in a current dictionary "gibberish".You totally can, if your goal is merely to communicate clearly, rather than to try to communicate using computer code.Plus it's fun to bring back old phrases sometimes. There are lots of words in dictionaries that are not used by the general population, but that doesn't render them meaningless.Your post (not the quoted post) picked apart my humorous observation. I mean. Can't you just not chuckle and move on?
I have a hard time telling when people are joking or being serious.
I don't think that "lifting and running every day" counts as "extremely active".
if you're not getting any kind of exercise at all, then I would call that being extremely inactive, although I suppose you could get away with just 8.5 MJ a day in that case.
If you're lifting and running enough to burn through an extra 5 MJ average of food daily, that's about 2.5-3 hours of exercise daily...
I.e., we don't take kindly to humorous observations around here.
http://www.limerickmaker.com/
If you're lifting and running enough to burn through an extra 5 MJ average of food daily, that's about 2.5-3 hours of exercise daily...
Isn't that pretty normal though?
No, that's not normal at all. I know people who run marathons; they train 60 to 90 minutes a day. I know people who go to the gym an hour a day. These are 99th percentile exercisers.
So... Anyone have advice on how to fully shuffle a deck of 1500 cards?
So... Anyone have advice on how to fully shuffle a deck of 1500 cards?
So... Anyone have advice on how to fully shuffle a deck of 1500 cards?
Throw them up in the air and then collect them?
Kind of related to this, I had a professor once who needed to distribute a few papers through a 150 person classroom. He took the fat stack of papers and threw it as hard as he could, and it was by far the fastest way to distribute papers to that many students.
If you are okay with the cards being very mildly damaged, then put them on the largest surface area you have available and uhh do the children-shuffle thing... somehow it's hard to describe the technique. Which is actually the most effective way to shuffle cards.
If they are valuable, like MTG cards, well then you have to divide them into a lot of piles, shuffle them individually, and then merge them. That would take a lot longer.
If you are okay with the cards being very mildly damaged, then put them on the largest surface area you have available and uhh do the children-shuffle thing... somehow it's hard to describe the technique. Which is actually the most effective way to shuffle cards.
If they are valuable, like MTG cards, well then you have to divide them into a lot of piles, shuffle them individually, and then merge them. That would take a lot longer.
I think it is called the scramble shuffle? Or some people call it the smooshing method.
If you are okay with the cards being very mildly damaged, then put them on the largest surface area you have available and uhh do the children-shuffle thing... somehow it's hard to describe the technique. Which is actually the most effective way to shuffle cards.
If they are valuable, like MTG cards, well then you have to divide them into a lot of piles, shuffle them individually, and then merge them. That would take a lot longer.
I think it is called the scramble shuffle? Or some people call it the smooshing method.
Nah, the smooshing method/mash shuffle is similar to a riffle shuffle but without the bending. It also requires sleeved cards.
The reality is you need to separate those 1500 into 15 stacks of 100 or so, shuffle each stack thoroughly, move half of each stack to the next stack, shuffle thoroughly, repeat, um, 13 more times, then stack the piles together.
Or get a casino shuffler, though even those likely can't do more than ~500.
Can I ask what sort of game this is? Or are you creating a Battle of Wits deck?
I guess it also depends on how shuffled you need them. If you could, another idea would be to just have a RNG tell you which card to pick from the stack.That's pretty interesting, split the deck into 20, riffle shuffles each, number them, and then roll a d20 each time you need to draw. No need to choose a random card if that deck is already shuffled
So maybe have 20 stacks or something, and just pick a random stack, then a random card from that stack.
where you basically scatter the cards on the table and shuffle them like dominoes.
I think that's also called the Wash shuffle, where you basically scatter the cards on the table and shuffle them like dominoes.
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Along with protein and healthy fats.
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Most eggs I've seen have just contained a bunch of white and yellow stuff, no Pokemons.
Lucky you. You can't imagine how annoying it is to want to eat an omelette just to find yourself trying to contain a Lapras trashing out your kitchen.
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Most eggs I've seen have just contained a bunch of white and yellow stuff, no Pokemons.
Lucky you. You can't imagine how annoying it is to want to eat an omelette just to find yourself trying to contain a Lapras trashing out your kitchen.
how did you know that the egg I just got 10 seconds ago contains a Lapras? :-O
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
Most eggs I've seen have just contained a bunch of white and yellow stuff, no Pokemons.
That's because you killed it.
You monster.
In other news, the quantum effects from Random Stuff Part I have returned. We might need a new thread.
More disturbing is the fact that every Kangaskhan is born with a baby already in her pouch.
Can you describe those effects, or do they collapse when observed?
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
I hope so! Otherwise I made a huge mistake in evolving my Eevee. I didn't know there were the possibility of breeding in firered.
I haven't had reason to view this thread in its entirety on one page, but it's just a matter of time.
Don't eggs always contain the earliest form of a Pokemon?
But any (female) Eevee evolution should breed only Eevees.
But any (female) Eevee evolution should breed only Eevees.
I thought Eevee was a guy.
But any (female) Eevee evolution should breed only Eevees.
I thought Eevee was a guy.
You learn something new every day. Well I do, anyway. For all I know, you might sometimes sleep through entire days.
I already knew that, although I'm surprised you still have those habits after being in the military for months.
Ah, interesting. I had the false idea that you always have to get up at the same time every morning with no exceptions.
Does anyone know Japanese? There's a deckbuilder themed around PAD, a video game I love, but only in Japanese. Couldnt find a translation resource and thus havent ordered itI can roughly follow conversations in Japanese if I don't lose track of the topic, and given an hour or so I can make sense of a paragraph of text. So yes, but not well enough to help you, sorry.
Does anyone know Japanese?
I do.
I do.
Is it common in English for people to refer to kilocalories as just calories?
Say the week goes from Monday to Sunday.
There is this supposed paradox:
- An organizer announces there is going to be a fire alarm happening at school
- The fire alarm will happen over the course of the next week
- It is guaranteed that students will not know on which day the firealarm is going to happen until it does
Say the week goes from Monday to Sunday. Since students can't know the day, it can't wait until Sunday, because then they'd know it to be today. So Sunday is out. Since students can't know the day, it can't wait until Saturday, because then they'd know it to be today, as Sunday is impossible. So Saturday is out. Repeat. It can't happen at all. Yet if it happens on Thursday, no-one will have known that it would.
Is there a name for this? I was told it in German over a decade ago and haven't found it on the Internet.
Well, that is one of the dumbest paradoxes I've ever read up on. It's just willfully ignorant.
This is the Unexpected Hanging Paradox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox).
Well, that is one of the dumbest paradoxes I've ever read up on. It's just willfully ignorant.
Well, that is one of the dumbest paradoxes I've ever read up on. It's just willfully ignorant.
What do you mean? Saying that something is "just willfully ignorant" doesn't really hold much substance.
That you can remove Friday from the pool does not mean you get to reevaluate the pool iteratively afterwards.Why not?
That you can remove Friday from the pool does not mean you get to reevaluate the pool iteratively afterwards.Why not?
If you assume that the statement "you won't know which day" is unquestionably true, I don't think what you said holds. On Thursday morning, you know that it has to be today. It has to. It can't logically be tomorrow.
If you assume that the statement "you won't know which day" is unquestionably true, I don't think what you said holds. On Thursday morning, you know that it has to be today. It has to. It can't logically be tomorrow.
It is too soon to popcorn.gif?
The resolution that works for me is:
- We claim it's guaranteed that a fire alarm happens.
- We claim it's guaranteed it will be a surprise.
- Through logical deduction we can argue that if the 2nd statement is true, the 1st statement cannot always be true.
- So therefore, the original two claims were already inconsistent - they can't both be true at once.
I had something random to mention. I've forgotten it.
I thought of something cool but I forgot what it was.
EDIT: Oh yeah, now I remember what it was. I was planning to take a shower.
I had something random to mention. I've forgotten it.
By any chance, were you going to take a shower?I thought of something cool but I forgot what it was.
EDIT: Oh yeah, now I remember what it was. I was planning to take a shower.
I'm planning to take a shower one day this week, but it'll be a surprise to everyone here which day that is.
All this talk of weeks reminds me of something (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eECjjLNAOd4). Everyone who gets into arguments on the internet should appreciate this.
All this talk of weeks reminds me of something (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eECjjLNAOd4). Everyone who gets into arguments on the internet should appreciate this.
Oml stands for oh my lord, right?
Arguing over the internet is one of the most pointless things anybody can possibly do, and it feels good to have that detached superiority without seeing the emotional damage it does to others. Other people who are not related to the engagement read that and think, "no thanks." And there is a damage done. When the damage becomes too great, most of the people who just joined because "hey Dominion is fun and let's play together" are going to leave (probably for the Dominion Discord Server), and then eventually that's the end of f.ds as we know it.
I'm not joking. With the amount of pointless argumentative drama going on and a viable alternative in the Dominion Discord Server (Reddit's Dominion forum is not built to have a community as much as it is built to simply relay news), f.ds is simply going to be a thing of the past unless something changes.
It's one thing to have an argument, and it's another thing entirely to be a dick whilst arguing a point. If you're being a dick, I implore you to stop it. Being anonymous on the internet does not mean freedom from consequences.
Arguing over the internet is one of the most pointless things anybody can possibly do
Arguing over the internet is one of the most pointless things anybody can possibly do, and it feels good to have that detached superiority without seeing the emotional damage it does to others. Other people who are not related to the engagement read that and think, "no thanks." And there is a damage done. When the damage becomes too great, most of the people who just joined because "hey Dominion is fun and let's play together" are going to leave (probably for the Dominion Discord Server), and then eventually that's the end of f.ds as we know it.
I'm not joking. With the amount of pointless argumentative drama going on and a viable alternative in the Dominion Discord Server (Reddit's Dominion forum is not built to have a community as much as it is built to simply relay news), f.ds is simply going to be a thing of the past unless something changes.
It's one thing to have an argument, and it's another thing entirely to be a dick whilst arguing a point. If you're being a dick, I implore you to stop it. Being anonymous on the internet does not mean freedom from consequences.
an RSP thing (which is there literally to have that sort of drama)?
Arguing over the internet is one of the most pointless things anybody can possibly do
Arguing over the internet is one of the most pointless things anybody can possibly do
I disagree.
yeah, playing dominion online kills the game for casual offline purposes.
yeah, playing dominion online kills the game for casual offline purposes.
Is anybody into making pixel art? I'm trying to make a few things for someone and have been trying to learn, and was wondering if anybody has some suggestions. I've already looked a bit for tutorials online. Also, if you want, I could maybe send things to you and you can tell me how to fix things.
Is anybody into making pixel art? I'm trying to make a few things for someone and have been trying to learn, and was wondering if anybody has some suggestions. I've already looked a bit for tutorials online. Also, if you want, I could maybe send things to you and you can tell me how to fix things.
Is anybody into making pixel art? I'm trying to make a few things for someone and have been trying to learn, and was wondering if anybody has some suggestions. I've already looked a bit for tutorials online. Also, if you want, I could maybe send things to you and you can tell me how to fix things.Yeah I actually started to get into it a couple months ago. I'm still a beginner, and the program I use is Aseprite (https://www.aseprite.org/). I've been pretty happy with it, and it's got a nice price point.
this joke has no punchline:
what's black and rhymes with snoop?
that's not the punchline because it doesn't have one
What do you call a joke that will keep an idiot entertained for hours?
What do you call a joke that will keep an idiot entertained for hours?
Making Fun?
Actually, the term "tank" for the armoured vehicle was chosen as a codeword when the British were initially designing it, as they wanted any prying eyes to believe the project was for a water carrier vehicle, rather than a new kind of weapon that would be able to break the trench stalemate. Hence, this is not so much a pun as a case of shared etymology.
Should have gotten a Razer.
RPG launch
Does sin(x) (with some parameters) describe water waves exactly, or does it just look kind of similar because they're both round and go up and down?
I can't find an answer to this simple question through google!
What language is that?
total = (EndAge+StartAge)*(EndAge-StartAge+1)/2, for what it's worth. No idea why you are computing that though.
Somehow I had never heard this joke before.
What is the integral of 1/cabin dcabin?
you forgot the constant...
it's a (natural) log cabin by the sea!
Does sin(x) (with some parameters) describe water waves exactly, or does it just look kind of similar because they're both round and go up and down?
I can't find an answer to this simple question through google!
you forgot the constant...
it's a (natural) log cabin by the sea!
What language is that?
total = (EndAge+StartAge)*(EndAge-StartAge+1)/2, for what it's worth. No idea why you are computing that though.
formula checks out.
You math people are so cute. It's why I stay here.
Does sin(x) (with some parameters) describe water waves exactly, or does it just look kind of similar because they're both round and go up and down?
I can't find an answer to this simple question through google!
I mean we can always say that sines describes water waves exactly, as they basically describe every (nice enough) function 'exactly'. It's just you need an infinite series of sine functions.
Does sin(x) (with some parameters) describe water waves exactly, or does it just look kind of similar because they're both round and go up and down?
I can't find an answer to this simple question through google!
I'm afraid this question is far from simple. What sort of waves in particular are you interested in? I'm guessing surface waves? Like a pebble in a lake or more like wind generated waves? I can probably dig up an old textbook on the subject later, but I'm expecting the answer to be derived from the navier Stokes equations, which are a set of partial differential equations and only reducible under specific conditions.
Does sin(x) (with some parameters) describe water waves exactly, or does it just look kind of similar because they're both round and go up and down?
I can't find an answer to this simple question through google!
I'm afraid this question is far from simple. What sort of waves in particular are you interested in? I'm guessing surface waves? Like a pebble in a lake or more like wind generated waves? I can probably dig up an old textbook on the subject later, but I'm expecting the answer to be derived from the navier Stokes equations, which are a set of partial differential equations and only reducible under specific conditions.
I'm teaching a school lesson in two days and was wondering whether it'd be accurate to introduce the sine function by saying "hey this will be totally neat it'll model waves perfectly".
I think the thread sufficiently answered the question for me not to do it. If it only kinda looks like waves, then that's not impressive.
yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
Yes but the fact that it's any (well, edge-cases, edge-cases) periodic signal is surprising even when you consider this. (Well, I found it surprising anyway).yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
I think it's a lot more intuitive if you think about actual physical sounds, because you can hear that most sounds have lower frequencies and higher frequencies in them, and that a sine wave only has one frequency. I was taught this in music listening class in high school, for the record.
Yes but the fact that it's any (well, edge-cases, edge-cases) periodic signal is surprising even when you consider this. (Well, I found it surprising anyway).yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
I think it's a lot more intuitive if you think about actual physical sounds, because you can hear that most sounds have lower frequencies and higher frequencies in them, and that a sine wave only has one frequency. I was taught this in music listening class in high school, for the record.
That can't be true. And even if it were, we wouldn't be capable of hearing most of them, so it doesn't exactly help our intuition.Yes but the fact that it's any (well, edge-cases, edge-cases) periodic signal is surprising even when you consider this. (Well, I found it surprising anyway).yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
I think it's a lot more intuitive if you think about actual physical sounds, because you can hear that most sounds have lower frequencies and higher frequencies in them, and that a sine wave only has one frequency. I was taught this in music listening class in high school, for the record.
Well, sounds can be any periodic signal.
That can't be true. And even if it were, we wouldn't be capable of hearing most of them, so it doesn't exactly help our intuition.Yes but the fact that it's any (well, edge-cases, edge-cases) periodic signal is surprising even when you consider this. (Well, I found it surprising anyway).yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
I think it's a lot more intuitive if you think about actual physical sounds, because you can hear that most sounds have lower frequencies and higher frequencies in them, and that a sine wave only has one frequency. I was taught this in music listening class in high school, for the record.
Well, sounds can be any periodic signal.
That's not the same thing as "any periodic signal". Take any function that fails to be Lebesgue measurable, for instance.That can't be true. And even if it were, we wouldn't be capable of hearing most of them, so it doesn't exactly help our intuition.Yes but the fact that it's any (well, edge-cases, edge-cases) periodic signal is surprising even when you consider this. (Well, I found it surprising anyway).yeah but that's way too complicated. I also don't find it impressive.
I didn't totally believe my tech studies teacher in high school when he told me I could make any periodic signal just out of summing sine waves...it just didn't seem intuitive to me at the time, so I'd assumed there would have had to be a lot of caveats, and that it wouldn't work for anything particularly interesting. It wasn't till a few years later at university that I met the actual maths behind it and understood how neat it was :-)
I think it's a lot more intuitive if you think about actual physical sounds, because you can hear that most sounds have lower frequencies and higher frequencies in them, and that a sine wave only has one frequency. I was taught this in music listening class in high school, for the record.
Well, sounds can be any periodic signal.
Any function you can get by summing an arbitrarily large series of sine waves can also be an actual physical sound.
Any function you can get by summing an arbitrarily large series of sine waves can also be an actual physical sound. I actually have no idea why you would think otherwise in the first place. I would argue that since we aren't capable of hearing an infinitely high frequency, it actually helps our intuition more because you only need a finite series of sine waves to perfectly replicate any sound to the degree that anyone can tell, which makes it possible to demonstrate it physically.
This is how additive synthesis works, by the way.
Any function you can get by summing an arbitrarily large series of sine waves can also be an actual physical sound. I actually have no idea why you would think otherwise in the first place. I would argue that since we aren't capable of hearing an infinitely high frequency, it actually helps our intuition more because you only need a finite series of sine waves to perfectly replicate any sound to the degree that anyone can tell, which makes it possible to demonstrate it physically.
This is how additive synthesis works, by the way.
So what you're really saying is that what we call sounds are band-pass-filtered versions of those "arbitrarily large series of sine waves", which I broadly agree with.
The thing is, with music, most people are so used to thinking about something that relates to frequency space (i.e. notes) that it's not at all surprising to hear that playing two notes at once adds up sounds. We also tend to name them (mostly) after the fundamental frequency, and most of us certainly can't listen to a square wave and comment intuitively about its various frequency components and their offsets or ratios, so we automatically simplify out some of the interesting detail. I just somehow find it more surprising and neat to be able to represent a sawtooth wave (or anything else that's defined based on its appearance in the spatial domain rather than the frequency domain) as a bunch of sines.
most of us certainly can't listen to a square wave and comment intuitively about its various frequency components and their offsets or ratios
Still don't find it impressive. You can describe a function by an infinite set of points; why shouldn't you be able to describe it through an infinite set of functions? That's "way more" for the same thing.
I'll just say it has infinite passes through the X axis.
additive synthesis are just two foreign terms for a bunch of 16 year olds who aren't particularly interested in maths.
I'm a bit annoyed at my director/choreographer. I'm involved with a dance number in the show I'm in. It's Temptations-like where we are in a line. We do a 270, and I can only see one other dancer in front of me. I notice that she goes right into the rocking motion after she turns, and I felt as if I have to wait half a measure.Man, I feel you. I so sympathise with this. I really struggle with the dance aspect of shows, and I have to start every one just saying to the choreographer "Look, I'm gonna need lots of help here, please don't be afraid to tell me what to do!".
I asked the director about this because I want to make sure we're all on the same page on when we're supposed to rock. After all, dance numbers in musicals are supposed to look uniform (except where they're not). The director said that it's weird because I turn too soon. I didn't notice because I was too busy turning 270 degree. I learn this on the final rehearsal night. Was she just going to let me do the entire show out of sync with the other dancers? Does she not care how that looks to the audience? I know I care. I don't want to be that lug who can't coordinate with the others.
I'm guessing it's because she was afraid of causing offense. I've heard of diva performers, but I can't imagine that I come off as one. I am fully aware that choreography is not my strong suit. I need guidance.
Also, tangentially related to the sound discussion:
The cochlea is a mechanical Fourier transform calculator.
guah, I can't watch embarrassing scenes. Whenever someone is socially awkward I feel super uncomfortable watching, regardless of whether I like the character or not. I'm only really realizing now how weird it is that I have way more of a problem with that than watching a murder take place or something. I blame society.
Also:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2WWwkArWajM
Murica.
Also:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2WWwkArWajM
Murica.
does someone know what the complex-number-C with a small x in the exponnent is meant to denote? The complex numbers with abs value =/= 0 perhaps?The only complex number with abs value of 0 is 0 itself, so yes. I think any field with a small x superscript is the field without the zero element.
Yes. Superscript x usually denotes the group of invertible elements in a ring. Which in a field is everything except 0.does someone know what the complex-number-C with a small x in the exponnent is meant to denote? The complex numbers with abs value =/= 0 perhaps?The only complex number with abs value of 0 is 0 itself, so yes. I think any field with a small x superscript is the field without the zero element.
Fun facts: China airport WiFi blocks Google but not, like, most other sites. So you can't find what you want but you can get to it if you already know it. Well I mean I guess you can use other search engines, but who does that?
I think Facebook is also blocked.
Also worth noting if anyone flies a Chinese airline.. cell phones cannot be used even if in airplane mode. They must be powered off. I was a bit annoyed as downloaded everything on my phone , including some podcasts, and couldn't use it during a 15 hour flight :(
Tablets and computers can be used, though.
Also, the airline crew is waaaaaaaaaaay more attractive than in America. And also more formal.
Also worth noting if anyone flies a Chinese airline.. cell phones cannot be used even if in airplane mode. They must be powered off. I was a bit annoyed as downloaded everything on my phone , including some podcasts, and couldn't use it during a 15 hour flight :(
Tablets and computers can be used, though.
Also, the airline crew is waaaaaaaaaaay more attractive than in America. And also more formal.
Also worth noting if anyone flies a Chinese airline.. cell phones cannot be used even if in airplane mode. They must be powered off. I was a bit annoyed as downloaded everything on my phone , including some podcasts, and couldn't use it during a 15 hour flight :(
Tablets and computers can be used, though.
Also, the airline crew is waaaaaaaaaaay more attractive than in America. And also more formal.
Also worth noting if anyone flies a Chinese airline.. cell phones cannot be used even if in airplane mode. They must be powered off. I was a bit annoyed as downloaded everything on my phone , including some podcasts, and couldn't use it during a 15 hour flight :(
Tablets and computers can be used, though.
Also, the airline crew is waaaaaaaaaaay more attractive than in America. And also more formal.
Do they charge you for water like Spirit?
I don't think it's an amazing idea to think of your body and your mind as two separate things.
I don't think it's an amazing idea to think of your body and your mind as two separate things.
Not sure if in response to me or Kuildeous but I would agree that one will follow the other although a priority on the body seems more efficient.
I don't think it's an amazing idea to think of your body and your mind as two separate things.
Not sure if in response to me or Kuildeous but I would agree that one will follow the other although a priority on the body seems more efficient.
It was a response to both of you. I didn't say that one will follow the other, I said that there isn't even a reason to differentiate between the two in the first place. The entirety of a person is the entirety of a person and that's the smallest unit there's any point in considering before delving into specific body parts and stuff.
I don't think it's an amazing idea to think of your body and your mind as two separate things.
Not sure if in response to me or Kuildeous but I would agree that one will follow the other although a priority on the body seems more efficient.
It was a response to both of you. I didn't say that one will follow the other, I said that there isn't even a reason to differentiate between the two in the first place. The entirety of a person is the entirety of a person and that's the smallest unit there's any point in considering before delving into specific body parts and stuff.
I do disagree with that. I'll cite comatose and sleeping for starters.
My computer does weird things...
First there is the thing that everything freezes and then goes black for a bit and then goes normal again and there is a popup message saying display drivers have momentarily shut down but recovered. That's been going on for a while, isn't too big of a deal, and happens maybe once per hour. But now it also does this thing where it totally freezes and then won't boot. It's stuck at the graphic card boasting screen at the very beginning, where it shows a picture and says AsRock (I think it's what it's called?) and gives the options to boot differently using F12, F2 or what have you. Strangely, disconnecting mouse, keyboard, internet, and headphones seems to make it work (or maybe just waiting a bit longer)?
I don't want to be unable to use my PC for three days while I figure out how to fix the problem so instead I want to fix it while it's still working. Not having to spend a lot of time on it is a pretty high priority because I hate dealing with hardware and am also bad at it. Based on the symptoms, how certain is it that the graphic card is the problem and can I just figure out which models work and then buy a new one without much ado?
That it has progressed to hanging at the graphics boot screen suggests a problem that could get tot he point of complete failure very soon.Yeah, that was my fear too.
the typical relationship is that the pet will trot on up to the human for positive interaction. There's no awareness whatsoever that you're putting that pet in the crate in order to euthanize it.
My computer does weird things...
First there is the thing that everything freezes and then goes black for a bit and then goes normal again and there is a popup message saying display drivers have momentarily shut down but recovered. That's been going on for a while, isn't too big of a deal, and happens maybe once per hour. But now it also does this thing where it totally freezes and then won't boot. It's stuck at the graphic card boasting screen at the very beginning, where it shows a picture and says AsRock (I think it's what it's called?) and gives the options to boot differently using F12, F2 or what have you. Strangely, disconnecting mouse, keyboard, internet, and headphones seems to make it work (or maybe just waiting a bit longer)?
I don't want to be unable to use my PC for three days while I figure out how to fix the problem so instead I want to fix it while it's still working. Not having to spend a lot of time on it is a pretty high priority because I hate dealing with hardware and am also bad at it. Based on the symptoms, how certain is it that the graphic card is the problem and can I just figure out which models work and then buy a new one without much ado?
High probability it is graphics related.
Step 1, reseat adapter (also make sure adequate cooling, fan is spinning on card, etc.)
Step 2, update driver, read the changelog for your specific issue
Step 3, research mobo, adapter combination.
Step 4, fallback to onboard graphics
Those are the easiest to try assuming you have a discrete card for graphics. If falling back still doesn't work it sounds like motherboard issue. If you are using onboard graphics maybe invest in a discrete adapter. Lots of variables, here.
However, a glitch every hour is a pretty big deal in my book. totally worth getting that sorted the fuck out. That it has progressed to hanging at the graphics boot screen suggests a problem that could get tot he point of complete failure very soon.
34567876543 is a prime number!It's not that unlikely. Almost 4% of numbers with 11 digits are prime, I estimate.
I wonder if finding that by accident is sufficintly unlikely to warrant me feeling freaked out.
Also I noticed that every number the form 12321, 1234321 etc is exactly p^2*q^2 for two prime numbers p and q (and 121 is 11^2 and 1 is 1). I wonder why. I should really not spend time trying to figure it out.
ew. I only tested towards 123454321 because the tool had a number cap.
ew. I only tested towards 123454321 because the tool had a number cap.
Well, 3 is prime. And 5 is prime. And 7 is prime. Yep, every odd number greater than 1 is prime, that checks out!
Also I noticed that every number the form 12321, 1234321 etc is exactly p^2*q^2 for two prime numbers p and q (and 121 is 11^2 and 1 is 1). I wonder why. I should really not spend time trying to figure it out.
ew. I only tested towards 123454321 because the tool had a number cap.
Well, 3 is prime. And 5 is prime. And 7 is prime. Yep, every odd number greater than 1 is prime, that checks out!
So I noticed this post from Coppernicus is getting a ton of upvotes this week: http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=1276.msg20990#msg20990
I'm pretty confident the reason why is, well, he pretty much predicted a bunch of stuff from the newest expansions, several years before they came out. But how did a bunch of people notice that this week? Did someone point it out somewhere?
For all of you Pokémon Go players out there...
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/romain-jerome-tourbillon-pokemon-watch/
I very rarely go above about 10 unread emails. I read the bits I actually care about, then hit mark all as read for the rest.
I very rarely go above about 10 unread emails. I read the bits I actually care about, then hit mark all as read for the rest.
Ooooo... that's... actually a good idea.
My Inbox: 1955 unread out of 13085
I have no idea how you can do that. My observation is that ignoring mails for more than a few days is a really really bad idea that often gets me into trouble.
Unless you're talking about spam, of course.
This is something I really like about Gmail. I get some notifications from advertisers and Twitch and stuff that all get automatically filtered out and don't go into my main inbox. Then when I have some spare time I give them a quick scan, see if anything is interesting that I care about, and hit mark all as read for the rest.
I CAN'T FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS FUCKING IMAGE OF A GIRL I HAVE INGRAINED IN MY MIND IS
[snip]
why must humanity be so flawed, one must imagine sisyphus happy, etc.
I had a similarly maddening moment when I was seeing that John Cena commercial about America. The music was so familiar to me, but I just couldn't place it. It was driving me nuts. I knew it was in a movie. I checked V for Vendetta, but the big scenes there were set to the 1812 Overture. Oh, maybe it was played during O Captain, My Captain in the Dead Poets Society. Okay, that was also far off the mark.
It finally hit me that it was in the Truman Show. The piece is by Phillip Glass and is called Anthem.
It was such a relief to have that knowledge. I hope you find your girl.
I had a similarly maddening moment when I was seeing that John Cena commercial about America. The music was so familiar to me, but I just couldn't place it. It was driving me nuts. I knew it was in a movie. I checked V for Vendetta, but the big scenes there were set to the 1812 Overture. Oh, maybe it was played during O Captain, My Captain in the Dead Poets Society. Okay, that was also far off the mark.
It finally hit me that it was in the Truman Show. The piece is by Phillip Glass and is called Anthem.
It was such a relief to have that knowledge. I hope you find your girl.
You should have come to me again (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14843.0). :P I actually would have been able to tell you that one without any research. The Truman Show is one of my favorite movies and I have that track on my computer.
I love that song! It is somewhat obscure, I'm surprised to actually meet someone else who has it on their playlist.I had a similarly maddening moment when I was seeing that John Cena commercial about America. The music was so familiar to me, but I just couldn't place it. It was driving me nuts. I knew it was in a movie. I checked V for Vendetta, but the big scenes there were set to the 1812 Overture. Oh, maybe it was played during O Captain, My Captain in the Dead Poets Society. Okay, that was also far off the mark.
It finally hit me that it was in the Truman Show. The piece is by Phillip Glass and is called Anthem.
It was such a relief to have that knowledge. I hope you find your girl.
You should have come to me again (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14843.0). :P I actually would have been able to tell you that one without any research. The Truman Show is one of my favorite movies and I have that track on my computer.
I've been listening to that entire soundtrack every day for the past couple weeks.
I just stepped on a Lego.They don't hurt as much as everyone says they do.
I just stepped on a Lego.They don't hurt as much as everyone says they do.
It seems like games are trying to entice additional game hours with hard-to-accomplish goals. What you describe fits that category.
As for the complaint of not having a checkpoint right before the final, optional boss, I think you can blame that on the save structure of the game. If I recall correctly, when you die you go back to your last save, right? So if there was a save point anywhere in that final optional area, you'd be locked into it and unable to go back and get a different, less-challenging ending if you changed your mind. So I can see why it was done even if it was a mistake in retrospect. I also have not beaten that boss and possibly never will.
Great game, though.
As for the complaint of not having a checkpoint right before the final, optional boss, I think you can blame that on the save structure of the game. If I recall correctly, when you die you go back to your last save, right? So if there was a save point anywhere in that final optional area, you'd be locked into it and unable to go back and get a different, less-challenging ending if you changed your mind. So I can see why it was done even if it was a mistake in retrospect. I also have not beaten that boss and possibly never will.
Great game, though.
The final save point is literally right after the point of no return - so that argument doesn't hold ground.
*In the prefab building right before Hell, if you talk to the bookshelf it can teleport you back to right outside the throne room. I never knew bookshelves had teleporting abilities.
I just found out that the professors of next week's exam grade papers by fitting the students' scores into a normal distribution and then give out "predetermined" grades to everybody. So we already know that (say) 10% of us will get A's, 40% will get B's and so on.To be fair, this is an incredibly common thing to do, to various extents. If it is truly as direct and simple as you describe, it's pretty much a travesty. But scaling with a rough percentage-of-grades intent is totally normal, and is/can be (often, to my mind at least) completely acceptable.
Apart from being fucking idiotic, it's a pretty barebone case of prisoner's dilemma.
And sadly that's probably the most interesting thing related to this exam. :-\
I just found out that the professors of next week's exam grade papers by fitting the students' scores into a normal distribution and then give out "predetermined" grades to everybody. So we already know that (say) 10% of us will get A's, 40% will get B's and so on.To be fair, this is an incredibly common thing to do, to various extents. If it is truly as direct and simple as you describe, it's pretty much a travesty. But scaling with a rough percentage-of-grades intent is totally normal, and is/can be (often, to my mind at least) completely acceptable.
Apart from being fucking idiotic, it's a pretty barebone case of prisoner's dilemma.
And sadly that's probably the most interesting thing related to this exam. :-\
But scaling with a rough percentage-of-grades intent is totally normal
I just found out that the professors of next week's exam grade papers by fitting the students' scores into a normal distribution and then give out "predetermined" grades to everybody. So we already know that (say) 10% of us will get A's, 40% will get B's and so on.
Apart from being fucking idiotic, it's a pretty barebone case of prisoner's dilemma.
And sadly that's probably the most interesting thing related to this exam. :-\
I just found out that the professors of next week's exam grade papers by fitting the students' scores into a normal distribution and then give out "predetermined" grades to everybody. So we already know that (say) 10% of us will get A's, 40% will get B's and so on.
Apart from being fucking idiotic, it's a pretty barebone case of prisoner's dilemma.
And sadly that's probably the most interesting thing related to this exam. :-\
Curving should never arbitrarily lower a grade. The converse is acceptable, however.
What my school has done in the past is to give kids a test just a week or two into year 7, and arranged ability based sets on the results of that test. The result would normally be pretty good - most kids, after doing tests at the end of the first term, would get results which more or less match their set - you'd normally see maybe 5-10% of kids moving up or down one set because we've noticed they're too adept/not strong enough at maths compared to the rest of the group. This year, we used the SATs results, for speed at the start of the year. And oh boy was it interesting. A good 30-40% of the year group had to move sets. About 2-3% of the year had to move by more than one set, indicating that they'd been massively misplaced. One of the middle ability sets had almost 60% of the kids move up or down, so it basically became a completely new set. You get the idea - these results were crazy inaccurate compared to our own measurements.
Sorry this got a little ranty. Education in the UK is a bit of a mess at the moment, and the new KS2 SATs are certainly not helping the issue. But maybe this was an entertaining or at least enlightening read - or at least helped you get some sleep? Any of those would be a success I guess.
"You can divide me in 2, but 1 will always remain," Tom said oddly."My wedding was cancelled a tenth of the way through," Tom said, decimated.
"You can divide me in 2, but 1 will always remain," Tom said oddly."My wedding was cancelled a tenth of the way through," Tom said, decimated.
What my school has done in the past is to give kids a test just a week or two into year 7, and arranged ability based sets on the results of that test. The result would normally be pretty good - most kids, after doing tests at the end of the first term, would get results which more or less match their set - you'd normally see maybe 5-10% of kids moving up or down one set because we've noticed they're too adept/not strong enough at maths compared to the rest of the group. This year, we used the SATs results, for speed at the start of the year. And oh boy was it interesting. A good 30-40% of the year group had to move sets. About 2-3% of the year had to move by more than one set, indicating that they'd been massively misplaced. One of the middle ability sets had almost 60% of the kids move up or down, so it basically became a completely new set. You get the idea - these results were crazy inaccurate compared to our own measurements.
To be perfectly fair / play Devil's advocate, you are measuring the kids' abilities to do well on your own tests, so obviously your own tests will be a better predictor than somebody else's.
But I get your point.
What my school has done in the past is to give kids a test just a week or two into year 7, and arranged ability based sets on the results of that test. The result would normally be pretty good - most kids, after doing tests at the end of the first term, would get results which more or less match their set - you'd normally see maybe 5-10% of kids moving up or down one set because we've noticed they're too adept/not strong enough at maths compared to the rest of the group. This year, we used the SATs results, for speed at the start of the year. And oh boy was it interesting. A good 30-40% of the year group had to move sets. About 2-3% of the year had to move by more than one set, indicating that they'd been massively misplaced. One of the middle ability sets had almost 60% of the kids move up or down, so it basically became a completely new set. You get the idea - these results were crazy inaccurate compared to our own measurements.
To be perfectly fair / play Devil's advocate, you are measuring the kids' abilities to do well on your own tests, so obviously your own tests will be a better predictor than somebody else's.
But I get your point.
We use past SATs papers, not our own tests. So it's the same kind of paper they've sat a few months before.
Assuming you're drawing from the same source I do, I must admit that I only got a rather small proportion of puns. Most of them went over my head.
Assuming you're drawing from the same source I do, I must admit that I only got a rather small proportion of puns. Most of them went over my head.
Tom Swifty quotes are a play on word where Tom says something in an adverb way. The adverb is tied to the quote itself. I'm sure there are web sites full of them. They're usually just goofy. For example: "My car needs a new muffler," Tom said exhaustedly. Since the muffler is part of the exhaust, that ties into the adverb. They are admittedly very language-dependent.
And sometimes I just like to make some up, like the two math Swifty quotes I posted. Also: "I can't believe she's pregnant," Tom said hysterically.
I like my Swifty quotes abstruse.
Any other former cub/boy scouts here who remember Tom Swifty quotes from Boys Life magazine?
Any other former cub/boy scouts here who remember Tom Swifty quotes from Boys Life magazine?
That was so long ago.....i say as if I am actually really old. This year did mark 4 years since graduating college, 8 years since high school, so 12 years since I got my eagle scout and then didn't do anything else with scouts after that.
Any other former cub/boy scouts here who remember Tom Swifty quotes from Boys Life magazine?
That was so long ago.....i say as if I am actually really old. This year did mark 4 years since graduating college, 8 years since high school, so 12 years since I got my eagle scout and then didn't do anything else with scouts after that.
What did you achieve 16 years ago?
Any other former cub/boy scouts here who remember Tom Swifty quotes from Boys Life magazine?
Any other former cub/boy scouts here who remember Tom Swifty quotes from Boys Life magazine?
I am confused. How are SAT tests a better predictor when your school uses them, rather than other schools? Just because you enforce non-cheating measures better?
I just experienced sleep paralysis for the first time last night. Fortunately, it was pretty short (10-20 seconds I think, probably closer to 10) but still, it was by far the most terrifying experience I've ever had. It was pretty neat in a way, too, but I can imagine that it must be really awful to get these on a regular basis and especially if they're longer.
Man, $6k to replace my AC system. Homeownership can be a pain sometime.Netted against your PITI payments + the hypothetical market return of your down payment had you invested it
But then I remember that I have literally saved tens of thousands of dollars on rent.
Man, $6k to replace my AC system. Homeownership can be a pain sometime.
But then I remember that I have literally saved tens of thousands of dollars on rent.
Man, $6k to replace my AC system. Homeownership can be a pain sometime.Netted against your PITI payments + the hypothetical market return of your down payment had you invested it
But then I remember that I have literally saved tens of thousands of dollars on rent.
I just experienced sleep paralysis for the first time last night. Fortunately, it was pretty short (10-20 seconds I think, probably closer to 10) but still, it was by far the most terrifying experience I've ever had. It was pretty neat in a way, too, but I can imagine that it must be really awful to get these on a regular basis and especially if they're longer.
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
I'll take this all as a "no".
Context shmontext, taking things at complete and perfect face value is the best way to ensure proper miscommunication!
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
I do, too. I was on the lookout for discussion.
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
1 – {Product: i = 0 to 759999 of [(7347000000 – i – 5244) / (7347000000 – i)]}
I think. This is confusing me slightly.
Context shmontext, taking things at complete and perfect face value is the best way to ensure proper miscommunication!
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
1 – {Product: i = 0 to 759999 of [(7347000000 – i – 5244) / (7347000000 – i)]}
I think. This is confusing me slightly.
Sometimes I really love the internet:
http://fwc.wikia.com/wiki/Moss_Covered_Three_Handled_Family_Gredunza
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
1 – {Product: i = 0 to 759999 of [(7347000000 – i – 5244) / (7347000000 – i)]}
I think. This is confusing me slightly.
But who is able to use the internet? And who would have access to Dominion?
Oh hey, anyone live in Louisville Kentucky?
Yeah, someone lives there. Quite a lot of people actually, around 760 000. Hope this helps!
The context is that someone from here would live in Louisville Kentucky.
Given that there are approximately 7,347,000,000 people in this world, 5,244 total members, and 760,000 people in Louisville, what is the statistical probability of a user from F.DS being located within this section of the world?
1 – {Product: i = 0 to 759999 of [(7347000000 – i – 5244) / (7347000000 – i)]}
I think. This is confusing me slightly.
But who is able to use the internet? And who would have access to Dominion?
It's also worth noting that while there are 5244 users here, there aren't that many people. In fact, there are only Wandering Winder and sudgy.
How do you know if a topic is worth it's own thread or if it should just be mentioned in here?
How do you know if a topic is worth it's own thread or if it should just be mentioned in here?
In high school and my undergrad mechanical engineering physics courses, gravity was treated as a force in those force diagrams, acting on the center of mass of each object. But, gravity is not exactly a force, right? A force's impact on your movement depends on your inertia, but gravitational acceleration is independent of mass. In those physics classes, gravitational force actually scaled positively with the mass it was applied on. Doesn't that sound completely backwards when you think about it? I also get the sense that all forces you might "feel" from gravity are just from reactionary forces, or come about because perfect "rigid bodies" aren't a reality.
Supposedly gravity is what happens when mass curves spacetime or something, and it's almost like it curves what would normally be straight trajectory without gravity. But then, if you jump up from the ground of the Earth perpendicular to the surface, you accelerate, or "fall" straight back down. Was that jump actually a heavily curved trajectory that got curved due to gravity or something like that?
In high school and my undergrad mechanical engineering physics courses, gravity was treated as a force in those force diagrams, acting on the center of mass of each object. But, gravity is not exactly a force, right? A force's impact on your movement depends on your inertia, but gravitational acceleration is independent of mass. In those physics classes, gravitational force actually scaled positively with the mass it was applied on. Doesn't that sound completely backwards when you think about it? I also get the sense that all forces you might "feel" from gravity are just from reactionary forces, or come about because perfect "rigid bodies" aren't a reality.
What's so weird about all of this? When thought of as a force, gravity is just a force that is proportional to mass, just like how the electrostatic force is proportional to electric charge. The fact that motion involves mass makes things seem more funky, but the equations still work out almost exactly the same.QuoteSupposedly gravity is what happens when mass curves spacetime or something, and it's almost like it curves what would normally be straight trajectory without gravity. But then, if you jump up from the ground of the Earth perpendicular to the surface, you accelerate, or "fall" straight back down. Was that jump actually a heavily curved trajectory that got curved due to gravity or something like that?
During your jump, you are also moving in time, so even at the start of your jump you are moving diagonally. Then the curvature of spacetime makes that path slowly curve back down.
Scraping and repainting an ancient house would do it, as I am learning from working on my "new" old house. Do you have any current projects underway? It would be worth getting some lead testing kits from the hardware store to test the old paint you are scraping. They are fairly cheap. If you need to finish a project, scraping/sanding should be either done by having someone hold a vacuum with a HEPA filter next to you or done wet. Also good to seal off the room in which you are working, if possible. Vacuum drop cloths; do not shake outside. Wash your hands religiously.
Less likely source could be the water. In our town, it's recommended that all baby formula should be mixed with bottled water even though EPA water tests all come back at acceptable levels. "Just to be safe." That does not inspire confidence to me. If you have lead access pipes anywhere from the street or throughout the house and they are corroding or have otherwise gone bad, they could leeching lead into only your house. Our house had only one lead pipe in the basement, which was easy to bypass, but just to be safe, we switched to bottled water for drinking and cooking, anyway.
Scraping and repainting an ancient house would do it, as I am learning from working on my "new" old house. Do you have any current projects underway? It would be worth getting some lead testing kits from the hardware store to test the old paint you are scraping. They are fairly cheap. If you need to finish a project, scraping/sanding should be either done by having someone hold a vacuum with a HEPA filter next to you or done wet. Also good to seal off the room in which you are working, if possible. Vacuum drop cloths; do not shake outside. Wash your hands religiously.
Less likely source could be the water. In our town, it's recommended that all baby formula should be mixed with bottled water even though EPA water tests all come back at acceptable levels. "Just to be safe." That does not inspire confidence to me. If you have lead access pipes anywhere from the street or throughout the house and they are corroding or have otherwise gone bad, they could leeching lead into only your house. Our house had only one lead pipe in the basement, which was easy to bypass, but just to be safe, we switched to bottled water for drinking and cooking, anyway.
Thanks!
Yes, we were just scraping old paint (and did so last summer as well). By "we", I mean mostly my father-in-law. The paint is on the outside of the house. But we got testing kits to confirm that it's lead-based (it is) and also found out that the peeling paint on our porch interior is lead-based too. Possibly she ate some of that off the floor.
Today my son is getting his blood drawn for testing. Hopefully he's fine. He's shown no signs of developmental difficulties so far after living in this house for nearly 4 years (including through last summer's paint scraping). So, fingers crossed.
Anyway, once this issue became known, my father-in-law vacuumed the house and porch with a HEPA filter, and we're temporarily living with my parents at least until after an expert surveys our house for any more lead sources (tomorrow). We're also sending in a water sample for testing. Regardless of how all that turns out, we're still looking for a new place to live. Our current house just has too many things wrong with it.
The Garden by perverse_idyll for lexigilite
Ron and Hermione move after a man party. What did her best things go and has to deal with people she loves? How many imperfect love really belonges them and needs to be a person? Or will they learn and more than the war?
Where do you put the comma if you stack double and single quotation marks?
Like, "There is a thread about random stuff, it's called 'Random Stuff Part III'," said silver. Do you do '," or ,'"?
'," i believe
that's one of the weird things like punctuation with parentheses where if it were wrong in like an academic paper i don't think anyone would bat an eye
Where do you put the comma if you stack double and single quotation marks?
Like, "There is a thread about random stuff, it's called 'Random Stuff Part III'," said silver. Do you do '," or ,'"?
"There is a thread about random stuff, it's called 'Random Stuff Part III'", said silver. The comma is not a part of any of the quotations, so why put it inside them?
In other news, I got a shin splint. What should I do?
Today is a celebration. 30 years ago this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) was first heard by the world.
Today is a celebration. 30 years ago this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) was first heard by the world.
Today is a celebration. 30 years ago this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) was first heard by the world.
It would probably be more appropriate to post that in this forum section:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?board=50.0
Yesterday I approached a Starbucks employee who was sampling cold brew, and I noticed there was a coconut flavored one. I asked her if she was sampling that one, and she told me that it was such a popular flavor that Starbucks has decided to discontinue selling it entirely. This seems entirely counter-intuitive to me. Wouldn't Starbucks want to make more money? The only thing I can think of is that they might intend to do limited time releases for coconut.
The script I really don't like but currently have to read turns out to have interesting information about variables. It says Group Theory is the same as oeometry and Geometry is the same as Group Theory from which I conclude that Gemoetry equals eometry and therefore G = 1. Similarly, because Zunächts is used instead of Zunächst, s and t must commute. And all within one page.
The script I really don't like but currently have to read turns out to have interesting information about variables. It says Group Theory is the same as oeometry and Geometry is the same as Group Theory from which I conclude that Gemoetry equals eometry and therefore G = 1. Similarly, because Zunächts is used instead of Zunächst, s and t must commute. And all within one page.
Man, that's going to be one boring movie.
What bug? Is my gif causing issues?
What bug? Is my gif causing issues?
No, it's the good old bug we've had in every Random Stuff so far. All the references to posts link to one post later than they should, so when someone quotes the last post on a page, the link on that quote takes you to the wrong page, and the same is true for all the links to a particular post in this thread after the point at which we got the bug.
Ah. And I've had the bug where jumping to the first unread post takes me to the second post so that I have to scroll up to see the first unread post.
Ah. And I've had the bug where jumping to the first unread post takes me to the second post so that I have to scroll up to see the first unread post.
I suppose it's time to start Random Stuff IV.
Ah. And I've had the bug where jumping to the first unread post takes me to the second post so that I have to scroll up to see the first unread post.
I suppose it's time to start Random Stuff IV.
We (as in, a mod) should sticky all the random stuff threads. It's a part of f.ds that everyone needs to know about.
My PIN appears somewhere in pi, right after my birthday in unix time.
i just got a wider monitor and its resolution lets me fit like 10 more bookmarks hnnnnnn
i actually don't like having this capability because whenever i got to 6 tabs (i.e. where it needed to start squeezing them) i usually close a tab and that's a good point of homeostasis i thinki just got a wider monitor and its resolution lets me fit like 10 more bookmarks hnnnnnn
MOAR TABS!
Grammar question. I read this sentence
"A thread within his web had been cut and, like a"
I never do this, but I'm also never sure if it's false or just not my style. Can you put this comma behind the 'and' there? I'd put it after the 'cut'.
My PIN appears somewhere in pi, right after my birthday in unix time.
I should probably be worried about identity theft, because my SSN, PIN, birthdate, and credit card number all appear in pi directly one after the other.
I believe you would need a comma before "like" and after "moviegoer" in both of those examples if you want to be completely correct. But the comma before "and" is optional.
I did find a discussion on ELU stack exchange about it. (https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/185641/should-there-be-a-comma-after-and) I agree with Rhyous that even in the case of a parenthetical element, a comma should not be placed after and. See this page (http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm#below) citing Strunk's Elements of Style. But it seems I would be in the minority opinion in that thread.
My PIN appears somewhere in pi, right after my birthday in unix time.
I should probably be worried about identity theft, because my SSN, PIN, birthdate, and credit card number all appear in pi directly one after the other.
I noticed a few days ago that there is a 10-digit number of people in the world, SSN's (or other countries' equivalent) are usually 9 digits, and phone numbers are 10 digits, which means that there are probably a few people in the world* whose phone number is just their SSN with a digit appended to it. I would think it would feel really weird to be one of those people and give people your phone number. It would also be weird that that would be such a cool coincidence, but you would never want to tell anyone about it.
*(I don't actually really have any idea what percentage of the world's population has a 9-digit super-important number.)
Finnish SSNs are 11 characters, two of which aren't digits.
3.53i5ab8p5fc5vayqter60f6r0Finnish SSNs are 11 characters, two of which aren't digits.
So in order to find your SSN in pi, you first have to convert pi to base 36?Code: [Select]3.53i5ab8p5fc5vayqter60f6r0
Did I find it yet?
Man, I accidentally used a racial slur. It's not even one that was part of my normal vocabulary. But somehow it slipped out.
It was more egregious than using "gyp," but it's along those lines. I somehow blurted it out.
So weird that growing up with normalized racism could let me casually leak one out 30 years later.
My PIN appears somewhere in pi, right after my birthday in unix time.
I should probably be worried about identity theft, because my SSN, PIN, birthdate, and credit card number all appear in pi directly one after the other.
Not strictly speaking "almost all," though, because there are infinite real numbers which are not normal.I'm assuming that liopoil meant almost all with respect to Lebesgue measure.
This is what I meant. I read somewhere that it'd been proven, though I have no idea how. Seems plausible though!Not strictly speaking "almost all," though, because there are infinite real numbers which are not normal.I'm assuming that liopoil meant almost all with respect to Lebesgue measure.
Which, I imagine that's true, though I don't know for sure.
Okay, I suppose it's possible that it doesn't appear in Pi, but the chance is vanishingly small.
Not strictly speaking "almost all," though, because there are infinite real numbers which are not normal.
I'm about to start playing Chrono Trigger for the first time, something I probably should have done about 10 years ago if not more. I'm excited. I know small amounts about the game, like something tragic happens to someone called Frog - from the context it sounds like he gets killed and Lavos is the final boss and causing chaos throughout time but mostly, I know very little. I've also heard one or two of the music tracks before and enjoyed them.
I have UR gkrieg!
Send a delegation to Berlin on Wednesday if you want to see him...
I'm about to start playing Chrono Trigger for the first time, something I probably should have done about 10 years ago if not more. I'm excited. I know small amounts about the game, like something tragic happens to someone called Frog - from the context it sounds like he gets killed and Lavos is the final boss and causing chaos throughout time but mostly, I know very little. I've also heard one or two of the music tracks before and enjoyed them.
Chrono Trigger is a pretty great game - it's just a really solid JRPG that doesn't drag on for too long.
I liked that after a certain point, you got to pick when the game ended, and got different endings depending on when you did so.
I'm gonna have to come back and read these spoilers later, but I already have a suspicion Kiran's ones are Moat
Is Titan's spoiler a legit Chrono Trigger related thing though?
Chrono Trigger. I played this on the PlayStation One (bundled with Final Fantasy IV). You can call it blissful ignorance that I didn't know the SNES version of the game didn't have the atrocious load times before every fight. We're talking a wait of about 10 seconds of the characters acting frozen before every random encounter begins. The music plays during this load time though.
How did I put up with those load times? I don't know, the game was good enough for me to want to finish I guess.
Chrono Trigger. I played this on the PlayStation One (bundled with Final Fantasy IV). You can call it blissful ignorance that I didn't know the SNES version of the game didn't have the atrocious load times before every fight. We're talking a wait of about 10 seconds of the characters acting frozen before every random encounter begins. The music plays during this load time though.
How did I put up with those load times? I don't know, the game was good enough for me to want to finish I guess.
Oh god, all those PS1 ports of SNES games were awful. Final Fantasy VI had a several-second wait every time you wanted to open the menu. Unplayable.
How did I put up with those load times? I don't know, the game was good enough for me to want to finish I guess.
Does anyone remember Sunset Riders from the arcade?
How did I put up with those load times? I don't know, the game was good enough for me to want to finish I guess.
My Commodore 64 had a Western game where you were a sheriff standing in a street and various people showed up to talk to you. You answered by choosing a response with the joystick, and if you pushed the joystick all the way up, then you exited the speech options and immediately drew your gun and could aim it. It was an amusing little game.
But it was so graphic-heavy that it would take literal minutes for each scenario to load. It could take half an hour to play the game, and you may only see 10 scenarios.
In a sense, I suppose I can't say those days are fully gone. When I want to play a new game, I have to install it. If I buy it for the PS3, it seems normal nowadays to have to wait several minutes while it downloads updates.
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
$ du -sh /home/sudgy
51G /home/sudgy
Apologies. Posting here in hopes it will remove the verification letters from my replies.
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
I do that fairly routinely.
Today at work I received over 10,000 emails within a half hour.
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
I do that fairly routinely.
Today at work I received over 10,000 emails within a half hour.
health people: is there any reason one shouldn't exercise primarily at 3am?
health people: is there any reason one shouldn't exercise primarily at 3am?
I think it would depend on when you wake/sleep.
If you sleep from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. every day, then 3 a.m. seems like a fine time to work out.
this just about describes me as well yeshealth people: is there any reason one shouldn't exercise primarily at 3am?
I think it would depend on when you wake/sleep.
If you sleep from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. every day, then 3 a.m. seems like a fine time to work out.
What if I sleep from 4 am to 2 pm?
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
I do that fairly routinely.
Today at work I received over 10,000 emails within a half hour.
this just about describes me as well yeshealth people: is there any reason one shouldn't exercise primarily at 3am?
I think it would depend on when you wake/sleep.
If you sleep from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. every day, then 3 a.m. seems like a fine time to work out.
What if I sleep from 4 am to 2 pm?
health people: is there any reason one shouldn't exercise primarily at 3am?
does anyone here do snapchat? i'm schad1
does anyone here do snapchat? i'm schad1
i'm just a dude. right now my story has me cartwheeling and my catdoes anyone here do snapchat? i'm schad1
I imagine snapping with you would be both very entertaining and confusing.
i'm just a dude. right now my story has me cartwheeling and my catdoes anyone here do snapchat? i'm schad1
I imagine snapping with you would be both very entertaining and confusing.
Does anyone remember Sunset Riders from the arcade?
I wanted to change my avatar to mountain pass but I'm not sure if it worked right so uh yea
Edit: it did not work right
Edit2: well small is better than smashed into a square but I can see MicQ succeeded in something a little larger
The Iso art from the forum gallery is the only way to get a bigger avatar than what e.g. I have.
I deleted 180 gigs worth of stuff.
I do that fairly routinely.
Today at work I received over 10,000 emails within a half hour.
(´･ω･`) (http://vgperson.tumblr.com/post/21533650696/help-the-girl-i-like-wont-respond-to-my-emails)
I may be using Uber for the first time in the next couple of weeks. I need to find some time to look up how to do things.
It seems that I can hail an Uber using my phone's location. If I have a lot of luggage, is that something I can indicate?
If I have a lot of luggage, is that something I can indicate?
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
I saw it in 2001. ;D
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
I saw it in 2001. ;D
How do you remember what year it was?
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
I saw it a few years ago (not as many as Gendo though :p). It's funny, but weird/absurd at times. Also, long.
For some reason, I thought the way they used punctuation and capitalization to strengthen the incredulity of (mostly) Black Mage was hilarious.
Cute webcomic based on FFI. Some of you probably have seen it before, but I hadn't:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
I saw it in 2001. ;D
How do you remember what year it was?
Does anyone by chance know a way to add... stains to an image? As in dirt, blurry black lines, that kind of thing. The program I use and the tools I found online can add noise, but that's not really the same. I want something that will also stain white background.
I hope the answer is not "install gimp" :-X
FTFYDoes anyone by chance know a way to add... stains to an image? As in dirt, blurry black lines, that kind of thing. The program I use and the tools I found online can add noise, but that's not really the same. I want something that will also stain white background.Install gimp!
I hope the answer is not "install gimp" :-X
Does anyone by chance know a way to add... stains to an image? As in dirt, blurry black lines, that kind of thing. The program I use and the tools I found online can add noise, but that's not really the same. I want something that will also stain white background.
I hope the answer is not "install gimp" :-X
What's wrong with GIMP exactly? I mainly use it because I don't have a tablet and never bothered to find an artsy image creation/editing app.Nothing is wrong with gimp at all (that I know of). I just really don't like having to adapt to new software...
Other question: I got asked this
- What waifufaggotry is;
- What its effects are;
- What its causes are;
- What its relationship to reality is;
- What its moral status is?
Does anyone who knows anime want to answer those?
I think that it has very low moral status because it has f*gg*t in it
I think that it has very low moral status because it has f*gg*t in it
I think that it has very low moral status because it has f*gg*t in it
I'm always confused when people use censor characters in a completely legible word online.
Yeah, if you are concerned about language you should just use moat . spoilers
you can't transfer the old expansions to new dominion accounts, can you?
Oh, I see. Cool. (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16679.0)
... wait, why did thief get removed? have any other cards been removed?
Oh, I see. Cool. (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16679.0)
... wait, why did thief get removed? have any other cards been removed?
does anyone else super enjoy wide pencil lead? like .9mm+
it feels like digging an informative canal
does anyone else super enjoy wide pencil lead? like .9mm+
it feels like digging an informative canal
does anyone else super enjoy wide pencil lead? like .9mm+
it feels like digging an informative canal
No, that shit is the worst, go get artists' pencils if you need lines that thick. 0.5mm or go home.
... wait, why did thief get removed? have any other cards been removed?
does anyone else super enjoy wide pencil lead? like .9mm+
it feels like digging an informative canal
Huh. It's 0.5mm 2H for me by preference! It's not like I can read my own writing very well anyway...
does anyone else super enjoy wide pencil lead? like .9mm+
it feels like digging an informative canal
Huh. It's 0.5mm 2H for me by preference! It's not like I can read my own writing very well anyway...
same here, .9 just gets too messy
Is there a way to show your match history for dominion games?
Awaclus are you drunk or something?
Awaclus are you drunk or something?
I'm something.
Also the joke is that I posted a way to show my match history for dominion games, as was requested.
For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me
For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
And my love this cannot be
For so many years are gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me
Well, Queen also sings "Fried Chicken."
I do like '39. So folksy but so sci-fi.
Well, Queen also sings "Fried Chicken."
I do like '39. So folksy but so sci-fi.
I never actually checked the lyrics for One Vision. I wonder if it's just something they do. Well, did.
Well, Queen also sings "Fried Chicken."
I do like '39. So folksy but so sci-fi.
I never actually checked the lyrics for One Vision. I wonder if it's just something they do. Well, did.
I was starting to question my memory, so I pulled out my 20th anniversary CD of A Kind of Magic. My memory wins this round. The lyrics sheet does claim "one vision," but nobody I know believes that was what was sung at the end.
Anyone ever run into lyrics sheets on album inserts clearly disagreeing with what is sung on the album, but both versions work equally well and have very similar meanings?
I just noticed that in the Queen song '39 (A Night at the Opera), the second part of the second verse is in the sheet as:QuoteFor the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me
However, on the album (at least, the CD I have, which was rereleased in 1991) May seems to sing:QuoteFor the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away
And my love this cannot be
For so many years are gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me
Some of those could be artifacts of hearing what I expect to, but I really cannot hear anything other than "little darling".
I wonder if they are transposed for the lyrics sheet from the original song writings, though during recording they take different takes and mix the ones they like the most. I know some bands (e.g., Belle and Sebastian, I think The Shins as well) sometimes change songs a bit when they perform live, maybe letting the song evolve as it grows older, or something. I suppose if you write a song you might have a number of different versions with slight modifications, and different ones could end up in different places?
Also possible they took a different mix on the remasterings from the original record, but the insert was the same as the record.
So what happens if you tie a game? Does the higher rater player lose rating?
Earlier today I had a song stuck in my head that I heard a few months ago, so I looked it up on Youtube. It started up, name of song and authors. I recognised one of the names as one of my friends. So of course I quickly messaged her on Facebook. Turns out I'd had a song stuck in my head that was written by one of my (and Joseph2302's) friends, and I had no idea she'd even written a song. (For privacy reasons I won't share the song name/friend name, sorry).I demand to be PMed the details!
uh is there a way to play a dominion board for both sides? If I want to test out strategy X vs Y?
60ish last I checked which is incredible considering I look at the keyboard and only use a total of 6 fingers. I never took any classes but I was using computers before most people in general.
60ish last I checked which is incredible considering I look at the keyboard and only use a total of 6 fingers. I never took any classes but I was using computers before most people in general.
I just took Awaclus's test and got 75 WPM (377 CPM, no mistakes), and I type with 3 fingers (both index fingers and my right middle finger). I don't look at the keyboard, though. It's weird what kinds of habits people develop with no formal typing training.
uh is there a way to play a dominion board for both sides? If I want to test out strategy X vs Y?
I mean if you are having trouble keeping the decks separate, I guess you could put them on opposite sides of the table and move yourself, but I usually just have one deck to the right and one to the left.
uh is there a way to play a dominion board for both sides? If I want to test out strategy X vs Y?
I mean if you are having trouble keeping the decks separate, I guess you could put them on opposite sides of the table and move yourself, but I usually just have one deck to the right and one to the left.
I assume you know that but I was talking about online dominion
Man, 62 wpm, I apparently ma not nearly as good as I thought I was. Then again, I don't touch type, well, sort of, I can touch type somewhat but it increases my mistakes a ton. So my wpm is much higher working from my brain or from speech rather than from words presented on the screen.
I apparently ma not nearly as good as I thought I was.\Apparently!
I apparently ma not nearly as good as I thought I was.\Apparently!
I apparently ma not nearly as good as I thought I was.\Apparently!
Right, what the hell was that even?
I would. If I had my favorite food in infinite supply, I could gain arbitrary amounts of money by selling it and do cool stuff with them.
I would. If I had my favorite food in infinite supply, I could gain arbitrary amounts of money by selling it and do cool stuff with them.
So gaining lots of money is more important to you than ending world hunger?
Man I don't get people. I ask awesome questions on Tinder like "would you sacrifice me to the volcano gods in order to have your favorite food in infinite supply" and I don't even get a response. :'(
Man I don't get people. I ask awesome questions on Tinder like "would you sacrifice me to the volcano gods in order to have your favorite food in infinite supply" and I don't even get a response. :'(
My company's deciding to allow us to carry over only 40 hours of personal time at the end of the year instead of 80. I'm not fond of this. I like having a strong buffer. It really helped me out one year when I was laid up for 2 weeks due to surgery. I got to use personal days instead of disability pay.
The rationale is that there is a perception that people aren't using their personal time enough. But if we have a hard cap of 80 hours anyway, then that argument doesn't hold since that only really applies the first year you start saving. If you start off with 80 extra hours and then carry over 80 hours at the end, then you're using just as much personal time.
I just like having a choice.
It's not that the company wants you to take personal time. It's that employees having the hours banked is a liability, and the CFO would be happier if that liability were smaller.
I would. If I had my favorite food in infinite supply, I could gain arbitrary amounts of money by selling it and do cool stuff with them.
So gaining lots of money is more important to you than ending world hunger?
I would. If I had my favorite food in infinite supply, I could gain arbitrary amounts of money by selling it and do cool stuff with them.
So gaining lots of money is more important to you than ending world hunger?
I'm wondering what ramifications solving world hunger with an infinite supply of food would have on the world economy. If oranges are in infinite supply, how much would apples cost?
It's not that the company wants you to take personal time. It's that employees having the hours banked is a liability, and the CFO would be happier if that liability were smaller.
I believe you, but I don't know why this would be. Could you explain?
It would be much worse for the company if everyone suddenly took two weeks off at the same time than if everybody suddenly took one week off at the same time.
It's not that the company wants you to take personal time. It's that employees having the hours banked is a liability, and the CFO would be happier if that liability were smaller.
I believe you, but I don't know why this would be. Could you explain?
My brother, during a job interview, was asked to find the best algorithm to find the looping point of a linearly linked list that loops back to some point in the middle (so it looks like a P). The best that we can come up with is n2 time, with constant space, or n time with n space. However, the person doing the interview claimed that he had n time with constant space. Can any of you think of the answer? My brother and I have been trying to think of something to no avail.
My brother, during a job interview, was asked to find the best algorithm to find the looping point of a linearly linked list that loops back to some point in the middle (so it looks like a P). The best that we can come up with is n2 time, with constant space, or n time with n space. However, the person doing the interview claimed that he had n time with constant space. Can any of you think of the answer? My brother and I have been trying to think of something to no avail.
Can you set the next pointer to null in each node as you go along? That would ruin your linked list, but it would find the point for you when you get to a node with a null pointer. N time and constant space
My brother, during a job interview, was asked to find the best algorithm to find the looping point of a linearly linked list that loops back to some point in the middle (so it looks like a P). The best that we can come up with is n2 time, with constant space, or n time with n space. However, the person doing the interview claimed that he had n time with constant space. Can any of you think of the answer? My brother and I have been trying to think of something to no avail.
Can you set the next pointer to null in each node as you go along? That would ruin your linked list, but it would find the point for you when you get to a node with a null pointer. N time and constant space
Forgot to mention, you can't kill the list too.
(Actually, in the interview my brother found several solutions, including this one, and each time the interviewer asked if there was another way that was better in some way.)
Keep in mind that the guy could have been stupid too and he doesn't actually have a solution. It would be hard to prove that though.
My brother, during a job interview, was asked to find the best algorithm to find the looping point of a linearly linked list that loops back to some point in the middle (so it looks like a P). The best that we can come up with is n2 time, with constant space, or n time with n space. However, the person doing the interview claimed that he had n time with constant space. Can any of you think of the answer? My brother and I have been trying to think of something to no avail.I've heard this one before. There is an answer.
My brother, during a job interview, was asked to find the best algorithm to find the looping point of a linearly linked list that loops back to some point in the middle (so it looks like a P). The best that we can come up with is n2 time, with constant space, or n time with n space. However, the person doing the interview claimed that he had n time with constant space. Can any of you think of the answer? My brother and I have been trying to think of something to no avail.I was going to accuse that of being a bad interview question because I only knew one solution, which is a bit of a trick answer and not particularly relevant to algorithms you'd actually use. But then I looked up the problem and it turns out there are more easily discoverable algorithms, so maybe it's not so bad after all.
I'm not sure I understand the question. What exactly is n supposed to be? What information exactly are you given and what does each query or whatever tell you?
I know how run-time works in general, just not sure precisely what quantity n is referring to in this context. If it's the size of the list, I guess my question is exactly how the list is structured. Before I assumed that the list was infinite and it just started being periodic after some point and the period was around n or something. So now I don't have any real idea what a "linearly linked list" is. If it's like, each element points to its successor, or something, I'm not sure what stops you from just like going down the list until you get somewhere you've already been. If it's just a graph shaped like a P or something, then you're just looking for the vertex with degree three. I'm just trying to guess what this structure is at this point... I guess that's what I meant by "What information exactly are you given" - as in what's the data structure.
struct Node {
Type data;
Node* next;
};If it's like, each element points to its successor, or something, I'm not sure what stops you from just like going down the list until you get somewhere you've already been.
If it's like, each element points to its successor, or something, I'm not sure what stops you from just like going down the list until you get somewhere you've already been.
Sure, you can do that, but how do you know if you're visiting a place again, if you're only allowed a constant amount of space to store things?
I agree with blueblimp that this doesn't seem like a good question, I only know the trick solution and it's more like a novelty. (Like the problem of switching a and b without defining a 3rd temporary variable.)
Speaking of time constraints:
There isn't enough time to deeply learn everything I want to know about.
There isn't enough time to shallowly learn everything I want to know about.
There isn't even enough time to learn enough to make a list of the things I want to know about, even if I had started 39 years ago. Mostly because I don't even know of the existence of many of these things. (These thoughts are precipitated by reading an article on model-based design, which I hadn't heard of until today.)
This doesn't take into account motivation or available spoons, just actual time.
Someone try to cheer me up?
Speaking of time constraints:
There isn't enough time to deeply learn everything I want to know about.
There isn't enough time to shallowly learn everything I want to know about.
There isn't even enough time to learn enough to make a list of the things I want to know about, even if I had started 39 years ago. Mostly because I don't even know of the existence of many of these things. (These thoughts are precipitated by reading an article on model-based design, which I hadn't heard of until today.)
This doesn't take into account motivation or available spoons, just actual time.
Someone try to cheer me up?
Your existence is ultimately meaningless. Any knowledge you do or do not acquire is unimportant.Meaning depends on context, which you provide (and I don't mean, the meaning of words, though, that too).
Devoid of context, meaninglessness is also meaningless. Meaninglessness only gets value from you assigning it value and well I don't recommend it.
Should I get an avatar?
Having an avatar makes it look like you're a member of the community, rather than someone who just joined and is making a few quick posts. It makes you look a little more unique, rather than just a username posting.
Having an avatar makes it look like you're a member of the community, rather than someone who just joined and is making a few quick posts.
Having an avatar makes it look like you're a member of the community, rather than someone who just joined and is making a few quick posts. It makes you look a little more unique, rather than just a username posting.
The best avatars are either a painting of you or dominion art.
Tables may have Martin in his name, but he is not Sir Martin. I don't think Sir Martin has an account here. Sir Destry does.Having an avatar makes it look like you're a member of the community, rather than someone who just joined and is making a few quick posts. It makes you look a little more unique, rather than just a username posting.
The best avatars are either a painting of you or dominion art.
I'm going to explain the joke here because especially new people won't pick up on this: Tables is Sir Martin.
He also eats tables.
The menu has chai tea latte. The redundancy is killing me.
The menu has chai tea latte. The redundancy is killing me.
Is there no espresso involved?
The menu has chai tea latte. The redundancy is killing me.
Is there no espresso involved?
You can order a shot of espresso to be added.
Tables is a Martin and he kind of looks like the art, according to some old posts.Kind of in the sense that they both have beards.
Should I get an avatar?
If you don't, then someone will yell at you to choose an avatar. That's how I got this one.
I forgot who yelled at me. Was it Silverspawn? I want to say it was Silverspawn.
Pretty sure it was me. Anyways the argument you posed regarding judgement and avatars was the reason you took it down (and still basically have it down for all intents and purposes)
Tables may have Martin in his name, but he is not Sir Martin. I don't think Sir Martin has an account here. Sir Destry does.Having an avatar makes it look like you're a member of the community, rather than someone who just joined and is making a few quick posts. It makes you look a little more unique, rather than just a username posting.
The best avatars are either a painting of you or dominion art.
I'm going to explain the joke here because especially new people won't pick up on this: Tables is Sir Martin.
He also eats tables.
And for the sake of getting my wife involved, does it have spiders?
So I was aware of a game called Kingdom Hearts, and I knew it was Disneyed, which may explain why it never really made a serious blip on my radar.
But I've seen claims that it's a really amazing game –even possibly the best video game of all time.
Is it really that great, I ask of the people who are probably younger and hipper than me. I still have my PS3, so it should be a very simple purchase if I decide to go that route.
And for the sake of getting my wife involved, does it have spiders?
So I was aware of a game called Kingdom Hearts, and I knew it was Disneyed, which may explain why it never really made a serious blip on my radar.
But I've seen claims that it's a really amazing game –even possibly the best video game of all time.
Is it really that great, I ask of the people who are probably younger and hipper than me. I still have my PS3, so it should be a very simple purchase if I decide to go that route.
And for the sake of getting my wife involved, does it have spiders?
I have not played any Kingdom Hearts game. I watched my housemate play an early part of the first Kingdom Hearts game once. It looked super boring.
Does saying "Everything I say is false" imply that some things I say are true? My gut tells me yes but it's really funky.
It doesn't even make sense to talk about anything when you assume that saying "Everything I say is false" is possible.
Does saying "Everything I say is false" imply that some things I say are true? My gut tells me yes but it's really funky.
Does saying "Everything I say is false" imply that some things I say are true? My gut tells me yes but it's really funky.
My thinking was involved. using Reductio Ad Absurdum on the statement "Some things I say are true". If you negate that you get "No things I say are true", and if you say that you get a contradiction, proving the orginal statement.
I'm guessing that this is just pseudo-logic. It sounds logical but it makes no logicao sense.
Wow, this is confusing. You can say "some things I say are true" and be lying, for example if the only things you say are that and "1=2".Well in your example the statement is true I think. If you only say that "Some things I say are true" and "1=2" (waiting for the edgecasers on that one) then "Some things I say are true" can be true, if it refers to itself. It's the equivalent of saying "This statement is true."
How does that work with the negation of "some things i say are true" being the paradoxon "everything I say is false"?
There is a class of phrases that can not be assigned a truth value. Basically, metalanguage falls into this.Where does the law of non-existent middle come into play then? Are you saying paradoxes like "Everything I say is false" fall into the same category as "What's the weather like?" and "Go put on your shoes!" or other sentences with no truth value? That wasn't really the way I learned it but I suppose it makes sense.
So in generality, there isn't a true/false dichotomy but rather a true/false/NA trichitomy.
I suppose that's why reducto ad absurdum does not work. To show false cannot he true is not the same as showing true.
There is a class of phrases that can not be assigned a truth value. Basically, metalanguage falls into this.Where does the law of non-existent middle come into play then? Are you saying paradoxes like "Everything I say is false" fall into the same category as "What's the weather like?" and "Go put on your shoes!" or other sentences with no truth value? That wasn't really the way I learned it but I suppose it makes sense.
So in generality, there isn't a true/false dichotomy but rather a true/false/NA trichitomy.
I suppose that's why reducto ad absurdum does not work. To show false cannot he true is not the same as showing true.
Regarding Reductio Ad Absurdum, I think it doesn't apply because "Some things I say are true" isn't an argument, it's just a premise.
There's a puzzle I enjoy that exposes the problem, I think.
Assume there's two chests in front of you. One has treasure inside, the other is trapped. In front of the one on the left, there's a sign that says "This treasure is trapped"; in front of the one on the right, there's a sign that says "Exactly one of these signs is truthful". Which chest do you open?
Solution:
If the sign on the right is truthful, then the one on the left has to be false, hence the treasure is on the left. But if the sign on the right is false,
then the one on the left still has to be false, so the treasure is on the left still. So you should open the chest on the left.
You follow the logic and decide which chest to open. Yet, just before you open either:
I come in and switch both signs with each other, so that the one that used to be on the left is now on the right, and viceversa.
What do you do now? Which chest do you open?
This shows that you were starting the problem with a wrong assumption, which is that all statements are either True or False, which logically leads to spurious results, as all wrong assumptions are wont to do.
"1=2" (waiting for the edgecasers on that one)
"1=2" (waiting for the edgecasers on that one)
1.49999 and 1.50001 round to 1 and 2 respectively if you're only using 1 significant digit, but are much closer to each other. That's about the best edge case I can come up with.
I am confused, you both say that a statement can only be either true or false, then you say that a statement can also not be properly defined. In the second case, you are agreeing with me.
Try asking the first part of the puzzle to anybody that likes logic puzzles. You will see that they will follow the logic in the first puzzle and tell you where the treasure is, because they are implicitly assuming that all statements are either true or false. Changing the signs positions obviously change the nature of the statements, but they will realize that if they try to follow the same logic again, they would be forced to conclude that the treasure is in the other chest now, which obviously makes no sense! And they will have some trouble figuring out what the mistake in their reasoning was, which is that statements can be neither true nor false (improperly defined, as you call them). That’s what the puzzle is attempting to illustrate.
Try asking the first part of the puzzle to anybody that likes logic puzzles. You will see that they will follow the logic in the first puzzle and tell you where the treasure is, because they are implicitly assuming that all statements are either true or false. Changing the signs positions obviously change the nature of the statements, but they will realize that if they try to follow the same logic again, they would be forced to conclude that the treasure is in the other chest now, which obviously makes no sense! And they will have some trouble figuring out what the mistake in their reasoning was, which is that statements can be neither true nor false (improperly defined, as you call them). That’s what the puzzle is attempting to illustrate.
Oh now I get it. Your point is that because both assigning "true" and assigning "false" to the signs leads to the same result, so therefore the treasure MUST be left. I was wondering why you'd have to believe any of the signs in the first place.Not true. It's difficult, but possible. For example:
Ok. In that case my original reply misses the point because misunderstood what you were trying to say.
The actual problem is what I said about self-referencing: "exactly one of us is truthful" depends on itself. It afaik not possible to replicate that effect without having a self-referencing statement.
Try asking the first part of the puzzle to anybody that likes logic puzzles. You will see that they will follow the logic in the first puzzle and tell you where the treasure is, because they are implicitly assuming that all statements are either true or false. Changing the signs positions obviously change the nature of the statements, but they will realize that if they try to follow the same logic again, they would be forced to conclude that the treasure is in the other chest now, which obviously makes no sense! And they will have some trouble figuring out what the mistake in their reasoning was, which is that statements can be neither true nor false (improperly defined, as you call them). That’s what the puzzle is attempting to illustrate.
I have another puzzle:
Assume there's two chests in front of you. One has treasure inside, the other is trapped. In front of the one on the left, there's a sign that says "This treasure is trapped"; in front of the one on the right, there's a sign that says "This treasure is not trapped". Which chest do you open?
Solution:
you open the one on the right because it's not trapped
You follow the logic and decide which chest to open. Yet, just before you open either:
I come in and switch both signs with each other, so that the one that used to be on the left is now on the right, and viceversa.
What do you do now? Which chest do you open?
Oh now I get it. Your point is that because both assigning "true" and assigning "false" to the signs leads to the same result, so therefore the treasure MUST be left. I was wondering why you'd have to believe any of the signs in the first place.Not true. It's difficult, but possible. For example:
Ok. In that case my original reply misses the point because misunderstood what you were trying to say.
The actual problem is what I said about self-referencing: "exactly one of us is truthful" depends on itself. It afaik not possible to replicate that effect without having a self-referencing statement.
"yields negation when preceded by its quotation" yields negation when preceded by its quotation.
Oh now I get it. Your point is that because both assigning "true" and assigning "false" to the signs leads to the same result, so therefore the treasure MUST be left. I was wondering why you'd have to believe any of the signs in the first place.Not true. It's difficult, but possible. For example:
Ok. In that case my original reply misses the point because misunderstood what you were trying to say.
The actual problem is what I said about self-referencing: "exactly one of us is truthful" depends on itself. It afaik not possible to replicate that effect without having a self-referencing statement.
"yields negation when preceded by its quotation" yields negation when preceded by its quotation.
You'll have to explain that. Negation of what?
I... still don't get it. What does it mean to "yield a negation?"Basically, "generates a false statement". It's terrible language, but that's because (a) it's not mine (it's Quine's, I believe), and (b) you have to use slightly awful phrasing to make something that works without being directly self-referential.
I wrote a trap in D&D that used the player assumptions against them.
I cannot remember the exact wording of the puzzle, but it basically asked the reader what color was the bear. Options were brown, grey, or black. There were three buttons of those colors.
The thing was that if you pressed the correct answer, that triggered the trap. After all, who is going to guard the entry to his house with an easily solved riddle? Those who examined the buttons saw little notches that were a reminder to the owner of which order to press them.
Friend of mine yelled at me rather vociferously because his character found the notches and conveyed this to everyone else, but they were too focused on the puzzle and simply assumed that getting the puzzle right is the correct course of action.
Silly puzzle traps.
I wrote a trap in D&D that used the player assumptions against them.
I cannot remember the exact wording of the puzzle, but it basically asked the reader what color was the bear. Options were brown, grey, or black. There were three buttons of those colors.
The thing was that if you pressed the correct answer, that triggered the trap. After all, who is going to guard the entry to his house with an easily solved riddle? Those who examined the buttons saw little notches that were a reminder to the owner of which order to press them.
Friend of mine yelled at me rather vociferously because his character found the notches and conveyed this to everyone else, but they were too focused on the puzzle and simply assumed that getting the puzzle right is the correct course of action.
Silly puzzle traps.
Who would guard the entry with an easily-solved riddle? Maybe the same guy who has to remind himself of a three-key combination? :p
Man, I hate it when I get a Christmas song stuck in my head and it's not even Halloween yet. But what can I say? The Gremlins theme song is awfully catchy.
watno
a town
thetasigma12
2 games: i 1 that.
witherweaver
raw view there
pacovf
fav cop
silverspawn
srs vile pawn
kirian
rank II
scott_pilgrim
plot misc_grit
awaclus
u as claw
conman
moan "n.c."
titandrake
kid ran at e.t.
pingpongsam
mapping song
kuildeous
i use loud? k.
Man, talk about exclusive.
I just realized that the squire in squire is actually just the guy at the right. I don't think I even knew that there was a guy at the right until now.
I have always realized that Squire is the guy on the right and that there is a horse in the art.
I have always realized that Squire is the guy on the right and that there is a horse in the art.
This is scary. I was reading through unread posts on this thread and thought about posting this in the Brag Board. I click over to my unreads there and the first thing is almost exactly what I was about to post. Wow, Awaclus is realllly rubbing off on me.
Oooh, it is on, ladies and gentlemen.
Will StrongRhino take up the gauntlet? Will we be witnesses to an upvoting surge the likes of which f.ds hasn't seen since Walrus spree in the roguelike thread? There's only one way to know!
Everybody take one last look at your respect:post ratio, 'cos it is gonna assssssplode!!
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[Preface: I'm a drummer.]
Today I dropped a stick while playing a song with brushes. Achievement unlocked!
Man, where's eHalcyon been? It's been forever since I've seen him around.
I was thinking about quantum physics and my very very limited knowledge of it. How at the very core of it all, it's entirely random. There's no pattern. But what if there was? What if quantum mechanics at its very core was a highly complex chain that was so incredibly long that it might as well be random? They probably have math to prove it's actually random, again I don't have a lot of knowledge on quantum mechanics.
Random is not the same as without pattern.
Things with random components can still have patterns. Two random variables may be correlated, meaning that when one varies the other tends to as well. A series of random numbers may be autocorrelated, meaning that its value tends to depend on its previous values in some fashion (for example, a random walk, where I flip a coin that tells me whether to take a step forwards or backwards, is strongly autocorrelated because if I'm 5 steps forward my next position can only be 4 or 6 steps forward).Random is not the same as without pattern.
Is that true? Randomness necessitates a lack of a pattern. If there was no pattern, it would truly be random. Maybe if there was a guy picking random numbers off the back of his head, but there would be some sort of mental pattern, since humans tend to gravitate towards numbers.
Well try this. Roll 2d6 and add the sum, record it. Do this 5000 times and plot the results. I bet you'll see a pattern.Take the same set of die rolls. Instead of adding the dice, take six times the first die, plus the second die. Huh, now the pattern is a flat line. What happened?
Well try this. Roll 2d6 and add the sum, record it. Do this 5000 times and plot the results. I bet you'll see a pattern.Take the same set of die rolls. Instead of adding the dice, take six times the first die, plus the second die. Huh, now the pattern is a flat line. What happened?
It sounds like you're giving an example of a pattern found in randomness. What you're actually giving an example of is a pattern found in a pattern. The randomness is superimposed, and you have enough samples that it averages out to not disturbing the pattern you provided. Which was, "how often does each sum occur when adding two numbers from 1 to 6."
The flat line is again a pattern that we have provided - the randomness has nothing to do with it.Well try this. Roll 2d6 and add the sum, record it. Do this 5000 times and plot the results. I bet you'll see a pattern.Take the same set of die rolls. Instead of adding the dice, take six times the first die, plus the second die. Huh, now the pattern is a flat line. What happened?
It sounds like you're giving an example of a pattern found in randomness. What you're actually giving an example of is a pattern found in a pattern. The randomness is superimposed, and you have enough samples that it averages out to not disturbing the pattern you provided. Which was, "how often does each sum occur when adding two numbers from 1 to 6."
The flat line would be a pattern, too, inasmuch as the sum distribution was. I considered using the 1d6 example.
So the distribution itself is not random. Random variables obey one, though. It seems a bit arbitrary whether we call that pattern in randomness or randomness superimposed on a pattern. I consider it the former (like ConMan).
The flat line is again a pattern that we have provided - the randomness has nothing to do with it.
Then I guess with that point of view, I don't know what "random" means.It means unpredictable.
Then I guess with that point of view, I don't know what "random" means.It means unpredictable.
If you roll a die, you get some number from 1 to 6. You don't know what it will be until you roll it. It's random.
If you add up the numbers from 1 to 6 and divide the total by 6, you get 3.5. There's nothing random about that. It's always the same answer.
If you roll a zillion dice, add up the results and divide the total by a zillion, you will get something very close to 3.5. By rolling so many dice we average out the randomness and are left with the original pattern.
It's the same with the bell curve, just harder to see.
Describing the properties of the die, that it has 6 faces equally likely to appear, is not making a prediction.Then I guess with that point of view, I don't know what "random" means.It means unpredictable.
If you roll a die, you get some number from 1 to 6. You don't know what it will be until you roll it. It's random.
If you add up the numbers from 1 to 6 and divide the total by 6, you get 3.5. There's nothing random about that. It's always the same answer.
If you roll a zillion dice, add up the results and divide the total by a zillion, you will get something very close to 3.5. By rolling so many dice we average out the randomness and are left with the original pattern.
It's the same with the bell curve, just harder to see.
But you can make predictions; they just have uncertainty. You know how likely you are to get each value. If you roll a weighted d6, those probabilities change. Taking averages is one way to get an idea of what those probabilities are.
Is probability ambiguous?
Oh boy a probability discussion.More like a definitions-of-English-words discussion disguised as a probability discussion...
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Is the problem with the word "pattern" rather than, say, "structure"? Something which is random can have an underlying structure which you can use to make predictions. I roll a d6, I'm not going to predict that the roll is 13. I draw my opening hand in Dominion, I know that on a typical board there are only 4 different hands I might see and two of them are more likely than the other two. I look at the stock market today, I can take a guess at where it will be tomorrow. I can never be 100% certain about the outcome of any of those events, but I know *something* about them that lets me make predictions, and if I observe such events a lot of times then, on average, I know what those observations will look like.
You gave an example of randomness having a pattern, but were actually providing the pattern and just adding noise to it that didn't eliminate it. It wasn't a pattern in randomness at all.Is the problem with the word "pattern" rather than, say, "structure"? Something which is random can have an underlying structure which you can use to make predictions. I roll a d6, I'm not going to predict that the roll is 13. I draw my opening hand in Dominion, I know that on a typical board there are only 4 different hands I might see and two of them are more likely than the other two. I look at the stock market today, I can take a guess at where it will be tomorrow. I can never be 100% certain about the outcome of any of those events, but I know *something* about them that lets me make predictions, and if I observe such events a lot of times then, on average, I know what those observations will look like.
I'm with your thinking on this. I'm not sure I'm following Donald's point.
You gave an example of randomness having a pattern, but were actually providing the pattern and just adding noise to it that didn't eliminate it. It wasn't a pattern in randomness at all.Is the problem with the word "pattern" rather than, say, "structure"? Something which is random can have an underlying structure which you can use to make predictions. I roll a d6, I'm not going to predict that the roll is 13. I draw my opening hand in Dominion, I know that on a typical board there are only 4 different hands I might see and two of them are more likely than the other two. I look at the stock market today, I can take a guess at where it will be tomorrow. I can never be 100% certain about the outcome of any of those events, but I know *something* about them that lets me make predictions, and if I observe such events a lot of times then, on average, I know what those observations will look like.
I'm with your thinking on this. I'm not sure I'm following Donald's point.
Notably, this conversation is on topic.
can someone that's on discord tell music that a sun came is my new favorite beck album
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It was certainly one of the absurdest experiences I've ever had... I could totally feel (and hear!) the tooth breaking and all, but not even the slightest hint of pain because of the local anesthetics. It was very strange.
It was certainly one of the absurdest experiences I've ever had... I could totally feel (and hear!) the tooth breaking and all, but not even the slightest hint of pain because of the local anesthetics. It was very strange.
I had that happened when I had my first wisdom tooth pulled. It was a really jarring experience because it sounded like he was tearing my entire mouth apart. Very disconcerting. I didn't feel pain, but I could feel pressure, so I was somewhat grounded. Still it's something that sticks in my memory over 20 years later.
Fortunately when I later received insurance (America, fuck yeah), I could afford to have the rest of the wisdom teeth extracted and could be put under. I'm not sure I could've handled being awake for all three of those. I'm not sure they are allowed to pump that much local into someone for that long.
Today is my 17th wedding anniversary and it occurs on the same day of the week as well. This previously occurred in 2006. We picked the day because it was the anniversary of the day we actually met (because why else get married on a Thursday in November).
Which James Bond film should my girlfriend and I watch tonight?
Which James Bond film should my girlfriend and I watch tonight?
The world is not enough. That way you won't be missing anything if you spend the whole movie making out.
Which James Bond film should my girlfriend and I watch tonight?
The world is not enough. That way you won't be missing anything if you spend the whole movie making out.
Die Another Day is worse I think.
Which James Bond film should my girlfriend and I watch tonight?
The world is not enough. That way you won't be missing anything if you spend the whole movie making out.
Die Another Day is worse I think.
Theyre both so bad, it's hard to choose.
Which James Bond film should my girlfriend and I watch tonight?
The world is not enough. That way you won't be missing anything if you spend the whole movie making out.
Die Another Day is worse I think.
Theyre both so bad, it's hard to choose.
One has a guy in a suit that can control sunbeams and invisible cars. The other has a guy who wants to control chinese newspapers for 200 years... I don't think it's hard to choose which obe is worse.
You are confused with Tomorrow Never Dies, that's the one with the media mogul. And that one was awesome.
The World Is Not Enough is the one with the terrorist with a bullet lodged in his head. Die Another Day, is ok, if you accept that the plot makes even less sense than usual, and that the gadgets are ridiculously over the top, even for Brosnan's Bond. Also, that "surfing" sequence, yikes.
Which one has the Russian villain who falls into a vat of caviar ? That happened right, I didn't imagine it ?
Which one has the Russian villain who falls into a vat of caviar ? That happened right, I didn't imagine it ?
Doing some googling, it's definitely The World Is Not Enough, but it might only be that Bond threatens to throw him in the caviar and doesn't actually do it ? I couldn't find a clip. The villain in question was played by Robbie Coltrane, aka Hagrid, which, ok.
Alright I just watched it. The Russian dude jumps into some caviar to avoid the blades flying towards him from a helicopter Bond blows up. Bond doesn't help him out until he gives him information.
and the relentless onslaught of bad puns.
and the relentless onslaught of bad puns.
Man, if you have a problem with those why are you on FDS?
From Russia With Puns.
I don't think The World is Not Enough is that bad honestly. The worst parts were Denise Richards' awful acting and the relentless onslaught of bad puns.
I don't think The World is Not Enough is that bad honestly. The worst parts were Denise Richards' awful acting and the relentless onslaught of bad puns.
"Christmas comes early" was likely the worst of the batch.
I don't think The World is Not Enough is that bad honestly. The worst parts were Denise Richards' awful acting and the relentless onslaught of bad puns.
"Christmas comes early" was likely the worst of the batch.
As a former Monty-Hall-denier, I can get how people mistakenly think that you have a 50-50 shot of getting the car by sticking with the original door. But it only took a hyperbole of a million doors to make me reconsider my ways and examine the math in full.
So when I see someone make the claim that picking one door out of a million still means he has a 50-50 shot of getting it right, I am absolutely floored by that stubbornness. How can that example not shake somebody's belief? Just how?
As a former Monty-Hall-denier, I can get how people mistakenly think that you have a 50-50 shot of getting the car by sticking with the original door. But it only took a hyperbole of a million doors to make me reconsider my ways and examine the math in full.
So when I see someone make the claim that picking one door out of a million still means he has a 50-50 shot of getting it right, I am absolutely floored by that stubbornness. How can that example not shake somebody's belief? Just how?
Can you expound? I don’t see how the million doors applies to a 1 in 3 problem.
On the whole switch thing, what I’ve never understood is how it accounts for the third of the time I selected the right door in the first place.
The argument is that if I choose door A out of A/B/C, and then I’m informed C is definitely wrong, I must change my selection to B, right? I get that chances went from 1/3 to 1/2, but doesn’t that apply to both A and B?
On the whole switch thing, what I’ve never understood is how it accounts for the third of the time I selected the right door in the first place.
The argument is that if I choose door A out of A/B/C, and then I’m informed C is definitely wrong, I must change my selection to B, right? I get that chances went from 1/3 to 1/2, but doesn’t that apply to both A and B?
The argument is the same as in the example with 1 million doors, just that 3 is a lot smaller than 1 million, so the advantage you get by switching is a lot smaller (and less intuitively obvious).
Say you have a million doors, with a prize behind one. You pick one door, the host opens 999,998 of them (not the one you picked), making sure not to open the one with the prize behind it, and then you have the opportunity to switch doors.
You'd have to be crazy not to switch. The host almost certainly picked the door he didn't want to open because it had the prize behind it. There was a 1 in a million chance you originally picked the correct door, but the other 999,999/1,000,000 times, the door that the host went out of his way not to open is the one with the prize behind it.
That choice was 1 in 3 to begin with, and that probability does not change because it's not a new problem.
Say you have a million doors, with a prize behind one. You pick one door, the host opens 999,998 of them (not the one you picked), making sure not to open the one with the prize behind it, and then you have the opportunity to switch doors.
You'd have to be crazy not to switch. The host almost certainly picked the door he didn't want to open because it had the prize behind it. There was a 1 in a million chance you originally picked the correct door, but the other 999,999/1,000,000 times, the door that the host went out of his way not to open is the one with the prize behind it.
This is phrased slightly misleadingly. The premise of the problem is that the host of opens remaining doors without prizes, so there is no guessing of host's intention.
edit: sorry, I should say remaining up to all but one that are without prizes. If all are without prizes the opening is selected with equal probability.
Say you have a million doors, with a prize behind one. You pick one door, the host opens 999,998 of them (not the one you picked), making sure not to open the one with the prize behind it, and then you have the opportunity to switch doors.
You'd have to be crazy not to switch. The host almost certainly picked the door he didn't want to open because it had the prize behind it. There was a 1 in a million chance you originally picked the correct door, but the other 999,999/1,000,000 times, the door that the host went out of his way not to open is the one with the prize behind it.
This is phrased slightly misleadingly. The premise of the problem is that the host of opens remaining doors without prizes, so there is no guessing of host's intention.
edit: sorry, I should say remaining up to all but one that are without prizes. If all are without prizes the opening is selected with equal probability.
I'm not sure what you mean but I agree I didn't say that clearly. What I meant was that in almost all cases, the host is forced to open all but the door with the prize behind it.
I guess another way you can think about it is that when you switch, you are betting that the prize is behind any one of the doors you didn't originally pick; if you don't switch, you are betting it is behind the single door you originally picked.
The 66% chance of winning if you switch doors is only half of the equation. The other half, which was pointed out by another commentator herein is: "what are the odds of winning, if you do not switch doors?" Your calculations have very elegantly shown us the answer to both questions. The odds of winning the car are as predicted, 50/50.
Basically it means that your odds of winning if you switch are 67% AND the odds of you winning if you DO NOT switch are 67%.
Switch / don't switch, your odds of winning are the same.
But if you write down the probability space formally, define events, and use the rules of Bayes, there is no room left for disagreement.
B. The prize is behind door B. The host eliminates door C, you switch to B and win.
C. The prize is behind door C. The host eliminates door B, you switch to C and win.
Part of my confusion stems from how the switch supposedly guarantees the win. It seems it doesn’t
Here’s the other part. Assume A is the car and I chose it. The arguments so far say that because Monty removes C, it causes B to more likely be the car (than A). But Monty had a 0/2 chance there to begin with, right? It seems like he didn’t increase the chances of B becoming the car at all.
Why is B now more likely than A to be the car when we know it isn’t?
Switching does increase your odds of winning more often than not
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced you are wrong.
Switching is only the right call 2/3* of the time, not 100%, because 1/3 of the time you chose right anyway.
Switching does increase your odds of winning more often than not
It increases your odds of winning every time. It doesn't matter whether or not the prize is actually behind that door because you don't know where it actually is, and you can't do math based on information that you don't have. What you know is that there's a 1/3 chance it's behind the door you chose and 2/3 chance it's behind the other one, and 2/3 is better than 1/3, so switching is better.
It doesn't guarantee winning though.
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced you are wrong.
Switching is only the right call 2/3* of the time, not 100%, because 1/3 of the time you chose right anyway.
Yes, you're entirely correct. What someone who says "switching is 100% right" means it that "if you are in this situation, you should 100% switch because it is correct 2/3 (i.e. most) of the time." It's a confusing way of saying it, but it does not contradict what you think.
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced you are wrong.
Switching is only the right call 2/3* of the time, not 100%, because 1/3 of the time you chose right anyway.
Yes, you're entirely correct. What someone who says "switching is 100% right" means it that "if you are in this situation, you should 100% switch because it is correct 2/3 (i.e. most) of the time." It's a confusing way of saying it, but it does not contradict what you think.
If you were to say “you should definitely switch every time because you are more likely to win by switching because mathymath” then no one would be arguing, would they? Seems pretty straightforward.
If your odds of winning go from 100% to 0%, that is a decrease, not an increase.
That happens 33% of the time.
If you were to say “you should definitely switch every time because you are more likely to win by switching because mathymath” then no one would be arguing, would they?
If your odds of winning go from 100% to 0%, that is a decrease, not an increase.
That happens 33% of the time.
That doesn't happen. Your odds of winning aren't 100% until you've actually opened the door and learned that the prize was there. As long as you don't know where it is, your odds can't be greater than 2/3 and the way to have 2/3 is by switching.
If you were to say “you should definitely switch every time because you are more likely to win by switching because mathymath” then no one would be arguing, would they?
They would.
It is just frequentism vs Bayesianism and it doesn't have anyhing to do with the Monty Hall Problem.
It is just frequentism vs Bayesianism and it doesn't have anyhing to do with the Monty Hall Problem.
I know/knew nothing about any of this. Super neat!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequentist_probability
Thanks for introducing some cool philosophy stuff.
Crap, sorry, still on my mind.
Can’t you just say “switching doubles your chances of winning because it’s like choosing two doors instead of one.”?
Each door has the same chance of winning. You choose A. C is eliminated. Now, your choice can be visualized as either keeping A or taking B and C together, with one wrong door removed. Switching is like choosing BOTH doors you didn’t choose (and Monty nicely removed the wrong one for you).
I'm also working on my RMM... it's on the more complicated side... pretty excited to run it. I just hope it'll fill.
I don't know if it's actually simpler than Space Alert, but I think I can make it sound simpler :D
But he finally admitted that he was wrong and that it was about conditional probability, and he reversed his stance. I had to make sure I wasn't being trolled somehow. I was shocked.
So if Bob picks one of three doors and then is shown one door he didn't pick is a loser, he still has a 1/3 chance of winning the prize.
But when Carol walks in at this point, she's assigned to the other door, and she has a 1/2 chance of winning the prize.
I'm not even going to bring that up. That'll drive the deniers nuts. It even makes me feel uncomfortable.
How to break your computer
1. Go to Random Stuff Part III
2. Press All
So if Bob picks one of three doors and then is shown one door he didn't pick is a loser, he still has a 1/3 chance of winning the prize.Only if the person revealing the door had the algorithm of "Always reveal a losing door after the first door was chosen".
But when Carol walks in at this point, she's assigned to the other door, and she has a 1/2 chance of winning the prize.I'd say that's not true. Just because she walked in later doesn't mean she has to assume the door was randomly revealed.
They definitely are either 93% or not 93%.
They definitely are either 93% or not 93%.
So, a 50% chance of being 93%?
"Stupid Prior" is the name of my Weird Al cover band.
How to break your computer
1. Go to Random Stuff Part III
2. Press All
Which he does, per the Monty Hall puzzle.So if Bob picks one of three doors and then is shown one door he didn't pick is a loser, he still has a 1/3 chance of winning the prize.Only if the person revealing the door had the algorithm of "Always reveal a losing door after the first door was chosen".
But when Carol walks in at this point, she's assigned to the other door, and she has a 1/2 chance of winning the prize.I'd say that's not true. Just because she walked in later doesn't mean she has to assume the door was randomly revealed.
But when Carol walks in at this point, she's assigned to the other door, and she has a 1/2 chance of winning the prize.I'd say that's not true. Just because she walked in later doesn't mean she has to assume the door was randomly revealed.
She doesn't have to assume anything. Barring any other indication, she has a 50% shot. Now if she were told that Bob chose that door first and then had a reveal, then she has a new indication.