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anti_crastinator | Every plane I ever flew (largest was akin to a king air 200) had it as a constant related to stall speed.
I looked it up. It seems there's a "rule of thumb" of -.8 knots per 100lbs under MGW. That would be wholly negligable on the small planes I flew.
I also looked it up for airliners. A 737 (relatively small) can vary as much as 40 knots (though I had a hard time finding definitive answers) in the extreme (right at max landing weight to almost empty). I would contend though, that for a given flight, they are always landing at (very close to) the same weight. Basically the minimum to make their alternate. Otherwise they're wasting money, given the margins in the industry, I suspect that variability in approach air speed is pretty minimal.
tl;dr you're right, but I suspect in actuality the variability is quite small. | Every plane I ever flew (largest was akin to a king air 200) had it as a constant related to stall speed.
I looked it up. It seems there's a "rule of thumb" of -.8 knots per 100lbs under MGW. That would be wholly negligable on the small planes I flew.
I also looked it up for airliners. A 737 (relatively small) can vary as much as 40 knots (though I had a hard time finding definitive answers) in the extreme (right at max landing weight to almost empty). I would contend though, that for a given flight, they are always landing at (very close to) the same weight. Basically the minimum to make their alternate. Otherwise they're wasting money, given the margins in the industry, I suspect that variability in approach air speed is pretty minimal.
tl;dr you're right, but I suspect in actuality the variability is quite small.
| woahdude | t5_2r8tu | cf6udsi | Every plane I ever flew (largest was akin to a king air 200) had it as a constant related to stall speed.
I looked it up. It seems there's a "rule of thumb" of -.8 knots per 100lbs under MGW. That would be wholly negligable on the small planes I flew.
I also looked it up for airliners. A 737 (relatively small) can vary as much as 40 knots (though I had a hard time finding definitive answers) in the extreme (right at max landing weight to almost empty). I would contend though, that for a given flight, they are always landing at (very close to) the same weight. Basically the minimum to make their alternate. Otherwise they're wasting money, given the margins in the industry, I suspect that variability in approach air speed is pretty minimal. | you're right, but I suspect in actuality the variability is quite small. |
HueHueJimmyRustler | "hand is perfect" equating to having 1 medraut and an equip card that isn't excaliburn.
Rabbit build is better if you want to run Lady of the Lake (even as a singleton). If you're not running rabbit, veiler is strictly better.
OP doesn't have a laval chain in his extra
Borz Beatdown > Peredur Beatdown because you can dump queen and equip it onto borz while potentially getting an extra noble arm.
Having out two gwens is stupid. It clogs your backrow for traps and other noble arms. You're forgetting that your boss has 3 arms on it. Having 3 arms + 2 gwens does what?
tl;dr your analysis is bad and you should feel bad. And you didn't reply to my comment, so you fail in that regard as well
| "hand is perfect" equating to having 1 medraut and an equip card that isn't excaliburn.
Rabbit build is better if you want to run Lady of the Lake (even as a singleton). If you're not running rabbit, veiler is strictly better.
OP doesn't have a laval chain in his extra
Borz Beatdown > Peredur Beatdown because you can dump queen and equip it onto borz while potentially getting an extra noble arm.
Having out two gwens is stupid. It clogs your backrow for traps and other noble arms. You're forgetting that your boss has 3 arms on it. Having 3 arms + 2 gwens does what?
tl;dr your analysis is bad and you should feel bad. And you didn't reply to my comment, so you fail in that regard as well
| yugioh | t5_2rpe6 | cf6byxi | hand is perfect" equating to having 1 medraut and an equip card that isn't excaliburn.
Rabbit build is better if you want to run Lady of the Lake (even as a singleton). If you're not running rabbit, veiler is strictly better.
OP doesn't have a laval chain in his extra
Borz Beatdown > Peredur Beatdown because you can dump queen and equip it onto borz while potentially getting an extra noble arm.
Having out two gwens is stupid. It clogs your backrow for traps and other noble arms. You're forgetting that your boss has 3 arms on it. Having 3 arms + 2 gwens does what? | your analysis is bad and you should feel bad. And you didn't reply to my comment, so you fail in that regard as well |
Elm_Street | I understand why you are posting this here, but you will probably get a better, technical responses from /r/buildapc.
I have been looking to build a new machine for my gaming purposes, and will probably go with an Intel core i5 this time, as opposed to an AMD chip. This will be the first Intel chip I've used in a gaming machine since I bought a Pentium 133MHZ way back in the day.
I've always liked AMD as the underdog, and been fairly happy with their chips. When they bought ATi I thought I would try out the new video cards, but have bounced back an forth between nVidia and ATi/AMD. The last nVidia card I purchased was an 8800GT, which is still sitting in one of my older machines.
TL;DR: Create a budget for the new build, and then buy the best you can afford. Check this site out for a simple breakdown: | I understand why you are posting this here, but you will probably get a better, technical responses from /r/buildapc.
I have been looking to build a new machine for my gaming purposes, and will probably go with an Intel core i5 this time, as opposed to an AMD chip. This will be the first Intel chip I've used in a gaming machine since I bought a Pentium 133MHZ way back in the day.
I've always liked AMD as the underdog, and been fairly happy with their chips. When they bought ATi I thought I would try out the new video cards, but have bounced back an forth between nVidia and ATi/AMD. The last nVidia card I purchased was an 8800GT, which is still sitting in one of my older machines.
TL;DR: Create a budget for the new build, and then buy the best you can afford. Check this site out for a simple breakdown:
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cf6a4z4 | I understand why you are posting this here, but you will probably get a better, technical responses from /r/buildapc.
I have been looking to build a new machine for my gaming purposes, and will probably go with an Intel core i5 this time, as opposed to an AMD chip. This will be the first Intel chip I've used in a gaming machine since I bought a Pentium 133MHZ way back in the day.
I've always liked AMD as the underdog, and been fairly happy with their chips. When they bought ATi I thought I would try out the new video cards, but have bounced back an forth between nVidia and ATi/AMD. The last nVidia card I purchased was an 8800GT, which is still sitting in one of my older machines. | Create a budget for the new build, and then buy the best you can afford. Check this site out for a simple breakdown: |
sstelmaschuk | One argument that I'm starting to like the more I hear it is completely public-funded elections. Remove donors, don't allow parties to collect money, and instead fund all elections directly from the public purse with parties receiving an equal share and clear spending limits.
Of course, you run into issues when your country has numerous political parties; especially smaller fringe parties that may have single-digit or even no representation in the legislature. But when you have parties directly tied to the people's money, I think you increase the need for spending it wisely and with better accountability.
It would also decrease some of the nastiness in politics; since parties would see decreased advertising spending and would likely chose to focus on policy planks for their ad money, rather than character assassinations.
TL;DR: you have to get big money out of the parties and start the parties off on an equal playing field. | One argument that I'm starting to like the more I hear it is completely public-funded elections. Remove donors, don't allow parties to collect money, and instead fund all elections directly from the public purse with parties receiving an equal share and clear spending limits.
Of course, you run into issues when your country has numerous political parties; especially smaller fringe parties that may have single-digit or even no representation in the legislature. But when you have parties directly tied to the people's money, I think you increase the need for spending it wisely and with better accountability.
It would also decrease some of the nastiness in politics; since parties would see decreased advertising spending and would likely chose to focus on policy planks for their ad money, rather than character assassinations.
TL;DR: you have to get big money out of the parties and start the parties off on an equal playing field.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf742oe | One argument that I'm starting to like the more I hear it is completely public-funded elections. Remove donors, don't allow parties to collect money, and instead fund all elections directly from the public purse with parties receiving an equal share and clear spending limits.
Of course, you run into issues when your country has numerous political parties; especially smaller fringe parties that may have single-digit or even no representation in the legislature. But when you have parties directly tied to the people's money, I think you increase the need for spending it wisely and with better accountability.
It would also decrease some of the nastiness in politics; since parties would see decreased advertising spending and would likely chose to focus on policy planks for their ad money, rather than character assassinations. | you have to get big money out of the parties and start the parties off on an equal playing field. |
cyclone097 | Lissandra main here, I would say she is a more damaging shen without the taunt, I main her top lane and very rarely mid. At top if you take teleport instead of ignite you do lose the kill potential on your lane opponent but at 6 if your bot is being pushed in a journey bot often results in either you or your adc getting a fantastic early lead that can be snowballed.
My mindset when playing liss: If I think I am capable of dealing more damage than my adc I will be looking for an engage or picking someone out of position. If I think my adc can do more, I will dedicate myself to peeling.
She is a great vs most melee, and I find myself winning lane vs both renek and riven.
Preferred runes : MS quints, ap blues, hybrid pen reds(vs melee) or magic pen(vs ranged) and either armor or mr yellows depending on matchup.
TLDR; Can exploit her kit better at top, if fed look for fights, if adc is more fed peel for them, take tele for stupid ganks bot or for counter ganks, Good counter vs renek/riven. If you don't buy dfg second after hourglass kill yourself.
Have fun :) | Lissandra main here, I would say she is a more damaging shen without the taunt, I main her top lane and very rarely mid. At top if you take teleport instead of ignite you do lose the kill potential on your lane opponent but at 6 if your bot is being pushed in a journey bot often results in either you or your adc getting a fantastic early lead that can be snowballed.
My mindset when playing liss: If I think I am capable of dealing more damage than my adc I will be looking for an engage or picking someone out of position. If I think my adc can do more, I will dedicate myself to peeling.
She is a great vs most melee, and I find myself winning lane vs both renek and riven.
Preferred runes : MS quints, ap blues, hybrid pen reds(vs melee) or magic pen(vs ranged) and either armor or mr yellows depending on matchup.
TLDR; Can exploit her kit better at top, if fed look for fights, if adc is more fed peel for them, take tele for stupid ganks bot or for counter ganks, Good counter vs renek/riven. If you don't buy dfg second after hourglass kill yourself.
Have fun :)
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cf8ihx5 | Lissandra main here, I would say she is a more damaging shen without the taunt, I main her top lane and very rarely mid. At top if you take teleport instead of ignite you do lose the kill potential on your lane opponent but at 6 if your bot is being pushed in a journey bot often results in either you or your adc getting a fantastic early lead that can be snowballed.
My mindset when playing liss: If I think I am capable of dealing more damage than my adc I will be looking for an engage or picking someone out of position. If I think my adc can do more, I will dedicate myself to peeling.
She is a great vs most melee, and I find myself winning lane vs both renek and riven.
Preferred runes : MS quints, ap blues, hybrid pen reds(vs melee) or magic pen(vs ranged) and either armor or mr yellows depending on matchup. | Can exploit her kit better at top, if fed look for fights, if adc is more fed peel for them, take tele for stupid ganks bot or for counter ganks, Good counter vs renek/riven. If you don't buy dfg second after hourglass kill yourself.
Have fun :) |
giant_novelty_finger | I'm not the owner, but I love /r/theydidthemath because people are constantly doing deep calculations for crazy questions on reddit. It's like XKCD WhatIf at least once a day in many subreddits.
Some classics:
* [/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
* [Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
* [/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. tl;dr - mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
Edit: fixed markup (thanks /u/demize95) | I'm not the owner, but I love /r/theydidthemath because people are constantly doing deep calculations for crazy questions on reddit. It's like XKCD WhatIf at least once a day in many subreddits.
Some classics:
[/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
[Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
[/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. tl;dr - mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
Edit: fixed markup (thanks /u/demize95)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7g7l0 | I'm not the owner, but I love /r/theydidthemath because people are constantly doing deep calculations for crazy questions on reddit. It's like XKCD WhatIf at least once a day in many subreddits.
Some classics:
[/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
[Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
[/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. | mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
Edit: fixed markup (thanks /u/demize95) |
TonightsWhiteKnight | /r/Gentlemangames
Its a Subreddit dedicated to GentlemanGames, a dude who Streams video games and does funny stuff on youtube. It was created by a fan after I started to grow in popularity on twitch. It started off as a joke and then became a silly but serious place and then no one posted there anymore.
TL;DR: It's just a fan page, for a silly guy who is trying to achieve his dreams. | /r/Gentlemangames
Its a Subreddit dedicated to GentlemanGames, a dude who Streams video games and does funny stuff on youtube. It was created by a fan after I started to grow in popularity on twitch. It started off as a joke and then became a silly but serious place and then no one posted there anymore.
TL;DR: It's just a fan page, for a silly guy who is trying to achieve his dreams.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7gu0k | r/Gentlemangames
Its a Subreddit dedicated to GentlemanGames, a dude who Streams video games and does funny stuff on youtube. It was created by a fan after I started to grow in popularity on twitch. It started off as a joke and then became a silly but serious place and then no one posted there anymore. | It's just a fan page, for a silly guy who is trying to achieve his dreams. |
OBOSOB | I think to really go better than that you should create a PGP keypair and cryptographically sign the essay you submit online. Then you can present your prof with the corresponding public key (preferably even do this before you submit it online), so they know it was your key that signed it. For an extra bit of proof also sign the amended, post peer review, essay so that they can see both essays were signed by the same person with a key that has your name and email address on it.
Like I said, five them the public key before posting it online to really help your case, they would have a hard time disputing that. If they did dispute it point them to the school's maths or CS staff.
TL;DR - digitally sign the work. | I think to really go better than that you should create a PGP keypair and cryptographically sign the essay you submit online. Then you can present your prof with the corresponding public key (preferably even do this before you submit it online), so they know it was your key that signed it. For an extra bit of proof also sign the amended, post peer review, essay so that they can see both essays were signed by the same person with a key that has your name and email address on it.
Like I said, five them the public key before posting it online to really help your case, they would have a hard time disputing that. If they did dispute it point them to the school's maths or CS staff.
TL;DR - digitally sign the work.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7humk | I think to really go better than that you should create a PGP keypair and cryptographically sign the essay you submit online. Then you can present your prof with the corresponding public key (preferably even do this before you submit it online), so they know it was your key that signed it. For an extra bit of proof also sign the amended, post peer review, essay so that they can see both essays were signed by the same person with a key that has your name and email address on it.
Like I said, five them the public key before posting it online to really help your case, they would have a hard time disputing that. If they did dispute it point them to the school's maths or CS staff. | digitally sign the work. |
Imonreddittoomuch | Shameless plug for my /r/fullsizebronco ... Me and my old man are doing work on a ford full size bronco and I have noooooo knowledge of anything beyond basics so I need the energy and hype of other bronco owners to keep me interested. So far we've combined with /r/fordbronco and are growing... I tried believe me, I'm pretty green to everything so thanks for the help of a few fellow redditors :).
TL;DR: I'm turning into a gear head because of /r/fullsizebronco check us out! | Shameless plug for my /r/fullsizebronco ... Me and my old man are doing work on a ford full size bronco and I have noooooo knowledge of anything beyond basics so I need the energy and hype of other bronco owners to keep me interested. So far we've combined with /r/fordbronco and are growing... I tried believe me, I'm pretty green to everything so thanks for the help of a few fellow redditors :).
TL;DR: I'm turning into a gear head because of /r/fullsizebronco check us out!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7iowt | Shameless plug for my /r/fullsizebronco ... Me and my old man are doing work on a ford full size bronco and I have noooooo knowledge of anything beyond basics so I need the energy and hype of other bronco owners to keep me interested. So far we've combined with /r/fordbronco and are growing... I tried believe me, I'm pretty green to everything so thanks for the help of a few fellow redditors :). | I'm turning into a gear head because of /r/fullsizebronco check us out! |
the_nacho | At first I thought this was just a silly revolutionary thing. But then you mentioned "suppressed super technologies including free energy devices" and I realized that it's just an insane conspiracy theory/pseudoscience/pseudolaw thing. If anyone reading this doubts the insanity of this guy's claims, start with reading about the stupid [Freemen on the land]( thing. (I know they subscribe to the FOTL BS because he mentions " reset of the government from Admiralty Law to Common Law".
TL;DR: Ignore this subreddit, it's conspiracy theory BS. | At first I thought this was just a silly revolutionary thing. But then you mentioned "suppressed super technologies including free energy devices" and I realized that it's just an insane conspiracy theory/pseudoscience/pseudolaw thing. If anyone reading this doubts the insanity of this guy's claims, start with reading about the stupid [Freemen on the land]( thing. (I know they subscribe to the FOTL BS because he mentions " reset of the government from Admiralty Law to Common Law".
TL;DR: Ignore this subreddit, it's conspiracy theory BS.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7jvun | At first I thought this was just a silly revolutionary thing. But then you mentioned "suppressed super technologies including free energy devices" and I realized that it's just an insane conspiracy theory/pseudoscience/pseudolaw thing. If anyone reading this doubts the insanity of this guy's claims, start with reading about the stupid [Freemen on the land]( thing. (I know they subscribe to the FOTL BS because he mentions " reset of the government from Admiralty Law to Common Law". | Ignore this subreddit, it's conspiracy theory BS. |
Anjeer | I seriously wish instructors would stop treating plagiarism as being in a worse category than many major crimes.
The idea behind plagiarism being bad is that you are bringing nothing new to the table. You are trying to get credit for someone else's work, which is bad, but you really are just being intellectually lazy.
Citing your sources is meant to show where you got your ideas and facts from so that others who read it can check and see if they can come to the same conclusion. It's the same idea behind why scientific studies are only taken seriously if their results can be replicated.
It was a journalism professor who finally explained it well to me. Not a single English instructor was able to explain the reasoning behind punishing plagiarism.
This lead me to believe that academia will only take you seriously once you have "PhD" at the end of your name. This attitude seems incredibly common and has lead to many students becoming disheartened by what appears to be academic elitism. In reality, English instructors can't seem to explain shit.
TL;DR: Bringing down the banhammer on plagiarism does more harm than good because no one really understands the "Why." | I seriously wish instructors would stop treating plagiarism as being in a worse category than many major crimes.
The idea behind plagiarism being bad is that you are bringing nothing new to the table. You are trying to get credit for someone else's work, which is bad, but you really are just being intellectually lazy.
Citing your sources is meant to show where you got your ideas and facts from so that others who read it can check and see if they can come to the same conclusion. It's the same idea behind why scientific studies are only taken seriously if their results can be replicated.
It was a journalism professor who finally explained it well to me. Not a single English instructor was able to explain the reasoning behind punishing plagiarism.
This lead me to believe that academia will only take you seriously once you have "PhD" at the end of your name. This attitude seems incredibly common and has lead to many students becoming disheartened by what appears to be academic elitism. In reality, English instructors can't seem to explain shit.
TL;DR: Bringing down the banhammer on plagiarism does more harm than good because no one really understands the "Why."
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7ltb0 | I seriously wish instructors would stop treating plagiarism as being in a worse category than many major crimes.
The idea behind plagiarism being bad is that you are bringing nothing new to the table. You are trying to get credit for someone else's work, which is bad, but you really are just being intellectually lazy.
Citing your sources is meant to show where you got your ideas and facts from so that others who read it can check and see if they can come to the same conclusion. It's the same idea behind why scientific studies are only taken seriously if their results can be replicated.
It was a journalism professor who finally explained it well to me. Not a single English instructor was able to explain the reasoning behind punishing plagiarism.
This lead me to believe that academia will only take you seriously once you have "PhD" at the end of your name. This attitude seems incredibly common and has lead to many students becoming disheartened by what appears to be academic elitism. In reality, English instructors can't seem to explain shit. | Bringing down the banhammer on plagiarism does more harm than good because no one really understands the "Why." |
KiwiBuckle | I can't comment on English stuff but I am in my final year of an undergraduate in Theoretical Physics and nobody brings the banhammer down on plagiarism and it's a rampant problem.
There is a group of students in my year that blatantly copy off each other but due to the nature of undergraduate physics/mathematics it is hard to point a finger when so many of the assignment problems we are given are pretty cut and dry and profs are squeezed on time marking them because the TAs are servicing the bio students who complain about physics (despite my school having a policy where 40% in the biophysics class will get you a pass, I shit you not).
In my differential equations II class we got brutal assignments that took up to 20 hours to solve sometimes and you were ALWAYS wrong. I work in a fairly smart study group, and we would get together work out what the answer would be and then in the consequent 7 pages of methods somebody would inevitably make a mistake and we would always end with different answers. The plagiarism group had the ring leader reported because they all got the same answer which is impossible in that course unless you actually got the answer right. However he got word that the authorities were coming down on him and he dropped the class immediately which protected him from allegations because he wasn't in the class he couldn't be charged.
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TL;DR
The hammer is necessary and much needed in undergraduate mathematics but due to the nature of study it's incredibly hard to accuse others. | I can't comment on English stuff but I am in my final year of an undergraduate in Theoretical Physics and nobody brings the banhammer down on plagiarism and it's a rampant problem.
There is a group of students in my year that blatantly copy off each other but due to the nature of undergraduate physics/mathematics it is hard to point a finger when so many of the assignment problems we are given are pretty cut and dry and profs are squeezed on time marking them because the TAs are servicing the bio students who complain about physics (despite my school having a policy where 40% in the biophysics class will get you a pass, I shit you not).
In my differential equations II class we got brutal assignments that took up to 20 hours to solve sometimes and you were ALWAYS wrong. I work in a fairly smart study group, and we would get together work out what the answer would be and then in the consequent 7 pages of methods somebody would inevitably make a mistake and we would always end with different answers. The plagiarism group had the ring leader reported because they all got the same answer which is impossible in that course unless you actually got the answer right. However he got word that the authorities were coming down on him and he dropped the class immediately which protected him from allegations because he wasn't in the class he couldn't be charged.
TL;DR
The hammer is necessary and much needed in undergraduate mathematics but due to the nature of study it's incredibly hard to accuse others.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7mbtr | I can't comment on English stuff but I am in my final year of an undergraduate in Theoretical Physics and nobody brings the banhammer down on plagiarism and it's a rampant problem.
There is a group of students in my year that blatantly copy off each other but due to the nature of undergraduate physics/mathematics it is hard to point a finger when so many of the assignment problems we are given are pretty cut and dry and profs are squeezed on time marking them because the TAs are servicing the bio students who complain about physics (despite my school having a policy where 40% in the biophysics class will get you a pass, I shit you not).
In my differential equations II class we got brutal assignments that took up to 20 hours to solve sometimes and you were ALWAYS wrong. I work in a fairly smart study group, and we would get together work out what the answer would be and then in the consequent 7 pages of methods somebody would inevitably make a mistake and we would always end with different answers. The plagiarism group had the ring leader reported because they all got the same answer which is impossible in that course unless you actually got the answer right. However he got word that the authorities were coming down on him and he dropped the class immediately which protected him from allegations because he wasn't in the class he couldn't be charged. | The hammer is necessary and much needed in undergraduate mathematics but due to the nature of study it's incredibly hard to accuse others. |
archangel924 | /r/MedicalCoding and /r/MGMA
I will preface this by saying that these are only of interest to people in the United States, as these both have to do with our healthcare industry. I made /r/MGMA because I am one of the youngest members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) that I know of, and I wanted a sub where tech savy office managers, practice managers, or aspiring medical executives could network, ask questions, share articles, discuss the domains of knowledge, share our experiences, whatever.
Similar to that, I created /r/MedicalCoding because I'm a medical coding expert, consultant, and instructor. I normally comment on the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) forum, but I found a lot of thei questions and answers there to be repetitive or unhelpful, and there is no real moderation at all on their forums. I figured reddit would be another great venue to ask simple or complex medical coding questions, share experiences, ask questions about becoming certified, etc.
**TL;DR - If you are in the US and interested in getting into the healthcare field in a non-clinical role, these 2 subs can help!** | /r/MedicalCoding and /r/MGMA
I will preface this by saying that these are only of interest to people in the United States, as these both have to do with our healthcare industry. I made /r/MGMA because I am one of the youngest members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) that I know of, and I wanted a sub where tech savy office managers, practice managers, or aspiring medical executives could network, ask questions, share articles, discuss the domains of knowledge, share our experiences, whatever.
Similar to that, I created /r/MedicalCoding because I'm a medical coding expert, consultant, and instructor. I normally comment on the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) forum, but I found a lot of thei questions and answers there to be repetitive or unhelpful, and there is no real moderation at all on their forums. I figured reddit would be another great venue to ask simple or complex medical coding questions, share experiences, ask questions about becoming certified, etc.
TL;DR - If you are in the US and interested in getting into the healthcare field in a non-clinical role, these 2 subs can help!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7me77 | r/MedicalCoding and /r/MGMA
I will preface this by saying that these are only of interest to people in the United States, as these both have to do with our healthcare industry. I made /r/MGMA because I am one of the youngest members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) that I know of, and I wanted a sub where tech savy office managers, practice managers, or aspiring medical executives could network, ask questions, share articles, discuss the domains of knowledge, share our experiences, whatever.
Similar to that, I created /r/MedicalCoding because I'm a medical coding expert, consultant, and instructor. I normally comment on the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) forum, but I found a lot of thei questions and answers there to be repetitive or unhelpful, and there is no real moderation at all on their forums. I figured reddit would be another great venue to ask simple or complex medical coding questions, share experiences, ask questions about becoming certified, etc. | If you are in the US and interested in getting into the healthcare field in a non-clinical role, these 2 subs can help! |
demize95 | >Some classics:
>
>* [/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
>
>* [Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
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>* [/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. tl;dr - mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
FTFY | >Some classics:
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> [/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
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> [Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
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>* [/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. tl;dr - mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
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| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7n5hm | Some classics:
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> [/u/insideusall calculates the number of chickens per bucket required to build a stack of KFC buckets to the moon.](
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> [Redditor does the math to determine the likelihood of a bird getting a hit by a baseball thrown by a MLB pitcher](
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>* [/u/C121 explores an alternative mining method for Bitcoins. | mining by hand is no longer profitable.](
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jonpacker | If you want to hear an opposing view on JS "best practices", please check out [Angus Croll's "Break all the rules"](
tl;dr: know your language, make your own decisions. best practices are not a substitute for competence. | If you want to hear an opposing view on JS "best practices", please check out [Angus Croll's "Break all the rules"](
tl;dr: know your language, make your own decisions. best practices are not a substitute for competence.
| javascript | t5_2qh30 | cf7izdh | If you want to hear an opposing view on JS "best practices", please check out [Angus Croll's "Break all the rules"]( | know your language, make your own decisions. best practices are not a substitute for competence. |
hoyboe | *it started as a small comment and I went on a rant, sorry*
I 1000% agree with this. My first two Roo's I had a rule not to leave for centeroo until after 2 pm. I only time I broke that was for The Beach Boys. And boy did I fucking rock out easily til 3 am every night.
Cut to this past year. My sleep habits might be different because I left bartending and got a 9-5. But we were in centeroo early most days this year. Macklemore, Frank Turner and Trombone Shorty all had me in earlier than I normally went in and know how to plan for. Don't get me wrong the music was amazing and I loved the shows but I was beat everyday.
I made 15 min of Pretty Lights. I caught only parts of Billy Idol, Weird Al and R. Kelly. And after the pit for Macklemore, shrooms for Edward sharpe-st Vincent (where in between we wandered and saw Ed Helmes) me and my girlfriend just laid on a blanket for Tom Petty. We wanted to move and dance but our bodies kept screaming fuck you this is what you get.
I wouldn't trade my last year experience for anything honestly because it was my happiest Roo. But if I just partied/paced better I would have had a more memories and would have seen more amazing late night acts.
Tl;dr: bonnaroo isn't a sprint it's a marathon, pace yourself accordingly | it started as a small comment and I went on a rant, sorry
I 1000% agree with this. My first two Roo's I had a rule not to leave for centeroo until after 2 pm. I only time I broke that was for The Beach Boys. And boy did I fucking rock out easily til 3 am every night.
Cut to this past year. My sleep habits might be different because I left bartending and got a 9-5. But we were in centeroo early most days this year. Macklemore, Frank Turner and Trombone Shorty all had me in earlier than I normally went in and know how to plan for. Don't get me wrong the music was amazing and I loved the shows but I was beat everyday.
I made 15 min of Pretty Lights. I caught only parts of Billy Idol, Weird Al and R. Kelly. And after the pit for Macklemore, shrooms for Edward sharpe-st Vincent (where in between we wandered and saw Ed Helmes) me and my girlfriend just laid on a blanket for Tom Petty. We wanted to move and dance but our bodies kept screaming fuck you this is what you get.
I wouldn't trade my last year experience for anything honestly because it was my happiest Roo. But if I just partied/paced better I would have had a more memories and would have seen more amazing late night acts.
Tl;dr: bonnaroo isn't a sprint it's a marathon, pace yourself accordingly
| bonnaroo | t5_2rg7a | cf85v4d | it started as a small comment and I went on a rant, sorry
I 1000% agree with this. My first two Roo's I had a rule not to leave for centeroo until after 2 pm. I only time I broke that was for The Beach Boys. And boy did I fucking rock out easily til 3 am every night.
Cut to this past year. My sleep habits might be different because I left bartending and got a 9-5. But we were in centeroo early most days this year. Macklemore, Frank Turner and Trombone Shorty all had me in earlier than I normally went in and know how to plan for. Don't get me wrong the music was amazing and I loved the shows but I was beat everyday.
I made 15 min of Pretty Lights. I caught only parts of Billy Idol, Weird Al and R. Kelly. And after the pit for Macklemore, shrooms for Edward sharpe-st Vincent (where in between we wandered and saw Ed Helmes) me and my girlfriend just laid on a blanket for Tom Petty. We wanted to move and dance but our bodies kept screaming fuck you this is what you get.
I wouldn't trade my last year experience for anything honestly because it was my happiest Roo. But if I just partied/paced better I would have had a more memories and would have seen more amazing late night acts. | bonnaroo isn't a sprint it's a marathon, pace yourself accordingly |
HasidicDick | If this is for realsies this question does not belong in reddit or anywhere really outside of the hospital you work in.
I'm not sure about the laws in your region (afaik we don't live in the same country). Where I live with that kind of information it would be easy to get him into psych evaluation, which means that he would be hospitalized for few days and after that the necessity of hospitalization would be reconsidered.
Also it might be possible to deem him medically unfit to handle his own care and go from that angle.
9 days without sleeping should give him enough loss of reality to get him into psych eval.
In any case I highly doubt you're a doctor and if you are you should have a lot better sources for this dilemma than reddit.
TL;DR Lawyer up, pack your bags. | If this is for realsies this question does not belong in reddit or anywhere really outside of the hospital you work in.
I'm not sure about the laws in your region (afaik we don't live in the same country). Where I live with that kind of information it would be easy to get him into psych evaluation, which means that he would be hospitalized for few days and after that the necessity of hospitalization would be reconsidered.
Also it might be possible to deem him medically unfit to handle his own care and go from that angle.
9 days without sleeping should give him enough loss of reality to get him into psych eval.
In any case I highly doubt you're a doctor and if you are you should have a lot better sources for this dilemma than reddit.
TL;DR Lawyer up, pack your bags.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf7kfh0 | If this is for realsies this question does not belong in reddit or anywhere really outside of the hospital you work in.
I'm not sure about the laws in your region (afaik we don't live in the same country). Where I live with that kind of information it would be easy to get him into psych evaluation, which means that he would be hospitalized for few days and after that the necessity of hospitalization would be reconsidered.
Also it might be possible to deem him medically unfit to handle his own care and go from that angle.
9 days without sleeping should give him enough loss of reality to get him into psych eval.
In any case I highly doubt you're a doctor and if you are you should have a lot better sources for this dilemma than reddit. | Lawyer up, pack your bags. |
jaysire | I'll start by saying I can't answer your question. However, I can shed some limited light on the world of quartz-watches. Mostly, I find people approach quartz watches from two different directions: HEQ and HAQ. High-end Quartz watches and High-accuracy Quartz watches. Which do you want? One very good resource for information is the [WUS-category for HAQ](
If accuracy is important to you, you've probably heard about COSC, a Swiss organisation that tests individual watches and if they pass the requirements, they get an individual serial number and a certificate for being accurate enough to be called a chronometer. Quartz watches can be certified too and their requirements are much tougher: A quartz watch must be accurate to +/- 0.07 seconds per day (or +/-25 seconds per year) to be certified. A mechanical watch needs to be accurate from -4 to +6 seconds per day.
Breitling has all their watches certified, but most other manufacturers send only some of their models for certification. That doesn't mean they aren't accurate enough, though. It just means they don't have it in black and white.
In my personal opinion, there's one quartz watch in particular that often gets mentioned when watch nerds turn their attention towards quartz watches: the Omega X-33, which is the LCD-equipped quartz version of the Speedmaster Professional and supposedly the successor to the Speedy Pro for manned space missions. It's not a very accurate watch for a quartz - it couldn't get cosc certified, since many users report a deviance of up to 60 seconds per year.
The X-33 is certified by Nasa and frequently seen on astronaut's wrists in videos from the ISS. My guess is that might be more of a marketing stunt, but who knows. I have read several reviews about it being a very good tool watch for multiple purposes. I think what makes it stand out is that it's accurate enough, it's got the Omega Speedmaster brand behind it, it's got Nasa, it looks ok, even good to some people, it has the pedigree of a very good watch, plus it's been designed as a functional tool.
Then we have my favourite, the Breitling Aerospace, which I chose because of [its looks]( Its B-79 movement is COSC certified, fairly accurate and the watch looks darn good in my opinion. But it's insanely difficult to operate: Breitling decided to be minimalist about it and put all functions behind ONE button, the crown, which you can rotate in both directions at TWO different speeds, press in, pull out, etc. To activate the backlight, you rotate slowly, to change modes you rotate fast. Fortunately for people who want to actually use the functions, they have the B-1 with almost the same movement that puts the functions behind "normal" chronograph pushers. Sadly, its dial is too busy for my taste.
Breitling's movement is called a "superquartz" movement and employs something called thermocompensation, which means the movement measures variations in temperature and adjusts the speed accordingly to achieve higher accuracy. The X-33, oddly enough isn't thermocompensated.
If you're looking for a high-end watch, then maybe the Grand Seiko ticks your boxes? It uses Seiko's F9-movement and is regarded by many as the most advanced quartz watch in the world, so maybe that's the answer to your question. I think I've heard it's accurate to about +/- 10 seconds a year. It looks really nice, more like a fancy dress watch and many watch enthusiasts seem to regard it as highly as Rolexes (or even higher), which for beginners sounds strange, as they are accustomed to thinking about Seikos as low-end, cheap watches. The GS costs at least $3000.
I also mentioned the tag Heuer Calibre S. That was TH's attempt att making a sort of hybrid between a quartz and a mechanical movement. The CEO of TH said he regarded it more as a mechanical movement because of all the mechanical components in it, but bottom line is that it's a quartz. It's got a perpetual calendar and its gimmick is showing the date using two separate retrograde hands. They can both show numbers from 1 to 10 and together they show today's date. On the 23rd, the left points at 2 and the right at 3. I have the Aquaracer Calibre S, but as far as I know, that model is now discontinued. It has had some technical problems and I only wanted it for the coolness factor.
I'll wrap this up by pointing to one more interesting candidate: The newly released thermocompensated movement by ETA called Precidrive, featured in the new Certina DS 2. It's at least as accurate as the GS mentioned earlier at a fraction of the cost (about $850 or 600€). It's something to keep your eye on and many people at WUS are nominating it for the HAQ watch of the year 2013.
**TL;DR**: Grand Seiko is good but pricey, Speedmaster X-33 is legendary but not that accurate, Certina DS-2 looks average to me, but has cutting edge technology and a low price tag. I love the Breitling Aerospace despite all its faults. | I'll start by saying I can't answer your question. However, I can shed some limited light on the world of quartz-watches. Mostly, I find people approach quartz watches from two different directions: HEQ and HAQ. High-end Quartz watches and High-accuracy Quartz watches. Which do you want? One very good resource for information is the [WUS-category for HAQ](
If accuracy is important to you, you've probably heard about COSC, a Swiss organisation that tests individual watches and if they pass the requirements, they get an individual serial number and a certificate for being accurate enough to be called a chronometer. Quartz watches can be certified too and their requirements are much tougher: A quartz watch must be accurate to +/- 0.07 seconds per day (or +/-25 seconds per year) to be certified. A mechanical watch needs to be accurate from -4 to +6 seconds per day.
Breitling has all their watches certified, but most other manufacturers send only some of their models for certification. That doesn't mean they aren't accurate enough, though. It just means they don't have it in black and white.
In my personal opinion, there's one quartz watch in particular that often gets mentioned when watch nerds turn their attention towards quartz watches: the Omega X-33, which is the LCD-equipped quartz version of the Speedmaster Professional and supposedly the successor to the Speedy Pro for manned space missions. It's not a very accurate watch for a quartz - it couldn't get cosc certified, since many users report a deviance of up to 60 seconds per year.
The X-33 is certified by Nasa and frequently seen on astronaut's wrists in videos from the ISS. My guess is that might be more of a marketing stunt, but who knows. I have read several reviews about it being a very good tool watch for multiple purposes. I think what makes it stand out is that it's accurate enough, it's got the Omega Speedmaster brand behind it, it's got Nasa, it looks ok, even good to some people, it has the pedigree of a very good watch, plus it's been designed as a functional tool.
Then we have my favourite, the Breitling Aerospace, which I chose because of [its looks]( Its B-79 movement is COSC certified, fairly accurate and the watch looks darn good in my opinion. But it's insanely difficult to operate: Breitling decided to be minimalist about it and put all functions behind ONE button, the crown, which you can rotate in both directions at TWO different speeds, press in, pull out, etc. To activate the backlight, you rotate slowly, to change modes you rotate fast. Fortunately for people who want to actually use the functions, they have the B-1 with almost the same movement that puts the functions behind "normal" chronograph pushers. Sadly, its dial is too busy for my taste.
Breitling's movement is called a "superquartz" movement and employs something called thermocompensation, which means the movement measures variations in temperature and adjusts the speed accordingly to achieve higher accuracy. The X-33, oddly enough isn't thermocompensated.
If you're looking for a high-end watch, then maybe the Grand Seiko ticks your boxes? It uses Seiko's F9-movement and is regarded by many as the most advanced quartz watch in the world, so maybe that's the answer to your question. I think I've heard it's accurate to about +/- 10 seconds a year. It looks really nice, more like a fancy dress watch and many watch enthusiasts seem to regard it as highly as Rolexes (or even higher), which for beginners sounds strange, as they are accustomed to thinking about Seikos as low-end, cheap watches. The GS costs at least $3000.
I also mentioned the tag Heuer Calibre S. That was TH's attempt att making a sort of hybrid between a quartz and a mechanical movement. The CEO of TH said he regarded it more as a mechanical movement because of all the mechanical components in it, but bottom line is that it's a quartz. It's got a perpetual calendar and its gimmick is showing the date using two separate retrograde hands. They can both show numbers from 1 to 10 and together they show today's date. On the 23rd, the left points at 2 and the right at 3. I have the Aquaracer Calibre S, but as far as I know, that model is now discontinued. It has had some technical problems and I only wanted it for the coolness factor.
I'll wrap this up by pointing to one more interesting candidate: The newly released thermocompensated movement by ETA called Precidrive, featured in the new Certina DS 2. It's at least as accurate as the GS mentioned earlier at a fraction of the cost (about $850 or 600€). It's something to keep your eye on and many people at WUS are nominating it for the HAQ watch of the year 2013.
TL;DR : Grand Seiko is good but pricey, Speedmaster X-33 is legendary but not that accurate, Certina DS-2 looks average to me, but has cutting edge technology and a low price tag. I love the Breitling Aerospace despite all its faults.
| Watches | t5_2qls5 | cf7zwg9 | I'll start by saying I can't answer your question. However, I can shed some limited light on the world of quartz-watches. Mostly, I find people approach quartz watches from two different directions: HEQ and HAQ. High-end Quartz watches and High-accuracy Quartz watches. Which do you want? One very good resource for information is the [WUS-category for HAQ](
If accuracy is important to you, you've probably heard about COSC, a Swiss organisation that tests individual watches and if they pass the requirements, they get an individual serial number and a certificate for being accurate enough to be called a chronometer. Quartz watches can be certified too and their requirements are much tougher: A quartz watch must be accurate to +/- 0.07 seconds per day (or +/-25 seconds per year) to be certified. A mechanical watch needs to be accurate from -4 to +6 seconds per day.
Breitling has all their watches certified, but most other manufacturers send only some of their models for certification. That doesn't mean they aren't accurate enough, though. It just means they don't have it in black and white.
In my personal opinion, there's one quartz watch in particular that often gets mentioned when watch nerds turn their attention towards quartz watches: the Omega X-33, which is the LCD-equipped quartz version of the Speedmaster Professional and supposedly the successor to the Speedy Pro for manned space missions. It's not a very accurate watch for a quartz - it couldn't get cosc certified, since many users report a deviance of up to 60 seconds per year.
The X-33 is certified by Nasa and frequently seen on astronaut's wrists in videos from the ISS. My guess is that might be more of a marketing stunt, but who knows. I have read several reviews about it being a very good tool watch for multiple purposes. I think what makes it stand out is that it's accurate enough, it's got the Omega Speedmaster brand behind it, it's got Nasa, it looks ok, even good to some people, it has the pedigree of a very good watch, plus it's been designed as a functional tool.
Then we have my favourite, the Breitling Aerospace, which I chose because of [its looks]( Its B-79 movement is COSC certified, fairly accurate and the watch looks darn good in my opinion. But it's insanely difficult to operate: Breitling decided to be minimalist about it and put all functions behind ONE button, the crown, which you can rotate in both directions at TWO different speeds, press in, pull out, etc. To activate the backlight, you rotate slowly, to change modes you rotate fast. Fortunately for people who want to actually use the functions, they have the B-1 with almost the same movement that puts the functions behind "normal" chronograph pushers. Sadly, its dial is too busy for my taste.
Breitling's movement is called a "superquartz" movement and employs something called thermocompensation, which means the movement measures variations in temperature and adjusts the speed accordingly to achieve higher accuracy. The X-33, oddly enough isn't thermocompensated.
If you're looking for a high-end watch, then maybe the Grand Seiko ticks your boxes? It uses Seiko's F9-movement and is regarded by many as the most advanced quartz watch in the world, so maybe that's the answer to your question. I think I've heard it's accurate to about +/- 10 seconds a year. It looks really nice, more like a fancy dress watch and many watch enthusiasts seem to regard it as highly as Rolexes (or even higher), which for beginners sounds strange, as they are accustomed to thinking about Seikos as low-end, cheap watches. The GS costs at least $3000.
I also mentioned the tag Heuer Calibre S. That was TH's attempt att making a sort of hybrid between a quartz and a mechanical movement. The CEO of TH said he regarded it more as a mechanical movement because of all the mechanical components in it, but bottom line is that it's a quartz. It's got a perpetual calendar and its gimmick is showing the date using two separate retrograde hands. They can both show numbers from 1 to 10 and together they show today's date. On the 23rd, the left points at 2 and the right at 3. I have the Aquaracer Calibre S, but as far as I know, that model is now discontinued. It has had some technical problems and I only wanted it for the coolness factor.
I'll wrap this up by pointing to one more interesting candidate: The newly released thermocompensated movement by ETA called Precidrive, featured in the new Certina DS 2. It's at least as accurate as the GS mentioned earlier at a fraction of the cost (about $850 or 600€). It's something to keep your eye on and many people at WUS are nominating it for the HAQ watch of the year 2013. | Grand Seiko is good but pricey, Speedmaster X-33 is legendary but not that accurate, Certina DS-2 looks average to me, but has cutting edge technology and a low price tag. I love the Breitling Aerospace despite all its faults. |
stefflund | Most people refer to 'empty calories' as ones coming from high-calorie, low-nutrient sources. For example, you could easily sit down and drink your daily requirement of 2000 calories in beer, but all of them come from simple carbohydrates. The drink is still lacking in vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats essential to your survival.
TL;DR High Calories != Nutrition | Most people refer to 'empty calories' as ones coming from high-calorie, low-nutrient sources. For example, you could easily sit down and drink your daily requirement of 2000 calories in beer, but all of them come from simple carbohydrates. The drink is still lacking in vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats essential to your survival.
TL;DR High Calories != Nutrition
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cf7p9ja | Most people refer to 'empty calories' as ones coming from high-calorie, low-nutrient sources. For example, you could easily sit down and drink your daily requirement of 2000 calories in beer, but all of them come from simple carbohydrates. The drink is still lacking in vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats essential to your survival. | High Calories != Nutrition |
flipping_birds | I'm 48. If I started smoking 1 pack a day when I was 18 at an average cost of $5.00 I would have spent approximately $56620.00. I've got way more than that in my bank account but you can't see it, you'll just have to believe me, or not.
TLDR. Smokers are dumb. Don't do it.
| I'm 48. If I started smoking 1 pack a day when I was 18 at an average cost of $5.00 I would have spent approximately $56620.00. I've got way more than that in my bank account but you can't see it, you'll just have to believe me, or not.
TLDR. Smokers are dumb. Don't do it.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf7qwfx | I'm 48. If I started smoking 1 pack a day when I was 18 at an average cost of $5.00 I would have spent approximately $56620.00. I've got way more than that in my bank account but you can't see it, you'll just have to believe me, or not. | Smokers are dumb. Don't do it. |
SupermAndrew1 | or even be anywhere near where the business end was previously. The depleted uranium used in the bullets is basically nuclear waste, that despite being less radioactive than it was in previous form, is toxic and mutagenic. e: The bullets upon impact become hot enough to liquify, effectively spraying (and partially vaporizing) their remains making cleanup very difficult.
**TLDR** How to we get rid of this nuclear waste? Make it into bullets and spray it all over 3rd world countries. | or even be anywhere near where the business end was previously. The depleted uranium used in the bullets is basically nuclear waste, that despite being less radioactive than it was in previous form, is toxic and mutagenic. e: The bullets upon impact become hot enough to liquify, effectively spraying (and partially vaporizing) their remains making cleanup very difficult.
TLDR How to we get rid of this nuclear waste? Make it into bullets and spray it all over 3rd world countries.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cf8o514 | or even be anywhere near where the business end was previously. The depleted uranium used in the bullets is basically nuclear waste, that despite being less radioactive than it was in previous form, is toxic and mutagenic. e: The bullets upon impact become hot enough to liquify, effectively spraying (and partially vaporizing) their remains making cleanup very difficult. | How to we get rid of this nuclear waste? Make it into bullets and spray it all over 3rd world countries. |
sheckelheimer | Singapore definitely.
I'm a Malaysian who's in Vancouver studying, and trust me on this, working in Singapore is absolutely going to change the way you think about life.
You're going to be introduced to a whole new world of food and cuisines (Theres always a restaurant open, no matter the time); its teeming with cultures from across the globe; everything there is reliable and efficient (including the people) and the connections you'll make there are really going to boost your career.
While Singaporeans themselves are kinda hardassed about things (the laws there are a bit much), you'll have an incredible time. The cost of living there is so inexpensive compared to the states.
Spending 200$ will get you a flight to any of the neighbouring countries as well as lodging for a few days.
Speaking of, go to Malaysia for a weekend, if you're willing to experiment (nothing too crazy) Malaysia has much better food. PM me if you want a list of my favourite restaurants and what to order.
**Tl;Dr** Go. Good food, reliable people, great connections to be made, cheap-ish place to live. | Singapore definitely.
I'm a Malaysian who's in Vancouver studying, and trust me on this, working in Singapore is absolutely going to change the way you think about life.
You're going to be introduced to a whole new world of food and cuisines (Theres always a restaurant open, no matter the time); its teeming with cultures from across the globe; everything there is reliable and efficient (including the people) and the connections you'll make there are really going to boost your career.
While Singaporeans themselves are kinda hardassed about things (the laws there are a bit much), you'll have an incredible time. The cost of living there is so inexpensive compared to the states.
Spending 200$ will get you a flight to any of the neighbouring countries as well as lodging for a few days.
Speaking of, go to Malaysia for a weekend, if you're willing to experiment (nothing too crazy) Malaysia has much better food. PM me if you want a list of my favourite restaurants and what to order.
Tl;Dr Go. Good food, reliable people, great connections to be made, cheap-ish place to live.
| makemychoice | t5_2v0m0 | cf8gfct | Singapore definitely.
I'm a Malaysian who's in Vancouver studying, and trust me on this, working in Singapore is absolutely going to change the way you think about life.
You're going to be introduced to a whole new world of food and cuisines (Theres always a restaurant open, no matter the time); its teeming with cultures from across the globe; everything there is reliable and efficient (including the people) and the connections you'll make there are really going to boost your career.
While Singaporeans themselves are kinda hardassed about things (the laws there are a bit much), you'll have an incredible time. The cost of living there is so inexpensive compared to the states.
Spending 200$ will get you a flight to any of the neighbouring countries as well as lodging for a few days.
Speaking of, go to Malaysia for a weekend, if you're willing to experiment (nothing too crazy) Malaysia has much better food. PM me if you want a list of my favourite restaurants and what to order. | Go. Good food, reliable people, great connections to be made, cheap-ish place to live. |
tinbloom | Always called it Ring of Fire, don't know if it's a region thing. I know the rules differ too, but in the one we played we got bored of the 5 rule (can't actually remember, but it was too similar to another rule)
This was a couple of years ago now before I moved to London and about 20 minutes into the game we kept skipping 5 so I thought, why don't we add a little dancing into the game? The person that gets 5 starts with a little dance, the next person does the first dance then their own and it continues until someone forgets a dance and has to drink.
I ended up naming it '5 is jive'. It's great fun doing silly dances and trying to remember them all. I made it up a couple of years ago, moved and I have mostly different friends but I've introduced it and it's still used whenever we play the game and everyone seems to enjoy it, so I'm sadly proud.
**TL;DR:**
**Five is Jive**
**The card holder does a little dance (like the chicken dance), next person does the first dance then their own and this continues until someone forgets a previous dance.**
edit: formatting | Always called it Ring of Fire, don't know if it's a region thing. I know the rules differ too, but in the one we played we got bored of the 5 rule (can't actually remember, but it was too similar to another rule)
This was a couple of years ago now before I moved to London and about 20 minutes into the game we kept skipping 5 so I thought, why don't we add a little dancing into the game? The person that gets 5 starts with a little dance, the next person does the first dance then their own and it continues until someone forgets a dance and has to drink.
I ended up naming it '5 is jive'. It's great fun doing silly dances and trying to remember them all. I made it up a couple of years ago, moved and I have mostly different friends but I've introduced it and it's still used whenever we play the game and everyone seems to enjoy it, so I'm sadly proud.
TL;DR:
Five is Jive
The card holder does a little dance (like the chicken dance), next person does the first dance then their own and this continues until someone forgets a previous dance.
edit: formatting
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf8x3jj | Always called it Ring of Fire, don't know if it's a region thing. I know the rules differ too, but in the one we played we got bored of the 5 rule (can't actually remember, but it was too similar to another rule)
This was a couple of years ago now before I moved to London and about 20 minutes into the game we kept skipping 5 so I thought, why don't we add a little dancing into the game? The person that gets 5 starts with a little dance, the next person does the first dance then their own and it continues until someone forgets a dance and has to drink.
I ended up naming it '5 is jive'. It's great fun doing silly dances and trying to remember them all. I made it up a couple of years ago, moved and I have mostly different friends but I've introduced it and it's still used whenever we play the game and everyone seems to enjoy it, so I'm sadly proud. | Five is Jive
The card holder does a little dance (like the chicken dance), next person does the first dance then their own and this continues until someone forgets a previous dance.
edit: formatting |
XanderXander72 | There are a few things. I hadn't realized that there were a few things that I need to keep her online once she actually gets something going, so in a sense she costs more than 1UBR. For example, in my playgroup she get Chaos Warp'd, Spun into Myth or Faith's Fetters'd whenever I try to make a desperation play with her. Like, when I don't have a sac effect or boots/greaves to put on her. In this same vein, I can't do much about Nevermore, and she's a pretty popular option for that card.
The other thing is that you need things like Soothsaying, Scroll Rack or Crystal Ball to keep her consistent, otherwise she gets my lands and walkers instead of my Din of the Fireherd and Cruel Ultimatum. I'll just say at this point that it's totally my fault for not using tutors to get these things, but I feel like running TOO many non-land tutors makes the game less fun for me personally. I already run a few and I'm not particularly interested in running as many as I feel like I would have to.
TL;DR I'm a big whiny baby | There are a few things. I hadn't realized that there were a few things that I need to keep her online once she actually gets something going, so in a sense she costs more than 1UBR. For example, in my playgroup she get Chaos Warp'd, Spun into Myth or Faith's Fetters'd whenever I try to make a desperation play with her. Like, when I don't have a sac effect or boots/greaves to put on her. In this same vein, I can't do much about Nevermore, and she's a pretty popular option for that card.
The other thing is that you need things like Soothsaying, Scroll Rack or Crystal Ball to keep her consistent, otherwise she gets my lands and walkers instead of my Din of the Fireherd and Cruel Ultimatum. I'll just say at this point that it's totally my fault for not using tutors to get these things, but I feel like running TOO many non-land tutors makes the game less fun for me personally. I already run a few and I'm not particularly interested in running as many as I feel like I would have to.
TL;DR I'm a big whiny baby
| EDH | t5_2scee | cf97l1n | There are a few things. I hadn't realized that there were a few things that I need to keep her online once she actually gets something going, so in a sense she costs more than 1UBR. For example, in my playgroup she get Chaos Warp'd, Spun into Myth or Faith's Fetters'd whenever I try to make a desperation play with her. Like, when I don't have a sac effect or boots/greaves to put on her. In this same vein, I can't do much about Nevermore, and she's a pretty popular option for that card.
The other thing is that you need things like Soothsaying, Scroll Rack or Crystal Ball to keep her consistent, otherwise she gets my lands and walkers instead of my Din of the Fireherd and Cruel Ultimatum. I'll just say at this point that it's totally my fault for not using tutors to get these things, but I feel like running TOO many non-land tutors makes the game less fun for me personally. I already run a few and I'm not particularly interested in running as many as I feel like I would have to. | I'm a big whiny baby |
Rogue369 | That completely depends on you, your area, and your bees. In a perfect year you drop your bees off, they do amazing without any help, and you open the hive to harvest honey! In reality you may need to feed and manage your bees roughly once every 2-3 weeks, plus time for extracting, painting boxes, making splits, and all that kind of junk.
When I first started I spent roughly one hour on the bees every two weeks for my four hives. Now I am a commercial beekeeper, and managing 200 hives per day is not unheard of.
tl;dr: It is up to you how fast you want to work and how hard you want to work. | That completely depends on you, your area, and your bees. In a perfect year you drop your bees off, they do amazing without any help, and you open the hive to harvest honey! In reality you may need to feed and manage your bees roughly once every 2-3 weeks, plus time for extracting, painting boxes, making splits, and all that kind of junk.
When I first started I spent roughly one hour on the bees every two weeks for my four hives. Now I am a commercial beekeeper, and managing 200 hives per day is not unheard of.
tl;dr: It is up to you how fast you want to work and how hard you want to work.
| Beekeeping | t5_2qtzm | cf9p95s | That completely depends on you, your area, and your bees. In a perfect year you drop your bees off, they do amazing without any help, and you open the hive to harvest honey! In reality you may need to feed and manage your bees roughly once every 2-3 weeks, plus time for extracting, painting boxes, making splits, and all that kind of junk.
When I first started I spent roughly one hour on the bees every two weeks for my four hives. Now I am a commercial beekeeper, and managing 200 hives per day is not unheard of. | It is up to you how fast you want to work and how hard you want to work. |
not_impressive | Highlights from the list of alpha things his GF complained about:
>Telling her what to do
>Not caring about what she wants to do or how she feels
>Not listening to her when she says something
And when she described how the boyfriends of her friends acted:
>Bought their gfs flowers after their exams
>Make them breakfast
>Always ask how they are doing
His conclusion:
>So what she basically said was that I was too alpha for her and she wanted a beta? What the fuck?
Yeah, she sounds really unreasonable, always expecting her boyfriend to care about what she wants and to listen to her. What a horrible person.
TL; DR: Another happy relationship ruined by TRP. | Highlights from the list of alpha things his GF complained about:
>Telling her what to do
>Not caring about what she wants to do or how she feels
>Not listening to her when she says something
And when she described how the boyfriends of her friends acted:
>Bought their gfs flowers after their exams
>Make them breakfast
>Always ask how they are doing
His conclusion:
>So what she basically said was that I was too alpha for her and she wanted a beta? What the fuck?
Yeah, she sounds really unreasonable, always expecting her boyfriend to care about what she wants and to listen to her. What a horrible person.
TL; DR: Another happy relationship ruined by TRP.
| TheBluePill | t5_2vzvv | cf8wqfl | Highlights from the list of alpha things his GF complained about:
>Telling her what to do
>Not caring about what she wants to do or how she feels
>Not listening to her when she says something
And when she described how the boyfriends of her friends acted:
>Bought their gfs flowers after their exams
>Make them breakfast
>Always ask how they are doing
His conclusion:
>So what she basically said was that I was too alpha for her and she wanted a beta? What the fuck?
Yeah, she sounds really unreasonable, always expecting her boyfriend to care about what she wants and to listen to her. What a horrible person. | Another happy relationship ruined by TRP. |
Space_Raok | Not quite. You are still limited in the number of consecutive rounds you can fly. Fortunately, flying more than 10 minutes per day has no overall penalty due to your immunity to fatigue.
>A dragonborn can safely fly for a number of consecutive rounds equal to her Constitution modifier (minimum 1 round). She can double this length of flight but is fatigued by such exertion.
You can fly for 2 x Con mod consecutively for no penalty (since you are immune to fatigue), but no more than that. Again, you can just stop and glide for a round, and resume flying.
**TL;DR** Immunity to fatigue = almost unlimited flight. | Not quite. You are still limited in the number of consecutive rounds you can fly. Fortunately, flying more than 10 minutes per day has no overall penalty due to your immunity to fatigue.
>A dragonborn can safely fly for a number of consecutive rounds equal to her Constitution modifier (minimum 1 round). She can double this length of flight but is fatigued by such exertion.
You can fly for 2 x Con mod consecutively for no penalty (since you are immune to fatigue), but no more than that. Again, you can just stop and glide for a round, and resume flying.
TL;DR Immunity to fatigue = almost unlimited flight.
| 3d6 | t5_2wkux | cfd5n1j | Not quite. You are still limited in the number of consecutive rounds you can fly. Fortunately, flying more than 10 minutes per day has no overall penalty due to your immunity to fatigue.
>A dragonborn can safely fly for a number of consecutive rounds equal to her Constitution modifier (minimum 1 round). She can double this length of flight but is fatigued by such exertion.
You can fly for 2 x Con mod consecutively for no penalty (since you are immune to fatigue), but no more than that. Again, you can just stop and glide for a round, and resume flying. | Immunity to fatigue = almost unlimited flight. |
sge_fan | I've been cycling for a long, long time in a big city (Montreal). From my experience I must say that bus drivers scare me a lot less than your"average" driver out there.
TL;DR Bus drivers don't get enough love. | I've been cycling for a long, long time in a big city (Montreal). From my experience I must say that bus drivers scare me a lot less than your"average" driver out there.
TL;DR Bus drivers don't get enough love.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cf94swa | I've been cycling for a long, long time in a big city (Montreal). From my experience I must say that bus drivers scare me a lot less than your"average" driver out there. | Bus drivers don't get enough love. |
briiblossom | Is the UMC animal farm the one near spawn? With the cool animal heads? If so I've actually been working on dye for the sheep. I've been meaning to post here asking if its okay if I go ahead and breed the sheep, drag them into the pens and dye.
TLDR I can help dye and organize the sheep. | Is the UMC animal farm the one near spawn? With the cool animal heads? If so I've actually been working on dye for the sheep. I've been meaning to post here asking if its okay if I go ahead and breed the sheep, drag them into the pens and dye.
TLDR I can help dye and organize the sheep.
| mcpublic | t5_2s52h | cf98m2g | Is the UMC animal farm the one near spawn? With the cool animal heads? If so I've actually been working on dye for the sheep. I've been meaning to post here asking if its okay if I go ahead and breed the sheep, drag them into the pens and dye. | I can help dye and organize the sheep. |
Salty_Old_Dog | My Flappy Bird experience:
Friend posts a score of 5, asking people to top it.
Guy posts 11.
I get 39 and don't post it. I just send as a message.
She says she hates me, and asks me what it felt like to get so close to 40 and not get it.
Tell awkward story about being young, and peeing pants in kindergarten...
Hate turns into love.
I get to 47.
She tells me to uninstall it, as I have a problem.
I am content with never getting to 50.
tl;dr... I spend 3 hours on the game and was left with a sore finger and a friend thinking I was obsessed. I can't wait for part 2. | My Flappy Bird experience:
Friend posts a score of 5, asking people to top it.
Guy posts 11.
I get 39 and don't post it. I just send as a message.
She says she hates me, and asks me what it felt like to get so close to 40 and not get it.
Tell awkward story about being young, and peeing pants in kindergarten...
Hate turns into love.
I get to 47.
She tells me to uninstall it, as I have a problem.
I am content with never getting to 50.
tl;dr... I spend 3 hours on the game and was left with a sore finger and a friend thinking I was obsessed. I can't wait for part 2.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf9ysi3 | My Flappy Bird experience:
Friend posts a score of 5, asking people to top it.
Guy posts 11.
I get 39 and don't post it. I just send as a message.
She says she hates me, and asks me what it felt like to get so close to 40 and not get it.
Tell awkward story about being young, and peeing pants in kindergarten...
Hate turns into love.
I get to 47.
She tells me to uninstall it, as I have a problem.
I am content with never getting to 50. | I spend 3 hours on the game and was left with a sore finger and a friend thinking I was obsessed. I can't wait for part 2. |
BurnTheBarricade | The oceans are still larger than all the ants in the world combined...I think. Seems like the thing to do would be to get away from land - zeppelins and ultimately ships would make the best refuge. If it were to happen right now most of the world would probably be screwed unless they could get to their cars. Those on vessels in port would be toast as well, since most of them would not be able to pull away fast enough. I'm thinking that US Carrier Groups would play a large role in our subsequent recovery and counterattack.
The first priority of the carriers and their escorts would be to get to deeper water, further away from shore. There are a few species of ants that can walk on water and build bridges over small water obstacles. I'm not sure how many of those there are (you'll have to ask /u/Unidan for that one) but if they were able to organize enough to declare war on humans, you can bet that they'll try to come after the humans still on the water. If they did get close to a carrier we could drop some soap or similar chemical into the water to lower its surface tension and make the ants sink. (carriers have to have soap of some kind, right?) Anyway, once the various ships that managed to survive the initial onslaught make it a good distance from shore, the next priorities would be contacting other survivors and organizing a plan of attack.
A U.S. Nimitz-Class carrier is home to a population of about 5,000 personnel, I think ( and there are 10 of them currently in service. If we're pessimistic with our estimations and assume that one was overwhelmed before it could escape, that leaves at least 45,000 humans left to continue the struggle. It's likely that more humans will survive than that, but I don't have numbers on any other vessels and I don't like anyone's chances if they stay on land. There might be a few islands that will be able to contain their ant problems, perhaps. Nevertheless, 45,000 people puts us well within the number needed to ensure the continued survival of the human race, even if only 10% of those people are female. As long as we're able to secure supplies, we won't need to worry about inbreds running the reclaimed world.
Which brings us to an important caveat: supplies. The Nimitz characters are nuclear and can run continuously for years, but the people onboard need food every day. There would come a time in a few months when it would be necessary to secure these supplies, one way or another. Now the ants might realize this weakness and set about destroying every edible thing they can get their mandibles on, but considering that the only thing an ant knows about humans is that it wants to kill them (for some reason), I don't think that will be the case. I think the most viable method of getting food in the short term would be to send teams of helicopters out and try to secure relatively non-perishable goods, such as canned food and ramen noodles, from supermarkets and distribution centers. It's likely that nearby ant colonies would be able to feel the vibrations in the ground and seek out our brave Wal-Mart Raiders, which would necessitate the use of helicopters for fast extraction. It would be like playing "the floor is lava," but with much higher stakes. Any surviving hovercraft might be useful, but only for locations very close to the coast. I have no idea if the carriers would have enough helicopter teams to sustain themselves this way, or how long their fuel reserves would hold out. Daily raids might be necessary. Rationing will probably be necessary.
UPDATE: /u/Averyhonestguy has raised a very sobering point - some ants can fly! This would make things much more difficult for people on land and near land. I don't think that the carrier groups far away would be too much worse off - flying takes a lot of energy, and after a few good miles the ants would likely drop out of the sky from exhaustion. It would greatly speed the response time of ants alerted to human presence, and make the helicopter raids that much more dangerous.
Okay, back to the overall situation. The carrier groups can sustain themselves by raiding superstores and the like, but the helicopter's fuel reserves would only last for so long. At some point, possibly years from the initial ant invasion, humanity would have to return to dry land. The target to recolonize would have to be an island - any spot on a continent would eventually be overwhelmed by sheer numbers or shortages of supplies. This island would have to have arable land as well. One of the Hawaiian islands may be a good candidate. Ants are present there, but the island chain has extreme isolation and fertility, hopefully enough to support 45,000 people. We'd have to clear out the islands before settling there - we could collect seed samples of the flora and breeding pairs of the fauna we wanted to keep via helicopter and then firestorm the fuck out of the island. A terrible crime against nature, certainly, but necessary for the survival of our species. Flamethrower teams (do they even have flamethrowers on carriers?) would sweep the cleared land after the ashes settled, rooting out any stray nests. Constant vigilance would be required once humans were back on the island, in case any ants somehow managed to get back on the island. But with the island, we finally have a little breathing room, and can focus on rebuilding the ecosystem on the napalm-scorched earth.
It would take Hawaii a long time to get back on its feet after being firebombed back to the Cambrian Period, but we could probably pull it off. Now assuming that the carrier groups haven't split due to internal politics and become Water World-esque pirates, some attention needs to be paid to the beginnings of reclamation. There are two ways to go about this, and one of them is slightly more boring than the other. The first method would see carrier groups sailing to a small but developed island nation, say, Taiwan, and attempting to seize the means of production necessary for large-scale manufacturing of powerful poisons, which could be then sprayed over ideal areas of recolonization, such as farms near to rivers or the coast. The new Hawaiians would be encouraged to reproduce as much as possible if this method saw success, in order to establish human presence around the globe. This would take hundreds of years, in all likelihood, and would be a great deal more complex than what I've just outlined, but we would be fighting. Fighting and winning, hopefully.
The second option involves a small group that I've ignored up until this point - the US nuclear submarine fleet. I assume that they would eventually resurface and fall in with the carrier groups, and if recon showed large clusters of ant populations in certain areas, we could use the nuclear option. There would be catastrophic damage, of course, but the nuclear missiles of today are actually much "cleaner" than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, and I'm not sure, but I think that the fallout dissipates much more rapidly than the first two did. This method would only be attractive if the ants had tendencies to cluster or form superhives, but if they did, imagine - bomb the 3 or however many superhives in England, finish off the rest in your NBC gear armed with a flamethrower or poisoned SuperSoaker, and have a thriving human colony a few years later.
The continents are a much harder question. They may be unsalvageable, at least without constant warfare to protect our holdings. But this was a bit of a silly question in the first place.
Disclaimer: I'm not an ant invasion expert.
TL;DR Get a job on a carrier, fast-rope into Walmart, firebomb Hawaii, and nuke the Brits. | The oceans are still larger than all the ants in the world combined...I think. Seems like the thing to do would be to get away from land - zeppelins and ultimately ships would make the best refuge. If it were to happen right now most of the world would probably be screwed unless they could get to their cars. Those on vessels in port would be toast as well, since most of them would not be able to pull away fast enough. I'm thinking that US Carrier Groups would play a large role in our subsequent recovery and counterattack.
The first priority of the carriers and their escorts would be to get to deeper water, further away from shore. There are a few species of ants that can walk on water and build bridges over small water obstacles. I'm not sure how many of those there are (you'll have to ask /u/Unidan for that one) but if they were able to organize enough to declare war on humans, you can bet that they'll try to come after the humans still on the water. If they did get close to a carrier we could drop some soap or similar chemical into the water to lower its surface tension and make the ants sink. (carriers have to have soap of some kind, right?) Anyway, once the various ships that managed to survive the initial onslaught make it a good distance from shore, the next priorities would be contacting other survivors and organizing a plan of attack.
A U.S. Nimitz-Class carrier is home to a population of about 5,000 personnel, I think ( and there are 10 of them currently in service. If we're pessimistic with our estimations and assume that one was overwhelmed before it could escape, that leaves at least 45,000 humans left to continue the struggle. It's likely that more humans will survive than that, but I don't have numbers on any other vessels and I don't like anyone's chances if they stay on land. There might be a few islands that will be able to contain their ant problems, perhaps. Nevertheless, 45,000 people puts us well within the number needed to ensure the continued survival of the human race, even if only 10% of those people are female. As long as we're able to secure supplies, we won't need to worry about inbreds running the reclaimed world.
Which brings us to an important caveat: supplies. The Nimitz characters are nuclear and can run continuously for years, but the people onboard need food every day. There would come a time in a few months when it would be necessary to secure these supplies, one way or another. Now the ants might realize this weakness and set about destroying every edible thing they can get their mandibles on, but considering that the only thing an ant knows about humans is that it wants to kill them (for some reason), I don't think that will be the case. I think the most viable method of getting food in the short term would be to send teams of helicopters out and try to secure relatively non-perishable goods, such as canned food and ramen noodles, from supermarkets and distribution centers. It's likely that nearby ant colonies would be able to feel the vibrations in the ground and seek out our brave Wal-Mart Raiders, which would necessitate the use of helicopters for fast extraction. It would be like playing "the floor is lava," but with much higher stakes. Any surviving hovercraft might be useful, but only for locations very close to the coast. I have no idea if the carriers would have enough helicopter teams to sustain themselves this way, or how long their fuel reserves would hold out. Daily raids might be necessary. Rationing will probably be necessary.
UPDATE: /u/Averyhonestguy has raised a very sobering point - some ants can fly! This would make things much more difficult for people on land and near land. I don't think that the carrier groups far away would be too much worse off - flying takes a lot of energy, and after a few good miles the ants would likely drop out of the sky from exhaustion. It would greatly speed the response time of ants alerted to human presence, and make the helicopter raids that much more dangerous.
Okay, back to the overall situation. The carrier groups can sustain themselves by raiding superstores and the like, but the helicopter's fuel reserves would only last for so long. At some point, possibly years from the initial ant invasion, humanity would have to return to dry land. The target to recolonize would have to be an island - any spot on a continent would eventually be overwhelmed by sheer numbers or shortages of supplies. This island would have to have arable land as well. One of the Hawaiian islands may be a good candidate. Ants are present there, but the island chain has extreme isolation and fertility, hopefully enough to support 45,000 people. We'd have to clear out the islands before settling there - we could collect seed samples of the flora and breeding pairs of the fauna we wanted to keep via helicopter and then firestorm the fuck out of the island. A terrible crime against nature, certainly, but necessary for the survival of our species. Flamethrower teams (do they even have flamethrowers on carriers?) would sweep the cleared land after the ashes settled, rooting out any stray nests. Constant vigilance would be required once humans were back on the island, in case any ants somehow managed to get back on the island. But with the island, we finally have a little breathing room, and can focus on rebuilding the ecosystem on the napalm-scorched earth.
It would take Hawaii a long time to get back on its feet after being firebombed back to the Cambrian Period, but we could probably pull it off. Now assuming that the carrier groups haven't split due to internal politics and become Water World-esque pirates, some attention needs to be paid to the beginnings of reclamation. There are two ways to go about this, and one of them is slightly more boring than the other. The first method would see carrier groups sailing to a small but developed island nation, say, Taiwan, and attempting to seize the means of production necessary for large-scale manufacturing of powerful poisons, which could be then sprayed over ideal areas of recolonization, such as farms near to rivers or the coast. The new Hawaiians would be encouraged to reproduce as much as possible if this method saw success, in order to establish human presence around the globe. This would take hundreds of years, in all likelihood, and would be a great deal more complex than what I've just outlined, but we would be fighting. Fighting and winning, hopefully.
The second option involves a small group that I've ignored up until this point - the US nuclear submarine fleet. I assume that they would eventually resurface and fall in with the carrier groups, and if recon showed large clusters of ant populations in certain areas, we could use the nuclear option. There would be catastrophic damage, of course, but the nuclear missiles of today are actually much "cleaner" than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, and I'm not sure, but I think that the fallout dissipates much more rapidly than the first two did. This method would only be attractive if the ants had tendencies to cluster or form superhives, but if they did, imagine - bomb the 3 or however many superhives in England, finish off the rest in your NBC gear armed with a flamethrower or poisoned SuperSoaker, and have a thriving human colony a few years later.
The continents are a much harder question. They may be unsalvageable, at least without constant warfare to protect our holdings. But this was a bit of a silly question in the first place.
Disclaimer: I'm not an ant invasion expert.
TL;DR Get a job on a carrier, fast-rope into Walmart, firebomb Hawaii, and nuke the Brits.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf9sh46 | The oceans are still larger than all the ants in the world combined...I think. Seems like the thing to do would be to get away from land - zeppelins and ultimately ships would make the best refuge. If it were to happen right now most of the world would probably be screwed unless they could get to their cars. Those on vessels in port would be toast as well, since most of them would not be able to pull away fast enough. I'm thinking that US Carrier Groups would play a large role in our subsequent recovery and counterattack.
The first priority of the carriers and their escorts would be to get to deeper water, further away from shore. There are a few species of ants that can walk on water and build bridges over small water obstacles. I'm not sure how many of those there are (you'll have to ask /u/Unidan for that one) but if they were able to organize enough to declare war on humans, you can bet that they'll try to come after the humans still on the water. If they did get close to a carrier we could drop some soap or similar chemical into the water to lower its surface tension and make the ants sink. (carriers have to have soap of some kind, right?) Anyway, once the various ships that managed to survive the initial onslaught make it a good distance from shore, the next priorities would be contacting other survivors and organizing a plan of attack.
A U.S. Nimitz-Class carrier is home to a population of about 5,000 personnel, I think ( and there are 10 of them currently in service. If we're pessimistic with our estimations and assume that one was overwhelmed before it could escape, that leaves at least 45,000 humans left to continue the struggle. It's likely that more humans will survive than that, but I don't have numbers on any other vessels and I don't like anyone's chances if they stay on land. There might be a few islands that will be able to contain their ant problems, perhaps. Nevertheless, 45,000 people puts us well within the number needed to ensure the continued survival of the human race, even if only 10% of those people are female. As long as we're able to secure supplies, we won't need to worry about inbreds running the reclaimed world.
Which brings us to an important caveat: supplies. The Nimitz characters are nuclear and can run continuously for years, but the people onboard need food every day. There would come a time in a few months when it would be necessary to secure these supplies, one way or another. Now the ants might realize this weakness and set about destroying every edible thing they can get their mandibles on, but considering that the only thing an ant knows about humans is that it wants to kill them (for some reason), I don't think that will be the case. I think the most viable method of getting food in the short term would be to send teams of helicopters out and try to secure relatively non-perishable goods, such as canned food and ramen noodles, from supermarkets and distribution centers. It's likely that nearby ant colonies would be able to feel the vibrations in the ground and seek out our brave Wal-Mart Raiders, which would necessitate the use of helicopters for fast extraction. It would be like playing "the floor is lava," but with much higher stakes. Any surviving hovercraft might be useful, but only for locations very close to the coast. I have no idea if the carriers would have enough helicopter teams to sustain themselves this way, or how long their fuel reserves would hold out. Daily raids might be necessary. Rationing will probably be necessary.
UPDATE: /u/Averyhonestguy has raised a very sobering point - some ants can fly! This would make things much more difficult for people on land and near land. I don't think that the carrier groups far away would be too much worse off - flying takes a lot of energy, and after a few good miles the ants would likely drop out of the sky from exhaustion. It would greatly speed the response time of ants alerted to human presence, and make the helicopter raids that much more dangerous.
Okay, back to the overall situation. The carrier groups can sustain themselves by raiding superstores and the like, but the helicopter's fuel reserves would only last for so long. At some point, possibly years from the initial ant invasion, humanity would have to return to dry land. The target to recolonize would have to be an island - any spot on a continent would eventually be overwhelmed by sheer numbers or shortages of supplies. This island would have to have arable land as well. One of the Hawaiian islands may be a good candidate. Ants are present there, but the island chain has extreme isolation and fertility, hopefully enough to support 45,000 people. We'd have to clear out the islands before settling there - we could collect seed samples of the flora and breeding pairs of the fauna we wanted to keep via helicopter and then firestorm the fuck out of the island. A terrible crime against nature, certainly, but necessary for the survival of our species. Flamethrower teams (do they even have flamethrowers on carriers?) would sweep the cleared land after the ashes settled, rooting out any stray nests. Constant vigilance would be required once humans were back on the island, in case any ants somehow managed to get back on the island. But with the island, we finally have a little breathing room, and can focus on rebuilding the ecosystem on the napalm-scorched earth.
It would take Hawaii a long time to get back on its feet after being firebombed back to the Cambrian Period, but we could probably pull it off. Now assuming that the carrier groups haven't split due to internal politics and become Water World-esque pirates, some attention needs to be paid to the beginnings of reclamation. There are two ways to go about this, and one of them is slightly more boring than the other. The first method would see carrier groups sailing to a small but developed island nation, say, Taiwan, and attempting to seize the means of production necessary for large-scale manufacturing of powerful poisons, which could be then sprayed over ideal areas of recolonization, such as farms near to rivers or the coast. The new Hawaiians would be encouraged to reproduce as much as possible if this method saw success, in order to establish human presence around the globe. This would take hundreds of years, in all likelihood, and would be a great deal more complex than what I've just outlined, but we would be fighting. Fighting and winning, hopefully.
The second option involves a small group that I've ignored up until this point - the US nuclear submarine fleet. I assume that they would eventually resurface and fall in with the carrier groups, and if recon showed large clusters of ant populations in certain areas, we could use the nuclear option. There would be catastrophic damage, of course, but the nuclear missiles of today are actually much "cleaner" than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, and I'm not sure, but I think that the fallout dissipates much more rapidly than the first two did. This method would only be attractive if the ants had tendencies to cluster or form superhives, but if they did, imagine - bomb the 3 or however many superhives in England, finish off the rest in your NBC gear armed with a flamethrower or poisoned SuperSoaker, and have a thriving human colony a few years later.
The continents are a much harder question. They may be unsalvageable, at least without constant warfare to protect our holdings. But this was a bit of a silly question in the first place.
Disclaimer: I'm not an ant invasion expert. | Get a job on a carrier, fast-rope into Walmart, firebomb Hawaii, and nuke the Brits. |
Salvania | Needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few, so when this case comes up again will we wait for them again or is this just a one time thing? If we wait for them again it's unnecessarily dragging things out.
In my case I'm not even sure if I'll have power by morning with a snow storm currently shitting on my city right now so if given the opportunity I'd like to play my next game A.S.A.P
**TL;DR I'm shitty with wording things:** Sim them so the rest of us can play this weekend. | Needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few, so when this case comes up again will we wait for them again or is this just a one time thing? If we wait for them again it's unnecessarily dragging things out.
In my case I'm not even sure if I'll have power by morning with a snow storm currently shitting on my city right now so if given the opportunity I'd like to play my next game A.S.A.P
TL;DR I'm shitty with wording things: Sim them so the rest of us can play this weekend.
| ConnectedCareers | t5_2ut8e | cf9xh5v | Needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few, so when this case comes up again will we wait for them again or is this just a one time thing? If we wait for them again it's unnecessarily dragging things out.
In my case I'm not even sure if I'll have power by morning with a snow storm currently shitting on my city right now so if given the opportunity I'd like to play my next game A.S.A.P | I'm shitty with wording things: Sim them so the rest of us can play this weekend. |
willbradley | Yeah I do, but I'll be the first to say that's not a very healthy attitude. Especially when people like you are here telling people they owe the world something -- rather than that motivation coming from some altruism within.
tl;dr: even though I give my time and love freely to perfect strangers, I don't owe you shit <3 | Yeah I do, but I'll be the first to say that's not a very healthy attitude. Especially when people like you are here telling people they owe the world something -- rather than that motivation coming from some altruism within.
tl;dr: even though I give my time and love freely to perfect strangers, I don't owe you shit <3
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfb82g8 | Yeah I do, but I'll be the first to say that's not a very healthy attitude. Especially when people like you are here telling people they owe the world something -- rather than that motivation coming from some altruism within. | even though I give my time and love freely to perfect strangers, I don't owe you shit <3 |
Drakkeur | The purpose of creating something like music or games or any art really is to share it right? There are some exceptions, you don't make rock music for people who like rap, but in this case, this game is really accessible, everyone understand, everyone can enjoy it. NOW it got popular, Dong Nguyen started to be way more popular to, now he want to stay indepedant, an indie game developer, now through this popularity rising, he gained money, wich is what a dev need to be able to finance the game he wants to do, with all this money he can probably do a lot of things that he would have never consider before, so that's a plus. Now apareantly he couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of stealing (if you are objective, the fact that the pipe are like the one in mario doesnt matter at all it could have been anything else, it's stupid to be mad about it, it's really not important), he also couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of runing their lives, because they were so addict to the game. Nguyen, why do you take this on yourself? There is ALWAYS Criticism about games, negative postitive, constructive, mean, if you can't take any bad comment or if you give attention to the obviously childish and stupid hate comment, then don't share your game, cause it will never change. Now he was also harassed by some media to interview him, and by business company to make games with him, he declared he didn't want to. Wouldn't they leave him alone after a few weeks or at least the majority of it? This is almost the only real problem i can see. The fact that he deleted his game from the app store is really illogical, and for me nguyen doesn't have a logical response to this game popularity that happened to him. Paying attention and even answering to some hate tweet is really dumb.. I don't get why you would like to create things that are meant for sharing if u can't accept the fact that some people will say it's bad. If you don't agree (and have GOOD reason to) or if u have other argument, answer me, don't downvote without telling why, i really don't why people disagree with me.
tl;dr : Dong Nguyen response to this whole popularity is really illogical to me, and it's stupid that he cared so much about the negativity even when it's just blind none constructive hate. Imo if you can't accept the fact that you will get bad feedback or mean one, you shouldn't create content that are meant for sharing in the first place, if you're just gona take it away because you can't take any negative feedback (i know this is not the only reason, read the whole thing) | The purpose of creating something like music or games or any art really is to share it right? There are some exceptions, you don't make rock music for people who like rap, but in this case, this game is really accessible, everyone understand, everyone can enjoy it. NOW it got popular, Dong Nguyen started to be way more popular to, now he want to stay indepedant, an indie game developer, now through this popularity rising, he gained money, wich is what a dev need to be able to finance the game he wants to do, with all this money he can probably do a lot of things that he would have never consider before, so that's a plus. Now apareantly he couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of stealing (if you are objective, the fact that the pipe are like the one in mario doesnt matter at all it could have been anything else, it's stupid to be mad about it, it's really not important), he also couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of runing their lives, because they were so addict to the game. Nguyen, why do you take this on yourself? There is ALWAYS Criticism about games, negative postitive, constructive, mean, if you can't take any bad comment or if you give attention to the obviously childish and stupid hate comment, then don't share your game, cause it will never change. Now he was also harassed by some media to interview him, and by business company to make games with him, he declared he didn't want to. Wouldn't they leave him alone after a few weeks or at least the majority of it? This is almost the only real problem i can see. The fact that he deleted his game from the app store is really illogical, and for me nguyen doesn't have a logical response to this game popularity that happened to him. Paying attention and even answering to some hate tweet is really dumb.. I don't get why you would like to create things that are meant for sharing if u can't accept the fact that some people will say it's bad. If you don't agree (and have GOOD reason to) or if u have other argument, answer me, don't downvote without telling why, i really don't why people disagree with me.
tl;dr : Dong Nguyen response to this whole popularity is really illogical to me, and it's stupid that he cared so much about the negativity even when it's just blind none constructive hate. Imo if you can't accept the fact that you will get bad feedback or mean one, you shouldn't create content that are meant for sharing in the first place, if you're just gona take it away because you can't take any negative feedback (i know this is not the only reason, read the whole thing)
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfcpfke | The purpose of creating something like music or games or any art really is to share it right? There are some exceptions, you don't make rock music for people who like rap, but in this case, this game is really accessible, everyone understand, everyone can enjoy it. NOW it got popular, Dong Nguyen started to be way more popular to, now he want to stay indepedant, an indie game developer, now through this popularity rising, he gained money, wich is what a dev need to be able to finance the game he wants to do, with all this money he can probably do a lot of things that he would have never consider before, so that's a plus. Now apareantly he couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of stealing (if you are objective, the fact that the pipe are like the one in mario doesnt matter at all it could have been anything else, it's stupid to be mad about it, it's really not important), he also couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of runing their lives, because they were so addict to the game. Nguyen, why do you take this on yourself? There is ALWAYS Criticism about games, negative postitive, constructive, mean, if you can't take any bad comment or if you give attention to the obviously childish and stupid hate comment, then don't share your game, cause it will never change. Now he was also harassed by some media to interview him, and by business company to make games with him, he declared he didn't want to. Wouldn't they leave him alone after a few weeks or at least the majority of it? This is almost the only real problem i can see. The fact that he deleted his game from the app store is really illogical, and for me nguyen doesn't have a logical response to this game popularity that happened to him. Paying attention and even answering to some hate tweet is really dumb.. I don't get why you would like to create things that are meant for sharing if u can't accept the fact that some people will say it's bad. If you don't agree (and have GOOD reason to) or if u have other argument, answer me, don't downvote without telling why, i really don't why people disagree with me. | Dong Nguyen response to this whole popularity is really illogical to me, and it's stupid that he cared so much about the negativity even when it's just blind none constructive hate. Imo if you can't accept the fact that you will get bad feedback or mean one, you shouldn't create content that are meant for sharing in the first place, if you're just gona take it away because you can't take any negative feedback (i know this is not the only reason, read the whole thing) |
Celebrity292 | Sean on Screwattack's Hard News had a good thought on this game. I'm paraphrasing but essentially was this guy supposedly made the game in 3 days and is making about 50g a day from ad revenue meanwhile other indie devs put their heart and soul into their title and may never even recoup anything financial. He finished by saying don't download the game and if you did delete it.
Tl;dr: step your reading game up | Sean on Screwattack's Hard News had a good thought on this game. I'm paraphrasing but essentially was this guy supposedly made the game in 3 days and is making about 50g a day from ad revenue meanwhile other indie devs put their heart and soul into their title and may never even recoup anything financial. He finished by saying don't download the game and if you did delete it.
Tl;dr: step your reading game up
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfag5ty | Sean on Screwattack's Hard News had a good thought on this game. I'm paraphrasing but essentially was this guy supposedly made the game in 3 days and is making about 50g a day from ad revenue meanwhile other indie devs put their heart and soul into their title and may never even recoup anything financial. He finished by saying don't download the game and if you did delete it. | step your reading game up |
outerdrive313 | I'm still learning RES and I'm having sooo much fun doing so!
The RES way is THE way to reddit. The people giving you shit can only DREAM of having any creativity in anything.
Tl;dr: fuck tha haters... | I'm still learning RES and I'm having sooo much fun doing so!
The RES way is THE way to reddit. The people giving you shit can only DREAM of having any creativity in anything.
Tl;dr: fuck tha haters...
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfai61g | I'm still learning RES and I'm having sooo much fun doing so!
The RES way is THE way to reddit. The people giving you shit can only DREAM of having any creativity in anything. | fuck tha haters... |
another-comment | Well said. That's exactly how I feel. In fact, that is so spot on, that I now feel bad that you typed out everything I was feeling, and the whole world now knows how I feel... And I didn't even have to do anything.
TL/DR: I couldn't have said it any better | Well said. That's exactly how I feel. In fact, that is so spot on, that I now feel bad that you typed out everything I was feeling, and the whole world now knows how I feel... And I didn't even have to do anything.
TL/DR: I couldn't have said it any better
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfaik0a | Well said. That's exactly how I feel. In fact, that is so spot on, that I now feel bad that you typed out everything I was feeling, and the whole world now knows how I feel... And I didn't even have to do anything. | I couldn't have said it any better |
chezfez | My girlfriend keels me up at night with that game.. Even with no sound, 'tap TAP TApPP..pi'. I tried.
Tldr; very frustrating game, interrupts sleep of s/o's everywhere. | My girlfriend keels me up at night with that game.. Even with no sound, 'tap TAP TApPP..pi'. I tried.
Tldr; very frustrating game, interrupts sleep of s/o's everywhere.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfajxlx | My girlfriend keels me up at night with that game.. Even with no sound, 'tap TAP TApPP..pi'. I tried. | very frustrating game, interrupts sleep of s/o's everywhere. |
alberthrocks | Well said. Humans pretty much envy those who are successful because *they* aren't successful. In reality, he made a game that should have been what most mobile games should be - _fun_. Not a game that depends on psychology and money to lure people back.
If anything, this guy is an inspiration for gamers and game devs alike - a game CAN be successful and profitable without resorting to dirty tricks. If anything, I hope that his work inspires other game devs - both indie and corporate ones - to create great games like his, with no money strings attached. There is money to be found by doing good.
TL;DR human nature sucks, gaming is saved | Well said. Humans pretty much envy those who are successful because they aren't successful. In reality, he made a game that should have been what most mobile games should be - fun . Not a game that depends on psychology and money to lure people back.
If anything, this guy is an inspiration for gamers and game devs alike - a game CAN be successful and profitable without resorting to dirty tricks. If anything, I hope that his work inspires other game devs - both indie and corporate ones - to create great games like his, with no money strings attached. There is money to be found by doing good.
TL;DR human nature sucks, gaming is saved
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfakckv | Well said. Humans pretty much envy those who are successful because they aren't successful. In reality, he made a game that should have been what most mobile games should be - fun . Not a game that depends on psychology and money to lure people back.
If anything, this guy is an inspiration for gamers and game devs alike - a game CAN be successful and profitable without resorting to dirty tricks. If anything, I hope that his work inspires other game devs - both indie and corporate ones - to create great games like his, with no money strings attached. There is money to be found by doing good. | human nature sucks, gaming is saved |
xdmcDantex | Piggy backing on your comment. I know nothing about the game or the drama that is doing on right now but removing a game seems like an over reaction by a 12 year old. Removing it is going to to do nothing but hurt the people that may want to try it. (apparently it got hype surrounding it "and press were overrating the success of Flappy Bird and his other titles")
Seems to me like it got bad reviews and now hes mad and is doing this as a statement so they will rate it higher or get his fans to beg for it back so he can say "SEE HOW POPULAR IT IS"
tl;dr the creator sounds childish for over reacting. | Piggy backing on your comment. I know nothing about the game or the drama that is doing on right now but removing a game seems like an over reaction by a 12 year old. Removing it is going to to do nothing but hurt the people that may want to try it. (apparently it got hype surrounding it "and press were overrating the success of Flappy Bird and his other titles")
Seems to me like it got bad reviews and now hes mad and is doing this as a statement so they will rate it higher or get his fans to beg for it back so he can say "SEE HOW POPULAR IT IS"
tl;dr the creator sounds childish for over reacting.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfai3nd | Piggy backing on your comment. I know nothing about the game or the drama that is doing on right now but removing a game seems like an over reaction by a 12 year old. Removing it is going to to do nothing but hurt the people that may want to try it. (apparently it got hype surrounding it "and press were overrating the success of Flappy Bird and his other titles")
Seems to me like it got bad reviews and now hes mad and is doing this as a statement so they will rate it higher or get his fans to beg for it back so he can say "SEE HOW POPULAR IT IS" | the creator sounds childish for over reacting. |
SpaceSteak | Oh and before I forget, here is a photo of the sidebar:
That was my source for the first point.
Tl;dr: you should read the rules, fatty | Oh and before I forget, here is a photo of the sidebar:
That was my source for the first point.
Tl;dr: you should read the rules, fatty
| running | t5_2qlit | cfb1unp | Oh and before I forget, here is a photo of the sidebar:
That was my source for the first point. | you should read the rules, fatty |
CRIPPLED_Z0MBIE | Everyone experiences these things from time to time. I am 20 years old with Muscular Dystrophy and I'm bound to a wheelchair. I just went through my teenage years without experiencing anything a teenager should experience, like kissing a girl, partying, drinking, driving (never mix those two together), dating, and many more of everyday life that everyone else enjoys. My disease usually keeps keeps people from living a long life, and I know that there are many more things that everyone has the right to experience that I most likely won't get to do, like marriage, having kids/grandkids, seeing the country/world, etc. Even when I admit all that openly on the Internet for the whole world to see I'm still fine. Does it sadden me some? Yes, but I don't let it control my thinking and mood. When you get depressed you give up control of your head to those racing and unproductive thoughts. I never let myself get depressed for more than a couple days, because what goes on in my head, my thoughts are the only true thing that I 100% own and control, and I'm not gonna let darkness grow in my head and take control. Yes, those are just words and it sometimes can be harder to fight the darkness. So when I start getting down, I start saving up some money, and when I get enough money I get myself something new/nice. I'm a techy kinda guy so I'll get myself a new phone or an xbox one and I'll just have fun with it. One thing that definitely makes me happy is going out and eating a good meal. It's simple, but if I get a good meal (soul food, southern food) I can't not have a smile on my face! As to your "going to keep things simple for a week" plan, if you feel/know that's what you need, then go for it! However, we all need a little spice in our life, so don't keep things simple for long. You gotta change things up every now and then, be spontaneous, unpredictable to yourself and do something fun. I realize not everyone has money, but just save some up over time, off to the side little by little, and go to a mall or to amazon and go for an impulse buy, get something you normally wouldn't get yourself. Last summer, I went on an impulse to get into flying R/C planes, it's a good hobby, and it put me around a bunch of old retired guys who had funny/interesting life stories to share, and I had a good time! On a final note, I'm gonna tell you something that I learned in a cheap blow off class in my time at a small 2 year college. There are 2 words that start with the letter M that support a healthy life and a healthy mind. Motivation and Moderation. Always stay motivated to achieve more in life. And always keep everything in moderation, don't over indulge nor let anything become scarce. I've never done this whole too long, didn't read thing before, but just in case you didn't feel like reading all that...
tl; dr
Keep things fresh in your life, go hang out with new people, buy yourself something new/nice, treat yourself to a good meal every now and then. | Everyone experiences these things from time to time. I am 20 years old with Muscular Dystrophy and I'm bound to a wheelchair. I just went through my teenage years without experiencing anything a teenager should experience, like kissing a girl, partying, drinking, driving (never mix those two together), dating, and many more of everyday life that everyone else enjoys. My disease usually keeps keeps people from living a long life, and I know that there are many more things that everyone has the right to experience that I most likely won't get to do, like marriage, having kids/grandkids, seeing the country/world, etc. Even when I admit all that openly on the Internet for the whole world to see I'm still fine. Does it sadden me some? Yes, but I don't let it control my thinking and mood. When you get depressed you give up control of your head to those racing and unproductive thoughts. I never let myself get depressed for more than a couple days, because what goes on in my head, my thoughts are the only true thing that I 100% own and control, and I'm not gonna let darkness grow in my head and take control. Yes, those are just words and it sometimes can be harder to fight the darkness. So when I start getting down, I start saving up some money, and when I get enough money I get myself something new/nice. I'm a techy kinda guy so I'll get myself a new phone or an xbox one and I'll just have fun with it. One thing that definitely makes me happy is going out and eating a good meal. It's simple, but if I get a good meal (soul food, southern food) I can't not have a smile on my face! As to your "going to keep things simple for a week" plan, if you feel/know that's what you need, then go for it! However, we all need a little spice in our life, so don't keep things simple for long. You gotta change things up every now and then, be spontaneous, unpredictable to yourself and do something fun. I realize not everyone has money, but just save some up over time, off to the side little by little, and go to a mall or to amazon and go for an impulse buy, get something you normally wouldn't get yourself. Last summer, I went on an impulse to get into flying R/C planes, it's a good hobby, and it put me around a bunch of old retired guys who had funny/interesting life stories to share, and I had a good time! On a final note, I'm gonna tell you something that I learned in a cheap blow off class in my time at a small 2 year college. There are 2 words that start with the letter M that support a healthy life and a healthy mind. Motivation and Moderation. Always stay motivated to achieve more in life. And always keep everything in moderation, don't over indulge nor let anything become scarce. I've never done this whole too long, didn't read thing before, but just in case you didn't feel like reading all that...
tl; dr
Keep things fresh in your life, go hang out with new people, buy yourself something new/nice, treat yourself to a good meal every now and then.
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | cfardbs | Everyone experiences these things from time to time. I am 20 years old with Muscular Dystrophy and I'm bound to a wheelchair. I just went through my teenage years without experiencing anything a teenager should experience, like kissing a girl, partying, drinking, driving (never mix those two together), dating, and many more of everyday life that everyone else enjoys. My disease usually keeps keeps people from living a long life, and I know that there are many more things that everyone has the right to experience that I most likely won't get to do, like marriage, having kids/grandkids, seeing the country/world, etc. Even when I admit all that openly on the Internet for the whole world to see I'm still fine. Does it sadden me some? Yes, but I don't let it control my thinking and mood. When you get depressed you give up control of your head to those racing and unproductive thoughts. I never let myself get depressed for more than a couple days, because what goes on in my head, my thoughts are the only true thing that I 100% own and control, and I'm not gonna let darkness grow in my head and take control. Yes, those are just words and it sometimes can be harder to fight the darkness. So when I start getting down, I start saving up some money, and when I get enough money I get myself something new/nice. I'm a techy kinda guy so I'll get myself a new phone or an xbox one and I'll just have fun with it. One thing that definitely makes me happy is going out and eating a good meal. It's simple, but if I get a good meal (soul food, southern food) I can't not have a smile on my face! As to your "going to keep things simple for a week" plan, if you feel/know that's what you need, then go for it! However, we all need a little spice in our life, so don't keep things simple for long. You gotta change things up every now and then, be spontaneous, unpredictable to yourself and do something fun. I realize not everyone has money, but just save some up over time, off to the side little by little, and go to a mall or to amazon and go for an impulse buy, get something you normally wouldn't get yourself. Last summer, I went on an impulse to get into flying R/C planes, it's a good hobby, and it put me around a bunch of old retired guys who had funny/interesting life stories to share, and I had a good time! On a final note, I'm gonna tell you something that I learned in a cheap blow off class in my time at a small 2 year college. There are 2 words that start with the letter M that support a healthy life and a healthy mind. Motivation and Moderation. Always stay motivated to achieve more in life. And always keep everything in moderation, don't over indulge nor let anything become scarce. I've never done this whole too long, didn't read thing before, but just in case you didn't feel like reading all that... | Keep things fresh in your life, go hang out with new people, buy yourself something new/nice, treat yourself to a good meal every now and then. |
troglozyte | Can you give us a quick tl;dr on that? | Can you give us a quick tl;dr on that?
| DebateReligion | t5_2snuc | cfbatj0 | Can you give us a quick | on that? |
ckoch786 | Yeah, if you are going to run testing, or unstable you should really pay close attention to what packages are being install/removed on an upgrade(I have learned this the hard way in the past too ;) ). Sometimes there maybe missing depenencies, and you will need to cycle through the different proposed resolutions, or just wait a few days and keep trying to see if the issue gets fixed. Also it is a good idea to install the bugs/changelog tools (mentioned in the unstable faq)and read the output when doing updates because upgrading some packages blindly will break your system, I typically pin a package or two a week.
tl;dr don't blindly accept upgrades, and install the bugs/changelog tools if runnign testing, or sid.
Thank you, Debian team for your hard work :) | Yeah, if you are going to run testing, or unstable you should really pay close attention to what packages are being install/removed on an upgrade(I have learned this the hard way in the past too ;) ). Sometimes there maybe missing depenencies, and you will need to cycle through the different proposed resolutions, or just wait a few days and keep trying to see if the issue gets fixed. Also it is a good idea to install the bugs/changelog tools (mentioned in the unstable faq)and read the output when doing updates because upgrading some packages blindly will break your system, I typically pin a package or two a week.
tl;dr don't blindly accept upgrades, and install the bugs/changelog tools if runnign testing, or sid.
Thank you, Debian team for your hard work :)
| debian | t5_2qhkk | cfbabpk | Yeah, if you are going to run testing, or unstable you should really pay close attention to what packages are being install/removed on an upgrade(I have learned this the hard way in the past too ;) ). Sometimes there maybe missing depenencies, and you will need to cycle through the different proposed resolutions, or just wait a few days and keep trying to see if the issue gets fixed. Also it is a good idea to install the bugs/changelog tools (mentioned in the unstable faq)and read the output when doing updates because upgrading some packages blindly will break your system, I typically pin a package or two a week. | don't blindly accept upgrades, and install the bugs/changelog tools if runnign testing, or sid.
Thank you, Debian team for your hard work :) |
bender445 | Top Prospects: Basically the whole team. Javier Baez is the top prospect that is still in the minors (he will be at spring training with a good chance of joining the big league club sometime this season). There are only a handful of veterans slotted in our line up, most notably Luis Valbuena at third base. These guys are basically just hold overs until all of our young players are fully developed. 5 years ago we were at the end of the previous era of Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, and Zambrano. We've finally gotten rid of all those guys and have a solid year or 2 of rebuilding under our belts.
The top players are Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro. These guys did not live up to expectations last year after both being inked to long term big money deals. They are seen as the future of our organization at first and shortstop respectively (although Castro and the prospect Baez currently play the same position, so that will be something to watch). Our ace pitcher is Jeff Smmmmshark (see also: my flair). He is also relatively young and now signed to a nice contract. He may or may not be the ace of the future depending if he takes the next step forward, but at least he looks like a solid big league starter.
Pessimism for the season is not hard to come up with, we are projected to be the third worst team in the league, which is about on par with where we've been the last two years. Our offense over the last few years has been really lacking, we score most of our runs off of home runs but we don't hit a lot of home runs. We really lack clutch hitting, we leave runners on, and a lot of times those runs we leave out there are the difference for our pitching staff. The starting rotation is generally good, but can only do so much with no run support. The bullpen is questionable, and for this year that is where the most question marks lie.
The main story surrounding the cubs over the last few years is the front office. Can Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein break the Cubs curse as they did with Boston and the curse of the Bambino? It remains to be seen, but they are taking the same methodical approach.
As far as general cubs information, the history of the club is the most important thing to know about the cubs, possibly more important than who is on the field right now (especially because that can change quickly these days). Baseball history and the Cubs are more closely linked than all but a few franchises, as we are one of the senior members of the circuit and play in the second oldest stadium. Our stadium, up to this year, had an even older feel than any other stadium (including the oldest, Fenway) because of its notable lack of a jumbotron screen and because of it's famous characteristics of its large manual scoreboard and ivy covered walls. It's the 100th anniversary of the stadium this year, and the new owners are putting in a jumbotron and lots more advertising. Apparently this is something that is required to win a world series.
The Cubs haven't won a world series in over 100 years. 1908 we were world champs and then 1909 we made it back and didn't win. Then we began the drought, we made a few appearances but never won (we lost to Babe Ruth on the called shot, famously, for example). In the 40s we made it to the series, but a curse was put on us by some guy who owned the now famous Billy Goat Tavern. He put a hex on (Wrigley?/)the Cubs because they wouldn't let him bring his goat into the stadium and we lost the series and have not been to a world series since. There have been other manifestations of the curse with the black cat in 69 against the mets and the bartman ball in 2003.
edit: tl;dr GO CUBS GO | Top Prospects: Basically the whole team. Javier Baez is the top prospect that is still in the minors (he will be at spring training with a good chance of joining the big league club sometime this season). There are only a handful of veterans slotted in our line up, most notably Luis Valbuena at third base. These guys are basically just hold overs until all of our young players are fully developed. 5 years ago we were at the end of the previous era of Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, and Zambrano. We've finally gotten rid of all those guys and have a solid year or 2 of rebuilding under our belts.
The top players are Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro. These guys did not live up to expectations last year after both being inked to long term big money deals. They are seen as the future of our organization at first and shortstop respectively (although Castro and the prospect Baez currently play the same position, so that will be something to watch). Our ace pitcher is Jeff Smmmmshark (see also: my flair). He is also relatively young and now signed to a nice contract. He may or may not be the ace of the future depending if he takes the next step forward, but at least he looks like a solid big league starter.
Pessimism for the season is not hard to come up with, we are projected to be the third worst team in the league, which is about on par with where we've been the last two years. Our offense over the last few years has been really lacking, we score most of our runs off of home runs but we don't hit a lot of home runs. We really lack clutch hitting, we leave runners on, and a lot of times those runs we leave out there are the difference for our pitching staff. The starting rotation is generally good, but can only do so much with no run support. The bullpen is questionable, and for this year that is where the most question marks lie.
The main story surrounding the cubs over the last few years is the front office. Can Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein break the Cubs curse as they did with Boston and the curse of the Bambino? It remains to be seen, but they are taking the same methodical approach.
As far as general cubs information, the history of the club is the most important thing to know about the cubs, possibly more important than who is on the field right now (especially because that can change quickly these days). Baseball history and the Cubs are more closely linked than all but a few franchises, as we are one of the senior members of the circuit and play in the second oldest stadium. Our stadium, up to this year, had an even older feel than any other stadium (including the oldest, Fenway) because of its notable lack of a jumbotron screen and because of it's famous characteristics of its large manual scoreboard and ivy covered walls. It's the 100th anniversary of the stadium this year, and the new owners are putting in a jumbotron and lots more advertising. Apparently this is something that is required to win a world series.
The Cubs haven't won a world series in over 100 years. 1908 we were world champs and then 1909 we made it back and didn't win. Then we began the drought, we made a few appearances but never won (we lost to Babe Ruth on the called shot, famously, for example). In the 40s we made it to the series, but a curse was put on us by some guy who owned the now famous Billy Goat Tavern. He put a hex on (Wrigley?/)the Cubs because they wouldn't let him bring his goat into the stadium and we lost the series and have not been to a world series since. There have been other manifestations of the curse with the black cat in 69 against the mets and the bartman ball in 2003.
edit: tl;dr GO CUBS GO
| Cubs | t5_2qmnl | cfcphda | Top Prospects: Basically the whole team. Javier Baez is the top prospect that is still in the minors (he will be at spring training with a good chance of joining the big league club sometime this season). There are only a handful of veterans slotted in our line up, most notably Luis Valbuena at third base. These guys are basically just hold overs until all of our young players are fully developed. 5 years ago we were at the end of the previous era of Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, and Zambrano. We've finally gotten rid of all those guys and have a solid year or 2 of rebuilding under our belts.
The top players are Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro. These guys did not live up to expectations last year after both being inked to long term big money deals. They are seen as the future of our organization at first and shortstop respectively (although Castro and the prospect Baez currently play the same position, so that will be something to watch). Our ace pitcher is Jeff Smmmmshark (see also: my flair). He is also relatively young and now signed to a nice contract. He may or may not be the ace of the future depending if he takes the next step forward, but at least he looks like a solid big league starter.
Pessimism for the season is not hard to come up with, we are projected to be the third worst team in the league, which is about on par with where we've been the last two years. Our offense over the last few years has been really lacking, we score most of our runs off of home runs but we don't hit a lot of home runs. We really lack clutch hitting, we leave runners on, and a lot of times those runs we leave out there are the difference for our pitching staff. The starting rotation is generally good, but can only do so much with no run support. The bullpen is questionable, and for this year that is where the most question marks lie.
The main story surrounding the cubs over the last few years is the front office. Can Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein break the Cubs curse as they did with Boston and the curse of the Bambino? It remains to be seen, but they are taking the same methodical approach.
As far as general cubs information, the history of the club is the most important thing to know about the cubs, possibly more important than who is on the field right now (especially because that can change quickly these days). Baseball history and the Cubs are more closely linked than all but a few franchises, as we are one of the senior members of the circuit and play in the second oldest stadium. Our stadium, up to this year, had an even older feel than any other stadium (including the oldest, Fenway) because of its notable lack of a jumbotron screen and because of it's famous characteristics of its large manual scoreboard and ivy covered walls. It's the 100th anniversary of the stadium this year, and the new owners are putting in a jumbotron and lots more advertising. Apparently this is something that is required to win a world series.
The Cubs haven't won a world series in over 100 years. 1908 we were world champs and then 1909 we made it back and didn't win. Then we began the drought, we made a few appearances but never won (we lost to Babe Ruth on the called shot, famously, for example). In the 40s we made it to the series, but a curse was put on us by some guy who owned the now famous Billy Goat Tavern. He put a hex on (Wrigley?/)the Cubs because they wouldn't let him bring his goat into the stadium and we lost the series and have not been to a world series since. There have been other manifestations of the curse with the black cat in 69 against the mets and the bartman ball in 2003.
edit: | GO CUBS GO |
ThatSpicyMeal | IMO the 780ti is too much money for 1080P gaming. I know you're not going to like this answer but I think your best bet for FPS at a great price is the R9 290. Not the X version. At 400 dollars it's great for 1080P
But if I were you I'd think long and hard about the 1440P monitor 144hz, because the colors and viewing angles might not be top notch. I'm of the mindset that you want to be able to buy a monitor every 5-8 years, so personally I like an eye candy monitor like IPS @ 1440 P 60hz that'll last you. With the 60 FPS lock you'll still get smooth frames plus great colors and 1440P with something like an AMD card.
If you insist on the 144hz monitor though with G sync then I'd go 780ti
Just to add a TL:dr: I suggest 1440P IPS panel with a r9 290 non x card | IMO the 780ti is too much money for 1080P gaming. I know you're not going to like this answer but I think your best bet for FPS at a great price is the R9 290. Not the X version. At 400 dollars it's great for 1080P
But if I were you I'd think long and hard about the 1440P monitor 144hz, because the colors and viewing angles might not be top notch. I'm of the mindset that you want to be able to buy a monitor every 5-8 years, so personally I like an eye candy monitor like IPS @ 1440 P 60hz that'll last you. With the 60 FPS lock you'll still get smooth frames plus great colors and 1440P with something like an AMD card.
If you insist on the 144hz monitor though with G sync then I'd go 780ti
Just to add a TL:dr: I suggest 1440P IPS panel with a r9 290 non x card
| pcgaming | t5_2qhfg | cfb3gj8 | IMO the 780ti is too much money for 1080P gaming. I know you're not going to like this answer but I think your best bet for FPS at a great price is the R9 290. Not the X version. At 400 dollars it's great for 1080P
But if I were you I'd think long and hard about the 1440P monitor 144hz, because the colors and viewing angles might not be top notch. I'm of the mindset that you want to be able to buy a monitor every 5-8 years, so personally I like an eye candy monitor like IPS @ 1440 P 60hz that'll last you. With the 60 FPS lock you'll still get smooth frames plus great colors and 1440P with something like an AMD card.
If you insist on the 144hz monitor though with G sync then I'd go 780ti
Just to add a | I suggest 1440P IPS panel with a r9 290 non x card |
Abbykinz123 | As an American with the same aspiration, I can tell you that there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to move to Sweden.
I've traveled to Sverige quite a few times because my boyfriend is Swedish and we're kind of doing this long distance thing of sorts, so it works out. I've always wanted to come here to Sweden, and let me tell you this:
It was better than I ever could have imagined.
Swedish people are quiet, conservative and kind for the most part, and love Americans it seems like! Every time I come here I make more and more lifelong friends, and the beauty of this place never gets old. There is an astounding combination of city and nature, and it's fantastic.
Then of course, you have the HEAPS of wonderful socialist benefits that can be hard for us from the USA to imagine...
Free healthcare, Free college, and getting paid to do many things in society, like having children and attending school (for highschoolers, or what they call gymnasiet here), WITH BARELY ADDING AN EXTRA TAX PERCENT HERE.
And to your comment on Swedish women, yes, most of them tend to look that way from what I see, but be wary: Swedish girls can be quite cold to guys, but being foreign (and especially American) can ease that up quite a bit. They are beautiful and smiley and stick together in groups, and most of the guys here are incredibly shy, so they tend to appreciate a person that can actually approach them, from what I've seen.
Lastly, my biggest tip on learning the language, is make some Swedish friends that pretty much refuse to speak English to you, even though they have the best English from a foreign speaker you'll ever hear. Believe me, it can put a strain on your confidence at first, but it's well worth the giggles they give you for your silly American accent and misused grammar, but they'll happily teach you how to speak it better. Swedish is a very fun, magical language that is wonderful to speak and learn, even though it can be very difficult.
TL;DR
Sweden is awesome and you should feel awesome for wanting to live there. :) | As an American with the same aspiration, I can tell you that there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to move to Sweden.
I've traveled to Sverige quite a few times because my boyfriend is Swedish and we're kind of doing this long distance thing of sorts, so it works out. I've always wanted to come here to Sweden, and let me tell you this:
It was better than I ever could have imagined.
Swedish people are quiet, conservative and kind for the most part, and love Americans it seems like! Every time I come here I make more and more lifelong friends, and the beauty of this place never gets old. There is an astounding combination of city and nature, and it's fantastic.
Then of course, you have the HEAPS of wonderful socialist benefits that can be hard for us from the USA to imagine...
Free healthcare, Free college, and getting paid to do many things in society, like having children and attending school (for highschoolers, or what they call gymnasiet here), WITH BARELY ADDING AN EXTRA TAX PERCENT HERE.
And to your comment on Swedish women, yes, most of them tend to look that way from what I see, but be wary: Swedish girls can be quite cold to guys, but being foreign (and especially American) can ease that up quite a bit. They are beautiful and smiley and stick together in groups, and most of the guys here are incredibly shy, so they tend to appreciate a person that can actually approach them, from what I've seen.
Lastly, my biggest tip on learning the language, is make some Swedish friends that pretty much refuse to speak English to you, even though they have the best English from a foreign speaker you'll ever hear. Believe me, it can put a strain on your confidence at first, but it's well worth the giggles they give you for your silly American accent and misused grammar, but they'll happily teach you how to speak it better. Swedish is a very fun, magical language that is wonderful to speak and learn, even though it can be very difficult.
TL;DR
Sweden is awesome and you should feel awesome for wanting to live there. :)
| sweden | t5_2qofe | cgt4tcs | As an American with the same aspiration, I can tell you that there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to move to Sweden.
I've traveled to Sverige quite a few times because my boyfriend is Swedish and we're kind of doing this long distance thing of sorts, so it works out. I've always wanted to come here to Sweden, and let me tell you this:
It was better than I ever could have imagined.
Swedish people are quiet, conservative and kind for the most part, and love Americans it seems like! Every time I come here I make more and more lifelong friends, and the beauty of this place never gets old. There is an astounding combination of city and nature, and it's fantastic.
Then of course, you have the HEAPS of wonderful socialist benefits that can be hard for us from the USA to imagine...
Free healthcare, Free college, and getting paid to do many things in society, like having children and attending school (for highschoolers, or what they call gymnasiet here), WITH BARELY ADDING AN EXTRA TAX PERCENT HERE.
And to your comment on Swedish women, yes, most of them tend to look that way from what I see, but be wary: Swedish girls can be quite cold to guys, but being foreign (and especially American) can ease that up quite a bit. They are beautiful and smiley and stick together in groups, and most of the guys here are incredibly shy, so they tend to appreciate a person that can actually approach them, from what I've seen.
Lastly, my biggest tip on learning the language, is make some Swedish friends that pretty much refuse to speak English to you, even though they have the best English from a foreign speaker you'll ever hear. Believe me, it can put a strain on your confidence at first, but it's well worth the giggles they give you for your silly American accent and misused grammar, but they'll happily teach you how to speak it better. Swedish is a very fun, magical language that is wonderful to speak and learn, even though it can be very difficult. | Sweden is awesome and you should feel awesome for wanting to live there. :) |
Zakimus | For everyone who is saying the Saints have a mess this year, it's like this every year and things get sorted out. The past few years we've been way over the cap heading into the offseason, and our FO still gets all major re-signings done (Brees got his contract, and Graham will get re-signed) and still have enough left over to bring in a few players who really contribute, even if they don't have big names (Hawthorne, Sproles and Keenan Lewis come to mind).
Yeah the Saints are ~14 mil over cap, and Will Smith who is going to get cut is taking up 13.9 mil so really we are near cap as is. Roman Harper, Jabari Greer, Lance Moore and Broderick Bunkley are all names that could be possible casualities, which would put the Saints under cap enough for the Graham re-signing, plus some role players.
And this is not even touching Brees' contract, which he has mentioned his willingness to restructure at some point.
TL;DR Not sweating the Saints cap | For everyone who is saying the Saints have a mess this year, it's like this every year and things get sorted out. The past few years we've been way over the cap heading into the offseason, and our FO still gets all major re-signings done (Brees got his contract, and Graham will get re-signed) and still have enough left over to bring in a few players who really contribute, even if they don't have big names (Hawthorne, Sproles and Keenan Lewis come to mind).
Yeah the Saints are ~14 mil over cap, and Will Smith who is going to get cut is taking up 13.9 mil so really we are near cap as is. Roman Harper, Jabari Greer, Lance Moore and Broderick Bunkley are all names that could be possible casualities, which would put the Saints under cap enough for the Graham re-signing, plus some role players.
And this is not even touching Brees' contract, which he has mentioned his willingness to restructure at some point.
TL;DR Not sweating the Saints cap
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cfby8rm | For everyone who is saying the Saints have a mess this year, it's like this every year and things get sorted out. The past few years we've been way over the cap heading into the offseason, and our FO still gets all major re-signings done (Brees got his contract, and Graham will get re-signed) and still have enough left over to bring in a few players who really contribute, even if they don't have big names (Hawthorne, Sproles and Keenan Lewis come to mind).
Yeah the Saints are ~14 mil over cap, and Will Smith who is going to get cut is taking up 13.9 mil so really we are near cap as is. Roman Harper, Jabari Greer, Lance Moore and Broderick Bunkley are all names that could be possible casualities, which would put the Saints under cap enough for the Graham re-signing, plus some role players.
And this is not even touching Brees' contract, which he has mentioned his willingness to restructure at some point. | Not sweating the Saints cap |
Woldry | Raid fights can easily last 100 seconds and longer. Even granting your supposition, and ignoring other factors like gear stats, passive traits, and instant-cast procs, that one extra spell could mean the difference between a clean boss kill and a wipe. And that's without even bringing in the differences that the rest of your party bring to the table.
Clearly you're not a minmaxer. That's fine; neither am I. But there are people who are very, very good at crunching the numbers, and they can easily show you how big a difference that 10% will actually make, down to the last decimal point.
TL;DR: You're dead wrong. | Raid fights can easily last 100 seconds and longer. Even granting your supposition, and ignoring other factors like gear stats, passive traits, and instant-cast procs, that one extra spell could mean the difference between a clean boss kill and a wipe. And that's without even bringing in the differences that the rest of your party bring to the table.
Clearly you're not a minmaxer. That's fine; neither am I. But there are people who are very, very good at crunching the numbers, and they can easily show you how big a difference that 10% will actually make, down to the last decimal point.
TL;DR: You're dead wrong.
| elderscrollsonline | t5_2tqi0 | cfbyxpj | Raid fights can easily last 100 seconds and longer. Even granting your supposition, and ignoring other factors like gear stats, passive traits, and instant-cast procs, that one extra spell could mean the difference between a clean boss kill and a wipe. And that's without even bringing in the differences that the rest of your party bring to the table.
Clearly you're not a minmaxer. That's fine; neither am I. But there are people who are very, very good at crunching the numbers, and they can easily show you how big a difference that 10% will actually make, down to the last decimal point. | You're dead wrong. |
Phantomsmedia | The majority of /r/arma is filled with videos, as is this subreddit. It isn't really up to the moderators to block video content, if they would, both /r/arma and /r/arma3 would be pretty quiet.
If people wish to see pictures or self.post submissions, it is up to them. /r/arma already has some great photographers, why not start throwing up some screenshots here as well?
Personally, I enjoy the videos. Seeing that a video that is posted to /r/arma3 and /r/arma (and is upvoted) gets hundreds of views, it seems that people do enjoy the videos as well.
TL;DR - You want non-video content? Make some! More power to you. | The majority of /r/arma is filled with videos, as is this subreddit. It isn't really up to the moderators to block video content, if they would, both /r/arma and /r/arma3 would be pretty quiet.
If people wish to see pictures or self.post submissions, it is up to them. /r/arma already has some great photographers, why not start throwing up some screenshots here as well?
Personally, I enjoy the videos. Seeing that a video that is posted to /r/arma3 and /r/arma (and is upvoted) gets hundreds of views, it seems that people do enjoy the videos as well.
TL;DR - You want non-video content? Make some! More power to you.
| arma3 | t5_2si55 | cfbtxw6 | The majority of /r/arma is filled with videos, as is this subreddit. It isn't really up to the moderators to block video content, if they would, both /r/arma and /r/arma3 would be pretty quiet.
If people wish to see pictures or self.post submissions, it is up to them. /r/arma already has some great photographers, why not start throwing up some screenshots here as well?
Personally, I enjoy the videos. Seeing that a video that is posted to /r/arma3 and /r/arma (and is upvoted) gets hundreds of views, it seems that people do enjoy the videos as well. | You want non-video content? Make some! More power to you. |
recrohin | I agree 100%. But is it better to ban videos from here and use /r/armavideos or something like that? or only ban promotion videos?
I think the problem with all the video content, for me at least, is the fact that if you look at other subreddits and the way you consume content on reddit is usually in form of pictures with captions, small chunks of text or a discussion you can rather easily get into. If you look at /r/leagueoflegends the videos from there is a small clip of some player outplaying another guy, doing something amazing or funny. There's an easy reward from watching those as you can go "oh yeah he did an amazing job there", and if you look at /r/GlobalOffensive you see funny screenshots some discussions and the misc threads. But again, most of the content there is easy-to-digest small clips that have an immediate gratification after watching them.
With the content here on /r/arma3 and aswell /r/arma all of the videos here are ranging from 5-60 minutes with a lot of them being in the 10 minute area. I read somewhere that the attention span of people online are really hard to keep and most people lose interest after 2-3 minutes, and with long videos, most of it just feels like obsolete content because you won't sit around for 15 minutes, watching some random dudes trekking across altis with their gun down the side, not even getting into contact until the 8 minute mark. Just to get it out of the way: the youtube clips most of the time are fine, but it's one of those cases where it's hell of a fun ride to experience in-game, but its boring as hell to watch on the sideline because you don't get any gratification like a league of legends clip Where some Pro player makes a sick pentakill with Soraka.
I have to admit, there's far between the times I sit down and watch playthrough of missions from random people. I stick to the ones I know I find entertaining, either funny or helpful, but the rest, maan I can't be bothered sitting still for 15 minutes looking at a fireteam doing a virtual march through the hills of Altis.
**really TL:DR:** peoples attention span sucks and a lot of video content feels stupid here. | I agree 100%. But is it better to ban videos from here and use /r/armavideos or something like that? or only ban promotion videos?
I think the problem with all the video content, for me at least, is the fact that if you look at other subreddits and the way you consume content on reddit is usually in form of pictures with captions, small chunks of text or a discussion you can rather easily get into. If you look at /r/leagueoflegends the videos from there is a small clip of some player outplaying another guy, doing something amazing or funny. There's an easy reward from watching those as you can go "oh yeah he did an amazing job there", and if you look at /r/GlobalOffensive you see funny screenshots some discussions and the misc threads. But again, most of the content there is easy-to-digest small clips that have an immediate gratification after watching them.
With the content here on /r/arma3 and aswell /r/arma all of the videos here are ranging from 5-60 minutes with a lot of them being in the 10 minute area. I read somewhere that the attention span of people online are really hard to keep and most people lose interest after 2-3 minutes, and with long videos, most of it just feels like obsolete content because you won't sit around for 15 minutes, watching some random dudes trekking across altis with their gun down the side, not even getting into contact until the 8 minute mark. Just to get it out of the way: the youtube clips most of the time are fine, but it's one of those cases where it's hell of a fun ride to experience in-game, but its boring as hell to watch on the sideline because you don't get any gratification like a league of legends clip Where some Pro player makes a sick pentakill with Soraka.
I have to admit, there's far between the times I sit down and watch playthrough of missions from random people. I stick to the ones I know I find entertaining, either funny or helpful, but the rest, maan I can't be bothered sitting still for 15 minutes looking at a fireteam doing a virtual march through the hills of Altis.
really TL:DR: peoples attention span sucks and a lot of video content feels stupid here.
| arma3 | t5_2si55 | cfbrgri | I agree 100%. But is it better to ban videos from here and use /r/armavideos or something like that? or only ban promotion videos?
I think the problem with all the video content, for me at least, is the fact that if you look at other subreddits and the way you consume content on reddit is usually in form of pictures with captions, small chunks of text or a discussion you can rather easily get into. If you look at /r/leagueoflegends the videos from there is a small clip of some player outplaying another guy, doing something amazing or funny. There's an easy reward from watching those as you can go "oh yeah he did an amazing job there", and if you look at /r/GlobalOffensive you see funny screenshots some discussions and the misc threads. But again, most of the content there is easy-to-digest small clips that have an immediate gratification after watching them.
With the content here on /r/arma3 and aswell /r/arma all of the videos here are ranging from 5-60 minutes with a lot of them being in the 10 minute area. I read somewhere that the attention span of people online are really hard to keep and most people lose interest after 2-3 minutes, and with long videos, most of it just feels like obsolete content because you won't sit around for 15 minutes, watching some random dudes trekking across altis with their gun down the side, not even getting into contact until the 8 minute mark. Just to get it out of the way: the youtube clips most of the time are fine, but it's one of those cases where it's hell of a fun ride to experience in-game, but its boring as hell to watch on the sideline because you don't get any gratification like a league of legends clip Where some Pro player makes a sick pentakill with Soraka.
I have to admit, there's far between the times I sit down and watch playthrough of missions from random people. I stick to the ones I know I find entertaining, either funny or helpful, but the rest, maan I can't be bothered sitting still for 15 minutes looking at a fireteam doing a virtual march through the hills of Altis.
really | peoples attention span sucks and a lot of video content feels stupid here. |
LittleDinghy | I use this weapon mainly on defense on maps like cp_gorge, cp_egypt, pl_barnblitz, or cp_mountainlab, where once I get my nest set up, I don't move it until it's been destroyed. I'll go ahead and set up my teles, then I'll level up my sentry to lvl 2, then get my teles leveled up before lastly getting my dispenser and sentry up to level 3. Depending on the map, I can usually get this done just a few seconds after the round starts, giving me a fully upgraded nest and fully upgraded teles that my teammates can use.
It's pretty powerful in those situations, but on maps like pl_upward, koth_lakeside, pl_badwater, etc where you need to move your nest, it's not good at all.
tl;dr: Situationally excellent, but probably the worst choice in most other circumstances. | I use this weapon mainly on defense on maps like cp_gorge, cp_egypt, pl_barnblitz, or cp_mountainlab, where once I get my nest set up, I don't move it until it's been destroyed. I'll go ahead and set up my teles, then I'll level up my sentry to lvl 2, then get my teles leveled up before lastly getting my dispenser and sentry up to level 3. Depending on the map, I can usually get this done just a few seconds after the round starts, giving me a fully upgraded nest and fully upgraded teles that my teammates can use.
It's pretty powerful in those situations, but on maps like pl_upward, koth_lakeside, pl_badwater, etc where you need to move your nest, it's not good at all.
tl;dr: Situationally excellent, but probably the worst choice in most other circumstances.
| tf2 | t5_2qka0 | cfbppv9 | I use this weapon mainly on defense on maps like cp_gorge, cp_egypt, pl_barnblitz, or cp_mountainlab, where once I get my nest set up, I don't move it until it's been destroyed. I'll go ahead and set up my teles, then I'll level up my sentry to lvl 2, then get my teles leveled up before lastly getting my dispenser and sentry up to level 3. Depending on the map, I can usually get this done just a few seconds after the round starts, giving me a fully upgraded nest and fully upgraded teles that my teammates can use.
It's pretty powerful in those situations, but on maps like pl_upward, koth_lakeside, pl_badwater, etc where you need to move your nest, it's not good at all. | Situationally excellent, but probably the worst choice in most other circumstances. |
redfiche | We did the hand-off thing for about nine months with our first. I hated it, and I campaigned heavily for her to be a SAHM, largely due to the ruinous effects on our relationship. It has not worked out very well. She's not happy in the role, but now she's been out of the workforce so long she probably can't get back in, certainly not at the level she left. Also, in retrospect I think my kids would have benefited from some additional socialization in daycare. TL;DR if I had it to do over I'd go with daycare. | We did the hand-off thing for about nine months with our first. I hated it, and I campaigned heavily for her to be a SAHM, largely due to the ruinous effects on our relationship. It has not worked out very well. She's not happy in the role, but now she's been out of the workforce so long she probably can't get back in, certainly not at the level she left. Also, in retrospect I think my kids would have benefited from some additional socialization in daycare. TL;DR if I had it to do over I'd go with daycare.
| daddit | t5_2rxue | cfbthfi | We did the hand-off thing for about nine months with our first. I hated it, and I campaigned heavily for her to be a SAHM, largely due to the ruinous effects on our relationship. It has not worked out very well. She's not happy in the role, but now she's been out of the workforce so long she probably can't get back in, certainly not at the level she left. Also, in retrospect I think my kids would have benefited from some additional socialization in daycare. | if I had it to do over I'd go with daycare. |
scarmichael42 | Our decision is based mostly around my wife's desire to keep working for the time being. We are in the position where we both make enough to cover the cost of both our sons in daycare, so we're lucky on that front.
I think you're likely being too harsh on yourself (and others) to equate working parents to absentee parents. They are not the same, in my opinion.
Our son likes daycare and has a ton of friends there. That doesn't change his desire to play with us at home and I don't feel like I am robbing him of his parents by having him at daycare.
It's basically school, and unless you plan to homeschool, the schedule will work out this way in a couple years regardless.
TL;DR: Your wife's preference is very important and I don't think you'll be shortchanging your children. If you want to work less to get the kids earlier, great, but I'd focus on keeping the family together more than spreading hours around just to avoid daycare. | Our decision is based mostly around my wife's desire to keep working for the time being. We are in the position where we both make enough to cover the cost of both our sons in daycare, so we're lucky on that front.
I think you're likely being too harsh on yourself (and others) to equate working parents to absentee parents. They are not the same, in my opinion.
Our son likes daycare and has a ton of friends there. That doesn't change his desire to play with us at home and I don't feel like I am robbing him of his parents by having him at daycare.
It's basically school, and unless you plan to homeschool, the schedule will work out this way in a couple years regardless.
TL;DR: Your wife's preference is very important and I don't think you'll be shortchanging your children. If you want to work less to get the kids earlier, great, but I'd focus on keeping the family together more than spreading hours around just to avoid daycare.
| daddit | t5_2rxue | cfbukhg | Our decision is based mostly around my wife's desire to keep working for the time being. We are in the position where we both make enough to cover the cost of both our sons in daycare, so we're lucky on that front.
I think you're likely being too harsh on yourself (and others) to equate working parents to absentee parents. They are not the same, in my opinion.
Our son likes daycare and has a ton of friends there. That doesn't change his desire to play with us at home and I don't feel like I am robbing him of his parents by having him at daycare.
It's basically school, and unless you plan to homeschool, the schedule will work out this way in a couple years regardless. | Your wife's preference is very important and I don't think you'll be shortchanging your children. If you want to work less to get the kids earlier, great, but I'd focus on keeping the family together more than spreading hours around just to avoid daycare. |
noph | I'm in a daycare + alternating schedule family. I'll answer your question in two parts:
Day-care: we found an in home daycare situation. One lady who is great, 3-4 kids total all within a year of my son (2.5 years old). It is amazing. She works with them on all the things I would be if he were home with me and on top of that he gets to socialize with kids his own age. This is the way to go if you have to do daycare but its hard to find so be patient. Added bonus for us is all the kids he goes to daycare with he will also go to elementary school with and its only 165 a week.
Alternating schedule: I work IT - 40 hours a week during the day and some on call. My wife is an ER nurse and works almost exclusively nights. She originally did nights when I was entry level working 2nd shift so it worked for us plus she figured we could save on daycare when we had kids. Ehhhhh! It was almost impossible for either of us to get enough sleep on that schedule so we depended on daycare, which is fine, we are pretty financially stable. The problem is it has been awful for our relationship, destructive beyond belief. When she started there she told me how everyone she worked with was divorced and unhappy etc, which was a warning sign. But it's not the job, its the hours.
I knew it was getting bad and pleaded with her multiple times to change to a day schedule. She basically said no and then switched to a no set hours schedule meaning she can pick up any free hours at any time. She still only picks up nights because that's where all of her friends are and the people she knows. It got so bad that she told me this past summer that she wasn't in love with me anymore and we had grown apart but that wasn't true. She had grown apart from me because we never saw each other and I was the only one who realized what was happening and fought to fix/prevent it.
We have come out of it a bit, she made some efforts to be around more for awhile but things are going back to the problem area because she is still fucking working nights and won't change for anything. The couple times we have fought about she has looked at day jobs but never applies and just waits for the situation to die down. When she is home she wants to spend all of her time with my son which I understand because she gets about half the time with him that I do, but I need her too and I get blown off completely. Oh and you know how hard having kids is on your sex life, if you switch to different schedules you better find a good porn stash because unless she is really going to make the effort you can plan on sex about as infrequent or more than when you were single.
I can't say this loud enough, do not do alternative schedules. Maybe it will be different for you and you can make it work but do you want to take that chance when so many others have be destroyed by it? I know I haven't done everything right and there are things I could do or have done better but I also know I'm not alone in this plight.
TL;DR: Day care can be a good thing if you find the right situation. Go ahead and do alternative schedule if you are ready for the relationship to be over. | I'm in a daycare + alternating schedule family. I'll answer your question in two parts:
Day-care: we found an in home daycare situation. One lady who is great, 3-4 kids total all within a year of my son (2.5 years old). It is amazing. She works with them on all the things I would be if he were home with me and on top of that he gets to socialize with kids his own age. This is the way to go if you have to do daycare but its hard to find so be patient. Added bonus for us is all the kids he goes to daycare with he will also go to elementary school with and its only 165 a week.
Alternating schedule: I work IT - 40 hours a week during the day and some on call. My wife is an ER nurse and works almost exclusively nights. She originally did nights when I was entry level working 2nd shift so it worked for us plus she figured we could save on daycare when we had kids. Ehhhhh! It was almost impossible for either of us to get enough sleep on that schedule so we depended on daycare, which is fine, we are pretty financially stable. The problem is it has been awful for our relationship, destructive beyond belief. When she started there she told me how everyone she worked with was divorced and unhappy etc, which was a warning sign. But it's not the job, its the hours.
I knew it was getting bad and pleaded with her multiple times to change to a day schedule. She basically said no and then switched to a no set hours schedule meaning she can pick up any free hours at any time. She still only picks up nights because that's where all of her friends are and the people she knows. It got so bad that she told me this past summer that she wasn't in love with me anymore and we had grown apart but that wasn't true. She had grown apart from me because we never saw each other and I was the only one who realized what was happening and fought to fix/prevent it.
We have come out of it a bit, she made some efforts to be around more for awhile but things are going back to the problem area because she is still fucking working nights and won't change for anything. The couple times we have fought about she has looked at day jobs but never applies and just waits for the situation to die down. When she is home she wants to spend all of her time with my son which I understand because she gets about half the time with him that I do, but I need her too and I get blown off completely. Oh and you know how hard having kids is on your sex life, if you switch to different schedules you better find a good porn stash because unless she is really going to make the effort you can plan on sex about as infrequent or more than when you were single.
I can't say this loud enough, do not do alternative schedules. Maybe it will be different for you and you can make it work but do you want to take that chance when so many others have be destroyed by it? I know I haven't done everything right and there are things I could do or have done better but I also know I'm not alone in this plight.
TL;DR: Day care can be a good thing if you find the right situation. Go ahead and do alternative schedule if you are ready for the relationship to be over.
| daddit | t5_2rxue | cfc8i9y | I'm in a daycare + alternating schedule family. I'll answer your question in two parts:
Day-care: we found an in home daycare situation. One lady who is great, 3-4 kids total all within a year of my son (2.5 years old). It is amazing. She works with them on all the things I would be if he were home with me and on top of that he gets to socialize with kids his own age. This is the way to go if you have to do daycare but its hard to find so be patient. Added bonus for us is all the kids he goes to daycare with he will also go to elementary school with and its only 165 a week.
Alternating schedule: I work IT - 40 hours a week during the day and some on call. My wife is an ER nurse and works almost exclusively nights. She originally did nights when I was entry level working 2nd shift so it worked for us plus she figured we could save on daycare when we had kids. Ehhhhh! It was almost impossible for either of us to get enough sleep on that schedule so we depended on daycare, which is fine, we are pretty financially stable. The problem is it has been awful for our relationship, destructive beyond belief. When she started there she told me how everyone she worked with was divorced and unhappy etc, which was a warning sign. But it's not the job, its the hours.
I knew it was getting bad and pleaded with her multiple times to change to a day schedule. She basically said no and then switched to a no set hours schedule meaning she can pick up any free hours at any time. She still only picks up nights because that's where all of her friends are and the people she knows. It got so bad that she told me this past summer that she wasn't in love with me anymore and we had grown apart but that wasn't true. She had grown apart from me because we never saw each other and I was the only one who realized what was happening and fought to fix/prevent it.
We have come out of it a bit, she made some efforts to be around more for awhile but things are going back to the problem area because she is still fucking working nights and won't change for anything. The couple times we have fought about she has looked at day jobs but never applies and just waits for the situation to die down. When she is home she wants to spend all of her time with my son which I understand because she gets about half the time with him that I do, but I need her too and I get blown off completely. Oh and you know how hard having kids is on your sex life, if you switch to different schedules you better find a good porn stash because unless she is really going to make the effort you can plan on sex about as infrequent or more than when you were single.
I can't say this loud enough, do not do alternative schedules. Maybe it will be different for you and you can make it work but do you want to take that chance when so many others have be destroyed by it? I know I haven't done everything right and there are things I could do or have done better but I also know I'm not alone in this plight. | Day care can be a good thing if you find the right situation. Go ahead and do alternative schedule if you are ready for the relationship to be over. |
faintpremonition | Because criticism is a valid part of a hobby, art form, media, or anything really. It's not just important to point out what you like about something, it's also important to point out what you don't like.
Now granted, in this specific case, there wasn't much of note to the criticism. It was just a quick jibe, and although a decent joke, it tells us nothing about why stevelabny doesn't like their show, and it doesn't help someone who is on the fence about investing their time in trying a new show make a decision.
tl:dr People shouldn't feel like their opinions aren't worth expressing because they are negative. | Because criticism is a valid part of a hobby, art form, media, or anything really. It's not just important to point out what you like about something, it's also important to point out what you don't like.
Now granted, in this specific case, there wasn't much of note to the criticism. It was just a quick jibe, and although a decent joke, it tells us nothing about why stevelabny doesn't like their show, and it doesn't help someone who is on the fence about investing their time in trying a new show make a decision.
tl:dr People shouldn't feel like their opinions aren't worth expressing because they are negative.
| boardgames | t5_2qmjp | cfcnks7 | Because criticism is a valid part of a hobby, art form, media, or anything really. It's not just important to point out what you like about something, it's also important to point out what you don't like.
Now granted, in this specific case, there wasn't much of note to the criticism. It was just a quick jibe, and although a decent joke, it tells us nothing about why stevelabny doesn't like their show, and it doesn't help someone who is on the fence about investing their time in trying a new show make a decision. | People shouldn't feel like their opinions aren't worth expressing because they are negative. |
robonator | >Yeah, and is it any wonder that I want to fire 50% of people who call me?
You want to fire customers?
I think I need to address you at a core level.
I get it, you're the salty, take no shit, say what's on your mind gun guy, and you reserve a certain pride to hold that archetype. I am guessing you care less about being a good ambassador of the hobby or even being a good salesman, than you do about filling this self-made role. And so let me say the only thing I think might get through to you.
Your rants are tired and unoriginal. You make it hard for the reader to have any sympathy for you. Most people are probably thinking: "Good, screw /u/FirearmConcierge and I hope he gets a hundred more dumb people making his life so difficult.". Some are thinking: "This guy again?". And some are thinking "Haha yeah! FC owned that faggot!" (I'm sure you know what age group the latter group belong to).
You come off as aggressive and 'holier-than-thou', a pretentiousness ground together with good ol' boy table manners. You don't paint yourself as someone we can relate to, which is a feat alone, considering that dealing with idiots is something everyone on the planet has had to endure. And yet, in your endeavors we can't even feel for you because we all dislike you just a little more than the idiots who vex you.
I'm sure you get a lot of hate, but never mind that for now. I want to talk about realities for a minute. You know the old trope "You're lucky this is all on the internet because if I met you in real life I'd kick your ass!"? Well that doesn't apply here. If I met you in real life; if you and I were seated near each other, let's say at a bar, and you turned to me and told this story I'd probably find a different seat.
That's because you come off as an intolerable prick, and if that's your goal you have met it completely. But what then, besides a sick need for attention, would drive you to submit your thoughts and stories to a public forum? I think you want to be edgy enough, just enough of an asshole to piss off the majority of people (who you, once their disdain for you is known, will view as beneath you) and be buddies with the ones who either buy into your social construct, or are too afraid of looking like squares to call you out on what you are: lame.
So having said that, I want to let you know that I've heard variations of this same story told around smoke shacks and in chow halls and in bars and everywhere else enough to know either it happened differently than how you are telling it, or that it didn't happen at all. I'm not worried which it is, but I'm saying if your goal is to be edgy and offensive and wrathful, please switch up the scenarios so that I won't see the outcome from a mile away. Also, please take a creative writing class. Your prose could use some polishing, which I think might go a long way with gaining and retaining readers. "Yeah, he's a prick, but hey, at least it's well written."
**TL;DR: your storytelling is tired and the archetype you portray is weak and 2 dimensional.** | >Yeah, and is it any wonder that I want to fire 50% of people who call me?
You want to fire customers?
I think I need to address you at a core level.
I get it, you're the salty, take no shit, say what's on your mind gun guy, and you reserve a certain pride to hold that archetype. I am guessing you care less about being a good ambassador of the hobby or even being a good salesman, than you do about filling this self-made role. And so let me say the only thing I think might get through to you.
Your rants are tired and unoriginal. You make it hard for the reader to have any sympathy for you. Most people are probably thinking: "Good, screw /u/FirearmConcierge and I hope he gets a hundred more dumb people making his life so difficult.". Some are thinking: "This guy again?". And some are thinking "Haha yeah! FC owned that faggot!" (I'm sure you know what age group the latter group belong to).
You come off as aggressive and 'holier-than-thou', a pretentiousness ground together with good ol' boy table manners. You don't paint yourself as someone we can relate to, which is a feat alone, considering that dealing with idiots is something everyone on the planet has had to endure. And yet, in your endeavors we can't even feel for you because we all dislike you just a little more than the idiots who vex you.
I'm sure you get a lot of hate, but never mind that for now. I want to talk about realities for a minute. You know the old trope "You're lucky this is all on the internet because if I met you in real life I'd kick your ass!"? Well that doesn't apply here. If I met you in real life; if you and I were seated near each other, let's say at a bar, and you turned to me and told this story I'd probably find a different seat.
That's because you come off as an intolerable prick, and if that's your goal you have met it completely. But what then, besides a sick need for attention, would drive you to submit your thoughts and stories to a public forum? I think you want to be edgy enough, just enough of an asshole to piss off the majority of people (who you, once their disdain for you is known, will view as beneath you) and be buddies with the ones who either buy into your social construct, or are too afraid of looking like squares to call you out on what you are: lame.
So having said that, I want to let you know that I've heard variations of this same story told around smoke shacks and in chow halls and in bars and everywhere else enough to know either it happened differently than how you are telling it, or that it didn't happen at all. I'm not worried which it is, but I'm saying if your goal is to be edgy and offensive and wrathful, please switch up the scenarios so that I won't see the outcome from a mile away. Also, please take a creative writing class. Your prose could use some polishing, which I think might go a long way with gaining and retaining readers. "Yeah, he's a prick, but hey, at least it's well written."
TL;DR: your storytelling is tired and the archetype you portray is weak and 2 dimensional.
| guns | t5_2qhc8 | cfcm13z | Yeah, and is it any wonder that I want to fire 50% of people who call me?
You want to fire customers?
I think I need to address you at a core level.
I get it, you're the salty, take no shit, say what's on your mind gun guy, and you reserve a certain pride to hold that archetype. I am guessing you care less about being a good ambassador of the hobby or even being a good salesman, than you do about filling this self-made role. And so let me say the only thing I think might get through to you.
Your rants are tired and unoriginal. You make it hard for the reader to have any sympathy for you. Most people are probably thinking: "Good, screw /u/FirearmConcierge and I hope he gets a hundred more dumb people making his life so difficult.". Some are thinking: "This guy again?". And some are thinking "Haha yeah! FC owned that faggot!" (I'm sure you know what age group the latter group belong to).
You come off as aggressive and 'holier-than-thou', a pretentiousness ground together with good ol' boy table manners. You don't paint yourself as someone we can relate to, which is a feat alone, considering that dealing with idiots is something everyone on the planet has had to endure. And yet, in your endeavors we can't even feel for you because we all dislike you just a little more than the idiots who vex you.
I'm sure you get a lot of hate, but never mind that for now. I want to talk about realities for a minute. You know the old trope "You're lucky this is all on the internet because if I met you in real life I'd kick your ass!"? Well that doesn't apply here. If I met you in real life; if you and I were seated near each other, let's say at a bar, and you turned to me and told this story I'd probably find a different seat.
That's because you come off as an intolerable prick, and if that's your goal you have met it completely. But what then, besides a sick need for attention, would drive you to submit your thoughts and stories to a public forum? I think you want to be edgy enough, just enough of an asshole to piss off the majority of people (who you, once their disdain for you is known, will view as beneath you) and be buddies with the ones who either buy into your social construct, or are too afraid of looking like squares to call you out on what you are: lame.
So having said that, I want to let you know that I've heard variations of this same story told around smoke shacks and in chow halls and in bars and everywhere else enough to know either it happened differently than how you are telling it, or that it didn't happen at all. I'm not worried which it is, but I'm saying if your goal is to be edgy and offensive and wrathful, please switch up the scenarios so that I won't see the outcome from a mile away. Also, please take a creative writing class. Your prose could use some polishing, which I think might go a long way with gaining and retaining readers. "Yeah, he's a prick, but hey, at least it's well written." | your storytelling is tired and the archetype you portray is weak and 2 dimensional. |
GelberSack | i play esper and would love to play test vs this. The manabase is a problem of ester (having a W/U scry-land in BotG will help a lot!), but it is the most versatile. and especially with elspeth and detention sphere its better suited to deal with weenie. ashiok is kinda week as well, as he only acts as mill imho. Jace, Memory Adept does that job much better ;)
tl;dr: I love Dimir from the lore side of things, but Esper is just way better. I don't think it will change to much in BotG. | i play esper and would love to play test vs this. The manabase is a problem of ester (having a W/U scry-land in BotG will help a lot!), but it is the most versatile. and especially with elspeth and detention sphere its better suited to deal with weenie. ashiok is kinda week as well, as he only acts as mill imho. Jace, Memory Adept does that job much better ;)
tl;dr: I love Dimir from the lore side of things, but Esper is just way better. I don't think it will change to much in BotG.
| Magicdeckbuilding | t5_2sv87 | cfc233p | i play esper and would love to play test vs this. The manabase is a problem of ester (having a W/U scry-land in BotG will help a lot!), but it is the most versatile. and especially with elspeth and detention sphere its better suited to deal with weenie. ashiok is kinda week as well, as he only acts as mill imho. Jace, Memory Adept does that job much better ;) | I love Dimir from the lore side of things, but Esper is just way better. I don't think it will change to much in BotG. |
Skycommando170 | I told this story in a different post but it will work here.
A few years ago when i was a lad a friend of mine got jumped by a cougar (and not the two legged kind either) and all he had was a bb gun so he shot it with that, luckily his pomeranian came along and saved the day but everyone knew there was a cougar in the area.
so anyways i was scared to death of geting killed by a cougar so one night my mother asks me to dump some bad food in the ditch, as was one of my evening chores. It was in the fall so it had already gotten dark, my dad sees me goes out and sneaks outside as I dump the rotten food i turn around to walk back. My dad makes a perfect cougar yowl and scare the shit out of me, i break into a run that would have made Ussain bolt go whoa, Ill have what he's havin, but im running towards my Dad whos hiding near the house so when he yowls again, IT SOUNDED EVEN CLOSER! My fear kicked into overdrive and I booked it into the house stammering to my mother that there was a cougar out there. then my Dad knocked on the window with the biggest smile on his face. FML
TL;DR: My dad scared me to death by sounding like a cougar.
| I told this story in a different post but it will work here.
A few years ago when i was a lad a friend of mine got jumped by a cougar (and not the two legged kind either) and all he had was a bb gun so he shot it with that, luckily his pomeranian came along and saved the day but everyone knew there was a cougar in the area.
so anyways i was scared to death of geting killed by a cougar so one night my mother asks me to dump some bad food in the ditch, as was one of my evening chores. It was in the fall so it had already gotten dark, my dad sees me goes out and sneaks outside as I dump the rotten food i turn around to walk back. My dad makes a perfect cougar yowl and scare the shit out of me, i break into a run that would have made Ussain bolt go whoa, Ill have what he's havin, but im running towards my Dad whos hiding near the house so when he yowls again, IT SOUNDED EVEN CLOSER! My fear kicked into overdrive and I booked it into the house stammering to my mother that there was a cougar out there. then my Dad knocked on the window with the biggest smile on his face. FML
TL;DR: My dad scared me to death by sounding like a cougar.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfc3lt6 | I told this story in a different post but it will work here.
A few years ago when i was a lad a friend of mine got jumped by a cougar (and not the two legged kind either) and all he had was a bb gun so he shot it with that, luckily his pomeranian came along and saved the day but everyone knew there was a cougar in the area.
so anyways i was scared to death of geting killed by a cougar so one night my mother asks me to dump some bad food in the ditch, as was one of my evening chores. It was in the fall so it had already gotten dark, my dad sees me goes out and sneaks outside as I dump the rotten food i turn around to walk back. My dad makes a perfect cougar yowl and scare the shit out of me, i break into a run that would have made Ussain bolt go whoa, Ill have what he's havin, but im running towards my Dad whos hiding near the house so when he yowls again, IT SOUNDED EVEN CLOSER! My fear kicked into overdrive and I booked it into the house stammering to my mother that there was a cougar out there. then my Dad knocked on the window with the biggest smile on his face. FML | My dad scared me to death by sounding like a cougar. |
Mrdisneyfrozen | I might be alone here, but for me one of the things that makes "Frozen" so great is that few if any have dealt with the idea of depression and anxiety as they did with Elsa. Throughout her entire life she has had to hide this secret away from everyone else because she fears what she and other people would do if they found out about her secret. Going back to the idea of depression and anxiety, this is the way a lot of people with these problems feel, they have to hide away their problems because they don't want anyone else to know, or they have to "conceal don't feel." And in this Elsa is practically a role model for them, not only is she attractive but she also demonstrates how "let go" of her problems and not care about what other people think. Now since reddit is mainly consisted of teenage to middle aged men, quite a few of these redditors deal with problems such as depression or anxiety, even if not on a huge scale, like me. Because so people on here feel this way, frozen is a way for them to get away and realize that they need to break free from their problems in almost every song, "for the first time in forever," "let it go," ect. In closing, I might be wrong in a few things I said, but this is my personal view on you question.
Tl;Dr ice powers = depression | I might be alone here, but for me one of the things that makes "Frozen" so great is that few if any have dealt with the idea of depression and anxiety as they did with Elsa. Throughout her entire life she has had to hide this secret away from everyone else because she fears what she and other people would do if they found out about her secret. Going back to the idea of depression and anxiety, this is the way a lot of people with these problems feel, they have to hide away their problems because they don't want anyone else to know, or they have to "conceal don't feel." And in this Elsa is practically a role model for them, not only is she attractive but she also demonstrates how "let go" of her problems and not care about what other people think. Now since reddit is mainly consisted of teenage to middle aged men, quite a few of these redditors deal with problems such as depression or anxiety, even if not on a huge scale, like me. Because so people on here feel this way, frozen is a way for them to get away and realize that they need to break free from their problems in almost every song, "for the first time in forever," "let it go," ect. In closing, I might be wrong in a few things I said, but this is my personal view on you question.
Tl;Dr ice powers = depression
| disney | t5_2qh8g | cfcaqoa | I might be alone here, but for me one of the things that makes "Frozen" so great is that few if any have dealt with the idea of depression and anxiety as they did with Elsa. Throughout her entire life she has had to hide this secret away from everyone else because she fears what she and other people would do if they found out about her secret. Going back to the idea of depression and anxiety, this is the way a lot of people with these problems feel, they have to hide away their problems because they don't want anyone else to know, or they have to "conceal don't feel." And in this Elsa is practically a role model for them, not only is she attractive but she also demonstrates how "let go" of her problems and not care about what other people think. Now since reddit is mainly consisted of teenage to middle aged men, quite a few of these redditors deal with problems such as depression or anxiety, even if not on a huge scale, like me. Because so people on here feel this way, frozen is a way for them to get away and realize that they need to break free from their problems in almost every song, "for the first time in forever," "let it go," ect. In closing, I might be wrong in a few things I said, but this is my personal view on you question. | ice powers = depression |
btownninja | That question always opens a can of worms. The best thing to do would be play both classes and figure out which you like most and +30 that role. IF you are going to play both evenly, 30 INT is more important to a SMN than 30 MND is for a SCH. 15/15 isn't a great option. Healing is FAR more about skill/timing than it is about overall stats (obviously, to an extent...).
TL;DR: 30 INT > 30 MIND if playing both. If you just want to play SCH, obviously go 30 MIND. | That question always opens a can of worms. The best thing to do would be play both classes and figure out which you like most and +30 that role. IF you are going to play both evenly, 30 INT is more important to a SMN than 30 MND is for a SCH. 15/15 isn't a great option. Healing is FAR more about skill/timing than it is about overall stats (obviously, to an extent...).
TL;DR: 30 INT > 30 MIND if playing both. If you just want to play SCH, obviously go 30 MIND.
| ffxiv | t5_2rgs7 | cfce33g | That question always opens a can of worms. The best thing to do would be play both classes and figure out which you like most and +30 that role. IF you are going to play both evenly, 30 INT is more important to a SMN than 30 MND is for a SCH. 15/15 isn't a great option. Healing is FAR more about skill/timing than it is about overall stats (obviously, to an extent...). | 30 INT > 30 MIND if playing both. If you just want to play SCH, obviously go 30 MIND. |
SRSLovesGawker | Not everything posted here is going to be for everyone who reads here. Some people are interested in advocacy, others in activism, others need to wean themselves off the regressive idea that women are somehow more noble or morally pure than men. Considering the relentless drumbeat of anti-male bias on screens, in print and on the street, there needs to be at least *one* place that attempts a partial counterbalancing narrative. By no means are you required to be personally familiar with each and every instance posted.
TL/DR: Some people need 'em. You don't like 'em? Don't read 'em. | Not everything posted here is going to be for everyone who reads here. Some people are interested in advocacy, others in activism, others need to wean themselves off the regressive idea that women are somehow more noble or morally pure than men. Considering the relentless drumbeat of anti-male bias on screens, in print and on the street, there needs to be at least one place that attempts a partial counterbalancing narrative. By no means are you required to be personally familiar with each and every instance posted.
TL/DR: Some people need 'em. You don't like 'em? Don't read 'em.
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cfcbohl | Not everything posted here is going to be for everyone who reads here. Some people are interested in advocacy, others in activism, others need to wean themselves off the regressive idea that women are somehow more noble or morally pure than men. Considering the relentless drumbeat of anti-male bias on screens, in print and on the street, there needs to be at least one place that attempts a partial counterbalancing narrative. By no means are you required to be personally familiar with each and every instance posted. | Some people need 'em. You don't like 'em? Don't read 'em. |
listyraesder | I can answer 3.
There is not much duplication of effort between rights-holding broadcasters (BBC, CBC, NHK etc.) as all footage of the actual competition is produced by OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services), which is owned by the IOC and now handles all Summer, Winter and Youth Olympic and Paralympic games. In fact, there are certain groups of countries (most of the EBU for example, and much of Latin America for another) who even pool their resources in the commentary, interview, editorial aspects as well.
OBS becomes the world's largest content producer for 2 weeks every summer games. In order to pull it off they contract various broadcasters to produce the coverage for each event. So for example, in 2012 the BBC produced the football and rowing, the Chinese the table tennis, the Belgians the cycling, Basketball by the Israelis and so on. The venue broadcast systems are set up and maintained by OBS contractors and are multi-national within each venue. OBS also provides the mix zones (post-sport interviews with athletes as they leave the field of play), commentary positions etc as well as their own interviews and 24hr rolling news network for broadcasters who can't afford to send a full complement of correspondents.
Obviously each broadcaster is going to want to ask different questions, so CBC will want to talk to mostly Canadian athletes, the BBC will want Team GB, and will also expect the favourite to win / world champion, NBC don't care about anyone who isn't on the US team. So there isn't true duplication in their interviews, commentary etc.
Now. NBC is the real exception. Even though OBS produces full coverage of the event with the International Feed, NBC has decided that it wants to make it themselves. They bring their own cameras, satellite trucks - basically duplicating 1-for-1 the cameras that the rest of the world gets. They have the capacity to produce their own coverage without relying on OBS. This is unique, and it costs NBC a hell of a lot ($200m for 2012). But the American public only want close-ups of the US athletes. So NBC have to do it themselves. You may have noticed during the Opening Ceremony this year, only one team had cameramen actually among the athletes walking out into the stadium. Yup, that was an NBC cameraman.
While most broadcasters are fairly friendly on the Olympics (except the N Koreans), the NBC contingent are often pretty distant, in part because of their segregated coverage. They are the only broadcaster to post security guards outside their studio area in the International Broadcast Centre. And because they don't bother with the Paralympics, they rip out their cables, leaving everyone else's in a mess.
TL;DR: Most countries pool resources in some way and the IOC provides all the coverage of the actual sport, with the footage being neutral in terms of athlete's country. The exception is NBC, who produce the sport footage themselves to concentrate overwhelmingly on US athletes.
| I can answer 3.
There is not much duplication of effort between rights-holding broadcasters (BBC, CBC, NHK etc.) as all footage of the actual competition is produced by OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services), which is owned by the IOC and now handles all Summer, Winter and Youth Olympic and Paralympic games. In fact, there are certain groups of countries (most of the EBU for example, and much of Latin America for another) who even pool their resources in the commentary, interview, editorial aspects as well.
OBS becomes the world's largest content producer for 2 weeks every summer games. In order to pull it off they contract various broadcasters to produce the coverage for each event. So for example, in 2012 the BBC produced the football and rowing, the Chinese the table tennis, the Belgians the cycling, Basketball by the Israelis and so on. The venue broadcast systems are set up and maintained by OBS contractors and are multi-national within each venue. OBS also provides the mix zones (post-sport interviews with athletes as they leave the field of play), commentary positions etc as well as their own interviews and 24hr rolling news network for broadcasters who can't afford to send a full complement of correspondents.
Obviously each broadcaster is going to want to ask different questions, so CBC will want to talk to mostly Canadian athletes, the BBC will want Team GB, and will also expect the favourite to win / world champion, NBC don't care about anyone who isn't on the US team. So there isn't true duplication in their interviews, commentary etc.
Now. NBC is the real exception. Even though OBS produces full coverage of the event with the International Feed, NBC has decided that it wants to make it themselves. They bring their own cameras, satellite trucks - basically duplicating 1-for-1 the cameras that the rest of the world gets. They have the capacity to produce their own coverage without relying on OBS. This is unique, and it costs NBC a hell of a lot ($200m for 2012). But the American public only want close-ups of the US athletes. So NBC have to do it themselves. You may have noticed during the Opening Ceremony this year, only one team had cameramen actually among the athletes walking out into the stadium. Yup, that was an NBC cameraman.
While most broadcasters are fairly friendly on the Olympics (except the N Koreans), the NBC contingent are often pretty distant, in part because of their segregated coverage. They are the only broadcaster to post security guards outside their studio area in the International Broadcast Centre. And because they don't bother with the Paralympics, they rip out their cables, leaving everyone else's in a mess.
TL;DR: Most countries pool resources in some way and the IOC provides all the coverage of the actual sport, with the footage being neutral in terms of athlete's country. The exception is NBC, who produce the sport footage themselves to concentrate overwhelmingly on US athletes.
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | cfcfwdc | I can answer 3.
There is not much duplication of effort between rights-holding broadcasters (BBC, CBC, NHK etc.) as all footage of the actual competition is produced by OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services), which is owned by the IOC and now handles all Summer, Winter and Youth Olympic and Paralympic games. In fact, there are certain groups of countries (most of the EBU for example, and much of Latin America for another) who even pool their resources in the commentary, interview, editorial aspects as well.
OBS becomes the world's largest content producer for 2 weeks every summer games. In order to pull it off they contract various broadcasters to produce the coverage for each event. So for example, in 2012 the BBC produced the football and rowing, the Chinese the table tennis, the Belgians the cycling, Basketball by the Israelis and so on. The venue broadcast systems are set up and maintained by OBS contractors and are multi-national within each venue. OBS also provides the mix zones (post-sport interviews with athletes as they leave the field of play), commentary positions etc as well as their own interviews and 24hr rolling news network for broadcasters who can't afford to send a full complement of correspondents.
Obviously each broadcaster is going to want to ask different questions, so CBC will want to talk to mostly Canadian athletes, the BBC will want Team GB, and will also expect the favourite to win / world champion, NBC don't care about anyone who isn't on the US team. So there isn't true duplication in their interviews, commentary etc.
Now. NBC is the real exception. Even though OBS produces full coverage of the event with the International Feed, NBC has decided that it wants to make it themselves. They bring their own cameras, satellite trucks - basically duplicating 1-for-1 the cameras that the rest of the world gets. They have the capacity to produce their own coverage without relying on OBS. This is unique, and it costs NBC a hell of a lot ($200m for 2012). But the American public only want close-ups of the US athletes. So NBC have to do it themselves. You may have noticed during the Opening Ceremony this year, only one team had cameramen actually among the athletes walking out into the stadium. Yup, that was an NBC cameraman.
While most broadcasters are fairly friendly on the Olympics (except the N Koreans), the NBC contingent are often pretty distant, in part because of their segregated coverage. They are the only broadcaster to post security guards outside their studio area in the International Broadcast Centre. And because they don't bother with the Paralympics, they rip out their cables, leaving everyone else's in a mess. | Most countries pool resources in some way and the IOC provides all the coverage of the actual sport, with the footage being neutral in terms of athlete's country. The exception is NBC, who produce the sport footage themselves to concentrate overwhelmingly on US athletes. |
ioannsukhariev | the game has been over since the 6th minute. we aren't looking to score very hard, we're just keeping the ball away from atletico and recovering it quickly.
tl;dr: dominating, pateti can't do shit. | the game has been over since the 6th minute. we aren't looking to score very hard, we're just keeping the ball away from atletico and recovering it quickly.
tl;dr: dominating, pateti can't do shit.
| realmadrid | t5_2rr0e | cfcv6co | the game has been over since the 6th minute. we aren't looking to score very hard, we're just keeping the ball away from atletico and recovering it quickly. | dominating, pateti can't do shit. |
Ev_antics | oh i have a few.
1.) walking out of a friends condo in 3 am after celebrating their birthday. As i open the door and step outside a guy was walking about 10-15 feet in front of me. A gunman gets out of a nearby car and shoots the guy walking in in the back 4 times. I dive for cover outside the door the window above me shattering as the gun man fired to keep witnesses down. - This happened in Canada, hand gun violence is pretty rare ( i had never heard a gun go off before)
2.) motorcycling one day on a major highway 3 lanes in both directions, im in the fast lane doing 130-140 km in traffic. Driving as i should be, keeping a nice space, paining attention. Suddenly the car in front of me (driver was not paying attention jams on his brakes as traffic was slowing to a crawl in front of him. I lock up my brakes, front and back. The thing is, that on motorcycles the back tires often only have one brake so the bick pulls to that side, im basically going down the highway at 140 with my brakes locked and my bike is in an L shape as the back tire is sideways. i come to a stop finally, still sideways a few feet behind the car in front of me... i had the piece of mind while going sideways that if i was going to run out of space i was going to have to gun it and try and go between cars of between the car and the center median.
3.) motorcycling again: my dad is in front of me on his bike, my mom is behind us, the short story is that 5 deer ran out in front of my dad, he crashes into them causing one to flip around the front of his bike. the other 4 go in the air and i have to dodge them as they fall around me.. never got hit, got really lucky.
tl, dr : survived a random shooting, survived locking up my motorcycle brakes at 140 km,while motorcycling survived the bike in front of me throwing deer into the air and dodging them as they fall...
pretty sure if i had any luck, its gone now | oh i have a few.
1.) walking out of a friends condo in 3 am after celebrating their birthday. As i open the door and step outside a guy was walking about 10-15 feet in front of me. A gunman gets out of a nearby car and shoots the guy walking in in the back 4 times. I dive for cover outside the door the window above me shattering as the gun man fired to keep witnesses down. - This happened in Canada, hand gun violence is pretty rare ( i had never heard a gun go off before)
2.) motorcycling one day on a major highway 3 lanes in both directions, im in the fast lane doing 130-140 km in traffic. Driving as i should be, keeping a nice space, paining attention. Suddenly the car in front of me (driver was not paying attention jams on his brakes as traffic was slowing to a crawl in front of him. I lock up my brakes, front and back. The thing is, that on motorcycles the back tires often only have one brake so the bick pulls to that side, im basically going down the highway at 140 with my brakes locked and my bike is in an L shape as the back tire is sideways. i come to a stop finally, still sideways a few feet behind the car in front of me... i had the piece of mind while going sideways that if i was going to run out of space i was going to have to gun it and try and go between cars of between the car and the center median.
3.) motorcycling again: my dad is in front of me on his bike, my mom is behind us, the short story is that 5 deer ran out in front of my dad, he crashes into them causing one to flip around the front of his bike. the other 4 go in the air and i have to dodge them as they fall around me.. never got hit, got really lucky.
tl, dr : survived a random shooting, survived locking up my motorcycle brakes at 140 km,while motorcycling survived the bike in front of me throwing deer into the air and dodging them as they fall...
pretty sure if i had any luck, its gone now
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfd0y57 | oh i have a few.
1.) walking out of a friends condo in 3 am after celebrating their birthday. As i open the door and step outside a guy was walking about 10-15 feet in front of me. A gunman gets out of a nearby car and shoots the guy walking in in the back 4 times. I dive for cover outside the door the window above me shattering as the gun man fired to keep witnesses down. - This happened in Canada, hand gun violence is pretty rare ( i had never heard a gun go off before)
2.) motorcycling one day on a major highway 3 lanes in both directions, im in the fast lane doing 130-140 km in traffic. Driving as i should be, keeping a nice space, paining attention. Suddenly the car in front of me (driver was not paying attention jams on his brakes as traffic was slowing to a crawl in front of him. I lock up my brakes, front and back. The thing is, that on motorcycles the back tires often only have one brake so the bick pulls to that side, im basically going down the highway at 140 with my brakes locked and my bike is in an L shape as the back tire is sideways. i come to a stop finally, still sideways a few feet behind the car in front of me... i had the piece of mind while going sideways that if i was going to run out of space i was going to have to gun it and try and go between cars of between the car and the center median.
3.) motorcycling again: my dad is in front of me on his bike, my mom is behind us, the short story is that 5 deer ran out in front of my dad, he crashes into them causing one to flip around the front of his bike. the other 4 go in the air and i have to dodge them as they fall around me.. never got hit, got really lucky. | survived a random shooting, survived locking up my motorcycle brakes at 140 km,while motorcycling survived the bike in front of me throwing deer into the air and dodging them as they fall...
pretty sure if i had any luck, its gone now |
Teekno | It really depends on where it is.
Yes, ice is a factor, but there are some school districts, particularly in the southern states, that will close when it gets cold, even if there's no ice.
For example, the Oklahoma City School District will [close schools]( if it gets below 10, or the wind chill gets below 5 -- even if there's no ice. The reason is because days that cold are pretty rare, and there's many children who simply don't have warm enough outerwear. Many kids have to wait a long time outside for a school bus to arrive.
It's unusual to have a school closing only because of cold, but it happened just this week in OKC. But that's a district, not a state, policy. Neighboring districts were open.
TL;DR - it depends on the local school district. | It really depends on where it is.
Yes, ice is a factor, but there are some school districts, particularly in the southern states, that will close when it gets cold, even if there's no ice.
For example, the Oklahoma City School District will [close schools]( if it gets below 10, or the wind chill gets below 5 -- even if there's no ice. The reason is because days that cold are pretty rare, and there's many children who simply don't have warm enough outerwear. Many kids have to wait a long time outside for a school bus to arrive.
It's unusual to have a school closing only because of cold, but it happened just this week in OKC. But that's a district, not a state, policy. Neighboring districts were open.
TL;DR - it depends on the local school district.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cfdej6d | It really depends on where it is.
Yes, ice is a factor, but there are some school districts, particularly in the southern states, that will close when it gets cold, even if there's no ice.
For example, the Oklahoma City School District will [close schools]( if it gets below 10, or the wind chill gets below 5 -- even if there's no ice. The reason is because days that cold are pretty rare, and there's many children who simply don't have warm enough outerwear. Many kids have to wait a long time outside for a school bus to arrive.
It's unusual to have a school closing only because of cold, but it happened just this week in OKC. But that's a district, not a state, policy. Neighboring districts were open. | it depends on the local school district. |
ragn4rok234 | Oh I don't condone my action at all. I just didn't understand some concepts that were being tested at the time and I had run out of time to know them. I studied even after my final and learned what I didn't know but I didn't want to hurt my grade just because I hadn't grasped them yet. My end goal was more important to me than my legitimacy on that test, I ended up learning what I didn't know later which is the important part in the long run of schooling and failing that test may have caused me more trouble with my schooling by stressing me out with extra work having to retake a whole class when it was just a few small concepts I hadn't quite grasped at the time. Its good for the students who figured it out sooner but I hadn't. I don't think it effects much of anything either since soon after the test I grasped what I wasn't ready for by the test. I knew I needed to learn those concepts because it wasn't going to be my last math class, or time using math. If I had understood the concepts by the test I wouldn't have any need to cheat but I ran out of time so screw it, I earned my grade by putting in the extra effort later the other students earned their grade by understanding some things before I did. It's not like I didn't put in effort for that class, I just wasn't as fast.
tl;dr - test are dumb, we put too much focus on testing in education instead of on learning. As soon as my country learns this our education scores will jump significantly. | Oh I don't condone my action at all. I just didn't understand some concepts that were being tested at the time and I had run out of time to know them. I studied even after my final and learned what I didn't know but I didn't want to hurt my grade just because I hadn't grasped them yet. My end goal was more important to me than my legitimacy on that test, I ended up learning what I didn't know later which is the important part in the long run of schooling and failing that test may have caused me more trouble with my schooling by stressing me out with extra work having to retake a whole class when it was just a few small concepts I hadn't quite grasped at the time. Its good for the students who figured it out sooner but I hadn't. I don't think it effects much of anything either since soon after the test I grasped what I wasn't ready for by the test. I knew I needed to learn those concepts because it wasn't going to be my last math class, or time using math. If I had understood the concepts by the test I wouldn't have any need to cheat but I ran out of time so screw it, I earned my grade by putting in the extra effort later the other students earned their grade by understanding some things before I did. It's not like I didn't put in effort for that class, I just wasn't as fast.
tl;dr - test are dumb, we put too much focus on testing in education instead of on learning. As soon as my country learns this our education scores will jump significantly.
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cfdm9jc | Oh I don't condone my action at all. I just didn't understand some concepts that were being tested at the time and I had run out of time to know them. I studied even after my final and learned what I didn't know but I didn't want to hurt my grade just because I hadn't grasped them yet. My end goal was more important to me than my legitimacy on that test, I ended up learning what I didn't know later which is the important part in the long run of schooling and failing that test may have caused me more trouble with my schooling by stressing me out with extra work having to retake a whole class when it was just a few small concepts I hadn't quite grasped at the time. Its good for the students who figured it out sooner but I hadn't. I don't think it effects much of anything either since soon after the test I grasped what I wasn't ready for by the test. I knew I needed to learn those concepts because it wasn't going to be my last math class, or time using math. If I had understood the concepts by the test I wouldn't have any need to cheat but I ran out of time so screw it, I earned my grade by putting in the extra effort later the other students earned their grade by understanding some things before I did. It's not like I didn't put in effort for that class, I just wasn't as fast. | test are dumb, we put too much focus on testing in education instead of on learning. As soon as my country learns this our education scores will jump significantly. |
MhaelFarShain | Whatever you do, DO NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER!
Rogers is very well known for being a very, very bad business and is terrible with their customer relations. Any business that is affiliated with Rogers, such as Fido or any other company, are all tainted by Roger's incompetence. Their customer service is terrible about 8 times out of 10 and the few times that it is good, it's passable, but barely. I have had a couple times where i probably could have taken Rogers to court over the customer serivice alone and won. Too bad i didn't have the time or money to do such a thing.
The only time that rogers is a good choice, is if you are living up in an area in alberta north of Edmonton. For some reason, Telus (Equally as bad as Rogers.) cannot for the life of them figure out how to get good quality cell reception up there, but continue to claim they have the best service anywhere. Rogers actually beat them time and time again up there when i was living in Fox Creek. If you can just get Bell/Virgin or something else, avoid Rogers, and definitely avoid Telus.
If you are in saskatchewan, just pony up the security fund they ask for. It's worth it in the end, especially if you are doing your job as a customer and paying on time. Enough on time payments and that security fund will be credited to your account, or if you are persistant enough, as they WILL try to avoid this, you can get your money back as actuall cash instead.
TL.DR
Don't use Rogers. Don't use Telus. Whatever you do, DO NOT use their affiliate companies. You will get screwed around by both, but your gonna get screwed harder by the affiliates. And if you don't have something better to use. Get Bell/Virgin mobile. | Whatever you do, DO NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER!
Rogers is very well known for being a very, very bad business and is terrible with their customer relations. Any business that is affiliated with Rogers, such as Fido or any other company, are all tainted by Roger's incompetence. Their customer service is terrible about 8 times out of 10 and the few times that it is good, it's passable, but barely. I have had a couple times where i probably could have taken Rogers to court over the customer serivice alone and won. Too bad i didn't have the time or money to do such a thing.
The only time that rogers is a good choice, is if you are living up in an area in alberta north of Edmonton. For some reason, Telus (Equally as bad as Rogers.) cannot for the life of them figure out how to get good quality cell reception up there, but continue to claim they have the best service anywhere. Rogers actually beat them time and time again up there when i was living in Fox Creek. If you can just get Bell/Virgin or something else, avoid Rogers, and definitely avoid Telus.
If you are in saskatchewan, just pony up the security fund they ask for. It's worth it in the end, especially if you are doing your job as a customer and paying on time. Enough on time payments and that security fund will be credited to your account, or if you are persistant enough, as they WILL try to avoid this, you can get your money back as actuall cash instead.
TL.DR
Don't use Rogers. Don't use Telus. Whatever you do, DO NOT use their affiliate companies. You will get screwed around by both, but your gonna get screwed harder by the affiliates. And if you don't have something better to use. Get Bell/Virgin mobile.
| canada | t5_2qh68 | cfdjbfa | Whatever you do, DO NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER!
Rogers is very well known for being a very, very bad business and is terrible with their customer relations. Any business that is affiliated with Rogers, such as Fido or any other company, are all tainted by Roger's incompetence. Their customer service is terrible about 8 times out of 10 and the few times that it is good, it's passable, but barely. I have had a couple times where i probably could have taken Rogers to court over the customer serivice alone and won. Too bad i didn't have the time or money to do such a thing.
The only time that rogers is a good choice, is if you are living up in an area in alberta north of Edmonton. For some reason, Telus (Equally as bad as Rogers.) cannot for the life of them figure out how to get good quality cell reception up there, but continue to claim they have the best service anywhere. Rogers actually beat them time and time again up there when i was living in Fox Creek. If you can just get Bell/Virgin or something else, avoid Rogers, and definitely avoid Telus.
If you are in saskatchewan, just pony up the security fund they ask for. It's worth it in the end, especially if you are doing your job as a customer and paying on time. Enough on time payments and that security fund will be credited to your account, or if you are persistant enough, as they WILL try to avoid this, you can get your money back as actuall cash instead. | Don't use Rogers. Don't use Telus. Whatever you do, DO NOT use their affiliate companies. You will get screwed around by both, but your gonna get screwed harder by the affiliates. And if you don't have something better to use. Get Bell/Virgin mobile. |
Maruwog | T/R and kickr integration is quite good, especially if you are using with their workouts/training plan. For example, when you are doing the 20 min test FTP test, T/R will control the kickr through the warmup and when it is time for your 20 min test it will automatically switch into resistance mode at the start of the test so you can go as hard as you can.
Like others have said, the best feature of the kickr is that you can set it and forget it and just follow the prompts. The T/R team is pretty responsive and are actively improving their product. If you don't have an iphone or ipad, T/R is pretty much the only way to control the kickr.
I have one of these [stands]( where I have my laptop that runs T/R. It's not a great stand but it's cheap and gets the job done. I also love this [fan]( The remote control is really handy for turning on/off and controlling the speed.
tl;dr: kickr is a great trainer and if you are looking to train with power, it is worthwhile investment. T/R is a great way of controlling the kickr, especially if you don't have an iPhone or iPad. | T/R and kickr integration is quite good, especially if you are using with their workouts/training plan. For example, when you are doing the 20 min test FTP test, T/R will control the kickr through the warmup and when it is time for your 20 min test it will automatically switch into resistance mode at the start of the test so you can go as hard as you can.
Like others have said, the best feature of the kickr is that you can set it and forget it and just follow the prompts. The T/R team is pretty responsive and are actively improving their product. If you don't have an iphone or ipad, T/R is pretty much the only way to control the kickr.
I have one of these [stands]( where I have my laptop that runs T/R. It's not a great stand but it's cheap and gets the job done. I also love this [fan]( The remote control is really handy for turning on/off and controlling the speed.
tl;dr: kickr is a great trainer and if you are looking to train with power, it is worthwhile investment. T/R is a great way of controlling the kickr, especially if you don't have an iPhone or iPad.
| trainerroad | t5_2voi4 | cfedrfj | T/R and kickr integration is quite good, especially if you are using with their workouts/training plan. For example, when you are doing the 20 min test FTP test, T/R will control the kickr through the warmup and when it is time for your 20 min test it will automatically switch into resistance mode at the start of the test so you can go as hard as you can.
Like others have said, the best feature of the kickr is that you can set it and forget it and just follow the prompts. The T/R team is pretty responsive and are actively improving their product. If you don't have an iphone or ipad, T/R is pretty much the only way to control the kickr.
I have one of these [stands]( where I have my laptop that runs T/R. It's not a great stand but it's cheap and gets the job done. I also love this [fan]( The remote control is really handy for turning on/off and controlling the speed. | kickr is a great trainer and if you are looking to train with power, it is worthwhile investment. T/R is a great way of controlling the kickr, especially if you don't have an iPhone or iPad. |
SteveZ59 | Exhaust doesn't have to be loud to be free flowing, which is where the horsepower gains come from. My 2008 STI is putting down 364HP/340TQ to the wheels on a Mustang Dyno with the stock catback and a Cobb catted downpipe (plus a bigger turbo, equal length headers, etc). The car is hardly any louder than stock. My tuner felt that I would have gained 20HP tops by spending all the extra dough on a catback exhaust. And since I was going to be aiming for a quiet catback anyway that $1500 for 20HP wasn't worth it. While I kind of miss the noise sometimes (vs the turbo back exhaust I had on my 2004), it's sweet to be able to do 75mph on the freeway and still hear the radio. It also makes for a real sleeper because externally it looks and sounds stock.
TLDR - Horesepower comes from a free flowing exhaust, not a loud one. | Exhaust doesn't have to be loud to be free flowing, which is where the horsepower gains come from. My 2008 STI is putting down 364HP/340TQ to the wheels on a Mustang Dyno with the stock catback and a Cobb catted downpipe (plus a bigger turbo, equal length headers, etc). The car is hardly any louder than stock. My tuner felt that I would have gained 20HP tops by spending all the extra dough on a catback exhaust. And since I was going to be aiming for a quiet catback anyway that $1500 for 20HP wasn't worth it. While I kind of miss the noise sometimes (vs the turbo back exhaust I had on my 2004), it's sweet to be able to do 75mph on the freeway and still hear the radio. It also makes for a real sleeper because externally it looks and sounds stock.
TLDR - Horesepower comes from a free flowing exhaust, not a loud one.
| subaru | t5_2rdhg | cfdye38 | Exhaust doesn't have to be loud to be free flowing, which is where the horsepower gains come from. My 2008 STI is putting down 364HP/340TQ to the wheels on a Mustang Dyno with the stock catback and a Cobb catted downpipe (plus a bigger turbo, equal length headers, etc). The car is hardly any louder than stock. My tuner felt that I would have gained 20HP tops by spending all the extra dough on a catback exhaust. And since I was going to be aiming for a quiet catback anyway that $1500 for 20HP wasn't worth it. While I kind of miss the noise sometimes (vs the turbo back exhaust I had on my 2004), it's sweet to be able to do 75mph on the freeway and still hear the radio. It also makes for a real sleeper because externally it looks and sounds stock. | Horesepower comes from a free flowing exhaust, not a loud one. |
slice_of_pork | why are you building a pc? if you are building because you want to play video games, buy a graphics card now, but build it right away anyway and install it when it arrives.
If you built your computer for internet and pirating and storage and school work just build it and keep your eyes on deals that may pop up for a good graphics card.
tldr build it now | why are you building a pc? if you are building because you want to play video games, buy a graphics card now, but build it right away anyway and install it when it arrives.
If you built your computer for internet and pirating and storage and school work just build it and keep your eyes on deals that may pop up for a good graphics card.
tldr build it now
| buildapc | t5_2rnve | cfdyqxf | why are you building a pc? if you are building because you want to play video games, buy a graphics card now, but build it right away anyway and install it when it arrives.
If you built your computer for internet and pirating and storage and school work just build it and keep your eyes on deals that may pop up for a good graphics card. | build it now |
Mr_You | If you wait til around this time next year and buy a phone that is Multi/Tri-Band LTE, Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) capable, has a replaceable battery, Android-based, and a well supported open-source community, then you *may* be able to get beyond 5 years. At least in the U.S., carriers will most likely phase out CDMA/GSM after 4 years from now making current phones useless.
I have a 4 year old phone that has good open-source community support and I'm running [CyanogenMod]( (a third-party Android OS) and except for CPU, GPU, memory, and 4G LTE support, its like a new phone.
The reason carriers want to migrate to newer technologies is because they can redeploy wireless spectrum, being used by fewer customers on older phones, to newer wireless technology that uses their precious spectrum more efficiently while also customers benefit from better service.
LTE combined with VoLTE and eventually LTE-Advanced are the wireless technologies for the next 10 years.
**TL;DR** Most likely not because phones are cheap and carriers/customers benefit from the latest technologies, but it might be possible with the next wave of LTE-based wireless tech and long-term third-party Android OS updates.
**EDIT:** To answer your question directly, the phone is probably going to be a multi-band LTE phone like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 refresh or S5 if their battery remains user replaceable. | If you wait til around this time next year and buy a phone that is Multi/Tri-Band LTE, Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) capable, has a replaceable battery, Android-based, and a well supported open-source community, then you may be able to get beyond 5 years. At least in the U.S., carriers will most likely phase out CDMA/GSM after 4 years from now making current phones useless.
I have a 4 year old phone that has good open-source community support and I'm running CyanogenMod and except for CPU, GPU, memory, and 4G LTE support, its like a new phone.
The reason carriers want to migrate to newer technologies is because they can redeploy wireless spectrum, being used by fewer customers on older phones, to newer wireless technology that uses their precious spectrum more efficiently while also customers benefit from better service.
LTE combined with VoLTE and eventually LTE-Advanced are the wireless technologies for the next 10 years.
TL;DR Most likely not because phones are cheap and carriers/customers benefit from the latest technologies, but it might be possible with the next wave of LTE-based wireless tech and long-term third-party Android OS updates.
EDIT: To answer your question directly, the phone is probably going to be a multi-band LTE phone like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 refresh or S5 if their battery remains user replaceable.
| BuyItForLife | t5_2ss1q | cfdymoy | If you wait til around this time next year and buy a phone that is Multi/Tri-Band LTE, Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) capable, has a replaceable battery, Android-based, and a well supported open-source community, then you may be able to get beyond 5 years. At least in the U.S., carriers will most likely phase out CDMA/GSM after 4 years from now making current phones useless.
I have a 4 year old phone that has good open-source community support and I'm running CyanogenMod and except for CPU, GPU, memory, and 4G LTE support, its like a new phone.
The reason carriers want to migrate to newer technologies is because they can redeploy wireless spectrum, being used by fewer customers on older phones, to newer wireless technology that uses their precious spectrum more efficiently while also customers benefit from better service.
LTE combined with VoLTE and eventually LTE-Advanced are the wireless technologies for the next 10 years. | Most likely not because phones are cheap and carriers/customers benefit from the latest technologies, but it might be possible with the next wave of LTE-based wireless tech and long-term third-party Android OS updates.
EDIT: To answer your question directly, the phone is probably going to be a multi-band LTE phone like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 refresh or S5 if their battery remains user replaceable. |
pulser_xda | I work with embedded systems though... I stand by the statement most modern phones are unnecessarily powerful, to appeal to the market demands.
People want more GHz and cores.
The early iPhones were considerably faster than their Android counterparts, back even in the days of single core devices...
I still feel every phone on the market is overpowered. I think about the amount which can be done by well written, well optimised, native code. When working with microcontrollers, you have a single core, most often in the single or double figures of MHz clock speeds. This makes you write better code. An operating system is a luxury on them...
When you look at Android, they appear to have lost touch with embedded systems. Much as I like Linux, it's a kernel for the desktop. The need for Android to add power management backs this. I do believe if a kernel was properly made for Android, with the intention from the start of mobile use in a limited power environment, battery life and performance would be significantly better.
An embedded engineer wouldn't have a job if he produced code like that in android - even rendering a view when loading an app is an incredibly slow process, resulting in layouts and views being expanded in multiple sequential run-throughs.
If I was designing something from scratch, I'd have to optimise the view construction, so it happened in a single simple step. Ideally in native code rather than java.
Unfortunately though, Android is simply not an embedded operating system like the true embedded systems. Since phones now have gigabytes of memory, and ridiculously powerful CPUs, inefficient software is tolerated or even encouraged.
Look at an HTC HD2 running Windows phone 7, and look at an android phone from 2 years later... The HD2 will be smoother despite running an operating system it wasn't intended for, being 2 years older. That's the benefit of native code being run, rather than Android's obscure object oriented java implementation that would rather do everything in loops, rather than just do it right first time...
Edit to add: When you compare the functions your snapdragon 800 device performs, compared to your HTC G1 or hero, I can't really argue the modern phone does significantly more.
Let's overlook gaming, since that's about Gpu. The phone still browses websites, and makes calls, and runs apps that show the weather and tell us the time, and play our music. The hero was a single core 528 MHz core. Do you feel you get proportionally improved performance in these same tasks, compared to that? I believe as devices get faster, the code we run on them gets slower and sloppier and less optimised, as it's easy to get it to run at the same speed as before.
To give a concrete example, what's the deal with SwiftKey? It was really smooth back on my hero, and my s2 to a point. Within the last year or two though, it's got much slower... I can't blame the hardware as it has been constant. I have tried the newer version on the older devices, and it's much slower. Therefore I suggest the actual applications itself is slower than the old version. Sure this is just one person's opinion of one app, but I know many others who agree with the SwiftKey issues indeed I think it's high on their list of bugs, despite little to no improvement in years. If anything it's slower for me.
Tl;Dr my phone still does the same tasks, pretty much, but has many times the raw computing power. Apps that still do the same task are updated, and end up even slower than they used to be on older hardware. Welcome to my frustration with android...
| I work with embedded systems though... I stand by the statement most modern phones are unnecessarily powerful, to appeal to the market demands.
People want more GHz and cores.
The early iPhones were considerably faster than their Android counterparts, back even in the days of single core devices...
I still feel every phone on the market is overpowered. I think about the amount which can be done by well written, well optimised, native code. When working with microcontrollers, you have a single core, most often in the single or double figures of MHz clock speeds. This makes you write better code. An operating system is a luxury on them...
When you look at Android, they appear to have lost touch with embedded systems. Much as I like Linux, it's a kernel for the desktop. The need for Android to add power management backs this. I do believe if a kernel was properly made for Android, with the intention from the start of mobile use in a limited power environment, battery life and performance would be significantly better.
An embedded engineer wouldn't have a job if he produced code like that in android - even rendering a view when loading an app is an incredibly slow process, resulting in layouts and views being expanded in multiple sequential run-throughs.
If I was designing something from scratch, I'd have to optimise the view construction, so it happened in a single simple step. Ideally in native code rather than java.
Unfortunately though, Android is simply not an embedded operating system like the true embedded systems. Since phones now have gigabytes of memory, and ridiculously powerful CPUs, inefficient software is tolerated or even encouraged.
Look at an HTC HD2 running Windows phone 7, and look at an android phone from 2 years later... The HD2 will be smoother despite running an operating system it wasn't intended for, being 2 years older. That's the benefit of native code being run, rather than Android's obscure object oriented java implementation that would rather do everything in loops, rather than just do it right first time...
Edit to add: When you compare the functions your snapdragon 800 device performs, compared to your HTC G1 or hero, I can't really argue the modern phone does significantly more.
Let's overlook gaming, since that's about Gpu. The phone still browses websites, and makes calls, and runs apps that show the weather and tell us the time, and play our music. The hero was a single core 528 MHz core. Do you feel you get proportionally improved performance in these same tasks, compared to that? I believe as devices get faster, the code we run on them gets slower and sloppier and less optimised, as it's easy to get it to run at the same speed as before.
To give a concrete example, what's the deal with SwiftKey? It was really smooth back on my hero, and my s2 to a point. Within the last year or two though, it's got much slower... I can't blame the hardware as it has been constant. I have tried the newer version on the older devices, and it's much slower. Therefore I suggest the actual applications itself is slower than the old version. Sure this is just one person's opinion of one app, but I know many others who agree with the SwiftKey issues indeed I think it's high on their list of bugs, despite little to no improvement in years. If anything it's slower for me.
Tl;Dr my phone still does the same tasks, pretty much, but has many times the raw computing power. Apps that still do the same task are updated, and end up even slower than they used to be on older hardware. Welcome to my frustration with android...
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cfeg7ie | I work with embedded systems though... I stand by the statement most modern phones are unnecessarily powerful, to appeal to the market demands.
People want more GHz and cores.
The early iPhones were considerably faster than their Android counterparts, back even in the days of single core devices...
I still feel every phone on the market is overpowered. I think about the amount which can be done by well written, well optimised, native code. When working with microcontrollers, you have a single core, most often in the single or double figures of MHz clock speeds. This makes you write better code. An operating system is a luxury on them...
When you look at Android, they appear to have lost touch with embedded systems. Much as I like Linux, it's a kernel for the desktop. The need for Android to add power management backs this. I do believe if a kernel was properly made for Android, with the intention from the start of mobile use in a limited power environment, battery life and performance would be significantly better.
An embedded engineer wouldn't have a job if he produced code like that in android - even rendering a view when loading an app is an incredibly slow process, resulting in layouts and views being expanded in multiple sequential run-throughs.
If I was designing something from scratch, I'd have to optimise the view construction, so it happened in a single simple step. Ideally in native code rather than java.
Unfortunately though, Android is simply not an embedded operating system like the true embedded systems. Since phones now have gigabytes of memory, and ridiculously powerful CPUs, inefficient software is tolerated or even encouraged.
Look at an HTC HD2 running Windows phone 7, and look at an android phone from 2 years later... The HD2 will be smoother despite running an operating system it wasn't intended for, being 2 years older. That's the benefit of native code being run, rather than Android's obscure object oriented java implementation that would rather do everything in loops, rather than just do it right first time...
Edit to add: When you compare the functions your snapdragon 800 device performs, compared to your HTC G1 or hero, I can't really argue the modern phone does significantly more.
Let's overlook gaming, since that's about Gpu. The phone still browses websites, and makes calls, and runs apps that show the weather and tell us the time, and play our music. The hero was a single core 528 MHz core. Do you feel you get proportionally improved performance in these same tasks, compared to that? I believe as devices get faster, the code we run on them gets slower and sloppier and less optimised, as it's easy to get it to run at the same speed as before.
To give a concrete example, what's the deal with SwiftKey? It was really smooth back on my hero, and my s2 to a point. Within the last year or two though, it's got much slower... I can't blame the hardware as it has been constant. I have tried the newer version on the older devices, and it's much slower. Therefore I suggest the actual applications itself is slower than the old version. Sure this is just one person's opinion of one app, but I know many others who agree with the SwiftKey issues indeed I think it's high on their list of bugs, despite little to no improvement in years. If anything it's slower for me. | my phone still does the same tasks, pretty much, but has many times the raw computing power. Apps that still do the same task are updated, and end up even slower than they used to be on older hardware. Welcome to my frustration with android... |
LuciferIAm | Lol. infamous big? The first 2 games were good but not great. This one looks like the same with a new skin. It will probably only sell well because PS4 has no other games to play. Meanwhile Titanfall is so hyped, so blindingly front and center everywhere that you have to be living under a rock not to know about it.
tl;dr Titanfall is going to sell A LOT. | Lol. infamous big? The first 2 games were good but not great. This one looks like the same with a new skin. It will probably only sell well because PS4 has no other games to play. Meanwhile Titanfall is so hyped, so blindingly front and center everywhere that you have to be living under a rock not to know about it.
tl;dr Titanfall is going to sell A LOT.
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | cfeega9 | Lol. infamous big? The first 2 games were good but not great. This one looks like the same with a new skin. It will probably only sell well because PS4 has no other games to play. Meanwhile Titanfall is so hyped, so blindingly front and center everywhere that you have to be living under a rock not to know about it. | Titanfall is going to sell A LOT. |
sporkafunk | Lots of /r/bigboobproblmes in here.
Check it. I can see my sternum and count all of my ribs. I'm an A cup, or whatever, not that I care about bras, because they literally do nothing for me. My nipples are sensitive so I wear a bra. Basically boobs are soft lumps with hard cherries on top.
More and more clothes are made for women with cleavage, which turns into a spotlight for my one-man sternum show. Wearing "push-up" bras means having to pull them down and under and fighting an underwire (WHY?).
Anything womanly made for thin and petite-chested women are astronomically priced (see banana republic, J Crew, Ann Taylor's The Loft, NY and Co., White House Black Market).
The "petite" section of any large-scale department stores are actually not very petite at all, with plenty of chestroom.
In fact EVERYTHING is scaled toward "average" sized women, so small is more like a medium, etc, and I end up buying underwear in the "juniors" section.
TL;DR: Boobs are things other people (have to) care about.
Edit: oh I'm sorry did I piss in the big tits jerk? My bad. I forgot that since I have small tits I don't get to have a voice about them. Either that or this is overflow from ABTF. Cheers ladies, one more female sub to un follow. | Lots of /r/bigboobproblmes in here.
Check it. I can see my sternum and count all of my ribs. I'm an A cup, or whatever, not that I care about bras, because they literally do nothing for me. My nipples are sensitive so I wear a bra. Basically boobs are soft lumps with hard cherries on top.
More and more clothes are made for women with cleavage, which turns into a spotlight for my one-man sternum show. Wearing "push-up" bras means having to pull them down and under and fighting an underwire (WHY?).
Anything womanly made for thin and petite-chested women are astronomically priced (see banana republic, J Crew, Ann Taylor's The Loft, NY and Co., White House Black Market).
The "petite" section of any large-scale department stores are actually not very petite at all, with plenty of chestroom.
In fact EVERYTHING is scaled toward "average" sized women, so small is more like a medium, etc, and I end up buying underwear in the "juniors" section.
TL;DR: Boobs are things other people (have to) care about.
Edit: oh I'm sorry did I piss in the big tits jerk? My bad. I forgot that since I have small tits I don't get to have a voice about them. Either that or this is overflow from ABTF. Cheers ladies, one more female sub to un follow.
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cfekdp4 | Lots of /r/bigboobproblmes in here.
Check it. I can see my sternum and count all of my ribs. I'm an A cup, or whatever, not that I care about bras, because they literally do nothing for me. My nipples are sensitive so I wear a bra. Basically boobs are soft lumps with hard cherries on top.
More and more clothes are made for women with cleavage, which turns into a spotlight for my one-man sternum show. Wearing "push-up" bras means having to pull them down and under and fighting an underwire (WHY?).
Anything womanly made for thin and petite-chested women are astronomically priced (see banana republic, J Crew, Ann Taylor's The Loft, NY and Co., White House Black Market).
The "petite" section of any large-scale department stores are actually not very petite at all, with plenty of chestroom.
In fact EVERYTHING is scaled toward "average" sized women, so small is more like a medium, etc, and I end up buying underwear in the "juniors" section. | Boobs are things other people (have to) care about.
Edit: oh I'm sorry did I piss in the big tits jerk? My bad. I forgot that since I have small tits I don't get to have a voice about them. Either that or this is overflow from ABTF. Cheers ladies, one more female sub to un follow. |
SparklingOriginal | You have to include topdoge in your comment you TLDR shibe | You have to include topdoge in your comment you TLDR shibe
| dogecoin | t5_2zcp2 | cfemnij | You have to include topdoge in your comment you | shibe |
haihowareya | Not sure if anyone would care but I have a story.
Also sort of making a throwaway account due to not wanting this to come back and bite me in the ass.
Being in computer security classes taught me a little about making viruses and how they work. At this time botting was everywhere, and the Runescape buddy client was extremely popular. Sick of the botting I thought I’d make a new account to play with.
I set up a YouTube channel advertising scripts that you normally had to pay for free. a popular one was a bot or script that would do dungeoneering. I made a very convincing video but all it did was put a rat (remote admin tool) on the pc and never worked. I used it to collect the password, because they were all using bots there pins where stored in the Runescape buddy client in a plain text file. Making it easy to get into their bank accounts and take their stuff.
This went on for a good month, ended up being a lot of fun. I had practically unlimited money. I gave it away, diced, and had drop parties in the party room. Accumulating several rares and a max cash stack, I considered myself a robin hood only targeting people botting.
Then one day bank standing at the grand exchange, the account auto logged out and was perm banned for account hijacking. Surprised but not sad, I never got the temptation to give any money to my main account, Ever. My main did get locked but it was likely due to them following my IP address. That made me very nervous because I didn't want it to affect my main and made sure they never interacted.
I stopped after that. I even emailed Jagex an apology letter but I never did get a response back. It was a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend doing it. You can get in a lot of trouble.
There was one instance ill never forget where I caught someone scamming someone saw the whole thing happen. Kicked the guy off and gave him the stuff back and told them he needs to find new friends. Id give more info about that if anyone is interested but it’s already a lot of typing.
TL;DR – Robbed from the cheating, gave to the poor. Got caught, and it ended.
| Not sure if anyone would care but I have a story.
Also sort of making a throwaway account due to not wanting this to come back and bite me in the ass.
Being in computer security classes taught me a little about making viruses and how they work. At this time botting was everywhere, and the Runescape buddy client was extremely popular. Sick of the botting I thought I’d make a new account to play with.
I set up a YouTube channel advertising scripts that you normally had to pay for free. a popular one was a bot or script that would do dungeoneering. I made a very convincing video but all it did was put a rat (remote admin tool) on the pc and never worked. I used it to collect the password, because they were all using bots there pins where stored in the Runescape buddy client in a plain text file. Making it easy to get into their bank accounts and take their stuff.
This went on for a good month, ended up being a lot of fun. I had practically unlimited money. I gave it away, diced, and had drop parties in the party room. Accumulating several rares and a max cash stack, I considered myself a robin hood only targeting people botting.
Then one day bank standing at the grand exchange, the account auto logged out and was perm banned for account hijacking. Surprised but not sad, I never got the temptation to give any money to my main account, Ever. My main did get locked but it was likely due to them following my IP address. That made me very nervous because I didn't want it to affect my main and made sure they never interacted.
I stopped after that. I even emailed Jagex an apology letter but I never did get a response back. It was a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend doing it. You can get in a lot of trouble.
There was one instance ill never forget where I caught someone scamming someone saw the whole thing happen. Kicked the guy off and gave him the stuff back and told them he needs to find new friends. Id give more info about that if anyone is interested but it’s already a lot of typing.
TL;DR – Robbed from the cheating, gave to the poor. Got caught, and it ended.
| runescape | t5_2qwxl | cff2un1 | Not sure if anyone would care but I have a story.
Also sort of making a throwaway account due to not wanting this to come back and bite me in the ass.
Being in computer security classes taught me a little about making viruses and how they work. At this time botting was everywhere, and the Runescape buddy client was extremely popular. Sick of the botting I thought I’d make a new account to play with.
I set up a YouTube channel advertising scripts that you normally had to pay for free. a popular one was a bot or script that would do dungeoneering. I made a very convincing video but all it did was put a rat (remote admin tool) on the pc and never worked. I used it to collect the password, because they were all using bots there pins where stored in the Runescape buddy client in a plain text file. Making it easy to get into their bank accounts and take their stuff.
This went on for a good month, ended up being a lot of fun. I had practically unlimited money. I gave it away, diced, and had drop parties in the party room. Accumulating several rares and a max cash stack, I considered myself a robin hood only targeting people botting.
Then one day bank standing at the grand exchange, the account auto logged out and was perm banned for account hijacking. Surprised but not sad, I never got the temptation to give any money to my main account, Ever. My main did get locked but it was likely due to them following my IP address. That made me very nervous because I didn't want it to affect my main and made sure they never interacted.
I stopped after that. I even emailed Jagex an apology letter but I never did get a response back. It was a fun learning experience but I don’t recommend doing it. You can get in a lot of trouble.
There was one instance ill never forget where I caught someone scamming someone saw the whole thing happen. Kicked the guy off and gave him the stuff back and told them he needs to find new friends. Id give more info about that if anyone is interested but it’s already a lot of typing. | Robbed from the cheating, gave to the poor. Got caught, and it ended. |
GreenGemsOmally | I still don't get why they use the word privilege as such a terrible, horrible insult?
I (maybe foolishly?) studied Sociology when I was in undergrad. It's where all the pretty girls were and very few guys, and it had a Public Health concentration that I was interested in. Anyways, it's common for certain groups and people to have privileges, because not everybody is exactly the same. That's how life works. Having a privilege is not, in of itself, a terrible condemnation on the person you are. What you do with that privilege or how you act IS a determining factor of who you are.
I'm a white, heterosexual male who grew up in upper-middle class and I have been able to become educated through my hard work and the support of my family, financial or otherwise. I have privileges that other people do not, but I don't hold those over others, because I realize that it just means I need to work harder to deserve the good fortune I have. Instead, I try to learn from others, treat all people kindly and respectfully, and do the best I can with what tools I have to make the world a better place.
Most tumblrinas would tell me I'm a horrible person because I have a privilege and dare to try to learn from others. Based on that, I don't think even they really understand what they're trying to do.
tl;dr - I don't understand why is privilege such a terrible thing? | I still don't get why they use the word privilege as such a terrible, horrible insult?
I (maybe foolishly?) studied Sociology when I was in undergrad. It's where all the pretty girls were and very few guys, and it had a Public Health concentration that I was interested in. Anyways, it's common for certain groups and people to have privileges, because not everybody is exactly the same. That's how life works. Having a privilege is not, in of itself, a terrible condemnation on the person you are. What you do with that privilege or how you act IS a determining factor of who you are.
I'm a white, heterosexual male who grew up in upper-middle class and I have been able to become educated through my hard work and the support of my family, financial or otherwise. I have privileges that other people do not, but I don't hold those over others, because I realize that it just means I need to work harder to deserve the good fortune I have. Instead, I try to learn from others, treat all people kindly and respectfully, and do the best I can with what tools I have to make the world a better place.
Most tumblrinas would tell me I'm a horrible person because I have a privilege and dare to try to learn from others. Based on that, I don't think even they really understand what they're trying to do.
tl;dr - I don't understand why is privilege such a terrible thing?
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cfez4e7 | I still don't get why they use the word privilege as such a terrible, horrible insult?
I (maybe foolishly?) studied Sociology when I was in undergrad. It's where all the pretty girls were and very few guys, and it had a Public Health concentration that I was interested in. Anyways, it's common for certain groups and people to have privileges, because not everybody is exactly the same. That's how life works. Having a privilege is not, in of itself, a terrible condemnation on the person you are. What you do with that privilege or how you act IS a determining factor of who you are.
I'm a white, heterosexual male who grew up in upper-middle class and I have been able to become educated through my hard work and the support of my family, financial or otherwise. I have privileges that other people do not, but I don't hold those over others, because I realize that it just means I need to work harder to deserve the good fortune I have. Instead, I try to learn from others, treat all people kindly and respectfully, and do the best I can with what tools I have to make the world a better place.
Most tumblrinas would tell me I'm a horrible person because I have a privilege and dare to try to learn from others. Based on that, I don't think even they really understand what they're trying to do. | I don't understand why is privilege such a terrible thing? |
tonimiko | [This is why I hate non-binaries who demand special pronouns. Special snowflakes to the core.](
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[Someone even got upset at me for saying that should accept reality and not demand personalized pronouns--they dared to compare their pronouns with binary trans people's issues.](
Cause', ya know, binary trans people are totally trying to redefine the English language by asking for 100 new ways to identify zxemselves.
tldr: Kay, I don't care if you're nonbinary or whatever, so long as you don't demand your stupid pronouns. | [This is why I hate non-binaries who demand special pronouns. Special snowflakes to the core.](
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[Someone even got upset at me for saying that should accept reality and not demand personalized pronouns--they dared to compare their pronouns with binary trans people's issues.](
Cause', ya know, binary trans people are totally trying to redefine the English language by asking for 100 new ways to identify zxemselves.
tldr: Kay, I don't care if you're nonbinary or whatever, so long as you don't demand your stupid pronouns.
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cff0lg6 | This is why I hate non-binaries who demand special pronouns. Special snowflakes to the core.](
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[Someone even got upset at me for saying that should accept reality and not demand personalized pronouns--they dared to compare their pronouns with binary trans people's issues.](
Cause', ya know, binary trans people are totally trying to redefine the English language by asking for 100 new ways to identify zxemselves. | Kay, I don't care if you're nonbinary or whatever, so long as you don't demand your stupid pronouns. |
ATVIAssist | Hello!
So I checked out the video, it was a bit short, I didn't get as much conclusive evidence as I had wished for.
Its really hard to classify as the video was a bit too short for me to judge properly. It looks like it could be either spawn camping, or spawn trapping.
Here's a post I did on spawn trapping, and how it could be against the code of conduct:
> Lets pretend you and I are playing Mortal Kombat II on the Sega Genesis, I'm Scorpion and you're Sub-zero...
We start the game, I use my spear and yell "Get over here!" in a daze Sub-zero is yanked in Scorpions direction, I jump over you, pin you against the wall, then I repeatedly do a low sweep kick, causing you Sub-zero to trip, stand up, trip...
Now imagine anything you try, you can't execute. We end the match, Scorpion gets a flawless victory.
When playing Ghosts online, players are encouraged to play fair, have fun and be respectful to other players. Action is taken on players who violate the spirit of the game. SL
However, there are different situation in which my colleague ^MD and I answer questions on the subject [in this post.](
We also cite this reddit post Infinity Ward made awhile back, outlining the differences between spawn camping/spawn trapping, and how a player can get banned for spawn trapping [(please see this link for full details)](
TL;DR: "Spawn trapping" is a bannable offence. "Spawn camping" is not. This information is based off [these examples.](
I hope I was able to answer your question properly /u/crioth
Thank you. ^SL | Hello!
So I checked out the video, it was a bit short, I didn't get as much conclusive evidence as I had wished for.
Its really hard to classify as the video was a bit too short for me to judge properly. It looks like it could be either spawn camping, or spawn trapping.
Here's a post I did on spawn trapping, and how it could be against the code of conduct:
> Lets pretend you and I are playing Mortal Kombat II on the Sega Genesis, I'm Scorpion and you're Sub-zero...
We start the game, I use my spear and yell "Get over here!" in a daze Sub-zero is yanked in Scorpions direction, I jump over you, pin you against the wall, then I repeatedly do a low sweep kick, causing you Sub-zero to trip, stand up, trip...
Now imagine anything you try, you can't execute. We end the match, Scorpion gets a flawless victory.
When playing Ghosts online, players are encouraged to play fair, have fun and be respectful to other players. Action is taken on players who violate the spirit of the game. SL
However, there are different situation in which my colleague ^MD and I answer questions on the subject [in this post.](
We also cite this reddit post Infinity Ward made awhile back, outlining the differences between spawn camping/spawn trapping, and how a player can get banned for spawn trapping [(please see this link for full details)](
TL;DR: "Spawn trapping" is a bannable offence. "Spawn camping" is not. This information is based off [these examples.](
I hope I was able to answer your question properly /u/crioth
Thank you. ^SL
| CODGhosts | t5_2wp1x | cfflui6 | Hello!
So I checked out the video, it was a bit short, I didn't get as much conclusive evidence as I had wished for.
Its really hard to classify as the video was a bit too short for me to judge properly. It looks like it could be either spawn camping, or spawn trapping.
Here's a post I did on spawn trapping, and how it could be against the code of conduct:
> Lets pretend you and I are playing Mortal Kombat II on the Sega Genesis, I'm Scorpion and you're Sub-zero...
We start the game, I use my spear and yell "Get over here!" in a daze Sub-zero is yanked in Scorpions direction, I jump over you, pin you against the wall, then I repeatedly do a low sweep kick, causing you Sub-zero to trip, stand up, trip...
Now imagine anything you try, you can't execute. We end the match, Scorpion gets a flawless victory.
When playing Ghosts online, players are encouraged to play fair, have fun and be respectful to other players. Action is taken on players who violate the spirit of the game. SL
However, there are different situation in which my colleague ^MD and I answer questions on the subject [in this post.](
We also cite this reddit post Infinity Ward made awhile back, outlining the differences between spawn camping/spawn trapping, and how a player can get banned for spawn trapping [(please see this link for full details)]( | Spawn trapping" is a bannable offence. "Spawn camping" is not. This information is based off [these examples.](
I hope I was able to answer your question properly /u/crioth
Thank you. ^SL |
EuphoricQuoteMaker | I'm by no means an expert on this subject, other than hundred of hours in Minecraft playing with redstone (which is actually a great introduction to binary and logic operators), but this is how I'd explain it in layman's terms.
Binary is 0's and 1's. Imagine a wire. If there is a current running through it it is 1, if there is none it is 0. This is called the wire's *state*.
Logic gates are devices that takes input from one or more of these wires and outputs another wire.
Take for example the very simple AND gate. AND gates will only output 1 if all input is 1.
**AND gate**
| Input A | Input B | Output |
|:-----------:|:------------:|:------------:|
| 0 | 0| 0
| 1 | 0| 0
|0 | 1| 0
|1|1|1
Maybe your house has two light switches that control the same light? Ever wondered how you press the first one to On position and the light turns on, and then you press the other one, also to the On position and the light turns off. Let me introduce the XOR gate, which only outputs 1 if one, and ONLY one input is 1 (XOR = *exclusive or*)
**XOR gate**
| Input A | Input B | Output |
|:--:|:--:|:--:|
|0|0|0
|1|0|1
|0|1|1
|1|1|0
In this example imagine that the input is the light switches and the output is the lamp.
There are many different kinds of logic gates, this is just the surface. You can read more on Wikipedia .
TL;DR: Logic gates take binary input, do so some logic operations and puts out binary output.
| I'm by no means an expert on this subject, other than hundred of hours in Minecraft playing with redstone (which is actually a great introduction to binary and logic operators), but this is how I'd explain it in layman's terms.
Binary is 0's and 1's. Imagine a wire. If there is a current running through it it is 1, if there is none it is 0. This is called the wire's state .
Logic gates are devices that takes input from one or more of these wires and outputs another wire.
Take for example the very simple AND gate. AND gates will only output 1 if all input is 1.
AND gate
Input A
Input B
Output
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Maybe your house has two light switches that control the same light? Ever wondered how you press the first one to On position and the light turns on, and then you press the other one, also to the On position and the light turns off. Let me introduce the XOR gate, which only outputs 1 if one, and ONLY one input is 1 (XOR = exclusive or )
XOR gate
Input A
Input B
Output
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
In this example imagine that the input is the light switches and the output is the lamp.
There are many different kinds of logic gates, this is just the surface. You can read more on Wikipedia .
TL;DR: Logic gates take binary input, do so some logic operations and puts out binary output.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cff3pb9 | I'm by no means an expert on this subject, other than hundred of hours in Minecraft playing with redstone (which is actually a great introduction to binary and logic operators), but this is how I'd explain it in layman's terms.
Binary is 0's and 1's. Imagine a wire. If there is a current running through it it is 1, if there is none it is 0. This is called the wire's state .
Logic gates are devices that takes input from one or more of these wires and outputs another wire.
Take for example the very simple AND gate. AND gates will only output 1 if all input is 1.
AND gate
Input A
Input B
Output
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Maybe your house has two light switches that control the same light? Ever wondered how you press the first one to On position and the light turns on, and then you press the other one, also to the On position and the light turns off. Let me introduce the XOR gate, which only outputs 1 if one, and ONLY one input is 1 (XOR = exclusive or )
XOR gate
Input A
Input B
Output
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
In this example imagine that the input is the light switches and the output is the lamp.
There are many different kinds of logic gates, this is just the surface. You can read more on Wikipedia . | Logic gates take binary input, do so some logic operations and puts out binary output. |
Internet_Personality | Simple answer to this.
First off, this Michael stuff is irrelevant. Stop making yourself upset about that, it's not helping.
Secondly, let her go. If she's sure about you, then you'll be together in 9 months. Hell, maybe YOU will change and not want to be with her.
You have 9 months to do whatever you want to do and if at the end of it, you still want to be with her, and she wants to be with you, then you'll find out she was sincere and your relationship with probably flourish.
If not, then you'll know it was all bullshit, and you'll not have wasted anymore time with someone who wasn't as serious about you as you were them.
tl;dr - Wait 9 months. See what happens. SURPRISE. | Simple answer to this.
First off, this Michael stuff is irrelevant. Stop making yourself upset about that, it's not helping.
Secondly, let her go. If she's sure about you, then you'll be together in 9 months. Hell, maybe YOU will change and not want to be with her.
You have 9 months to do whatever you want to do and if at the end of it, you still want to be with her, and she wants to be with you, then you'll find out she was sincere and your relationship with probably flourish.
If not, then you'll know it was all bullshit, and you'll not have wasted anymore time with someone who wasn't as serious about you as you were them.
tl;dr - Wait 9 months. See what happens. SURPRISE.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cffjw1d | Simple answer to this.
First off, this Michael stuff is irrelevant. Stop making yourself upset about that, it's not helping.
Secondly, let her go. If she's sure about you, then you'll be together in 9 months. Hell, maybe YOU will change and not want to be with her.
You have 9 months to do whatever you want to do and if at the end of it, you still want to be with her, and she wants to be with you, then you'll find out she was sincere and your relationship with probably flourish.
If not, then you'll know it was all bullshit, and you'll not have wasted anymore time with someone who wasn't as serious about you as you were them. | Wait 9 months. See what happens. SURPRISE. |
law-talkin-guy | So I'm in my local used game/CD store getting making my purchases when one of the clerks looks at me and asks, "Hey man, how'd your brain surgery go?"
I had one of those long pauses where you replay in your mind what was just said to make sure you heard it right because, to the best of my knowledge, I've never had brain surgery. I finally decided I had heard him right and responded "I think you have me confused with someone else."
Oddly the clerk got one of those looks like I was confusing him now. He said, "Yeah your wife was in the other day and she said you'd had brain surgery."
At the time I wasn't married and said so. The clerk, looked at me and said something like "are you sure?" I sort of shrugged, payed for my games, and left.
TL;DR: Maybe my brain surgery went very badly. | So I'm in my local used game/CD store getting making my purchases when one of the clerks looks at me and asks, "Hey man, how'd your brain surgery go?"
I had one of those long pauses where you replay in your mind what was just said to make sure you heard it right because, to the best of my knowledge, I've never had brain surgery. I finally decided I had heard him right and responded "I think you have me confused with someone else."
Oddly the clerk got one of those looks like I was confusing him now. He said, "Yeah your wife was in the other day and she said you'd had brain surgery."
At the time I wasn't married and said so. The clerk, looked at me and said something like "are you sure?" I sort of shrugged, payed for my games, and left.
TL;DR: Maybe my brain surgery went very badly.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cffl4ho | So I'm in my local used game/CD store getting making my purchases when one of the clerks looks at me and asks, "Hey man, how'd your brain surgery go?"
I had one of those long pauses where you replay in your mind what was just said to make sure you heard it right because, to the best of my knowledge, I've never had brain surgery. I finally decided I had heard him right and responded "I think you have me confused with someone else."
Oddly the clerk got one of those looks like I was confusing him now. He said, "Yeah your wife was in the other day and she said you'd had brain surgery."
At the time I wasn't married and said so. The clerk, looked at me and said something like "are you sure?" I sort of shrugged, payed for my games, and left. | Maybe my brain surgery went very badly. |
Tury345 | To be entirely honest, the magical defence category for supports is rather lacking. The unfortunate truth is that magical defence items simply dont provide the same level of utility that physical defence items do (i.e. no aura damage/aura protections/speed from witch stone) so a true support really cannot build heavily magical defence. That said, /u/acipere above has a solid build that will make you more magically defensive and still maintain some utility as a support with maximum cdr and cc reduction for baiting cc and such.
Edit: also keep in mind that building health will make you way tankier, Soveregnity for example will actually provide a far greater benefit then one might expect because 1. 650 health is huge and 2. the aura applies to yourself so it actually does give +20 magical defense. Also Etheral Staff is a very very situational item for tanks, its passive of 2% of you health becoming magical power combined with a ton of mana and health will make you become a far scarier opponent as all the sudden, you freezes and carpets will be hitting pretty hard and +600 health will help with both magical and physical opponents. Bulwark can also be picked up, but as a tank you lose out on a lot of the utility of its passive as you aren't scared of burst damage anways, idol of concentration is a great pick with some cdr and more frequent damage mitigation. Winged wand is also another great item as it will help prevent enemies from zoning you away from your squishys and provides a solid amount of health that no tank should scoff at, it's cheep, it has a bit of cdr, a bit of move speed and some health and a sweet passive so keep that one in mind.
TL;DR look at the health category too! it also helps vs. magical defense. | To be entirely honest, the magical defence category for supports is rather lacking. The unfortunate truth is that magical defence items simply dont provide the same level of utility that physical defence items do (i.e. no aura damage/aura protections/speed from witch stone) so a true support really cannot build heavily magical defence. That said, /u/acipere above has a solid build that will make you more magically defensive and still maintain some utility as a support with maximum cdr and cc reduction for baiting cc and such.
Edit: also keep in mind that building health will make you way tankier, Soveregnity for example will actually provide a far greater benefit then one might expect because 1. 650 health is huge and 2. the aura applies to yourself so it actually does give +20 magical defense. Also Etheral Staff is a very very situational item for tanks, its passive of 2% of you health becoming magical power combined with a ton of mana and health will make you become a far scarier opponent as all the sudden, you freezes and carpets will be hitting pretty hard and +600 health will help with both magical and physical opponents. Bulwark can also be picked up, but as a tank you lose out on a lot of the utility of its passive as you aren't scared of burst damage anways, idol of concentration is a great pick with some cdr and more frequent damage mitigation. Winged wand is also another great item as it will help prevent enemies from zoning you away from your squishys and provides a solid amount of health that no tank should scoff at, it's cheep, it has a bit of cdr, a bit of move speed and some health and a sweet passive so keep that one in mind.
TL;DR look at the health category too! it also helps vs. magical defense.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cffv7at | To be entirely honest, the magical defence category for supports is rather lacking. The unfortunate truth is that magical defence items simply dont provide the same level of utility that physical defence items do (i.e. no aura damage/aura protections/speed from witch stone) so a true support really cannot build heavily magical defence. That said, /u/acipere above has a solid build that will make you more magically defensive and still maintain some utility as a support with maximum cdr and cc reduction for baiting cc and such.
Edit: also keep in mind that building health will make you way tankier, Soveregnity for example will actually provide a far greater benefit then one might expect because 1. 650 health is huge and 2. the aura applies to yourself so it actually does give +20 magical defense. Also Etheral Staff is a very very situational item for tanks, its passive of 2% of you health becoming magical power combined with a ton of mana and health will make you become a far scarier opponent as all the sudden, you freezes and carpets will be hitting pretty hard and +600 health will help with both magical and physical opponents. Bulwark can also be picked up, but as a tank you lose out on a lot of the utility of its passive as you aren't scared of burst damage anways, idol of concentration is a great pick with some cdr and more frequent damage mitigation. Winged wand is also another great item as it will help prevent enemies from zoning you away from your squishys and provides a solid amount of health that no tank should scoff at, it's cheep, it has a bit of cdr, a bit of move speed and some health and a sweet passive so keep that one in mind. | look at the health category too! it also helps vs. magical defense. |
Aarondhp24 | My mother divorced my Dad, drugged me up after being diagnosed with ADHD. After she couldn't handle me she sent me to live with my father.
Oh she divorced him because he hit her. So yay, great things coming my way.
Dad beats me with a belt at least twice a week. Several times to the point where I couldn't sit down. If you haven't been spanked till your ass is completely bruised... Yeah. Torture is a more relevant term.
So my Mom finds out about this after a few years and takes me back one Christmas. Oh, guess what? I'M A RAGING PSYCHOPATH NOW! I don't have the adhd symptoms, but I like to hurt people. I'm also weird as fuck because I attended a Christian school.
Mom can't handle me, go figure, and sends me BACK to live with my Dad. It's like... as long as she doesn't have to see it it's ok.
Same old shit happens except this time my Dad takes the extra step to homeschool me. So I get extra quality time with this asshole. Oh and now he has me working as a roofer for $2.50 an hour. In mother fucking FLORIDA. Try heat index of 140 on the roof in summer.
So beatings happen, I'm getting brainwashed into Christianity like you wouldn't believe.
Somehow I end up back with my Mom. My brain is fucked for this whole period of my life so I don't remember why. After about two months I put my younger brother in the hospital with a bat.
Yup. Back to live with Dad. He finally throws me out while I'm trying to finish high school. Move back home with my Mom at the threat of being homeless and join the military.
The ARMY undid a lot of the damage, and grew me up fast. I wrote off the half of my family that knew what was going on with my Dad. I still love my Mom.
tl;dr If you don't want to die old and alone with no one to hold your hand as you die, don't... beat... your... kids. | My mother divorced my Dad, drugged me up after being diagnosed with ADHD. After she couldn't handle me she sent me to live with my father.
Oh she divorced him because he hit her. So yay, great things coming my way.
Dad beats me with a belt at least twice a week. Several times to the point where I couldn't sit down. If you haven't been spanked till your ass is completely bruised... Yeah. Torture is a more relevant term.
So my Mom finds out about this after a few years and takes me back one Christmas. Oh, guess what? I'M A RAGING PSYCHOPATH NOW! I don't have the adhd symptoms, but I like to hurt people. I'm also weird as fuck because I attended a Christian school.
Mom can't handle me, go figure, and sends me BACK to live with my Dad. It's like... as long as she doesn't have to see it it's ok.
Same old shit happens except this time my Dad takes the extra step to homeschool me. So I get extra quality time with this asshole. Oh and now he has me working as a roofer for $2.50 an hour. In mother fucking FLORIDA. Try heat index of 140 on the roof in summer.
So beatings happen, I'm getting brainwashed into Christianity like you wouldn't believe.
Somehow I end up back with my Mom. My brain is fucked for this whole period of my life so I don't remember why. After about two months I put my younger brother in the hospital with a bat.
Yup. Back to live with Dad. He finally throws me out while I'm trying to finish high school. Move back home with my Mom at the threat of being homeless and join the military.
The ARMY undid a lot of the damage, and grew me up fast. I wrote off the half of my family that knew what was going on with my Dad. I still love my Mom.
tl;dr If you don't want to die old and alone with no one to hold your hand as you die, don't... beat... your... kids.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cfgmc6s | My mother divorced my Dad, drugged me up after being diagnosed with ADHD. After she couldn't handle me she sent me to live with my father.
Oh she divorced him because he hit her. So yay, great things coming my way.
Dad beats me with a belt at least twice a week. Several times to the point where I couldn't sit down. If you haven't been spanked till your ass is completely bruised... Yeah. Torture is a more relevant term.
So my Mom finds out about this after a few years and takes me back one Christmas. Oh, guess what? I'M A RAGING PSYCHOPATH NOW! I don't have the adhd symptoms, but I like to hurt people. I'm also weird as fuck because I attended a Christian school.
Mom can't handle me, go figure, and sends me BACK to live with my Dad. It's like... as long as she doesn't have to see it it's ok.
Same old shit happens except this time my Dad takes the extra step to homeschool me. So I get extra quality time with this asshole. Oh and now he has me working as a roofer for $2.50 an hour. In mother fucking FLORIDA. Try heat index of 140 on the roof in summer.
So beatings happen, I'm getting brainwashed into Christianity like you wouldn't believe.
Somehow I end up back with my Mom. My brain is fucked for this whole period of my life so I don't remember why. After about two months I put my younger brother in the hospital with a bat.
Yup. Back to live with Dad. He finally throws me out while I'm trying to finish high school. Move back home with my Mom at the threat of being homeless and join the military.
The ARMY undid a lot of the damage, and grew me up fast. I wrote off the half of my family that knew what was going on with my Dad. I still love my Mom. | If you don't want to die old and alone with no one to hold your hand as you die, don't... beat... your... kids. |
tazm89 | I've told this story before but I'll tell it again. I was given Sapphire from my brother for my birthday. My first play through of it I did not look up the plot line or cheats or anything else about the game. I wanted to experience it like the first time I played Blue. I got to the part where you teach Wally to catch a Pokemon and of course he got Ralts. I saw it and decided I wanted one on my team and proceeded to catch one. Long story short; it evolved into a Kirlia with the ability Mirage. ("Able to make mirages appear" was the description.) It never had any effect in battle and I thought nothing of it when it evolved into Gardevoir while I was in Lilycove. Eventually I got to Pacificlog, learned about Mirage Island, and cried. Tried looking up about the game after that only to find there are no records of a Kirlia with Mirage existing. And it's almost impossible to find anything that isn't a Pokedex entry because it's the "Mirage Pokemon".
Best answer I've every found for what happened was my game accessed code that should have been deleted. Like the developers were going to have Mirage as an ability then changed their minds.
TL;DR: Caught a Ralts, evolved it to a Kirlia with Mirage ability, evolved again at Lilycove, learned about Mirage Island later, now people call me a liar. :( | I've told this story before but I'll tell it again. I was given Sapphire from my brother for my birthday. My first play through of it I did not look up the plot line or cheats or anything else about the game. I wanted to experience it like the first time I played Blue. I got to the part where you teach Wally to catch a Pokemon and of course he got Ralts. I saw it and decided I wanted one on my team and proceeded to catch one. Long story short; it evolved into a Kirlia with the ability Mirage. ("Able to make mirages appear" was the description.) It never had any effect in battle and I thought nothing of it when it evolved into Gardevoir while I was in Lilycove. Eventually I got to Pacificlog, learned about Mirage Island, and cried. Tried looking up about the game after that only to find there are no records of a Kirlia with Mirage existing. And it's almost impossible to find anything that isn't a Pokedex entry because it's the "Mirage Pokemon".
Best answer I've every found for what happened was my game accessed code that should have been deleted. Like the developers were going to have Mirage as an ability then changed their minds.
TL;DR: Caught a Ralts, evolved it to a Kirlia with Mirage ability, evolved again at Lilycove, learned about Mirage Island later, now people call me a liar. :(
| pokemon | t5_2qmeb | cfg9iri | I've told this story before but I'll tell it again. I was given Sapphire from my brother for my birthday. My first play through of it I did not look up the plot line or cheats or anything else about the game. I wanted to experience it like the first time I played Blue. I got to the part where you teach Wally to catch a Pokemon and of course he got Ralts. I saw it and decided I wanted one on my team and proceeded to catch one. Long story short; it evolved into a Kirlia with the ability Mirage. ("Able to make mirages appear" was the description.) It never had any effect in battle and I thought nothing of it when it evolved into Gardevoir while I was in Lilycove. Eventually I got to Pacificlog, learned about Mirage Island, and cried. Tried looking up about the game after that only to find there are no records of a Kirlia with Mirage existing. And it's almost impossible to find anything that isn't a Pokedex entry because it's the "Mirage Pokemon".
Best answer I've every found for what happened was my game accessed code that should have been deleted. Like the developers were going to have Mirage as an ability then changed their minds. | Caught a Ralts, evolved it to a Kirlia with Mirage ability, evolved again at Lilycove, learned about Mirage Island later, now people call me a liar. :( |
Darrark | Regardless, it's always a reply to "Dan's banned from [insert country]", which is also a bothersomely common phrase.
*I know*, *I know*, these phrases will eventually fade... only to be replaced by new ones. I'm just voicing one of the few things that annoys me about the internet; whenever something gets popular, either in a community or internet-wide, everyone beats it into the ground until it's not funny or entertaining anymore.
Examples: Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain, Keyboard Cat, PSY's Gangnam Style, Nyan Cat, videos of people falling over... yeah, all hammered into obscurity by people who obsessed over it. That's not to say they weren't good or entertaining-- but it's kind of like when you love a song, then you play it over and over until you hate it; it's essentially the same principal, except it's NerdCubed and it's more of an in-joke... a very *tired* in-joke at this point.
'Banned from many places" is not a catchphrase. THESE are catchphrases:
Dan:
>"Hello Procrastinators!"
>"Manchester United: Nil"
>"Turrah!"
Steve (it was Steve, right? His father?)
>"EEEEYAAAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!"
>"Hello everybody welcome back to Dadcubed-- Yeah, the old man from Essex is back again"
>"Byyyyeee!!"
It seems a bit pretentious to have a 'community catchphrase'; when have you ever heard of a community having a catchphrase? Never!
Even the word is described as thus:
>a well-known sentence or phrase, typically one that is associated with a particular famous person.
Well, dan's *kinda* famous-- not sure if that's a stretch, but he *is* well known. We're not celebrities, nowhere near. Dan's certainly much closer to that, and that's why he has a catchphrase (well, multiple)
I am making *way* too big of a deal out of this. I need to go to bed, I'm getting grumpy. Don't take my bit the wrong way, I'm just sassy for some reason. Argumentative, yeah, that's the word. Or moronic... you could go with that.
**tl;dr**: Just pretend I'm a duck, then suddenly nothing I say matters and you've no reason to take me seriously, no matter how much sense I try to make. Also, you may notice that this has nothing to do with what I've said; spot on-- good eye :D | Regardless, it's always a reply to "Dan's banned from [insert country]", which is also a bothersomely common phrase.
I know , I know , these phrases will eventually fade... only to be replaced by new ones. I'm just voicing one of the few things that annoys me about the internet; whenever something gets popular, either in a community or internet-wide, everyone beats it into the ground until it's not funny or entertaining anymore.
Examples: Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain, Keyboard Cat, PSY's Gangnam Style, Nyan Cat, videos of people falling over... yeah, all hammered into obscurity by people who obsessed over it. That's not to say they weren't good or entertaining-- but it's kind of like when you love a song, then you play it over and over until you hate it; it's essentially the same principal, except it's NerdCubed and it's more of an in-joke... a very tired in-joke at this point.
'Banned from many places" is not a catchphrase. THESE are catchphrases:
Dan:
>"Hello Procrastinators!"
>"Manchester United: Nil"
>"Turrah!"
Steve (it was Steve, right? His father?)
>"EEEEYAAAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!"
>"Hello everybody welcome back to Dadcubed-- Yeah, the old man from Essex is back again"
>"Byyyyeee!!"
It seems a bit pretentious to have a 'community catchphrase'; when have you ever heard of a community having a catchphrase? Never!
Even the word is described as thus:
>a well-known sentence or phrase, typically one that is associated with a particular famous person.
Well, dan's kinda famous-- not sure if that's a stretch, but he is well known. We're not celebrities, nowhere near. Dan's certainly much closer to that, and that's why he has a catchphrase (well, multiple)
I am making way too big of a deal out of this. I need to go to bed, I'm getting grumpy. Don't take my bit the wrong way, I'm just sassy for some reason. Argumentative, yeah, that's the word. Or moronic... you could go with that.
tl;dr : Just pretend I'm a duck, then suddenly nothing I say matters and you've no reason to take me seriously, no matter how much sense I try to make. Also, you may notice that this has nothing to do with what I've said; spot on-- good eye :D
| nerdcubed | t5_2thfq | cfi6jqh | Regardless, it's always a reply to "Dan's banned from [insert country]", which is also a bothersomely common phrase.
I know , I know , these phrases will eventually fade... only to be replaced by new ones. I'm just voicing one of the few things that annoys me about the internet; whenever something gets popular, either in a community or internet-wide, everyone beats it into the ground until it's not funny or entertaining anymore.
Examples: Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain, Keyboard Cat, PSY's Gangnam Style, Nyan Cat, videos of people falling over... yeah, all hammered into obscurity by people who obsessed over it. That's not to say they weren't good or entertaining-- but it's kind of like when you love a song, then you play it over and over until you hate it; it's essentially the same principal, except it's NerdCubed and it's more of an in-joke... a very tired in-joke at this point.
'Banned from many places" is not a catchphrase. THESE are catchphrases:
Dan:
>"Hello Procrastinators!"
>"Manchester United: Nil"
>"Turrah!"
Steve (it was Steve, right? His father?)
>"EEEEYAAAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!"
>"Hello everybody welcome back to Dadcubed-- Yeah, the old man from Essex is back again"
>"Byyyyeee!!"
It seems a bit pretentious to have a 'community catchphrase'; when have you ever heard of a community having a catchphrase? Never!
Even the word is described as thus:
>a well-known sentence or phrase, typically one that is associated with a particular famous person.
Well, dan's kinda famous-- not sure if that's a stretch, but he is well known. We're not celebrities, nowhere near. Dan's certainly much closer to that, and that's why he has a catchphrase (well, multiple)
I am making way too big of a deal out of this. I need to go to bed, I'm getting grumpy. Don't take my bit the wrong way, I'm just sassy for some reason. Argumentative, yeah, that's the word. Or moronic... you could go with that. | Just pretend I'm a duck, then suddenly nothing I say matters and you've no reason to take me seriously, no matter how much sense I try to make. Also, you may notice that this has nothing to do with what I've said; spot on-- good eye :D |
JoshM_01 | I love that TL;DR. :D | I love that TL;DR. :D
| nerdcubed | t5_2thfq | cfi7hje | I love that | D |
Segal-train | I dunno, I don't particularly care for most electronic or hip hop albums. I grew up generally listening to punk-ish music, so I always had a weird aversion to both the genres. However, as my music taste began to expand I gained a little interest in both the genres. I am not too familiar with either, but you mentioned both Macklemore and The Knife as MOR and Disclosure and Blackstar as more fringe things. From those examples I would definitely be more interested in fringe stuff, and it is probably just because it is more interesting to me. I originally listened to punk music because I was tired of mainstream music at the time - so my interest in more fringe stuff is probably just an extension of that. The MOR stuff just isn't interesting enough for me I guess.
TLDR: Punk music growing up made me crave interesting music, which in turn led me in the direction of fringe artists in Hip Hop/Electronic. | I dunno, I don't particularly care for most electronic or hip hop albums. I grew up generally listening to punk-ish music, so I always had a weird aversion to both the genres. However, as my music taste began to expand I gained a little interest in both the genres. I am not too familiar with either, but you mentioned both Macklemore and The Knife as MOR and Disclosure and Blackstar as more fringe things. From those examples I would definitely be more interested in fringe stuff, and it is probably just because it is more interesting to me. I originally listened to punk music because I was tired of mainstream music at the time - so my interest in more fringe stuff is probably just an extension of that. The MOR stuff just isn't interesting enough for me I guess.
TLDR: Punk music growing up made me crave interesting music, which in turn led me in the direction of fringe artists in Hip Hop/Electronic.
| indieheads | t5_2zj24 | cfgx9mu | I dunno, I don't particularly care for most electronic or hip hop albums. I grew up generally listening to punk-ish music, so I always had a weird aversion to both the genres. However, as my music taste began to expand I gained a little interest in both the genres. I am not too familiar with either, but you mentioned both Macklemore and The Knife as MOR and Disclosure and Blackstar as more fringe things. From those examples I would definitely be more interested in fringe stuff, and it is probably just because it is more interesting to me. I originally listened to punk music because I was tired of mainstream music at the time - so my interest in more fringe stuff is probably just an extension of that. The MOR stuff just isn't interesting enough for me I guess. | Punk music growing up made me crave interesting music, which in turn led me in the direction of fringe artists in Hip Hop/Electronic. |
KarmicBurn | I prefer to play on Deity with only a military victory enabled and here is the general starting strat that will put you in a position to build your empire at all levels.
1. Take that first warrior you begin with and move it out to explore in the direct vicinity of your city. Think going out to the 3 hex city founding limit and do a complete circuit around. You will find at least one barbarian encampment this way as well as a good view of your closest available luxury for city founding.
a. Attack your barbarian encampment only when you are above 70% health with your warrior (in the Green). Use the alert command to heal for one turn and pop right back over there instead of standing to full heal. Usually you'll get 1 to 2 spawns of the encampment. By the time you've cleared it up you'll have a lvl 4 warrior. Do not ride straight towards March(heals every turn no matter what). Use those promotions to get both levels of your medic ability and then decide if you want to go for march. I recommend first promotion for rough terrain, but the map should dictate this.
b. DO NOT EXPLORE WITH YOUR WARRIOR. The harder the difficulty and if you are playing with raging barbarians will ensure that an exploring warrior will end your game with a captured capital.
2. First thing you build is a worker. Every civ, every game, every time. Being able to build in your territory is crucial. This worker is the foundation of your entire game. Have it run back to the city if you get even a whiff of barbarians. It is possible to recover from losing your first worker, but requires a ton of luck at higher difficulties.
a. Unit building is your first objective. After the worker build a Scout then another Warrior. At this point you should have grown in population and it's time to build that first Settler! Move that settler out to the closest new luxury resource that you have found with your circling warrior and found the city. Don't worry too much about happiness at this point, growth and production are key.
b. After the founding of your 2nd city, it's time to focus on your capital stats. Unless your are rushing for Wonders, your main focus will be on three areas: Science, Culture, Faith. All things being equal, the civ with the highest science output will win the game every time. Access to better units and structures guarantee this. Culture and Faith are important because they are 'Hard' statistics. What that means is that they do not scale, they are what they are no matter how big your city or empire becomes. Science will continue to increase no matter what as long as you have gold. Gold will fluctuate up and down depending on city size, unit counts and area development. Happiness will continue to decline. Culture becomes more and more valuable as the game progresses as each advancement costs more. The benefits of cultural policies are incomparable with all other aspects of the game. Cultural dominance is secondary to Science, but since it won't just grow in it's own it takes constant effort to increase.
3. Research and all the fun science has to offer! What do you research first? You'll be tempted by Wonders and units and buildings. You'll want to go for whatever technology is needed to access your available luxury resources. But the vital first technology is Writing. That library is the most important thing to have built in your city. Not too mention while your researching this you'll quickly have access to the shrine and granary, giving you more than enough building options until the research is finished. I almost always go balls out for building the Great Library wonder as soon as the technology is researched as the free tech is an awesome boost. Even if someone else builds it first, the gold amount is comparatively massive in early game and can make up for lost time buying units that you could have been building.
That is about all you need to start off strong. One last tip that I have found makes my marathon/deity games more enjoyable early is war. After meeting other civs, you are bound to be invited to declare war on someone. Do it. Until you get to the point where you are actively planning out an empire road network and deciding which civs stand in your way agree to declare war every time. The potential gains that you will receive during the peace negotiations can take a frightfully inadequate civilization and turn it into a strong powerhouse earlier than can be expected.
tl;dr: Build a goddamn worker and expand fast. | I prefer to play on Deity with only a military victory enabled and here is the general starting strat that will put you in a position to build your empire at all levels.
Take that first warrior you begin with and move it out to explore in the direct vicinity of your city. Think going out to the 3 hex city founding limit and do a complete circuit around. You will find at least one barbarian encampment this way as well as a good view of your closest available luxury for city founding.
a. Attack your barbarian encampment only when you are above 70% health with your warrior (in the Green). Use the alert command to heal for one turn and pop right back over there instead of standing to full heal. Usually you'll get 1 to 2 spawns of the encampment. By the time you've cleared it up you'll have a lvl 4 warrior. Do not ride straight towards March(heals every turn no matter what). Use those promotions to get both levels of your medic ability and then decide if you want to go for march. I recommend first promotion for rough terrain, but the map should dictate this.
b. DO NOT EXPLORE WITH YOUR WARRIOR. The harder the difficulty and if you are playing with raging barbarians will ensure that an exploring warrior will end your game with a captured capital.
First thing you build is a worker. Every civ, every game, every time. Being able to build in your territory is crucial. This worker is the foundation of your entire game. Have it run back to the city if you get even a whiff of barbarians. It is possible to recover from losing your first worker, but requires a ton of luck at higher difficulties.
a. Unit building is your first objective. After the worker build a Scout then another Warrior. At this point you should have grown in population and it's time to build that first Settler! Move that settler out to the closest new luxury resource that you have found with your circling warrior and found the city. Don't worry too much about happiness at this point, growth and production are key.
b. After the founding of your 2nd city, it's time to focus on your capital stats. Unless your are rushing for Wonders, your main focus will be on three areas: Science, Culture, Faith. All things being equal, the civ with the highest science output will win the game every time. Access to better units and structures guarantee this. Culture and Faith are important because they are 'Hard' statistics. What that means is that they do not scale, they are what they are no matter how big your city or empire becomes. Science will continue to increase no matter what as long as you have gold. Gold will fluctuate up and down depending on city size, unit counts and area development. Happiness will continue to decline. Culture becomes more and more valuable as the game progresses as each advancement costs more. The benefits of cultural policies are incomparable with all other aspects of the game. Cultural dominance is secondary to Science, but since it won't just grow in it's own it takes constant effort to increase.
Research and all the fun science has to offer! What do you research first? You'll be tempted by Wonders and units and buildings. You'll want to go for whatever technology is needed to access your available luxury resources. But the vital first technology is Writing. That library is the most important thing to have built in your city. Not too mention while your researching this you'll quickly have access to the shrine and granary, giving you more than enough building options until the research is finished. I almost always go balls out for building the Great Library wonder as soon as the technology is researched as the free tech is an awesome boost. Even if someone else builds it first, the gold amount is comparatively massive in early game and can make up for lost time buying units that you could have been building.
That is about all you need to start off strong. One last tip that I have found makes my marathon/deity games more enjoyable early is war. After meeting other civs, you are bound to be invited to declare war on someone. Do it. Until you get to the point where you are actively planning out an empire road network and deciding which civs stand in your way agree to declare war every time. The potential gains that you will receive during the peace negotiations can take a frightfully inadequate civilization and turn it into a strong powerhouse earlier than can be expected.
tl;dr: Build a goddamn worker and expand fast.
| civ5 | t5_2s48d | cfgv6kh | I prefer to play on Deity with only a military victory enabled and here is the general starting strat that will put you in a position to build your empire at all levels.
Take that first warrior you begin with and move it out to explore in the direct vicinity of your city. Think going out to the 3 hex city founding limit and do a complete circuit around. You will find at least one barbarian encampment this way as well as a good view of your closest available luxury for city founding.
a. Attack your barbarian encampment only when you are above 70% health with your warrior (in the Green). Use the alert command to heal for one turn and pop right back over there instead of standing to full heal. Usually you'll get 1 to 2 spawns of the encampment. By the time you've cleared it up you'll have a lvl 4 warrior. Do not ride straight towards March(heals every turn no matter what). Use those promotions to get both levels of your medic ability and then decide if you want to go for march. I recommend first promotion for rough terrain, but the map should dictate this.
b. DO NOT EXPLORE WITH YOUR WARRIOR. The harder the difficulty and if you are playing with raging barbarians will ensure that an exploring warrior will end your game with a captured capital.
First thing you build is a worker. Every civ, every game, every time. Being able to build in your territory is crucial. This worker is the foundation of your entire game. Have it run back to the city if you get even a whiff of barbarians. It is possible to recover from losing your first worker, but requires a ton of luck at higher difficulties.
a. Unit building is your first objective. After the worker build a Scout then another Warrior. At this point you should have grown in population and it's time to build that first Settler! Move that settler out to the closest new luxury resource that you have found with your circling warrior and found the city. Don't worry too much about happiness at this point, growth and production are key.
b. After the founding of your 2nd city, it's time to focus on your capital stats. Unless your are rushing for Wonders, your main focus will be on three areas: Science, Culture, Faith. All things being equal, the civ with the highest science output will win the game every time. Access to better units and structures guarantee this. Culture and Faith are important because they are 'Hard' statistics. What that means is that they do not scale, they are what they are no matter how big your city or empire becomes. Science will continue to increase no matter what as long as you have gold. Gold will fluctuate up and down depending on city size, unit counts and area development. Happiness will continue to decline. Culture becomes more and more valuable as the game progresses as each advancement costs more. The benefits of cultural policies are incomparable with all other aspects of the game. Cultural dominance is secondary to Science, but since it won't just grow in it's own it takes constant effort to increase.
Research and all the fun science has to offer! What do you research first? You'll be tempted by Wonders and units and buildings. You'll want to go for whatever technology is needed to access your available luxury resources. But the vital first technology is Writing. That library is the most important thing to have built in your city. Not too mention while your researching this you'll quickly have access to the shrine and granary, giving you more than enough building options until the research is finished. I almost always go balls out for building the Great Library wonder as soon as the technology is researched as the free tech is an awesome boost. Even if someone else builds it first, the gold amount is comparatively massive in early game and can make up for lost time buying units that you could have been building.
That is about all you need to start off strong. One last tip that I have found makes my marathon/deity games more enjoyable early is war. After meeting other civs, you are bound to be invited to declare war on someone. Do it. Until you get to the point where you are actively planning out an empire road network and deciding which civs stand in your way agree to declare war every time. The potential gains that you will receive during the peace negotiations can take a frightfully inadequate civilization and turn it into a strong powerhouse earlier than can be expected. | Build a goddamn worker and expand fast. |
CollegiateDiscGolf | This is the NCDGC here.
As an employee of the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships and as the president of my university's club team, I have had many wonderful experiences playing collegiate disc golf. It is a lot of fun to travel to tournaments, build camaraderie and friendships with your teammates, and the competition is top-notch!
I am not aware of any competitive teams at any of those schools you listed but that should not stop you from starting one!
Starting a club at any university is going to have its challenges and each school's process will be different but it will be worth every bit of the effort!
If you're interested in starting a team, check here for more info:
We also have qualifiers all across the nation and a complete listing of collegiate events can be found here:
We wish you the best of luck with your collegiate disc golf career and maybe one day we’ll see you at National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships!
TLDR: Playing collegiate disc golf is awesome and it doesn’t matter if there is a team or not, start your own.
| This is the NCDGC here.
As an employee of the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships and as the president of my university's club team, I have had many wonderful experiences playing collegiate disc golf. It is a lot of fun to travel to tournaments, build camaraderie and friendships with your teammates, and the competition is top-notch!
I am not aware of any competitive teams at any of those schools you listed but that should not stop you from starting one!
Starting a club at any university is going to have its challenges and each school's process will be different but it will be worth every bit of the effort!
If you're interested in starting a team, check here for more info:
We also have qualifiers all across the nation and a complete listing of collegiate events can be found here:
We wish you the best of luck with your collegiate disc golf career and maybe one day we’ll see you at National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships!
TLDR: Playing collegiate disc golf is awesome and it doesn’t matter if there is a team or not, start your own.
| discgolf | t5_2qk68 | cfhjnb2 | This is the NCDGC here.
As an employee of the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships and as the president of my university's club team, I have had many wonderful experiences playing collegiate disc golf. It is a lot of fun to travel to tournaments, build camaraderie and friendships with your teammates, and the competition is top-notch!
I am not aware of any competitive teams at any of those schools you listed but that should not stop you from starting one!
Starting a club at any university is going to have its challenges and each school's process will be different but it will be worth every bit of the effort!
If you're interested in starting a team, check here for more info:
We also have qualifiers all across the nation and a complete listing of collegiate events can be found here:
We wish you the best of luck with your collegiate disc golf career and maybe one day we’ll see you at National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships! | Playing collegiate disc golf is awesome and it doesn’t matter if there is a team or not, start your own. |
Maximum20LettersUsed | Not my sink and not my house. But. I was on holiday a few years ago. Our room had a kitchen areas with a large hot plate to cook on. We came back from our evening out and our door wouldn't unlock with the key card. After trying for a few seconds I tried it without the key card then tried it lifting the handle up and I discovered that our door would open without the key if you lifted the handle.
Anyway. We went to bed, both relatively sober as were not big drinkers. Next morning, woke up to the smell of vomit. Looked everywhere bT couldn't find it. As I went to get a glass of water I noticed the hot plate was completely covered in nasty chunky vomit. It didn't belong to either of us.
TL;DR Some stranger came into our hotel room in the middle of the night and puked all over our hot plate. | Not my sink and not my house. But. I was on holiday a few years ago. Our room had a kitchen areas with a large hot plate to cook on. We came back from our evening out and our door wouldn't unlock with the key card. After trying for a few seconds I tried it without the key card then tried it lifting the handle up and I discovered that our door would open without the key if you lifted the handle.
Anyway. We went to bed, both relatively sober as were not big drinkers. Next morning, woke up to the smell of vomit. Looked everywhere bT couldn't find it. As I went to get a glass of water I noticed the hot plate was completely covered in nasty chunky vomit. It didn't belong to either of us.
TL;DR Some stranger came into our hotel room in the middle of the night and puked all over our hot plate.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfgm7ns | Not my sink and not my house. But. I was on holiday a few years ago. Our room had a kitchen areas with a large hot plate to cook on. We came back from our evening out and our door wouldn't unlock with the key card. After trying for a few seconds I tried it without the key card then tried it lifting the handle up and I discovered that our door would open without the key if you lifted the handle.
Anyway. We went to bed, both relatively sober as were not big drinkers. Next morning, woke up to the smell of vomit. Looked everywhere bT couldn't find it. As I went to get a glass of water I noticed the hot plate was completely covered in nasty chunky vomit. It didn't belong to either of us. | Some stranger came into our hotel room in the middle of the night and puked all over our hot plate. |
katzlorenzana | Hello! :) last month ko lang ito na-discover :)
I've been looking for bar stools for almost 5 months but they've always seemed unreasonably priced at P3K to P4K. I've checked literally everywhere and it's priced similarly be it Wilcon, SM, Home Depot, specialty stores, etc. So I found this place alongside Aurora blvd. They have bar stools that are EXACTLY the ones they sell in Dimensione at P3,800++ but they sell at JUST P1,800!! So of course I bought two.
I saw desks, closets, bookshelves, side tables, office tables, etc. there as well. In fact, I purchased the exact same office chair as my boyfriend but LESS P1,600.
You can check their online store (the name of the place is Nemie Furniture) to know first what piece you are actually interested in. But the whopping discounts are given in store. They drop prices at the THOUSANDS.
Medjo rock and roll yung place kasi dusty and bodega-ish. But that's it. Yung sa Aurora friendly yung staff and the owners are there conducting the business themselves. Meron din silang bigger selection sa kanilang mga binders. You can be assured of product because they have to call sa factory to have it delivered. Trade-off is you wait 3-days. But that's it: Super awesome discounts, same product, also they deliver. :)
TLDR; Products you see in the mall for half the price. Nemie Furniture. | Hello! :) last month ko lang ito na-discover :)
I've been looking for bar stools for almost 5 months but they've always seemed unreasonably priced at P3K to P4K. I've checked literally everywhere and it's priced similarly be it Wilcon, SM, Home Depot, specialty stores, etc. So I found this place alongside Aurora blvd. They have bar stools that are EXACTLY the ones they sell in Dimensione at P3,800++ but they sell at JUST P1,800!! So of course I bought two.
I saw desks, closets, bookshelves, side tables, office tables, etc. there as well. In fact, I purchased the exact same office chair as my boyfriend but LESS P1,600.
You can check their online store (the name of the place is Nemie Furniture) to know first what piece you are actually interested in. But the whopping discounts are given in store. They drop prices at the THOUSANDS.
Medjo rock and roll yung place kasi dusty and bodega-ish. But that's it. Yung sa Aurora friendly yung staff and the owners are there conducting the business themselves. Meron din silang bigger selection sa kanilang mga binders. You can be assured of product because they have to call sa factory to have it delivered. Trade-off is you wait 3-days. But that's it: Super awesome discounts, same product, also they deliver. :)
TLDR; Products you see in the mall for half the price. Nemie Furniture.
| Philippines | t5_2qjov | cfh2rai | Hello! :) last month ko lang ito na-discover :)
I've been looking for bar stools for almost 5 months but they've always seemed unreasonably priced at P3K to P4K. I've checked literally everywhere and it's priced similarly be it Wilcon, SM, Home Depot, specialty stores, etc. So I found this place alongside Aurora blvd. They have bar stools that are EXACTLY the ones they sell in Dimensione at P3,800++ but they sell at JUST P1,800!! So of course I bought two.
I saw desks, closets, bookshelves, side tables, office tables, etc. there as well. In fact, I purchased the exact same office chair as my boyfriend but LESS P1,600.
You can check their online store (the name of the place is Nemie Furniture) to know first what piece you are actually interested in. But the whopping discounts are given in store. They drop prices at the THOUSANDS.
Medjo rock and roll yung place kasi dusty and bodega-ish. But that's it. Yung sa Aurora friendly yung staff and the owners are there conducting the business themselves. Meron din silang bigger selection sa kanilang mga binders. You can be assured of product because they have to call sa factory to have it delivered. Trade-off is you wait 3-days. But that's it: Super awesome discounts, same product, also they deliver. :) | Products you see in the mall for half the price. Nemie Furniture. |
Bonobo1009 | I'll try to do what the article didn't explain:
SystemD and UpStart are different systems in how the OS starts, manages, and stops running services.
The whole reasoning behind this debate is becuase something as basic as this can cause major problems down the road. Systems running newer versions will have different bugs than the other, and can be a nightmare to fix for both.
Another factor is pride. A good number of Debian developers made vast contributions to upstart. Seeing it thrown away is an insult to their work, which is enough for them to want to resign.
TL;DR it controls how things boot up and is very important
PS: i'm not well educated in this, but I used what I've learned
EDIT: fixed definition of init systems | I'll try to do what the article didn't explain:
SystemD and UpStart are different systems in how the OS starts, manages, and stops running services.
The whole reasoning behind this debate is becuase something as basic as this can cause major problems down the road. Systems running newer versions will have different bugs than the other, and can be a nightmare to fix for both.
Another factor is pride. A good number of Debian developers made vast contributions to upstart. Seeing it thrown away is an insult to their work, which is enough for them to want to resign.
TL;DR it controls how things boot up and is very important
PS: i'm not well educated in this, but I used what I've learned
EDIT: fixed definition of init systems
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cfh7ulq | I'll try to do what the article didn't explain:
SystemD and UpStart are different systems in how the OS starts, manages, and stops running services.
The whole reasoning behind this debate is becuase something as basic as this can cause major problems down the road. Systems running newer versions will have different bugs than the other, and can be a nightmare to fix for both.
Another factor is pride. A good number of Debian developers made vast contributions to upstart. Seeing it thrown away is an insult to their work, which is enough for them to want to resign. | it controls how things boot up and is very important
PS: i'm not well educated in this, but I used what I've learned
EDIT: fixed definition of init systems |
HappyJerk | > Conversation ensued about which president you'd be--I'd be JFK, of course.
I don't know how to say this, but JFK's term didn't end very well.
> "Dude, that girl was ugly. I give you no credit for talking to them, she's fucking engaged. You got nothing out of it, what a joke."
This is just bitch talk. The fact is, society teaches guys that their value is tied up in the type of women they can "pull." So guys get very emotional and defensive when its clear that you have a skill at getting girls that they don't. That's why so many guys get douchey and defensive when they are criticized here on r/seddit. Your friend is just projecting his own fear and insecurities on you.
You did great. You had no idea those girls were engaged when you approach them and you still made some new friends. That's awesome. And also, if the engagements falls apart your dick will have first priority for her mouth.
Being able to approach random people is a great skill to have. If you move to a great city like New York or LA, you can meet a lot of really awesome, interesting people just by approaching. When I lived in New York I would sometimes approach guys I thought looked interesting. And I'm totes not gay. I met a lot of really awesome, cool guys. One night I met a guy who owned the largest tie company in America, and he invited me on his boat the next day to party with models. It was awesome. One night I thought I had a date with a girl and she brought a dude friend over. Instead of getting angry, I befriended him and guess what -he invited me on a boat to party with models the next week!!
In fact, there are some articles that say that one of the main reasons that women get paid less than men is that they never learn the art of approaching random strangers (in the dating world), so they are less likely to approach and ask for favors, raises, promotions, etc..., and they are shittier and finding new clients and business prospects.
So, TLDR - you did well, fuck your friend. | > Conversation ensued about which president you'd be--I'd be JFK, of course.
I don't know how to say this, but JFK's term didn't end very well.
> "Dude, that girl was ugly. I give you no credit for talking to them, she's fucking engaged. You got nothing out of it, what a joke."
This is just bitch talk. The fact is, society teaches guys that their value is tied up in the type of women they can "pull." So guys get very emotional and defensive when its clear that you have a skill at getting girls that they don't. That's why so many guys get douchey and defensive when they are criticized here on r/seddit. Your friend is just projecting his own fear and insecurities on you.
You did great. You had no idea those girls were engaged when you approach them and you still made some new friends. That's awesome. And also, if the engagements falls apart your dick will have first priority for her mouth.
Being able to approach random people is a great skill to have. If you move to a great city like New York or LA, you can meet a lot of really awesome, interesting people just by approaching. When I lived in New York I would sometimes approach guys I thought looked interesting. And I'm totes not gay. I met a lot of really awesome, cool guys. One night I met a guy who owned the largest tie company in America, and he invited me on his boat the next day to party with models. It was awesome. One night I thought I had a date with a girl and she brought a dude friend over. Instead of getting angry, I befriended him and guess what -he invited me on a boat to party with models the next week!!
In fact, there are some articles that say that one of the main reasons that women get paid less than men is that they never learn the art of approaching random strangers (in the dating world), so they are less likely to approach and ask for favors, raises, promotions, etc..., and they are shittier and finding new clients and business prospects.
So, TLDR - you did well, fuck your friend.
| seduction | t5_2qhrv | cfhnoo8 | Conversation ensued about which president you'd be--I'd be JFK, of course.
I don't know how to say this, but JFK's term didn't end very well.
> "Dude, that girl was ugly. I give you no credit for talking to them, she's fucking engaged. You got nothing out of it, what a joke."
This is just bitch talk. The fact is, society teaches guys that their value is tied up in the type of women they can "pull." So guys get very emotional and defensive when its clear that you have a skill at getting girls that they don't. That's why so many guys get douchey and defensive when they are criticized here on r/seddit. Your friend is just projecting his own fear and insecurities on you.
You did great. You had no idea those girls were engaged when you approach them and you still made some new friends. That's awesome. And also, if the engagements falls apart your dick will have first priority for her mouth.
Being able to approach random people is a great skill to have. If you move to a great city like New York or LA, you can meet a lot of really awesome, interesting people just by approaching. When I lived in New York I would sometimes approach guys I thought looked interesting. And I'm totes not gay. I met a lot of really awesome, cool guys. One night I met a guy who owned the largest tie company in America, and he invited me on his boat the next day to party with models. It was awesome. One night I thought I had a date with a girl and she brought a dude friend over. Instead of getting angry, I befriended him and guess what -he invited me on a boat to party with models the next week!!
In fact, there are some articles that say that one of the main reasons that women get paid less than men is that they never learn the art of approaching random strangers (in the dating world), so they are less likely to approach and ask for favors, raises, promotions, etc..., and they are shittier and finding new clients and business prospects.
So, | you did well, fuck your friend. |
cleopatraz | I hate treasure hunter. With SoF, I had to click less. Also I felt (perhaps inaccurately, but that doesn't really matter for my brain does it) that I had more control over my prize. I used the counting method, and I did get what I was aiming for more often than random chance. Counting in this way made it a game for me, something interesting.
In the new method, I have a choice between multiple boxes. It probably makes no difference which box I pick, but it stresses me out just the same. It's click intensive because I have to move my mouse to click a box. The graphics are messy. There's no hoping for the prize in the middle, no satisfaction if you get the prize for which you were aiming. It's just random.
tl;dr Not everyone prefers Treasure Hunter.
(edit for profanity) | I hate treasure hunter. With SoF, I had to click less. Also I felt (perhaps inaccurately, but that doesn't really matter for my brain does it) that I had more control over my prize. I used the counting method, and I did get what I was aiming for more often than random chance. Counting in this way made it a game for me, something interesting.
In the new method, I have a choice between multiple boxes. It probably makes no difference which box I pick, but it stresses me out just the same. It's click intensive because I have to move my mouse to click a box. The graphics are messy. There's no hoping for the prize in the middle, no satisfaction if you get the prize for which you were aiming. It's just random.
tl;dr Not everyone prefers Treasure Hunter.
(edit for profanity)
| runescape | t5_2qwxl | cfhf4q0 | I hate treasure hunter. With SoF, I had to click less. Also I felt (perhaps inaccurately, but that doesn't really matter for my brain does it) that I had more control over my prize. I used the counting method, and I did get what I was aiming for more often than random chance. Counting in this way made it a game for me, something interesting.
In the new method, I have a choice between multiple boxes. It probably makes no difference which box I pick, but it stresses me out just the same. It's click intensive because I have to move my mouse to click a box. The graphics are messy. There's no hoping for the prize in the middle, no satisfaction if you get the prize for which you were aiming. It's just random. | Not everyone prefers Treasure Hunter.
(edit for profanity) |
sargentmyself | If it were say 18 v 18 you would die or kill someone around every corner having that many titans would be ridiculous just trying to movr around. For some reason everyone bashing the 6v6 doesn't seem to realize respawn put many hours into playing with the player count balance and eventually decided on 6v6 + AI. The game is fun as hell and obviously not too serious. People have been playing TF2 for years and it doesn't try to be competitive and entirely investment driven but it still has a huge player base and even though it's goofy and causal there is a huge competitive area of it aswhell. I don't get why every game that comes out needs to be entirely investment driven to keep people around. I'd much rather play a game because it's fun rather than because I want that awesome high level gun and because I need to win every match. This game is fun as all hell and I love every second of It even though it's casual as fuck.
Mother of god that's alot of words
Tl;dr fuck you it's fun | If it were say 18 v 18 you would die or kill someone around every corner having that many titans would be ridiculous just trying to movr around. For some reason everyone bashing the 6v6 doesn't seem to realize respawn put many hours into playing with the player count balance and eventually decided on 6v6 + AI. The game is fun as hell and obviously not too serious. People have been playing TF2 for years and it doesn't try to be competitive and entirely investment driven but it still has a huge player base and even though it's goofy and causal there is a huge competitive area of it aswhell. I don't get why every game that comes out needs to be entirely investment driven to keep people around. I'd much rather play a game because it's fun rather than because I want that awesome high level gun and because I need to win every match. This game is fun as all hell and I love every second of It even though it's casual as fuck.
Mother of god that's alot of words
Tl;dr fuck you it's fun
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfhlglx | If it were say 18 v 18 you would die or kill someone around every corner having that many titans would be ridiculous just trying to movr around. For some reason everyone bashing the 6v6 doesn't seem to realize respawn put many hours into playing with the player count balance and eventually decided on 6v6 + AI. The game is fun as hell and obviously not too serious. People have been playing TF2 for years and it doesn't try to be competitive and entirely investment driven but it still has a huge player base and even though it's goofy and causal there is a huge competitive area of it aswhell. I don't get why every game that comes out needs to be entirely investment driven to keep people around. I'd much rather play a game because it's fun rather than because I want that awesome high level gun and because I need to win every match. This game is fun as all hell and I love every second of It even though it's casual as fuck.
Mother of god that's alot of words | fuck you it's fun |
Ephemeris | After playing the Titanfall beta for the last few nights and not having played a competitive FPS on PC for a while I can confirm this. I have been getting my fuckin ass handed to me no matter which loadout I try. Most of the time I can get triple lock on a pilot with the auto-pistol and not be able to one-hit kill him. I get wrecked by people with the automatic rifles and shotguns.
TL;DR: PC players are fuckin godly compared to plebes like me | After playing the Titanfall beta for the last few nights and not having played a competitive FPS on PC for a while I can confirm this. I have been getting my fuckin ass handed to me no matter which loadout I try. Most of the time I can get triple lock on a pilot with the auto-pistol and not be able to one-hit kill him. I get wrecked by people with the automatic rifles and shotguns.
TL;DR: PC players are fuckin godly compared to plebes like me
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfhky59 | After playing the Titanfall beta for the last few nights and not having played a competitive FPS on PC for a while I can confirm this. I have been getting my fuckin ass handed to me no matter which loadout I try. Most of the time I can get triple lock on a pilot with the auto-pistol and not be able to one-hit kill him. I get wrecked by people with the automatic rifles and shotguns. | PC players are fuckin godly compared to plebes like me |
biliken98 | I can't really control that in this forum, you are correct, but it really won't impact the major goals of the study. I actually have some more comment on why it will have little impact, but I can't post it here without giving away more about the study than I wish to disclose to potential participants. The major pieces are more contingent on factors other than student status, and student is required solely because of the limitations of a single measure.
Tl;dr: not too worried about it for scientifically valid reasons.
I appreciate your query! Thank you! | I can't really control that in this forum, you are correct, but it really won't impact the major goals of the study. I actually have some more comment on why it will have little impact, but I can't post it here without giving away more about the study than I wish to disclose to potential participants. The major pieces are more contingent on factors other than student status, and student is required solely because of the limitations of a single measure.
Tl;dr: not too worried about it for scientifically valid reasons.
I appreciate your query! Thank you!
| SampleSize | t5_2tlqg | cfhz0qt | I can't really control that in this forum, you are correct, but it really won't impact the major goals of the study. I actually have some more comment on why it will have little impact, but I can't post it here without giving away more about the study than I wish to disclose to potential participants. The major pieces are more contingent on factors other than student status, and student is required solely because of the limitations of a single measure. | not too worried about it for scientifically valid reasons.
I appreciate your query! Thank you! |
Scotch_Daily | Both of my dragons don't seem to mind. There was some concern that my big boy Luca would see the brightly colored bird as food, but they just don't care. I have that little windowsill perch for the dragons, and the bird will hop over from his cage and talk to them/interact. Sivvi the cockatiel even tries to snag some of the food they are eating. When the small female dragon is up on the roost, they just seem to look out the window for hours. When it's Luca, the bird actively tries to interact with him, often ending with Luca looking very confused.
Example:
TL;DR They are adorable together | Both of my dragons don't seem to mind. There was some concern that my big boy Luca would see the brightly colored bird as food, but they just don't care. I have that little windowsill perch for the dragons, and the bird will hop over from his cage and talk to them/interact. Sivvi the cockatiel even tries to snag some of the food they are eating. When the small female dragon is up on the roost, they just seem to look out the window for hours. When it's Luca, the bird actively tries to interact with him, often ending with Luca looking very confused.
Example:
TL;DR They are adorable together
| BeardedDragons | t5_2sove | cfhtsoo | Both of my dragons don't seem to mind. There was some concern that my big boy Luca would see the brightly colored bird as food, but they just don't care. I have that little windowsill perch for the dragons, and the bird will hop over from his cage and talk to them/interact. Sivvi the cockatiel even tries to snag some of the food they are eating. When the small female dragon is up on the roost, they just seem to look out the window for hours. When it's Luca, the bird actively tries to interact with him, often ending with Luca looking very confused.
Example: | They are adorable together |
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