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krista_ | I'm a bit of a storage nut, and have designed medium size enterprise storage solutions.
I *personally* don't trust the cloud, so I store local and backup.
I'm currently using a 8 drive RAID-6, backed up to an LTO6 tape. The tape has an incremental backup every week, and a full backup every six months (a copy of which goes in a safe deposit box).
RAID (not 0) or some other redundancy is pretty necessary for storage these days. On a HW level, hard drives are *large*, but not particularly reliable by themselves. When not powered on, they have a data retention of between 3 and 5 years. You *could* get more, but I wouldn't count on it.
HDD *also* have a "Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate" of somewhere around 1 bit in 10^14 (most drives) to 1 in 10^16 (really expensive enterprise SAS/FC drives). That *sounds* like a lot... but let's run some numbers:
1TB is 10^12 bytes, or 0.8x10^13 bits.
Our Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate is 1x10^14 *bits*
Ten full reads of the drive is 0.8x10^14 bits.
This means that with ten full reads of a 1TB drive, you are 80% likely to at least loose a bit of data. (it's not *quite* this simple, I'm lying a bit for simplicity. It's actually higher, all things considered).
Probably with audio, video, or image information, this won't be very noticeable, unless you get unlucky and it's an important bit, like in a header or directory table, but hey, we are audiophiles, and we want ~~good~~ perfect quality, right?
With a RAID type system, the likelihood of TWO bit errors happening on different drives at the *same* location is astronomically small, like 1 in 10^50. Note that this is *much* less likely than a bit error on both drives, as to lose information we have to have a bit error on both drives *in the same location*. If, and only if, this happens on a raid system, will your data corrupted due to this issue.
Another point on HDDs is that (aside from Non-Recoverable Read Errors and a power off shelf life of 3-5 years) is that the can fail in many, many other ways: a head crash, a motor burning out, a circuit failure, etc. RAID will also help with this. In *every* RAID setup (aside from 0), you can have at *least* one drive fail before you lose any information.
Although RAID helps greatly, it is *not* a substitute for backup. On this front, LTO tapes are the gold (if expensive) standard. With LTO6, tapes hold around 2.5TB of FLAC or compressed information, or a max of 6TB for compressible data. They read and write at over 100MB per second, and have a shelf life of **15 to 30 years**.
Another option would be M-Disc Blu-ray, with a claimed shelf life of 50-100 years... but while the drive is cheap, enough 25GB media to have a backup or 2 is insanely expensive.
Speaking of backups, it's usually considered "good practice" to make two sets of every *complete* backup, and keep one off-site in a bank vault or at a friend's house. This helps eliminate the possibility of data loss due to catastrophic events like fire, earthquake, Godzilla, or theft.
To be safe, offline backup media should have a "refresh protocol" to help eliminate bitrot and future incompatibilities. For LTO6 media, I plan to migrate all my relevant backups to a different tape/media/whatever is the solution at the time when LTO9 comes out (LTO is compatible for 2 generation previous), or around 10 years (well within the shelf life of my tapes)
OK: Now on to cloud availability:
I *personally* run my own. Right now I'm using JRiver Media Center, but I'm looking at other options. The way *I* see it is that if I spend the time (really not that much) to have reliable storage and backup, why bother trusting a fickle company? I'm sure (most) of their engineers are using a system at *least* as good as mine (hell, they'd better... I designed a few), but that doesn't mean the company doesn't suck. I've ran across a few that do crappy things like oversell their storage or bandwidth (business decision, not technical), or suddenly start charging an arm and a leg (again, business, not technical, decision).
Tl;dr: Doing this the right way is complicated.... and there isn't really a simple, reliable way. Do it right or buy a helmet.
| I'm a bit of a storage nut, and have designed medium size enterprise storage solutions.
I personally don't trust the cloud, so I store local and backup.
I'm currently using a 8 drive RAID-6, backed up to an LTO6 tape. The tape has an incremental backup every week, and a full backup every six months (a copy of which goes in a safe deposit box).
RAID (not 0) or some other redundancy is pretty necessary for storage these days. On a HW level, hard drives are large , but not particularly reliable by themselves. When not powered on, they have a data retention of between 3 and 5 years. You could get more, but I wouldn't count on it.
HDD also have a "Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate" of somewhere around 1 bit in 10^14 (most drives) to 1 in 10^16 (really expensive enterprise SAS/FC drives). That sounds like a lot... but let's run some numbers:
1TB is 10^12 bytes, or 0.8x10^13 bits.
Our Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate is 1x10^14 bits
Ten full reads of the drive is 0.8x10^14 bits.
This means that with ten full reads of a 1TB drive, you are 80% likely to at least loose a bit of data. (it's not quite this simple, I'm lying a bit for simplicity. It's actually higher, all things considered).
Probably with audio, video, or image information, this won't be very noticeable, unless you get unlucky and it's an important bit, like in a header or directory table, but hey, we are audiophiles, and we want good perfect quality, right?
With a RAID type system, the likelihood of TWO bit errors happening on different drives at the same location is astronomically small, like 1 in 10^50. Note that this is much less likely than a bit error on both drives, as to lose information we have to have a bit error on both drives in the same location . If, and only if, this happens on a raid system, will your data corrupted due to this issue.
Another point on HDDs is that (aside from Non-Recoverable Read Errors and a power off shelf life of 3-5 years) is that the can fail in many, many other ways: a head crash, a motor burning out, a circuit failure, etc. RAID will also help with this. In every RAID setup (aside from 0), you can have at least one drive fail before you lose any information.
Although RAID helps greatly, it is not a substitute for backup. On this front, LTO tapes are the gold (if expensive) standard. With LTO6, tapes hold around 2.5TB of FLAC or compressed information, or a max of 6TB for compressible data. They read and write at over 100MB per second, and have a shelf life of 15 to 30 years .
Another option would be M-Disc Blu-ray, with a claimed shelf life of 50-100 years... but while the drive is cheap, enough 25GB media to have a backup or 2 is insanely expensive.
Speaking of backups, it's usually considered "good practice" to make two sets of every complete backup, and keep one off-site in a bank vault or at a friend's house. This helps eliminate the possibility of data loss due to catastrophic events like fire, earthquake, Godzilla, or theft.
To be safe, offline backup media should have a "refresh protocol" to help eliminate bitrot and future incompatibilities. For LTO6 media, I plan to migrate all my relevant backups to a different tape/media/whatever is the solution at the time when LTO9 comes out (LTO is compatible for 2 generation previous), or around 10 years (well within the shelf life of my tapes)
OK: Now on to cloud availability:
I personally run my own. Right now I'm using JRiver Media Center, but I'm looking at other options. The way I see it is that if I spend the time (really not that much) to have reliable storage and backup, why bother trusting a fickle company? I'm sure (most) of their engineers are using a system at least as good as mine (hell, they'd better... I designed a few), but that doesn't mean the company doesn't suck. I've ran across a few that do crappy things like oversell their storage or bandwidth (business decision, not technical), or suddenly start charging an arm and a leg (again, business, not technical, decision).
Tl;dr: Doing this the right way is complicated.... and there isn't really a simple, reliable way. Do it right or buy a helmet.
| audiophile | t5_2qmiy | cljsl1s | I'm a bit of a storage nut, and have designed medium size enterprise storage solutions.
I personally don't trust the cloud, so I store local and backup.
I'm currently using a 8 drive RAID-6, backed up to an LTO6 tape. The tape has an incremental backup every week, and a full backup every six months (a copy of which goes in a safe deposit box).
RAID (not 0) or some other redundancy is pretty necessary for storage these days. On a HW level, hard drives are large , but not particularly reliable by themselves. When not powered on, they have a data retention of between 3 and 5 years. You could get more, but I wouldn't count on it.
HDD also have a "Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate" of somewhere around 1 bit in 10^14 (most drives) to 1 in 10^16 (really expensive enterprise SAS/FC drives). That sounds like a lot... but let's run some numbers:
1TB is 10^12 bytes, or 0.8x10^13 bits.
Our Non-Recoverable Read Error Rate is 1x10^14 bits
Ten full reads of the drive is 0.8x10^14 bits.
This means that with ten full reads of a 1TB drive, you are 80% likely to at least loose a bit of data. (it's not quite this simple, I'm lying a bit for simplicity. It's actually higher, all things considered).
Probably with audio, video, or image information, this won't be very noticeable, unless you get unlucky and it's an important bit, like in a header or directory table, but hey, we are audiophiles, and we want good perfect quality, right?
With a RAID type system, the likelihood of TWO bit errors happening on different drives at the same location is astronomically small, like 1 in 10^50. Note that this is much less likely than a bit error on both drives, as to lose information we have to have a bit error on both drives in the same location . If, and only if, this happens on a raid system, will your data corrupted due to this issue.
Another point on HDDs is that (aside from Non-Recoverable Read Errors and a power off shelf life of 3-5 years) is that the can fail in many, many other ways: a head crash, a motor burning out, a circuit failure, etc. RAID will also help with this. In every RAID setup (aside from 0), you can have at least one drive fail before you lose any information.
Although RAID helps greatly, it is not a substitute for backup. On this front, LTO tapes are the gold (if expensive) standard. With LTO6, tapes hold around 2.5TB of FLAC or compressed information, or a max of 6TB for compressible data. They read and write at over 100MB per second, and have a shelf life of 15 to 30 years .
Another option would be M-Disc Blu-ray, with a claimed shelf life of 50-100 years... but while the drive is cheap, enough 25GB media to have a backup or 2 is insanely expensive.
Speaking of backups, it's usually considered "good practice" to make two sets of every complete backup, and keep one off-site in a bank vault or at a friend's house. This helps eliminate the possibility of data loss due to catastrophic events like fire, earthquake, Godzilla, or theft.
To be safe, offline backup media should have a "refresh protocol" to help eliminate bitrot and future incompatibilities. For LTO6 media, I plan to migrate all my relevant backups to a different tape/media/whatever is the solution at the time when LTO9 comes out (LTO is compatible for 2 generation previous), or around 10 years (well within the shelf life of my tapes)
OK: Now on to cloud availability:
I personally run my own. Right now I'm using JRiver Media Center, but I'm looking at other options. The way I see it is that if I spend the time (really not that much) to have reliable storage and backup, why bother trusting a fickle company? I'm sure (most) of their engineers are using a system at least as good as mine (hell, they'd better... I designed a few), but that doesn't mean the company doesn't suck. I've ran across a few that do crappy things like oversell their storage or bandwidth (business decision, not technical), or suddenly start charging an arm and a leg (again, business, not technical, decision). | Doing this the right way is complicated.... and there isn't really a simple, reliable way. Do it right or buy a helmet. |
dormedas | Wow, only TWO WHOLE HOURS to get your money's worth?
Yeah, I don't know what vendetta you're trying to pull here, but people typically don't play for only four hours a ***MONTH***. The average user (even casual player) definitely plays enough that playing WoW is more efficient than seeing a movie. There are roughly 730 hours in a month. Four hours is roughly 0.5% of the month's time. Let's assume a 30 day month and 8 hours of free time (8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work) *every day*. That's 240 hours of free time in that month. Four hours is only 1.6% of your free time then.
**tl;dr** wtf man | Wow, only TWO WHOLE HOURS to get your money's worth?
Yeah, I don't know what vendetta you're trying to pull here, but people typically don't play for only four hours a MONTH . The average user (even casual player) definitely plays enough that playing WoW is more efficient than seeing a movie. There are roughly 730 hours in a month. Four hours is roughly 0.5% of the month's time. Let's assume a 30 day month and 8 hours of free time (8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work) every day . That's 240 hours of free time in that month. Four hours is only 1.6% of your free time then.
tl;dr wtf man
| Games | t5_2qhwp | clio2rk | Wow, only TWO WHOLE HOURS to get your money's worth?
Yeah, I don't know what vendetta you're trying to pull here, but people typically don't play for only four hours a MONTH . The average user (even casual player) definitely plays enough that playing WoW is more efficient than seeing a movie. There are roughly 730 hours in a month. Four hours is roughly 0.5% of the month's time. Let's assume a 30 day month and 8 hours of free time (8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work) every day . That's 240 hours of free time in that month. Four hours is only 1.6% of your free time then. | wtf man |
J_ology | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
TL;DR I can't last hit QQ | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
TL;DR I can't last hit QQ
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | clj55d1 | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone. | I can't last hit QQ |
J_ology | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
TL;DR I can't last hit QQ | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
TL;DR I can't last hit QQ
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | clj55d3 | The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone. | I can't last hit QQ |
Polyfauna | 1) I've been to lolla 3 times and roo for the first time just this past year. My experience at roo blew lollapalooza out of the water, and i had a great time at lolla each year (2012/2013 more so because lineup), but roo was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. It was simply remarkable!
You'll see plenty of stories about the fantastic times people have here if you just spend a few extra minutes looking through the sub.
2) We were also worried about this when coming into roo this year, everyone in the car was 20 but we had 8 cases of beer and several handles. They hardly checked us at all when guest coming through the gates and i don't know if they checked anyone's IDs. Not anyone in our very large group at least. Maybe when you're in centeroo though. I'd say your friend doesn't have anything to worry about, especially considering you're 21.
TL;DR
1. Roo > Lolla
2. Nope, you're good. | 1) I've been to lolla 3 times and roo for the first time just this past year. My experience at roo blew lollapalooza out of the water, and i had a great time at lolla each year (2012/2013 more so because lineup), but roo was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. It was simply remarkable!
You'll see plenty of stories about the fantastic times people have here if you just spend a few extra minutes looking through the sub.
2) We were also worried about this when coming into roo this year, everyone in the car was 20 but we had 8 cases of beer and several handles. They hardly checked us at all when guest coming through the gates and i don't know if they checked anyone's IDs. Not anyone in our very large group at least. Maybe when you're in centeroo though. I'd say your friend doesn't have anything to worry about, especially considering you're 21.
TL;DR
Roo > Lolla
Nope, you're good.
| bonnaroo | t5_2rg7a | clitbny | 1) I've been to lolla 3 times and roo for the first time just this past year. My experience at roo blew lollapalooza out of the water, and i had a great time at lolla each year (2012/2013 more so because lineup), but roo was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. It was simply remarkable!
You'll see plenty of stories about the fantastic times people have here if you just spend a few extra minutes looking through the sub.
2) We were also worried about this when coming into roo this year, everyone in the car was 20 but we had 8 cases of beer and several handles. They hardly checked us at all when guest coming through the gates and i don't know if they checked anyone's IDs. Not anyone in our very large group at least. Maybe when you're in centeroo though. I'd say your friend doesn't have anything to worry about, especially considering you're 21. | Roo > Lolla
Nope, you're good. |
Fascist_Pink | > This happened Monday. I was taking the trash out the back gate and my overly excited adolescent female German Shepherd squeezed by me and escaped! (first time ever) Things went south at this point, she raced past me and did that annoying put your but in the air pounce thing where they troll you and wait for you to get close then run away, great.
>
So we did that for about 30 seconds while I tried to coax her to come to me and then she sees the Canada Post person across the street. She is a very friendly dog who goes to the off leash dog park all the time and always runs over to say, "Hi" to people and dogs, in this circumstance she did the same thing.
>
As she was running across the road I yelled to the Canada post person not to worry and that the dog was friendly. The dog was bounding playfully over to the MailMan (woman) and I felt relief hoping I could grab her while she was visiting the postal worker. (WIN less running)
>
My hopes and dreams got crushed when the Postal Worker whipped out some mace and unleashed on my baby. Instantly things started going in slow motion as I heard my dog yelping and saw her running away blinded.
>
A bright yellow school bus comes whipping around the corner and I start screaming, "Nooooooooooo!!!" as I jump in front of the bus making the HALT gesture putting my hands out in front of me. The Canada Postal worker screamed obscenities while repeating, "You Can't let stuff like this happen!!!!!"
>
The Bus stopped right in front of me and waited while I caught my dog by the collar (VICTORY!!!) and planted my face right in the scruff of her fur trying to lift her up. I got the dog and half picked her up and half dragged her back into the house, in the process I got excessive amounts of mace in my eyes, mouth, nose and all over my face.
>
I instantly started coughing, ugly crying, and snotting everywhere while I gasped for my breath coughing. MY EYES WERE ON FIRE! We then had the most dramatic shower bath (Shbath) of my life. I'm 110 pounds and she's 70, it was a god damn battle. I was crying and blubbering like a fool while she was yelping and struggling as If I was trying to drown her. I'm happy this wasn't recorded because it would probably be the most pathetic thing you've ever witnessed.
>
After both myself and the dog got cleaned up and I could breath again I called Canada Post and made a complaint against the postal worker for discharging her mace on a friendly dog.
>
The Canada Post supervisor apologized and spoke with the Postal Worker about it who allegedly agreed my dog did not menace and she was just scared because 6 people have been bit by dogs in the last two weeks. I accepted this and apologized for my part (letting the dog escape and scare her) and dropped the complaint because I'm pretty chill and obviously she was nervous about dogs. Later the police show up and give me 300$ in fines claiming the Canada Post person said my dog tried to attack her/chase her.
>
100$ of the fines is legit for me letting my dog get loose and I totally accept that because it happened and that's my fuck up. 200$ of the fines is for the dog allegedly chasing and threatening the postal worker. (Wat?) *TL:DR My dog and I got a mace facewash by a Canada Post worker and then I got 300 dollars in fines. *
Paragraph motherfucking breaks. | > This happened Monday. I was taking the trash out the back gate and my overly excited adolescent female German Shepherd squeezed by me and escaped! (first time ever) Things went south at this point, she raced past me and did that annoying put your but in the air pounce thing where they troll you and wait for you to get close then run away, great.
>
So we did that for about 30 seconds while I tried to coax her to come to me and then she sees the Canada Post person across the street. She is a very friendly dog who goes to the off leash dog park all the time and always runs over to say, "Hi" to people and dogs, in this circumstance she did the same thing.
>
As she was running across the road I yelled to the Canada post person not to worry and that the dog was friendly. The dog was bounding playfully over to the MailMan (woman) and I felt relief hoping I could grab her while she was visiting the postal worker. (WIN less running)
>
My hopes and dreams got crushed when the Postal Worker whipped out some mace and unleashed on my baby. Instantly things started going in slow motion as I heard my dog yelping and saw her running away blinded.
>
A bright yellow school bus comes whipping around the corner and I start screaming, "Nooooooooooo!!!" as I jump in front of the bus making the HALT gesture putting my hands out in front of me. The Canada Postal worker screamed obscenities while repeating, "You Can't let stuff like this happen!!!!!"
>
The Bus stopped right in front of me and waited while I caught my dog by the collar (VICTORY!!!) and planted my face right in the scruff of her fur trying to lift her up. I got the dog and half picked her up and half dragged her back into the house, in the process I got excessive amounts of mace in my eyes, mouth, nose and all over my face.
>
I instantly started coughing, ugly crying, and snotting everywhere while I gasped for my breath coughing. MY EYES WERE ON FIRE! We then had the most dramatic shower bath (Shbath) of my life. I'm 110 pounds and she's 70, it was a god damn battle. I was crying and blubbering like a fool while she was yelping and struggling as If I was trying to drown her. I'm happy this wasn't recorded because it would probably be the most pathetic thing you've ever witnessed.
>
After both myself and the dog got cleaned up and I could breath again I called Canada Post and made a complaint against the postal worker for discharging her mace on a friendly dog.
>
The Canada Post supervisor apologized and spoke with the Postal Worker about it who allegedly agreed my dog did not menace and she was just scared because 6 people have been bit by dogs in the last two weeks. I accepted this and apologized for my part (letting the dog escape and scare her) and dropped the complaint because I'm pretty chill and obviously she was nervous about dogs. Later the police show up and give me 300$ in fines claiming the Canada Post person said my dog tried to attack her/chase her.
>
100$ of the fines is legit for me letting my dog get loose and I totally accept that because it happened and that's my fuck up. 200$ of the fines is for the dog allegedly chasing and threatening the postal worker. (Wat?) TL:DR My dog and I got a mace facewash by a Canada Post worker and then I got 300 dollars in fines.
Paragraph motherfucking breaks.
| tifu | t5_2to41 | clj7ph1 | This happened Monday. I was taking the trash out the back gate and my overly excited adolescent female German Shepherd squeezed by me and escaped! (first time ever) Things went south at this point, she raced past me and did that annoying put your but in the air pounce thing where they troll you and wait for you to get close then run away, great.
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So we did that for about 30 seconds while I tried to coax her to come to me and then she sees the Canada Post person across the street. She is a very friendly dog who goes to the off leash dog park all the time and always runs over to say, "Hi" to people and dogs, in this circumstance she did the same thing.
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As she was running across the road I yelled to the Canada post person not to worry and that the dog was friendly. The dog was bounding playfully over to the MailMan (woman) and I felt relief hoping I could grab her while she was visiting the postal worker. (WIN less running)
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My hopes and dreams got crushed when the Postal Worker whipped out some mace and unleashed on my baby. Instantly things started going in slow motion as I heard my dog yelping and saw her running away blinded.
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A bright yellow school bus comes whipping around the corner and I start screaming, "Nooooooooooo!!!" as I jump in front of the bus making the HALT gesture putting my hands out in front of me. The Canada Postal worker screamed obscenities while repeating, "You Can't let stuff like this happen!!!!!"
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The Bus stopped right in front of me and waited while I caught my dog by the collar (VICTORY!!!) and planted my face right in the scruff of her fur trying to lift her up. I got the dog and half picked her up and half dragged her back into the house, in the process I got excessive amounts of mace in my eyes, mouth, nose and all over my face.
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I instantly started coughing, ugly crying, and snotting everywhere while I gasped for my breath coughing. MY EYES WERE ON FIRE! We then had the most dramatic shower bath (Shbath) of my life. I'm 110 pounds and she's 70, it was a god damn battle. I was crying and blubbering like a fool while she was yelping and struggling as If I was trying to drown her. I'm happy this wasn't recorded because it would probably be the most pathetic thing you've ever witnessed.
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After both myself and the dog got cleaned up and I could breath again I called Canada Post and made a complaint against the postal worker for discharging her mace on a friendly dog.
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The Canada Post supervisor apologized and spoke with the Postal Worker about it who allegedly agreed my dog did not menace and she was just scared because 6 people have been bit by dogs in the last two weeks. I accepted this and apologized for my part (letting the dog escape and scare her) and dropped the complaint because I'm pretty chill and obviously she was nervous about dogs. Later the police show up and give me 300$ in fines claiming the Canada Post person said my dog tried to attack her/chase her.
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100$ of the fines is legit for me letting my dog get loose and I totally accept that because it happened and that's my fuck up. 200$ of the fines is for the dog allegedly chasing and threatening the postal worker. (Wat?) | My dog and I got a mace facewash by a Canada Post worker and then I got 300 dollars in fines.
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teknoise | Put it this way. There were a great many folks here saying that after that fall to $340 in the spring we'd never see those prices again. That was said about the fall to $400 during the gox fiasco as well. That was even said when we were on our way to The Promised Bubble at $680.
Anyone on here can think anything. My thoughts are that until market fundamentals change (good news isn't creating new buyers, impact of mining, constant hacking/fraud issues that are scary to the normal people that we'll need to go moonward) , we'll keep bleeding out until we find a solid bottom.
tl;dr: yes | Put it this way. There were a great many folks here saying that after that fall to $340 in the spring we'd never see those prices again. That was said about the fall to $400 during the gox fiasco as well. That was even said when we were on our way to The Promised Bubble at $680.
Anyone on here can think anything. My thoughts are that until market fundamentals change (good news isn't creating new buyers, impact of mining, constant hacking/fraud issues that are scary to the normal people that we'll need to go moonward) , we'll keep bleeding out until we find a solid bottom.
tl;dr: yes
| BitcoinMarkets | t5_2wwh3 | cljjunh | Put it this way. There were a great many folks here saying that after that fall to $340 in the spring we'd never see those prices again. That was said about the fall to $400 during the gox fiasco as well. That was even said when we were on our way to The Promised Bubble at $680.
Anyone on here can think anything. My thoughts are that until market fundamentals change (good news isn't creating new buyers, impact of mining, constant hacking/fraud issues that are scary to the normal people that we'll need to go moonward) , we'll keep bleeding out until we find a solid bottom. | yes |
EzyLemonJuice | The -50% BC gen value to Douglas used to be read as an absolute value, i.e. it was actually +50%. However, it's been patched, but it's additive: his base BC gen (+35%) lost 50%, so now it's -15%.
tl;dr: Douglas now generates -15% BC, e.g. no BC at all.
Doc has a good article about the changes: | The -50% BC gen value to Douglas used to be read as an absolute value, i.e. it was actually +50%. However, it's been patched, but it's additive: his base BC gen (+35%) lost 50%, so now it's -15%.
tl;dr: Douglas now generates -15% BC, e.g. no BC at all.
Doc has a good article about the changes:
| bravefrontier | t5_2zich | cljtz64 | The -50% BC gen value to Douglas used to be read as an absolute value, i.e. it was actually +50%. However, it's been patched, but it's additive: his base BC gen (+35%) lost 50%, so now it's -15%. | Douglas now generates -15% BC, e.g. no BC at all.
Doc has a good article about the changes: |
benzet | Hi guys.
With the recent nerfs to Douglas, I'm not sure what to build for my first FH season.
Roster: (plus an Anima 4* Elza I pulled just now)
Looking to go as far as I can, I have metal keys and gems to spare to do some power metal parade farming.
On a similar note: any recommendations for a Maxwell team, so I might be able to put her into my FH roster? Seems like she's really viable for that.
tl;dr: what units to powerlevel for FH/Maxwell
Thanks guys <3
| Hi guys.
With the recent nerfs to Douglas, I'm not sure what to build for my first FH season.
Roster: (plus an Anima 4* Elza I pulled just now)
Looking to go as far as I can, I have metal keys and gems to spare to do some power metal parade farming.
On a similar note: any recommendations for a Maxwell team, so I might be able to put her into my FH roster? Seems like she's really viable for that.
tl;dr: what units to powerlevel for FH/Maxwell
Thanks guys <3
| bravefrontier | t5_2zich | cljpje4 | Hi guys.
With the recent nerfs to Douglas, I'm not sure what to build for my first FH season.
Roster: (plus an Anima 4* Elza I pulled just now)
Looking to go as far as I can, I have metal keys and gems to spare to do some power metal parade farming.
On a similar note: any recommendations for a Maxwell team, so I might be able to put her into my FH roster? Seems like she's really viable for that. | what units to powerlevel for FH/Maxwell
Thanks guys <3 |
randomeow | I went on a date with this guy I met online, we'll call him Bob. He had a British accent which I didn't expect because he previously told me he was born in California. So I had an odd feeling from the start. He then told me that he was a professional photographer in Hollywood and just moved here to get away from it all. Being in the movie bizz, he got to meet celebrities. Apparently he's good friends with Seth Macfarlane and Marc Wallberg. At this point I was thinking wtf. I could tell he was making it up. So I left the date early and went home. Well two weeks go by and I see Bob on the news. Except his name isn't Bob, it's something else. And he's wanted for taking pictures of underage girls and fraud. He had set up several donation accounts with fake stories and people were paying him. He uses fake names and stories. Has multiple identities and the police are still looking for him.
Tl;dr: Went on a date with someone who gave me a fake name and fake life story. Turns out to be wanted by local police. | I went on a date with this guy I met online, we'll call him Bob. He had a British accent which I didn't expect because he previously told me he was born in California. So I had an odd feeling from the start. He then told me that he was a professional photographer in Hollywood and just moved here to get away from it all. Being in the movie bizz, he got to meet celebrities. Apparently he's good friends with Seth Macfarlane and Marc Wallberg. At this point I was thinking wtf. I could tell he was making it up. So I left the date early and went home. Well two weeks go by and I see Bob on the news. Except his name isn't Bob, it's something else. And he's wanted for taking pictures of underage girls and fraud. He had set up several donation accounts with fake stories and people were paying him. He uses fake names and stories. Has multiple identities and the police are still looking for him.
Tl;dr: Went on a date with someone who gave me a fake name and fake life story. Turns out to be wanted by local police.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clj9w1s | I went on a date with this guy I met online, we'll call him Bob. He had a British accent which I didn't expect because he previously told me he was born in California. So I had an odd feeling from the start. He then told me that he was a professional photographer in Hollywood and just moved here to get away from it all. Being in the movie bizz, he got to meet celebrities. Apparently he's good friends with Seth Macfarlane and Marc Wallberg. At this point I was thinking wtf. I could tell he was making it up. So I left the date early and went home. Well two weeks go by and I see Bob on the news. Except his name isn't Bob, it's something else. And he's wanted for taking pictures of underage girls and fraud. He had set up several donation accounts with fake stories and people were paying him. He uses fake names and stories. Has multiple identities and the police are still looking for him. | Went on a date with someone who gave me a fake name and fake life story. Turns out to be wanted by local police. |
TheRufmeisterGeneral | i.s.o. = instead of (saving you a whopping 4 characters typed)
As a non-native English speaker, took me a few moments of hard thinking to figure out what he meant.
edit: or is it in spite of? (saving 5 characters typed)
edit2: no, in spite of doesn't fit the context
tl;dr fuck you, you lazy cunt | i.s.o. = instead of (saving you a whopping 4 characters typed)
As a non-native English speaker, took me a few moments of hard thinking to figure out what he meant.
edit: or is it in spite of? (saving 5 characters typed)
edit2: no, in spite of doesn't fit the context
tl;dr fuck you, you lazy cunt
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cljltlg | i.s.o. = instead of (saving you a whopping 4 characters typed)
As a non-native English speaker, took me a few moments of hard thinking to figure out what he meant.
edit: or is it in spite of? (saving 5 characters typed)
edit2: no, in spite of doesn't fit the context | fuck you, you lazy cunt |
Brian_M | While I support TPB's right to exist (have to download Wild Wild West from somewhere) I've never really felt that comparisons between Google and TPB were fair. TPB's user base mainly deals in the distribution of copyrighted material, TPB itself supplies meta-data links. If you go onto TPB and look at its top 100 torrents in pretty much any category, it's guaranteed to be almost 100 percent copyrighted stuff. Not only this, but TPB have been historically resistant to take-down notices (one of the main reasons they've been so much a target of blocking).
Google, on the other hand, does *try* to comply with take-down notices, but the volume of information that Google serves - a mind-boggling amount - that they're still serving pirated material because of the sheer size and scope of their operation. Google knows this, too, but are happy to pay lip service to the entertainment industry while also being careful not to do anything that would truly alienate their user base.
TL;DR,
TPB is a search engine that deals almost exclusively in piracy, Google is a search engine that deals in everything, and piracy is a part of 'everything'. | While I support TPB's right to exist (have to download Wild Wild West from somewhere) I've never really felt that comparisons between Google and TPB were fair. TPB's user base mainly deals in the distribution of copyrighted material, TPB itself supplies meta-data links. If you go onto TPB and look at its top 100 torrents in pretty much any category, it's guaranteed to be almost 100 percent copyrighted stuff. Not only this, but TPB have been historically resistant to take-down notices (one of the main reasons they've been so much a target of blocking).
Google, on the other hand, does try to comply with take-down notices, but the volume of information that Google serves - a mind-boggling amount - that they're still serving pirated material because of the sheer size and scope of their operation. Google knows this, too, but are happy to pay lip service to the entertainment industry while also being careful not to do anything that would truly alienate their user base.
TL;DR,
TPB is a search engine that deals almost exclusively in piracy, Google is a search engine that deals in everything, and piracy is a part of 'everything'.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cljhtns | While I support TPB's right to exist (have to download Wild Wild West from somewhere) I've never really felt that comparisons between Google and TPB were fair. TPB's user base mainly deals in the distribution of copyrighted material, TPB itself supplies meta-data links. If you go onto TPB and look at its top 100 torrents in pretty much any category, it's guaranteed to be almost 100 percent copyrighted stuff. Not only this, but TPB have been historically resistant to take-down notices (one of the main reasons they've been so much a target of blocking).
Google, on the other hand, does try to comply with take-down notices, but the volume of information that Google serves - a mind-boggling amount - that they're still serving pirated material because of the sheer size and scope of their operation. Google knows this, too, but are happy to pay lip service to the entertainment industry while also being careful not to do anything that would truly alienate their user base. | TPB is a search engine that deals almost exclusively in piracy, Google is a search engine that deals in everything, and piracy is a part of 'everything'. |
pollywog | Side note for anyone looking at roll bars.
I am a taller guy, and I wanted to make sure that the bar I got would clear my head in a rear-end collision and be high enough to provide proper protection in a rollover. I also wanted to be able to use my hardtop, but knew that the hard top bars were generally too short, and the bar too far back to suit my needs.
The Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is what I went with, and it WILL work with hardtops, you just lose use of your side latches, and there are solutions available to resolve this anyways. Didn't matter to me as my '90 doesn't have side catches for my roof side latches. In conjunction with the foamectomy, my head clears the bar completely.
tl;dr Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is taller, further forward, and does work with hardtop with possible loss of side latch usability, which can be easily resolved. | Side note for anyone looking at roll bars.
I am a taller guy, and I wanted to make sure that the bar I got would clear my head in a rear-end collision and be high enough to provide proper protection in a rollover. I also wanted to be able to use my hardtop, but knew that the hard top bars were generally too short, and the bar too far back to suit my needs.
The Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is what I went with, and it WILL work with hardtops, you just lose use of your side latches, and there are solutions available to resolve this anyways. Didn't matter to me as my '90 doesn't have side catches for my roof side latches. In conjunction with the foamectomy, my head clears the bar completely.
tl;dr Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is taller, further forward, and does work with hardtop with possible loss of side latch usability, which can be easily resolved.
| Miata | t5_2smzg | clk3jq8 | Side note for anyone looking at roll bars.
I am a taller guy, and I wanted to make sure that the bar I got would clear my head in a rear-end collision and be high enough to provide proper protection in a rollover. I also wanted to be able to use my hardtop, but knew that the hard top bars were generally too short, and the bar too far back to suit my needs.
The Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is what I went with, and it WILL work with hardtops, you just lose use of your side latches, and there are solutions available to resolve this anyways. Didn't matter to me as my '90 doesn't have side catches for my roof side latches. In conjunction with the foamectomy, my head clears the bar completely. | Hard Dog Hard Core M1 non-hardtop is taller, further forward, and does work with hardtop with possible loss of side latch usability, which can be easily resolved. |
kypi | This is a pretty good resource:
As for which language to choose first... I'd personally go with python, C/C++, or java. I recommend python because it's easier to code with. But, if you learn C/C++ first, then your next programming language will be much easier to learn (C/C++ can be difficult). And Java because it's often the language used to teach people programming (in the schools I have gone to).
tldr: learn [python]( | This is a pretty good resource:
As for which language to choose first... I'd personally go with python, C/C++, or java. I recommend python because it's easier to code with. But, if you learn C/C++ first, then your next programming language will be much easier to learn (C/C++ can be difficult). And Java because it's often the language used to teach people programming (in the schools I have gone to).
tldr: learn [python](
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cljwnhp | This is a pretty good resource:
As for which language to choose first... I'd personally go with python, C/C++, or java. I recommend python because it's easier to code with. But, if you learn C/C++ first, then your next programming language will be much easier to learn (C/C++ can be difficult). And Java because it's often the language used to teach people programming (in the schools I have gone to). | learn [python]( |
im_cody | I've been in the workforce for 15 years through half a dozen companies. Get used to this kind of thing, it seems to be extremely common.
My understanding of it is that psychopaths interview extremely well: after all the energy that you or I pour into doing a good job has been diverted for them into presenting a completely false persona of competence; so they're really good at it!
So they get the jobs over people who know a lot and perform well, and perhaps are even socially normal, but don't talk at a mile a minute (baffling brains with bullshit) while papering over their many faults with lies and more lies. These people also tend to have a lot of misplaced confidence and so appear confident and reliable that they can get the job done; but they can't.
Also befuddling is that companies continue to keep these people on the payroll as seat warmers even after they've completely failed every reasonable metric for the 3-6 month probation period. But again... they present well and talk over it.
tl;dr Be a good worker for your own satisfaction, but definitely never neglect that this has nothing to do with how good a job you get or retain, and that instead you need to be n absolute psychopath level master at interviews and reviews to get anywhere in the pecking order 😄 | I've been in the workforce for 15 years through half a dozen companies. Get used to this kind of thing, it seems to be extremely common.
My understanding of it is that psychopaths interview extremely well: after all the energy that you or I pour into doing a good job has been diverted for them into presenting a completely false persona of competence; so they're really good at it!
So they get the jobs over people who know a lot and perform well, and perhaps are even socially normal, but don't talk at a mile a minute (baffling brains with bullshit) while papering over their many faults with lies and more lies. These people also tend to have a lot of misplaced confidence and so appear confident and reliable that they can get the job done; but they can't.
Also befuddling is that companies continue to keep these people on the payroll as seat warmers even after they've completely failed every reasonable metric for the 3-6 month probation period. But again... they present well and talk over it.
tl;dr Be a good worker for your own satisfaction, but definitely never neglect that this has nothing to do with how good a job you get or retain, and that instead you need to be n absolute psychopath level master at interviews and reviews to get anywhere in the pecking order 😄
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | clk0xf9 | I've been in the workforce for 15 years through half a dozen companies. Get used to this kind of thing, it seems to be extremely common.
My understanding of it is that psychopaths interview extremely well: after all the energy that you or I pour into doing a good job has been diverted for them into presenting a completely false persona of competence; so they're really good at it!
So they get the jobs over people who know a lot and perform well, and perhaps are even socially normal, but don't talk at a mile a minute (baffling brains with bullshit) while papering over their many faults with lies and more lies. These people also tend to have a lot of misplaced confidence and so appear confident and reliable that they can get the job done; but they can't.
Also befuddling is that companies continue to keep these people on the payroll as seat warmers even after they've completely failed every reasonable metric for the 3-6 month probation period. But again... they present well and talk over it. | Be a good worker for your own satisfaction, but definitely never neglect that this has nothing to do with how good a job you get or retain, and that instead you need to be n absolute psychopath level master at interviews and reviews to get anywhere in the pecking order 😄 |
akn0m3 | If I gave words to hypothetical dog thoughts...
"these barbaric hoomans.. Their names are a combination of sound and expression.. Who covers of their asses and hides their identity?
I think my hooman's name is something of a round eyed slack face (puppy dog eyes) and a pitiful whine.. He seems to respond most positively to that.. And only understands I want food when I address him that way..."
TLDR: My name in dog - "puppy dog eyes" + whine | If I gave words to hypothetical dog thoughts...
"these barbaric hoomans.. Their names are a combination of sound and expression.. Who covers of their asses and hides their identity?
I think my hooman's name is something of a round eyed slack face (puppy dog eyes) and a pitiful whine.. He seems to respond most positively to that.. And only understands I want food when I address him that way..."
TLDR: My name in dog - "puppy dog eyes" + whine
| Showerthoughts | t5_2szyo | cljuayv | If I gave words to hypothetical dog thoughts...
"these barbaric hoomans.. Their names are a combination of sound and expression.. Who covers of their asses and hides their identity?
I think my hooman's name is something of a round eyed slack face (puppy dog eyes) and a pitiful whine.. He seems to respond most positively to that.. And only understands I want food when I address him that way..." | My name in dog - "puppy dog eyes" + whine |
Brad_Chanderson | Similar story, when I was in 1st grade, I had to walk past a house on the way to the bus. The owners had 2 huge German Shepherds, and they'd always rush the fence and bark at me. They also had softballs as chew toys, and the balls were always covered in slobber and blood.
Fucking terrified me for months.
Then one day, the owners were outside, real nice couple in their 50's. They asked if I wanted to come in and meet the dogs, since I was so obviously scared. For some reason I agreed, and the second I walked in, they both calmly walked up, dropped their softballs, and licked me to death. We played fetch for a while, they got some belly rubs, and I went on my way.
Those dogs got a pat on the head every day after that.
Tl;dr - big scary dogs just wanna be friends! | Similar story, when I was in 1st grade, I had to walk past a house on the way to the bus. The owners had 2 huge German Shepherds, and they'd always rush the fence and bark at me. They also had softballs as chew toys, and the balls were always covered in slobber and blood.
Fucking terrified me for months.
Then one day, the owners were outside, real nice couple in their 50's. They asked if I wanted to come in and meet the dogs, since I was so obviously scared. For some reason I agreed, and the second I walked in, they both calmly walked up, dropped their softballs, and licked me to death. We played fetch for a while, they got some belly rubs, and I went on my way.
Those dogs got a pat on the head every day after that.
Tl;dr - big scary dogs just wanna be friends!
| Showerthoughts | t5_2szyo | clk8l5o | Similar story, when I was in 1st grade, I had to walk past a house on the way to the bus. The owners had 2 huge German Shepherds, and they'd always rush the fence and bark at me. They also had softballs as chew toys, and the balls were always covered in slobber and blood.
Fucking terrified me for months.
Then one day, the owners were outside, real nice couple in their 50's. They asked if I wanted to come in and meet the dogs, since I was so obviously scared. For some reason I agreed, and the second I walked in, they both calmly walked up, dropped their softballs, and licked me to death. We played fetch for a while, they got some belly rubs, and I went on my way.
Those dogs got a pat on the head every day after that. | big scary dogs just wanna be friends! |
jhutchi2 | That was way more than twice as long as the post you're TL;DR-ing | That was way more than twice as long as the post you're TL;DR-ing
| Showerthoughts | t5_2szyo | cljx3ne | That was way more than twice as long as the post you're | ing |
Thenightmancumeth | your username was too long to read, thanks for the tldr mate | your username was too long to read, thanks for the tldr mate
| Showerthoughts | t5_2szyo | cljy3qa | your username was too long to read, thanks for the | mate |
danthemango | I don't think that's right, but I don't know enough about tl;dr to call you out on it. | I don't think that's right, but I don't know enough about tl;dr to call you out on it.
| Showerthoughts | t5_2szyo | cljzmrp | I don't think that's right, but I don't know enough about | to call you out on it. |
smudgeofwhimsical | Allow me to elaborate. This isn't just an isolated tragedy. It's also an event of interest to several countries because it represents a part in a larger movement of social instability. Starting with 9/11, (maybe even the Oklahoma Bombings) this brave new world of the 21st century has been racked with an going theme of "terrorism." To see a country's response, is also to gauge it's character. Canada's neighbor, the U.S. has had not one, but two debilitating wars, and has increased it's military-industrial complex. Britain had the London subway bombings and they didn't veer the course the U.S. did(although they did join for Afghanistan).
Seeing this picture is a statement of a country's response, as well as
a lens into today's instantaneous communication made possible by technology. Twitter isn't just for teenagers, it's **toppled governments**. This event and the picture itself is a part of an going theme of the 21st century conflict of "terrorism". To ridicule the number of people who are proud in the face of this is incredibly shortsighted. This is history in the moment, not another hockey game.
TLDR: A picture is worth a thousand words. | Allow me to elaborate. This isn't just an isolated tragedy. It's also an event of interest to several countries because it represents a part in a larger movement of social instability. Starting with 9/11, (maybe even the Oklahoma Bombings) this brave new world of the 21st century has been racked with an going theme of "terrorism." To see a country's response, is also to gauge it's character. Canada's neighbor, the U.S. has had not one, but two debilitating wars, and has increased it's military-industrial complex. Britain had the London subway bombings and they didn't veer the course the U.S. did(although they did join for Afghanistan).
Seeing this picture is a statement of a country's response, as well as
a lens into today's instantaneous communication made possible by technology. Twitter isn't just for teenagers, it's toppled governments . This event and the picture itself is a part of an going theme of the 21st century conflict of "terrorism". To ridicule the number of people who are proud in the face of this is incredibly shortsighted. This is history in the moment, not another hockey game.
TLDR: A picture is worth a thousand words.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cljz9wa | Allow me to elaborate. This isn't just an isolated tragedy. It's also an event of interest to several countries because it represents a part in a larger movement of social instability. Starting with 9/11, (maybe even the Oklahoma Bombings) this brave new world of the 21st century has been racked with an going theme of "terrorism." To see a country's response, is also to gauge it's character. Canada's neighbor, the U.S. has had not one, but two debilitating wars, and has increased it's military-industrial complex. Britain had the London subway bombings and they didn't veer the course the U.S. did(although they did join for Afghanistan).
Seeing this picture is a statement of a country's response, as well as
a lens into today's instantaneous communication made possible by technology. Twitter isn't just for teenagers, it's toppled governments . This event and the picture itself is a part of an going theme of the 21st century conflict of "terrorism". To ridicule the number of people who are proud in the face of this is incredibly shortsighted. This is history in the moment, not another hockey game. | A picture is worth a thousand words. |
bb_nyc | It doesn't quite count as I didn't actually run out, but when I was in Canada back in 2011, driving from Glacier NP in Montana to Vancouver BC, I came about as close as I've ever been.
For some reason, my US debit card worked fine when getting a full tank of gas right after crossing the border into Alberta, but a day later when I was about just past Osoyoos I pulled in to get some gas, the machine said to see attendant. They told me my card was declined and that I'd have to call my bank. I got ahold of them, and they said that my card was fraud alerted and that they couldn't make reactivate my card until I went to a branch and showed my ID (my bank is actually Canadian).
The nearest branch was in Hope, BC on the other side of Three Brothers Mountain and I was huffing fumes with a flat-six. I used all of my Canadian and U.S. currency and coin to get about 1/2 of a tank and hypermiled through mountain passes, using 6th gear at 30 mph and cutting the ignition off on downhills. It still wasn't enough, BC is looong.
Nearing the end of my rope, fully into E with more uphill coming, I pulled into a country store / gas station to stop and consider my options. A Canadian dude pulled on Ducati and said "Nice Porsche" and I told him sheepishly that I was nearly out of fuel had zero cash left, and my damned card wasn't working with no hope of making myself whole again until I got to Hope, about 90 km away. He was really troubled and reached into his pocket, pulled out his billfold, and gave me $20 Canadian. I really couldn't refuse the help and offered to repay him in Vancouver or to Paypal him, but he wouldn't let me. I made it to Hope, got a fistful of cash and got the fraud alert taken off of my card and continued on my cross-country odyssey. There's no telling how long I was going to be stuck up on the wrong side of that mountain if I hadn't come across such a generous biker.
tl;dr -- Debit card stopped working out of the country, nearly ran outta gas on a mountain, Canada guy is awesome and comes through with a $20 to get me over the pass. | It doesn't quite count as I didn't actually run out, but when I was in Canada back in 2011, driving from Glacier NP in Montana to Vancouver BC, I came about as close as I've ever been.
For some reason, my US debit card worked fine when getting a full tank of gas right after crossing the border into Alberta, but a day later when I was about just past Osoyoos I pulled in to get some gas, the machine said to see attendant. They told me my card was declined and that I'd have to call my bank. I got ahold of them, and they said that my card was fraud alerted and that they couldn't make reactivate my card until I went to a branch and showed my ID (my bank is actually Canadian).
The nearest branch was in Hope, BC on the other side of Three Brothers Mountain and I was huffing fumes with a flat-six. I used all of my Canadian and U.S. currency and coin to get about 1/2 of a tank and hypermiled through mountain passes, using 6th gear at 30 mph and cutting the ignition off on downhills. It still wasn't enough, BC is looong.
Nearing the end of my rope, fully into E with more uphill coming, I pulled into a country store / gas station to stop and consider my options. A Canadian dude pulled on Ducati and said "Nice Porsche" and I told him sheepishly that I was nearly out of fuel had zero cash left, and my damned card wasn't working with no hope of making myself whole again until I got to Hope, about 90 km away. He was really troubled and reached into his pocket, pulled out his billfold, and gave me $20 Canadian. I really couldn't refuse the help and offered to repay him in Vancouver or to Paypal him, but he wouldn't let me. I made it to Hope, got a fistful of cash and got the fraud alert taken off of my card and continued on my cross-country odyssey. There's no telling how long I was going to be stuck up on the wrong side of that mountain if I hadn't come across such a generous biker.
tl;dr -- Debit card stopped working out of the country, nearly ran outta gas on a mountain, Canada guy is awesome and comes through with a $20 to get me over the pass.
| cars | t5_2qhl2 | clk88s5 | It doesn't quite count as I didn't actually run out, but when I was in Canada back in 2011, driving from Glacier NP in Montana to Vancouver BC, I came about as close as I've ever been.
For some reason, my US debit card worked fine when getting a full tank of gas right after crossing the border into Alberta, but a day later when I was about just past Osoyoos I pulled in to get some gas, the machine said to see attendant. They told me my card was declined and that I'd have to call my bank. I got ahold of them, and they said that my card was fraud alerted and that they couldn't make reactivate my card until I went to a branch and showed my ID (my bank is actually Canadian).
The nearest branch was in Hope, BC on the other side of Three Brothers Mountain and I was huffing fumes with a flat-six. I used all of my Canadian and U.S. currency and coin to get about 1/2 of a tank and hypermiled through mountain passes, using 6th gear at 30 mph and cutting the ignition off on downhills. It still wasn't enough, BC is looong.
Nearing the end of my rope, fully into E with more uphill coming, I pulled into a country store / gas station to stop and consider my options. A Canadian dude pulled on Ducati and said "Nice Porsche" and I told him sheepishly that I was nearly out of fuel had zero cash left, and my damned card wasn't working with no hope of making myself whole again until I got to Hope, about 90 km away. He was really troubled and reached into his pocket, pulled out his billfold, and gave me $20 Canadian. I really couldn't refuse the help and offered to repay him in Vancouver or to Paypal him, but he wouldn't let me. I made it to Hope, got a fistful of cash and got the fraud alert taken off of my card and continued on my cross-country odyssey. There's no telling how long I was going to be stuck up on the wrong side of that mountain if I hadn't come across such a generous biker. | Debit card stopped working out of the country, nearly ran outta gas on a mountain, Canada guy is awesome and comes through with a $20 to get me over the pass. |
RedBallWhitePolkadot | Yea, I saw MoS recently and it is good. I liked the score, the actors and, naturally, the man of steel himself.
Some music just sticks with me personally. I remember the Requiem for a Dream theme, loved it and started hearing it in trailers everywhere. Same with Adagio in D from Sunshine. The theme from Man of Steel is one of those that is memorable and really fits the uplifting tone of the movie.
I can't think of a single actor that was poorly cast. Even the minor roles were pretty great (the military, scientists and such).
Probably my main complaint with the Marvel movies is, to borrow from Thor, that the characters all just seem so petty. It's like they have to invent personal issues. Tony Stark now has crippling depression and daddy issues in Iron Man 2, now its crippling panic attacks in 3. Captain America's issues went from needing to prove himself to being a man out of his time. I forgot what Black Widow's was in CA2, but I do remember some long, drawn out scene where she was morose. It's just drama for the sake of drama. I appreciated that MoS didn't have some conjured character flaw to dwell on for half the movie.
TLDR: good movie! | Yea, I saw MoS recently and it is good. I liked the score, the actors and, naturally, the man of steel himself.
Some music just sticks with me personally. I remember the Requiem for a Dream theme, loved it and started hearing it in trailers everywhere. Same with Adagio in D from Sunshine. The theme from Man of Steel is one of those that is memorable and really fits the uplifting tone of the movie.
I can't think of a single actor that was poorly cast. Even the minor roles were pretty great (the military, scientists and such).
Probably my main complaint with the Marvel movies is, to borrow from Thor, that the characters all just seem so petty. It's like they have to invent personal issues. Tony Stark now has crippling depression and daddy issues in Iron Man 2, now its crippling panic attacks in 3. Captain America's issues went from needing to prove himself to being a man out of his time. I forgot what Black Widow's was in CA2, but I do remember some long, drawn out scene where she was morose. It's just drama for the sake of drama. I appreciated that MoS didn't have some conjured character flaw to dwell on for half the movie.
TLDR: good movie!
| movies | t5_2qh3s | clktiyr | Yea, I saw MoS recently and it is good. I liked the score, the actors and, naturally, the man of steel himself.
Some music just sticks with me personally. I remember the Requiem for a Dream theme, loved it and started hearing it in trailers everywhere. Same with Adagio in D from Sunshine. The theme from Man of Steel is one of those that is memorable and really fits the uplifting tone of the movie.
I can't think of a single actor that was poorly cast. Even the minor roles were pretty great (the military, scientists and such).
Probably my main complaint with the Marvel movies is, to borrow from Thor, that the characters all just seem so petty. It's like they have to invent personal issues. Tony Stark now has crippling depression and daddy issues in Iron Man 2, now its crippling panic attacks in 3. Captain America's issues went from needing to prove himself to being a man out of his time. I forgot what Black Widow's was in CA2, but I do remember some long, drawn out scene where she was morose. It's just drama for the sake of drama. I appreciated that MoS didn't have some conjured character flaw to dwell on for half the movie. | good movie! |
Khrynos | I started playing MTG two weeks before Dragon's Maze came out. I splurged on Jund Midrange, Bant Hexproof and American Control for Standard at the time. (I didn't know about rotation when I started). When rotation did come when Theros was released, I played Orzhov Midrange/Control until I got sick of seeing Mono-Black devotion everywhere, so I traded EVERYTHING that was a Standard staple that wasn't seeing play in Modern into Modern staples.
Luckily, I had most of the shocks from the Return to Ravnica block and Snaps, Restos, Voices, Geists, Hierarchs and Lilis from the INN-RTR standard decks, so it was just a matter of getting cards like Goyfs, Bobs and fetches, among other things. Glad I made the switch :) Don't get me wrong, I would love to play Standard, but I don't like punching my wallet in the balls every time rotation comes around.
Oh yeah, the first modern decks I traded into were Melira Pod and American Control. From there, I continued trading/slowly acquiring staples for other decks to where I can build whatever I want now. Took a while, but it was worth it.
If you want advice on how you can transition into these formats, try and get staples for Modern and Legacy currently in Standard when they rotate out so you get them at (hopefully) their lowest price when the Standard-only players are offloading everything. Hold onto cards that you think you might play in Modern so you won't ( need to get them in the future, especially if there's a price spike in the future (e.g. Abrupt Decay).
TL:DR - Spent too much money in INN-RTR Standard right before rotation, hate mono-B in THS Standard so traded into Modern Melira Pod and UWR Control, built up from there. | I started playing MTG two weeks before Dragon's Maze came out. I splurged on Jund Midrange, Bant Hexproof and American Control for Standard at the time. (I didn't know about rotation when I started). When rotation did come when Theros was released, I played Orzhov Midrange/Control until I got sick of seeing Mono-Black devotion everywhere, so I traded EVERYTHING that was a Standard staple that wasn't seeing play in Modern into Modern staples.
Luckily, I had most of the shocks from the Return to Ravnica block and Snaps, Restos, Voices, Geists, Hierarchs and Lilis from the INN-RTR standard decks, so it was just a matter of getting cards like Goyfs, Bobs and fetches, among other things. Glad I made the switch :) Don't get me wrong, I would love to play Standard, but I don't like punching my wallet in the balls every time rotation comes around.
Oh yeah, the first modern decks I traded into were Melira Pod and American Control. From there, I continued trading/slowly acquiring staples for other decks to where I can build whatever I want now. Took a while, but it was worth it.
If you want advice on how you can transition into these formats, try and get staples for Modern and Legacy currently in Standard when they rotate out so you get them at (hopefully) their lowest price when the Standard-only players are offloading everything. Hold onto cards that you think you might play in Modern so you won't ( need to get them in the future, especially if there's a price spike in the future (e.g. Abrupt Decay).
TL:DR - Spent too much money in INN-RTR Standard right before rotation, hate mono-B in THS Standard so traded into Modern Melira Pod and UWR Control, built up from there.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clklk6l | I started playing MTG two weeks before Dragon's Maze came out. I splurged on Jund Midrange, Bant Hexproof and American Control for Standard at the time. (I didn't know about rotation when I started). When rotation did come when Theros was released, I played Orzhov Midrange/Control until I got sick of seeing Mono-Black devotion everywhere, so I traded EVERYTHING that was a Standard staple that wasn't seeing play in Modern into Modern staples.
Luckily, I had most of the shocks from the Return to Ravnica block and Snaps, Restos, Voices, Geists, Hierarchs and Lilis from the INN-RTR standard decks, so it was just a matter of getting cards like Goyfs, Bobs and fetches, among other things. Glad I made the switch :) Don't get me wrong, I would love to play Standard, but I don't like punching my wallet in the balls every time rotation comes around.
Oh yeah, the first modern decks I traded into were Melira Pod and American Control. From there, I continued trading/slowly acquiring staples for other decks to where I can build whatever I want now. Took a while, but it was worth it.
If you want advice on how you can transition into these formats, try and get staples for Modern and Legacy currently in Standard when they rotate out so you get them at (hopefully) their lowest price when the Standard-only players are offloading everything. Hold onto cards that you think you might play in Modern so you won't ( need to get them in the future, especially if there's a price spike in the future (e.g. Abrupt Decay). | Spent too much money in INN-RTR Standard right before rotation, hate mono-B in THS Standard so traded into Modern Melira Pod and UWR Control, built up from there. |
zkiihne | I built ur storm. Then they banned seething song. I continued to play it after Finkel t16ed a gp. Built it online. Played a ptq and gp with it(losing win and ins both times) switched to twin. Got 2nd at the first event I played it.
Tldr play a consistent deck that has game against every deck. It will work better than a glass canon. | I built ur storm. Then they banned seething song. I continued to play it after Finkel t16ed a gp. Built it online. Played a ptq and gp with it(losing win and ins both times) switched to twin. Got 2nd at the first event I played it.
Tldr play a consistent deck that has game against every deck. It will work better than a glass canon.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clkpywr | I built ur storm. Then they banned seething song. I continued to play it after Finkel t16ed a gp. Built it online. Played a ptq and gp with it(losing win and ins both times) switched to twin. Got 2nd at the first event I played it. | play a consistent deck that has game against every deck. It will work better than a glass canon. |
Listrain | As much as I like starting with a cheap deck, one thing I learned. I moved from cheap deck to cheap deck and by the time I decided to test and build a competitive modern deck, I had spent way more money on cheap deck than I should have. Money that could have gone to making the competitive deck I have now. So I would say test to find the one you want and pick up pieces over time.
TL; DR: Test to find the deck you want and pick up pieces as you go. | As much as I like starting with a cheap deck, one thing I learned. I moved from cheap deck to cheap deck and by the time I decided to test and build a competitive modern deck, I had spent way more money on cheap deck than I should have. Money that could have gone to making the competitive deck I have now. So I would say test to find the one you want and pick up pieces over time.
TL; DR: Test to find the deck you want and pick up pieces as you go.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clkvvew | As much as I like starting with a cheap deck, one thing I learned. I moved from cheap deck to cheap deck and by the time I decided to test and build a competitive modern deck, I had spent way more money on cheap deck than I should have. Money that could have gone to making the competitive deck I have now. So I would say test to find the one you want and pick up pieces over time. | Test to find the deck you want and pick up pieces as you go. |
destroyingtocreate | Why did I become a nurse?
Well.. I was raised around nursing. My mom was a PACU nurse. I often hung out in the PACU while I was growing up. My mom would explain all the equipment to me. She put me on the leads and showed me my heart rhythm, things like that. All the other nurses and doctors would talk to me.
I'd even get to wear scrubs. I thought I was one of them, even at a young age.
My mom also took call. Because my dad was "absent" so to speak... I'd get excited about those nights and hope she would have to go to work. When the phone would ring at 3 am - I would get ready and go to work with her.
I never had a passion for anything else really. Business, law, art, nothing else appealed to me. So when I was in high school, I started taking classes that applied to nursing - A&P, chemistry, biology, psychology, medical terminology, and I was able to get my CNA as a senior.
Immediately after graduating high school, I went right into college and established my major as nursing.
I've always liked the idea of nursing. Now that I'm in school, I realize it's a lot different than what I expected. There's a lot more to nursing than I ever anticipated. I still love it. I love that I get to DO stuff. I don't sit behind a desk... except for charting, which, there is a lot more of that than I realized.
TL;DR But basically, when it comes down to why I became a nurse - it's just that I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I don't fit anywhere else. I love the hospital. I love patient care. | Why did I become a nurse?
Well.. I was raised around nursing. My mom was a PACU nurse. I often hung out in the PACU while I was growing up. My mom would explain all the equipment to me. She put me on the leads and showed me my heart rhythm, things like that. All the other nurses and doctors would talk to me.
I'd even get to wear scrubs. I thought I was one of them, even at a young age.
My mom also took call. Because my dad was "absent" so to speak... I'd get excited about those nights and hope she would have to go to work. When the phone would ring at 3 am - I would get ready and go to work with her.
I never had a passion for anything else really. Business, law, art, nothing else appealed to me. So when I was in high school, I started taking classes that applied to nursing - A&P, chemistry, biology, psychology, medical terminology, and I was able to get my CNA as a senior.
Immediately after graduating high school, I went right into college and established my major as nursing.
I've always liked the idea of nursing. Now that I'm in school, I realize it's a lot different than what I expected. There's a lot more to nursing than I ever anticipated. I still love it. I love that I get to DO stuff. I don't sit behind a desk... except for charting, which, there is a lot more of that than I realized.
TL;DR But basically, when it comes down to why I became a nurse - it's just that I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I don't fit anywhere else. I love the hospital. I love patient care.
| StudentNurse | t5_2vqzl | clmwdtg | Why did I become a nurse?
Well.. I was raised around nursing. My mom was a PACU nurse. I often hung out in the PACU while I was growing up. My mom would explain all the equipment to me. She put me on the leads and showed me my heart rhythm, things like that. All the other nurses and doctors would talk to me.
I'd even get to wear scrubs. I thought I was one of them, even at a young age.
My mom also took call. Because my dad was "absent" so to speak... I'd get excited about those nights and hope she would have to go to work. When the phone would ring at 3 am - I would get ready and go to work with her.
I never had a passion for anything else really. Business, law, art, nothing else appealed to me. So when I was in high school, I started taking classes that applied to nursing - A&P, chemistry, biology, psychology, medical terminology, and I was able to get my CNA as a senior.
Immediately after graduating high school, I went right into college and established my major as nursing.
I've always liked the idea of nursing. Now that I'm in school, I realize it's a lot different than what I expected. There's a lot more to nursing than I ever anticipated. I still love it. I love that I get to DO stuff. I don't sit behind a desk... except for charting, which, there is a lot more of that than I realized. | But basically, when it comes down to why I became a nurse - it's just that I couldn't imagine doing anything else. I don't fit anywhere else. I love the hospital. I love patient care. |
PM_ME_ROMANCEWORRIES | Let's say I'm really smart, I can understand things quickly, I actually enjoy quite a bit of my schooling experience, and I am lazy. The teachers already think I'm smart so any class that assigns busy work or any test that's based off of just memorization, such as languages, I can just copy off someone I know will do well and not have to waste my time on rote memorization and busy work. because I don't waste my time on ridiculous busywork I am now able to spend time learning real life skills or something more helpful than a sheet of problems that asks me to do the Pythagorean formula over and over.
tl;dr: Cheating isn't just for those that don't know the material, it's for those that don't need to know the material and will learn more doing something else | Let's say I'm really smart, I can understand things quickly, I actually enjoy quite a bit of my schooling experience, and I am lazy. The teachers already think I'm smart so any class that assigns busy work or any test that's based off of just memorization, such as languages, I can just copy off someone I know will do well and not have to waste my time on rote memorization and busy work. because I don't waste my time on ridiculous busywork I am now able to spend time learning real life skills or something more helpful than a sheet of problems that asks me to do the Pythagorean formula over and over.
tl;dr: Cheating isn't just for those that don't know the material, it's for those that don't need to know the material and will learn more doing something else
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clkrb8q | Let's say I'm really smart, I can understand things quickly, I actually enjoy quite a bit of my schooling experience, and I am lazy. The teachers already think I'm smart so any class that assigns busy work or any test that's based off of just memorization, such as languages, I can just copy off someone I know will do well and not have to waste my time on rote memorization and busy work. because I don't waste my time on ridiculous busywork I am now able to spend time learning real life skills or something more helpful than a sheet of problems that asks me to do the Pythagorean formula over and over. | Cheating isn't just for those that don't know the material, it's for those that don't need to know the material and will learn more doing something else |
roninblade | i haven't been following this. tldr anyone? | i haven't been following this. tldr anyone?
| Philippines | t5_2qjov | clkzm5z | i haven't been following this. | anyone? |
PandaBearShenyu | Just read this first:
1. How about China never promised universal suffrage in any of its agreements with Britain, HK's former masters?
2. Except the videos of pampered kids going "VE NEED DE WEROLD 2 C DIS ACHOCITY!" and all the crying wolf that went on.
3. this point is directly contradicted by your next point. The stupidity of these protests stem from the fact that the POINT of it is TO cause as much disruption as possible. Only when locals started getting pissed en masse did they feign "sympathy" in the form of saying they'll help reduce inconveniences yet remaining in the same spots.
4. The police used tear gas to disperse them when they rushed government barriers repeatedly early in the protests, no one was killed or seriously injured, I fail to see "police brutality".
5. One example, the "Fei Li" incident. The movement put out a heavily editted video of a guy running into a barricade and colliding with female protesters, and then the female protesters started yelling "FEI LI" aka "sexual harassment", then the dude got stomped on.
The full video got posted later, the guy was a business owner who needed to pay 145 K USD per month per restaurant for his three restos that are in the occupied area, and he has basically gone bankrupt because they virtually stopped businesses from coming through to his shops during the busiest week of the year.
Other examples, just go on yellow ribbon movement fbs, anyone that voices disagreements get instantly jumped on by a bunch of assholes with yellow ribbon profile pics who diss the guy for "only know about money" and "paid shills". It's all over the place, the tone is generally "anyone who doesn't support us are either money slaves or Chinese govt spies".
My friends' parents generation in HK pretty much all think these students are idiots. His hair dresser went to the protests because of the earlier mentioned crying wolf about the cops brutalizing them, he's since resumed his job as a hair dresser because the cops were being extremely civilized throughout the whole thing barring minor incidents.
In the end, these stupid kids are going to galvanize the population and polarize opinions.
tl;dr: they're killing their own movement. | Just read this first:
How about China never promised universal suffrage in any of its agreements with Britain, HK's former masters?
Except the videos of pampered kids going "VE NEED DE WEROLD 2 C DIS ACHOCITY!" and all the crying wolf that went on.
this point is directly contradicted by your next point. The stupidity of these protests stem from the fact that the POINT of it is TO cause as much disruption as possible. Only when locals started getting pissed en masse did they feign "sympathy" in the form of saying they'll help reduce inconveniences yet remaining in the same spots.
The police used tear gas to disperse them when they rushed government barriers repeatedly early in the protests, no one was killed or seriously injured, I fail to see "police brutality".
One example, the "Fei Li" incident. The movement put out a heavily editted video of a guy running into a barricade and colliding with female protesters, and then the female protesters started yelling "FEI LI" aka "sexual harassment", then the dude got stomped on.
The full video got posted later, the guy was a business owner who needed to pay 145 K USD per month per restaurant for his three restos that are in the occupied area, and he has basically gone bankrupt because they virtually stopped businesses from coming through to his shops during the busiest week of the year.
Other examples, just go on yellow ribbon movement fbs, anyone that voices disagreements get instantly jumped on by a bunch of assholes with yellow ribbon profile pics who diss the guy for "only know about money" and "paid shills". It's all over the place, the tone is generally "anyone who doesn't support us are either money slaves or Chinese govt spies".
My friends' parents generation in HK pretty much all think these students are idiots. His hair dresser went to the protests because of the earlier mentioned crying wolf about the cops brutalizing them, he's since resumed his job as a hair dresser because the cops were being extremely civilized throughout the whole thing barring minor incidents.
In the end, these stupid kids are going to galvanize the population and polarize opinions.
tl;dr: they're killing their own movement.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | clltehg | Just read this first:
How about China never promised universal suffrage in any of its agreements with Britain, HK's former masters?
Except the videos of pampered kids going "VE NEED DE WEROLD 2 C DIS ACHOCITY!" and all the crying wolf that went on.
this point is directly contradicted by your next point. The stupidity of these protests stem from the fact that the POINT of it is TO cause as much disruption as possible. Only when locals started getting pissed en masse did they feign "sympathy" in the form of saying they'll help reduce inconveniences yet remaining in the same spots.
The police used tear gas to disperse them when they rushed government barriers repeatedly early in the protests, no one was killed or seriously injured, I fail to see "police brutality".
One example, the "Fei Li" incident. The movement put out a heavily editted video of a guy running into a barricade and colliding with female protesters, and then the female protesters started yelling "FEI LI" aka "sexual harassment", then the dude got stomped on.
The full video got posted later, the guy was a business owner who needed to pay 145 K USD per month per restaurant for his three restos that are in the occupied area, and he has basically gone bankrupt because they virtually stopped businesses from coming through to his shops during the busiest week of the year.
Other examples, just go on yellow ribbon movement fbs, anyone that voices disagreements get instantly jumped on by a bunch of assholes with yellow ribbon profile pics who diss the guy for "only know about money" and "paid shills". It's all over the place, the tone is generally "anyone who doesn't support us are either money slaves or Chinese govt spies".
My friends' parents generation in HK pretty much all think these students are idiots. His hair dresser went to the protests because of the earlier mentioned crying wolf about the cops brutalizing them, he's since resumed his job as a hair dresser because the cops were being extremely civilized throughout the whole thing barring minor incidents.
In the end, these stupid kids are going to galvanize the population and polarize opinions. | they're killing their own movement. |
The_Rusty_Robot | Oh boy, it's my time to shine! I'll try to keep it short and entertaining.
WELL, my first (and so far only) book is a steampunk/fantasy adventure novel called "Sky PUNK: Deus Ex Machina"[(Link to it on Amazom HERE)](
Now, let me tell you why you should read it:
It's a high-flying adventure in a world of floating islands. It's centered on the crew of a flying ship called "The Galileo" and the trouble they get in as they go from island to island. If you aren't entertained by the action and explosions, you will be by the lovely, quirky, badass and sometimes insane minor characters that the main characters interact with. It is a lovely combination between steampunk and classic fantasy tropes and elements, with some Macedonian folklore elements tossed in (attributed to the fact that the author is Macedonian)
Read it because of flying ships battling. Read it because it plays with tropes in unexpected ways (and by the time you reach the end you'll see why i named the book what i did). Read it because of the big fantasy world of floating islands and the world-buildimg. Read it because explosions.
Read it because, even if it's not the best book you read (i guarantee it won't be), it's an engaging, interesting and captivating piece of fiction which will keep you entertained.
Tl;Dr: Firefly meets Disney's Treasure Planet with Dragons and Magic. | Oh boy, it's my time to shine! I'll try to keep it short and entertaining.
WELL, my first (and so far only) book is a steampunk/fantasy adventure novel called "Sky PUNK: Deus Ex Machina"[(Link to it on Amazom HERE)](
Now, let me tell you why you should read it:
It's a high-flying adventure in a world of floating islands. It's centered on the crew of a flying ship called "The Galileo" and the trouble they get in as they go from island to island. If you aren't entertained by the action and explosions, you will be by the lovely, quirky, badass and sometimes insane minor characters that the main characters interact with. It is a lovely combination between steampunk and classic fantasy tropes and elements, with some Macedonian folklore elements tossed in (attributed to the fact that the author is Macedonian)
Read it because of flying ships battling. Read it because it plays with tropes in unexpected ways (and by the time you reach the end you'll see why i named the book what i did). Read it because of the big fantasy world of floating islands and the world-buildimg. Read it because explosions.
Read it because, even if it's not the best book you read (i guarantee it won't be), it's an engaging, interesting and captivating piece of fiction which will keep you entertained.
Tl;Dr: Firefly meets Disney's Treasure Planet with Dragons and Magic.
| Fantasy | t5_2qknd | clmmr6h | Oh boy, it's my time to shine! I'll try to keep it short and entertaining.
WELL, my first (and so far only) book is a steampunk/fantasy adventure novel called "Sky PUNK: Deus Ex Machina"[(Link to it on Amazom HERE)](
Now, let me tell you why you should read it:
It's a high-flying adventure in a world of floating islands. It's centered on the crew of a flying ship called "The Galileo" and the trouble they get in as they go from island to island. If you aren't entertained by the action and explosions, you will be by the lovely, quirky, badass and sometimes insane minor characters that the main characters interact with. It is a lovely combination between steampunk and classic fantasy tropes and elements, with some Macedonian folklore elements tossed in (attributed to the fact that the author is Macedonian)
Read it because of flying ships battling. Read it because it plays with tropes in unexpected ways (and by the time you reach the end you'll see why i named the book what i did). Read it because of the big fantasy world of floating islands and the world-buildimg. Read it because explosions.
Read it because, even if it's not the best book you read (i guarantee it won't be), it's an engaging, interesting and captivating piece of fiction which will keep you entertained. | Firefly meets Disney's Treasure Planet with Dragons and Magic. |
Dr_Darkness | When people talk about how good/ bad some Pats defenses are, I use his lack of turnovers to show that Brady even plays a part in how good his defenses are.
Think the 2011 season when he took that atrocious defense to the Super Bowl. How does a defense give up a record setting amount of yards but still finish middle of the pack in points allowed per a game? The answer is because opposing teams consistently have to travel 70+ yards if they want a touchdown because your own QB NEVER throws picks.
This logic can also be used for why Aaron Rodgers is such a valuable QB. And if you stretch it a little, the same goes for Joe Montana/Steve Young in their own eras(both still top 10 on all time TD:INT ratio list)
tl;dr - The boring efficiency stats are just as important as the flashy volume stats | When people talk about how good/ bad some Pats defenses are, I use his lack of turnovers to show that Brady even plays a part in how good his defenses are.
Think the 2011 season when he took that atrocious defense to the Super Bowl. How does a defense give up a record setting amount of yards but still finish middle of the pack in points allowed per a game? The answer is because opposing teams consistently have to travel 70+ yards if they want a touchdown because your own QB NEVER throws picks.
This logic can also be used for why Aaron Rodgers is such a valuable QB. And if you stretch it a little, the same goes for Joe Montana/Steve Young in their own eras(both still top 10 on all time TD:INT ratio list)
tl;dr - The boring efficiency stats are just as important as the flashy volume stats
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cllf69v | When people talk about how good/ bad some Pats defenses are, I use his lack of turnovers to show that Brady even plays a part in how good his defenses are.
Think the 2011 season when he took that atrocious defense to the Super Bowl. How does a defense give up a record setting amount of yards but still finish middle of the pack in points allowed per a game? The answer is because opposing teams consistently have to travel 70+ yards if they want a touchdown because your own QB NEVER throws picks.
This logic can also be used for why Aaron Rodgers is such a valuable QB. And if you stretch it a little, the same goes for Joe Montana/Steve Young in their own eras(both still top 10 on all time TD:INT ratio list) | The boring efficiency stats are just as important as the flashy volume stats |
cnlbb | I'm not saying that you haven't raised a possible scenario, but rather that there are other scenarios. Some might be less probable, but that doesn't make them more true. If scenario 1 has a 90% chance of being true, and scenario 2 has a 10% chance of being true you cannot say that scenario 1 has occurred.
As for how I would react, I am not entirely sure. I am also not Adnan. I guess my general reply to these situations is that hypotheticals (while interesting games) can create biases inside of ourselves that shape how we look at the actual evidence (and often distract us from the evidence itself).
TLDR: Consider this. If the court case had been based entirely off of provable evidence and facts would this podcast exist right now? | I'm not saying that you haven't raised a possible scenario, but rather that there are other scenarios. Some might be less probable, but that doesn't make them more true. If scenario 1 has a 90% chance of being true, and scenario 2 has a 10% chance of being true you cannot say that scenario 1 has occurred.
As for how I would react, I am not entirely sure. I am also not Adnan. I guess my general reply to these situations is that hypotheticals (while interesting games) can create biases inside of ourselves that shape how we look at the actual evidence (and often distract us from the evidence itself).
TLDR: Consider this. If the court case had been based entirely off of provable evidence and facts would this podcast exist right now?
| serialpodcast | t5_33vph | clle05f | I'm not saying that you haven't raised a possible scenario, but rather that there are other scenarios. Some might be less probable, but that doesn't make them more true. If scenario 1 has a 90% chance of being true, and scenario 2 has a 10% chance of being true you cannot say that scenario 1 has occurred.
As for how I would react, I am not entirely sure. I am also not Adnan. I guess my general reply to these situations is that hypotheticals (while interesting games) can create biases inside of ourselves that shape how we look at the actual evidence (and often distract us from the evidence itself). | Consider this. If the court case had been based entirely off of provable evidence and facts would this podcast exist right now? |
cnlbb | >The only reason Adnan isn't acting like an innocent victim normally would, is because in my opinion, he is not innocent.
As soon as you start going down this line of reasoning you're going to lose sight of what actually matters. There is no way to act like an innocent victim normally would. Let's move beyond that.
There are certainly lots of questions about what Adnan did that day. However, as you've noted most of the evidence against him is based upon aged teenage memory. This isn't to rule it out, but rather than take any of it as fact it should be used as an investigative compass.
You suggestions that Adnan should go after Jay also force your opinion on how he should act into creating his guilt. Perhaps he considered that going after Jay aggressively would look bad for him. Keep in mind, he's not trying to find who is guilty, he is trying to prove that he is innocent. These are both very different things. Perhaps he once suggested this and a previous lawyer shut him down. Perhaps not, but we certainly do not know.
I like to relate these sorts of situations to the Errol Morris short [the umbrella man]( If something seems related, and obvious, and confusing there is a good chance that it is none of those. The truth is often far stranger than we could have anticipated.
TLDR: We are not watching a movie, there isn't going to be a 'got the bad guy' in the end. Serial functions mostly as an examination of the case against Adnan, does it hold up. If the case does not hold up, he does not remain guilty because we don't have a better suspect. | >The only reason Adnan isn't acting like an innocent victim normally would, is because in my opinion, he is not innocent.
As soon as you start going down this line of reasoning you're going to lose sight of what actually matters. There is no way to act like an innocent victim normally would. Let's move beyond that.
There are certainly lots of questions about what Adnan did that day. However, as you've noted most of the evidence against him is based upon aged teenage memory. This isn't to rule it out, but rather than take any of it as fact it should be used as an investigative compass.
You suggestions that Adnan should go after Jay also force your opinion on how he should act into creating his guilt. Perhaps he considered that going after Jay aggressively would look bad for him. Keep in mind, he's not trying to find who is guilty, he is trying to prove that he is innocent. These are both very different things. Perhaps he once suggested this and a previous lawyer shut him down. Perhaps not, but we certainly do not know.
I like to relate these sorts of situations to the Errol Morris short [the umbrella man]( If something seems related, and obvious, and confusing there is a good chance that it is none of those. The truth is often far stranger than we could have anticipated.
TLDR: We are not watching a movie, there isn't going to be a 'got the bad guy' in the end. Serial functions mostly as an examination of the case against Adnan, does it hold up. If the case does not hold up, he does not remain guilty because we don't have a better suspect.
| serialpodcast | t5_33vph | cll7hex | The only reason Adnan isn't acting like an innocent victim normally would, is because in my opinion, he is not innocent.
As soon as you start going down this line of reasoning you're going to lose sight of what actually matters. There is no way to act like an innocent victim normally would. Let's move beyond that.
There are certainly lots of questions about what Adnan did that day. However, as you've noted most of the evidence against him is based upon aged teenage memory. This isn't to rule it out, but rather than take any of it as fact it should be used as an investigative compass.
You suggestions that Adnan should go after Jay also force your opinion on how he should act into creating his guilt. Perhaps he considered that going after Jay aggressively would look bad for him. Keep in mind, he's not trying to find who is guilty, he is trying to prove that he is innocent. These are both very different things. Perhaps he once suggested this and a previous lawyer shut him down. Perhaps not, but we certainly do not know.
I like to relate these sorts of situations to the Errol Morris short [the umbrella man]( If something seems related, and obvious, and confusing there is a good chance that it is none of those. The truth is often far stranger than we could have anticipated. | We are not watching a movie, there isn't going to be a 'got the bad guy' in the end. Serial functions mostly as an examination of the case against Adnan, does it hold up. If the case does not hold up, he does not remain guilty because we don't have a better suspect. |
cnlbb | When I was a kid I hurt my hand severely. I recall that event perfectly. I could not tell you what happened earlier in the day.
You could argue that the police phone call struck him as important, however it was so important that the brain focused on remembering that while forgetting the rest of the day's unimportant details. This is just as theoretical as your suggestion of course, but it does illustrate that anything that is a theory has a fine counter-theory.
TLDR: facts please | When I was a kid I hurt my hand severely. I recall that event perfectly. I could not tell you what happened earlier in the day.
You could argue that the police phone call struck him as important, however it was so important that the brain focused on remembering that while forgetting the rest of the day's unimportant details. This is just as theoretical as your suggestion of course, but it does illustrate that anything that is a theory has a fine counter-theory.
TLDR: facts please
| serialpodcast | t5_33vph | cllbuja | When I was a kid I hurt my hand severely. I recall that event perfectly. I could not tell you what happened earlier in the day.
You could argue that the police phone call struck him as important, however it was so important that the brain focused on remembering that while forgetting the rest of the day's unimportant details. This is just as theoretical as your suggestion of course, but it does illustrate that anything that is a theory has a fine counter-theory. | facts please |
BillW87 | I'll also be a doctor working in a field that I immensely enjoy. Sure, I could potentially be making more money for less education if I'd picked up a trade. I wouldn't get the fulfillment of fixing sick puppies and kittens for a living, though. Not all rewards are monetary in nature, in the same way that getting a mortgage to get a house seems like a bad investment if "having a nice place to live" isn't one of the criteria by which you're assessing value. Personally I'm happy with the idea of a 5-7 year period of debt after school because ultimately I'll still be making easily 2-3 times as much money over the course of my career with my doctorate than I would without it as a vet tech, even after factoring in the 4 years of lost income for education and the accumulated debt. I'm also not sure what looks so bad about my job prospects to you either with a new grad employment rate in my field over 99% and a starting salary of $75k, [considering the average salary for a 25-34 year old without a college degree in the US is under $30k for a high school graduate and under $40k with an associates]( and the average college graduate can expect to make [66% more money over the course of their career than someone without a degree.]( You may be doing well at 26 personally and I'm glad for you that you're doing so well, but for the average American it's still a financial net positive gain to get a college degree even despite the rising cost of education.
tl;dr Picking up a trade instead of gaining student debt can be a better investment for some, but that doesn't mean that student debt is automatically a bad investment. If you decide to get your college degree in interpretive dance then expect to spend the next 30 years digging yourself out of that bad decision, though. A college degree hasn't been a guarantee of good earning potential for a long time, but on average it helps more than the debt hurts. | I'll also be a doctor working in a field that I immensely enjoy. Sure, I could potentially be making more money for less education if I'd picked up a trade. I wouldn't get the fulfillment of fixing sick puppies and kittens for a living, though. Not all rewards are monetary in nature, in the same way that getting a mortgage to get a house seems like a bad investment if "having a nice place to live" isn't one of the criteria by which you're assessing value. Personally I'm happy with the idea of a 5-7 year period of debt after school because ultimately I'll still be making easily 2-3 times as much money over the course of my career with my doctorate than I would without it as a vet tech, even after factoring in the 4 years of lost income for education and the accumulated debt. I'm also not sure what looks so bad about my job prospects to you either with a new grad employment rate in my field over 99% and a starting salary of $75k, [considering the average salary for a 25-34 year old without a college degree in the US is under $30k for a high school graduate and under $40k with an associates]( and the average college graduate can expect to make [66% more money over the course of their career than someone without a degree.]( You may be doing well at 26 personally and I'm glad for you that you're doing so well, but for the average American it's still a financial net positive gain to get a college degree even despite the rising cost of education.
tl;dr Picking up a trade instead of gaining student debt can be a better investment for some, but that doesn't mean that student debt is automatically a bad investment. If you decide to get your college degree in interpretive dance then expect to spend the next 30 years digging yourself out of that bad decision, though. A college degree hasn't been a guarantee of good earning potential for a long time, but on average it helps more than the debt hurts.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cllnek9 | I'll also be a doctor working in a field that I immensely enjoy. Sure, I could potentially be making more money for less education if I'd picked up a trade. I wouldn't get the fulfillment of fixing sick puppies and kittens for a living, though. Not all rewards are monetary in nature, in the same way that getting a mortgage to get a house seems like a bad investment if "having a nice place to live" isn't one of the criteria by which you're assessing value. Personally I'm happy with the idea of a 5-7 year period of debt after school because ultimately I'll still be making easily 2-3 times as much money over the course of my career with my doctorate than I would without it as a vet tech, even after factoring in the 4 years of lost income for education and the accumulated debt. I'm also not sure what looks so bad about my job prospects to you either with a new grad employment rate in my field over 99% and a starting salary of $75k, [considering the average salary for a 25-34 year old without a college degree in the US is under $30k for a high school graduate and under $40k with an associates]( and the average college graduate can expect to make [66% more money over the course of their career than someone without a degree.]( You may be doing well at 26 personally and I'm glad for you that you're doing so well, but for the average American it's still a financial net positive gain to get a college degree even despite the rising cost of education. | Picking up a trade instead of gaining student debt can be a better investment for some, but that doesn't mean that student debt is automatically a bad investment. If you decide to get your college degree in interpretive dance then expect to spend the next 30 years digging yourself out of that bad decision, though. A college degree hasn't been a guarantee of good earning potential for a long time, but on average it helps more than the debt hurts. |
mauxfaux | I don't know why you are rolling your eyes. Government spending most definitely *does* spur economic activity and growth, mainly by providing liquidity to capital markets when other lenders (i.e. "spenders") will not. You can think of the government as the "lender of last resort" (or, if it's more your style, spender of last resort).
We can have a debate about the relative wisdom of such spending, or whether or not the government can allocate and manage its capital investments better or worse than the private sector, but it's hard to argue that providing excess liquidity and cheap access to investment capital is somehow deflationary.
On to your second point. Governments can, and often do, spend in perpetuity. In fact, the last time the U.S. Government collected more money than it spent was under the Clinton presidency (1998-2001); before that it was in 1969. In addition, the U.S. Government has *always* carried a national debt, with the exception of a single year—1835—when president Andrew Jackson paid it off.
The United States government has always paid back every single penny it has borrowed—with interest!—and the people who "own" the national debt—bond holders—keep buying up more. What sorcery is this? After all, if you and I did the same thing we'd eventually go bankrupt.
But we're not sovereigns. Here's what the government can do that you and I cannot:
* Raise their salary whenever they want. Here's an experiment to try: go into your boss's office, inform him that you bought a new house, and let him know that he will be giving you an extra 10% going forward to pay for it. When he is done telling you to fuck off, remember that the government can raise taxes whenever it wants to and your only recourse is generally to pay them.
* Directly influence the economy via lawmaking, regulation, and policy. In addition to providing liquidity via open-market actions and other financially-related tools, the government has the ability to direct and/or influence the national output through other means that are unavailable to non-sovereigns. You may be able to keep your kids out of "dad's chair" at home, but the tools you have to affect the macro environment that governs your salary are pretty limited.
* Print money. Here's another experiment to try: buy that same house and then pay for it with hundreds that you "made" with the office photocopier. When you get out of jail, remember that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing can fire up their presses any time the government needs actual cash. It doesn't actually work quite this way—and it's a bit of an extreme example—but the government can always create money out of thin air to cover its expenses.
TL;DR: The government can run structural deficits in perpetuity so long as the increase in debt does not exceed the increase in GDP, because math. | I don't know why you are rolling your eyes. Government spending most definitely does spur economic activity and growth, mainly by providing liquidity to capital markets when other lenders (i.e. "spenders") will not. You can think of the government as the "lender of last resort" (or, if it's more your style, spender of last resort).
We can have a debate about the relative wisdom of such spending, or whether or not the government can allocate and manage its capital investments better or worse than the private sector, but it's hard to argue that providing excess liquidity and cheap access to investment capital is somehow deflationary.
On to your second point. Governments can, and often do, spend in perpetuity. In fact, the last time the U.S. Government collected more money than it spent was under the Clinton presidency (1998-2001); before that it was in 1969. In addition, the U.S. Government has always carried a national debt, with the exception of a single year—1835—when president Andrew Jackson paid it off.
The United States government has always paid back every single penny it has borrowed—with interest!—and the people who "own" the national debt—bond holders—keep buying up more. What sorcery is this? After all, if you and I did the same thing we'd eventually go bankrupt.
But we're not sovereigns. Here's what the government can do that you and I cannot:
Raise their salary whenever they want. Here's an experiment to try: go into your boss's office, inform him that you bought a new house, and let him know that he will be giving you an extra 10% going forward to pay for it. When he is done telling you to fuck off, remember that the government can raise taxes whenever it wants to and your only recourse is generally to pay them.
Directly influence the economy via lawmaking, regulation, and policy. In addition to providing liquidity via open-market actions and other financially-related tools, the government has the ability to direct and/or influence the national output through other means that are unavailable to non-sovereigns. You may be able to keep your kids out of "dad's chair" at home, but the tools you have to affect the macro environment that governs your salary are pretty limited.
Print money. Here's another experiment to try: buy that same house and then pay for it with hundreds that you "made" with the office photocopier. When you get out of jail, remember that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing can fire up their presses any time the government needs actual cash. It doesn't actually work quite this way—and it's a bit of an extreme example—but the government can always create money out of thin air to cover its expenses.
TL;DR: The government can run structural deficits in perpetuity so long as the increase in debt does not exceed the increase in GDP, because math.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cllnr8j | I don't know why you are rolling your eyes. Government spending most definitely does spur economic activity and growth, mainly by providing liquidity to capital markets when other lenders (i.e. "spenders") will not. You can think of the government as the "lender of last resort" (or, if it's more your style, spender of last resort).
We can have a debate about the relative wisdom of such spending, or whether or not the government can allocate and manage its capital investments better or worse than the private sector, but it's hard to argue that providing excess liquidity and cheap access to investment capital is somehow deflationary.
On to your second point. Governments can, and often do, spend in perpetuity. In fact, the last time the U.S. Government collected more money than it spent was under the Clinton presidency (1998-2001); before that it was in 1969. In addition, the U.S. Government has always carried a national debt, with the exception of a single year—1835—when president Andrew Jackson paid it off.
The United States government has always paid back every single penny it has borrowed—with interest!—and the people who "own" the national debt—bond holders—keep buying up more. What sorcery is this? After all, if you and I did the same thing we'd eventually go bankrupt.
But we're not sovereigns. Here's what the government can do that you and I cannot:
Raise their salary whenever they want. Here's an experiment to try: go into your boss's office, inform him that you bought a new house, and let him know that he will be giving you an extra 10% going forward to pay for it. When he is done telling you to fuck off, remember that the government can raise taxes whenever it wants to and your only recourse is generally to pay them.
Directly influence the economy via lawmaking, regulation, and policy. In addition to providing liquidity via open-market actions and other financially-related tools, the government has the ability to direct and/or influence the national output through other means that are unavailable to non-sovereigns. You may be able to keep your kids out of "dad's chair" at home, but the tools you have to affect the macro environment that governs your salary are pretty limited.
Print money. Here's another experiment to try: buy that same house and then pay for it with hundreds that you "made" with the office photocopier. When you get out of jail, remember that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing can fire up their presses any time the government needs actual cash. It doesn't actually work quite this way—and it's a bit of an extreme example—but the government can always create money out of thin air to cover its expenses. | The government can run structural deficits in perpetuity so long as the increase in debt does not exceed the increase in GDP, because math. |
hayesr | Football broadcasting is undergoing an interesting change in Canada/USA. Prior to the last few years, you had to subscribe to niche channels, such as GolTV or Setanta Sports, to get access. While these channels were sometimes very expensive (up to $20+ on top of the basic required packages), they at least dedicated a lot of broadcast time to the sport.
However, as the sport is becoming more popular here, the larger networks are starting to pick up the rights. When these main networks are making broadcasting choices, they face high risk showing anything but the highest profile football matches against choosing to show safer options like traditional American sports.
This is somewhat alleviated by many of the networks having multiple channels (eg TSN1, TSN2, etc), but not everyone will have access to all the alternatives, and the ratings numbers take a big dive. Furthermore, despite having multiple channels, they sometimes show the same fixture! For example, in Canada, the rights holder for the Champions League (Sportsnet) has about 5 channels (Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacifics, etc). However, sometimes up to 4/5 channels will all show the same match, even though there are multiple other matches being shown at the same time during times like the group stage.
So, while it is true that Canadian/American broadcasters carry most of the leagues, they often only show a select few of the games (only the major ones). This creates a sort of self-sustaining loop where North American's become fans of the major teams because they are the only ones they can watch! However, as ratings grow, it becomes more profitable to show more games here (higher ratings = higher ad revenue), so more (total and in terms of diversity) games will eventually be shown.
**TL;DR**: Most leagues are shown, but in a limited capacity. Higher ratings would increase that capacity. | Football broadcasting is undergoing an interesting change in Canada/USA. Prior to the last few years, you had to subscribe to niche channels, such as GolTV or Setanta Sports, to get access. While these channels were sometimes very expensive (up to $20+ on top of the basic required packages), they at least dedicated a lot of broadcast time to the sport.
However, as the sport is becoming more popular here, the larger networks are starting to pick up the rights. When these main networks are making broadcasting choices, they face high risk showing anything but the highest profile football matches against choosing to show safer options like traditional American sports.
This is somewhat alleviated by many of the networks having multiple channels (eg TSN1, TSN2, etc), but not everyone will have access to all the alternatives, and the ratings numbers take a big dive. Furthermore, despite having multiple channels, they sometimes show the same fixture! For example, in Canada, the rights holder for the Champions League (Sportsnet) has about 5 channels (Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacifics, etc). However, sometimes up to 4/5 channels will all show the same match, even though there are multiple other matches being shown at the same time during times like the group stage.
So, while it is true that Canadian/American broadcasters carry most of the leagues, they often only show a select few of the games (only the major ones). This creates a sort of self-sustaining loop where North American's become fans of the major teams because they are the only ones they can watch! However, as ratings grow, it becomes more profitable to show more games here (higher ratings = higher ad revenue), so more (total and in terms of diversity) games will eventually be shown.
TL;DR : Most leagues are shown, but in a limited capacity. Higher ratings would increase that capacity.
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cllid83 | Football broadcasting is undergoing an interesting change in Canada/USA. Prior to the last few years, you had to subscribe to niche channels, such as GolTV or Setanta Sports, to get access. While these channels were sometimes very expensive (up to $20+ on top of the basic required packages), they at least dedicated a lot of broadcast time to the sport.
However, as the sport is becoming more popular here, the larger networks are starting to pick up the rights. When these main networks are making broadcasting choices, they face high risk showing anything but the highest profile football matches against choosing to show safer options like traditional American sports.
This is somewhat alleviated by many of the networks having multiple channels (eg TSN1, TSN2, etc), but not everyone will have access to all the alternatives, and the ratings numbers take a big dive. Furthermore, despite having multiple channels, they sometimes show the same fixture! For example, in Canada, the rights holder for the Champions League (Sportsnet) has about 5 channels (Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet Pacifics, etc). However, sometimes up to 4/5 channels will all show the same match, even though there are multiple other matches being shown at the same time during times like the group stage.
So, while it is true that Canadian/American broadcasters carry most of the leagues, they often only show a select few of the games (only the major ones). This creates a sort of self-sustaining loop where North American's become fans of the major teams because they are the only ones they can watch! However, as ratings grow, it becomes more profitable to show more games here (higher ratings = higher ad revenue), so more (total and in terms of diversity) games will eventually be shown. | Most leagues are shown, but in a limited capacity. Higher ratings would increase that capacity. |
Ninjasteevo | I forgot where I heard it. Maybe it was during the fight but they bring in a wrestling team that go round after round of trying to take him down. The only time they were able to take him down is when he got tired.
TL;DR Condit needs to train with Nova União | I forgot where I heard it. Maybe it was during the fight but they bring in a wrestling team that go round after round of trying to take him down. The only time they were able to take him down is when he got tired.
TL;DR Condit needs to train with Nova União
| MMA | t5_2qhj4 | clls2ux | I forgot where I heard it. Maybe it was during the fight but they bring in a wrestling team that go round after round of trying to take him down. The only time they were able to take him down is when he got tired. | Condit needs to train with Nova União |
killer05str | that whole "playing rough" thing is typical for young cats, she/he will become more calm with age. at least in my experience thats what usually happens.
As for declawing, i find it kind of mean. a cat without claws is like cutting your fingers into nubs. Cats actual "fingers" are almost useless so they depend on their claws. I find it really mean to cut off the claws, it makes the cats paws utterly useless and is rather cruel in my opinion. That being said if you have expensive furniture or it is a really rough cat even when older i will understand if you decide to do it.
TL/DR: if its a must do, i guess but i find it rather cruel to declaw a cat due to their claws being the only thing they can grab on with. its like cutting of a humans fingers.
Edit: Grammar | that whole "playing rough" thing is typical for young cats, she/he will become more calm with age. at least in my experience thats what usually happens.
As for declawing, i find it kind of mean. a cat without claws is like cutting your fingers into nubs. Cats actual "fingers" are almost useless so they depend on their claws. I find it really mean to cut off the claws, it makes the cats paws utterly useless and is rather cruel in my opinion. That being said if you have expensive furniture or it is a really rough cat even when older i will understand if you decide to do it.
TL/DR: if its a must do, i guess but i find it rather cruel to declaw a cat due to their claws being the only thing they can grab on with. its like cutting of a humans fingers.
Edit: Grammar
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cllllue | that whole "playing rough" thing is typical for young cats, she/he will become more calm with age. at least in my experience thats what usually happens.
As for declawing, i find it kind of mean. a cat without claws is like cutting your fingers into nubs. Cats actual "fingers" are almost useless so they depend on their claws. I find it really mean to cut off the claws, it makes the cats paws utterly useless and is rather cruel in my opinion. That being said if you have expensive furniture or it is a really rough cat even when older i will understand if you decide to do it. | if its a must do, i guess but i find it rather cruel to declaw a cat due to their claws being the only thing they can grab on with. its like cutting of a humans fingers.
Edit: Grammar |
Budnacho | Well, let me ask you this....would you like it to lose your fingers to their first knuckle as a convenience to your boyfriend/girlfriend? All 3 of my cats have their claws and if you train them correctly, trimming their nails is easy as 1-2-3.
Owning a cat (or any other animal) is a responsibility, so you shed a little blood..big deal. Goes with the territory. A kitten climbing your leg is doing what kittens do.
Tl/DR....its mutilation. And your vets are fucking idiots to suggest it unless there is a mitigating circumstance for the health of the animal. | Well, let me ask you this....would you like it to lose your fingers to their first knuckle as a convenience to your boyfriend/girlfriend? All 3 of my cats have their claws and if you train them correctly, trimming their nails is easy as 1-2-3.
Owning a cat (or any other animal) is a responsibility, so you shed a little blood..big deal. Goes with the territory. A kitten climbing your leg is doing what kittens do.
Tl/DR....its mutilation. And your vets are fucking idiots to suggest it unless there is a mitigating circumstance for the health of the animal.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cllllw6 | Well, let me ask you this....would you like it to lose your fingers to their first knuckle as a convenience to your boyfriend/girlfriend? All 3 of my cats have their claws and if you train them correctly, trimming their nails is easy as 1-2-3.
Owning a cat (or any other animal) is a responsibility, so you shed a little blood..big deal. Goes with the territory. A kitten climbing your leg is doing what kittens do. | its mutilation. And your vets are fucking idiots to suggest it unless there is a mitigating circumstance for the health of the animal. |
ValmonUni | Hey,
Just got my tempered glass protector. Installation was super simple and although you could use the hinge method, I think it's easier to just hold from the edges and drop onto the phone from one end to another (top to bottom or bottom to top).
Part of the reason I had used the hinge method in the past is because screen protectors (the thin plastic film kind that are like a buck) are flimsy. A tempered glass protector is different in that it's stiff.
**tl,dr**: I think the standard method is best.
[Link to video and brand I went with]( | Hey,
Just got my tempered glass protector. Installation was super simple and although you could use the hinge method, I think it's easier to just hold from the edges and drop onto the phone from one end to another (top to bottom or bottom to top).
Part of the reason I had used the hinge method in the past is because screen protectors (the thin plastic film kind that are like a buck) are flimsy. A tempered glass protector is different in that it's stiff.
tl,dr : I think the standard method is best.
[Link to video and brand I went with](
| oneplus | t5_30qnb | clloaoe | Hey,
Just got my tempered glass protector. Installation was super simple and although you could use the hinge method, I think it's easier to just hold from the edges and drop onto the phone from one end to another (top to bottom or bottom to top).
Part of the reason I had used the hinge method in the past is because screen protectors (the thin plastic film kind that are like a buck) are flimsy. A tempered glass protector is different in that it's stiff. | I think the standard method is best.
[Link to video and brand I went with]( |
Alaroxr | This game is entirely run by the players. While one fight is a lot of fun, another might be a meat-grinder where you'll die 10+ times in a row (even great players will struggle). Keep this in mind.
You really have to work for everything in this game. In terms of getting certs (currency for unlocking equipment), but I'm mainly talking about playing the game. If you want to feel like a badass then you have to be one. If you want to make an impact on the fight then you have to go make it happen.
A lot of games will try as hard as they can to make you feel like you're doing something awesome. In Planetside 2 it is entirely up to you, but it is way more enjoyable and rewarding because of it.
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TL;DR The game is hard but it is totally worth getting a hang of. Don't feel bad if you struggle or die a lot. Don't be reluctant to ask questions. Don't hesitate to trying out anything and everything. *We've all been there.*
| This game is entirely run by the players. While one fight is a lot of fun, another might be a meat-grinder where you'll die 10+ times in a row (even great players will struggle). Keep this in mind.
You really have to work for everything in this game. In terms of getting certs (currency for unlocking equipment), but I'm mainly talking about playing the game. If you want to feel like a badass then you have to be one. If you want to make an impact on the fight then you have to go make it happen.
A lot of games will try as hard as they can to make you feel like you're doing something awesome. In Planetside 2 it is entirely up to you, but it is way more enjoyable and rewarding because of it.
TL;DR The game is hard but it is totally worth getting a hang of. Don't feel bad if you struggle or die a lot. Don't be reluctant to ask questions. Don't hesitate to trying out anything and everything. We've all been there.
| Planetside | t5_2s48x | cllzi8a | This game is entirely run by the players. While one fight is a lot of fun, another might be a meat-grinder where you'll die 10+ times in a row (even great players will struggle). Keep this in mind.
You really have to work for everything in this game. In terms of getting certs (currency for unlocking equipment), but I'm mainly talking about playing the game. If you want to feel like a badass then you have to be one. If you want to make an impact on the fight then you have to go make it happen.
A lot of games will try as hard as they can to make you feel like you're doing something awesome. In Planetside 2 it is entirely up to you, but it is way more enjoyable and rewarding because of it. | The game is hard but it is totally worth getting a hang of. Don't feel bad if you struggle or die a lot. Don't be reluctant to ask questions. Don't hesitate to trying out anything and everything. We've all been there. |
Viking84 | I was 8 when I got a bank account, including a debit card and online banking (my dad was a total geek and also a very good client, so he managed to convince whoever necessary to open this account). He sat down with me, explained how an account works, what bank transfers are etc. He went on sending me 10 DM (Deutsche Mark, our currency before the Euro - about 5€ / 6.30$), and showed me how to remit the money to others. He went on sending me this amount weekly as pocket money.
After some days I got the hang of it, managed my limited funds almost daily, and (probably, they never showed) annoyed the hell out of the tellers in my home branch by depositing every penny I'd get my hands on and put it on my separate savings account. That's how I learned about the fascination of interest rates.
Until today at age 30 I never had any issues with my finances, never had debt problems, repay my credit card monthly in full, and all loan applications I filed for have been approved in shortest time.
TL;DR - the sooner you show kids how the monetary system works, the better they'll handle their money later. | I was 8 when I got a bank account, including a debit card and online banking (my dad was a total geek and also a very good client, so he managed to convince whoever necessary to open this account). He sat down with me, explained how an account works, what bank transfers are etc. He went on sending me 10 DM (Deutsche Mark, our currency before the Euro - about 5€ / 6.30$), and showed me how to remit the money to others. He went on sending me this amount weekly as pocket money.
After some days I got the hang of it, managed my limited funds almost daily, and (probably, they never showed) annoyed the hell out of the tellers in my home branch by depositing every penny I'd get my hands on and put it on my separate savings account. That's how I learned about the fascination of interest rates.
Until today at age 30 I never had any issues with my finances, never had debt problems, repay my credit card monthly in full, and all loan applications I filed for have been approved in shortest time.
TL;DR - the sooner you show kids how the monetary system works, the better they'll handle their money later.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | clm823i | I was 8 when I got a bank account, including a debit card and online banking (my dad was a total geek and also a very good client, so he managed to convince whoever necessary to open this account). He sat down with me, explained how an account works, what bank transfers are etc. He went on sending me 10 DM (Deutsche Mark, our currency before the Euro - about 5€ / 6.30$), and showed me how to remit the money to others. He went on sending me this amount weekly as pocket money.
After some days I got the hang of it, managed my limited funds almost daily, and (probably, they never showed) annoyed the hell out of the tellers in my home branch by depositing every penny I'd get my hands on and put it on my separate savings account. That's how I learned about the fascination of interest rates.
Until today at age 30 I never had any issues with my finances, never had debt problems, repay my credit card monthly in full, and all loan applications I filed for have been approved in shortest time. | the sooner you show kids how the monetary system works, the better they'll handle their money later. |
RadicaLarry | Common usage literally means that the phrase has taken on that meaning. A majority of people believe it.
[Here's]( an interesting article about the history of "begs the question" finished with an opinion about its usage.
Tl;dr - don't be pedantic. Common use today of this phrase can be to "raise a question". | Common usage literally means that the phrase has taken on that meaning. A majority of people believe it.
[Here's]( an interesting article about the history of "begs the question" finished with an opinion about its usage.
Tl;dr - don't be pedantic. Common use today of this phrase can be to "raise a question".
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | clma5s3 | Common usage literally means that the phrase has taken on that meaning. A majority of people believe it.
[Here's]( an interesting article about the history of "begs the question" finished with an opinion about its usage. | don't be pedantic. Common use today of this phrase can be to "raise a question". |
DogfoodEnforcer | I recently found out that my father played in a Unicef tournament with the likes of George Best, Maradonna, Beckenbauer and some others. He said that Maradonna was by far the most classless prick he has ever come across. Even his fellow countrymen (playing in the tournament) were berating him for his behaviour and were apologizing for him.
TL;DR: Always has been a piece of shit, always will be a piece of shit. | I recently found out that my father played in a Unicef tournament with the likes of George Best, Maradonna, Beckenbauer and some others. He said that Maradonna was by far the most classless prick he has ever come across. Even his fellow countrymen (playing in the tournament) were berating him for his behaviour and were apologizing for him.
TL;DR: Always has been a piece of shit, always will be a piece of shit.
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | clmak4w | I recently found out that my father played in a Unicef tournament with the likes of George Best, Maradonna, Beckenbauer and some others. He said that Maradonna was by far the most classless prick he has ever come across. Even his fellow countrymen (playing in the tournament) were berating him for his behaviour and were apologizing for him. | Always has been a piece of shit, always will be a piece of shit. |
Voyager5555 | Sit on my couch
blaze
tl;dr - you're doing it wrong | Sit on my couch
blaze
tl;dr - you're doing it wrong
| trees | t5_2r9vp | clm3cde | Sit on my couch
blaze | you're doing it wrong |
BasicNerf | I have a review of Super Perfect Shadow 1s from another site that i did. TL:Dr is that while there are some errors with them, they should be easily fixable.
| I have a review of Super Perfect Shadow 1s from another site that i did. TL:Dr is that while there are some errors with them, they should be easily fixable.
| Repsneakers | t5_334km | clmiiuw | I have a review of Super Perfect Shadow 1s from another site that i did. | is that while there are some errors with them, they should be easily fixable. |
P-Whitty | I know this may never be read by anyone, but I do own a banana suit, and for my Church's Vacation Bible School (summer day camp for elementary schoolers) I wore it on disguise day. After a long day of teaching kids motions to a bunch of cheesy songs, a bunch of us went out to grab some Chick-fil-A as is the custom for us Christians. While in line, an obviously mentally challenged girl turned around and lost her shit freaking out and yelling with joy about the "Banana Man" in line behind her. She begged her mom to take her picture with me but her mother said no and to "stop bothering the poor boy". I wasn't the least bit bothered by her as I have lots of experience dealing with MR people, so I gave her a hug and was able to watch her smile from ear to ear as her mom made her sit down and wait for her. It was heartbreaking to see her mom treat her with such little patience (I know that having a child with special needs can be taxing, but it isn't every day your kid gets to see a guy rockin' a banana suit), but also heartwarming to see the smile my dumb outfit was able to bring to her face. I still really wish that I would have made her mom take our picture or that I would have brought out my camera to snap a selfie, but what can ya do?
TL; DR
Used my banana suit to make a young woman with a mental disability the happiest person on earth. | I know this may never be read by anyone, but I do own a banana suit, and for my Church's Vacation Bible School (summer day camp for elementary schoolers) I wore it on disguise day. After a long day of teaching kids motions to a bunch of cheesy songs, a bunch of us went out to grab some Chick-fil-A as is the custom for us Christians. While in line, an obviously mentally challenged girl turned around and lost her shit freaking out and yelling with joy about the "Banana Man" in line behind her. She begged her mom to take her picture with me but her mother said no and to "stop bothering the poor boy". I wasn't the least bit bothered by her as I have lots of experience dealing with MR people, so I gave her a hug and was able to watch her smile from ear to ear as her mom made her sit down and wait for her. It was heartbreaking to see her mom treat her with such little patience (I know that having a child with special needs can be taxing, but it isn't every day your kid gets to see a guy rockin' a banana suit), but also heartwarming to see the smile my dumb outfit was able to bring to her face. I still really wish that I would have made her mom take our picture or that I would have brought out my camera to snap a selfie, but what can ya do?
TL; DR
Used my banana suit to make a young woman with a mental disability the happiest person on earth.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | clmxi6y | I know this may never be read by anyone, but I do own a banana suit, and for my Church's Vacation Bible School (summer day camp for elementary schoolers) I wore it on disguise day. After a long day of teaching kids motions to a bunch of cheesy songs, a bunch of us went out to grab some Chick-fil-A as is the custom for us Christians. While in line, an obviously mentally challenged girl turned around and lost her shit freaking out and yelling with joy about the "Banana Man" in line behind her. She begged her mom to take her picture with me but her mother said no and to "stop bothering the poor boy". I wasn't the least bit bothered by her as I have lots of experience dealing with MR people, so I gave her a hug and was able to watch her smile from ear to ear as her mom made her sit down and wait for her. It was heartbreaking to see her mom treat her with such little patience (I know that having a child with special needs can be taxing, but it isn't every day your kid gets to see a guy rockin' a banana suit), but also heartwarming to see the smile my dumb outfit was able to bring to her face. I still really wish that I would have made her mom take our picture or that I would have brought out my camera to snap a selfie, but what can ya do? | Used my banana suit to make a young woman with a mental disability the happiest person on earth. |
Ccnitro | Yeah, wasn't the best wording. Washington is a decent state, and it's pretty wealthy as part of the US, but you don't really think about it when you think of the big states of America, like New York, Cali etc. and you think of it even less when compared to China, Korea and Germany.
TL;DR Washington's a decent state that I would want to bring into relevancy | Yeah, wasn't the best wording. Washington is a decent state, and it's pretty wealthy as part of the US, but you don't really think about it when you think of the big states of America, like New York, Cali etc. and you think of it even less when compared to China, Korea and Germany.
TL;DR Washington's a decent state that I would want to bring into relevancy
| worldpowers | t5_30yfr | clmvm7r | Yeah, wasn't the best wording. Washington is a decent state, and it's pretty wealthy as part of the US, but you don't really think about it when you think of the big states of America, like New York, Cali etc. and you think of it even less when compared to China, Korea and Germany. | Washington's a decent state that I would want to bring into relevancy |
TheJokersChild | Well, here in the real world (or its American idiom), we don't always have the luxury of working less. Sabbaticals don't pay for themselves. Something's gotta keep the money flowin' (especially when you're your only source of income), and right now I need a different kind of something.
Most of my somethings are creative endeavors, and as you must be well aware from others' stories, there's not always any money in that kind of thing. Freelancing? Sure, but what do you do for health insurance? And that 1099 you get at the end of the year? No wonder people call it the F word.
Education = college loans. I ain't payin' off no damn school loans in my 60s.
Back in my professional world, things look great. On the surface. Great money and benefits, amazing coworkers and a schedule that allows for things to get done in real life on a human schedule. Plus my supervisors love the quality of the work I do.
But things are crumbling underneath all that. I'm not at home with some of the radical changes we're making lately. There's a deep, burning resentment; not for those who've been promoted over me, but for the fact that I'm not the one they chose the past 6 or 7 times something's come up that I've gone for despite glowing words from just about everyone who knows my work. And there's the fact that a lot of the skills I'm certified for aren't even used there. I think that's hurt me more than once in my job search.
Jobs are not easy to find in my business, and the ones that are are not always near me. You have to go where they are when they come up. That's how I got to this job. And really, jobs like mine are all I qualify for. I'm not ruling out a career change - I'm friends with someone who's done it - but *goddamn* it's hard.
tl;dr: hulk of reality smash brick of dream | Well, here in the real world (or its American idiom), we don't always have the luxury of working less. Sabbaticals don't pay for themselves. Something's gotta keep the money flowin' (especially when you're your only source of income), and right now I need a different kind of something.
Most of my somethings are creative endeavors, and as you must be well aware from others' stories, there's not always any money in that kind of thing. Freelancing? Sure, but what do you do for health insurance? And that 1099 you get at the end of the year? No wonder people call it the F word.
Education = college loans. I ain't payin' off no damn school loans in my 60s.
Back in my professional world, things look great. On the surface. Great money and benefits, amazing coworkers and a schedule that allows for things to get done in real life on a human schedule. Plus my supervisors love the quality of the work I do.
But things are crumbling underneath all that. I'm not at home with some of the radical changes we're making lately. There's a deep, burning resentment; not for those who've been promoted over me, but for the fact that I'm not the one they chose the past 6 or 7 times something's come up that I've gone for despite glowing words from just about everyone who knows my work. And there's the fact that a lot of the skills I'm certified for aren't even used there. I think that's hurt me more than once in my job search.
Jobs are not easy to find in my business, and the ones that are are not always near me. You have to go where they are when they come up. That's how I got to this job. And really, jobs like mine are all I qualify for. I'm not ruling out a career change - I'm friends with someone who's done it - but goddamn it's hard.
tl;dr: hulk of reality smash brick of dream
| CasualConversation | t5_323oy | cln37ak | Well, here in the real world (or its American idiom), we don't always have the luxury of working less. Sabbaticals don't pay for themselves. Something's gotta keep the money flowin' (especially when you're your only source of income), and right now I need a different kind of something.
Most of my somethings are creative endeavors, and as you must be well aware from others' stories, there's not always any money in that kind of thing. Freelancing? Sure, but what do you do for health insurance? And that 1099 you get at the end of the year? No wonder people call it the F word.
Education = college loans. I ain't payin' off no damn school loans in my 60s.
Back in my professional world, things look great. On the surface. Great money and benefits, amazing coworkers and a schedule that allows for things to get done in real life on a human schedule. Plus my supervisors love the quality of the work I do.
But things are crumbling underneath all that. I'm not at home with some of the radical changes we're making lately. There's a deep, burning resentment; not for those who've been promoted over me, but for the fact that I'm not the one they chose the past 6 or 7 times something's come up that I've gone for despite glowing words from just about everyone who knows my work. And there's the fact that a lot of the skills I'm certified for aren't even used there. I think that's hurt me more than once in my job search.
Jobs are not easy to find in my business, and the ones that are are not always near me. You have to go where they are when they come up. That's how I got to this job. And really, jobs like mine are all I qualify for. I'm not ruling out a career change - I'm friends with someone who's done it - but goddamn it's hard. | hulk of reality smash brick of dream |
aelmer2821 | sure: When I first got my RDA, I had to take a look at what I was capable of pulling before doing anything. I had an MVP 2.0, max voltage of 5 vdc, max wattage of 11w, plus being regulated to fire at ( what I thought) was a least resistance of 1.0 ohms. common thought on here seemed to be dual coils at 3-5 wraps a piece. The issue I ran into (until recently) was that resistance is cumulative in a parallel circuit, voltage is common, so a dual coil was not going to work for me ( passing low voltage/wattage at the same electro conductive locomotion across 2 paths at the same time is not going to result in much heat (i.e. no vapor).
So, single coil it was. From there, I had to figure out what the best build I could have at my sweet spot ( about 8.5 watts), and still have slightly over 1 ohm resistance. Now a couple of things to bear in mind, tempering and compressing will reduce resistance, so if you are using a mech mod and want low resistance, this will help with that, I recommend tempering for all coils built, since you dont want a resistance sink taking place.
TL;DR: Make coils, check resistances before and after dry firing, if they don't work, make new ones til one does. | sure: When I first got my RDA, I had to take a look at what I was capable of pulling before doing anything. I had an MVP 2.0, max voltage of 5 vdc, max wattage of 11w, plus being regulated to fire at ( what I thought) was a least resistance of 1.0 ohms. common thought on here seemed to be dual coils at 3-5 wraps a piece. The issue I ran into (until recently) was that resistance is cumulative in a parallel circuit, voltage is common, so a dual coil was not going to work for me ( passing low voltage/wattage at the same electro conductive locomotion across 2 paths at the same time is not going to result in much heat (i.e. no vapor).
So, single coil it was. From there, I had to figure out what the best build I could have at my sweet spot ( about 8.5 watts), and still have slightly over 1 ohm resistance. Now a couple of things to bear in mind, tempering and compressing will reduce resistance, so if you are using a mech mod and want low resistance, this will help with that, I recommend tempering for all coils built, since you dont want a resistance sink taking place.
TL;DR: Make coils, check resistances before and after dry firing, if they don't work, make new ones til one does.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cln3yr4 | sure: When I first got my RDA, I had to take a look at what I was capable of pulling before doing anything. I had an MVP 2.0, max voltage of 5 vdc, max wattage of 11w, plus being regulated to fire at ( what I thought) was a least resistance of 1.0 ohms. common thought on here seemed to be dual coils at 3-5 wraps a piece. The issue I ran into (until recently) was that resistance is cumulative in a parallel circuit, voltage is common, so a dual coil was not going to work for me ( passing low voltage/wattage at the same electro conductive locomotion across 2 paths at the same time is not going to result in much heat (i.e. no vapor).
So, single coil it was. From there, I had to figure out what the best build I could have at my sweet spot ( about 8.5 watts), and still have slightly over 1 ohm resistance. Now a couple of things to bear in mind, tempering and compressing will reduce resistance, so if you are using a mech mod and want low resistance, this will help with that, I recommend tempering for all coils built, since you dont want a resistance sink taking place. | Make coils, check resistances before and after dry firing, if they don't work, make new ones til one does. |
Ashkelan | Actually, I killed them....
Seriously, if it doesn't offer me culture, and early in the game, I kill them. The AI is such a joke even on Apollo, who cares if everyone in the game DoW's over your warmongering? I can 1-turn most units from like 15 cities on standard by the time AI's might concern you. They seriously need to add difficulty levels. I don't know, Orion or Constellation or something.
TL;DR Screw stations, I killed them. All of them. | Actually, I killed them....
Seriously, if it doesn't offer me culture, and early in the game, I kill them. The AI is such a joke even on Apollo, who cares if everyone in the game DoW's over your warmongering? I can 1-turn most units from like 15 cities on standard by the time AI's might concern you. They seriously need to add difficulty levels. I don't know, Orion or Constellation or something.
TL;DR Screw stations, I killed them. All of them.
| civ | t5_2rk3b | cln5qnn | Actually, I killed them....
Seriously, if it doesn't offer me culture, and early in the game, I kill them. The AI is such a joke even on Apollo, who cares if everyone in the game DoW's over your warmongering? I can 1-turn most units from like 15 cities on standard by the time AI's might concern you. They seriously need to add difficulty levels. I don't know, Orion or Constellation or something. | Screw stations, I killed them. All of them. |
tophaloaf | No it does not work like that. Evolve triggers when the creature enters the battlefield, and that can not be delayed. And you can't respond to the evolve trigger once it's on the stack by grafting onto the creature entering and then when evolve resolves, it sees the creature is bigger, because if the creature entering isn't bigger than the evolve creature when it enters, then the evolve trigger doesn't go on the stack at all.
TLDR: No | No it does not work like that. Evolve triggers when the creature enters the battlefield, and that can not be delayed. And you can't respond to the evolve trigger once it's on the stack by grafting onto the creature entering and then when evolve resolves, it sees the creature is bigger, because if the creature entering isn't bigger than the evolve creature when it enters, then the evolve trigger doesn't go on the stack at all.
TLDR: No
| spikes | t5_2utkz | clnxv5y | No it does not work like that. Evolve triggers when the creature enters the battlefield, and that can not be delayed. And you can't respond to the evolve trigger once it's on the stack by grafting onto the creature entering and then when evolve resolves, it sees the creature is bigger, because if the creature entering isn't bigger than the evolve creature when it enters, then the evolve trigger doesn't go on the stack at all. | No |
PLURist | Can I get an TL; DR? Holy hell... | Can I get an TL; DR? Holy hell...
| DestinyTheGame | t5_2vq0w | clngfjw | Can I get an | Holy hell... |
wheremydirigiblesat | It depends on how you define "consciousness", "intelligence", and "life". I will offer three definitions and then an answer based off of those definitions, but the answer will obviously change if you want to define these things differently.
**Consciousness:** It is almost impossible to define consciousness in more basic terms, but we get explain "the gist" of what we mean if we say that it is that ethereal first-person awareness that our mind has of itself and its surroundings. It is not just the **content** of our conscious experience (like that I am currently have the conscious visual experience of a squared-shaped thing in from of me called a computer, the sound of my typing on the keyboard, etc.), but it is the awareness **of that** content. I think that consciousness can come in degrees. There are a few other animals that might be at least somewhat aware of themselves (like those that pass the mirror test like some apes), and I would argue that even those that don't pass the mirror test and are plausibly not self-conscious are still conscious to some degree, like dogs for example.
**Life:** For definitions on life, I would start [here]( The short answer is that life is a family of strategies that are processed in a physical system to maintain that physical system's low entropy. The more strategies that the system has, the more life-like it seems. For example, a refrigerator maintains a low entropy within itself (the low temperature) but it doesn't maintain **its own** low entropy, the complexity of its parts. If there was a refrigerator that was able to gain energy from the environment in more independent ways and maintain its own physical complexity by self-repairing, or maintain its complexity indirectly by making copies of that complexity in other matter, then it starts to seem more life-like.
**Intelligence:** I would argue that a good starting definition for intelligence is one that is independent of the concept of consciousness. Consciousness requires intelligence because you cannot be consciously aware if you cannot **make sense of** your environment at some level. However, intelligence doesn't necessarily require consciousness. Intelligence just means that a physical system has complex ways of interacting with itself and its environment to meet its goals (including goals that tell it how to form other goals). We can imagine robot A being better at navigating through its environment than robot B, and therefore robot A is in a sense more intelligent than B, even though both robots have programming that is far too simple to hold self-consciousness. You might argue that **every** information-theoretic state (like the programming in these simple robots) has **some** degree of sentience. (This is one form of panpsychism.) That's an open possibility, but we can still agree that these robots are not anything close to level of consciousness of even, say, a dog.
**Now to your original questions.**
Is intelligence necessary for consciousness? I think so, as explained above.
Is life necessary for consciousness? I think that consciousness could be created in an artificial brain or computer, so is that computer "alive"? It is, but only in an extremely weak sense. It is a complex (and therefore low-entropy) physical system that maintains its low entropy by not immediately disintegrating (like how a bridge still holds together for at least some time), but it doesn't necessarily have any physical systems to self-repair, self-improve, reproduce, search for other energy sources, etc. But of course this doesn't mean that the consciousness is awake and yet mostly "dead"! That would be confusing our everyday and technical definitions of life. In our technical definition of life, it is neither alive nor dead, but our everyday definition of life would say that anything conscious is alive. It is still alive in the sense that it is a person that, in virtue of being alive in the everyday sense, has rights and so on.
And before people inevitably ask me if consciousness is physical or not: this is an extremely complicated question, in fact, it is often called the "hard problem" of consciousness because it forces us to try to understand our most basic conceptual categories. I have done a lot of reading/thinking on this issue and remain agnostic, and my comments above are designed to be independent of claims of whether consciousness is physical or not.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask.
**TL;DR:** Consciousness requires intelligence but not technically life (except in an extremely weak sense).
EDIT: formatting | It depends on how you define "consciousness", "intelligence", and "life". I will offer three definitions and then an answer based off of those definitions, but the answer will obviously change if you want to define these things differently.
Consciousness: It is almost impossible to define consciousness in more basic terms, but we get explain "the gist" of what we mean if we say that it is that ethereal first-person awareness that our mind has of itself and its surroundings. It is not just the content of our conscious experience (like that I am currently have the conscious visual experience of a squared-shaped thing in from of me called a computer, the sound of my typing on the keyboard, etc.), but it is the awareness of that content. I think that consciousness can come in degrees. There are a few other animals that might be at least somewhat aware of themselves (like those that pass the mirror test like some apes), and I would argue that even those that don't pass the mirror test and are plausibly not self-conscious are still conscious to some degree, like dogs for example.
Life: For definitions on life, I would start here but it doesn't maintain its own low entropy, the complexity of its parts. If there was a refrigerator that was able to gain energy from the environment in more independent ways and maintain its own physical complexity by self-repairing, or maintain its complexity indirectly by making copies of that complexity in other matter, then it starts to seem more life-like.
Intelligence: I would argue that a good starting definition for intelligence is one that is independent of the concept of consciousness. Consciousness requires intelligence because you cannot be consciously aware if you cannot make sense of your environment at some level. However, intelligence doesn't necessarily require consciousness. Intelligence just means that a physical system has complex ways of interacting with itself and its environment to meet its goals (including goals that tell it how to form other goals). We can imagine robot A being better at navigating through its environment than robot B, and therefore robot A is in a sense more intelligent than B, even though both robots have programming that is far too simple to hold self-consciousness. You might argue that every information-theoretic state (like the programming in these simple robots) has some degree of sentience. (This is one form of panpsychism.) That's an open possibility, but we can still agree that these robots are not anything close to level of consciousness of even, say, a dog.
Now to your original questions.
Is intelligence necessary for consciousness? I think so, as explained above.
Is life necessary for consciousness? I think that consciousness could be created in an artificial brain or computer, so is that computer "alive"? It is, but only in an extremely weak sense. It is a complex (and therefore low-entropy) physical system that maintains its low entropy by not immediately disintegrating (like how a bridge still holds together for at least some time), but it doesn't necessarily have any physical systems to self-repair, self-improve, reproduce, search for other energy sources, etc. But of course this doesn't mean that the consciousness is awake and yet mostly "dead"! That would be confusing our everyday and technical definitions of life. In our technical definition of life, it is neither alive nor dead, but our everyday definition of life would say that anything conscious is alive. It is still alive in the sense that it is a person that, in virtue of being alive in the everyday sense, has rights and so on.
And before people inevitably ask me if consciousness is physical or not: this is an extremely complicated question, in fact, it is often called the "hard problem" of consciousness because it forces us to try to understand our most basic conceptual categories. I have done a lot of reading/thinking on this issue and remain agnostic, and my comments above are designed to be independent of claims of whether consciousness is physical or not.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask.
TL;DR: Consciousness requires intelligence but not technically life (except in an extremely weak sense).
EDIT: formatting
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clnnz8q | It depends on how you define "consciousness", "intelligence", and "life". I will offer three definitions and then an answer based off of those definitions, but the answer will obviously change if you want to define these things differently.
Consciousness: It is almost impossible to define consciousness in more basic terms, but we get explain "the gist" of what we mean if we say that it is that ethereal first-person awareness that our mind has of itself and its surroundings. It is not just the content of our conscious experience (like that I am currently have the conscious visual experience of a squared-shaped thing in from of me called a computer, the sound of my typing on the keyboard, etc.), but it is the awareness of that content. I think that consciousness can come in degrees. There are a few other animals that might be at least somewhat aware of themselves (like those that pass the mirror test like some apes), and I would argue that even those that don't pass the mirror test and are plausibly not self-conscious are still conscious to some degree, like dogs for example.
Life: For definitions on life, I would start here but it doesn't maintain its own low entropy, the complexity of its parts. If there was a refrigerator that was able to gain energy from the environment in more independent ways and maintain its own physical complexity by self-repairing, or maintain its complexity indirectly by making copies of that complexity in other matter, then it starts to seem more life-like.
Intelligence: I would argue that a good starting definition for intelligence is one that is independent of the concept of consciousness. Consciousness requires intelligence because you cannot be consciously aware if you cannot make sense of your environment at some level. However, intelligence doesn't necessarily require consciousness. Intelligence just means that a physical system has complex ways of interacting with itself and its environment to meet its goals (including goals that tell it how to form other goals). We can imagine robot A being better at navigating through its environment than robot B, and therefore robot A is in a sense more intelligent than B, even though both robots have programming that is far too simple to hold self-consciousness. You might argue that every information-theoretic state (like the programming in these simple robots) has some degree of sentience. (This is one form of panpsychism.) That's an open possibility, but we can still agree that these robots are not anything close to level of consciousness of even, say, a dog.
Now to your original questions.
Is intelligence necessary for consciousness? I think so, as explained above.
Is life necessary for consciousness? I think that consciousness could be created in an artificial brain or computer, so is that computer "alive"? It is, but only in an extremely weak sense. It is a complex (and therefore low-entropy) physical system that maintains its low entropy by not immediately disintegrating (like how a bridge still holds together for at least some time), but it doesn't necessarily have any physical systems to self-repair, self-improve, reproduce, search for other energy sources, etc. But of course this doesn't mean that the consciousness is awake and yet mostly "dead"! That would be confusing our everyday and technical definitions of life. In our technical definition of life, it is neither alive nor dead, but our everyday definition of life would say that anything conscious is alive. It is still alive in the sense that it is a person that, in virtue of being alive in the everyday sense, has rights and so on.
And before people inevitably ask me if consciousness is physical or not: this is an extremely complicated question, in fact, it is often called the "hard problem" of consciousness because it forces us to try to understand our most basic conceptual categories. I have done a lot of reading/thinking on this issue and remain agnostic, and my comments above are designed to be independent of claims of whether consciousness is physical or not.
If you have further questions, feel free to ask. | Consciousness requires intelligence but not technically life (except in an extremely weak sense).
EDIT: formatting |
TriumphantGeorge | Apologies. The wikipedia definition is better:
>Consciousness is the quality or state of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty in definition, many philosophers believe that there is a broadly shared underlying intuition about what consciousness is. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives."
So, basically, the definition of "consciousness" is "awareness of something" or "that which is aware", or more simply: "awareness".
*Direct Experience:* That everything (all experience) is in consciousness is something you can prove to yourself. If you try the experiment I pointed out, you find that - in your own direct experience - everything is within a space of awareness, and that you yourself seem to be that 'space'. Objects you experience turn out to be patterns within awareness. One supposes an external world made of matter, but one never experiences it, and one would have to invent a "conversion bridge" where the matter of objects was "converted" into the experience made of awareness.
*Philosophical Basis:* The question of what is consciousness can equally be asked of matter. It's a case of which you choose to be fundamental. However, materialism has the problem of "how does consciousness arise from inert matter?" whereas idealism has no problem with answering "how does the experience of inert matter arise from consciousness". Consciousness is the "material" that things are made from. "Matter" are patterns/folds in consciousness.
The result is that, everything experiences "being itself". That does not mean it is *self-aware* - rocks do not "know" that they are rocks. However, rocks *are* a rock-like experience. Something like the brain, a much more complex pattern, has a more complex relationship within itself: parts of the brain can "experience" themselves relative to other parts of the brain (or rather, "experience patterns within themselves", such as seeing, hearing and so on).
If the brain was "inert matter" we'd have to find the time/location at which consciousness appeared or emerged. If 'matter' is *made from* consciousness, then that problem is solved: consciousness experiences itself relative to itself, and objects and patterns within itself.
Is life necessary for consciousness? No, consciousness is already present for life to appear within / arise from / be a pattern within.
**TL;DR:** Consciousness is not emergent, it is fundamental. Life is conscious because all forms are conscious. Increased complexity gives organisms the ability to have the experience of self-consciousness.
| Apologies. The wikipedia definition is better:
>Consciousness is the quality or state of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty in definition, many philosophers believe that there is a broadly shared underlying intuition about what consciousness is. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives."
So, basically, the definition of "consciousness" is "awareness of something" or "that which is aware", or more simply: "awareness".
Direct Experience: That everything (all experience) is in consciousness is something you can prove to yourself. If you try the experiment I pointed out, you find that - in your own direct experience - everything is within a space of awareness, and that you yourself seem to be that 'space'. Objects you experience turn out to be patterns within awareness. One supposes an external world made of matter, but one never experiences it, and one would have to invent a "conversion bridge" where the matter of objects was "converted" into the experience made of awareness.
Philosophical Basis: The question of what is consciousness can equally be asked of matter. It's a case of which you choose to be fundamental. However, materialism has the problem of "how does consciousness arise from inert matter?" whereas idealism has no problem with answering "how does the experience of inert matter arise from consciousness". Consciousness is the "material" that things are made from. "Matter" are patterns/folds in consciousness.
The result is that, everything experiences "being itself". That does not mean it is self-aware - rocks do not "know" that they are rocks. However, rocks are a rock-like experience. Something like the brain, a much more complex pattern, has a more complex relationship within itself: parts of the brain can "experience" themselves relative to other parts of the brain (or rather, "experience patterns within themselves", such as seeing, hearing and so on).
If the brain was "inert matter" we'd have to find the time/location at which consciousness appeared or emerged. If 'matter' is made from consciousness, then that problem is solved: consciousness experiences itself relative to itself, and objects and patterns within itself.
Is life necessary for consciousness? No, consciousness is already present for life to appear within / arise from / be a pattern within.
TL;DR: Consciousness is not emergent, it is fundamental. Life is conscious because all forms are conscious. Increased complexity gives organisms the ability to have the experience of self-consciousness.
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clyfjof | Apologies. The wikipedia definition is better:
>Consciousness is the quality or state of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself. It has been defined as: sentience, awareness, subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind. Despite the difficulty in definition, many philosophers believe that there is a broadly shared underlying intuition about what consciousness is. As Max Velmans and Susan Schneider wrote in The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness: "Anything that we are aware of at a given moment forms part of our consciousness, making conscious experience at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives."
So, basically, the definition of "consciousness" is "awareness of something" or "that which is aware", or more simply: "awareness".
Direct Experience: That everything (all experience) is in consciousness is something you can prove to yourself. If you try the experiment I pointed out, you find that - in your own direct experience - everything is within a space of awareness, and that you yourself seem to be that 'space'. Objects you experience turn out to be patterns within awareness. One supposes an external world made of matter, but one never experiences it, and one would have to invent a "conversion bridge" where the matter of objects was "converted" into the experience made of awareness.
Philosophical Basis: The question of what is consciousness can equally be asked of matter. It's a case of which you choose to be fundamental. However, materialism has the problem of "how does consciousness arise from inert matter?" whereas idealism has no problem with answering "how does the experience of inert matter arise from consciousness". Consciousness is the "material" that things are made from. "Matter" are patterns/folds in consciousness.
The result is that, everything experiences "being itself". That does not mean it is self-aware - rocks do not "know" that they are rocks. However, rocks are a rock-like experience. Something like the brain, a much more complex pattern, has a more complex relationship within itself: parts of the brain can "experience" themselves relative to other parts of the brain (or rather, "experience patterns within themselves", such as seeing, hearing and so on).
If the brain was "inert matter" we'd have to find the time/location at which consciousness appeared or emerged. If 'matter' is made from consciousness, then that problem is solved: consciousness experiences itself relative to itself, and objects and patterns within itself.
Is life necessary for consciousness? No, consciousness is already present for life to appear within / arise from / be a pattern within. | Consciousness is not emergent, it is fundamental. Life is conscious because all forms are conscious. Increased complexity gives organisms the ability to have the experience of self-consciousness. |
TriumphantGeorge | It's a good point, and important. It's a bit "waves and the ocean". We are not talking about *your personal* consciousness - what you refer to as the content of your consciousness is really a pattern within the larger consciousness. Meanwhile, "everything is one", but waves don't necessarily get to see inside other waves, they only experience ripples that get into their own volume.
I tried to formulate a metaphor further down, [here](
Think of a vast open space. This is raw, impersonal, open, unbounded, unstructured consciousness/awareness. Now within that, we have 3d structured space as a light 'ripple' or pattern. And within that, we have numerous objects and people - all as patterns in consciousness. Our brains and nervous systems are such patterns.
Our experience is of the content of our brains, the folded consciousness within the brain. The brain cannot experience itself, of course, because that would require being "outwith itself", but it can experience the patterns occurring within it. Our conception of ourself occurs within and as one of these patterns ("self" consciousness).
Which, incidentally, is why your "self" is an illusion. In your *direct experience* right now, you can actually "feel out" in all directions and realise that there is a "space of awareness" in which all content appears, *including your experience of your "self"*. What you 'really are' is the space (seen as 'a brain' in the 3rd person); the "self" you think you are is a thought/concept/pattern within that space.
But that's how you join the two perspectives. Look around you *right now*: your experience is that of a 'dream space' in which objects appear as patterns in the space. (You might find my blog entry [here]( of interest, and the links it points to, to emphasise this point.)
That fact that one person (localised pattern) can't 'see into' another person (localised pattern) doesn't mean that there is only "you" or that you aren't both arising from the same background material-that-is-consciousness.
Furthermore, rocks aren't "in you" so much as they are "in consciousness" and their pattern creates a pattern within "you", which you experience.
**TL;DR:** It's not a personal consciousness, so solipsism isn't a problem. Furthermore, just because everything is consciousness, don't mean that one being should be able to directly experience that of another being.
EDIT: Minor adjustments and clarifications. | It's a good point, and important. It's a bit "waves and the ocean". We are not talking about your personal consciousness - what you refer to as the content of your consciousness is really a pattern within the larger consciousness. Meanwhile, "everything is one", but waves don't necessarily get to see inside other waves, they only experience ripples that get into their own volume.
I tried to formulate a metaphor further down, [here](
Think of a vast open space. This is raw, impersonal, open, unbounded, unstructured consciousness/awareness. Now within that, we have 3d structured space as a light 'ripple' or pattern. And within that, we have numerous objects and people - all as patterns in consciousness. Our brains and nervous systems are such patterns.
Our experience is of the content of our brains, the folded consciousness within the brain. The brain cannot experience itself, of course, because that would require being "outwith itself", but it can experience the patterns occurring within it. Our conception of ourself occurs within and as one of these patterns ("self" consciousness).
Which, incidentally, is why your "self" is an illusion. In your direct experience right now, you can actually "feel out" in all directions and realise that there is a "space of awareness" in which all content appears, including your experience of your "self" . What you 'really are' is the space (seen as 'a brain' in the 3rd person); the "self" you think you are is a thought/concept/pattern within that space.
But that's how you join the two perspectives. Look around you right now : your experience is that of a 'dream space' in which objects appear as patterns in the space. (You might find my blog entry here
That fact that one person (localised pattern) can't 'see into' another person (localised pattern) doesn't mean that there is only "you" or that you aren't both arising from the same background material-that-is-consciousness.
Furthermore, rocks aren't "in you" so much as they are "in consciousness" and their pattern creates a pattern within "you", which you experience.
TL;DR: It's not a personal consciousness, so solipsism isn't a problem. Furthermore, just because everything is consciousness, don't mean that one being should be able to directly experience that of another being.
EDIT: Minor adjustments and clarifications.
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clygbr4 | It's a good point, and important. It's a bit "waves and the ocean". We are not talking about your personal consciousness - what you refer to as the content of your consciousness is really a pattern within the larger consciousness. Meanwhile, "everything is one", but waves don't necessarily get to see inside other waves, they only experience ripples that get into their own volume.
I tried to formulate a metaphor further down, [here](
Think of a vast open space. This is raw, impersonal, open, unbounded, unstructured consciousness/awareness. Now within that, we have 3d structured space as a light 'ripple' or pattern. And within that, we have numerous objects and people - all as patterns in consciousness. Our brains and nervous systems are such patterns.
Our experience is of the content of our brains, the folded consciousness within the brain. The brain cannot experience itself, of course, because that would require being "outwith itself", but it can experience the patterns occurring within it. Our conception of ourself occurs within and as one of these patterns ("self" consciousness).
Which, incidentally, is why your "self" is an illusion. In your direct experience right now, you can actually "feel out" in all directions and realise that there is a "space of awareness" in which all content appears, including your experience of your "self" . What you 'really are' is the space (seen as 'a brain' in the 3rd person); the "self" you think you are is a thought/concept/pattern within that space.
But that's how you join the two perspectives. Look around you right now : your experience is that of a 'dream space' in which objects appear as patterns in the space. (You might find my blog entry here
That fact that one person (localised pattern) can't 'see into' another person (localised pattern) doesn't mean that there is only "you" or that you aren't both arising from the same background material-that-is-consciousness.
Furthermore, rocks aren't "in you" so much as they are "in consciousness" and their pattern creates a pattern within "you", which you experience. | It's not a personal consciousness, so solipsism isn't a problem. Furthermore, just because everything is consciousness, don't mean that one being should be able to directly experience that of another being.
EDIT: Minor adjustments and clarifications. |
mattnox | They're going to ruin this guy's career. The super smark crowd of Mania will never accept a new champion that is green, not ready, hasn't earned it over the guys they feel should be in there. Over LESNAR. Essentially, you've giving the rub of the streak and the dominant and definitive owning of Cena to someone who just isn't the one ready for that yet. Can't force it to happen - especially after the injury.
It's Lex Luger all over again. Artificially creating the next Hulk Hogan, gone bad.
This anti-Reigns sentiment isn't going away. I can't imagine that they haven't learned yet. In this so-called "reality-era" it's going to be the fans who choose who the next top guy is. And they will actively reject ANYONE who is shoved down their throat who they are told to like.
We almost had Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus at Mania 30 instead of the amazing end we did get. That would have happened if the crowd didn't loudly reject the events of RR 2014. For God's sake, Daniel Bryan was a fucking Wyatt! For two whole weeks before they hit the undo button.
Roman Reigns is destined to be a top guy, perhaps THE top guy. He's got it all - but he needs the time to get better. The crowd will NOT accept a half-baked Roman Reigns and the end result will be wasting time, progress and potentially ruining the possibility.
tl;dr In this era, if you openly tell the fans who they should like, they will reject it. | They're going to ruin this guy's career. The super smark crowd of Mania will never accept a new champion that is green, not ready, hasn't earned it over the guys they feel should be in there. Over LESNAR. Essentially, you've giving the rub of the streak and the dominant and definitive owning of Cena to someone who just isn't the one ready for that yet. Can't force it to happen - especially after the injury.
It's Lex Luger all over again. Artificially creating the next Hulk Hogan, gone bad.
This anti-Reigns sentiment isn't going away. I can't imagine that they haven't learned yet. In this so-called "reality-era" it's going to be the fans who choose who the next top guy is. And they will actively reject ANYONE who is shoved down their throat who they are told to like.
We almost had Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus at Mania 30 instead of the amazing end we did get. That would have happened if the crowd didn't loudly reject the events of RR 2014. For God's sake, Daniel Bryan was a fucking Wyatt! For two whole weeks before they hit the undo button.
Roman Reigns is destined to be a top guy, perhaps THE top guy. He's got it all - but he needs the time to get better. The crowd will NOT accept a half-baked Roman Reigns and the end result will be wasting time, progress and potentially ruining the possibility.
tl;dr In this era, if you openly tell the fans who they should like, they will reject it.
| SquaredCircle | t5_2sljg | clo0ow8 | They're going to ruin this guy's career. The super smark crowd of Mania will never accept a new champion that is green, not ready, hasn't earned it over the guys they feel should be in there. Over LESNAR. Essentially, you've giving the rub of the streak and the dominant and definitive owning of Cena to someone who just isn't the one ready for that yet. Can't force it to happen - especially after the injury.
It's Lex Luger all over again. Artificially creating the next Hulk Hogan, gone bad.
This anti-Reigns sentiment isn't going away. I can't imagine that they haven't learned yet. In this so-called "reality-era" it's going to be the fans who choose who the next top guy is. And they will actively reject ANYONE who is shoved down their throat who they are told to like.
We almost had Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus at Mania 30 instead of the amazing end we did get. That would have happened if the crowd didn't loudly reject the events of RR 2014. For God's sake, Daniel Bryan was a fucking Wyatt! For two whole weeks before they hit the undo button.
Roman Reigns is destined to be a top guy, perhaps THE top guy. He's got it all - but he needs the time to get better. The crowd will NOT accept a half-baked Roman Reigns and the end result will be wasting time, progress and potentially ruining the possibility. | In this era, if you openly tell the fans who they should like, they will reject it. |
MishyC | Dude, check out OB by suicide bunny, smooth cake with a milky background. Fucking Nommy IMO. However derailed tastes like a burnt plastic bag.
You don't like space jam? Me neither.
Cosmic fog make milk and honey, which is my favourite tank vape lately. Unless you want chemical lemon, or creamy watermelon, don't go for shocker or kryptonite by them.
Kings Crown fight your fate is insanely good, but gave me asthma attack after asthma attack so not one for me. its a crisp strawberry lemonade.
cloudhousevapor.com has all the MBV juices in, and they do damn good for the price, with discount you can get 120mls for ~21 quid. They do customisable PG/VG ratios too, and max VG doesn't compromise flavour. Faux Hawk is my favourite by far, raspberry with mint, and it tastes just like sweets, so ill take a toke whenever i crave sweets. Thug Juice, Hawk Sauce, Pink Champagne are also amazing, and you can't fault it at the price. They blast steep before shipping, so its good to go out the bottle. The only bugbear i have is that shipping takes a while, but its from france so it makes sense.
Check out VapeClub. They are UK based and import tonnes of US e liquid. You said you don't like tobacco? Try The Legend by vintage e liquids, its a tobacco/caramel vape, but to me it tastes like savoury maple syrup.Not an ADV for me, but i can really see how it could be to some. Also vintage has a great strawberry pineapple (dreamer) and tastes like a cocktail on a beach. Drake-ula is good too, by drakes vapes, citrus blend in flavour, with very strong blood orange notes. Hooligan by digbys e liquids is great if you like a slightly medicinal taste (i personally do, because I've taken so much meds growing up (prescription only) that it tastes awesome to me).
Spiritus Vapes carry Bombies, and apparently they are amazing, but i did not like nana cream at all. if you're into that shizwaz then hit them up.
VapingKings comes highly recommended, but just a warning, they don't age their juices so leave it in a dark warm place for a month and they'll be tonnes better.
8bit vape has very reasonable uk e liquid with fully customisable flavours and ratios, I'm gonna try their gingerbread when my overtime comes in.
Heads up, avoid diamond mist like the fucking plaque, peppery, high pg, and makes people wanna puke.
Hangsen menthol from fast tech is cheap as chips, but imo, it should only be used to add a nice mint hit to some fruity juice as it has such a throat hit even at 8mg, i was coughing for ages.
**tl,dr**: check out cloudhousevapor, spiritusvapes, and vapeclub; and take your pick.
| Dude, check out OB by suicide bunny, smooth cake with a milky background. Fucking Nommy IMO. However derailed tastes like a burnt plastic bag.
You don't like space jam? Me neither.
Cosmic fog make milk and honey, which is my favourite tank vape lately. Unless you want chemical lemon, or creamy watermelon, don't go for shocker or kryptonite by them.
Kings Crown fight your fate is insanely good, but gave me asthma attack after asthma attack so not one for me. its a crisp strawberry lemonade.
cloudhousevapor.com has all the MBV juices in, and they do damn good for the price, with discount you can get 120mls for ~21 quid. They do customisable PG/VG ratios too, and max VG doesn't compromise flavour. Faux Hawk is my favourite by far, raspberry with mint, and it tastes just like sweets, so ill take a toke whenever i crave sweets. Thug Juice, Hawk Sauce, Pink Champagne are also amazing, and you can't fault it at the price. They blast steep before shipping, so its good to go out the bottle. The only bugbear i have is that shipping takes a while, but its from france so it makes sense.
Check out VapeClub. They are UK based and import tonnes of US e liquid. You said you don't like tobacco? Try The Legend by vintage e liquids, its a tobacco/caramel vape, but to me it tastes like savoury maple syrup.Not an ADV for me, but i can really see how it could be to some. Also vintage has a great strawberry pineapple (dreamer) and tastes like a cocktail on a beach. Drake-ula is good too, by drakes vapes, citrus blend in flavour, with very strong blood orange notes. Hooligan by digbys e liquids is great if you like a slightly medicinal taste (i personally do, because I've taken so much meds growing up (prescription only) that it tastes awesome to me).
Spiritus Vapes carry Bombies, and apparently they are amazing, but i did not like nana cream at all. if you're into that shizwaz then hit them up.
VapingKings comes highly recommended, but just a warning, they don't age their juices so leave it in a dark warm place for a month and they'll be tonnes better.
8bit vape has very reasonable uk e liquid with fully customisable flavours and ratios, I'm gonna try their gingerbread when my overtime comes in.
Heads up, avoid diamond mist like the fucking plaque, peppery, high pg, and makes people wanna puke.
Hangsen menthol from fast tech is cheap as chips, but imo, it should only be used to add a nice mint hit to some fruity juice as it has such a throat hit even at 8mg, i was coughing for ages.
tl,dr : check out cloudhousevapor, spiritusvapes, and vapeclub; and take your pick.
| ecr_eu | t5_32hcd | clowclo | Dude, check out OB by suicide bunny, smooth cake with a milky background. Fucking Nommy IMO. However derailed tastes like a burnt plastic bag.
You don't like space jam? Me neither.
Cosmic fog make milk and honey, which is my favourite tank vape lately. Unless you want chemical lemon, or creamy watermelon, don't go for shocker or kryptonite by them.
Kings Crown fight your fate is insanely good, but gave me asthma attack after asthma attack so not one for me. its a crisp strawberry lemonade.
cloudhousevapor.com has all the MBV juices in, and they do damn good for the price, with discount you can get 120mls for ~21 quid. They do customisable PG/VG ratios too, and max VG doesn't compromise flavour. Faux Hawk is my favourite by far, raspberry with mint, and it tastes just like sweets, so ill take a toke whenever i crave sweets. Thug Juice, Hawk Sauce, Pink Champagne are also amazing, and you can't fault it at the price. They blast steep before shipping, so its good to go out the bottle. The only bugbear i have is that shipping takes a while, but its from france so it makes sense.
Check out VapeClub. They are UK based and import tonnes of US e liquid. You said you don't like tobacco? Try The Legend by vintage e liquids, its a tobacco/caramel vape, but to me it tastes like savoury maple syrup.Not an ADV for me, but i can really see how it could be to some. Also vintage has a great strawberry pineapple (dreamer) and tastes like a cocktail on a beach. Drake-ula is good too, by drakes vapes, citrus blend in flavour, with very strong blood orange notes. Hooligan by digbys e liquids is great if you like a slightly medicinal taste (i personally do, because I've taken so much meds growing up (prescription only) that it tastes awesome to me).
Spiritus Vapes carry Bombies, and apparently they are amazing, but i did not like nana cream at all. if you're into that shizwaz then hit them up.
VapingKings comes highly recommended, but just a warning, they don't age their juices so leave it in a dark warm place for a month and they'll be tonnes better.
8bit vape has very reasonable uk e liquid with fully customisable flavours and ratios, I'm gonna try their gingerbread when my overtime comes in.
Heads up, avoid diamond mist like the fucking plaque, peppery, high pg, and makes people wanna puke.
Hangsen menthol from fast tech is cheap as chips, but imo, it should only be used to add a nice mint hit to some fruity juice as it has such a throat hit even at 8mg, i was coughing for ages. | check out cloudhousevapor, spiritusvapes, and vapeclub; and take your pick. |
timt5m | This is a bit off-topic, since you're asking about Sona, but if you want a real powerhouse damage dealer support, consider picking up Zyra.
With Frostfang/Haunting Guise/Sorc Boots/Sightstone as your core, you output a lot of magic damage, throw in magic pen marks and you'll be hitting close to true damage early game.
That being said, Sightstone is ALWAYS core on any support, and should always be among the first two completed items.
tl;dr
Zyra is an alternative support to Sona that offers more damage at the expense of utility and sustain.
AND BUILD A SIGHTSTONE! | This is a bit off-topic, since you're asking about Sona, but if you want a real powerhouse damage dealer support, consider picking up Zyra.
With Frostfang/Haunting Guise/Sorc Boots/Sightstone as your core, you output a lot of magic damage, throw in magic pen marks and you'll be hitting close to true damage early game.
That being said, Sightstone is ALWAYS core on any support, and should always be among the first two completed items.
tl;dr
Zyra is an alternative support to Sona that offers more damage at the expense of utility and sustain.
AND BUILD A SIGHTSTONE!
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | clofhqy | This is a bit off-topic, since you're asking about Sona, but if you want a real powerhouse damage dealer support, consider picking up Zyra.
With Frostfang/Haunting Guise/Sorc Boots/Sightstone as your core, you output a lot of magic damage, throw in magic pen marks and you'll be hitting close to true damage early game.
That being said, Sightstone is ALWAYS core on any support, and should always be among the first two completed items. | Zyra is an alternative support to Sona that offers more damage at the expense of utility and sustain.
AND BUILD A SIGHTSTONE! |
PeteTsar | People will actually be able to buy Cult wheels after I hype them, glorious arrangement.
The Neurothane is the best stuff for slow and slide jams. That's Creators and Chronicles.
A serious FAST freeride wheel is the No Mercy, it's their DH mold, stoneground with a bevelled outer lip and an ingenious inner lip allowing 77a to slide like absolute butter.
I don't really see the Mystothane, Slide-o-matic or TFRs selling enough to carry them in your store, maybe Classics, but the Doctor personally recommended the 83a Creators for a first time slidey-wheel over Classics.
The downside is they're 72mm which is too much for most top mount setups, the 65mm chronicles in 78a have been described as "pure buttery icyness", I can't imagine what the 83a's are like.
**TL;DR**: Chronicles for 65mm slow freeride top mount goodness and maybe 72mm No Mercys for I do hella fast standups, they're a bit of a tougher sell though, Chronicles will most likely deplete at the same rate as BO Morgans. | People will actually be able to buy Cult wheels after I hype them, glorious arrangement.
The Neurothane is the best stuff for slow and slide jams. That's Creators and Chronicles.
A serious FAST freeride wheel is the No Mercy, it's their DH mold, stoneground with a bevelled outer lip and an ingenious inner lip allowing 77a to slide like absolute butter.
I don't really see the Mystothane, Slide-o-matic or TFRs selling enough to carry them in your store, maybe Classics, but the Doctor personally recommended the 83a Creators for a first time slidey-wheel over Classics.
The downside is they're 72mm which is too much for most top mount setups, the 65mm chronicles in 78a have been described as "pure buttery icyness", I can't imagine what the 83a's are like.
TL;DR : Chronicles for 65mm slow freeride top mount goodness and maybe 72mm No Mercys for I do hella fast standups, they're a bit of a tougher sell though, Chronicles will most likely deplete at the same rate as BO Morgans.
| longboarding | t5_2qvgw | clojq5p | People will actually be able to buy Cult wheels after I hype them, glorious arrangement.
The Neurothane is the best stuff for slow and slide jams. That's Creators and Chronicles.
A serious FAST freeride wheel is the No Mercy, it's their DH mold, stoneground with a bevelled outer lip and an ingenious inner lip allowing 77a to slide like absolute butter.
I don't really see the Mystothane, Slide-o-matic or TFRs selling enough to carry them in your store, maybe Classics, but the Doctor personally recommended the 83a Creators for a first time slidey-wheel over Classics.
The downside is they're 72mm which is too much for most top mount setups, the 65mm chronicles in 78a have been described as "pure buttery icyness", I can't imagine what the 83a's are like. | Chronicles for 65mm slow freeride top mount goodness and maybe 72mm No Mercys for I do hella fast standups, they're a bit of a tougher sell though, Chronicles will most likely deplete at the same rate as BO Morgans. |
Misterdoot | A few nights ago, my friend and I were skating a local spot near where he lived. It's basically a hill on top of a hill, so you can choose to either go from the top of either depending on how fast you want to go. I only started going from the very top a few weeks ago, and by the time you hit the bottom of the actual hill itself, you're going anywhere from 60-70 kph.
It was probably around 10 or 11 o'clock at night (which is necessary to minimise the amount of traffic on the roads) and after a quick warm up bail, I decide to start going from the very top. Between the first few runs, some locals had shown up and created a temporary blockade at the bottom of the hill as it ends at a t-junction. We didn't know them and they wholly did it of their own accord. Shortly afterwards, more people had shown up to the point where I had a miniature crowd watching me throw myself down this hill - hoping that I didn't get hit by a car.
A method we came up with for riding the hill safely was to yell to a spotter as you hit the bottom of the first hill and for them to do either one of two hand signals to let you know if it was safe to pass or not. If a car was coming, he'd let me know and I'd slide to stop. I tried to keep my voice as quiet as possible when yelling to the spotter so that we didn't disturb or wake any of the residents.
Around an hour and 4 runs later (it's a pain to walk up), I decided that I wanted one last run. As I was walking to the top of the hill, I had an elderly gentleman walk up to me and asked politely to finish up due to the noise. I apologised respectfully and asked if he would allow me to do one more run. He agreed, and left me to walk up the hill.
Not more than a few houses later, somebody walked up to me and shined a torch in my face. I figured it was one of the kids who had been watching me and faffing about. Here's roughly how the conversation went:
Guy: "Right m8. You better fucken' stop this skateboarding shit right now cos me fucken' dogs are barking. You may think you're not causing any trouble, but you are."
Me: "Sorry for being loud. This was actually going to be my last run. Would you mind if I did it?"
Guy: "No! You can go from here... and if I fucken' catch you out here again, I'll give you a taste of this proceeds to pull out a taser and sparks it for my benefit"
In retrospect, I guess I should've been shocked. The one thing I found difficult was just to contain my laughter. I don't know whether it was his voice, appearance, or just the fact that I'd been threatened with a fucking taser, but it was absolutely hilarious. I chuckled and said "Alright. Calm down, dude. I'll finish up."
There were so many things I wanted to say to the guy, but I suppose I didn't really want the situation to escalate to the point where I'd have to use my longboard as a bogan basher. Unfortunately I had left my GoPro at the bottom of the hill to get some footage of my coming through the intersection when this happened. I would've loved to have gotten it on film.
TL;DR: was skating with a friend at night. A local threatened me with a taser for being too loud. I suppose I should be thankful it wasn't a gun?
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What's happened to you while you were skating? | A few nights ago, my friend and I were skating a local spot near where he lived. It's basically a hill on top of a hill, so you can choose to either go from the top of either depending on how fast you want to go. I only started going from the very top a few weeks ago, and by the time you hit the bottom of the actual hill itself, you're going anywhere from 60-70 kph.
It was probably around 10 or 11 o'clock at night (which is necessary to minimise the amount of traffic on the roads) and after a quick warm up bail, I decide to start going from the very top. Between the first few runs, some locals had shown up and created a temporary blockade at the bottom of the hill as it ends at a t-junction. We didn't know them and they wholly did it of their own accord. Shortly afterwards, more people had shown up to the point where I had a miniature crowd watching me throw myself down this hill - hoping that I didn't get hit by a car.
A method we came up with for riding the hill safely was to yell to a spotter as you hit the bottom of the first hill and for them to do either one of two hand signals to let you know if it was safe to pass or not. If a car was coming, he'd let me know and I'd slide to stop. I tried to keep my voice as quiet as possible when yelling to the spotter so that we didn't disturb or wake any of the residents.
Around an hour and 4 runs later (it's a pain to walk up), I decided that I wanted one last run. As I was walking to the top of the hill, I had an elderly gentleman walk up to me and asked politely to finish up due to the noise. I apologised respectfully and asked if he would allow me to do one more run. He agreed, and left me to walk up the hill.
Not more than a few houses later, somebody walked up to me and shined a torch in my face. I figured it was one of the kids who had been watching me and faffing about. Here's roughly how the conversation went:
Guy: "Right m8. You better fucken' stop this skateboarding shit right now cos me fucken' dogs are barking. You may think you're not causing any trouble, but you are."
Me: "Sorry for being loud. This was actually going to be my last run. Would you mind if I did it?"
Guy: "No! You can go from here... and if I fucken' catch you out here again, I'll give you a taste of this proceeds to pull out a taser and sparks it for my benefit"
In retrospect, I guess I should've been shocked. The one thing I found difficult was just to contain my laughter. I don't know whether it was his voice, appearance, or just the fact that I'd been threatened with a fucking taser, but it was absolutely hilarious. I chuckled and said "Alright. Calm down, dude. I'll finish up."
There were so many things I wanted to say to the guy, but I suppose I didn't really want the situation to escalate to the point where I'd have to use my longboard as a bogan basher. Unfortunately I had left my GoPro at the bottom of the hill to get some footage of my coming through the intersection when this happened. I would've loved to have gotten it on film.
TL;DR: was skating with a friend at night. A local threatened me with a taser for being too loud. I suppose I should be thankful it wasn't a gun?
What's happened to you while you were skating?
| longboarding | t5_2qvgw | clozku8 | A few nights ago, my friend and I were skating a local spot near where he lived. It's basically a hill on top of a hill, so you can choose to either go from the top of either depending on how fast you want to go. I only started going from the very top a few weeks ago, and by the time you hit the bottom of the actual hill itself, you're going anywhere from 60-70 kph.
It was probably around 10 or 11 o'clock at night (which is necessary to minimise the amount of traffic on the roads) and after a quick warm up bail, I decide to start going from the very top. Between the first few runs, some locals had shown up and created a temporary blockade at the bottom of the hill as it ends at a t-junction. We didn't know them and they wholly did it of their own accord. Shortly afterwards, more people had shown up to the point where I had a miniature crowd watching me throw myself down this hill - hoping that I didn't get hit by a car.
A method we came up with for riding the hill safely was to yell to a spotter as you hit the bottom of the first hill and for them to do either one of two hand signals to let you know if it was safe to pass or not. If a car was coming, he'd let me know and I'd slide to stop. I tried to keep my voice as quiet as possible when yelling to the spotter so that we didn't disturb or wake any of the residents.
Around an hour and 4 runs later (it's a pain to walk up), I decided that I wanted one last run. As I was walking to the top of the hill, I had an elderly gentleman walk up to me and asked politely to finish up due to the noise. I apologised respectfully and asked if he would allow me to do one more run. He agreed, and left me to walk up the hill.
Not more than a few houses later, somebody walked up to me and shined a torch in my face. I figured it was one of the kids who had been watching me and faffing about. Here's roughly how the conversation went:
Guy: "Right m8. You better fucken' stop this skateboarding shit right now cos me fucken' dogs are barking. You may think you're not causing any trouble, but you are."
Me: "Sorry for being loud. This was actually going to be my last run. Would you mind if I did it?"
Guy: "No! You can go from here... and if I fucken' catch you out here again, I'll give you a taste of this proceeds to pull out a taser and sparks it for my benefit"
In retrospect, I guess I should've been shocked. The one thing I found difficult was just to contain my laughter. I don't know whether it was his voice, appearance, or just the fact that I'd been threatened with a fucking taser, but it was absolutely hilarious. I chuckled and said "Alright. Calm down, dude. I'll finish up."
There were so many things I wanted to say to the guy, but I suppose I didn't really want the situation to escalate to the point where I'd have to use my longboard as a bogan basher. Unfortunately I had left my GoPro at the bottom of the hill to get some footage of my coming through the intersection when this happened. I would've loved to have gotten it on film. | was skating with a friend at night. A local threatened me with a taser for being too loud. I suppose I should be thankful it wasn't a gun?
What's happened to you while you were skating? |
DeuxGenii5 | Yes. My upbringing was rough and tumble (see military brat pejorative) so certain aspects of my upbringing (good and bad, all of which I'm working on) like cockiness in a machismo driven war industry remain.
It should be noted that I'm high right now and hyperbole is my go-to defense when attempting to examine my inner state (loner cafe guitarists represent!)
I understand that the two terms aren't mutually exlucsive; my poor attempt at defining those terms seems poor received. Let me try again.
TL,DR: stoner with stormy past pontificates on fears of losing interest in matters of the heart after beginning exciting and challenging postgraduate career. | Yes. My upbringing was rough and tumble (see military brat pejorative) so certain aspects of my upbringing (good and bad, all of which I'm working on) like cockiness in a machismo driven war industry remain.
It should be noted that I'm high right now and hyperbole is my go-to defense when attempting to examine my inner state (loner cafe guitarists represent!)
I understand that the two terms aren't mutually exlucsive; my poor attempt at defining those terms seems poor received. Let me try again.
TL,DR: stoner with stormy past pontificates on fears of losing interest in matters of the heart after beginning exciting and challenging postgraduate career.
| askgaybros | t5_2vgfw | cloi4zq | Yes. My upbringing was rough and tumble (see military brat pejorative) so certain aspects of my upbringing (good and bad, all of which I'm working on) like cockiness in a machismo driven war industry remain.
It should be noted that I'm high right now and hyperbole is my go-to defense when attempting to examine my inner state (loner cafe guitarists represent!)
I understand that the two terms aren't mutually exlucsive; my poor attempt at defining those terms seems poor received. Let me try again. | stoner with stormy past pontificates on fears of losing interest in matters of the heart after beginning exciting and challenging postgraduate career. |
ManaPot | * You can not record the location, as it's purpose is for the opposite faction. It's meant to be more difficult for you to get there.
* You **can** do the mentee / mentor quest there, but ONLY if you haven't done the other one that day. PC and SM are linked, HF and BC are linked. If you complete the PC mentor daily, you can't do the SM mentor daily.
* You can't get the cloak quests for the opposite faction. :(
TL;DR: There is no point in doing the other faction's dungeons unless you want items from within it. |
You can not record the location, as it's purpose is for the opposite faction. It's meant to be more difficult for you to get there.
You can do the mentee / mentor quest there, but ONLY if you haven't done the other one that day. PC and SM are linked, HF and BC are linked. If you complete the PC mentor daily, you can't do the SM mentor daily.
You can't get the cloak quests for the opposite faction. :(
TL;DR: There is no point in doing the other faction's dungeons unless you want items from within it.
| archeage | t5_2sf59 | clp03y3 | You can not record the location, as it's purpose is for the opposite faction. It's meant to be more difficult for you to get there.
You can do the mentee / mentor quest there, but ONLY if you haven't done the other one that day. PC and SM are linked, HF and BC are linked. If you complete the PC mentor daily, you can't do the SM mentor daily.
You can't get the cloak quests for the opposite faction. :( | There is no point in doing the other faction's dungeons unless you want items from within it. |
Sickletcc | I cant confirm with Fallout 3 and i had fallout new Vegas and Skyrim. When I got the Ultimate edition and the legendary edition they just upgraded. In fallout NV It notified me in game that the DLC's were active and perks were working.
TL;DR: They merge. | I cant confirm with Fallout 3 and i had fallout new Vegas and Skyrim. When I got the Ultimate edition and the legendary edition they just upgraded. In fallout NV It notified me in game that the DLC's were active and perks were working.
TL;DR: They merge.
| pcgaming | t5_2qhfg | clp4f71 | I cant confirm with Fallout 3 and i had fallout new Vegas and Skyrim. When I got the Ultimate edition and the legendary edition they just upgraded. In fallout NV It notified me in game that the DLC's were active and perks were working. | They merge. |
rojafox | I have read several comments like this around reddit; comments saying that it is about intent. Sometimes (most times) a hello is just a hello. Also as far as I know, mind reading isn't a thing, so I have no idea how someone could hear the words 'good morning' and just know that there was malicious intent behind it. I'm just saying that whenever I accidentally make eye contact when walking past someone in public, I usually say hello; I dunno, I guess I figure its less wierd that way.
TLDR: Sometimes a hello is just a hello. | I have read several comments like this around reddit; comments saying that it is about intent. Sometimes (most times) a hello is just a hello. Also as far as I know, mind reading isn't a thing, so I have no idea how someone could hear the words 'good morning' and just know that there was malicious intent behind it. I'm just saying that whenever I accidentally make eye contact when walking past someone in public, I usually say hello; I dunno, I guess I figure its less wierd that way.
TLDR: Sometimes a hello is just a hello.
| PussyPass | t5_2whjo | clpnlkq | I have read several comments like this around reddit; comments saying that it is about intent. Sometimes (most times) a hello is just a hello. Also as far as I know, mind reading isn't a thing, so I have no idea how someone could hear the words 'good morning' and just know that there was malicious intent behind it. I'm just saying that whenever I accidentally make eye contact when walking past someone in public, I usually say hello; I dunno, I guess I figure its less wierd that way. | Sometimes a hello is just a hello. |
RisenLazarus | You've got an interesting problem... because you don't actually own the copyright in any of the original content in your video. Riot of course owns all the League-related content, and the sounds you added are obviously sourced from somewhere else. Normally the answer would be just put a notice with Youtube who will take down their video (almost automatically). Problem is (1) it's probably not worth it since that "copier" barely has any views or notoriety and (2) he can file counter-notice saying it's his and you would be dragged into a pretty pointless lawsuit.
**TL;DR**: No use fighting over content you probably don't even have ownership of when the stakes are so low. | You've got an interesting problem... because you don't actually own the copyright in any of the original content in your video. Riot of course owns all the League-related content, and the sounds you added are obviously sourced from somewhere else. Normally the answer would be just put a notice with Youtube who will take down their video (almost automatically). Problem is (1) it's probably not worth it since that "copier" barely has any views or notoriety and (2) he can file counter-notice saying it's his and you would be dragged into a pretty pointless lawsuit.
TL;DR : No use fighting over content you probably don't even have ownership of when the stakes are so low.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | clpysat | You've got an interesting problem... because you don't actually own the copyright in any of the original content in your video. Riot of course owns all the League-related content, and the sounds you added are obviously sourced from somewhere else. Normally the answer would be just put a notice with Youtube who will take down their video (almost automatically). Problem is (1) it's probably not worth it since that "copier" barely has any views or notoriety and (2) he can file counter-notice saying it's his and you would be dragged into a pretty pointless lawsuit. | No use fighting over content you probably don't even have ownership of when the stakes are so low. |
CharlieKillsRats | Ok here we go, its gonna be long, but I'm gonna try to keep the technical to a minimum and tell you why all of these specs don't matter.
To start off we aren't talking about cdma, only GSM. Some phones can do both, but it doesn't matter because CDMA is "rare". This rarity will be a constant issue, because there are so many phones and so many carriers that there will always be an endless combination of one-off exceptions and such. These are mostly irrelevant though as there are so many choices for carriers, your phone should never have an issue. Every phone won't be perfect for every carrier, but every phone will have plenty of options available and work with nearly every carrier in the world, thats the gsm standard. (Again gsm not cdma)
Now onto gsm phones. Pretty much every single phone has the same radio technology in it. They can connect to a ton of different GSM bands, Any phone in the last few years can connect to any gsm network and do very very well. The networks themselves have various bands they operate on, but your phone can connect to so many different bands, it will connect to whatever it needs to. This is one of the whole points of how GSM operates. It's a standard but has local flexibility. Your phone can access and use so many bands, that no matter what carrier you are working with you can access all of their stuff. One of the big reasons even more than all of this why you can access so many bands, is that it is easy to do for the chip maker and they are forward thinking, even if you use only a tiny portion of the capabilities, instead of making a dozen separate chips, they can just put it all on one chip and also future-proof it and make it so they can just supply a single chip for phones and the carrier's specific bands don't because the single chip can deal with all of them. Of course random and rare exceptions apply, chip makers sometimes adjust for this, when a certain carrier has an odd band or new implementation of a thing, often the chip makers can adjust to make it work for these rare exceptions, especially if its a big carrier. But incredibly overwhelmingly, a gsm chip will work effectively under nearly any circumstance. In addition to all of this, the chips generally are far more advanced than the networks they connect to. It's easy to add features and stuff to a chip that a network could use if they wanted, but these features are often incredibly hard to implement by the carrier, so chip makers throw tons of stuff on these, just in case some random network ever wants to activate some specific feature.
So this gets to a point. All the gsm phones are basically the same from the radio perspective, your phone will connect to whatever it needs to--this is the GSM standard. But what about all of these strange awkward one-off bands? Well for the most part your phone can still use them or just as importantly, it may not need to use them because plenty is available on other bands. Carrier use a bunch of bands, for a lot of reasons, this really doesn't matter for the end-user, because your phone and the cell tower is smart enough to figure out where it needs to put its bandwidth for optimization, in fact you cannot even change the band or tell your phone how to connect really, so that you can't do it and it lets the computers figure out the optimal path.
Now you've probably seen a ton of ads talking about random phone features, using different bands and such. This is all fluff for marking and for tech people. Since pretty much every phone is the exact same from a technical perspective, most commonly this is just used as a marketing item to differentiate their phone in the marketplace, and like in most electronics marketing (TV, phones, stereo equipment), specs are just kinda thrown in there to be used as a differentiator. They know it doesn't matter and that you'll probably never now it or use the features, but they are smart at convincing consumers that the perceived value is higher because they have these fancy specs. In fact the phone isn't actually doing anything different than another phone. Often they specifically advertise their phones as these "one-off" devices that have something special for a certain carrier. This rarely has a technical impact on the service, its a combined marketing campaign between the carriers and the phone manufacturers. It's a proven strategy in electronics marketing. Essentially confusing your consumers with technical specifications that they think makes the phone more valuable, but really has little value added. TV makers are the absolute best at this imo, they literally just make up specifications and tests and report the values to the consumer in the tech specs, but the "tests" are also decided by them so they can make it whatever score they want.
Back to the original question: Which phone is better? None of them. They all do the same thing and do whatever they need to do. Pretty much every carrier is the same, and the phone can connect to all of them, and even most of the obscure bands and network, because thats how they build the chips, they can access pretty much everything. As long as your phone is not carrier locked, it will be good on nearly any gsm carrier in the world and be able to access all of its options as needed. The specs don't matter, they are all the same and it has sufficient specs to do whatever it needs to do.
The real difference in phones is the personal preference factor, they are the same from a radio perspective so in order to hit different consumers, they have different phone of course! Choose the phone you like, the insides of all of them are pretty much the same.
tl;dr: Unlocked GSM is unlocked GSM, specs don't matter because pretty much all gsm phones can do whatever it needs to on the gsm bands, they are identical. Choose the phone you like, but forget the specs, the stuff inside and stuff it can do is pretty much the same for all phones.
| Ok here we go, its gonna be long, but I'm gonna try to keep the technical to a minimum and tell you why all of these specs don't matter.
To start off we aren't talking about cdma, only GSM. Some phones can do both, but it doesn't matter because CDMA is "rare". This rarity will be a constant issue, because there are so many phones and so many carriers that there will always be an endless combination of one-off exceptions and such. These are mostly irrelevant though as there are so many choices for carriers, your phone should never have an issue. Every phone won't be perfect for every carrier, but every phone will have plenty of options available and work with nearly every carrier in the world, thats the gsm standard. (Again gsm not cdma)
Now onto gsm phones. Pretty much every single phone has the same radio technology in it. They can connect to a ton of different GSM bands, Any phone in the last few years can connect to any gsm network and do very very well. The networks themselves have various bands they operate on, but your phone can connect to so many different bands, it will connect to whatever it needs to. This is one of the whole points of how GSM operates. It's a standard but has local flexibility. Your phone can access and use so many bands, that no matter what carrier you are working with you can access all of their stuff. One of the big reasons even more than all of this why you can access so many bands, is that it is easy to do for the chip maker and they are forward thinking, even if you use only a tiny portion of the capabilities, instead of making a dozen separate chips, they can just put it all on one chip and also future-proof it and make it so they can just supply a single chip for phones and the carrier's specific bands don't because the single chip can deal with all of them. Of course random and rare exceptions apply, chip makers sometimes adjust for this, when a certain carrier has an odd band or new implementation of a thing, often the chip makers can adjust to make it work for these rare exceptions, especially if its a big carrier. But incredibly overwhelmingly, a gsm chip will work effectively under nearly any circumstance. In addition to all of this, the chips generally are far more advanced than the networks they connect to. It's easy to add features and stuff to a chip that a network could use if they wanted, but these features are often incredibly hard to implement by the carrier, so chip makers throw tons of stuff on these, just in case some random network ever wants to activate some specific feature.
So this gets to a point. All the gsm phones are basically the same from the radio perspective, your phone will connect to whatever it needs to--this is the GSM standard. But what about all of these strange awkward one-off bands? Well for the most part your phone can still use them or just as importantly, it may not need to use them because plenty is available on other bands. Carrier use a bunch of bands, for a lot of reasons, this really doesn't matter for the end-user, because your phone and the cell tower is smart enough to figure out where it needs to put its bandwidth for optimization, in fact you cannot even change the band or tell your phone how to connect really, so that you can't do it and it lets the computers figure out the optimal path.
Now you've probably seen a ton of ads talking about random phone features, using different bands and such. This is all fluff for marking and for tech people. Since pretty much every phone is the exact same from a technical perspective, most commonly this is just used as a marketing item to differentiate their phone in the marketplace, and like in most electronics marketing (TV, phones, stereo equipment), specs are just kinda thrown in there to be used as a differentiator. They know it doesn't matter and that you'll probably never now it or use the features, but they are smart at convincing consumers that the perceived value is higher because they have these fancy specs. In fact the phone isn't actually doing anything different than another phone. Often they specifically advertise their phones as these "one-off" devices that have something special for a certain carrier. This rarely has a technical impact on the service, its a combined marketing campaign between the carriers and the phone manufacturers. It's a proven strategy in electronics marketing. Essentially confusing your consumers with technical specifications that they think makes the phone more valuable, but really has little value added. TV makers are the absolute best at this imo, they literally just make up specifications and tests and report the values to the consumer in the tech specs, but the "tests" are also decided by them so they can make it whatever score they want.
Back to the original question: Which phone is better? None of them. They all do the same thing and do whatever they need to do. Pretty much every carrier is the same, and the phone can connect to all of them, and even most of the obscure bands and network, because thats how they build the chips, they can access pretty much everything. As long as your phone is not carrier locked, it will be good on nearly any gsm carrier in the world and be able to access all of its options as needed. The specs don't matter, they are all the same and it has sufficient specs to do whatever it needs to do.
The real difference in phones is the personal preference factor, they are the same from a radio perspective so in order to hit different consumers, they have different phone of course! Choose the phone you like, the insides of all of them are pretty much the same.
tl;dr: Unlocked GSM is unlocked GSM, specs don't matter because pretty much all gsm phones can do whatever it needs to on the gsm bands, they are identical. Choose the phone you like, but forget the specs, the stuff inside and stuff it can do is pretty much the same for all phones.
| travel | t5_2qh41 | clr32c0 | Ok here we go, its gonna be long, but I'm gonna try to keep the technical to a minimum and tell you why all of these specs don't matter.
To start off we aren't talking about cdma, only GSM. Some phones can do both, but it doesn't matter because CDMA is "rare". This rarity will be a constant issue, because there are so many phones and so many carriers that there will always be an endless combination of one-off exceptions and such. These are mostly irrelevant though as there are so many choices for carriers, your phone should never have an issue. Every phone won't be perfect for every carrier, but every phone will have plenty of options available and work with nearly every carrier in the world, thats the gsm standard. (Again gsm not cdma)
Now onto gsm phones. Pretty much every single phone has the same radio technology in it. They can connect to a ton of different GSM bands, Any phone in the last few years can connect to any gsm network and do very very well. The networks themselves have various bands they operate on, but your phone can connect to so many different bands, it will connect to whatever it needs to. This is one of the whole points of how GSM operates. It's a standard but has local flexibility. Your phone can access and use so many bands, that no matter what carrier you are working with you can access all of their stuff. One of the big reasons even more than all of this why you can access so many bands, is that it is easy to do for the chip maker and they are forward thinking, even if you use only a tiny portion of the capabilities, instead of making a dozen separate chips, they can just put it all on one chip and also future-proof it and make it so they can just supply a single chip for phones and the carrier's specific bands don't because the single chip can deal with all of them. Of course random and rare exceptions apply, chip makers sometimes adjust for this, when a certain carrier has an odd band or new implementation of a thing, often the chip makers can adjust to make it work for these rare exceptions, especially if its a big carrier. But incredibly overwhelmingly, a gsm chip will work effectively under nearly any circumstance. In addition to all of this, the chips generally are far more advanced than the networks they connect to. It's easy to add features and stuff to a chip that a network could use if they wanted, but these features are often incredibly hard to implement by the carrier, so chip makers throw tons of stuff on these, just in case some random network ever wants to activate some specific feature.
So this gets to a point. All the gsm phones are basically the same from the radio perspective, your phone will connect to whatever it needs to--this is the GSM standard. But what about all of these strange awkward one-off bands? Well for the most part your phone can still use them or just as importantly, it may not need to use them because plenty is available on other bands. Carrier use a bunch of bands, for a lot of reasons, this really doesn't matter for the end-user, because your phone and the cell tower is smart enough to figure out where it needs to put its bandwidth for optimization, in fact you cannot even change the band or tell your phone how to connect really, so that you can't do it and it lets the computers figure out the optimal path.
Now you've probably seen a ton of ads talking about random phone features, using different bands and such. This is all fluff for marking and for tech people. Since pretty much every phone is the exact same from a technical perspective, most commonly this is just used as a marketing item to differentiate their phone in the marketplace, and like in most electronics marketing (TV, phones, stereo equipment), specs are just kinda thrown in there to be used as a differentiator. They know it doesn't matter and that you'll probably never now it or use the features, but they are smart at convincing consumers that the perceived value is higher because they have these fancy specs. In fact the phone isn't actually doing anything different than another phone. Often they specifically advertise their phones as these "one-off" devices that have something special for a certain carrier. This rarely has a technical impact on the service, its a combined marketing campaign between the carriers and the phone manufacturers. It's a proven strategy in electronics marketing. Essentially confusing your consumers with technical specifications that they think makes the phone more valuable, but really has little value added. TV makers are the absolute best at this imo, they literally just make up specifications and tests and report the values to the consumer in the tech specs, but the "tests" are also decided by them so they can make it whatever score they want.
Back to the original question: Which phone is better? None of them. They all do the same thing and do whatever they need to do. Pretty much every carrier is the same, and the phone can connect to all of them, and even most of the obscure bands and network, because thats how they build the chips, they can access pretty much everything. As long as your phone is not carrier locked, it will be good on nearly any gsm carrier in the world and be able to access all of its options as needed. The specs don't matter, they are all the same and it has sufficient specs to do whatever it needs to do.
The real difference in phones is the personal preference factor, they are the same from a radio perspective so in order to hit different consumers, they have different phone of course! Choose the phone you like, the insides of all of them are pretty much the same. | Unlocked GSM is unlocked GSM, specs don't matter because pretty much all gsm phones can do whatever it needs to on the gsm bands, they are identical. Choose the phone you like, but forget the specs, the stuff inside and stuff it can do is pretty much the same for all phones. |
nameredacted | With the introduction of the new Wraith antagonist on Goonstation, I've witnessed a Genetics clusterfuck the likes of which I've never seen: objects violently tossed around the room, labcoats and syringe boxes sending a Security Officer into cardiac arrest and death; a possessed, player-controlled defibrillator that kept shocking another Security Officer, attempting to keep him from cloning bodies; corpse after corpse being stripped of their flesh and being turned into angry skeletons!
The Revenant was the worst, though. The wraith possessed the clown with unholy fury and damn near ripped a Geneticist limb-from-limb in a barrage of ethereal force and honks. I think some bastard got crushed and gibbed from outside to boot.
And that's not to mention when it possessed a double-fried rangoon and taunted me to eat it. Repeatedly.
tl;dr the new wraith antagonist on Goonstation is great! really spooky, scary stuff. | With the introduction of the new Wraith antagonist on Goonstation, I've witnessed a Genetics clusterfuck the likes of which I've never seen: objects violently tossed around the room, labcoats and syringe boxes sending a Security Officer into cardiac arrest and death; a possessed, player-controlled defibrillator that kept shocking another Security Officer, attempting to keep him from cloning bodies; corpse after corpse being stripped of their flesh and being turned into angry skeletons!
The Revenant was the worst, though. The wraith possessed the clown with unholy fury and damn near ripped a Geneticist limb-from-limb in a barrage of ethereal force and honks. I think some bastard got crushed and gibbed from outside to boot.
And that's not to mention when it possessed a double-fried rangoon and taunted me to eat it. Repeatedly.
tl;dr the new wraith antagonist on Goonstation is great! really spooky, scary stuff.
| SS13 | t5_2s9yk | cm1tzga | With the introduction of the new Wraith antagonist on Goonstation, I've witnessed a Genetics clusterfuck the likes of which I've never seen: objects violently tossed around the room, labcoats and syringe boxes sending a Security Officer into cardiac arrest and death; a possessed, player-controlled defibrillator that kept shocking another Security Officer, attempting to keep him from cloning bodies; corpse after corpse being stripped of their flesh and being turned into angry skeletons!
The Revenant was the worst, though. The wraith possessed the clown with unholy fury and damn near ripped a Geneticist limb-from-limb in a barrage of ethereal force and honks. I think some bastard got crushed and gibbed from outside to boot.
And that's not to mention when it possessed a double-fried rangoon and taunted me to eat it. Repeatedly. | the new wraith antagonist on Goonstation is great! really spooky, scary stuff. |
CrystalLord | [](/bpthink) Why you give such long and hard truths? Alright... so yeah, marrying Cerebis would likely be number one. Naturally, I am assuming we are fully in love by then, but who knows.
I want to make stuff. That's always been my life long dream. Anything. Everything. Preferably things that no one has ever seen before. I feel like my creativity never runs out, but I never had time to satisfy it.
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[](/hmmm) I want to make things, public things, that people just gape in awe at. There are four things that have made myself do that, and those are robotics/mechanical engineering, art, architecture (kind of art, but ehhh), and game design (also, kind of an art).
[](/sp)
So... building something, something complete. All from my own mind and effort. And people enjoy it. And I'm actually proud of it, because I'm not really proud of anything I've made so far.
Design a robot that everyone would know? Make the best indie game of all time? Design the most beautiful and elaborate library for all?
I don't think anyone would ever really care about my artworks, so I just do that as a hobby.
TL;DR: Make something that everyone loves, and that I love.
ToD? | Why you give such long and hard truths? Alright... so yeah, marrying Cerebis would likely be number one. Naturally, I am assuming we are fully in love by then, but who knows.
I want to make stuff. That's always been my life long dream. Anything. Everything. Preferably things that no one has ever seen before. I feel like my creativity never runs out, but I never had time to satisfy it.
I want to make things, public things, that people just gape in awe at. There are four things that have made myself do that, and those are robotics/mechanical engineering, art, architecture (kind of art, but ehhh), and game design (also, kind of an art).
So... building something, something complete. All from my own mind and effort. And people enjoy it. And I'm actually proud of it, because I'm not really proud of anything I've made so far.
Design a robot that everyone would know? Make the best indie game of all time? Design the most beautiful and elaborate library for all?
I don't think anyone would ever really care about my artworks, so I just do that as a hobby.
TL;DR: Make something that everyone loves, and that I love.
ToD?
| ploungeafterdark | t5_2whg0 | clsdiac | Why you give such long and hard truths? Alright... so yeah, marrying Cerebis would likely be number one. Naturally, I am assuming we are fully in love by then, but who knows.
I want to make stuff. That's always been my life long dream. Anything. Everything. Preferably things that no one has ever seen before. I feel like my creativity never runs out, but I never had time to satisfy it.
I want to make things, public things, that people just gape in awe at. There are four things that have made myself do that, and those are robotics/mechanical engineering, art, architecture (kind of art, but ehhh), and game design (also, kind of an art).
So... building something, something complete. All from my own mind and effort. And people enjoy it. And I'm actually proud of it, because I'm not really proud of anything I've made so far.
Design a robot that everyone would know? Make the best indie game of all time? Design the most beautiful and elaborate library for all?
I don't think anyone would ever really care about my artworks, so I just do that as a hobby. | Make something that everyone loves, and that I love.
ToD? |
theflyingpeanut | We're all kooks, might as well laugh about it. I found that stretching my shoulders after a session the same way I do before a session seemed to help make the removal process easier during the break-in period.
Funny mostly-unrelated story: I actually HAVE dislocated a shoulder pulling a wetsuit off. My shoulders are both fucked from snowboarding accidents, and in the early part of my surfing life, I went to pull the legs of my wetsuit off in the Tourmaline parking lot and pulled to hard, resulting in my left shoulder jumping ship. Was stuck bent over in a towel with my wetsuit around my ankles, until I managed to tip myself over onto the ground (without showing all the old van dudes my junk) and get the damn thing back in. My buddy said it was one of the strangest things he's ever seen, watching the shoulder hang in two pieces and then get sucked back in.
Tl;dr - don't actually ignore shoulder pain while removing a wetsuit cause there's a 1 in 1000 chance it will pop out. | We're all kooks, might as well laugh about it. I found that stretching my shoulders after a session the same way I do before a session seemed to help make the removal process easier during the break-in period.
Funny mostly-unrelated story: I actually HAVE dislocated a shoulder pulling a wetsuit off. My shoulders are both fucked from snowboarding accidents, and in the early part of my surfing life, I went to pull the legs of my wetsuit off in the Tourmaline parking lot and pulled to hard, resulting in my left shoulder jumping ship. Was stuck bent over in a towel with my wetsuit around my ankles, until I managed to tip myself over onto the ground (without showing all the old van dudes my junk) and get the damn thing back in. My buddy said it was one of the strangest things he's ever seen, watching the shoulder hang in two pieces and then get sucked back in.
Tl;dr - don't actually ignore shoulder pain while removing a wetsuit cause there's a 1 in 1000 chance it will pop out.
| surfing | t5_2qmde | clqg8gi | We're all kooks, might as well laugh about it. I found that stretching my shoulders after a session the same way I do before a session seemed to help make the removal process easier during the break-in period.
Funny mostly-unrelated story: I actually HAVE dislocated a shoulder pulling a wetsuit off. My shoulders are both fucked from snowboarding accidents, and in the early part of my surfing life, I went to pull the legs of my wetsuit off in the Tourmaline parking lot and pulled to hard, resulting in my left shoulder jumping ship. Was stuck bent over in a towel with my wetsuit around my ankles, until I managed to tip myself over onto the ground (without showing all the old van dudes my junk) and get the damn thing back in. My buddy said it was one of the strangest things he's ever seen, watching the shoulder hang in two pieces and then get sucked back in. | don't actually ignore shoulder pain while removing a wetsuit cause there's a 1 in 1000 chance it will pop out. |
ConstantlySlippery | The 'news' and infotainment outlets are screaming, hyperbolic, fear mongering morons. Their only goal is to manufacture viewers at any cost and increase the bottom line. Period.
This isn't about helping to inform the public. At one point years ago news was a public service that cost money. Now it is simply another revenue stream, and it's actually painful to watch. Note how many teasers are delivered in the form of a question. 'Are you safe?' 'Are the Dems/Repubs trying to steal your freedoms?' Puh-lease.
TL/DR : don't believe anything you see on TV. It's overwhelmingly manufactured drama and bullshit.
| The 'news' and infotainment outlets are screaming, hyperbolic, fear mongering morons. Their only goal is to manufacture viewers at any cost and increase the bottom line. Period.
This isn't about helping to inform the public. At one point years ago news was a public service that cost money. Now it is simply another revenue stream, and it's actually painful to watch. Note how many teasers are delivered in the form of a question. 'Are you safe?' 'Are the Dems/Repubs trying to steal your freedoms?' Puh-lease.
TL/DR : don't believe anything you see on TV. It's overwhelmingly manufactured drama and bullshit.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clqu1ts | The 'news' and infotainment outlets are screaming, hyperbolic, fear mongering morons. Their only goal is to manufacture viewers at any cost and increase the bottom line. Period.
This isn't about helping to inform the public. At one point years ago news was a public service that cost money. Now it is simply another revenue stream, and it's actually painful to watch. Note how many teasers are delivered in the form of a question. 'Are you safe?' 'Are the Dems/Repubs trying to steal your freedoms?' Puh-lease. | don't believe anything you see on TV. It's overwhelmingly manufactured drama and bullshit. |
K4ntum | You can do better than that!
TL;DR; RIP son, no punchline. | You can do better than that!
TL;DR; RIP son, no punchline.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clr5zlm | You can do better than that! | RIP son, no punchline. |
ejuze | Alright here seems to be the few schools of thought on it:
Officer perspective. It seems like most of us are afraid of the camera rolling out, not so much that we are opposed to it. We afraid of it for a few reasons. In my department a few divisions have started pilot programs with the camera systems, I can tell you from their experiences that almost all of them love it. My department has a 'take every complaint at full face' type of mentality. A white officer with a shaved head responded to your house and stole approximately 1 cup of water from your pool? Well time to pull the logs and do an IA interview with that officer as to whether or not he stole some water from you pool. The camera saves us from silly complaints like that, the beef can be squashed then and there with the civilian.
We are afraid of it because of the higher ups. As people have already mentioned in this thread, there are a number of higher ups who forget what being on patrol is like. Patrol is innately, nuts. It's one of the most hectic experiences you could ever go through. The in-car video activates when we activate the lightbar, so that's easy to remember. The body mounted camera has to be turned on physically. Lets say you spot some guy slanging dope on the corner, you hop out the car and jam him up, and he takes off. You have to give your location, description of the suspect, what you got, direction of travel, if they are throwing contraband and have to request additional units at the least. The last thing you are going to remember is turning on your camera. You bust this guy up, he's a known drug dealer in the area and everyone gives you a pat on the back about the arrest. Next day you walk into work, at the end of rollcall, one of the sergeants pulls you aside. "Hey great arrest yesterday...when we reviewed your body cam footage, it seems that you were approximately 1 minute into the foot pursuit before you activated." Your heart starts to sink. In my departments case, since its a pilot program they really want to make sure officers remember to turn on the camera. You get 3 days suspension without pay for failing to activate your body camera 1 minute into a foot pursuit that you didn't even have a chance to step out of the car before the suspect took off running.
The patrol officers are more afraid of what command staff is going to do to them then what behavior the camera will 'curtail.' Being a cop is a dirty, hard, unforgiving and mostly thankless job. We deal with the dregs of society. You don't call us because your cat is stuck in a tree, you call us because the man you love just slammed you into a wall and choked you. Now the guy I have to do deal with is drunk and not listening to my commands. I'm gonna motherfuck him to get his attention and make him realize his past few life choices are steering him down an avenue that he is going to quickly regret. I get him into custody no problem, I just used a bit of tactical language. Someone is going to review that one day and say my conduct was unbecoming because I used a few choice words with some asshole who just beat his wife and wasn't listening to me. People on patrol get it, the people in the office don't.
I can't wait to get a body camera. It'll help squash complaints and that's what most officers in my area are worried about. It can also help with remembering stories that victims or suspects may have told you, hammering out the details for a report. Will some officer behavior be curtailed because they now have a camera on them? Sure I wouldn't doubt it. However I don't think many officers will change how they police because that's how they've set themselves up, and if it works for them why change it. Everyone has a different approach, and each situation is judged as such.
Now some food for thought for the people infront of the camera. The public is up in arms about LPRs (license plate readers). How they are a violation of privacy and they shouldn't record where the plates are and shouldn't be logged into a database. What do you think is going to happen with body cameras? Some company will develop some software that when the footage is downloaded daily, they will run the faces in the system and show where parolees are who haven't checked in with their PO. Or they'll show where people who have warrants on that the officer may not realize as they walk by him on the street when he is interviewing some witness. That's inevitable really. Yes, the worst day of your life is going to be recorded and viewed by a bunch of people you have never met before, and if it leads up to it, played in court for the public to see.
In regards to your inconvenient times, as far as my department goes it only activates when you are on a call or doing something police related. Its not running for the whole 12 hour shift or else there would be a lot of dead time and space taken up that doesn't need to be. That being said the time on the camera does jump back a few seconds so I'm sure officers conversations might be recorded that they would rather not have recorded, but such is life.
TLDR; cameras are inevitable. cops are afraid of the command staff and their review of the officers actions. civilians should be worried to. overall they are useful though. Read what I wrote. | Alright here seems to be the few schools of thought on it:
Officer perspective. It seems like most of us are afraid of the camera rolling out, not so much that we are opposed to it. We afraid of it for a few reasons. In my department a few divisions have started pilot programs with the camera systems, I can tell you from their experiences that almost all of them love it. My department has a 'take every complaint at full face' type of mentality. A white officer with a shaved head responded to your house and stole approximately 1 cup of water from your pool? Well time to pull the logs and do an IA interview with that officer as to whether or not he stole some water from you pool. The camera saves us from silly complaints like that, the beef can be squashed then and there with the civilian.
We are afraid of it because of the higher ups. As people have already mentioned in this thread, there are a number of higher ups who forget what being on patrol is like. Patrol is innately, nuts. It's one of the most hectic experiences you could ever go through. The in-car video activates when we activate the lightbar, so that's easy to remember. The body mounted camera has to be turned on physically. Lets say you spot some guy slanging dope on the corner, you hop out the car and jam him up, and he takes off. You have to give your location, description of the suspect, what you got, direction of travel, if they are throwing contraband and have to request additional units at the least. The last thing you are going to remember is turning on your camera. You bust this guy up, he's a known drug dealer in the area and everyone gives you a pat on the back about the arrest. Next day you walk into work, at the end of rollcall, one of the sergeants pulls you aside. "Hey great arrest yesterday...when we reviewed your body cam footage, it seems that you were approximately 1 minute into the foot pursuit before you activated." Your heart starts to sink. In my departments case, since its a pilot program they really want to make sure officers remember to turn on the camera. You get 3 days suspension without pay for failing to activate your body camera 1 minute into a foot pursuit that you didn't even have a chance to step out of the car before the suspect took off running.
The patrol officers are more afraid of what command staff is going to do to them then what behavior the camera will 'curtail.' Being a cop is a dirty, hard, unforgiving and mostly thankless job. We deal with the dregs of society. You don't call us because your cat is stuck in a tree, you call us because the man you love just slammed you into a wall and choked you. Now the guy I have to do deal with is drunk and not listening to my commands. I'm gonna motherfuck him to get his attention and make him realize his past few life choices are steering him down an avenue that he is going to quickly regret. I get him into custody no problem, I just used a bit of tactical language. Someone is going to review that one day and say my conduct was unbecoming because I used a few choice words with some asshole who just beat his wife and wasn't listening to me. People on patrol get it, the people in the office don't.
I can't wait to get a body camera. It'll help squash complaints and that's what most officers in my area are worried about. It can also help with remembering stories that victims or suspects may have told you, hammering out the details for a report. Will some officer behavior be curtailed because they now have a camera on them? Sure I wouldn't doubt it. However I don't think many officers will change how they police because that's how they've set themselves up, and if it works for them why change it. Everyone has a different approach, and each situation is judged as such.
Now some food for thought for the people infront of the camera. The public is up in arms about LPRs (license plate readers). How they are a violation of privacy and they shouldn't record where the plates are and shouldn't be logged into a database. What do you think is going to happen with body cameras? Some company will develop some software that when the footage is downloaded daily, they will run the faces in the system and show where parolees are who haven't checked in with their PO. Or they'll show where people who have warrants on that the officer may not realize as they walk by him on the street when he is interviewing some witness. That's inevitable really. Yes, the worst day of your life is going to be recorded and viewed by a bunch of people you have never met before, and if it leads up to it, played in court for the public to see.
In regards to your inconvenient times, as far as my department goes it only activates when you are on a call or doing something police related. Its not running for the whole 12 hour shift or else there would be a lot of dead time and space taken up that doesn't need to be. That being said the time on the camera does jump back a few seconds so I'm sure officers conversations might be recorded that they would rather not have recorded, but such is life.
TLDR; cameras are inevitable. cops are afraid of the command staff and their review of the officers actions. civilians should be worried to. overall they are useful though. Read what I wrote.
| AskLEO | t5_2yogd | clrh1ax | Alright here seems to be the few schools of thought on it:
Officer perspective. It seems like most of us are afraid of the camera rolling out, not so much that we are opposed to it. We afraid of it for a few reasons. In my department a few divisions have started pilot programs with the camera systems, I can tell you from their experiences that almost all of them love it. My department has a 'take every complaint at full face' type of mentality. A white officer with a shaved head responded to your house and stole approximately 1 cup of water from your pool? Well time to pull the logs and do an IA interview with that officer as to whether or not he stole some water from you pool. The camera saves us from silly complaints like that, the beef can be squashed then and there with the civilian.
We are afraid of it because of the higher ups. As people have already mentioned in this thread, there are a number of higher ups who forget what being on patrol is like. Patrol is innately, nuts. It's one of the most hectic experiences you could ever go through. The in-car video activates when we activate the lightbar, so that's easy to remember. The body mounted camera has to be turned on physically. Lets say you spot some guy slanging dope on the corner, you hop out the car and jam him up, and he takes off. You have to give your location, description of the suspect, what you got, direction of travel, if they are throwing contraband and have to request additional units at the least. The last thing you are going to remember is turning on your camera. You bust this guy up, he's a known drug dealer in the area and everyone gives you a pat on the back about the arrest. Next day you walk into work, at the end of rollcall, one of the sergeants pulls you aside. "Hey great arrest yesterday...when we reviewed your body cam footage, it seems that you were approximately 1 minute into the foot pursuit before you activated." Your heart starts to sink. In my departments case, since its a pilot program they really want to make sure officers remember to turn on the camera. You get 3 days suspension without pay for failing to activate your body camera 1 minute into a foot pursuit that you didn't even have a chance to step out of the car before the suspect took off running.
The patrol officers are more afraid of what command staff is going to do to them then what behavior the camera will 'curtail.' Being a cop is a dirty, hard, unforgiving and mostly thankless job. We deal with the dregs of society. You don't call us because your cat is stuck in a tree, you call us because the man you love just slammed you into a wall and choked you. Now the guy I have to do deal with is drunk and not listening to my commands. I'm gonna motherfuck him to get his attention and make him realize his past few life choices are steering him down an avenue that he is going to quickly regret. I get him into custody no problem, I just used a bit of tactical language. Someone is going to review that one day and say my conduct was unbecoming because I used a few choice words with some asshole who just beat his wife and wasn't listening to me. People on patrol get it, the people in the office don't.
I can't wait to get a body camera. It'll help squash complaints and that's what most officers in my area are worried about. It can also help with remembering stories that victims or suspects may have told you, hammering out the details for a report. Will some officer behavior be curtailed because they now have a camera on them? Sure I wouldn't doubt it. However I don't think many officers will change how they police because that's how they've set themselves up, and if it works for them why change it. Everyone has a different approach, and each situation is judged as such.
Now some food for thought for the people infront of the camera. The public is up in arms about LPRs (license plate readers). How they are a violation of privacy and they shouldn't record where the plates are and shouldn't be logged into a database. What do you think is going to happen with body cameras? Some company will develop some software that when the footage is downloaded daily, they will run the faces in the system and show where parolees are who haven't checked in with their PO. Or they'll show where people who have warrants on that the officer may not realize as they walk by him on the street when he is interviewing some witness. That's inevitable really. Yes, the worst day of your life is going to be recorded and viewed by a bunch of people you have never met before, and if it leads up to it, played in court for the public to see.
In regards to your inconvenient times, as far as my department goes it only activates when you are on a call or doing something police related. Its not running for the whole 12 hour shift or else there would be a lot of dead time and space taken up that doesn't need to be. That being said the time on the camera does jump back a few seconds so I'm sure officers conversations might be recorded that they would rather not have recorded, but such is life. | cameras are inevitable. cops are afraid of the command staff and their review of the officers actions. civilians should be worried to. overall they are useful though. Read what I wrote. |
bennnzx | Thinking back, my NS journey was very laid back, not a lot of tekan sessions, or not fierce at all. The most memorable one however, was during BMT.
It was the first book-in after confinement week. As we all know, supper was served during confinement week for transition.
At Pasir Ris Int, the whole company was being rowdy, loud, just not listening to the specs to form up nicely.
Back at Coy line, a PC made us all do push-ups, crunches, run around cluster, the works man. Dude, we were in Smart 4, nice boots and with all our book in stuff.
I swear it lasted about 20, 30 minutes. It was what, close to 10pm, I was so worried there wouldn't be enough time to shower and unpack everything. But then he stopped, and before giving RO, he ask if anyone had anything to say. The epic moment comes here.
This cock in my platoon, raised his arm meekly, and asked loudly:
"SIR, TODAY GOT NIGHT SNACK ANOT?"
The look on his face and the whole company's was PRICELESS man. You could hear a pin drop, the silence. Oh my god I swore I face-palmed at that moment.
The PC then just ignored his question and went on to give RO.
Best. Moment. Ever. More of a joke, rather than shag.
EDIT: I think the worst was one where I gave this LCP in my platoon a horrible time.
TL; DR: 6am book-out, he was late, issued push-ups like I lost count and shouted at him cause why not at 6am; told me his uncle passed away the night before, he didn't sleep. I felt bad. | Thinking back, my NS journey was very laid back, not a lot of tekan sessions, or not fierce at all. The most memorable one however, was during BMT.
It was the first book-in after confinement week. As we all know, supper was served during confinement week for transition.
At Pasir Ris Int, the whole company was being rowdy, loud, just not listening to the specs to form up nicely.
Back at Coy line, a PC made us all do push-ups, crunches, run around cluster, the works man. Dude, we were in Smart 4, nice boots and with all our book in stuff.
I swear it lasted about 20, 30 minutes. It was what, close to 10pm, I was so worried there wouldn't be enough time to shower and unpack everything. But then he stopped, and before giving RO, he ask if anyone had anything to say. The epic moment comes here.
This cock in my platoon, raised his arm meekly, and asked loudly:
"SIR, TODAY GOT NIGHT SNACK ANOT?"
The look on his face and the whole company's was PRICELESS man. You could hear a pin drop, the silence. Oh my god I swore I face-palmed at that moment.
The PC then just ignored his question and went on to give RO.
Best. Moment. Ever. More of a joke, rather than shag.
EDIT: I think the worst was one where I gave this LCP in my platoon a horrible time.
TL; DR: 6am book-out, he was late, issued push-ups like I lost count and shouted at him cause why not at 6am; told me his uncle passed away the night before, he didn't sleep. I felt bad.
| singapore | t5_2qh8c | clrpr7u | Thinking back, my NS journey was very laid back, not a lot of tekan sessions, or not fierce at all. The most memorable one however, was during BMT.
It was the first book-in after confinement week. As we all know, supper was served during confinement week for transition.
At Pasir Ris Int, the whole company was being rowdy, loud, just not listening to the specs to form up nicely.
Back at Coy line, a PC made us all do push-ups, crunches, run around cluster, the works man. Dude, we were in Smart 4, nice boots and with all our book in stuff.
I swear it lasted about 20, 30 minutes. It was what, close to 10pm, I was so worried there wouldn't be enough time to shower and unpack everything. But then he stopped, and before giving RO, he ask if anyone had anything to say. The epic moment comes here.
This cock in my platoon, raised his arm meekly, and asked loudly:
"SIR, TODAY GOT NIGHT SNACK ANOT?"
The look on his face and the whole company's was PRICELESS man. You could hear a pin drop, the silence. Oh my god I swore I face-palmed at that moment.
The PC then just ignored his question and went on to give RO.
Best. Moment. Ever. More of a joke, rather than shag.
EDIT: I think the worst was one where I gave this LCP in my platoon a horrible time. | 6am book-out, he was late, issued push-ups like I lost count and shouted at him cause why not at 6am; told me his uncle passed away the night before, he didn't sleep. I felt bad. |
boilerdam | An elephant charge... It's happened to me twice and both times for no apparent reason, just happened to pop up right in front of the elephant.
(1) As a kid in an Indian jungle. We were in a small van, 10 of us, elephant crossed the road in front and we gave it some time. The driver floored the van but the elephant was waiting in the trees to side-ram us and chased us for some distance and stopped when it got really up-hill.
(2) Recently, in 2008, chased by a male in musth in Maasai Mara. This was a lot scarier. Small safari van, just my family (4 of us + driver). Turned a knoll in a field of appropriately named elephant grass and about 30 feet away was a towering male with decent sized tusks. It had rained the previous day, so the ground was pretty muddy. The wind was towards us so he hadn't smelt us but it took him a couple of minutes to judge us by the sound of the idling engine. Then he kicked up some dust, waved his trunk around and started to walk towards us. All this while, we were gently & slowly rolling backwards. When the giant started moving, the driver gunned it in reverse to the "main muddy road" and we hauled outta there. He cut across the field in our direction but then gave up. That was seriously scary.
tl dr: I've been in that gif situation twice and been scared shitless. | An elephant charge... It's happened to me twice and both times for no apparent reason, just happened to pop up right in front of the elephant.
(1) As a kid in an Indian jungle. We were in a small van, 10 of us, elephant crossed the road in front and we gave it some time. The driver floored the van but the elephant was waiting in the trees to side-ram us and chased us for some distance and stopped when it got really up-hill.
(2) Recently, in 2008, chased by a male in musth in Maasai Mara. This was a lot scarier. Small safari van, just my family (4 of us + driver). Turned a knoll in a field of appropriately named elephant grass and about 30 feet away was a towering male with decent sized tusks. It had rained the previous day, so the ground was pretty muddy. The wind was towards us so he hadn't smelt us but it took him a couple of minutes to judge us by the sound of the idling engine. Then he kicked up some dust, waved his trunk around and started to walk towards us. All this while, we were gently & slowly rolling backwards. When the giant started moving, the driver gunned it in reverse to the "main muddy road" and we hauled outta there. He cut across the field in our direction but then gave up. That was seriously scary.
tl dr: I've been in that gif situation twice and been scared shitless.
| AnimalsBeingJerks | t5_2wfjv | cls8f7v | An elephant charge... It's happened to me twice and both times for no apparent reason, just happened to pop up right in front of the elephant.
(1) As a kid in an Indian jungle. We were in a small van, 10 of us, elephant crossed the road in front and we gave it some time. The driver floored the van but the elephant was waiting in the trees to side-ram us and chased us for some distance and stopped when it got really up-hill.
(2) Recently, in 2008, chased by a male in musth in Maasai Mara. This was a lot scarier. Small safari van, just my family (4 of us + driver). Turned a knoll in a field of appropriately named elephant grass and about 30 feet away was a towering male with decent sized tusks. It had rained the previous day, so the ground was pretty muddy. The wind was towards us so he hadn't smelt us but it took him a couple of minutes to judge us by the sound of the idling engine. Then he kicked up some dust, waved his trunk around and started to walk towards us. All this while, we were gently & slowly rolling backwards. When the giant started moving, the driver gunned it in reverse to the "main muddy road" and we hauled outta there. He cut across the field in our direction but then gave up. That was seriously scary. | I've been in that gif situation twice and been scared shitless. |
therein | I've had it for a little over an hour now and it is pretty good.
Definitely a major improvement over C720 in terms of build quality, screen quality and trackpad. The keyboard is significantly better as well.
C720 was definitely better from a strictly performance perspective, however, I don't think you'll regret the Toshiba 2 in terms of performance either. It gives you what you would expect from a Chromebook. I'm a developer and while this will not replace my main machine, it will work perfectly as my more-portable-device.
One thing I noticed about the screen is that it doesn't seem to be firm enough. It wobbles back and forth too easily. It could just be my unit but that's my observation.
TL;DR: Great display, wobbly screen, impressive trackpad, nice keyboard, noticeably slower than C720 but not slow enough to cause frustration. | I've had it for a little over an hour now and it is pretty good.
Definitely a major improvement over C720 in terms of build quality, screen quality and trackpad. The keyboard is significantly better as well.
C720 was definitely better from a strictly performance perspective, however, I don't think you'll regret the Toshiba 2 in terms of performance either. It gives you what you would expect from a Chromebook. I'm a developer and while this will not replace my main machine, it will work perfectly as my more-portable-device.
One thing I noticed about the screen is that it doesn't seem to be firm enough. It wobbles back and forth too easily. It could just be my unit but that's my observation.
TL;DR: Great display, wobbly screen, impressive trackpad, nice keyboard, noticeably slower than C720 but not slow enough to cause frustration.
| chromeos | t5_2r1wh | clryuwx | I've had it for a little over an hour now and it is pretty good.
Definitely a major improvement over C720 in terms of build quality, screen quality and trackpad. The keyboard is significantly better as well.
C720 was definitely better from a strictly performance perspective, however, I don't think you'll regret the Toshiba 2 in terms of performance either. It gives you what you would expect from a Chromebook. I'm a developer and while this will not replace my main machine, it will work perfectly as my more-portable-device.
One thing I noticed about the screen is that it doesn't seem to be firm enough. It wobbles back and forth too easily. It could just be my unit but that's my observation. | Great display, wobbly screen, impressive trackpad, nice keyboard, noticeably slower than C720 but not slow enough to cause frustration. |
DawnaBard | I mean, not that management has asked for my opinion or anything, but I think he's more than earned the right to stay. He's been good, especially with the new line.
I know a neighbourhood kid Lazar's age who's in the OHL. He wasn't drafted by the NHL but he was invited to the Jets' prospect camp and participated in the Young Stars tournament (with the other 3 western Canadian teams) for the past two years.
I bring this up, because when he came back from out West, plus a stint at the Jets' AHL training camp, he said that he sometimes felt like a boy playing with men. (And it's not a size thing; this neighbourhood "kid" is 6'3"-205.)
tl;dr
My point: Lazar does not look like a boy playing against men out there. He's ready. | I mean, not that management has asked for my opinion or anything, but I think he's more than earned the right to stay. He's been good, especially with the new line.
I know a neighbourhood kid Lazar's age who's in the OHL. He wasn't drafted by the NHL but he was invited to the Jets' prospect camp and participated in the Young Stars tournament (with the other 3 western Canadian teams) for the past two years.
I bring this up, because when he came back from out West, plus a stint at the Jets' AHL training camp, he said that he sometimes felt like a boy playing with men. (And it's not a size thing; this neighbourhood "kid" is 6'3"-205.)
tl;dr
My point: Lazar does not look like a boy playing against men out there. He's ready.
| OttawaSenators | t5_2qojw | clsvfrx | I mean, not that management has asked for my opinion or anything, but I think he's more than earned the right to stay. He's been good, especially with the new line.
I know a neighbourhood kid Lazar's age who's in the OHL. He wasn't drafted by the NHL but he was invited to the Jets' prospect camp and participated in the Young Stars tournament (with the other 3 western Canadian teams) for the past two years.
I bring this up, because when he came back from out West, plus a stint at the Jets' AHL training camp, he said that he sometimes felt like a boy playing with men. (And it's not a size thing; this neighbourhood "kid" is 6'3"-205.) | My point: Lazar does not look like a boy playing against men out there. He's ready. |
Komberal | Why not just treat weed like we treet every other intoxication - something that is not done daily. The arguments for weed versus alcohol always favors weed because of the health-related effects, but I think the problem is the daily habit. Anything that's done daily should be done with some though, like "this is going to be a big chunk of my income, my time, my sociality, my friend-status etc. etc., how will I let it control me?". But since there's no immediate risk people take it as an invite to smoke weed everyday. Which, and I know this oppinion will be downvoted to oblivion, is retarded in my point of view - don't be high/intoxicated every day! And if you want to argue with that I think you should revise what you mean by being "sober". I'm all for weed on parties, weekends, with friends, without friends, however you like it, just don't overdo it!
The notion that "people who smoke weed are naturally talentless" is such an abhorrent statement that it's not worth considering. But the statement that "people who search for intoxications as a goal every day might not have it all together" is one that fits more generally. Obviously not always. This goes for alcohol, meth, weed, adderal, whatever your quickfix is - regardless it's not the substance that's important, it's the way the intoxication is handled and perceived.
TL;DR some of my most talented friends smoke a lot. Some of my least talented friends never smoke. Just make sure that you don't let it govern your day and your fine. | Why not just treat weed like we treet every other intoxication - something that is not done daily. The arguments for weed versus alcohol always favors weed because of the health-related effects, but I think the problem is the daily habit. Anything that's done daily should be done with some though, like "this is going to be a big chunk of my income, my time, my sociality, my friend-status etc. etc., how will I let it control me?". But since there's no immediate risk people take it as an invite to smoke weed everyday. Which, and I know this oppinion will be downvoted to oblivion, is retarded in my point of view - don't be high/intoxicated every day! And if you want to argue with that I think you should revise what you mean by being "sober". I'm all for weed on parties, weekends, with friends, without friends, however you like it, just don't overdo it!
The notion that "people who smoke weed are naturally talentless" is such an abhorrent statement that it's not worth considering. But the statement that "people who search for intoxications as a goal every day might not have it all together" is one that fits more generally. Obviously not always. This goes for alcohol, meth, weed, adderal, whatever your quickfix is - regardless it's not the substance that's important, it's the way the intoxication is handled and perceived.
TL;DR some of my most talented friends smoke a lot. Some of my least talented friends never smoke. Just make sure that you don't let it govern your day and your fine.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | clskv85 | Why not just treat weed like we treet every other intoxication - something that is not done daily. The arguments for weed versus alcohol always favors weed because of the health-related effects, but I think the problem is the daily habit. Anything that's done daily should be done with some though, like "this is going to be a big chunk of my income, my time, my sociality, my friend-status etc. etc., how will I let it control me?". But since there's no immediate risk people take it as an invite to smoke weed everyday. Which, and I know this oppinion will be downvoted to oblivion, is retarded in my point of view - don't be high/intoxicated every day! And if you want to argue with that I think you should revise what you mean by being "sober". I'm all for weed on parties, weekends, with friends, without friends, however you like it, just don't overdo it!
The notion that "people who smoke weed are naturally talentless" is such an abhorrent statement that it's not worth considering. But the statement that "people who search for intoxications as a goal every day might not have it all together" is one that fits more generally. Obviously not always. This goes for alcohol, meth, weed, adderal, whatever your quickfix is - regardless it's not the substance that's important, it's the way the intoxication is handled and perceived. | some of my most talented friends smoke a lot. Some of my least talented friends never smoke. Just make sure that you don't let it govern your day and your fine. |
Don_Zardeone | There's a huge amount of stuff on this. I highly suggest looking at fountain pen forums and blogs. Those people are experts at the stuff. You'll learn about calligraphy, handwriting etc.
Primary issue: Death grip.
Whatever you do, ensure you do not have death grip and instead get tripod grip. Google those. Death grip can quite literally kill your wrist/hand. It probably won't and will only give you bone issues, but still, those hurt. For example, bakers who still bake oldschool with huge ovens... they need to take huge plates out of the oven. Huge plates with lots of pies on them. These plates are heavy. Wrists are not designed for this kind of heavy. At a young age they may feel a bit of strain and it will go away. At age 60 their wrists will grow locked and/or give massive pain. Same goes for holding a pen wrong if you write a lot, even if only a little.
You probably will want to upgrade to a fountain pen. Ballpoints are based on friction. Friction makes the ball spin and put ink on the paper. Friction requires pressure. Pressure requires you pressing down. This results in tiring more quickly and having a harder time writing.
Fountain pens are made for writing.
Ballpoints are made for convenient, quick writing, jotting down a note here or there, a phone number, a name, whatever. They're not for extensive writing.
Another reason to swap to fountain pen or similar (there are these roller ball things that require little pressure too) is nib size. By writing in fatter lines you can mask bad penmanship. You also write larger and it becomes more legible. European or german nibs tend to be on the larger size. A euro Fine nib is like an asian Bold nib. For example: Lamy, german brand, try a medium, Waterman (I think English/french), try a fine/medium. Cross (american), try a fine or medium.
If however you write in a tiny font, an asian extra fine nib may improve your writing. It allows you to write in super duper fine lines, extra small. Namiki, Pilot, Sailor are asian brands I know off the top of my head.
This part TLDR: my school was dumb and taught the wrong font for ballpoints and I write like a girl now because that's better.
If you learned cursive in school, it may be the ~wrong cursive. For some reason, my school taught a type of cursive that is closer to a sort of copperplate that is only properly legible with an itallic or flex nib. They used to teach with inkwells and dip pens and my desk at school still had the holes in it where the inkwell went, but they switched over to ballpoints yet kept the font they were teaching. So my handwriting was incredibly weird and horrible until I used a flexible nib.
What's worse is they used a different font for boys and girls. The boys had more rounded, more bold lettering and the girls had more narrow lettering with more italics and angles. The boys' capital A, Q, O looked nearly identical. In the last year, the boys all had either super weird handwriting, or they had printed handwriting that isn't cursive at all.
Some teachers taught in both the girls and boys school and I'd peek over to see what their handwriting looks like and theirs looked way better. They got the freedom to develop their own style and had a better default font.
I started writing like a girl once I got out of school. And I'm damn proud of it. I took over some of the capital letters and the angled letters.
Fountain pens gave me line variation. My S used to look like an 8 because that's how we had to write it. Now I press down slightly on my fountain pen (a Pilot falcon with flex nib) which turns that 8 into an S with thick line for the S part and thin line for the connecting lines.
An italic nibbed pen or stub also gives line variation and often makes your writing look better just because it looks different.
Basically, fountain pens allow you to "cheat" :3 | There's a huge amount of stuff on this. I highly suggest looking at fountain pen forums and blogs. Those people are experts at the stuff. You'll learn about calligraphy, handwriting etc.
Primary issue: Death grip.
Whatever you do, ensure you do not have death grip and instead get tripod grip. Google those. Death grip can quite literally kill your wrist/hand. It probably won't and will only give you bone issues, but still, those hurt. For example, bakers who still bake oldschool with huge ovens... they need to take huge plates out of the oven. Huge plates with lots of pies on them. These plates are heavy. Wrists are not designed for this kind of heavy. At a young age they may feel a bit of strain and it will go away. At age 60 their wrists will grow locked and/or give massive pain. Same goes for holding a pen wrong if you write a lot, even if only a little.
You probably will want to upgrade to a fountain pen. Ballpoints are based on friction. Friction makes the ball spin and put ink on the paper. Friction requires pressure. Pressure requires you pressing down. This results in tiring more quickly and having a harder time writing.
Fountain pens are made for writing.
Ballpoints are made for convenient, quick writing, jotting down a note here or there, a phone number, a name, whatever. They're not for extensive writing.
Another reason to swap to fountain pen or similar (there are these roller ball things that require little pressure too) is nib size. By writing in fatter lines you can mask bad penmanship. You also write larger and it becomes more legible. European or german nibs tend to be on the larger size. A euro Fine nib is like an asian Bold nib. For example: Lamy, german brand, try a medium, Waterman (I think English/french), try a fine/medium. Cross (american), try a fine or medium.
If however you write in a tiny font, an asian extra fine nib may improve your writing. It allows you to write in super duper fine lines, extra small. Namiki, Pilot, Sailor are asian brands I know off the top of my head.
This part TLDR: my school was dumb and taught the wrong font for ballpoints and I write like a girl now because that's better.
If you learned cursive in school, it may be the ~wrong cursive. For some reason, my school taught a type of cursive that is closer to a sort of copperplate that is only properly legible with an itallic or flex nib. They used to teach with inkwells and dip pens and my desk at school still had the holes in it where the inkwell went, but they switched over to ballpoints yet kept the font they were teaching. So my handwriting was incredibly weird and horrible until I used a flexible nib.
What's worse is they used a different font for boys and girls. The boys had more rounded, more bold lettering and the girls had more narrow lettering with more italics and angles. The boys' capital A, Q, O looked nearly identical. In the last year, the boys all had either super weird handwriting, or they had printed handwriting that isn't cursive at all.
Some teachers taught in both the girls and boys school and I'd peek over to see what their handwriting looks like and theirs looked way better. They got the freedom to develop their own style and had a better default font.
I started writing like a girl once I got out of school. And I'm damn proud of it. I took over some of the capital letters and the angled letters.
Fountain pens gave me line variation. My S used to look like an 8 because that's how we had to write it. Now I press down slightly on my fountain pen (a Pilot falcon with flex nib) which turns that 8 into an S with thick line for the S part and thin line for the connecting lines.
An italic nibbed pen or stub also gives line variation and often makes your writing look better just because it looks different.
Basically, fountain pens allow you to "cheat" :3
| LifeProTips | t5_2s5oq | clxvgsw | There's a huge amount of stuff on this. I highly suggest looking at fountain pen forums and blogs. Those people are experts at the stuff. You'll learn about calligraphy, handwriting etc.
Primary issue: Death grip.
Whatever you do, ensure you do not have death grip and instead get tripod grip. Google those. Death grip can quite literally kill your wrist/hand. It probably won't and will only give you bone issues, but still, those hurt. For example, bakers who still bake oldschool with huge ovens... they need to take huge plates out of the oven. Huge plates with lots of pies on them. These plates are heavy. Wrists are not designed for this kind of heavy. At a young age they may feel a bit of strain and it will go away. At age 60 their wrists will grow locked and/or give massive pain. Same goes for holding a pen wrong if you write a lot, even if only a little.
You probably will want to upgrade to a fountain pen. Ballpoints are based on friction. Friction makes the ball spin and put ink on the paper. Friction requires pressure. Pressure requires you pressing down. This results in tiring more quickly and having a harder time writing.
Fountain pens are made for writing.
Ballpoints are made for convenient, quick writing, jotting down a note here or there, a phone number, a name, whatever. They're not for extensive writing.
Another reason to swap to fountain pen or similar (there are these roller ball things that require little pressure too) is nib size. By writing in fatter lines you can mask bad penmanship. You also write larger and it becomes more legible. European or german nibs tend to be on the larger size. A euro Fine nib is like an asian Bold nib. For example: Lamy, german brand, try a medium, Waterman (I think English/french), try a fine/medium. Cross (american), try a fine or medium.
If however you write in a tiny font, an asian extra fine nib may improve your writing. It allows you to write in super duper fine lines, extra small. Namiki, Pilot, Sailor are asian brands I know off the top of my head.
This part | my school was dumb and taught the wrong font for ballpoints and I write like a girl now because that's better.
If you learned cursive in school, it may be the ~wrong cursive. For some reason, my school taught a type of cursive that is closer to a sort of copperplate that is only properly legible with an itallic or flex nib. They used to teach with inkwells and dip pens and my desk at school still had the holes in it where the inkwell went, but they switched over to ballpoints yet kept the font they were teaching. So my handwriting was incredibly weird and horrible until I used a flexible nib.
What's worse is they used a different font for boys and girls. The boys had more rounded, more bold lettering and the girls had more narrow lettering with more italics and angles. The boys' capital A, Q, O looked nearly identical. In the last year, the boys all had either super weird handwriting, or they had printed handwriting that isn't cursive at all.
Some teachers taught in both the girls and boys school and I'd peek over to see what their handwriting looks like and theirs looked way better. They got the freedom to develop their own style and had a better default font.
I started writing like a girl once I got out of school. And I'm damn proud of it. I took over some of the capital letters and the angled letters.
Fountain pens gave me line variation. My S used to look like an 8 because that's how we had to write it. Now I press down slightly on my fountain pen (a Pilot falcon with flex nib) which turns that 8 into an S with thick line for the S part and thin line for the connecting lines.
An italic nibbed pen or stub also gives line variation and often makes your writing look better just because it looks different.
Basically, fountain pens allow you to "cheat" :3 |
thewhitedragon342 | well i just came here a while a go and from what i can tell its just best to search for your answer (literally "search") and build yourself from the info and experience you gain about yourself and the community TL;DR i'm an idiot that talks before he thinks. don't take advice from an idiot. | well i just came here a while a go and from what i can tell its just best to search for your answer (literally "search") and build yourself from the info and experience you gain about yourself and the community TL;DR i'm an idiot that talks before he thinks. don't take advice from an idiot.
| furry | t5_2qi2h | cltb1hh | well i just came here a while a go and from what i can tell its just best to search for your answer (literally "search") and build yourself from the info and experience you gain about yourself and the community | i'm an idiot that talks before he thinks. don't take advice from an idiot. |
RepostThatShit | > But still, judging from that chart even from 2000 the uk has paid in much more then its received, and that amount is probably higher then
I hate to be the one to have to break this to you but in every organization and system of government the members have to pay more into it than they get back, because in total they can only get back what they paid *minus* the cost of operations. If the system is specifically set up so that some members get back more than they paid into it, it is a form of charity and afforded to them by virtue of their needful position.
tl;dr: Three people can't chip in €10 into a pot each and then expect to get €15 each when they divide it by three. And even if you get exactly €10, it's generally just a sign that nothing got accomplished. | > But still, judging from that chart even from 2000 the uk has paid in much more then its received, and that amount is probably higher then
I hate to be the one to have to break this to you but in every organization and system of government the members have to pay more into it than they get back, because in total they can only get back what they paid minus the cost of operations. If the system is specifically set up so that some members get back more than they paid into it, it is a form of charity and afforded to them by virtue of their needful position.
tl;dr: Three people can't chip in €10 into a pot each and then expect to get €15 each when they divide it by three. And even if you get exactly €10, it's generally just a sign that nothing got accomplished.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cltv52v | But still, judging from that chart even from 2000 the uk has paid in much more then its received, and that amount is probably higher then
I hate to be the one to have to break this to you but in every organization and system of government the members have to pay more into it than they get back, because in total they can only get back what they paid minus the cost of operations. If the system is specifically set up so that some members get back more than they paid into it, it is a form of charity and afforded to them by virtue of their needful position. | Three people can't chip in €10 into a pot each and then expect to get €15 each when they divide it by three. And even if you get exactly €10, it's generally just a sign that nothing got accomplished. |
douevencarrot | get yourself a calculator and open up www.steamanalyst.com , if the asiimov has realy good looks its usually about 16k=~$40. And there you go, thats literally all you need :)
Edit: Because im a nice person i have done the math for you:
**Vulcan FT=20k**
**Glock Dragon FN + NameTag + 2 Sticker = 4k**
24k
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**AWP Asiimov BS good looks = 16k**
**AK Redline FT + M4 Guardian MW + P90 Asiimov FT = 8k**
24k
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TL;DR: its a very fair trade, if you care about stickers and such | get yourself a calculator and open up www.steamanalyst.com , if the asiimov has realy good looks its usually about 16k=~$40. And there you go, thats literally all you need :)
Edit: Because im a nice person i have done the math for you:
Vulcan FT=20k
Glock Dragon FN + NameTag + 2 Sticker = 4k
24k
AWP Asiimov BS good looks = 16k
AK Redline FT + M4 Guardian MW + P90 Asiimov FT = 8k
24k
TL;DR: its a very fair trade, if you care about stickers and such
| GlobalOffensiveTrade | t5_2y6r4 | cltjs2e | get yourself a calculator and open up www.steamanalyst.com , if the asiimov has realy good looks its usually about 16k=~$40. And there you go, thats literally all you need :)
Edit: Because im a nice person i have done the math for you:
Vulcan FT=20k
Glock Dragon FN + NameTag + 2 Sticker = 4k
24k
AWP Asiimov BS good looks = 16k
AK Redline FT + M4 Guardian MW + P90 Asiimov FT = 8k
24k | its a very fair trade, if you care about stickers and such |
XcoldhandsX | The Cyrodiilic Empire is culturally based around the worship of their first emperor Tiber Septim who ascended to god-hood and became Talos (the "ninth divine") as well as the line of dragon-blood emperors (the Septims) who followed him. Through the survival of the Septim dynasty and keeping the Dragonfires lit the cultural foundations of the Empire remained strong. The Dragonfires make it impossible for Daedra to exist permanently in Tamriel and they make it impossible to create stable and lasting portals to the planes of Oblivion. Lastly the Empire's crystal tower in the center of the Imperial City is one of several towers around Tamriel that hold up the plane of existence that is Nirn.
Let's recap the Empire's current status (and that of its provinces) comparatively from a purely historical standpoint at the beginning of Skyrim.
* The Septims have all been dead for over 200 years, the Amulet of Kings was lost at the end of the Oblivion Crisis, and therefore the dragonfires can never be lit again. This means that, while Mehrunes Dagon was repelled at the end of the Oblivion main quest, the Empire's ability to protect Tamriel from Daedra is now lost.
* Thalmor agents have hunted down and killed almost all of the Blades, which operate as a highly trained elite special forces unit. Depending on whether the Dragonborn chooses to kill Paarthunax or not will determine if they receive the support they need to replenish their ranks and rise again.
* The loss of the divine Septim bloodline led to the title of emperor being fought over by warlords. Ultimately the place of the extinct Septims was taken by Titus Mede, effectively forming the Mede Empire. The current Emperor Titus Mede II will be assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood (following the trend of previous games it is assumed that guild main quests are canon) and according to the wiki he has no known heir.
So the Empire is now once more in a state of political limbo. The Mede dynasty which has ruled for less than 200 years and was brought about (and supported) by military strength (as opposed to divine will like the Septims) is already without a leader and lacks a clear heir.
* In addition, the Red Year has devastated Morrowind and the subsequent Argonian Invasion effectively nullifies the province's existence as a "state" (for the time being) as it can no longer immediately support the Empire (or even itself) both economically or in a state of war. If the Empire ever wants to reclaim Morrowind there are easily several generations worth of rebuilding to do before it can be considered even a shadow of its former self.
* Black Marsh has effectively become a neutral independent state and is seceding from the Empire. I can't imagine the Empire will be in any shape militarily or economically to convince the Argonians to give up their independence any time soon.
* The (Third) Aldmeri Dominion was initially created when Valenwood was overthrown by Thalmor rebels and joined with the Summerset Isles.
* The Thalmor have assassinated the Mane of Elsweyr and the two Khajiit kingdoms of Anequina and Pelletine have seceded from the Empire and become client states of the Aldmeri Dominion which effectively gives the Thalmor control over all of Elsweyr.
* Parts of Hammerfell have been turned over to the Dominon by the White-Gold Concordat. Since rebels would not give up the land to the Aldmeri willingly the Empire was forced to renounce the province entirely. It is worth noting that despite being cut off from the Empire the Redguards have fought off the Dominion armies and secured their independence.
* Cyrodiil, the heart of the Empire, is drained of man-power after the last war and can not raise enough men to support a war on its own.
* Skyrim, the only province left with ample military strength has been throw into civil war and the longer both sides fight the weaker it becomes.
* Lastly, Highrock remains loyal to the Empire. Admittedly I don't know enough about their status as a military ally but from what I've read my assumption is that they're pretty much Cyrodiil's only life-line at this point.
So in conclusion, from a historian's perspective, the Empire is in decline and will ultimately either fracture into several different independent states and/or be absorbed by another pre-existing military power. Just like the Byzantines with the Turks while they may not be totally defeated just yet their growth has been stalled/halted and their military and economic structure is stagnating while their enemies are growing stronger. All it takes is one big push and the Empire will begin to collapse. Think of the Venetians sacking Constantinople. If the Imperial City were to fall again to Dominion forces it would surely mark the death of the Cyrodiilic Empire.
tl;dr - The Empire's days are numbered.
edit: Added info and fixed some grammar/spelling errors. | The Cyrodiilic Empire is culturally based around the worship of their first emperor Tiber Septim who ascended to god-hood and became Talos (the "ninth divine") as well as the line of dragon-blood emperors (the Septims) who followed him. Through the survival of the Septim dynasty and keeping the Dragonfires lit the cultural foundations of the Empire remained strong. The Dragonfires make it impossible for Daedra to exist permanently in Tamriel and they make it impossible to create stable and lasting portals to the planes of Oblivion. Lastly the Empire's crystal tower in the center of the Imperial City is one of several towers around Tamriel that hold up the plane of existence that is Nirn.
Let's recap the Empire's current status (and that of its provinces) comparatively from a purely historical standpoint at the beginning of Skyrim.
The Septims have all been dead for over 200 years, the Amulet of Kings was lost at the end of the Oblivion Crisis, and therefore the dragonfires can never be lit again. This means that, while Mehrunes Dagon was repelled at the end of the Oblivion main quest, the Empire's ability to protect Tamriel from Daedra is now lost.
Thalmor agents have hunted down and killed almost all of the Blades, which operate as a highly trained elite special forces unit. Depending on whether the Dragonborn chooses to kill Paarthunax or not will determine if they receive the support they need to replenish their ranks and rise again.
The loss of the divine Septim bloodline led to the title of emperor being fought over by warlords. Ultimately the place of the extinct Septims was taken by Titus Mede, effectively forming the Mede Empire. The current Emperor Titus Mede II will be assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood (following the trend of previous games it is assumed that guild main quests are canon) and according to the wiki he has no known heir.
So the Empire is now once more in a state of political limbo. The Mede dynasty which has ruled for less than 200 years and was brought about (and supported) by military strength (as opposed to divine will like the Septims) is already without a leader and lacks a clear heir.
In addition, the Red Year has devastated Morrowind and the subsequent Argonian Invasion effectively nullifies the province's existence as a "state" (for the time being) as it can no longer immediately support the Empire (or even itself) both economically or in a state of war. If the Empire ever wants to reclaim Morrowind there are easily several generations worth of rebuilding to do before it can be considered even a shadow of its former self.
Black Marsh has effectively become a neutral independent state and is seceding from the Empire. I can't imagine the Empire will be in any shape militarily or economically to convince the Argonians to give up their independence any time soon.
The (Third) Aldmeri Dominion was initially created when Valenwood was overthrown by Thalmor rebels and joined with the Summerset Isles.
The Thalmor have assassinated the Mane of Elsweyr and the two Khajiit kingdoms of Anequina and Pelletine have seceded from the Empire and become client states of the Aldmeri Dominion which effectively gives the Thalmor control over all of Elsweyr.
Parts of Hammerfell have been turned over to the Dominon by the White-Gold Concordat. Since rebels would not give up the land to the Aldmeri willingly the Empire was forced to renounce the province entirely. It is worth noting that despite being cut off from the Empire the Redguards have fought off the Dominion armies and secured their independence.
Cyrodiil, the heart of the Empire, is drained of man-power after the last war and can not raise enough men to support a war on its own.
Skyrim, the only province left with ample military strength has been throw into civil war and the longer both sides fight the weaker it becomes.
Lastly, Highrock remains loyal to the Empire. Admittedly I don't know enough about their status as a military ally but from what I've read my assumption is that they're pretty much Cyrodiil's only life-line at this point.
So in conclusion, from a historian's perspective, the Empire is in decline and will ultimately either fracture into several different independent states and/or be absorbed by another pre-existing military power. Just like the Byzantines with the Turks while they may not be totally defeated just yet their growth has been stalled/halted and their military and economic structure is stagnating while their enemies are growing stronger. All it takes is one big push and the Empire will begin to collapse. Think of the Venetians sacking Constantinople. If the Imperial City were to fall again to Dominion forces it would surely mark the death of the Cyrodiilic Empire.
tl;dr - The Empire's days are numbered.
edit: Added info and fixed some grammar/spelling errors.
| skyrim | t5_2s837 | clupmwp | The Cyrodiilic Empire is culturally based around the worship of their first emperor Tiber Septim who ascended to god-hood and became Talos (the "ninth divine") as well as the line of dragon-blood emperors (the Septims) who followed him. Through the survival of the Septim dynasty and keeping the Dragonfires lit the cultural foundations of the Empire remained strong. The Dragonfires make it impossible for Daedra to exist permanently in Tamriel and they make it impossible to create stable and lasting portals to the planes of Oblivion. Lastly the Empire's crystal tower in the center of the Imperial City is one of several towers around Tamriel that hold up the plane of existence that is Nirn.
Let's recap the Empire's current status (and that of its provinces) comparatively from a purely historical standpoint at the beginning of Skyrim.
The Septims have all been dead for over 200 years, the Amulet of Kings was lost at the end of the Oblivion Crisis, and therefore the dragonfires can never be lit again. This means that, while Mehrunes Dagon was repelled at the end of the Oblivion main quest, the Empire's ability to protect Tamriel from Daedra is now lost.
Thalmor agents have hunted down and killed almost all of the Blades, which operate as a highly trained elite special forces unit. Depending on whether the Dragonborn chooses to kill Paarthunax or not will determine if they receive the support they need to replenish their ranks and rise again.
The loss of the divine Septim bloodline led to the title of emperor being fought over by warlords. Ultimately the place of the extinct Septims was taken by Titus Mede, effectively forming the Mede Empire. The current Emperor Titus Mede II will be assassinated by the Dark Brotherhood (following the trend of previous games it is assumed that guild main quests are canon) and according to the wiki he has no known heir.
So the Empire is now once more in a state of political limbo. The Mede dynasty which has ruled for less than 200 years and was brought about (and supported) by military strength (as opposed to divine will like the Septims) is already without a leader and lacks a clear heir.
In addition, the Red Year has devastated Morrowind and the subsequent Argonian Invasion effectively nullifies the province's existence as a "state" (for the time being) as it can no longer immediately support the Empire (or even itself) both economically or in a state of war. If the Empire ever wants to reclaim Morrowind there are easily several generations worth of rebuilding to do before it can be considered even a shadow of its former self.
Black Marsh has effectively become a neutral independent state and is seceding from the Empire. I can't imagine the Empire will be in any shape militarily or economically to convince the Argonians to give up their independence any time soon.
The (Third) Aldmeri Dominion was initially created when Valenwood was overthrown by Thalmor rebels and joined with the Summerset Isles.
The Thalmor have assassinated the Mane of Elsweyr and the two Khajiit kingdoms of Anequina and Pelletine have seceded from the Empire and become client states of the Aldmeri Dominion which effectively gives the Thalmor control over all of Elsweyr.
Parts of Hammerfell have been turned over to the Dominon by the White-Gold Concordat. Since rebels would not give up the land to the Aldmeri willingly the Empire was forced to renounce the province entirely. It is worth noting that despite being cut off from the Empire the Redguards have fought off the Dominion armies and secured their independence.
Cyrodiil, the heart of the Empire, is drained of man-power after the last war and can not raise enough men to support a war on its own.
Skyrim, the only province left with ample military strength has been throw into civil war and the longer both sides fight the weaker it becomes.
Lastly, Highrock remains loyal to the Empire. Admittedly I don't know enough about their status as a military ally but from what I've read my assumption is that they're pretty much Cyrodiil's only life-line at this point.
So in conclusion, from a historian's perspective, the Empire is in decline and will ultimately either fracture into several different independent states and/or be absorbed by another pre-existing military power. Just like the Byzantines with the Turks while they may not be totally defeated just yet their growth has been stalled/halted and their military and economic structure is stagnating while their enemies are growing stronger. All it takes is one big push and the Empire will begin to collapse. Think of the Venetians sacking Constantinople. If the Imperial City were to fall again to Dominion forces it would surely mark the death of the Cyrodiilic Empire. | The Empire's days are numbered.
edit: Added info and fixed some grammar/spelling errors. |
Mazrodak | Not accurate when looking at older games. The Dunmer achieved a nation state with greater wealth and power than any of the Jewish kingdoms. The Red Mountain crisis could be viewed as a diaspora, but the history of Morrowind doesn't support this. Also worth noting that hatred for Dark Elves stems from a history of a slave taking, bigoted empire fueled by dark magic and Daedra worship compounded by recent atrocities of war. Historical hatred of Jews stemmed from religious differences and misinformation.
TL;DR Dark Elves aren't Jews | Not accurate when looking at older games. The Dunmer achieved a nation state with greater wealth and power than any of the Jewish kingdoms. The Red Mountain crisis could be viewed as a diaspora, but the history of Morrowind doesn't support this. Also worth noting that hatred for Dark Elves stems from a history of a slave taking, bigoted empire fueled by dark magic and Daedra worship compounded by recent atrocities of war. Historical hatred of Jews stemmed from religious differences and misinformation.
TL;DR Dark Elves aren't Jews
| skyrim | t5_2s837 | clubqkm | Not accurate when looking at older games. The Dunmer achieved a nation state with greater wealth and power than any of the Jewish kingdoms. The Red Mountain crisis could be viewed as a diaspora, but the history of Morrowind doesn't support this. Also worth noting that hatred for Dark Elves stems from a history of a slave taking, bigoted empire fueled by dark magic and Daedra worship compounded by recent atrocities of war. Historical hatred of Jews stemmed from religious differences and misinformation. | Dark Elves aren't Jews |
godismad | Hello fellow cartographers!
I am trying to give a sense of how the cultural context of Modoc County (highlighted in orange) has changed over time. Specifically, the economic and demographic growth of low-lying coasts juxtaposed to the stagnation and poverty of the 'forgotten corner'.
My plan is to put this map into a report I'm writing; thus giving me some room for further exegesis. However, I feel that I can say more with this map, but I have no idea where to start with narrative elements. If anyone has any ideas on how to make this map more cogent, or how to incorporate a narrative element, please share your knowledge! I'm happy to search for the data.
TLDR: Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave your peace. | Hello fellow cartographers!
I am trying to give a sense of how the cultural context of Modoc County (highlighted in orange) has changed over time. Specifically, the economic and demographic growth of low-lying coasts juxtaposed to the stagnation and poverty of the 'forgotten corner'.
My plan is to put this map into a report I'm writing; thus giving me some room for further exegesis. However, I feel that I can say more with this map, but I have no idea where to start with narrative elements. If anyone has any ideas on how to make this map more cogent, or how to incorporate a narrative element, please share your knowledge! I'm happy to search for the data.
TLDR: Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave your peace.
| mapmaking | t5_2sfsa | cltouen | Hello fellow cartographers!
I am trying to give a sense of how the cultural context of Modoc County (highlighted in orange) has changed over time. Specifically, the economic and demographic growth of low-lying coasts juxtaposed to the stagnation and poverty of the 'forgotten corner'.
My plan is to put this map into a report I'm writing; thus giving me some room for further exegesis. However, I feel that I can say more with this map, but I have no idea where to start with narrative elements. If anyone has any ideas on how to make this map more cogent, or how to incorporate a narrative element, please share your knowledge! I'm happy to search for the data. | Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave your peace. |
ShortWoman | > 5k disposable savings.
No. Stop right there. You're right that you don't want to touch your 401k -- you'll need that money to retire someday.
So let's do the math on FHA financing, which requires a minimum of 3.5% down. You mentioned a price range of $100-200k, so let's go with the middle and talk about a place selling for $150k. Your absolute minimum downpayment is $5250. That doesn't include closing costs, which many people will tell you to estimate at another 3% ($4500). Sure, you can try to get the seller to contribute to your closing costs but in a hot market that's asking to have your offer put at the bottom of the stack. Some people will talk about rolling closing costs into your loan, but then you pay interest on that every month and you have less equity. Further, there are some things like home inspection that you can't just roll into your closing costs.
To top all that off, you can almost count on something needing to be replaced or repaired at your new place very soon after you move in.
TLDR: You're doing great, but you need to save a whole bunch more money before you consider buying.
Good luck! | > 5k disposable savings.
No. Stop right there. You're right that you don't want to touch your 401k -- you'll need that money to retire someday.
So let's do the math on FHA financing, which requires a minimum of 3.5% down. You mentioned a price range of $100-200k, so let's go with the middle and talk about a place selling for $150k. Your absolute minimum downpayment is $5250. That doesn't include closing costs, which many people will tell you to estimate at another 3% ($4500). Sure, you can try to get the seller to contribute to your closing costs but in a hot market that's asking to have your offer put at the bottom of the stack. Some people will talk about rolling closing costs into your loan, but then you pay interest on that every month and you have less equity. Further, there are some things like home inspection that you can't just roll into your closing costs.
To top all that off, you can almost count on something needing to be replaced or repaired at your new place very soon after you move in.
TLDR: You're doing great, but you need to save a whole bunch more money before you consider buying.
Good luck!
| RealEstate | t5_2qipl | cltr4ok | 5k disposable savings.
No. Stop right there. You're right that you don't want to touch your 401k -- you'll need that money to retire someday.
So let's do the math on FHA financing, which requires a minimum of 3.5% down. You mentioned a price range of $100-200k, so let's go with the middle and talk about a place selling for $150k. Your absolute minimum downpayment is $5250. That doesn't include closing costs, which many people will tell you to estimate at another 3% ($4500). Sure, you can try to get the seller to contribute to your closing costs but in a hot market that's asking to have your offer put at the bottom of the stack. Some people will talk about rolling closing costs into your loan, but then you pay interest on that every month and you have less equity. Further, there are some things like home inspection that you can't just roll into your closing costs.
To top all that off, you can almost count on something needing to be replaced or repaired at your new place very soon after you move in. | You're doing great, but you need to save a whole bunch more money before you consider buying.
Good luck! |
KevWasHere | It's like a invisible EX bar. When you win matches, you'll get a certain points point value added to this bar. If you lose, same thing happens but you lose points from this bar. If you get closed to filling it or depleting it, you'll get either a rank up or rank down match.
Now the kicker is that this system works like in RPGs. The greater the reward the tougher the battle. If you win against people of lower rank then you, you'll only get a small chunk if you were fighting someone of equal skill or higher. Same us uf you loses. You'll lose the normal amount of points for same to higher level opponents but if it's from someone lower then you, you lose ALOT. You also tend to lose more points when you lose then gain if you win.
Those 6 matches might have been from lower ranked opponents so you only got bits of points added to your bar. When it came time to play against someone of higher skill, game saw you'll lose more then you made from those low level matches and said it was a rank down match.
Tl;DR
Fighting game ranking are assholes and isn't that uncommon to keep jumping ranks (Dropped from A+ to C once from a bad night... god that was a grind to get back) | It's like a invisible EX bar. When you win matches, you'll get a certain points point value added to this bar. If you lose, same thing happens but you lose points from this bar. If you get closed to filling it or depleting it, you'll get either a rank up or rank down match.
Now the kicker is that this system works like in RPGs. The greater the reward the tougher the battle. If you win against people of lower rank then you, you'll only get a small chunk if you were fighting someone of equal skill or higher. Same us uf you loses. You'll lose the normal amount of points for same to higher level opponents but if it's from someone lower then you, you lose ALOT. You also tend to lose more points when you lose then gain if you win.
Those 6 matches might have been from lower ranked opponents so you only got bits of points added to your bar. When it came time to play against someone of higher skill, game saw you'll lose more then you made from those low level matches and said it was a rank down match.
Tl;DR
Fighting game ranking are assholes and isn't that uncommon to keep jumping ranks (Dropped from A+ to C once from a bad night... god that was a grind to get back)
| Megaten | t5_2sj8i | clty66b | It's like a invisible EX bar. When you win matches, you'll get a certain points point value added to this bar. If you lose, same thing happens but you lose points from this bar. If you get closed to filling it or depleting it, you'll get either a rank up or rank down match.
Now the kicker is that this system works like in RPGs. The greater the reward the tougher the battle. If you win against people of lower rank then you, you'll only get a small chunk if you were fighting someone of equal skill or higher. Same us uf you loses. You'll lose the normal amount of points for same to higher level opponents but if it's from someone lower then you, you lose ALOT. You also tend to lose more points when you lose then gain if you win.
Those 6 matches might have been from lower ranked opponents so you only got bits of points added to your bar. When it came time to play against someone of higher skill, game saw you'll lose more then you made from those low level matches and said it was a rank down match. | Fighting game ranking are assholes and isn't that uncommon to keep jumping ranks (Dropped from A+ to C once from a bad night... god that was a grind to get back) |
Entelial | Not quite right. The only matches that count towards your ranking are ones against opponents within 2 ranks of you. That is, if you're a B+ player, only playing against C+, B, B+, A, or A+ players will make any difference towards your rank. With that in mind, in order to rank up or down, you need to win or lose 4 matches in a row against players within that range.
For example, if I was an A rank and won 3 consecutive matches against an A+ player, then lost 5 matches to a C player, I would still rank up if I win the next match against a B-S player. In the same scenario, if I were to win against a Master rank player, it also wouldn't affect my rank at all.
What happened here was likely that you lost the last 3 matches against players within 2 ranks of you, won 6 consecutive games against those outside of your range, then lost the next match against that A rank player, causing you to rank down.
Also, do note that this system doesn't apply when you're C rank or below, and it does change a bit once you hit Master.
TL;DR
Rank up or down by winning or losing 4 matches in a row against players within 2 ranks | Not quite right. The only matches that count towards your ranking are ones against opponents within 2 ranks of you. That is, if you're a B+ player, only playing against C+, B, B+, A, or A+ players will make any difference towards your rank. With that in mind, in order to rank up or down, you need to win or lose 4 matches in a row against players within that range.
For example, if I was an A rank and won 3 consecutive matches against an A+ player, then lost 5 matches to a C player, I would still rank up if I win the next match against a B-S player. In the same scenario, if I were to win against a Master rank player, it also wouldn't affect my rank at all.
What happened here was likely that you lost the last 3 matches against players within 2 ranks of you, won 6 consecutive games against those outside of your range, then lost the next match against that A rank player, causing you to rank down.
Also, do note that this system doesn't apply when you're C rank or below, and it does change a bit once you hit Master.
TL;DR
Rank up or down by winning or losing 4 matches in a row against players within 2 ranks
| Megaten | t5_2sj8i | cltz9c2 | Not quite right. The only matches that count towards your ranking are ones against opponents within 2 ranks of you. That is, if you're a B+ player, only playing against C+, B, B+, A, or A+ players will make any difference towards your rank. With that in mind, in order to rank up or down, you need to win or lose 4 matches in a row against players within that range.
For example, if I was an A rank and won 3 consecutive matches against an A+ player, then lost 5 matches to a C player, I would still rank up if I win the next match against a B-S player. In the same scenario, if I were to win against a Master rank player, it also wouldn't affect my rank at all.
What happened here was likely that you lost the last 3 matches against players within 2 ranks of you, won 6 consecutive games against those outside of your range, then lost the next match against that A rank player, causing you to rank down.
Also, do note that this system doesn't apply when you're C rank or below, and it does change a bit once you hit Master. | Rank up or down by winning or losing 4 matches in a row against players within 2 ranks |
MrVonBuren | I work for a fortune 100 company that you would probably accept a job from if offered: It doesn't matter, the HR system is going to mangle it completely and all we're going to see is some ungodly unicode nightmare
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Edit to add (because I hate when people make jokes in serious subreddits): Unless your position is creative, no one is going to care what your resume looks like beyond how much information it gets across quickly. If you *are* creative, IMO, still keep it professional, but present as much information as you can quickly visually like in the template you linked to. The thing to remember is: On resumes, lists of skills are bullshit. If you haven't done something important enough with that skill to warrant mentioning it in context on your resume, you're probably not that good at it, or you're probably not choosing what to list on your resume well.
To be clear, if presenting a list of skills *is* a demonstration of your ability to use those skills, by all means: go for it. But I'm going to be more impressed by the resume that says "Converted department's legacy perl scripts to portable python modules, adding flexibility to our workflow and allowing the use of more modern tools" than the resume that says `Python: *****; Perl ***; Building tools *****` (imagine that was pretty).
But yeah, TL;DR: chances are your resume is going to wind up looking like what's below by the time it gets to me and I'm just going to ask you to tell me what your name is
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O̻̲̩͓̼̐ͧ̅̒ͩ̅̀b̟̲͍̤͉͓̞j̜͕͚͇ͫͯ̃ͯ͋ͣ̍ͅe̖̖͛̆̚c̟̦̟̯ͫ̈͑̆t̪͚͖͎̯ͧ͐͐͋i̍̒̍̒ͦ͊ͥ͜v̳̙ḙ̻̮͎̈́͜:̗̼̤͙͇̫̄͛ ̦̭̳̪̄̓T̜̜̘̈́ō͙̃ͫ̒̈ ̨̼͎̺̰̗͓̫ͣ̓ͧ̑̑͌m̴̌̑ͤͧ̚ă̩̫͔̬̥k͙̪̭͎̠͒̓e̸̖̹ ̨̬̫ͫ̄ű̻̦̥̗̾͆̔ͦ̌͆s̱̥ͥ̑͌͗ė̩̪̦̜ͥ̾̄̎̅͐ ̝̖͎̓ȏ̡͂̂f̨̎ͧ̒̅̂̎ ̝͛͑̑͋̋̔͊m̭̭͈͘y̎ͭ̔͟ ̥̝̈́͗̒̿̄̈m̷̾̈́̀̌̆̔a̸̲̦͙͗̏͊́ͩn̵͍͐͛͐̇͛ͥ͂y̝̖̪̯̰̫̏̃̚ ̺̾̆͋͐ͥ͂̍̕y̠ͤ̄̋̆ě̌a̼̯ͦͥ͒̅́r̝̜͎̲͛͂s̴͙̦̲̲̘̬̎͊̄̒ͬ̔ ̪̺͇͓͈͑͒͋e̘̯ͅx̻̳̹̻̺͔̙͆ṕ͒҉͎ȇ͖̬̮̬̝̬ͦr̡͊́i̮͈̞̳̺̫̞e̡̘̳͇̿ṇ̭͓̣̿c̢̪̒ͩe̩̹̮͍ ̩͕̳̥͙ͬͣ̽̚i̬̔͆͌̽̀͒ͮ͜n̸̗̹͕͙͚ͬ́ ̭̦̭͈̺͇̥͆ͭ̍͑̚t̛͖̣̥ͦͭ̑̉̓ͯͧh̹̜͛ͭͥ̿e̷͕̬̬̐̄̂ ̭̖f̡̫̑i̦ë́̄̽l̤ͤd̲̰̺͓͚̠ͮͫ̚͠ ̡̆́ͤͯo̻̩̘̲̫ͩͥ̾͒͋ͥf̸̤̙͛̈́ ̖̹̍̃ĕ̮̗̰̐͗̓̀͋͋͘v̝͓̭̭ͫ́į̭̹͖̭̭͉̇̓̽̃̌̇̅l̩̻̱̇̾ ͆͛̊t̰̱͉̺͆͠o͖̞̠̻̬̙ͧͭ ̡͕̦͈̻͍h̄ͭ̾̑ę̹̞̱̺ͧͪ̎ͧͧ͐l͈̻͇̯̅̽̅́̒̔̚̕p̽̔ ̖ą̭̘d̟͓ͪͫ̕v̲͍̽͑̌͗ͦ̽̚ã͕̠̘͖̠̫́n̫͔̘̥̫̻̆̽͗́̚c̵͖̹̭̮ͥ̏ͮ͋e̼̻̙͚̥͔͈̎ͥ͌ͣ̇ ̰̀͌̆̈́̌ͩm͎̯̹͆̓ͮ̏̍ͨͦurḓ͙̝̫̯͛͒̇ͨê͂ͯ̒́̕r̲̗̫̾̑̽ͮ͂ͧc̟̺͙͔̯̲ͣ͌̅ͦͩő̜͖͐͛̓'͕͈̘̼͓͍ͪs̢͉̠͖̦̠̯ͯ͆ ͇̎̈́g̵͓ͬ̌͂͐̍̉r̙̩ͨ̌ͤͧͬ̓ō̤ͧ̆̈́ͯ̎ų̝͖̼̬̞̃̐̓n̟̰͈̠̓͑d̷̾͊ͨ̅̃b̤̲̺̮̀͞r͎̜͔̟̮͂̑͛̎̊e̳̙͖ͨ͋ͭã̞̲̩͊͋͂ͨķ̰͕͎̪͋̋̂ͅi̱͌̽̚n͇̫̹̩̦̽̎̅͋ĝ̭̣̮͖̞̈͊̑ ̛͍͙̦̍̀̃̇̑ͤ̔D͉̰̲͉̼̬̎̇ͯ̿̒A̷͓̥͍͚̤̋̋͑̌̄ͤ͗AS̑͂̉͐ ͇̀ͧ̎ͩ̐̇̋(̬̳͕͚̭̐D͍͈̩͎̪͎̠̂e̜̹͓̍̒̂͛ͭc͋͐̃ǎ͔̰̘͌͢p̷íͩ̒ͫc̸̘̯̦̦̘̒͂̋͐̄ͤa̬̪̞̿͛̒͋͠t͖̣̗͙̿̒̒̊̋i̵͈̻̾o̰̼͎̺̲̗ͥǹ͇̃ͪ̈́͋́̂͠ ̲̝Áͣͦͬs̜̤̝̮̤̼̖̊̃ͬ̈ͩ Ã̳̩̭͔̰̦̈́̏ ̰̫̜̌ͧ̿̀͆ͫͅͅS̞̖̙͖͎͇̅̓͗e̱̤̘̣̭͗͌̔̒̎r̳̦̬̯͍ͮͥ̐ͤͤ̑͢ͅv̦͐̔̓ͬ̂̇ͭi͙͉̩̼̤ͪcͮ͡e͙̜̥̞͔̍)̯̎ͦͫ̂ͅ ͔̙̼̻͗̉̀̓ͭ̈̃̕p̥̗͛͝l̤͓̏ͤͥ͡a̩̝͉̍̌̃̄̀̂̚t̸͍̺̭̲͇͑̽̓ͨ̉f̡̖̤̠̥́͗͛̚o̠͍͖̱̱̗̘ͦr̞̆͛ͫ̌̒͒̽ṁ̡͕͔̲̦ͧ̓.ͧ̂͐ͮ͜ ̺̯͈̩̠̟̻ͭ
| I work for a fortune 100 company that you would probably accept a job from if offered: It doesn't matter, the HR system is going to mangle it completely and all we're going to see is some ungodly unicode nightmare
Edit to add (because I hate when people make jokes in serious subreddits): Unless your position is creative, no one is going to care what your resume looks like beyond how much information it gets across quickly. If you are creative, IMO, still keep it professional, but present as much information as you can quickly visually like in the template you linked to. The thing to remember is: On resumes, lists of skills are bullshit. If you haven't done something important enough with that skill to warrant mentioning it in context on your resume, you're probably not that good at it, or you're probably not choosing what to list on your resume well.
To be clear, if presenting a list of skills is a demonstration of your ability to use those skills, by all means: go for it. But I'm going to be more impressed by the resume that says "Converted department's legacy perl scripts to portable python modules, adding flexibility to our workflow and allowing the use of more modern tools" than the resume that says Python: *****; Perl ***; Building tools ***** (imagine that was pretty).
But yeah, TL;DR: chances are your resume is going to wind up looking like what's below by the time it gets to me and I'm just going to ask you to tell me what your name is
O̻̲̩͓̼̐ͧ̅̒ͩ̅̀b̟̲͍̤͉͓̞j̜͕͚͇ͫͯ̃ͯ͋ͣ̍ͅe̖̖͛̆̚c̟̦̟̯ͫ̈͑̆t̪͚͖͎̯ͧ͐͐͋i̍̒̍̒ͦ͊ͥ͜v̳̙ḙ̻̮͎̈́͜:̗̼̤͙͇̫̄͛ ̦̭̳̪̄̓T̜̜̘̈́ō͙̃ͫ̒̈ ̨̼͎̺̰̗͓̫ͣ̓ͧ̑̑͌m̴̌̑ͤͧ̚ă̩̫͔̬̥k͙̪̭͎̠͒̓e̸̖̹ ̨̬̫ͫ̄ű̻̦̥̗̾͆̔ͦ̌͆s̱̥ͥ̑͌͗ė̩̪̦̜ͥ̾̄̎̅͐ ̝̖͎̓ȏ̡͂̂f̨̎ͧ̒̅̂̎ ̝͛͑̑͋̋̔͊m̭̭͈͘y̎ͭ̔͟ ̥̝̈́͗̒̿̄̈m̷̾̈́̀̌̆̔a̸̲̦͙͗̏͊́ͩn̵͍͐͛͐̇͛ͥ͂y̝̖̪̯̰̫̏̃̚ ̺̾̆͋͐ͥ͂̍̕y̠ͤ̄̋̆ě̌a̼̯ͦͥ͒̅́r̝̜͎̲͛͂s̴͙̦̲̲̘̬̎͊̄̒ͬ̔ ̪̺͇͓͈͑͒͋e̘̯ͅx̻̳̹̻̺͔̙͆ṕ͒҉͎ȇ͖̬̮̬̝̬ͦr̡͊́i̮͈̞̳̺̫̞e̡̘̳͇̿ṇ̭͓̣̿c̢̪̒ͩe̩̹̮͍ ̩͕̳̥͙ͬͣ̽̚i̬̔͆͌̽̀͒ͮ͜n̸̗̹͕͙͚ͬ́ ̭̦̭͈̺͇̥͆ͭ̍͑̚t̛͖̣̥ͦͭ̑̉̓ͯͧh̹̜͛ͭͥ̿e̷͕̬̬̐̄̂ ̭̖f̡̫̑i̦ë́̄̽l̤ͤd̲̰̺͓͚̠ͮͫ̚͠ ̡̆́ͤͯo̻̩̘̲̫ͩͥ̾͒͋ͥf̸̤̙͛̈́ ̖̹̍̃ĕ̮̗̰̐͗̓̀͋͋͘v̝͓̭̭ͫ́į̭̹͖̭̭͉̇̓̽̃̌̇̅l̩̻̱̇̾ ͆͛̊t̰̱͉̺͆͠o͖̞̠̻̬̙ͧͭ ̡͕̦͈̻͍h̄ͭ̾̑ę̹̞̱̺ͧͪ̎ͧͧ͐l͈̻͇̯̅̽̅́̒̔̚̕p̽̔ ̖ą̭̘d̟͓ͪͫ̕v̲͍̽͑̌͗ͦ̽̚ã͕̠̘͖̠̫́n̫͔̘̥̫̻̆̽͗́̚c̵͖̹̭̮ͥ̏ͮ͋e̼̻̙͚̥͔͈̎ͥ͌ͣ̇ ̰̀͌̆̈́̌ͩm͎̯̹͆̓ͮ̏̍ͨͦurḓ͙̝̫̯͛͒̇ͨê͂ͯ̒́̕r̲̗̫̾̑̽ͮ͂ͧc̟̺͙͔̯̲ͣ͌̅ͦͩő̜͖͐͛̓'͕͈̘̼͓͍ͪs̢͉̠͖̦̠̯ͯ͆ ͇̎̈́g̵͓ͬ̌͂͐̍̉r̙̩ͨ̌ͤͧͬ̓ō̤ͧ̆̈́ͯ̎ų̝͖̼̬̞̃̐̓n̟̰͈̠̓͑d̷̾͊ͨ̅̃b̤̲̺̮̀͞r͎̜͔̟̮͂̑͛̎̊e̳̙͖ͨ͋ͭã̞̲̩͊͋͂ͨķ̰͕͎̪͋̋̂ͅi̱͌̽̚n͇̫̹̩̦̽̎̅͋ĝ̭̣̮͖̞̈͊̑ ̛͍͙̦̍̀̃̇̑ͤ̔D͉̰̲͉̼̬̎̇ͯ̿̒A̷͓̥͍͚̤̋̋͑̌̄ͤ͗AS̑͂̉͐ ͇̀ͧ̎ͩ̐̇̋(̬̳͕͚̭̐D͍͈̩͎̪͎̠̂e̜̹͓̍̒̂͛ͭc͋͐̃ǎ͔̰̘͌͢p̷íͩ̒ͫc̸̘̯̦̦̘̒͂̋͐̄ͤa̬̪̞̿͛̒͋͠t͖̣̗͙̿̒̒̊̋i̵͈̻̾o̰̼͎̺̲̗ͥǹ͇̃ͪ̈́͋́̂͠ ̲̝Áͣͦͬs̜̤̝̮̤̼̖̊̃ͬ̈ͩ Ã̳̩̭͔̰̦̈́̏ ̰̫̜̌ͧ̿̀͆ͫͅͅS̞̖̙͖͎͇̅̓͗e̱̤̘̣̭͗͌̔̒̎r̳̦̬̯͍ͮͥ̐ͤͤ̑͢ͅv̦͐̔̓ͬ̂̇ͭi͙͉̩̼̤ͪcͮ͡e͙̜̥̞͔̍)̯̎ͦͫ̂ͅ ͔̙̼̻͗̉̀̓ͭ̈̃̕p̥̗͛͝l̤͓̏ͤͥ͡a̩̝͉̍̌̃̄̀̂̚t̸͍̺̭̲͇͑̽̓ͨ̉f̡̖̤̠̥́͗͛̚o̠͍͖̱̱̗̘ͦr̞̆͛ͫ̌̒͒̽ṁ̡͕͔̲̦ͧ̓.ͧ̂͐ͮ͜ ̺̯͈̩̠̟̻ͭ
| cscareerquestions | t5_2sdpm | clu5zr0 | I work for a fortune 100 company that you would probably accept a job from if offered: It doesn't matter, the HR system is going to mangle it completely and all we're going to see is some ungodly unicode nightmare
Edit to add (because I hate when people make jokes in serious subreddits): Unless your position is creative, no one is going to care what your resume looks like beyond how much information it gets across quickly. If you are creative, IMO, still keep it professional, but present as much information as you can quickly visually like in the template you linked to. The thing to remember is: On resumes, lists of skills are bullshit. If you haven't done something important enough with that skill to warrant mentioning it in context on your resume, you're probably not that good at it, or you're probably not choosing what to list on your resume well.
To be clear, if presenting a list of skills is a demonstration of your ability to use those skills, by all means: go for it. But I'm going to be more impressed by the resume that says "Converted department's legacy perl scripts to portable python modules, adding flexibility to our workflow and allowing the use of more modern tools" than the resume that says Python: *****; Perl ***; Building tools ***** (imagine that was pretty).
But yeah, | chances are your resume is going to wind up looking like what's below by the time it gets to me and I'm just going to ask you to tell me what your name is
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jellicle | Ontario's energy costs are, and continue to be, "average". It is not at all the cheapest in North America and it is not at all the most expensive in North America.
Poster is arguing against the idea of subsidizing solar and wind production in Ontario. Those subsidies go right to.... Ontarians. It's sort of the converse of a carbon tax; it's a non-carbon subsidy, to encourage the public to create non-carbon energy (e.g., rooftop solar) and put it into the grid.
Overall, subsidizing renewables doesn't "cost" the public anything since it's all going back into the wallets of the public. It helps everyone since it's pretty obvious that we need to move away from non-renewable energy very soon. Closing coal plants extends the life of every person who breathes air. Not having to build more coal plants to serve the province's energy needs is a direct savings to the taxpayer, not accounted for in this analysis.
TL;DR: The writer of this post is a paid shill for the oil industry, the same single nutjob behind the Energy Probe "organization". It's all just one person, basically. | Ontario's energy costs are, and continue to be, "average". It is not at all the cheapest in North America and it is not at all the most expensive in North America.
Poster is arguing against the idea of subsidizing solar and wind production in Ontario. Those subsidies go right to.... Ontarians. It's sort of the converse of a carbon tax; it's a non-carbon subsidy, to encourage the public to create non-carbon energy (e.g., rooftop solar) and put it into the grid.
Overall, subsidizing renewables doesn't "cost" the public anything since it's all going back into the wallets of the public. It helps everyone since it's pretty obvious that we need to move away from non-renewable energy very soon. Closing coal plants extends the life of every person who breathes air. Not having to build more coal plants to serve the province's energy needs is a direct savings to the taxpayer, not accounted for in this analysis.
TL;DR: The writer of this post is a paid shill for the oil industry, the same single nutjob behind the Energy Probe "organization". It's all just one person, basically.
| ontario | t5_2qsf3 | clu6siv | Ontario's energy costs are, and continue to be, "average". It is not at all the cheapest in North America and it is not at all the most expensive in North America.
Poster is arguing against the idea of subsidizing solar and wind production in Ontario. Those subsidies go right to.... Ontarians. It's sort of the converse of a carbon tax; it's a non-carbon subsidy, to encourage the public to create non-carbon energy (e.g., rooftop solar) and put it into the grid.
Overall, subsidizing renewables doesn't "cost" the public anything since it's all going back into the wallets of the public. It helps everyone since it's pretty obvious that we need to move away from non-renewable energy very soon. Closing coal plants extends the life of every person who breathes air. Not having to build more coal plants to serve the province's energy needs is a direct savings to the taxpayer, not accounted for in this analysis. | The writer of this post is a paid shill for the oil industry, the same single nutjob behind the Energy Probe "organization". It's all just one person, basically. |
MarkIsntWorkingNow | That all the resumes/cover letters I send out seem to fall into some mystical black hole on the internet. 22 sent and not a single response of any form. I don't care if they want to reject me, but at least let me know you received it or something. If I get a single response from one of the two I'll send out today I'll be sitting at a 4.16% response rate. 4.16% response rate at best! Then you figure I've probably got to get a couple interviews before one works out, and I'll need to shoot out 150+ resumes/cover letters before I get a fucking $15/hr job without benefits. It feels like extra bullshit because I'm beyond overqualified for at least 90% of the jobs I've applied for and I really want out of my current one since it's turned to shit.
TL;DR - How's the job search going? Like shit. | That all the resumes/cover letters I send out seem to fall into some mystical black hole on the internet. 22 sent and not a single response of any form. I don't care if they want to reject me, but at least let me know you received it or something. If I get a single response from one of the two I'll send out today I'll be sitting at a 4.16% response rate. 4.16% response rate at best! Then you figure I've probably got to get a couple interviews before one works out, and I'll need to shoot out 150+ resumes/cover letters before I get a fucking $15/hr job without benefits. It feels like extra bullshit because I'm beyond overqualified for at least 90% of the jobs I've applied for and I really want out of my current one since it's turned to shit.
TL;DR - How's the job search going? Like shit.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cluncwk | That all the resumes/cover letters I send out seem to fall into some mystical black hole on the internet. 22 sent and not a single response of any form. I don't care if they want to reject me, but at least let me know you received it or something. If I get a single response from one of the two I'll send out today I'll be sitting at a 4.16% response rate. 4.16% response rate at best! Then you figure I've probably got to get a couple interviews before one works out, and I'll need to shoot out 150+ resumes/cover letters before I get a fucking $15/hr job without benefits. It feels like extra bullshit because I'm beyond overqualified for at least 90% of the jobs I've applied for and I really want out of my current one since it's turned to shit. | How's the job search going? Like shit. |
twice_a_llama | I don't like the people I talk to and hang out with on a daily basis (I guess they could be considered friends). They don't do anything fun, they don't go out on weekends they don't talk to people outside the group, they are just generally boring to be around. I talk to other people, but it's hard to change friend groups at this point. I hung out and helped out a group of kids at my school with an event today and it was the most fun I've had in a couple of months. I enjoyed chilling with them but I just don't have the time to hang out with them regularly because of how much school work I have. It's becoming hard to do other things like school work because of how much my social life sucks.
TLDR: Need new and more engaging friends. | I don't like the people I talk to and hang out with on a daily basis (I guess they could be considered friends). They don't do anything fun, they don't go out on weekends they don't talk to people outside the group, they are just generally boring to be around. I talk to other people, but it's hard to change friend groups at this point. I hung out and helped out a group of kids at my school with an event today and it was the most fun I've had in a couple of months. I enjoyed chilling with them but I just don't have the time to hang out with them regularly because of how much school work I have. It's becoming hard to do other things like school work because of how much my social life sucks.
TLDR: Need new and more engaging friends.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clui54k | I don't like the people I talk to and hang out with on a daily basis (I guess they could be considered friends). They don't do anything fun, they don't go out on weekends they don't talk to people outside the group, they are just generally boring to be around. I talk to other people, but it's hard to change friend groups at this point. I hung out and helped out a group of kids at my school with an event today and it was the most fun I've had in a couple of months. I enjoyed chilling with them but I just don't have the time to hang out with them regularly because of how much school work I have. It's becoming hard to do other things like school work because of how much my social life sucks. | Need new and more engaging friends. |
mactheterrible | I've got a thought for you as the player. :)
Regarding your situation, or, how to roleplay a morally questionable character from a player's perspective: it depends. Remember that this is a game and everyone is trying to have fun. It is your duty as a player to contribute to that fun - don't get caught up in the "My character would do this so I have to/should do it even though it's a jerk move." I've got a personal story to illustrate my point.
Many moons ago, one of my best friends (still, in case it sounds like after this incident he wasn't!) and I were in a D&D game in college. He was playing an elven rogue named Pendel. Pendel was a bad, bad guy at heart and my buddy was super committed to playing him out that way. The party gradually began to see this and watched him degenerate over the course of time from bad to worse in his behavior and how he treated his companions. This started to bleed out a big among the players and my buddy resolved to "find a solution" while remaining true to his character.
Finally, during a particularly difficult journey chasing an extremely threatening and capable vampire, the party woke up one morning to find most of their stuff gone, their pack animals and riding animals killed, and a a trail of tracks going cold just off site. Pendel and the GM slowly begin to introduce my buddy's new character and the party goes on with a shrug saying, "Guy took our stuff and disappeared! Jerk, but not much we can do at this point. We'll track him down later." We all assumed that my buddy and the Gm had worked out a quick and appropriate exit for the unloved Pendel and moved on.
Secretly, though, Pendel's player and the GM had worked out something far more interesting behind closed doors. That real story was that Pendel had made a deal with the king vampire and left us to become a thrall of his. It worked and, much later down the road, the party met up with Pendel again. This time he was full on evil vampire. Everyone at the table really, really *hated* this character.
I'm talking vicious, *soul wrenching hatred*. A massive fight ensued where the party's favorite character since the beginning - a happy-go-lucky fighter named Aldo who served as part brave warrior and part comic relief - was killed. By Pendel. And not just killed. Guy was mutilated and left on some sort of sacrificial altar for the party to find. Now the party swore vengeance against Pendel and he became the BBEG for the remainder of that two year long campaign.
Was it a satisfying narrative? You betchya. Absolutely. But it wasn't easy at first and there were some hurt feelings among players until we got "over the hill" and saw Pendel as a sworn enemy. I've seen groups break up over far less - I've been a part of groups who broke up over far less. It takes a certain level of player maturity.
All in all, my recommendation is not to blur that line between "What my character would do and what I would do." This is a game played for fun, not for social study. Don't stress it and make sure you're contributing positively to everyone's fun and not just stroking your own ego for religiously playing a character who's "true to himself."
**TLDR: If your whole party isn't evil along with you, you will become their enemy. Best not to tread that territory unless that's the kind of game you want to play. Choose fun not "character authenticity," because that doesn't exist. :)** | I've got a thought for you as the player. :)
Regarding your situation, or, how to roleplay a morally questionable character from a player's perspective: it depends. Remember that this is a game and everyone is trying to have fun. It is your duty as a player to contribute to that fun - don't get caught up in the "My character would do this so I have to/should do it even though it's a jerk move." I've got a personal story to illustrate my point.
Many moons ago, one of my best friends (still, in case it sounds like after this incident he wasn't!) and I were in a D&D game in college. He was playing an elven rogue named Pendel. Pendel was a bad, bad guy at heart and my buddy was super committed to playing him out that way. The party gradually began to see this and watched him degenerate over the course of time from bad to worse in his behavior and how he treated his companions. This started to bleed out a big among the players and my buddy resolved to "find a solution" while remaining true to his character.
Finally, during a particularly difficult journey chasing an extremely threatening and capable vampire, the party woke up one morning to find most of their stuff gone, their pack animals and riding animals killed, and a a trail of tracks going cold just off site. Pendel and the GM slowly begin to introduce my buddy's new character and the party goes on with a shrug saying, "Guy took our stuff and disappeared! Jerk, but not much we can do at this point. We'll track him down later." We all assumed that my buddy and the Gm had worked out a quick and appropriate exit for the unloved Pendel and moved on.
Secretly, though, Pendel's player and the GM had worked out something far more interesting behind closed doors. That real story was that Pendel had made a deal with the king vampire and left us to become a thrall of his. It worked and, much later down the road, the party met up with Pendel again. This time he was full on evil vampire. Everyone at the table really, really hated this character.
I'm talking vicious, soul wrenching hatred . A massive fight ensued where the party's favorite character since the beginning - a happy-go-lucky fighter named Aldo who served as part brave warrior and part comic relief - was killed. By Pendel. And not just killed. Guy was mutilated and left on some sort of sacrificial altar for the party to find. Now the party swore vengeance against Pendel and he became the BBEG for the remainder of that two year long campaign.
Was it a satisfying narrative? You betchya. Absolutely. But it wasn't easy at first and there were some hurt feelings among players until we got "over the hill" and saw Pendel as a sworn enemy. I've seen groups break up over far less - I've been a part of groups who broke up over far less. It takes a certain level of player maturity.
All in all, my recommendation is not to blur that line between "What my character would do and what I would do." This is a game played for fun, not for social study. Don't stress it and make sure you're contributing positively to everyone's fun and not just stroking your own ego for religiously playing a character who's "true to himself."
TLDR: If your whole party isn't evil along with you, you will become their enemy. Best not to tread that territory unless that's the kind of game you want to play. Choose fun not "character authenticity," because that doesn't exist. :)
| swrpg | t5_2vzmi | clv6be7 | I've got a thought for you as the player. :)
Regarding your situation, or, how to roleplay a morally questionable character from a player's perspective: it depends. Remember that this is a game and everyone is trying to have fun. It is your duty as a player to contribute to that fun - don't get caught up in the "My character would do this so I have to/should do it even though it's a jerk move." I've got a personal story to illustrate my point.
Many moons ago, one of my best friends (still, in case it sounds like after this incident he wasn't!) and I were in a D&D game in college. He was playing an elven rogue named Pendel. Pendel was a bad, bad guy at heart and my buddy was super committed to playing him out that way. The party gradually began to see this and watched him degenerate over the course of time from bad to worse in his behavior and how he treated his companions. This started to bleed out a big among the players and my buddy resolved to "find a solution" while remaining true to his character.
Finally, during a particularly difficult journey chasing an extremely threatening and capable vampire, the party woke up one morning to find most of their stuff gone, their pack animals and riding animals killed, and a a trail of tracks going cold just off site. Pendel and the GM slowly begin to introduce my buddy's new character and the party goes on with a shrug saying, "Guy took our stuff and disappeared! Jerk, but not much we can do at this point. We'll track him down later." We all assumed that my buddy and the Gm had worked out a quick and appropriate exit for the unloved Pendel and moved on.
Secretly, though, Pendel's player and the GM had worked out something far more interesting behind closed doors. That real story was that Pendel had made a deal with the king vampire and left us to become a thrall of his. It worked and, much later down the road, the party met up with Pendel again. This time he was full on evil vampire. Everyone at the table really, really hated this character.
I'm talking vicious, soul wrenching hatred . A massive fight ensued where the party's favorite character since the beginning - a happy-go-lucky fighter named Aldo who served as part brave warrior and part comic relief - was killed. By Pendel. And not just killed. Guy was mutilated and left on some sort of sacrificial altar for the party to find. Now the party swore vengeance against Pendel and he became the BBEG for the remainder of that two year long campaign.
Was it a satisfying narrative? You betchya. Absolutely. But it wasn't easy at first and there were some hurt feelings among players until we got "over the hill" and saw Pendel as a sworn enemy. I've seen groups break up over far less - I've been a part of groups who broke up over far less. It takes a certain level of player maturity.
All in all, my recommendation is not to blur that line between "What my character would do and what I would do." This is a game played for fun, not for social study. Don't stress it and make sure you're contributing positively to everyone's fun and not just stroking your own ego for religiously playing a character who's "true to himself." | If your whole party isn't evil along with you, you will become their enemy. Best not to tread that territory unless that's the kind of game you want to play. Choose fun not "character authenticity," because that doesn't exist. :) |
rekstout | Not with that annual fee...
Father in law had one and we had platinum secondaries but nobody took Amex in the UK except for big retailers.
I have a Virgin Mastercard for the miles now...
TL:DR I peaked at peasant and am now on the decline. | Not with that annual fee...
Father in law had one and we had platinum secondaries but nobody took Amex in the UK except for big retailers.
I have a Virgin Mastercard for the miles now...
TL:DR I peaked at peasant and am now on the decline.
| guns | t5_2qhc8 | clv1mb7 | Not with that annual fee...
Father in law had one and we had platinum secondaries but nobody took Amex in the UK except for big retailers.
I have a Virgin Mastercard for the miles now... | I peaked at peasant and am now on the decline. |
troglozyte | > I'm seriously surprised at how peremptorily dismissive and incurious the responses here have been.
People always say this whenever they get responses like "Your idea is dumb and you are dumb."
But in fact, most atheists (most people here) have put a lot of study and thought into these issues and are anything but "peremptorily dismissive and incurious".
([Take a look at this, for example](
Atheists are dismissive *because* they've considered the issue and understand that the dumb idea is dumb (i.e. they aren't acting "peremptorily"), and similarly aren't particularly "curious" about something that they've already thought through.
tl;dr: Yeah, maybe this is new and amazing to people who have never thought much about it.
But don't insist that it has to be new and amazing to everyone.
| > I'm seriously surprised at how peremptorily dismissive and incurious the responses here have been.
People always say this whenever they get responses like "Your idea is dumb and you are dumb."
But in fact, most atheists (most people here) have put a lot of study and thought into these issues and are anything but "peremptorily dismissive and incurious".
([Take a look at this, for example](
Atheists are dismissive because they've considered the issue and understand that the dumb idea is dumb (i.e. they aren't acting "peremptorily"), and similarly aren't particularly "curious" about something that they've already thought through.
tl;dr: Yeah, maybe this is new and amazing to people who have never thought much about it.
But don't insist that it has to be new and amazing to everyone.
| DebateAnAtheist | t5_2ryfy | clv7toy | I'm seriously surprised at how peremptorily dismissive and incurious the responses here have been.
People always say this whenever they get responses like "Your idea is dumb and you are dumb."
But in fact, most atheists (most people here) have put a lot of study and thought into these issues and are anything but "peremptorily dismissive and incurious".
([Take a look at this, for example](
Atheists are dismissive because they've considered the issue and understand that the dumb idea is dumb (i.e. they aren't acting "peremptorily"), and similarly aren't particularly "curious" about something that they've already thought through. | Yeah, maybe this is new and amazing to people who have never thought much about it.
But don't insist that it has to be new and amazing to everyone. |
SmellyTofu | Well, FNM isn't casual, it is a competitive environment. There are rules to follow and there is a judge or TO there to give out rulings when needed. At the same time, it isn't a grand tournament and is welcoming to new players. People are generally nice about it and will help their opponents, correct their mistakes and what not. Since money is on the line, don't expect people to go easy on you, and if they do help, it'll probably be after the match.
tl;dr: As long as you have a legal deck, you're fine for FNM, skill is gained by playing against better opponents anyways, just don't expect them to go easy on you.
Note: Know what a side board is and remember to make one. | Well, FNM isn't casual, it is a competitive environment. There are rules to follow and there is a judge or TO there to give out rulings when needed. At the same time, it isn't a grand tournament and is welcoming to new players. People are generally nice about it and will help their opponents, correct their mistakes and what not. Since money is on the line, don't expect people to go easy on you, and if they do help, it'll probably be after the match.
tl;dr: As long as you have a legal deck, you're fine for FNM, skill is gained by playing against better opponents anyways, just don't expect them to go easy on you.
Note: Know what a side board is and remember to make one.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clvxkc5 | Well, FNM isn't casual, it is a competitive environment. There are rules to follow and there is a judge or TO there to give out rulings when needed. At the same time, it isn't a grand tournament and is welcoming to new players. People are generally nice about it and will help their opponents, correct their mistakes and what not. Since money is on the line, don't expect people to go easy on you, and if they do help, it'll probably be after the match. | As long as you have a legal deck, you're fine for FNM, skill is gained by playing against better opponents anyways, just don't expect them to go easy on you.
Note: Know what a side board is and remember to make one. |
Ominyx | as long as your goal is to have fun, you are good enough. If your goal is to win, then you need to practice and have a strong deck, and at that point you are still good enough and need to go in order to get good enough to win.
tl;dr - go to fnm | as long as your goal is to have fun, you are good enough. If your goal is to win, then you need to practice and have a strong deck, and at that point you are still good enough and need to go in order to get good enough to win.
tl;dr - go to fnm
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clw09c1 | as long as your goal is to have fun, you are good enough. If your goal is to win, then you need to practice and have a strong deck, and at that point you are still good enough and need to go in order to get good enough to win. | go to fnm |
Jaccount | It's a hard question to answer because how competitive a FNM is varies wildly from store to store.
Some stores have free FNMS that only have FNM foils as prizes. More often than not these are pretty low key, and as long as you have an ok grasp on the basic rules of the game you'll be just fine.
Other stores have $5-10 entry fees, higher prize payouts and thus are much more likely to be more cutthroat. In such cases, the people you're playing will be more serious. Because of this you'll need a better grasp on the rules to make sure not only that you're able to go with the flow of the game, but that you're not getting cheated. It's at this level where you'll have some people not remind you about triggers and such so that they can eek out an advantage because you forgot it. (They won't tell you this, because it's failure to maintain game-state and a big no no on their part, but they walk a very fine rules-lawyering line.)
The unfortunate thing is that without actually going, it's unlikely you'll know exactly what the vibe is at your local places to play.
What also comes into play is your personality and how you're able to enjoy the game. If you can play and lose every single game and still feel good about the night- either because you did something clever with your deck or because you learned a lot, then you'll be just fine to go to just about any FNM.
If you're a poor loser that can't stand to lose and put too much value into what the end result is- then you may need to be slightly more cautious about where you go to play.
Tl;dr- If you don't mind losing, you can probably play ANYTHING at any FNM and you'll probably enjoy yourself unless the playerbase is a bunch of tools. (which does happen, sometimes).
If you take losing badly, well, you probably should test exhaustively on MTGO, buy a paper deck that's in the top tier and then look for "soft" FMNs.
If you're in the middle- which most people are- you'll probably just need to try a few decks and a few different stores to find the ones that best suit you. | It's a hard question to answer because how competitive a FNM is varies wildly from store to store.
Some stores have free FNMS that only have FNM foils as prizes. More often than not these are pretty low key, and as long as you have an ok grasp on the basic rules of the game you'll be just fine.
Other stores have $5-10 entry fees, higher prize payouts and thus are much more likely to be more cutthroat. In such cases, the people you're playing will be more serious. Because of this you'll need a better grasp on the rules to make sure not only that you're able to go with the flow of the game, but that you're not getting cheated. It's at this level where you'll have some people not remind you about triggers and such so that they can eek out an advantage because you forgot it. (They won't tell you this, because it's failure to maintain game-state and a big no no on their part, but they walk a very fine rules-lawyering line.)
The unfortunate thing is that without actually going, it's unlikely you'll know exactly what the vibe is at your local places to play.
What also comes into play is your personality and how you're able to enjoy the game. If you can play and lose every single game and still feel good about the night- either because you did something clever with your deck or because you learned a lot, then you'll be just fine to go to just about any FNM.
If you're a poor loser that can't stand to lose and put too much value into what the end result is- then you may need to be slightly more cautious about where you go to play.
Tl;dr- If you don't mind losing, you can probably play ANYTHING at any FNM and you'll probably enjoy yourself unless the playerbase is a bunch of tools. (which does happen, sometimes).
If you take losing badly, well, you probably should test exhaustively on MTGO, buy a paper deck that's in the top tier and then look for "soft" FMNs.
If you're in the middle- which most people are- you'll probably just need to try a few decks and a few different stores to find the ones that best suit you.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | clw2hxl | It's a hard question to answer because how competitive a FNM is varies wildly from store to store.
Some stores have free FNMS that only have FNM foils as prizes. More often than not these are pretty low key, and as long as you have an ok grasp on the basic rules of the game you'll be just fine.
Other stores have $5-10 entry fees, higher prize payouts and thus are much more likely to be more cutthroat. In such cases, the people you're playing will be more serious. Because of this you'll need a better grasp on the rules to make sure not only that you're able to go with the flow of the game, but that you're not getting cheated. It's at this level where you'll have some people not remind you about triggers and such so that they can eek out an advantage because you forgot it. (They won't tell you this, because it's failure to maintain game-state and a big no no on their part, but they walk a very fine rules-lawyering line.)
The unfortunate thing is that without actually going, it's unlikely you'll know exactly what the vibe is at your local places to play.
What also comes into play is your personality and how you're able to enjoy the game. If you can play and lose every single game and still feel good about the night- either because you did something clever with your deck or because you learned a lot, then you'll be just fine to go to just about any FNM.
If you're a poor loser that can't stand to lose and put too much value into what the end result is- then you may need to be slightly more cautious about where you go to play. | If you don't mind losing, you can probably play ANYTHING at any FNM and you'll probably enjoy yourself unless the playerbase is a bunch of tools. (which does happen, sometimes).
If you take losing badly, well, you probably should test exhaustively on MTGO, buy a paper deck that's in the top tier and then look for "soft" FMNs.
If you're in the middle- which most people are- you'll probably just need to try a few decks and a few different stores to find the ones that best suit you. |
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