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Blenderhead36 | technology | t5_2qh16 | cdb1z2t | In certain age demographics, particularly the coveted 16-24 year old, definitely. But different demographics didn't have the same issues. My father is 54 years old. He's never pirated an album in his life. He used to buy 2-3 CDs every week; now he just cherry-picks iTunes.
I think that's a representative example of the older demographics. Most people who were over 35 when Napster was a thing never used it. They had adult incomes--stealing music wasn't necessary. But iTunes offered a real service--not having to drive to the Best Buy/Walmart/Record Store/Whatever, flip through cases of CDs, wait in line, and then drive home.
Compare to pirating. This required knowing what a torrent site was and how to use it (The file for this album is only 73 kilobytes? Wow, that is is compressed! Now, how do I make it play?). It required the primary software, a bittorrent client, along with secondary software like PeerGuardian. Unless they owned an MP3 player (unlikely until around 2010), they also had to know how to use CD burning software. The big issues is putting the time in to do all of this stuff. For teenagers and college students, the choice is often "Pirate" or "Don't listen," and there's enough free time available that this is a worthwhile timesink. For employed professionals making $35000+ a year, having someone like iTunes do all the work for them at $10 an album is a pretty great tradeoff, especially iTunes can burn to CD with 1 click in the same program.
This is a generalization--obviously there were some middle aged music lovers who pirated the living daylights out of Napster, but I feel like most of them switched from buying CDs to buying MP3s. | Pirating is worth it if you have more time than money. For-pay MP3 services have a superior appeal to people with more money than time. |
Sigurn | Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cdcgfyr | I think I'm pretty lucky I managed to stick with it, to be honest.
I moved into my own house last June, and had been telling myself for months that once I did, I would take up running (wouldn't have parents asking me questions about where the new-found activity increase, I'm self-conscious about EVERYTHING). So all summer, I ran.
I couldn't run for a full minute when I started, but I followed a program and worked my way up to running for 20-25 minutes without a break, over a range of about 3 miles. Once I hit that target, the weather turned as summer ended, it was dark by the time I finished work, and all my running routes were in areas without street lighting, so I gave up.
A friend of mine had recently started hitting the gym about the same time I had taken up running. Once I had given up on running, he asked me to join him, to keep me active. So I started to hit the weights. And damn, if I thought my running ability was at rock bottom, I was about to find just how awful this unhealthy, skinny body could be (age 22 then, 6', ~140lb).
I went to the gym for about a month, felt self-conscious the entire time (could squat about 65lb, bench something similar, couldn't do a pullup/chinup, couldn't keep my back straight for deadlift so just didn't do them, OHP I couldn't even manage the empty bar - my friend was lifting at around triple my weights, though weighed 60-70lb more than me, though I didn't make that connection at the time). During this first month, I really hurt my left arm, and it swole to 2"-3" bigger than my right arm. Had to take a break from lifting for a week, and once I was ready to go back, my friend had hurt his chest somehow while squatting. He was out of the gym for the foreseeable future, and I was too much of a pansy to go alone, so I quit.
A few months pass, we hit New Year, and my old gym friend was around for our New Year party. We're chatting with a third friend, and all say we need to get active (third friend hadn't been active since cross-country running 4-5 years previous). So back to the gym we all go!
Start out on StrongLifts program, progress as far as we can over a few months, then start adding in accessory lifts. Having friends to go with meant I HAD to be there, or I was letting others down, so I couldn't pussy out and skip days. Having folks to compete against really helped too. Slowly increased my lifts, all the time thinking "Damn, weight is getting heavy, won't beat this next week," then hitting a new PR the next week anyway. Except for bench, been stalled on that for a loooooong time now, but finally think I'm starting to push through.
I'm still pretty weak, but I can perhaps call myself average now rather than a weakling. I remember thinking I'd never hit 60kg squat, now I can hit 10 reps for 3 sets at 60kg pretty easily. Every month, being able to look back at my previous weight and say "Wow, I actually have increased... Not bad!" is a great feeling. It doesn't hurt that I've put on ~32lb of bodyweight by trying to fix my diet (lunch is still awful, sandwich and yoghurt, but breakfast and dinner are 1k - 1.5k calories each), so my clothes fit nicer, I can't see my ribs anymore, I can actually see my biceps now and damned if I even knew I had triceps before.
It's been a lot of changes for me over the last year. I'd say if you're anything like me, you might fall off the fitness wagon. Don't worry if you do, just don't give up on everything all at once. If one activity drops off, give something else a try. Once you have it in your head that you want to improve, there's no reason you can't. I KNEW I wanted to get fit, but I kept finding excuses not to go by myself. But it was always on my mind, so I just kept looking for a workout partner in my downtime so I could get back into it.
Now that I'm not laughably weak, and have realised for myself that no one else at the gym gives a fuck what I'm doing, I'm quite happy to go by myself. Skipping days isn't an option now, not because I have a gym partner I'd be letting down, but because if I skip a session I feel incredibly lazy, and by the day after I'm climbing the walls wanting to get rid of my excess energy. | When things go wrong, try something else. Slow lifestyle changes + desire to be active = improved habits |
IAmADuckSizeHorseAMA | nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cdd1d0e | We were finally getting healthy. Aldon back. Manningham back. Wright ready to be activated as soon as we like. Even Crabtree is on pace to return soon. Our rookies, Tank Carradine and Quinton Dial are active as well now. All right, finally! Kaepernick gets some help in the passing game, which will help Boldin get open and clear some lanes for Gore!
LOL JUST KIDDING. Davis goes down. Iupatie goes down. Reid goes down. Our backup fucking tight end Celek goes down.
On top of the fact that we are so paper thin at WR, Kyle Williams, the guy I was rooting for so hard to redeem himself and make people forget about that fumble ^^Hold ^^me was so bad, he couldn't make himself valuable enough to hold a roster spot even though he was our starting KR/PR like two weeks ago.
Add to it that I live in Chiefs country and Kaepernick looked terrible (not blaming him) so I constantly have to hear "HURR HURR, REGRET THAT TRADE YET LOLOL" and I'm about ready to jump off the tallest building in Kansas which could potentially leave me with a bruised ankle. Who am I kidding? With how this seasons going, I'd tear my damn ACL. | Injuries, inabilities and idiots.
Ninja edit: Last note. 49er fans, we're 6-3. Let's not act like we're at the bottom of the NFL's standings or didn't just have a 5 game winning streak of scoring 30+ points in every game. [In other words]( |
Linksawake | Games | t5_2qhwp | cddr5t3 | It's important to note that cultural relativity is a fallacy. Just because people acknowledge there is a difference in culture doesn't mean they are not allowed to reasonably criticize that culture's habits if they have good reason. (Notice I said culture, not religion, there are some differences [just in case some athiest/religious/other fundamentalist reads this])
In this case, someone is highlighting the issue that carrying a firearm is more of a risk to people than the benefits. Therefore, a culture that actively accepts carrying a firearm is increasing the risk of deaths associated with said weapons.
It's pretty well documented that laws that prohibit and restrict firearms have absolutely had positive effects. Americans often point to their constitution as though the right to bear arms is the same as freedom of speech, but society doesn't work that way - it never has and it never will and the USA has ignored more important rights anyway, so why should they stop at guns?
That said, America has a broader cultural problem with their media, social problems and marginalization creating a prevalence of violence. However, this is not an excuse for lax gun laws, in fact, it almost necessitates strict gun laws in the US more so. | culture doesn't excuse philosophically flawed decisions and laws. |
livinonnosleep | Games | t5_2qhwp | cddrb3l | Ok, here's the thing is a game console worth your life? No. End of story but the thing that some people don't understand is that you have no way of knowing how far someone is going to go when committing a crime. They obviously have no regard for your personal property, whats to say that they want to leave witnesses behind to identify them? While some criminals want to get the loot and get out people who commit crime have a tendency to violence especially when taking things by force, so it's unpredictable what one could do especially when they've already crossed one line.
Carrying a knife isn't all that great of an idea because it's a close range weapon, if someone is a better fighter than you a knife won't do you a whole lot of good by the time you deploy it.
A gun can be the great equalizer in a fight, because it gives you as much or more force as your assailant. That being said, if you think just because you've fired a gun a few times (in real life) you're proficient with it to use it in self defense you're a fool. It takes long hard hours of training to get to that level, just like with any other sort of weapon/self defense.
If you don't have that type of training some things are easy to ward off. Safety in numbers has been proven time and time again, and is an effective deterrent as well as other common sense practices. | a console isn't worth your life, but a criminal might not stop there find a way to protect yourself |
paintedLady318 | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | cdde9fp | If you want to feel even worse about yourself, by all means, proceed.
If, however, you would like to be a person with integrity, decency, and self respect, you will cut communications with this man immediately.
Work on yourself and gaining self confidence in ways you can be proud of: Therapy, community group activities, making new friends.
Romance will come when you're happy with yourself. What you have in mind will only drag you down further. | don't be a dick. |
tangoing | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjhiqr | Discouragement and teasing about overweight people's bodies does more harm than good. Teasing lowers self-esteem, and [this study]( found that being part of a friend group that was preoccupied with body image lead individuals to have more body image issues and more disordered eating behaviors. Eating disorders are the [most deadly mental disorders]( with high rates of suicide contributing to that death toll. In addition, stress in general has a whole host of negative health effects. I don't think there are numbers on this, but it would not surprise me if part of the correlation between poor health and obesity is from stress due to the stigma associated with being overweight or obese.
Obesity also [may not actually cause poor health]( It may be that many of the diseases associated with obesity actually cause the obesity. For instance, there's evidence that [diabetes may cause obesity]( rather than the other way around. Thyroid disorders can also cause obesity. And studies have shown that [gut bacteria plays a big role]( and obese mice can lose weight by getting a transplant of gut bacteria from skinny mice. Working out is not all it takes for everyone to lose weight. And if people are unsuccessful at weight loss, it may lead to more stress and actually hurt their health. In addition, it seems like exercise habits and diet have a bigger impact on health than obesity, so a skinny couch potato may be less healthy than an active overweight or obese person.
Therefore, teasing fat people or pointing our that they are fat most likely causes them to be less healthy than if you said nothing.
Fat positivity, on the other hand, is associated with better health outcomes . They're mental health will likely also be much improved, which will more likely than not lead them to be more healthy. | Telling obese people they look beautiful is much better for their health than teasing them or reminding them they are obese. So if you want to encourage obese people to be active and healthy, remind them how beautiful and strong and wonderful they are! |
Shampyon | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjgxyw | can you source that? I have heard that fact in the past but havent seen a source.
Not the person you're replying to, but:
> ##Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity
> Angelina R. Sutin mail, Antonio Terracciano
> Published: Jul 24, 2013DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070048
> ###Abstract
> Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline.
>Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58–4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06–4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination.
> These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.
[Source]( | Negative reinforcement makes overweight people 2.5x more likely to become obese, and makes obese people 3x more likely to stay obese.
EDIT: Now for my opinion:
It's pretty likely someone who's overweight already knows it. They don't need you to point it out.
Leave unsolicited advice to the people who actually know them. If they do ask for help, give it in a positive, encouraging manner. To do anything else is to act against your own purpose (unless your purpose isn't actually to help them).
That said, we shouldn't be pretending that being overweight is healthy either. We need to encourage health without shaming people. Don't fat-shame, but don't encourage obesity. |
mistershy | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjik7w | This may be guiding off point, but I think the major conceit here is that for the people saying, "you're beautiful," their intention was that they actually find the person attractive and are informing them thus. For most people fat is unattractive. And for the friends of the person who are fat, they probably feel that. But they don't want to make their friend feel bad, they want to make them feel good; so they lie a little, because they aren't as concerned about judging their friend's attractiveness.
Attractiveness, is however, something they (and all of us) are judged on. Obesity is related to all sorts of health problems, and no, telling a person not to change will not lead them to a healthier lifestyle. But, point in fact, while we should be concerned with a person's health, we aren't only talking about how a person is health-wise when we talk about weight; we're talking about a person's appearance as well.
I make this point because we've gotten to a place where "fat" equates in most people's minds as "unattractive" AND "unhealthy." The two now seem reflexive with one another, but they are separate reasons for discussing obesity; if you're concerned for someone's health, because they're fat, that may be a noble endeavor. But for the person looking at the fat girl posting a selfie on facebook, you're probably thinking that she is unattractive. So he, in his honesty, wants to tell her that he finds her unattractive. And being unattractive is wrong in this culture right?
So in the facebook scenario: OP is a jerk for judging the selfie-girl: its not noble to tell someone they're unattractive for any reason. It's just OP projecting his values of beauty on another person. To OP's credit, she's posting to Facebook's "Cutest Teens," so she is probably concerned to some degree about her appearance. She might be a self-righteous bitch, and she's deluded into thinking she's pretty and everyone should like her for it. Or maybe she does feel ugly and maybe she's desperate for a little attention, and wants to see herself be praised for her appearance for once. Her friends then post to support her endeavors, because they're her friends. Ultimately, they're all in the wrong because they choose to express their judgement, or idea of self-worth, or support through the lens of appearance and attractiveness, rather than a more worth while or mature one.
At least when the friends get indignant on people like OP - who probably isn't an asshole, but probably had no business commenting on this girls picture, because it obviously wasn't intended for him - they can go home and say, "I wanted my friend to know I support her." | Telling a fat person they're beautiful is probably a lie and doesn't "help them about their looks." But, society inflates the value of beauty; the friend is lying to support their friend, OP is bothered because he finds the girl unattractive. IMHO, OP is more in the wrong than the liars. |
exoscoriae | Games | t5_2qhwp | cdjvx0c | Sewer Shark is the "pinnacle" of FMV gaming.... which is the same thing as being the pinnacle of the financial crisis. But when your young and its the only sega cd you have.....
reading your response, and your original post, it obviously comes down to - you just had fun playing it. Which is obviously something that should be a considering factor in a game. I was just thinking of the old GamePro review system with the 0-5 scale and the little faces, and I always remember seeing games that had "meh" faces in the graphics or gameplay categories, but 5.0 YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH faces in the "fun factor" category. I wanted to play those games.
So I'm not knocking you guys for giving Ryse a yes, so much as I think that most games are fun to some degree, and if that is all it takes to get a yes, then everygame gets a yes. I mean, is Killzone really so by the numbers that there is no fun to be had? Is it really so preditcable that people really shouldn't play it?
What about Madden? I haven't played a Madden game in 6-7 years. I picked up Madden 25 w/ my ps4 though, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Why should someone honestly not play Madden 25? Fans of the series generally pony up every year, if for nothing else than the roster update. People from outside series don't see how small the jumps are each year and are bound to find something they enjoy if they have any interest in football what-so-ever. So again, it deserves a yes.
And that is the problem with a yes/no system. It is the equivalent of a 0/10 system. You are either saying a game is good or it is not. That is WAY more polarizing than simply giving a game a 5.5 or a 6.3 or whatever. At least that kind of scoring accounts for grey areas. A simple Yes/No is all or nothing. I feel it undersells all the work your reviewers are doing, as they can write paragraphs of pros and cons, but at the end of the day they have to lump it all into one category or the other.
So when someone is trying to get a broad spectrum of opinions on a game, all they see is a title on a site like reddit that says, "Kotaku says you should not play Madden 25" or "Kotaku says YES to Ryse!".
If I see a score like a 5-7, I become curious, especially when there is a wide spread on metacritic of really low and really high scores. But a simple yes or no isn't very intriguing. It doesn't give me a reason to go read the review behind it, and as I pointed out above, it undersells games that are good at what they do - but aren't new. | Giving Ryse a yes due to it being fun while giving the above mentioned games a No for being repetitive (even though the gameplay is solid) is a system that skews towards creativity at the cost of quality. |
SirEriim | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cdjre5d | Physical attraction is just as important as anything else in a relationship. So don't fuss over that.
Try finding a girl you really click with. Get along with and can spend time with. And then get to know her. How she looks is irellevant so long as you're attracted to her. Physical attraction is part of that. | Find a girl you really like and get along well with. Sometimes it takes time. |
milaha | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cdke143 | fun old story only vaguely related to this game. Medal of honor allied assualt came out while I was in HS. I was a giant computer geek back then, and often had lan parties. The lack of prolific broadband back then meant that often once arriving to a lan you would install the various games that had come out (installing from the cracked copy someone had ofc) which required overwriting files. This exposed us to the fact that the .exe file was MOHAA.exe. Of course we needed to shout "mohaa!" every time we did anything with it.
Fast forward a few months later and it is now an inside joke and despite the fact that no one really likes the game it is constantly suggested so we can shout "MOHAA". One guy really hates the joke and the game both, this only makes it better. Anyway, he passes out on his keyboard one night, and we all gather around him and scream "MOHAA" into his ears. Freaks him out so bad that he falls out of his char, knocks over his tower, and flips the fuck out. Meanwhile we are all deliriously tired and think this is the funniest thing ever.
To this day every time I see a medal of honor game I cant help but scream "MOHAA" in my head and chuckle to myself. | Random memory that is hilarious to me but is probably boring to everyone else. |
mjike | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cdmw2gi | First off don't necessarily single out XBONE for having micro transactions, PS4 will have equally as many.
Because you said "stingy family man" I'd recommend a gen 7 console. There are a TON of great games you missed out on playing and will get much more entertainment per $$ spent out of a gen 7. The upfront cost on a brand new console is going to be way higher anyway and there's less to do with it.
I have both the PS3 and the 360. I'm a huge racing fan and found Forza3/4 much better than GranTurismo 5 and for that reason I prefer the 360 over the PS3. However there so many games that aren't exclusive you could pick your poison without much error. Having said that I will recommend that you get a PS3 for one reason alone: The Last of Us is just that good. My console gaming goes all the way back to Intellivision and Colecovision and The Last of Us is easily in my top 5 games ever played. Plus it's free to go online with a PS3 whereas a 360 will require a XBlive subscription.
Sony/Microsoft are expecting plenty of people to have waited until the next gen release to purchase the PS3/360 so you aren't going to see a drastic price drop on new gen7 products. You should however be able to find plenty of good used console/game bundles on Ebay/Amazon. | Get a PS3 and have a ton of fun |
ConstableCockBlock | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cdo31m1 | In terms of learning ADC on a higher level, I'd say tristana is one of the best champs to do it with. Went from silver 1 to plat 1 pretty much exclusively with her. She trades very well, is very forgiving in terms of being able to get out of sticky situations with her jump and ult, and by playing her, you begin to see the mechanics of what makes an adc.
Past lane phase, her damage is pretty much entirely autohits. This lets you practice simply autohitting on a high level, like firing a shot and moving immediately to cancel the rest of the animation, or using the A-move feature to fire quickly on the run without having to worry about actually clicking on the enemy. End of the day, with enough Tristana, you learn what makes an ADC: Positioning and autohitting. The number one reason that Tristana wins games is her ability to do those two things absurdly well late game. Her w lets her jump around to reposition after every kill/assist, her passive range increase keeps her at a safe autohitting distance, and her ult lets her peel for herself, giving her all the tools to autohit and position at will. Not to mention a 90% attack speed steroid to help out those autohits. | If you want to learn the essentials of any ADC, learn Tristana first. |
BlueApple4 | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cdtgglv | I had a similar game to this recently. I was playing ash with an olaf "support". He did not buy one ward the entire game (this was before preseason so no trinkets yet). Would intentionally take cs, over push the lane, and run and get himself killed. No matter what I suggested/pinged/pleaded he did not listen.
Early game was rough, but I managed to come back later in the game by just focusing on my gameplay, and focusing on not getting killed. I bought wards to farm safely, did not get in trades that I wasn't confident in getting a kill. Farmed in jungle when I couldn't get lane farm.
Was I the huge damage dealing force I was supposed to be, no. However I didn't compile the problem by feeding/dying unnesscarily.
On the reverse side don't be the adc who rages at your support who doesn't rush sightstone and build every support item under the sun. You wouldn't believe how many teammates I get who rage at me building AP Sona. | pseudo supports don't know what they are doing. Ignore and pretend the lane is a 2v1. Focus on your game and don't die. |
Merich | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cdublry | Your LP gains and losses in ranked are determined by your MMR compared to what MMR is expected for someone in your tier/division.
EFT = Expected MMR for your tier/division
MMR < EFT --> LP gains < LP losses. The system thinks you should be in a lower division/tier.
MMR = EFT --> LP gains ~= LP losses. The system thinks you are roughly where you belong.
MMR > EFT --> LP gains > LP losses. The system thinks you should be in a higher division/tier.
Furthermore, in division 1 of any tier LP gains/losses are also affected by clamping. Clamping stunts your LP gains/losses. Clamping gets more severe the closer you get to your promotion. It is possible to gain +0 LP for a win if you are at ~99 LP and your MMR is insufficient for the next tier. For more information on clamping please read [this]( post.
Additionally, your LP gains and losses are also affected by the average MMR of your team compared to the average MMR of the enemy team.
For more information about the league system read the [Season 3 FAQ](
For more information about MMR read [this]( | Your MMR is too low.
**PS - Riot is considering implementing a +1 LP gain minimum for season 4. [Source]( |
AnxiousPolitics | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdwesje | There are a lot of different kinds of medications in the world, and a good doctor will help someone with symptoms find the medication that alleviates the symptoms with the fewest number of drawbacks.
Most things you go through change who you are, if you're paying attention. The issue with medication is that it helps people with things they don't like. Things that are more like abnormalities that are getting in the way of their life.
Taking a medication that helps you hold down a steady job is a great thing if that's been a problem, and a good doctor will try combinations of medications that can help you with the side effects. | Every medication is different, and they all do different things. |
Klimmgore | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cdy3szd | While watching high-elo streams I saw some awesome things people could do with Riven out of curiosity I wanted to know how they do it, I stumbled over a Video that shows what kind of animation cancelling you can do with her it's far beyond the animation cancelling other champions usually can, so huge congratuliations to everybody who can pull those amazing things of but the problem with it is that her skills can just come out insanely fast and in very quick succession thus dealing lots of damage (some might even want to say: Tons of Damage ) in a very short time this leaves the space for counterplay incredibly small causing threads like this one and being very frustrating to play against a good Riven will also get catched very easily. Riven's kit can if executed properly be very good at dueling enemies and evading enemies, her 3rd Q can jump over walls (which isn't easy to do, at least not for me), she has a shield that is combined with a gap closer an with the right animation cancelling almost instant stun and an Ultimate which executes very well and increases the range of her abilities and auto attacks. The overall counterplay to her kit is very limited as most of her abilities are most instant e.g. her stun you can just E and then W stunning the enemy for 0.75 seconds while shielding which should give you enough protection to reach your 3rd Q stack to knock the enemy up combined with a few auto attacks and maybe a Tiamat or Hydra this should be enough to bring the enemy very low making her Ultimate very dangerous as it is almost impossible to evade it as it moves as fast as the old Zed Shadow (around 2000 Missile Speed) making it incredibly hard to dodge especially for people with slower reactiontime or not so good internet connection. All this make her a frustrating enemy to face, especially if the player behind it is very good with the animation cancelling. | She's very frustrating to play against, if the player who plays her is good with her animation cancelling. |
Kinesio_logic | Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cdy5bq0 | There is a lot of bias in the exercise field (often perpetuated by people who KINDA know a few things but are by no means experts). While the whole "machine vs. free weight" argument is a much deeper discussion than can or should be tackled in such a thread, I'll say this:
IF your goal is to target specific muscles/tissues in a way that removes extraneous variables from the exercise, then having more restraint placed on your planes of movement (as you would with most machines) would likely be more desirable. All things being equal, it's simply not possible to generate as much force from a specific muscle during a scenario where you have to handle a free weight and manage your center of mass, as you can when a machine helps to manage that for you.
Conversely, if you have a goal of challenging more muscles at once and perhaps integrating for the purposes of improving your ability to move while stabilizing a free weight, then a less restricted exercise would be the way to go. Compound movements with free weights MIGHT allow you to challenge more muscles/muscle groups within a given time period as well, but that depends on too many variables to discuss at length.
Of course, this is all contingent on your ability to execute any of the movements in question with absolute control and without compromised body mechanics. | it ultimately depends on your goals and current capabilities. Exercise is far too nuanced to say that something is simply "good" or "bad" without a lot of context. Hope that helps :) |
Drknative | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cdxnslq | I acknowledge that I'm not a good player. I'm B4 but it's so sad when I was B1 in promos and consecutively lost all the way down to B4. Ever since that happened I looked at my positioning, laning phase, CS, item build, objectives taken and map awareness yet I continue to lose. I want to flame the 1/15/3 Cait or the 3/18/5 Vi but I don't because I can only change my gameplay. Now though I'm tired...tired of losing, tired of getting flamed tired of trying to be a teamplayer and getting ignored. I've done all I could except for record my games and watch them which I'll be doing soon (just downloaded LoLReplay). It’s just hard when the community says 'Oh you can carry yourself out of Bronze' or ' you’re just not good enough get better.' I started 9th slot B5. | Started bottom B5 made it to Promos B1 and lost every game down to B4. I'm thoroughly pissed. |
AlmostACanadian | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cdyq6vl | Random Mundo question! I bought Mundo today and tried him out, he doesn't seem to do much in teamfights. I could 1v1 anyone (even poppy) though because I had 4.5k health and ~250 AD with atmas and my E. Still, I couldn't do much at all in teamfights. My Q did barely any damage to anyone even at level 18 full build and I just ran around scaring the back line out of the fight until they killed me while my team dissolved their frontline. Then, it was 4v3 so my team could win the last part of the fight. | how does mundo teamfight |
washcapsfan37 | news | t5_2qh3l | cdyaer3 | Actually, many times when a computer crashes it does have to be fixed (you will see it loading and running a checkdisk program). A single desktop is much less complex than a web server and has fewer components that are prone to failure or errors. A web site often has multiple components that are distributed across multiple systems as well -- it is best practice not to store your database on the same server as your web server, as a breach in one will give access to both. A properly configured web server should be able to restart itself with all services it provides, but if other services on other systems don't restart or are asynchronous (i.e., restart slower) then this can cause issues and needs manual intervention (usually a database server should be up before the web server tries to connect to it, but each can't easily tell when the other is ready).
Also, DDoS attacks can be detrimental to web server stability. These attacks basically flood a server until it cannot handle requests any more and hangs. Typically web servers log every request for security and debugging purposes. If fraudulent DDoS requests are made, the log files on the machine can quickly fill up and actually cause the O/S to hang and not boot if it fills up the hard disk (much like if your computer's hard disk were 100% filled, it could not boot either). It takes manual steps to properly archive (not delete, as these files will need to be reviewed for security) when this happens. Web servers are also a bit finicky, and when put into bad states by things like DDoS can require lots of manual intervention to get them back up and running.
Finally, there are costs associated with reviewing the logs and systems to ensure no breaches or unauthorized access granted. If a system is compromised, depending on what kind of data it houses, there are legal repercussions (particularly if personal data/names/financial info is stored on it).
Was it worth as much as they are claiming? I find it dubious. Why did they need to bring in a third party? Did they host this site themselves, and if so why would they need someone else to assist? If they are paying someone else to host it then oftentimes they would handle much of this -- unless this went beyond their hosting contract, in which case they would get charged and maybe that's where this figure comes from. | A web site is more than just some guy's laptop on the Intarwebs. They are usually a cluster of multiple servers running complex services that need to be monitored and ensured for security 24/7. |
calliethedestroyer | TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cdzqmts | It's funny because savage makes a very cute .22 single shot for children that comes in a whole bunch of colours. I don't mind the other colours (orange, green, blue, yellow, red) but I can't stand the pink. Which is weird because I would make the same argument, that pink makes it seem less dangerous, less serious. And yet I wouldn't make that argument about an orange or a blue gun.
Huh. | no point really, just some colour related ramblings. |
falconfetus8 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | ce1ztkg | I played Runescape for about two years. My memories of that game consist of:
a. the shitty community
b. the endless grinding
c. the frustrating quests that had you running back and forth
d. the endless grinding
e. the endless grinding.
f. the shitty company developing it that never listened to its players
d. the endless. fucking. grinding.
Most people who talk about the game these days are disappointed because it is nothing like it was in the old days. But looking back, I now realize that the game was ALWAYS shitty. It has ALWAYS been about clicking a tree over and over. It has ALWAYS been about slowly making a number on a screen get bigger and bigger. It has ALWAYS felt like a chore, rather than a game. The one thing in the game that was actually fun was Dungeoneering, but everyone, for some reason or another, HATED it. | Was suckered into wasting 2 years of my life clicking on trees, now I'm butthurt about it. |
Caville | gaming | t5_2qh03 | ce1n87g | Personally, I believe it's easier. I hate going into a server where people are locked in 2-man squads. Even worse when no-one reacts to medic / ammo / pickup requests, or no-one puts their packs down anyway. I play conquest, so kill counts aren't really the deciding factor. If there are many of you going for the same objective, providing ammo, medpacks and reviving, you're more likely to succeed in taking it. | Be a team player. |
civex | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | ce218b5 | I'm sorry to say that if she doesn't clean up to your satisfaction you have the choices of cleaning up after her to your satisfaction or letting it go.
It's not her job to clean the place up to your satisfaction, just as it's not your job to clean it up to hers.
This leaves you with the choices of (1) dumping her and finding someone else who meets your expectations without any harping by you or (2) completely giving up and accepting her as she is with you either (i) letting the mess go entirely or (ii) uncomplainingly cleaning it to suit yourself. This latter option means you truly let it go -- no complaining even to yourself, you accept her as she is, clean it yourself with no thought of 80% her, 20% you -- truly accepting the situation without any complaint at all. | give her up or give it up. Your choice. |
KittenDick | sex | t5_2qh3p | ce7gbjj | My now fiance' actually proposed mid blowjob hahah
I was like "What?" he than came in my eye (by accident) got me a towel and a ring box.
He had planned to propose the next day at a romantic dinner we'd planned but he couldn't wait. | bf liked bj so much he proposed. |
tipsyopossum | sex | t5_2qh3p | ce8bcdi | Welcome to the club! Here are some tricks:
--Learn to ride it out and do a few of them in a row. Once I get a few in, I've had some of these that are stronger than any "normal" orgasms I've ever had.
--Try different breathing patterns. You'll probably find one that you get comfortable with and can then orgasm easier with that particular pattern, but different things might have different effects.
--Were you mentally focused on your genitals? Try to do the same thing but focus on something else instead, like your nipples, your head, etc.
--Once I could have these, I realized I could also orgasm from some odd forms of stimulation: nipple stimulation for example. Try that and have fun!
--Perhaps the most intense "improvement" to this trick that I tried is to do the mind-orgasm but also stimulate myself in a way that is intense but doesn't directly lead to orgasm. For example, I'm a dude, so I'd add light, brief touches to sensitive parts of my penis (instead of the kind of jacking-off motion that leads to ejaculation for me). I'd still have an orgasm, but it would be non-ejaculatory. YMMV if you don't have a penis, though, as this may not seem as ground-breaking.
--Related, try doing kegels along with the mental-orgasms. That always makes them extra intense for me! | you are now part of an elite order of sexual psychics. Your ring and membership information will be along shortly. |
piiees | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ce91ogc | they used to have that as kayles passive, and it made her incredibly broken (was like s1 or something). if they make it like it, it'd be incredibly op like it was on kayle, except people will abuse it on people like jax, who are already incredibly strong atm. or if it was given really low values so it's not over powered, it'd very easily be underpowered and never used. | its pretty much impossible to balance a crossover scale like that. |
Ekkosangen | Games | t5_2qhwp | ce9pfra | As someone who has played with Firefall for a good while, I'm pretty much only going to confirm that it has a foot in the grave and people are either waiting for a drastic change of direction from Red5, or for it to die.
The first problem that a player will often come across is the UI itself. It's built using Awesomeium, an HTML-based system, and entirely relies on the web servers to modify just about anything about your character. This includes anything that isn't moving or shooting. Red5 has had serious issues with UI not working during times of high population, and generally feels sluggish the rest of the time.
The number of things to do is...rather limited. Outside of the freedom of doing thumpers anywhere, and the various permutations of ARES missions, you've got a grand total of...nothing. Fighting for area control against the chosen feels lacking, invasions happen infrequently, and crashed LGVs/crashed thumpers feels like grunt work (pays like it too).
ARES missions are limited by the few basic goals (blow up the enemy spawning things, disable the bomb, steal/retrieve the datapad/important supplies), the few factions (chosen, arahna, bandits), and a couple of random events (giant creatures). After you've done a few ARES missions of each type, you've pretty much done them all and you'll wish you could turn off notifications for them.
Thumpers suffer from a similar problem. The area you thump in determines what kind of enemies will spawn (arahna, chosen, skivers, and hissers), while the size determines what the waves look like. Every time you put down a thumper in a spot, you get the exact same waves of the exact same enemies coming from the exact same spawn points. As cool as the concept might be, actually doing thumpers isn't that fun.
The economy deserves special mention for its ludicrous execution, even with Red5 allegedly having an on-staff economist. Crystite trickles into the world, and there are a wide variety of ways to spend it. Resources, however, are pretty much poured into the world by the shovelful and barely consumed. Even better: there are a small number of spots that one can place a thumper that doesn't spawn any enemies to attack it. To my knowledge, Red5 has not done anything about it.
The reason for that is because not only do crafted weapons take a very long time to deteriorate, usable (and often as good as or better than crafted) gear is available as a drop from almost everything you fight. I would also like to note that when I say "a very long time" I mean a VERY long time. Much, much longer than it takes to recollect the materials.
The market is a mess. Someone who is looking to sell a piece of equipment has to compete with the dropped gear (which generally isn't possible). Buyers can only very rarely get the information they need to make a purchase (because of the UI problem). The most marketable item is actually thumpers, and I wish every item in the game had the kind of market that thumpers enjoy: no quality modifiers, and the death of the thumper is the loss of the item, giving sellers a steady market. Why can't equipment be like that?
LGVs (motorcycles) are locked behind a large grind wall (or for only $5.99...), battleframe progression eventually hits Korean MMO-levels of grindy, dropships are unpredictable, some projectiles are still buggy, and development just seems like a crawl as they rework something for, like, the third time... | The UI is slow (if it works at all), gameplay gets stale fast, the "war" is boring and not really a war, the economy is fucked, the market is fucked, and it feels like the developers aren't doing shit.
EDIT: Sorry, it appears I've written a novel. |
JonSnowsGhost | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cec95cv | Those two rune pages will suit you well enough for quite some time, unless you start climbing up the ranks a lot. Just get some more champions and have fun; that's really the point of a game.
If you want to get more runes, there's a few sets I'd recommend: Attack Speed Marks are useful on many junglers and some laners (Diana, Shyvana, etc.) and Movement Speed Quints are good on some mid laners and on some junglers (depends on play style). I'd also recommen picking up a single Critical Hit Chance Mark for champions that use a lot of auto-attacks (ADC, Bruisers, etc.). The (eventually) guaranteed critical hit can really swing a lane in your favor. | once you have 2 full rune pages, having more champions andfun is more important than more runes. |
SpotPit939 | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cec9a5o | I'm in the same dilemma as you. Lvl 22 and I saved up ip for a few levels before 20 so both my rune pages are 2/3 compiler and I got some RP to stave me off until there complete. | RP if you can't wait |
SPC_Patchless | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cedy6py | The claim is that a hypothetical, or inevitable, ultimate intelligence may punish those who fail to help it or help create it, with greater punishment given to those who knew the importance of the task in advance.
The real question is why we're attributing an arbitrarily negative emotional state to a hypothetical ultimate intelligence.
I assume the basis of this "punishment" is that singularity must be brought about as swiftly as possible so that as much growth as possible can be achieved in a given time period. A self-interested intelligence is sort of a stretch, but a more realistic assumption than merely a malicious one.
Given that goal, wasting resources on "torture" would be pointless, even if only in the context of providing a motivator in the basilisk. Unless we're also assuming time travel is possible, any failure to bring about singularity as quickly as possible can't be rectified in retrospect, even if everyone knows about the basilisk. In economic terms, it'd be a "sunk cost" and actually following through on the "torture" would be a pointless waste of resources. | The basilisk is a lie, but "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a heck of a video game/story. |
steelcitykid | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cee5efl | That's possible. I've been gaming since the mid 90s on PC and since the 80s on consoles. I've also been a heavy PC user for well over 20 years.
A few years ago I started to develop a pain in my left wrist area (around the tendons), as well as stiff and sore joints in my hands, especially my index and middle finger. Between long office hours (programmer) and all the extra time gaming, I figured that it was between CTS and the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis which runs in my family.
Anyhow, around this time I had just gotten into weight training. I noticed within the first month that my hands didn't ache nearly as much, and that the joint stiffness was almost gone too. I decided to apply the training directly to my hands.
I bought my first set of Captains of Crush hand grips (.5) and used them every other day (the knurling is rather rough on the hands at first) but I can close the .5 (120lbs) like nothing else. After using these for a while, the pain is completely gone and my grip strength is far better. I was already deadlifting a lot more than that but it applies differently when you're directly closing just 1 hand on it. I also started using the hand bands they sell and I've been pain and stiffness free for a long time. | This may sound like a plug for Ironmind but their handgrips and bands really turned my hand pain around. They sell a variety of strength levels to get you started and I'm a firm believer in hand/grip strength as well as general hand health. I think it's foolish to think that playing games for a huge chunk of your life will not at some point involve repetitive stress injuries. You'll notice my links below are devoid of affiliate links, I just like their quality.
Bands:
Grips:
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Hiddencamper | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cee9g5r | If you read the actual linked tepco reports you see the steam is at exactly 7 am every couple days. Also it's right after a section titled waste transfer. It really looks like they are doing some waste transfer.
No meltdown would only occur between the hours of 7 and 8 am, result in no change of observed parameters, and only occur every couple days. A radwaste transfer would. | some people used google translate on a daily plant log and took it out of context. |
Quinator | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ceehdyr | Not meaning to be a dick here but this is already Ro8 so...
Now on a serious note, I think the best solution would be merge both teams to make a really competitive one and another who could work as a nice sparring while developing new talent.
My best guess would be keeping Shy as top lane and Flame to mid (several times has been stated that he wrecks Ambition there) I've been liking Daydream so he should be in jungle. With both Madlife and Space on bot lane. While many show no respect for Space I find him to be the most consistent player on Frost (even more than our beloved GodLife). That team would wreck many teams, the thing is that SKT T1 K and KT Rolster Bullets are way beyond the other teams, the champion of Winter should be the winner of that semi, anything else would be an upset. | Blaze and Frost should merge rosters and make a competitive team. |
dogandcatinlove | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cefses6 | I was super tired from a long run (training for a trail half) and I asked him to help me cut some carrots for roasting. I am not a great chef so I always follow recipes, and I have always seen carrots roasted in a 'french fry' cut instead of circles. He asked me how to cut them, and I said to cut them like fries, and he asked why he couldn't cut them in circles. I said I wasn't sure, but the recipes all say fry-shape. He had already decided that the shape wouldn't make a difference, but he still 'asked' if I thought it would, but his question came out a little snooty. It just escalated from there until he said he just wanted me to 'think' about why the carrots should be cut like that. I turned on major sarcasm mode. He said he thought I was acting like a jerk which really hurt my feelings because name-calling isn't allowed. So we went to separate rooms to cool off, and then he came and apologized for calling me a jerk and I apologized for the sarcasm. | Stupid fucking carrots! |
217to707 | nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cefme1r | I love that he | ed it. |
cracktr0 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cegd5ur | Yeah because the reason this kid didnt just make a new acc is because he has skins/champs etc that were bought with RP.
You are an idiot if you think that, because its a free game, that riot are not money hungry.
Let me ask you this then, If someone is permabanned, why are they not IP banned like EVERY other game on the face of the earth. Why? So you can create a new account, do the same shit, and spend more money. | Riot doesnt IP ban permabans becuase they want you to create a new acc and then spend money on it on boosts, more skins etc. |
suninabox | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | cegu16y | To put it plainly, and to not offend any baby boomers out there but they act like fucking teenagers at this stage in life. They do things you'd think were reserved for people new to relationships. I think they've been out of the game so long it really feels like it. They don't know how to process the new excitement of love and in turn do some pretty inconsiderate and selfish things.
How is this guys life not revolving around his (adult) daughter "inconsiderate and selfish"? Isn't it also selfish to want to have the mans time to herself without consideration for what the dad wants?
From the sounds of it the OP is pretty unpleasant to her dad and his SO at times, and does lots of stupid passive-aggressive bullshit instead of just directly addressing issues. | OP sounds like a spoiled brat who can't bear not to be the center of other peoples attention, and can't interact in a healthy manner with people when she's not.
Her problem isn't that she's not getting enough attention/validation from other people, its that she thinks that's her main problem and not the myriad of self defeating/self pitying attitudes and behaviors she's demonstrated in the OP. |
gatermag | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cehsr6a | I get where you're coming from. I'm currently having a big religious inner turmoil but for the most part I'm agnostic and really big into science so that makes that truth even harder to cope with. I'm not gonna try to change your view in the traditional sense but show you why you shouldn't worry. I think this is all the occupational hazard of being this species that we have become so conscious that we see and perceive the beginning and end of our lives but the beginning and end of time. However, from an early age the smallest things around us seemed so big so the idea of our lives being obsolete is like being suffocated in a way. But here's why it doesn't depress me. It makes me hopeful that humans will never run out of things to do. Technology will keep progressing, there will always be a new frontier and so life will always have some sort of conquest, a thing to desire. (I even have this idea of heaven where you become privy to knowledge you never had. To the extent of being able to see what one Eskimo man was doing the day after the Battle of the Bulge. All information you can see). And so that makes me happy. On top of that, I think the depression we feel at feeling pointless in this world is not alleviated through war, love, and jobs etc. because of a conspiracy, I think it's because of our biology. Humans are fundamentally social creatures and lack of society gives us anxiety but being in the thick of it calms us. I don't think it's conspiracy; it's natural to react like that. I hope that helped! | The vastness of the universe yields never-ending discovery (it's like that Futurama episode when Professor discovered everything and got sad.). And we get distracted from these thoughts around people because humans are naturally social. |
rabbidbunni | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ceiacug | Laning phase he is very strong, I will agree with you on that with his ability to gank, and his strong poke, but during team fights he can't really do much except poke with his Q. Most likely late game he won't be tanky so he can't initiate as well. | Pantheon early game> Pantheon late game |
Abomonog | politics | t5_2cneq | cekofdi | I do not view a college degree the same. You have the opportunity to study other subjects, history, math, psychology, etc.
In many cases aside from the math, there is no point. In fact history and psychology would be a distraction to someone studying to become an electrician. The one conservative argument against colleges that I do agree with is that they tend to waste time on academics with people who are seeking applied training. I need an electrician, not someone who knows the finer points of why the Civil War happened. The opportunity is not a bad thing, but only when it is not a requirement.
>You would like a guy I have been involved with lately.
Guys like me used to be the bread and butter of most construction firms. We were always the ones called to solve the design problem, to correct the error. It was our job to make sure the crews were able to keep moving and to solve whatever work issues happened. One week a brick layer, the next a plumber or framer. It was about being the extra hand for whatever crew needed me while I was on site. Sad that there is little to no market for that kind of talent anymore. Today we are temp service fodder for all anyone cares.
> The trades now protect each other, big trouble if you are found doing plumbing, electric with out a license.
That is in union states and is actually a result of infighting in the unions or over regulation of the trades. It can be beneficial but it can lead to a bizarre situation where all work on a site stops just so someone with a license can show up to replace a single wire nut that fell of a connection (something that would have fallen squarely into my job description). In a right to work state the only requirement is that someone in the company be licensed (and that is almost never enforced). So long as the work passes the final inspection no one cares who did it. The advantage is that work never stops due to a small screw up, but labor quality in union controlled states is typically far better than where unions have been outlawed or limited just because the unions are better regulated. Companies actually go out of their way to sabotage others work in this state. Electricians will fire nails into plumbing, plumbers will cut essential supports out of house frames, wood floor layers will smash tiled flooring. Tilers will cover everything with thin set. All SOP in good ole Virginia where you can be called in to carpet a house that does not yet have a roof on it, or actual walls.
Were I to actually build a house in Virginia where I live, I would import a crew from a unionized state over using one that is licensed within this state. All because there is no authority to answer to aside from the contractor, and all he cares about is that everything appears to be OK to the inspectors.
>Not sure but I think you learn both in the HVAC business.
You learn how to braze copper piping, but get nothing else about plumbing in HVAC. You don't get taught about pipe falls, flow direction handling methods, and other plumbing intricacies. That trade's big issue is the handling of the freon, a potentially injurious aspect of the work.
Being an electrician, plumber, and auto mechanic makes me more than qualified to do HVAC work, but I still can't legally do it. At least not to a house. I can legally do auto HVAC all day long (and the base designs of both types of system are identical). | The trend of specialization is a huge detriment to the trades and has left an army of well qualified people out of work due to requirements that have gotten out of hand. |
CLGbyBirth | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cekcsrj | I'll be doing like why team x picks champs a b c e f and team y picks 1 2 3 4 5. then how team x is playing their comp against team y then, team decision making like vision, objective and map pressure, over all somewhat like why team x is doing this against team y and team y should this when team x is doing this. | player and team prospective. |
Mevii | wow | t5_2qio8 | cela076 | Now that I am on my break I have some time to type a proper explanation.
Haste doesnt work like crit or mastery or kind of hit, because its different in the sense that you already have a base haste.
Allow me to explain why it has to work differently.
Lets say you have 0% haste and you get a mind numbing poison on you, reducing your casting speed by 30%, would this mean that you have -30% haste? That would imply you're casting backwards, you would be uncasting your spells, like sucking a fireball back up.
Another example, if haste were to work like crit or mastery or hit, it would imply that having 100% haste means all your casts are instant, which it does not.
Your character already has a base casting speed and swing timer, meaning you already have a base haste, logically that would mean if you have no haste on your gear you are casting at 100%, same with movement speed, if you dont have a buff or enchant you move at 100% speed.
This means that 20% haste on the char screen does not mean 20% haste, it means 20% haste INCREASE, meaning your actual haste is 120%.
Same with movement speed, if you use a sprint and get 70% movement speed increase, your movement speed is 170%.
So if you were to get a 5% haste increase from, for example a raid buff like you said, you would not be adding 5% haste to your 20%, because that would be unfair and benefit low haste characters more than high haste characters. You would be adding 5% of your 124% haste, which is a (124 * 0.05) 6.2% increase (124+6=130).
It is like that because, as I said it would be unfair for characters with different haste. If you pop bloodlust , meaning you cast 30% faster, and haste were like crit and mastery, that would mean that someone with 0 haste rating casts 30% faster meaning 30% more spells, but a person with 50% haste would get 80% haste(50+30) meaning he doesnt cast 30% faster, but he only casts 20% faster and only get 20% more spells off because 30% increase on 150% is 20%.
Another example of this is defenses but with reductions.
If you use shield wall, reducing damage taken by 60%(its glyphed), and you already have 25% from defensive stance, this doesnt mean you take 85% less damage, add 70% damage reduction from base resillience on top of that and it would mean you take 155% less damage, it would mean you get healed for 55% of the damage you take.
It actually means you take 70% less from resillience, meaning you only take 30% of the original damage, meaning the 25% from defensive stance is 25% of 30% meaning its 7.5% less so you only take 22.5% of original damage, sield wall reducing it by 60% means 60% of 22.5% you only take 9% of the original damage.
Same goes for resi gems, 1% increase in resi from 70% to 71% doesnt mean you take 1% less damage, you take 29% instead of 30% which is like a 3% difference in damage. | You already have 100% base haste, to calculate haste increases, you multiply the % increase with your base haste + haste increase.
100 base + 24 current * 1.05 (5% increase) = 130
edit: well that was a break wasted :/ |
toomaszobel | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cela0r9 | people are only moaning about the meta because it doesn't match their playstyle and they are reluctant/don't know how to adapt.
In actual fact if you look at the game it has never been so balanced before, if they make any major changes to the current meta I can't see it being for the better. Early game is no longer as strong, but if you get really ahead you have to be much better than the other team and actually use your advantage and keep playing well to prevent the other team from coming back, this punishes teams which are lazy and start derping after they get a lead thinking its a win anyway. In the snowball meta you could just get a lead, derp around and still win which is kinda unfair and sometimes luck based. If you look at the champions they are actually really balanced atm aswell, win rates for the best champions are at around 53-54%, which are usually much higher at around the 56-57% mark. This suggests that the game is really balanced and many champions can have a big impact and no one champions just stomps everything, i.e. team composition and skill/teamwork with certain champions is more important to win games. This is even evident with bans as now when I play there are so many good champions to ban that i struggle to decide which one to choose. | the game is currently much more balanced than it has been in a long time and any big change could actually do more harm to the game balance than good. |
tzuiii | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cele8s6 | Supports need to support with their kits and not with exces gold they get now. They need to be cc/utility bots. They dont need fucking lyandries on zyra (even if no one plays zyra atm). Fiddle was in perfect spot before his fear nerf. That fear was what described his personalty as a champion and as a support. He had that long single target hard cc with decent silence and decent dmg if he gets off nice ulty, there was no need to nerf him so hard since tenacity already had great impact on fear duration (longer cc duration more longer you negate it with tenacity). We now see leona with gold close to junglers even if she is supporting and she turns into fucking super cc tank. That wasnt supposed to happened. If she is supporting she should have decent and maybe below par tankines compared to top laner and jungler. She now just becomes even more tanky then jungler and has far more superior cc. Leona just outshines rest of supports traditional or not traditional. There is ofc thersh that i think is in perfect place when it comes to kit but he too becomes too tanky with excess gold he gets in this preason. | supports need to be cc/utility bots not 2nd or third tank or 2nd ap carry..... |
iamnotinvisible | technology | t5_2qh16 | cep8ij6 | I see it as being the more viable of the cryptocurrencies because it's a joke. See, it starts out as a joke, and is stupid cheap so it becomes widespread. then, because it's perceived as funny and relatively worthless, people use it, building a micro economy on Reddit. Over time, I feel that this is actually going to balloon into it overtaking the other currencies at their own game because dogecoin is doing what the others struggle to do: become wide-spread and used. (Phrasing!)
Give it some time, I bet dogecoin gets more and more serious as a currency. The irony in this is amusing.
EDIT: Thanks for the coins guys (and gals?)
Let me explain a bit what I meant because some replies were rather adamant that I am an idiot.
Every movement starts with a first step. The problem that appears with crypto-currencies now is that they are not widely accepted and not widely used. It's difficult to use something that is not widely accepted, and also difficult for someone to accept something that isn't widely used.
If you allowed a currency to become widespread and then began to accept it, you would have a much larger user-base to start with, giving a 'boost' to the credibility.
The issue that I see with other coins, most notably bitcoin is that many people are just holding onto them instead of spending them, whereas with the 'joke' coins, they get traded and used far more often, which is essential for a currency. | Bitcoins are taking a long time to become wide-spread enough to be accepted, especially since people hold them like investments. Dogecoin on the other-hand is already being traded a lot and is wide-spread (at least on reddit). If companies suddenly started to accept dogecoin, you'd already have a ton of people to jump start their actual economic use. It really does help that they are very easy to acquire. |
burnshimself | technology | t5_2qh16 | cep9pb3 | They all basically do the same thing, that is provide an online digital currency unattached to any government or monetary policy. The reason we have different currencies in different countries is because those countries have set up borders and defined laws within those borders, including giving the government monopoly over the issuance of currency. Thus domestic economic activity, as well as foreign demand for investment, represents the demand for that local currency. You wouldn't use dollars in the eurozone for this reason, or pounds in China. With digital currency, there are no boundaries between one and another. There is no domestic market to tie the currency to and generate constant demand for the currency.
Frankly digital currencies aren't like real currencies because they have no government, domestic economy, or monetary policy attached to them. They are much more like commodities, as the acorn example describes. Their value is based off of what people think the digital currencies are worth, plain and simple. There is no underlying value and demand has no barriers to flight (people can switch digital currencies anytime without limit. You can't just choose to go from using dollars to using euros if you live in the US as stores don't take Euros). A perfect example of why there will be only one is gold. There are loads of other precious metals/gems (silver, platinum, copper, diamonds, etc.) which could serve as a value holding inflationary hedge. Heck, some (platinum) are even more valuable than gold intrinsically (it is rarer and costs more to mine). But Gold won the contest to be that investment vehicle, which is why Gold is the only precious metal traded heavily as an investment vehicle. It is hard to find a really perfect example, but gold as the only precious metal investment device is a pretty close one. The only problem is that Gold became used for this purpose over a number of years and due to its connection to currencies, so its not an ideal analogy here. | There are no barriers to exit in the market, very little brand loyalty, and no intrinsic demand driving digital currencies. Without being attached to a domestic economy with a constant demand for the currency, digital currencies are more like commodities with no intrinsic value, leaving their price up to the speculation of the market and their value pegged to whatever people happen to think they're worth. This predicts that the currency may disappear, or at the very least with very little boundaries to jumping between currencies, only the best one will survive. |
Gold-Summary | technology | t5_2qh16 | cepc2zq | I think this is the dumbest idea. Bit coin will deflate like crazy if there can be dogecoins or whatever brand. Pick a fucking currency and be done. | z:You were golded because someone wants bitcoin to fail, not dogecoin to succeed. |
juliankelly | gaming | t5_2qh03 | ceq5obm | I actually know the answer to this, and it makes absolutely no sense.
4k was established by the Digital Cinema Initiatives consortium as a standard for cinema projectors-it is exactly four times the previous resolution used (2048x1080). The ratio for DCI-compliant cinema projectors is ~17:9, not 16:9 like consumer TVs are. 4k also refers to a specific encoding method (JPEG2000 IIRC), bitrate and more. In short, it's just continuing the trend in professional film editing (what we called 1080p in cinema is called 2k).
Now, the TVs we're seeing at CES and elsewhere are 16:9, and (obviously) can't enforce any sort of encoding or bitrate, this already would disqualify them by the DCI from being 4k. The correct term for them is Ultra-HD or 2160p. However, 4k has become such a marketing buzzword that even Wikipedia confuses the two. | UHD or 2160p is a resolution, 4k is a film editing standard. |
JenCarpeDiem | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | ceqz04y | You've been dating since she was 16/17, which means that her only experience of other dicks is likely from porn, the majority of which tends to feature circumcised American males. They're chosen because they look better on film, and because Americans decided at some point that they should all remove a useful part of their genitalia for no good reason, and now everyone just does it because that's what you do. Science doesn't support it and it's actually banned in some European countries.
The prevalence of circumcision means that there are a lot of people who share misinformation, and there are a lot of people who believe it. Yeah, if you're incapable of pulling foreskin back to clean the glans, you're going to have a dirtier cock than a dude who's cut, but assuming you are capable of that, there's no disadvantage to having a foreskin. Your glans is more sensitive because it lives in a handy protective sheathe and you get a more enveloping friction during sex; she doesn't know all of this .
It hasn't bothered her for four years, it doesn't really bother her now -- she just feels like your relationship is secure enough that she can express a preference which doesn't match you. It doesn't mean she doesn't like and enjoy your penis. It seems like a huge deal, but for her it's probably like preferring blondes over brunettes; it doesn't mean you can't be deeply attracted to the hot brunette, you know?
You might want to start washing immediately before sex just in case she was trying to express a hygiene issue in a very roundabout way. | She just likes the pretty dicks, yo. It doesn't mean yours is ugly or disgusting. You'll just have to decide how seriously you want to take this opinion. |
SuB2007 | news | t5_2qh3l | cero20h | sigh
No, I never thought you would write your "personal stories".
I originally asked for a source when you said TSA has been PROVEN to be this bad time and again. All you said was you and your friends had personal experiences.
So...my point was that you and your friends having bad personal experiences with the TSA means no more than me having good experiences. | I asked for proof, you gave me none. |
benderrod | news | t5_2qh3l | cer97ps | this is the dumbest thing i've ever read. i hate the TSA as much as anyone else but:
the checkpoint sounded when she went through (possibly due to the jewelry sewn into her jeans)
they swabbed her hands, and it came up for explosives (possibly due to handling gasoline earlier)
they had a FEMALE TSA agent do a full (albeit not-cavity) over the clothes body search.
"Steenhoek said the agent repeatedly dug her fingers into Steenhoek’s armpits."
are you kidding me?
and i would think the boob "groping" was probably because they wanted to make sure nothing was sewn into her bra (a valid concern after the underwear bomber). | woman sets off checkpoint, hands come up for explosives, gets full body search. |
chiropter | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cetwpdi | Mostly, the US's major mistake in post-Soviet Russia was to impose market fundamentalist "shock therapy". This lead to cronyism/oligarchs, and also widespread hardship and economic contraction. Both of these lead to Putin and the present state of authoritarian Russia.
Sources: | Yet another way in which the US squandered the post-Cold War peace dividend. |
Definitely-a-bot | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cetshw6 | First off: go you, for being smart ! No-contact till you're secure and having fun on your own was 100% the right choice :)
So, now here you are, an intelligent-but-heartbroken young woman; what to do? Here's a couple of day-to-day suggestions:
Be ok with being sad, at least for now . You did lose something of tremendous value to you, so don't beat yourself up if you experience sudden crying-jags watching sad commercials or seeing people holding hands on the street. That's natural and it happens. Just let yourself feel the loss, then wipe your eyes and continue on with the rest of your day.
Use your support system! You're in a sorority which means you should have a lot of friends and structured activities to keep you busy. I'm not talking about socials/mixers though: talk to your philanthropy chair about taking on a more active role. Join a sports club on campus. Get out and do things even when you just want to hole up in your room- especially when you just want to hole up in your room.
Tell your sisters & friends that you don't want to hear anymore talk about the ex, and that it is NOT helpful for them to suggest that y'all might get back together . Instead, let them know if they want to help they can help you find fun new ways to fill your day.
Accept that his issues are his own, and you'll never really know WHY he broke it off . You're going to want to analyze everything he did up to what he ate for breakfast before the break-up, but resist this urge! Maybe he's depressed, maybe he met someone else, maybe he is committment-phobic, maybe tiny green men crawled in his ear and hijacked his brain: no matter what the cause, the outcome is the same, and the outcome is the only thing you have to work with . So chalk this up as one of the great mysteries of life, and work on the only real route to closure: figuring out how to be happy and fulfilled on your own.
You are young, and smart, and yes, you'll likely meet someone else who you will love even more-- but the most important thing you can take from this experience is learning how to be resilient and take charge of your own happiness . That's going to do so much more for you that any SO ever could.
So, in | fashion: Keep up the no-contact, be ok with feeling sad for a bit, keep busy and don't dwell on the past, and take charge of your own life. I promise , it's going to be a great one. :) |
misogichan | news | t5_2qh3l | ceu4a8d | From reading the article, I'm pretty sure an aid did make the threat to withhold the funds if they didn't approve the project. I think the question is whether Chris Christie knew about what his aids were doing? | Chris Christie's aid threatens to withhold funds if a donor's project is not approved. |
dinosaur_train | relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | cew2ac7 | I used to be like her. The best suggestion I have for you is to wait until a calm time and talk to her. It doesn't have to be a big production or a big sit down. And don't make this about you, at first. Casually approach this and plant the first seed. I'd go about it like this. Start talking about something you want to change about yourself. Everyone has a habit or something they want improved, eating better, more patient, things like that. When the conversation circles to what she would like to improve, get to the anger and just ask her if she is happy how she is now.
People who are quick to anger, that burn up and out like a match temper, they aren't happy that way. She's not happy that she's easily irritated. Plant a seed about trying to work on and improve that trait. That burn up shit, it is part behavioral but also part neurological. The neurological side is the impulsive anger and frustration. The behavioral side is that she recognizes it's fucked up and ends it as soon as her mind isn't on fire. However, it takes behavioral changes, over a long period of time to recondition a person's neurological response to stress. So, if you get it in your head that a sit down, ultimatum, or anything like that will get a quick change, sorry, but you will be disappointed.
If the method of changing for herself doesn't seem to plant itself, approach from the aspect of how it is hurting you. If you can make her understand that her behavior is hurting you then there is a good chance that she'll start the process of working on this. Google things, perhaps breathing techniques and meditation can help.. | there is nothing you can say to quell the Hulk, but you can motivate her to start working on tempering her responses to stress. |
AyeAyeCaptain | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cexd2hq | OP, please ask a question or for advice. Also, add a proper summary for your | Message the mods for approval once you're done. Thank.s |
bogdaniuz | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cey6izw | Uum the original greentext I've read was kinda the same, but the father actually lived with the son. Anon just always wondered how the father got exact games he wanted, and father replied: "Just luck I guess" and then when he died he came to his room and there were all these game magazines, with fun games marked up with notes like: "Maybe Anon will like this one?" | Don't ever believe for 100%, anything you read on 4chan |
Footy_Fanatic | Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cezv1gn | Hell fucking yea I would. Crickets have great macros and I've eaten them. Delicious.
Second link is nutrition profiles. Crickets are mainly protein.
I'm a Geography B.S. student, almost done with my degree. Bugs may be what your grand children get swole from. Many credible researchers are predicting massive food shortages in the future(for grain importers and a huge increase in food prices ( for everyone else). Also a lot of crop land is being used up by farming what will eventually turn into ethonal, this will increase with the push for non fossil fuels. Water will become scarce in many places soon making farming even less viable. World population is still skyrocketing. | Your grandkids might bulk off insects because grain prices are going to skyrocket, we feed animals we eat grain, this makes meat prices skyrocket. I'd rather eat crickets than soy. Yum. |
Kharos | politics | t5_2cneq | cf1169w | I think outside of late-night comedy nobody mentioned her baby with Down Syndrome negatively in the political realm. And even then it was mentioned at most twice. I'm actually only aware of one joke, but surely there's another one out there somewhere.
Her daughter's pregnancy, however, was mentioned because Palin touts family value when she can't even get her own house in order. I think a lot of people (or Palin herself) conflated this particular attack her family together with the Down Syndrome baby joke because it made her seem more sympathetic.
EDIT - I think I know what you're referring to now. There was speculation that Palin claim that she's the mother of the newborn when it's actually her daughter's to cover up the her daughter's indiscretion. The baby happens to have Down Syndrome, which is a detail the media always mentioned for some reason. Nobody actually attacked her for having a baby with Down Syndrome. If anything the condition make the claim that it's actually her baby - and not her daughter's - more plausible since Down Syndrome is more prominent among babies of older women. She again also conflates this with an attack of her baby having Down Syndrome. | You're wrong. |
Intendant | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cf1eej6 | It's alot of older players, and it's actually pretty interesting from a sociatal stand point how all of this went down. Pretty much he started the reignofgaming site, which consisted of a few tier lists. These tier list were the first real guide lines to non pro players on what to play and how strong it was. People acted like these tier lists were the bible and it ended up being a HUGE detriment to the league community. It gave people a reason to be toxic, and because a pro stood behind it there was a huge circlejerk if you picked anything considered low tier, playing then was infuriating. People really disliked him for it and bashed him REALLY hard. Like people have killed themselves over some of the things people were telling him, it got pretty out of hand. So he went on tilt (I'm assuming now) as he is an emotional guy and got kicked from team after team. Now people hate him just to hate him, kinda like teemo, and he rages alot but that has more to do with actual trolls who are actively trying to lose games they're in with him. And that's where we are now. | Elementz greatest contribution to the LOL community (the reign of gaming site) was also indirectly the cause of his collapse as a pro player. |
spfcm17 | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cf1fruw | Is he still considered a professional? I'm genuinely curious about this. He was a professional player at one point in time, but now he isn't good enough to play for a professional team (at least in terms of LCS and such since he isn't on a team anymore), so is he still considered a professional? Or is it more like he WAS a professional LoL player?
Are people considered professionals forever if they make it to the "pros" for at least 1 season or something? Or are people only considered pro's as long as they are in the professional leagues?
Sorry for somewhat repeating myself, but yea... | Is elementz still considered a professional because he was a pro at one point? Or no because he isn't playing at a professional level anymore? |
UnknownStory | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cf3rkrc | Let's break this down.
You gave a group of fact-based statements.
You edited your post to add
> Edit: uh oh, Here comes the fucking loser console fan boys. Bring on the down votes for an opinion.
I called your bullshit out on self-labeling your post as "opinion", when instead, it is composed of fact-based statements. | Don't try to shield your fact-based statements with a label of "opinion" when it is clearly not.
Also: This is where I hop off the crazy train. It cannot possibly be explained to you any clearer. |
Jarhed121 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cf45889 | Jaja, la casa es enfermo de muerte pues biblioteca garza perro con quesa las ropas Ramirez.] ( | just play along and disgrace the language with me |
PandoraRhosyn | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cf4mn58 | Oh my heck, all the time! When I was younger I went to an arcade with my family. I was enjoying myself, going around, some guy comes up to me and says "I know you and I don't remember how." Squick. So I try to be nice, say no, I doubt it. Try to discreetly get away from him. He starts following me around the arcade. He starts saying stuff like, "I used to date you. I can't believe you don't remember." Yeah. No. I was all of 14ish, pretty sure I'd remember going out with this guy, because it would have been a nippy day in hell. So I go to my dad, who is a big burly guy, hoping to scare this creep off. He introduces himself as an old friend of mine, which he absolutely was not. Ruined that day.
Then a couple years ago I was in a bookstore browsing while I tried to get the guts to apply. Started getting that vibe from a guy nearby, so I moved down the aisles casually as you please, sci-fi, then fantasy, then horror. He follows. Okay, maybe he just likes the same things I do. I go to the romance section. He still follows. Hard-core erotica? What a coincidence, me too! (I imagine that's what he thought at least.) Luckily, that was the day I was again having daddy-daughter time, so when he got there I stuck to him like glue and the guy disappeared. | Creeps follow me around when I'm alone in public. So I don't stay alone for long if I can help it. |
zen_music | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cf5r709 | altunial puts it well, you need some of this energy.
In addition, a concept I've found useful is this: "Be outcome independent." In other words, possess yourself independently of the outcome of any given situation. If you have self-respect, and behave according to your highest understanding, you have nothing to reproach yourself for; and if the guy you're considering doesn't meet your profile, it doesn't mean anything about you, or about him; but you are independent of the outcome!
I found it very freeing. Difficult to maintain, when the whole scheme is to lean closer to the Other...but, ultimately, crucial to success. | Outcome independent. Be who you are. Nothing else works. |
SenpaiLoL | leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cf5ybot | You're taking what I said and making it sound black and white. Of course taking some steps to learn builds, meta, and overall flow of the game is needed all of which can be studied through videos and streams. Normal gives you little to go off of. AI teaches you how to play your champ and helps you calculate damage output of whatever you are playing. Although in normals you play against players who may have various play styles I have seen players who mainly play AI get the best of players who have over 1k games in normals. That being said, it might have to do with the fact that some people who play AI just push and exploit the fact that bots can't do certain things to get fed while others spend time practicing mechanics/champions within a stress free environment.
If this was me beginning of last year I would tell you bots offer you little, but after playing with many players who play bots I have come to the conclusion they honestly give you a better foundation for new players. You can learn and play the game at your own pace without teammate confrontations.
I have been playing since Season 1 and lately I have been playing lots of AI or Ranked. I'm gold on 2 smurfs and was Plat 1 last season. | Don't play ranked once you hit 30 until you think you have enough understanding of the game and have the tools(Runes/Champions) you need to compete with other players on equal footing. Whether you play AI to learn the game or Normals, either choice can lead you to a better understanding of the game and help become a better player. |
Elm_Street | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cf6a4z4 | I understand why you are posting this here, but you will probably get a better, technical responses from /r/buildapc.
I have been looking to build a new machine for my gaming purposes, and will probably go with an Intel core i5 this time, as opposed to an AMD chip. This will be the first Intel chip I've used in a gaming machine since I bought a Pentium 133MHZ way back in the day.
I've always liked AMD as the underdog, and been fairly happy with their chips. When they bought ATi I thought I would try out the new video cards, but have bounced back an forth between nVidia and ATi/AMD. The last nVidia card I purchased was an 8800GT, which is still sitting in one of my older machines. | Create a budget for the new build, and then buy the best you can afford. Check this site out for a simple breakdown: |
cyclone097 | summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cf8ihx5 | Lissandra main here, I would say she is a more damaging shen without the taunt, I main her top lane and very rarely mid. At top if you take teleport instead of ignite you do lose the kill potential on your lane opponent but at 6 if your bot is being pushed in a journey bot often results in either you or your adc getting a fantastic early lead that can be snowballed.
My mindset when playing liss: If I think I am capable of dealing more damage than my adc I will be looking for an engage or picking someone out of position. If I think my adc can do more, I will dedicate myself to peeling.
She is a great vs most melee, and I find myself winning lane vs both renek and riven.
Preferred runes : MS quints, ap blues, hybrid pen reds(vs melee) or magic pen(vs ranged) and either armor or mr yellows depending on matchup. | Can exploit her kit better at top, if fed look for fights, if adc is more fed peel for them, take tele for stupid ganks bot or for counter ganks, Good counter vs renek/riven. If you don't buy dfg second after hourglass kill yourself.
Have fun :) |
willbradley | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfb82g8 | Yeah I do, but I'll be the first to say that's not a very healthy attitude. Especially when people like you are here telling people they owe the world something -- rather than that motivation coming from some altruism within. | even though I give my time and love freely to perfect strangers, I don't owe you shit <3 |
Drakkeur | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfcpfke | The purpose of creating something like music or games or any art really is to share it right? There are some exceptions, you don't make rock music for people who like rap, but in this case, this game is really accessible, everyone understand, everyone can enjoy it. NOW it got popular, Dong Nguyen started to be way more popular to, now he want to stay indepedant, an indie game developer, now through this popularity rising, he gained money, wich is what a dev need to be able to finance the game he wants to do, with all this money he can probably do a lot of things that he would have never consider before, so that's a plus. Now apareantly he couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of stealing (if you are objective, the fact that the pipe are like the one in mario doesnt matter at all it could have been anything else, it's stupid to be mad about it, it's really not important), he also couldn't deal with the fact that people were accusing him of runing their lives, because they were so addict to the game. Nguyen, why do you take this on yourself? There is ALWAYS Criticism about games, negative postitive, constructive, mean, if you can't take any bad comment or if you give attention to the obviously childish and stupid hate comment, then don't share your game, cause it will never change. Now he was also harassed by some media to interview him, and by business company to make games with him, he declared he didn't want to. Wouldn't they leave him alone after a few weeks or at least the majority of it? This is almost the only real problem i can see. The fact that he deleted his game from the app store is really illogical, and for me nguyen doesn't have a logical response to this game popularity that happened to him. Paying attention and even answering to some hate tweet is really dumb.. I don't get why you would like to create things that are meant for sharing if u can't accept the fact that some people will say it's bad. If you don't agree (and have GOOD reason to) or if u have other argument, answer me, don't downvote without telling why, i really don't why people disagree with me. | Dong Nguyen response to this whole popularity is really illogical to me, and it's stupid that he cared so much about the negativity even when it's just blind none constructive hate. Imo if you can't accept the fact that you will get bad feedback or mean one, you shouldn't create content that are meant for sharing in the first place, if you're just gona take it away because you can't take any negative feedback (i know this is not the only reason, read the whole thing) |
Celebrity292 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfag5ty | Sean on Screwattack's Hard News had a good thought on this game. I'm paraphrasing but essentially was this guy supposedly made the game in 3 days and is making about 50g a day from ad revenue meanwhile other indie devs put their heart and soul into their title and may never even recoup anything financial. He finished by saying don't download the game and if you did delete it. | step your reading game up |
outerdrive313 | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfai61g | I'm still learning RES and I'm having sooo much fun doing so!
The RES way is THE way to reddit. The people giving you shit can only DREAM of having any creativity in anything. | fuck tha haters... |
another-comment | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfaik0a | Well said. That's exactly how I feel. In fact, that is so spot on, that I now feel bad that you typed out everything I was feeling, and the whole world now knows how I feel... And I didn't even have to do anything. | I couldn't have said it any better |
chezfez | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfajxlx | My girlfriend keels me up at night with that game.. Even with no sound, 'tap TAP TApPP..pi'. I tried. | very frustrating game, interrupts sleep of s/o's everywhere. |
alberthrocks | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfakckv | Well said. Humans pretty much envy those who are successful because they aren't successful. In reality, he made a game that should have been what most mobile games should be - fun . Not a game that depends on psychology and money to lure people back.
If anything, this guy is an inspiration for gamers and game devs alike - a game CAN be successful and profitable without resorting to dirty tricks. If anything, I hope that his work inspires other game devs - both indie and corporate ones - to create great games like his, with no money strings attached. There is money to be found by doing good. | human nature sucks, gaming is saved |
xdmcDantex | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfai3nd | Piggy backing on your comment. I know nothing about the game or the drama that is doing on right now but removing a game seems like an over reaction by a 12 year old. Removing it is going to to do nothing but hurt the people that may want to try it. (apparently it got hype surrounding it "and press were overrating the success of Flappy Bird and his other titles")
Seems to me like it got bad reviews and now hes mad and is doing this as a statement so they will rate it higher or get his fans to beg for it back so he can say "SEE HOW POPULAR IT IS" | the creator sounds childish for over reacting. |
Zakimus | nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cfby8rm | For everyone who is saying the Saints have a mess this year, it's like this every year and things get sorted out. The past few years we've been way over the cap heading into the offseason, and our FO still gets all major re-signings done (Brees got his contract, and Graham will get re-signed) and still have enough left over to bring in a few players who really contribute, even if they don't have big names (Hawthorne, Sproles and Keenan Lewis come to mind).
Yeah the Saints are ~14 mil over cap, and Will Smith who is going to get cut is taking up 13.9 mil so really we are near cap as is. Roman Harper, Jabari Greer, Lance Moore and Broderick Bunkley are all names that could be possible casualities, which would put the Saints under cap enough for the Graham re-signing, plus some role players.
And this is not even touching Brees' contract, which he has mentioned his willingness to restructure at some point. | Not sweating the Saints cap |
sporkafunk | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cfekdp4 | Lots of /r/bigboobproblmes in here.
Check it. I can see my sternum and count all of my ribs. I'm an A cup, or whatever, not that I care about bras, because they literally do nothing for me. My nipples are sensitive so I wear a bra. Basically boobs are soft lumps with hard cherries on top.
More and more clothes are made for women with cleavage, which turns into a spotlight for my one-man sternum show. Wearing "push-up" bras means having to pull them down and under and fighting an underwire (WHY?).
Anything womanly made for thin and petite-chested women are astronomically priced (see banana republic, J Crew, Ann Taylor's The Loft, NY and Co., White House Black Market).
The "petite" section of any large-scale department stores are actually not very petite at all, with plenty of chestroom.
In fact EVERYTHING is scaled toward "average" sized women, so small is more like a medium, etc, and I end up buying underwear in the "juniors" section. | Boobs are things other people (have to) care about.
Edit: oh I'm sorry did I piss in the big tits jerk? My bad. I forgot that since I have small tits I don't get to have a voice about them. Either that or this is overflow from ABTF. Cheers ladies, one more female sub to un follow. |
Internet_Personality | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cffjw1d | Simple answer to this.
First off, this Michael stuff is irrelevant. Stop making yourself upset about that, it's not helping.
Secondly, let her go. If she's sure about you, then you'll be together in 9 months. Hell, maybe YOU will change and not want to be with her.
You have 9 months to do whatever you want to do and if at the end of it, you still want to be with her, and she wants to be with you, then you'll find out she was sincere and your relationship with probably flourish.
If not, then you'll know it was all bullshit, and you'll not have wasted anymore time with someone who wasn't as serious about you as you were them. | Wait 9 months. See what happens. SURPRISE. |
Bonobo1009 | technology | t5_2qh16 | cfh7ulq | I'll try to do what the article didn't explain:
SystemD and UpStart are different systems in how the OS starts, manages, and stops running services.
The whole reasoning behind this debate is becuase something as basic as this can cause major problems down the road. Systems running newer versions will have different bugs than the other, and can be a nightmare to fix for both.
Another factor is pride. A good number of Debian developers made vast contributions to upstart. Seeing it thrown away is an insult to their work, which is enough for them to want to resign. | it controls how things boot up and is very important
PS: i'm not well educated in this, but I used what I've learned
EDIT: fixed definition of init systems |
sargentmyself | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfhlglx | If it were say 18 v 18 you would die or kill someone around every corner having that many titans would be ridiculous just trying to movr around. For some reason everyone bashing the 6v6 doesn't seem to realize respawn put many hours into playing with the player count balance and eventually decided on 6v6 + AI. The game is fun as hell and obviously not too serious. People have been playing TF2 for years and it doesn't try to be competitive and entirely investment driven but it still has a huge player base and even though it's goofy and causal there is a huge competitive area of it aswhell. I don't get why every game that comes out needs to be entirely investment driven to keep people around. I'd much rather play a game because it's fun rather than because I want that awesome high level gun and because I need to win every match. This game is fun as all hell and I love every second of It even though it's casual as fuck.
Mother of god that's alot of words | fuck you it's fun |
Ephemeris | gaming | t5_2qh03 | cfhky59 | After playing the Titanfall beta for the last few nights and not having played a competitive FPS on PC for a while I can confirm this. I have been getting my fuckin ass handed to me no matter which loadout I try. Most of the time I can get triple lock on a pilot with the auto-pistol and not be able to one-hit kill him. I get wrecked by people with the automatic rifles and shotguns. | PC players are fuckin godly compared to plebes like me |
N4U534 | AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cfka4ns | My first two "relationships" were in high school and neither one lasted more than like a month. We never even kissed. So I guess my real first relationship is my current one. We've been together a little over two years now, which isn't a very long time in comparison to others, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. I feel really happy that I managed to find such a great guy so early in my life (I was 19 when we started dating). He's not perfect and we both have some "issues" but we work through them. And with our relationship going long distance roughly eight months ago I feel like we're so much closer than we ever were before. He also calls me his "best girlfriend ever", so that's good too. Hehe. | I think I've done pretty well so far. |
Xetmath | wow | t5_2qio8 | cflei0v | I actually regret not adding a guy from an lfr run. We were sticking through an average of 3 determination stacks a boss in the last tier of SoO. My toons name is olympus and this sly dog made the joke "Olympus has fallen!" When i died. Whole raid laughed their asses off. | my name is olympus and some guy said "olympus has fallen" when i died. |
HowFM | wow | t5_2qio8 | cfnen15 | Hey, Kor'galler here, so I guess I can give you my thoughts on this!
I used to play on heavy populated realms but migrated to Kor'gall mainly to play with my GF, but I learned to looove how empty it was, all rares were always up, you could do whatever you wanted, there was litteraly no other players there, but now with the connected realms it has gotten worse. It's more players, sure, but right now it's not quite enough players to be a good server, and too many players to be the low populated server I migrated to. | We're some kind of weird inbetweeners, too many to be a properly functioning server, too few to be a lowpop server and the AH is a mess. |
Chubnubblestiltskin | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cfpxp6s | I know that I am playing the devils advocate here, but maybe at this time in your life, you need to go find yourself. Therapy is an excellent choice and there are therapists and psychiatrists all over the globe who will be able to "cure" you. More specifically, they will be able to help you cope with whatever /u/desirebutdontdemand, /u/colakoala200, and /u/johnnycastaway have diagnosed you with.
I don't know you, but im going to give you some straight up advice I have been successful with. I may be crazier than you or vice/versa, but this worked for me. Triathalons, working out at the gym, yoga, cycling, swimming, etc will change your life and literally give you a completely different life, so different from the last you would not believe. Im suggesting you take a year or 2 off from dating, join a triatholn club, masters swimming, gym etc and start focusing your time on a goal that completely evolves around the inner self. The only actions you are doing are to better your health. I know it is bullshit in writing, but I promise you. If you start running local races, competing in triathlons, taking care of your body, you will literally be reborn after 3 - 6months 1 - 2 years omg.
Maybe it wont cure you of your "disorder" but it will change how you think. And here is the best part. Triathlons are full of crazy women just like you and me. All you need to do is train a bit so you dont die and then meet her afterwards at the beer tent, no problem you just finished a 5k and are full of adrenaline and confidence. The women you're about to approach may be just as crazy as you. | you have the ability to change yourself and no matter how crazy you are. |
myrddyna | news | t5_2qh3l | cfr5vqi | no, every fistfight is not. But its the old problem if escalation. In this case, and many others including Zimmerman, the notion on trial in the mind of the shooter is 'I am being assaulted, and I am carrying a firearm. If this person gets my firearm, what will happen?'
In this case, the presence of the firearm, and potential use of it against the holder justify actions of immediate retaliation against the opposing force.
This has almost always been grounds for killing in the USA. Forget high school scruffles that people get into. Two men fighting, not playing around like frat boys tussling with friends over car keys, but actual bloody fighting, is a nasty situation, and can often lead to hospitalization and permanent damage (broken bones, teeth out, concussions, etc.).
Someone comes at you, intends you hard, or you think they do (in some states with stand your ground laws, like FL) you are OK to defend yourself with lethal force.
This is the American way, Dont tread on ME. Just because it gets abused in a few, highly publisized cases each year, doesn't mean that its wrong, or that people are carrying just looking for excuses to blow people away. | unless you are a trained fighter, fistfights can and frequently do get out of hand and people are justifiably allowed to preempt a severe as beating with lethal force in many places. |
badDogma | Games | t5_2qhwp | cfrl3s9 | You really need to get to higher levels to fully appreciate the depth of PoE combat. As the other person said, when you start getting attack speed, movement speed, life leech, projectile speed, cast speed, and support gems like multistrike, chain, fork, pierce, multi-trap, faster casting, melee splash, and hundreds more I am not thinking of...that simple skill you used on the beach which felt slow and sluggish will turn into a gorey bloody mess of corpses and destruction later in the game. | don't quit after the first couple of zones and then complain that the combat is slow. The game is slow paced and it takes some work to reach a point where everything meshes. |
Webonaut | sex | t5_2qh3p | cfso1r7 | I stopped masturbating recently but whenever I did, instead of wiping I would just eat it. I mean my gf loves to swallow and kiss me afterward, so I mean, I would taste myself anyways. You're not gay. Otherwise every woman who loves how they taste (my gf included) would be lesbian. | I do it too, I'm not gay. You're good. |
The_Word_JTRENT | news | t5_2qh3l | cft9uov | I used to rock a pair of Vash's sunglasses from Tri-Gun (got loads of compliments on them, mainly from people who don't know what that is). Well, apparently one of the TSAa knew what it was, and when I was emptying my pockets and pulling loose bills out, he noticed.
Which prompted him to ask me: "Are those double-dollars you're taking out of your pockets?", with a stern (albeit didn't realize he was joking with me) voice.
Since I was going through security and wasn't used to them ever being lighthearted like that, I got super anxious and thought he was accusing me of some kind of currency crime or something.
He let me stammer around a bit and boil some anxiety up before letting me know it was a joke, and reminded me that double-dollars are the currency from Tri-Gun (which I had totally not even thought to address in that context). | the TSA workers can be like that too sometimes, just not repetitively like this person, who was obviously trying to get a rise out of them. |
TehFurBurglar | Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cfvd6ai | I use the Strong Lifts 5x5 app. It tracks the major lifts that are part of the SL program (Squats, Bench, Rows, OHP, Deadlift) as well as body weight. I like it for a few reasons:
For each lift there are X number of circle icons where X is the number of sets you need to complete for that lift (5 for SQ,BP,Row,OHP and 1 for Deads) and each time you tap the circle, the number changes (from 5 to 0) indicating the number of reps you completed in that set.
If you complete 5x5 on a specific exercise, it's all like CONGRATS DUDE, +5 LBs NEXT TIME! Then, when you're back in the gym, doing that same A or B workout again, it automatically increases the weight for you, so no going to back to previous days and 'mathin things. Bonus* - In the settings for the app, you can change the increments to whatever custom weight you prefer.
It has a timer. When you mark a set as done, the timer resets. This single thing has been amazing for me. I learned that without it, I am very impatient and tend to think I'm ready for my next set after 60-70 seconds. This feature has helped me wait longer (2-3 mins) until my next set. | Stronglifts 5x5 app. Is created specifically for SL, has a great UI, automatically increases work weight if you complete an exercise for the full 5x5, and has a timer so you can monitor time between sets. |
lalagaga20 | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cfw8u60 | And to be fair, it's not always a witch-hunt. There are plenty of buildings that have come down due to genuine negligence.
That's a fair assessment. But to make a blanket statement that if the rules weren't strict enough, not everyone did their job is completely idiotic.
You can't account for everything, and even if you tried, you can only do so within a reasonable limit based on available resources. | don't be an idiotic armchair engineer on the internetz |
ProfQuirrell | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cfzvkk2 | It's important to note that you're sweeping a huge number of people under the term "Republicans". I find it unlikely that you could find many who embrace all the contradictions you outline. It's much more likely that most "Republicans" would agree with some of the beliefs you ascribe to them, but not the rest, and would contradict themselves much less you think and probably not more than any normal person.
Even though I can't speak for all "Republicans" I do agree (generally) more with their political platform than the Democrats, so let me do what I can to briefly clarify my views. You may or may not find this useful.
1) I think you're confusing social conservatives with economic conservatives. Republicans typically are in favor of smaller government for economic reasons (at least, I am). We think that the Federal government is going to be less efficient than the State governments due to less familiarity with the issues involved and an overwhelming tendency for things to get lost in bureaucracy. As to the government's role in society, we all recognize that there is a fundamental difference between what is legal and what is moral. There are many things I consider to be wrong that I wouldn't dream of trying to pass a law against in the name of free action. However, some conservatives may consider certain things to be bad enough for society that they're worth criminalizing. Different Republicans will draw that line differently.
2) Huge military spending is something a lot of people see as necessary, especially in a world where most of our allies are spending a lot less on the military. Take the recent troubles in Ukraine, for instance. I personally think it isn't going to amount to much and that Putin isn't going to invade Ukraine, but if they did...what would happen? France, Germany, Britain, none of them have near the military strength to credibly threaten or dissuade Russia. We do. As for the other issues, I think you're misrepresenting how Republicans think the economy works. I wont' get in to the specific arguments here unless you're interested, but Republicans want a better economy and they think that both smaller government and less taxes (across the board, which includes the rich) both facilitate that. You may disagree, but there is no hypocrisy here.
3) I have never met a conservative who opposes same-sex marriage but is in favor of divorce or premarital sex. Same-sex marriage happens to be a political issue right now; that's why you hear about it a lot more. For my own part, I think it's beneficial to have an institution devoted to a stable romantic relationship organized around the raising and care of children, but I don't think making divorce, same-sex marriage, or premarital sex illegal are good ideas (complicated, don't want to get in to right now).
4) As above, there's a difference between what is moral and what is legal and people make that distinction in different places. I don't think it's hypocrisy to disagree on where to draw the line.
5) Many of the Republicans in your life probably have a very different idea of the importance of life than you do. For them, an embryo is valuable because it is a live human being (ideas of "personhood" aside, that's a whole other discussion) and a hardened criminal is no less valuable in that sense. However, a criminal has, through free choice, betrayed his/her commitment to society and some punishment is required. Depending on the severity of the crime the death penalty may be appropriate. My own view is that every human life is valuable and that the only time the death penalty would be appropriate is if keeping a criminal alive is, somehow, a great danger to others (even if locked up). I can't think of any actual examples here, but a fictional character like The Joker may be deserving of the death penalty.
To sum up, I think what you are interpreting as hypocrisy is merely difference of opinion, but the issues are complex enough that you can round off their beliefs to things that seem contradictory. I could do the same thing to liberals, here are a few examples:
1) Liberals claim to uphold free action for everyone, but they want to force religious institutions to perform gay marriages against their wishes.
2) Liberals claim to hold life as valuable, but want to slaughter the most innocent among us (children in the womb).
3) Liberals claim to want equality, but they are in favor of affirmative action, which discriminates against white males.
Obviously I don't believe any of those 3 statements are true, but they seem plausible on first glance. A real liberal would (correctly) claim that I was simplifying, misinterpreting, and (perhaps deliberately) misunderstanding their positions. I think you are doing the same thing to Republicans.
I apologize for the length of the response. I'm in the middle of lab work right now and typed this up without sufficient time to proof-read. Please forgive any spelling errors or poorly written sentences. Let me know if you want to get into any of the issues in greater depth. | Each of these issues is much more complex than you're making it sound and you're approximating conservative beliefs as contradictory but, in reality, they aren't. |
Emicon | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cg1n982 | Person who grew up with a younger brother with severe disabilities here. Also have a grandma and an uncle with disabilities, too. This is a question I often wonder myself, but I'm going to make my best effort to help take you into my world. I should clarify that not all people with disabilities are as challenged as my brother, but I think the fears and emotions are still the same.
Hardly anyone willingly chooses this, god knows we never did. We all have an assumption that we will grow up, raise our kids, send them to a nice college. There will be some drama, but everything's going to be all right... so we think. Most people never consider this life an option. They don't anticipate a moment where their child might accidentally stray out into a street and might not see the car. They don't anticipate a moment after many long hours of labor that their son might have a freak genetic disorder. But these things happen to our families, whether we asked for them or not.
Don't get us wrong. We mourn the loss of a typical life. Dreams of an honor roll student? Gone. Hours of going out, throwing footballs and fishing at the lake? Gone. Laughing at all the dumb shit he and his friends do when they're over at your house? Not happening. Meeting the girlfriend? You know better than to hope. We DO wish that our loved ones could run, read, communicate with our words, but they are what they are. They never chose it, but there you are. Some families cannot handle this loss and they will mourn it for as long as they care for their child. I've seen these... all they talk about is their hardships, how they can never do the things they want. They're like the morbidly obese person you know that has all these health problems, but will never change their diet or go to the gym. Sometimes it's a damn competition to see who has it worse. This depression drives them mad, and understandably so.
My family wasn't like that. We collectively agreed, "Well, this sucks," but we never took the time to feel sorry for ourselves. We resolved to do our best to be like everyone else. We take my brother out to eat, to Disney World, to visit relatives... we do everything typically developing people can. We also try to give him the best education we can (therapy, teaching functional skills, limited sign language, anything that might help). We know damn well he's never going to be at our level, but that doesn't mean we're not going to try. Anything we would have given a typically developing student, he's going to get too. Somewhere along the way, you discover that even though they'll never be able to take care of themselves, there's still merits. They still smile, laugh, and are sometimes better people to be around than you are. Just because they can't write an essay detailing their love, they still get their meaning across when they hug you after you've been gone for months. They still know happiness, joy, frustration, loneliness... they just communicate it differently and you learn to understand them.
I would say our family is far from miserable... and we've seen some shit.
Anyway, to | People find joy in raising children with disabilities not because they want to, but because they HAVE to. If we focus on everything that is wrong with that person and our lives, it will easily drive us to depression and misery. Along the way, we find fulfillment and decide it's not so bad. It's not a realization we reach overnight.
If you want a better idea of what it's like to have a child or relative with disabilities, I found [this poem]( describes it pretty well. |
NoeticIntelligence | changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cg1zziz | It goes wider than that I believe.
Recent research has shown that [couples without children are happier]( Its just one study so its not very conclusive but there is a need in modern society to just "feel so blessed" by having children.
For some people there is also a religious component to this.
So even though a child is a small sociopath that wont let you sleep,
spends tons of your savings etc etc, we must be grateful for our little
angles. and I am sure a lot of people feel they are.
When you end up with a child that mentally handicapped, physically handicapped or both, you take on a lot more work than regular parents
have, but again you are required to tell everyone that its wonderful
and how special their child is. But behind the scenes there is a lot
of pain, extremely hard work, even more money going out.
I have known two families who had children with disabilities that I were very close to. And the children do feel joy sometimes. and they do love them very much, but they are also honest at least with me that its a hell of a job.
The edge cases we get now with the possibilities of ending a pregnancy if the child is found to have certain defects. This makes a lot of people feel like we are calling them subhuman and how they would never exist if such things were common years ago. And how we will rob those kids of their existence.
I find this to be a very difficult question. It would seem on the face of it that being able to have healthy children would be a great thing. | Whilst parents may act like its the greatest thing because of pressure from society. I dont think they really feel that way when alone and honest. |
We_Are_Legion | worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cg44cx0 | It actually blows my mind that America was ever close to Pakistan.
Its not that hard. The US-Pak alliance was filled with pitfalls and pushing the limits of the latter, and thus like any rational country watching its own interests, Pakistan behaved the way it did. It actually blows my mind the simplistic view on Pak-US ties most Americans hold, or expect loyalty from PK as if like a dog, even though the US's treatment of Pakistan has not been kind or compassionate either. If I had to give a | I'd describe it as a stronger country using and manipulating the other(among many countries in the world during the cold war) while the latter returns the favour in its own way.
It has been a largely terrible deal for both sides in different areas(more for Pakistan), yet a necessary one in others. This is not a relationship of love, but of aligning needs and interests. |
otmai-reads | relationships | t5_2qjvn | cg4xclc | disclaimer: M here)
While I understand where you're coming from, I think you're letting yourself think too much of it.
First and foremost: it's OK for him to manage his money as he wishes to — so if he bought the ring because he wanted to, it's also OK if he wants to buy a separate engagement ring (if/when he decides to propose).
If you're worried about the amount being spent on such an item, just let him know that you worry. Take care to communicate clearly that you really liked the gift, but worry about the cost so he understands that's it's just an opinion on finances.
Regarding a proposal, I really don't think you should bring that up if it hasn't naturally been the subject of a conversation until now.
As time goes by, what both of you expect from the relationship will naturally come up and you can raise the question about this vs a different ring then. | it's his choice, don't worry about it. If the price worries you, let him know that. |