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> 4e greatly simplified the rules, which made it far more accessible and playable

I think it made it more playable as as an abstract combat game, but the divorce in presentation between the rules and the in-game fiction (particularly acute in the—albeit streamlined, simple, and consistent—way powers were defined) made it less accessible as a RPG in the deeper RP sense usually associated with TTRPGS as opposed to CRPGs.

For that, rule simplicity helps, but equally important is keeping mechanical actions grounded in the fictional world rather than abstracted from it.

And I think that's the unique strength of TTRPGs in a world awash in digital entertainment.

5e wasn't, IMO, in net a mechanical streamlining compared to 4e. It may have even made things a little more complex as an abstract game. But the presentation and the tie between the rules and the fiction was improved (and, as you note, things like class choices were given enough more weight in how characters played as to be more mechanically interesting.)

Incidentally, I'm one of the players of most previous versions of D&D (starting with B/X, missed OD&D, but played everything else) that it brought back to being a fan.
I'm not tone policing - I'm pointing out your tone.
My office mates and I have taken to a habit of calling out what we labeled "low effort criticism". Like when the criticizer uses in-specific language ("crud") or or points at obvious issues (UI on internal tool, rev 0.1). Months later we can mock our old selves, but getting called on it still stings. Sharpen the discourse skills
Despite replacing my iPhone SE with a newer iPhone, I have to say that the iPhone SE really hit a sweet spot - small and thin, but no less capable than the iPhone 7. My only gripe was that the fingerprint sensor was often finicky.

Some of us like small cellphones. This trend towards bigger and bigger screens has only made one-handed usage harder for me.
It was love at first sight, when I discovered terminator. I can have as many small terminal sessions as I like. Maybe screen is generally more useful, but sometimes you just want (for example) to see htop on many machines.
Blockstack engineer here. AFAIK Graphite Publishing will make your files accessible as URLs under graphitedocs.com, but since the code is open [1], you could run an instance on your own domain.

[1] https://github.com/graphite-docs/graphite-publishing
> The person making the claim has no specific interest in me or my prior claims, but is using me as a prop to preach to the more accessible listeners in the audience, and to their own choir. They are treating me exactly as I treat a piece of meat--a thing to be used to advance their own ends, rather than something of inherent value.

I doubt you'd see anyone arguing with you for any reason other than it benefitting them in some way, but it doesn't necessarily have to be because they are treating you "as a piece of meat". For example, I might ask you to reduce your meat consumption because in doing so you reduce your impact on the environment, even though you are a random stranger on the internet that I will likely never meet, because in doing so your actions indirectly have an effect on me.
>To my recollection, Amazon and eBay were the two biggest players that found ways to give people confidence that they could safely shop online.

This so much. I remember people's fear of filling in their Credit Card info online. And people who thought sharing Uber with a Stranger would be a no no.....

How time changes.
Neurogenic studies of alcohol addiction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607330/

Could you post a source that shows alcohol relaxes you?
For me, the interesting conclusion is that there are things that humans are mathematically incapable of knowing.
>I view ads as toxic and bad for my health, and I take measures to avoid them.

That's fine, but then your response should be to not visit the website at all. Not to take take what you want as you see fit.
I saw this in person; while neat it's non-functional and effectively a cool CES art piece
The stigma against smoking tobacco is increasing more and more though, and there is an increasingly popular and cheaper nicotine alternative in vaping.
How about Carrefour (53% outside of France), Aldi (owns Trader Joe's in the US)?

edit: 7-11?
Me too.

Even though I have big hands, I like a small phone.
Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete Facebook
Which product did you get?
YouTube long ago made the decision to just let some content providers run wild over their users.
Because the Phone Number, Mail-In Order Catalog and the Human Voice from other side of Phone are all Real World Interaction. With traces to be made that relate to Real World. On the internet Everything is virtual.
I think all these theories should be taken with a grain of salt, especially those that talk in universalities. People have many different reactions to alcohol and that changes as they age, their stress level, etc.
There are reports like this every year, and none of them have so far been accurate.
I somehow remember most of my good memories when I was drunk and buzzed. On those few occasions that I had passed out completely, I remember the time till I passed out, like the time I just barely reaching my hotel door, opened and collapsed on the floor.

On the most strenuous hikes or endurance activities that I have undertaken, I have vivid memories of the struggle, like I can remember feeling so thirsty and walking for most of the last 5K. I also remember how foolish was I to play an 18 hole the next day, without using a buggy (talk about male ego). By the time I reached the 18th hole I was about to pass out and collapse.

Nowadays I stay away from alcohol and just restrict myself to a single beer or a glass of wine. It takes me 4-5 pints to get buzzed and leaves me with a terrible headache later. Not a good sign.
You just said this:

>Rescue organizations typically have more applications than dogs (very different than a general shelter).

Implying that general shelters do have more dogs than applicants. Since I'm talking about a general shelter...
Apple: the problem for decreased sales is Chinese problems!

Also Apple: Removes headphone jacks, quadruples prices, sues people fixing their phones, removes fingerprint reader, nerfs nfc, replaces screws with pentalobes
Usually people don't need a program to help them understand why being deep in the grips of addiction is painful and bad.
I definitely want “dampness proof”
> Even so, I'd find it difficult to believe that any of them could match a properly cooked smoked BBQ beef brisket in flavor or texture.

The point is to have a similar abstract value of "tastiness", rather than having the exact same flavor or texture.
There isn't one. That's the problem, phones are feature complete.

I bought the latest XS max because I wanted the bigger screen, faster phone, and nice oled.
While the SE has great specs and the form factor is nice, the screen and hence, the keyboard is a tad too small to type fast and comfortable. I think the sweet spot size-wise is the 6/7/8. They make it harder to reach top corners though (but still ok). That's a trade-off I am willing to take for a better typing experience.
Lthforum.com's great neighborhood restaurant guide is probably the best food guide for Chicago: http://www.lthforum.com/chicago-restaurant-guide/

Yelp used to be (and likely still is) filled with people giving 5 stars to bad Mexican restaurants because they like the drinks and Thai places that drown everything in sugar. The GNR guide will lead you to wonderful, authentic, and affordable restaurants and will likely widen most people's perspective on the city as it will take you into all of the neighborhoods.
Maybe Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer iPhones.

Buy just as likely, as happens every year, unnamed sources make this claim, which later turn out to be baseless.

Why would they do that, I wonder?
I have a 6S and a company that will pay to upgrade my phone anytime. What am I missing?

You know innovation is slowing when I don't think it's worth the hassle to upgrade and it's effective free for me (since my company will pay for it).
The only sensible difference is portrait mode. X series are worse because Face ID has more friction than Touch ID.
Survey: Americans Warming to Use of Facial Recognition Tech
Discussion on this is already at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18858724
The nice thing about Blockstack is it is not dependent on any one Blockchain. It can be ported to other blockchains and has been previously. Right now it sits on top of bitcoin as it is very hard to perform a 51% attack.

if Bitcoin was under 51% attack, then we would simply accept the name state on the best fork. To learn more about how we would handle this case, you can look here: https://forum.blockstack.org/t/bitcoin-network-disruption/13...

Blockstack Core implements BNS and Atlas, the storage routing system for Gaia. Blockstack Core nodes form the backbone of the Blockstack network. Each node indexes the Bitcoin blockchain and maintains a full replica of all names, public keys, and storage routing information. This makes the Blockstack network particularly resilient to node failure---applications only need to talk to a single Blockstack Core node to work, and a new or recovering node can quickly reconstruct all of its missing state from its peers.

All Atlas nodes lie on top maintain a 100% state replica, and they organize into an unstructured overlay network. The unstructured approach is easier to implement, has no overhead for maintaining routing structure and is resilient against targeted node attacks. When a new Atlas node boots up, it first gets the index of all data keys and hashes of values stored in the blockchain. After getting the index, Atlas nodes talk to their peers to fetch key/value pairs they dont have. The Atlas network implements a K-regular random graph.

Let us know if you have any more questions.
"...statements made in technical jargon often sound absurd if you forget the underlying definitions." - the article
You can always be asked to install additional stuff during the set up process, but it still doesn't make sense why you can't delete them. Deleting the apps won't necessarily remove the installer.

iPhones come baked in with a number of apps but you're able to delete the ones you don't want to use.
European politicians don’t have to spend 70% of their time begging corporations for campaign donation. I believe this is much more of a determining factor.
Democratizing Web Design: Vlad Magdalin
Same. My wife does it so she talked me into it when I switched jobs and had to start work at 8 am.

I was miserable. I finally decided just to do the gym on my lunch when possible. Much better.
That sounds like a good thing to me. It would be unfortunate if going blind was more common
Why can't they just keep making new phones in the size of the iPhone8? Who decided that we all want to carry around mini-tablets now?

Makes me want to go back to a flip phone.
Unfortunately unless you are explicitly not soliciting business from EU residents, you fall under that regulation.

One possible consequence is reputational damage.
This is basically old news as it is in line with Apple's reduced earning guidance announcement. iPhone is about 60% of Apple's revenue, and they reduced their guidance from 89-93 billion in Q4 to 84 billion. So a 10% reduction in iPhone production is right in line with an overall ~6% reduction in revenue, which is what Apple announced.
How is evidence going to materialize for a gas planet like Uranus?
It turns out that people usually work more than a few years, and their salaries rise over time. It would be counterproductive not to negotiate the highest salary you could (because you'll probably go upwards from there).
Would be interesting if certain humans have these genes and some don’t. That way couples could be tested before committing to marriage and be more informed. Ideally though, people could know ahead of time what genes a partner carries before going further with a relationship.

This is one example of how using genetics data for a dating network can help produce better matches, and more calculated offspring.
Thank you for that feedback. You can find out more here: https://github.com/blockstack/gaia

We are looking to host a gaia website in the future to make it easier to find and easier for users to host gaia hubs in general.

Let me know if you have any feedback about gaia in particular.
Dell Might Have Just Perfected the XPS 13
> quadruples prices

?

> removes fingerprint reader

…and replaces with Face ID. It's not like they just completely removed biometric authentication.

> nerfs nfc

As far as I'm aware, they've only improved their NFC support as time goes on.

> replaces screws with pentalobes

iPhone has had the same screws for years.
With my iPad Air 2, I notice the slowness, and a new one with faster processor will definitely make a difference.

With my iPhone 6s, everything I need runs more than fast enough, and with a replaced battery, runs long enough on a charge where I don't worry about it. I don't need a larger nor faster phone. I'm fine with the Touch ID. So yeah, why should I upgrade to even a 7?

I will be upgrading my Series 0 Watch, so Apple's still making money from me: new iPad and new Watch, just no new iPhone.
An Eve Online corporation has been hit with a GDPR request from an ex-member
Drawn to Complexity: story of my own stupidity
> Why can't they just keep making new phones in the size of the iPhone8

You mean, like iPhone XS?
i have first hand knowledge regarding what led up to this.

As an admin/sysman have a firm up to date security policy in place, and be sure your employees understand it is vital.
some minimal training regarding how to recognize phishing and social engineering would have went a long way toward hardening the people aspect of attack surface.

The extent of damage was very preventable multiple opportunities to avoid further damage were not even considered.
> My only gripe was that the fingerprint sensor was often finicky

iPhone SE actually has an older, first-generation Touch ID sensor.
It is one of the most recommended books in book recommendation threads.
> Buy just as likely, as happens every year, unnamed sources make this claim, which later turn out to be baseless.

Apple doesn't publicly revise their estimates every year, though.
My bet on Apple is they miss their phone production projection and blow away the services and accessories projections.
Thank you for your service to our country.
I'm gonna notice that you left "remove headphone jack" alone. Because everybody, universally, understands that removing the headphone jack is a terrible idea.
Thanks guys. Getting better all the time..
The XS is larger than the 8: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size#/phones/size/Apple-iP...
Airbus has had drone defense tech for years. They can drop any drone out of the sky when it's miles from an airplane.

http://fortune.com/2016/01/08/airbus-technology-disrupt-dron...

The poster here who claimed drones operate on "any frequency" is incorrect. Like any other radio device, radios in the drones and their controllers can only operate on limited frequencies which are known in advance.
Two years of camera improvement are the biggest thing for me, low light and the 2x lens specifically are two big improvements from the 7 to the XS, letting me capture moments I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.

In addition the OLED screen is night and day: you won’t want to go back if you switch, but I’d say that isn’t a reason to upgrade on its own unless you aren’t happy with the current one.

All that being said, like others here I too would prefer an iPhone SE form factor with similar specs. Maybe they will get back there but I imagine it will take a long time for the battery and screen and performance to all fit back into the smaller size.
I use QML exclusively for "CRUD or business applications" (i.e., desktop apps with some kind of database); it works quite well.
In Japan it's not unheard of for a company to help you find a wife by hiring cute young office staff, arranging drinks parties etc.

It's definitely unusual...
I think the 4x4 MIMO antenna (for faster cellular internet) is the most enticing feature. Not enough for me to spend $1500 though.
Midazolam isn’t a pain killer. It is used for sedation and anesthesia induction but you’d only get that once and it only lasts for a few hours.
If you find it annoying to read, use something like Dark Reader[0].

If you think a voting system is a harmful way of deciding what content is useful, then what do you propose instead?

[0]: https://darkreader.org/
There must be some weird Yelp-fu to which I am not privy.

I have never found Yelp to be useful in the slightest. Yet my gf is able to look in Yelp and find great places to eat or find something we need. I honestly haven't the faintest idea how she acquired this superpower.
So pointing out facts is worthy of a downvote, huh? Yay, HN!
It's not illegal to grow marijuana in my state, and while I know quite a few people that use marijuana recreationally or medically, I only know of a few that grow it themselves even though it's not particularly difficult.
Tesla releases new safety report
Face ID is a step back in terms of convenience. It’s just one of the reasons I’m not upgrading.
Just sayin' - https://github.com/topics/hacker-news
They have to be off. But Controllers still Snapchat at times.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/268495-rep...

But more to the point, the poster I was replying to did not claim that the witness was working in the control tower. Merely that they observed a drone hovering near the control tower. Of course, they might have been far enough away that they couldn't capture a photo. That would indicate that they likely were far enough away that they couldn't definitively ID a drone, too.
Do you have any sources? The only relevant information I was able to find is Canada's list of nuclear-related dual-use items:

https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_p...

Which was used for its enforcement of the UN sanctions.

The list only includes very specialized computer hardware that can operate at very low temperatures or high radiation environments.

None of the news reports I've seen state that Huawei is being accused of violating UN sanctions. The US justice department sought Meng's extradition on the grounds that she committed fraud by lying to banks.

The violation of the sanctions would have been part of the extradition request if they were UN sanctions, as that would meet the dual-criminality bar, so given they're not, it's very likely these were US-specific sanctions, and the extradition request was made on the grounds of the fraud charge because, unlike the sanctions violations, it could potentially meet the requirement of dual-criminality.
The XS is 5 mm taller, 3 mm wider, and 0.4 mm thicker. Does that kind of difference really matter?
Slightly. You can feel and see the difference in size, but only if you hold them both side by side (as opposed to the weight, which is quite obviously different).
They were losing money on each sale but they planned to make it up in volume.
Of course if they made an SE-sized phone with an XS-style screen, the keyboard would be as large as the 8 with the form factor of the SE :)

I can dream...
Boiling, however, is also a key part of the brewing process and it does a smashing job killing germs....
I too read your comment as uselessly mean, and not at all an opening to discuss what it meant to be geeky.
Wired in 1997: Eastern European Math High School and Virus Exchange BBS
Well, you'd get a super nice OLED screen with much more real-estate, but with small enough bezels to not significantly increase the size of the phone. The camera would be better, the speakers would be stereo, and web pages would load slightly faster.

You'd give up a headphone jack, which is the big dealbreaker for me, but for a price of free... eh, I could see why you might upgrade.
The elements of journalism
Sad day for me. Honestly, I'm more scared of the negative economic impact of Amazon than Google. I am big fan of brick and mortar businesses.
On the ham radio side, Winlink 2000 is a mesh radio network that allows email transmission over radio frequencies. It runs parallel to the internet with nodes that interconnect the two networks. You do not need to be a ham radio operator to use the Winlink system - only if you intend to stand up a node with transmission capability. For more info see https://winlink.org
AWS is still no match for ORACLE in my opinion. I used AWS but dislike their billing methods. I prefer Google cloud when it comes to cloud hosting. That seems for me the cheaper option. Backdraw is one needs python or php to run Google s appengine, which works well ever since I started using it years back - africasiaeuro android apps
Thank you for your kind comment.
Still I have a long long way to go, but getting one problem fixed made me to push forward for more.
So what? That doesn’t mean that this time the sources are correct.
Well now it will be even trickier since they've decided to not disclose the number of iPhones sold in the earnings reports anymore.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/1/18053782/apple-earnings-q...
Hey, but at least you had friends and something to write with :)

Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
Such a heavy burden now to be the one
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending
To write it down for all the world to see
But I forgot my pen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXJLQntCP0
Anecdotal datapoint. My wife is Chinese and, due to things like being president of the parent/teacher association at our kid's school, she's involved in quite a few large wechat groups in China. They were outraged about this Huawei CFO arrest. Many of them swore off Apple phones and said they were only going to buy Huawei from now on. Over my last 10 years in China, I've never seen it like this. I expect Apple's growth in China has peaked.
That idea doesn't work for me because I know for a fact that I don't really need meat to live a healthy life. My wife is vegetarian, as are my parents, and they're all healthy and happy. All my nutritional needs can be met with vegetarian alternatives.

I eat meat solely for the taste, which, when I get down to thinking about it, is a shallow and selfish reason
Legalization hasn't helped. I have a vacation house (shack, really) in Calaveras county. There was a recent referendum question banning growing pot. It was portrayed as "you wouldn't want this next to your house/your wheat/your vines" but really it was funded by the pot growers who didn't want the legal competition.

It's a problem because I like hiking up there but there are no go zones where you have to be afraid of running across pot growers or meth labs. Fortunately at least they aren't interested in the higher altitude areas. But a good part of the land in the county is simply public land (there's only one town in the county) so you have to be a local to stay out of trouble.
Fail. A more simple way of looking at this is sustainability of the end product. Can an Uber driver earn a practical income and benefits equivalent to the taxi driver they are replacing? Is that Uber driving willing to work in that field/position as long as the taxi driver they are replacing?

Sometimes you don't need to be a math genius to see that major economic shifts incur cost restructuring that caps growth/penetration.
Because everybody, universally, understands that removing the headphone jack is a terrible idea.

I haven’t used wired headphones in over four years and nothing will make me want to go back to them.

I don’t miss the headphone jack at all.
The DMCA protection against false claims are woefully inadequate to the point of being non-existant.