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by Spellman 6y ago
Even better imo? Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It's a fork, but some nice quality of life upgrades and tweaks imo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredp...
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by Spellman 6y ago
Someone has unofficially ported Battle for Wesnoth to Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.alessandrop... The controls are actually not half-bad. There's also A LOT of board game ports of
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by Spellman 6y ago
The problem is that depending on your medical capacity, "getting it over with" overloads your medical system causing even MORE deaths. So the total number of deaths goes way, way up. Because in addition to the deaths from COVID-19
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by Spellman 6y ago
I thought that's the norm for NPR?
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by Spellman 7y ago
Assuming that this is true, then even moreso you should advocate others get the flu shot to help protect you. And yes, the flu shot isn't 100% effective. And yes some have bad reactions to certain vaccines. However, I find it extremely
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by Spellman 7y ago
While once they make up their minds to act they can be extraordinarily effective, getting to that point can be a mess. For a while they suppressed information about what was going on in the region, suppressed information to the outside worl
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by Spellman 7y ago
Bullets might fare better than gold in the latter scenario
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by Spellman 7y ago
Correct. And generally the seasonal flu is exempted. The best comparisons would be to the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic of H1N1 pandemic in 2009. Especially H1N1 seems a particularly apt comparison point, even though it had a dramatically lower
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by Spellman 7y ago
It is technically correct to call it a pandemic since it has spread worldwide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic Now, the amount of worry based on the connotations associate with the word "pandemic" migh
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by Spellman 7y ago
Rates are pretty quick on responding. Here's where they stand today based on a survey of lenders, down to about 3.13%: http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/
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by Spellman 7y ago
As I mention elsewhere, both can be true. The CDC itself isn't majorly affected and day-to-day operations can continue as normal following the standard playbook. Especially at the local and state level. However, the Federal pandemic re
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by Spellman 7y ago
Both can be true. From an on-the-ground perspective, most of the infrastructure is intact and the day-to-day works of the CDC is running as normal. However, it seems like the top few officials have constantly been rotated, including now Mik
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by Spellman 7y ago
There's already a vehicle to invest on "buzz" actually. The BUZZ ETF is traded and invests based on how often particular stocks get mentioned in social media and new reporting. I'm sure they're monitoring r/WSB
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by Spellman 7y ago
Considering the amount of time to develop and produce a vaccine for widespread distribution, I don't expect anything in place until next flu season if not the year after.
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by Spellman 7y ago
I mean, there are definitely those who are trying to exploit r/WSB to do that I'm sure. But at the same time, it's not like there's defacto leaders. It's more once the zeitgeist takes hold mobs of people will, for w
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by Spellman 7y ago
While it's mostly for jokes, it's also hit r/all enough times and has enough subs that if the sub jumps on a particular meme stock, they are enough to actually make it move. So, it's somewhat ironically become a way to c
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by Spellman 7y ago
Wait, no trading??? That seems to remove the only interesting aspect of the game! Otherwise you're all sitting around a board that randomly generates resources for you to spend and sorta get in each other's way with road and settl
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by Spellman 7y ago
I'd be interested in how you calculate it. Sounds like a great project. I've seen others that point out due to how the board is laid out which properties are most likely to be landed on, but don't think I've seen theoret
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by Spellman 7y ago
Alternatively, hidden traitor (Shadows over Camelot, Dead of Winter, Battlestar Galactica)! Then you can't trust the "Quarterback" because they could be LYING!!! Other games solve this via real-time constraints. Thinking Esca
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by Spellman 7y ago
Acquire is such a better game if you enjoy the idea of financial wheeling and dealing.
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by Spellman 7y ago
No OP, but I assume Risk is out. But Chess is OK because game ends when one player is eliminated. Therefore, no lingering players eliminated and standing on the sidelines while the rest play.
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by Spellman 7y ago
Nitpick on Catan. The optimal strategy is to trade with players weaker than you who have something worth trading. I've had many games where the "dead man walking" comes into effect because a player generates too few resources
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Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
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by Spellman 7y ago
By my definition it's meta to do opponent modeling since you are using information outside of the game mechanics. And you're right, for games with high efficiency and public knowledge you can often just grind through optimal play.
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by Spellman 7y ago
The trick is a ladder is often rating your fundamentals + meta abilities. Where meta is a boost on top of your fundamentals. So, yeah, if you know around the Gold ranking the meta seems to bias towards folks playing Terran using a Reaper at
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by Spellman 7y ago
Perhaps the best use of the meta, as noted in the article, is to help guide you to understanding what are the fundamentals to learn, and they help filter down what fundamentals you need to learn. Zeus is never picked? Great! Don't need
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by Spellman 7y ago
I would argue the meta matters a lot less than you may think even in MOBAs. At most levels, just being very very good at a few characters, even if they're off-meta picks, will do better than someone who picks on-meta and doesn't h
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by Spellman 7y ago
I'm actually assuming the world is incredibly non-static, and your choices make a difference. "The world has moved on" to me says enough people decided collectively X was better than Y. Great! It's amazingly fascinating
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by Spellman 7y ago
I do a similar calculus when learning a new game. However, I break things down a little differently. 1) How to win. What gets counted to win, usually VPs. If you understand that, and how to efficiently accrue them, then you're a few st
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by Spellman 7y ago
I break the tiers down into 3 categories. 1) Literacy. Can you move and shoot in the FPS? Know how pieces move in chess? Basics of the how to play. You must master these and make them reflexive to move forward. 2) Fundamentals. The emerge

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