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by chongli 2y ago
One is the good cop and the other the bad cop. They operate by different methods but inequality continues to rise unabated.
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by chongli 2y ago
I think the issue with computer (and console) RPGs is that they tend to have a very rigid goal state which leads players to want to optimize. Game systems that are more open-ended on the character development front can then suffer from “fir
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by chongli 2y ago
Japanese game designers, such as the creators of the Final Fantasy series, were inspired by D&D (having been avid players themselves) and they leaned pretty hard into the class-based, experience-based, level-based, and HP-based mechanic
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by chongli 2y ago
By reviving D&D, Adkison also revived concepts such as classes, levels, hit points, and XP, which gamify role-playing. That was not how we were playing RPGs at the time. In my experience the players who love the gamified aspects of RP
725.
by chongli 2y ago
This piece cites data on acceptance rates to support the author's claim that colleges are more selective than ever: However, today’s top colleges are considerably more selective and competitive compared to those same colleges generati
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by chongli 2y ago
Now they don't have any phones with the old-style rounded bezel. The SE was the very last of them. I have a 12 mini and thing I really hate about it is the sharp, orthogonal bezel. It's very uncomfortable to hold for longer period
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by chongli 2y ago
No, a conspiracy has a very specific definition that has gotten lost in all the noise: noun (plural conspiracies) a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful: she served five years in prison for taking part in a conspira
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by chongli 2y ago
As far as I'm aware, the cult leader targeted trans women for recruitment. I think it's natural for people who are going through many changes with their body and their self-perception as well as their relationship to society to be
729.
by chongli 2y ago
It might just be a weather thing. 10 year old cars in Canada can be almost completely rusted out unless the owner has been diligent about rustproofing and washing the car frequently during winter. It’s all that road salt slush that splashes
730.
by chongli 2y ago
I’m in Canada. Uber has different rules for vehicles here. Though now that I check the 10 year requirement has changed since I wrote that comment. Perhaps someone from Uber saw my comment and updated the requirements. If so, they must’ve be
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by chongli 2y ago
Uber requires that your vehicle be less than 10 years old and in good condition as well as pass an inspection from a licensed mechanic. You can’t just go ahead and grab a 12 year old clunker and run it into the ground unless you’re only pla
732.
by chongli 2y ago
So why hasn't anyone set up their own hard-fork community a la neovim? Just not enough interest in it?
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by chongli 2y ago
A gimp is a man dressed in a bondage suit used for BDSM sexual roleplay. Gimps are considered inappropriate to even talk about in school and business settings. The GIMP software might as well have the name of a curse word like fuck or shit
734.
by chongli 2y ago
Given that roads and tires experience the same forces under driving conditions (Newton’s Third Law guarantees this) I think it’s a reasonable prior assumption to start from. There are of course other environmental factors that accelerate ro
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by chongli 2y ago
You quoted me out of context by cutting off a very important qualification to my statement: given the same tires on each vehicle I don’t endorse the broader statement which would imply the same wear regardless of tire material. That claim
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by chongli 2y ago
A normal driving test was (famously [1]) done to measure the effect of axle load (vehicle weight per axle) on road wear. This is where we got the “fourth power law” of road wear. I think as a starting point, I would expect that tire wear sh
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by chongli 2y ago
I never had a PSP but also didn’t really want one after seeing my friend’s. It seemed way too fragile and complicated, not rugged and simple like Nintendo portables. It also had a bigger problem in that it seemed to be designed for (and bui
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by chongli 2y ago
Every time I've ever updated my MacBook or my iPhone to the newest OS I got a popup asking if I wanted to consent to reporting anonymous usage data to Apple. I've always refused. Am I to believe that Apple ignores my explicit refu
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by chongli 2y ago
Norway’s pension is backed by $1.74T in sovereign wealth funds [1]. I doubt they’ll have the same issues as Germany. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor...
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by chongli 2y ago
Ah, it's one of those other kinds of Trojan horses that don't enter the city walls. The kind that have to be invited in, yes. So -- I'll ask what the Rust for Linux people asked Hellwig -- what is your suggested alternativ
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by chongli 2y ago
The kernel is not CH's project. It's not his call to reject things he doesn't like anywhere in the kernel, including places he doesn't personally maintain. Since Linus backed him up on this issue I’m left with the impr
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by chongli 2y ago
You are aware this patch introduced no code into the main kernel tree? It doesn't have to. By becoming a single point of failure for all Rust drivers that depend on it, it becomes the responsibility of all maintainers of the kernel t
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by chongli 2y ago
They're offering to maintain it themselves but that's not good enough for long-term maintainers. It's like when a teenager brings home a puppy and promises to take care of it. The parents know that they will be the ones l
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by chongli 2y ago
If you're forking the Linux kernel then it becomes your own project, de facto, since you're taking over maintenance of the fork. You're free to rewrite it in Rust when you do that! Where is anyone forcing anyone else to do a
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by chongli 2y ago
People are free to think whatever they want, and, if they what to rewrite things in Rust or whatever language, that's how many of us learn! Yes, they're free to rewrite their own projects in Rust. They aren't free to force
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by chongli 2y ago
C makes a distinction between the language version and the compiler version. Rust does not. That's the problem people are discussing here.
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by chongli 2y ago
I didn't say Rust for Linux community, I said Rust community. Here's an example [1]. You don't have to search online forums and mailing lists very long to find countless others like this. The problem with the brigading (which
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by chongli 2y ago
Brigading has no place in open source communities. There are some members of the Rust community who believe C is obsolete and that C programmers should either switch to Rust or get out of the way. This is an extremely toxic attitude that ha
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by chongli 2y ago
Maybe they hate you because your wife chooses to spend her time with you instead of them? Then you’re the Yoko!
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by chongli 2y ago
You have to pay interest when you invest on margin and a margin call can wipe you out. Investing on margin is serious riverboat gambling, not retirement saving.

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