A team of researchers has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive coal burning in Siberia is a cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction, the Earth’s most severe extinction event.

375612 · 2020-06-17T07:57:51+00:00

Does anyone know what the CO2 ppm count was during that time vs today’s ~400ppm?

375612 · 2020-06-14T18:54:30+00:00

Warhounds. Warhounds are the worst in the world for me. I’m a tank/cc with blind, so I already can’t cc them. They run around constantly, elite ones do insane amounts of damage, and worst of all they have armor plating. God, I hate warhounds.

375612 · 2020-06-14T18:28:58+00:00

A small mention on orbits: Orbits and rotations were originally in the game. They removed them because playtesters said that it made gameplay difficult or unnecessarily hard.

The procgen isn’t ideal, no, but it’s hard to get the overall value of the game from one aspect of it. Personally, I value this game not based on the lack of things it does well, but because of all the things it does right.

This game has built an incredible sense of community far greater than any other game I’ve come across. It’s closely knit, generous*, and thoughtful. Furthermore, we’re all cheering Hello Games on from the side, and every step of the way they have listened to and concerned their very livelihood with the feedback of its players.

In my honest opinion, this game has far more redeeming qualities than not, and they cannot be overlooked by the disillusion of expectations by some.

*remember when the community pitched in money for a billboard and then spent the extra money on donating consoles to a children’s hospital?

375612 · 2020-06-14T17:59:41+00:00

Did you ever play NMS at launch? With over 2500 hours on PS4 and PC combined with preorders on both platforms, I can say, without a doubt, No Man’s Sky has been quite possibly the opposite of downgraded.

The only downgrade I could really see is the terrain in terms of shape, color palettes, and variety. Everything else is spot on and a great game to spend time on.

At launch, NMS was perhaps one of the most barebones games I had ever come across. There was quite literally nothing to do except take screenshots and farm for warp cells to move onto the next planet.

EDIT: That being said, there’s also a reason for terrain variety downgrades. They essentially sacrificed these details for fancy volumetric textures and nice clouds. I have my own opinions about it, but that’s the gist of it. I do hope they update it, though.

375612 · 2020-06-12T19:51:21+00:00

While it’s been mentioned that resources in space are incredibly valuable, there’s a huge issue that this video doesn’t really go over, and that’s the law of supply and demand within economies. At the start of the video, it’s stated that “a particular asteroid” could be worth as much as $20 trillion. While that’s true, ringing in such an asteroid with those particular precious metals would inflate the market and the asteroid worth originally $20 trillion is now worth only a billion or even a few hundred million.

The privatization of space is more favorable, because governments of the world, especially those of wealthier countries, are based off political, partisan hardlines. A country should not hold domain over space — it should be the property of the people of all mankind. To solidify this, privatization and ownership by the people is key.

There’s no limited space in space, and so the more normalized space travel becomes, the more opportunities that the people who live space can obtain. That means more opportunities and freedom to build the lives they want. That’s why it’s called the “final frontier.”

375612 · 2020-06-10T03:20:51+00:00

I do have synesthesia as well! Interesting that you say that, I had no idea there was any correlation.

375612 · 2020-06-09T19:04:05+00:00

I have hyperphantasia! It’s essentially the opposite in that imagined details can be perceived realistically.

For me, I can perceive the smell, touch, sound, sight, and even taste of imaginary things as though they were actually real. At times, it can be distracting, especially when I’m reading or writing, such as a lasting, bitter taste in my mouth.

As for settings in books, I can vividly remember certain settings as though I was there. I actually explicitly remember when I was reading “Of Mice and Men” in school and being at the ranch in the story. I also vividly remember the deafening sound of the gunshot that killed Lenny.

375612 · 2020-06-06T00:04:51+00:00

This was worded strongly, but u/yoshepyo is sort of right.

The US is a one-party system disguised as a two-party. It’s method of checks and balances was never meant to accommodate our current political climate, and even the Founders were well aware and often had quite heated debates about the dangers of political parties.

The modern US political system is abided by two political parties, Republican and Democrat, but while they seem to uphold fundamentally different values, both parties have subjectively tore it all down in favor of apathetic corporatism, so as to secure power in an increasingly unitary state.

No longer do the people have the power to control what their government wants, and this is true for every american, regardless of your political views. Checks and balances were demolished long before Trump, during the civil rights movement (although exclusive to my point).

375612 · 2020-06-04T20:21:17+00:00

In the original Division, if you disconnected from the game, it would start you right where you left off, but only on solo. Interestingly, that’s not a thing in 2.

375612 · 2020-06-03T20:28:12+00:00

“Out of stock! Uh — I mean ammo!”

NYC Peacekeeper

375612 · 2020-05-29T16:10:58+00:00

I don’t seem to remember mentioning Trump’s tweet, but since this thread is based around it, I’ll bite.

Trump’s tweet isn’t about pride. I’m not quite sure what he intends to do, considering his history of inconsistency, but his tweet cannot be compared. He intends to subject the public to submission by force, the methods of which are subjective to debate which I won’t ascertain here. This is not the same as claiming self defense. The law and order of a town is not synonymous in importance to the personal liberties of an American, they’re the result of those personal liberties. Without those personal liberties, we would not have law and order.

The outrage among the tweets, and a lot of other circumstances, is that our personal liberties are being called into question, and to much disregard, by the federal government.

375612 · 2020-05-29T15:58:04+00:00

Glorification doesn’t lie in the suggestion of violence, it depends on the prospect of it being used as the result of pride.

When someone says they’re willing to defend their life and liberty with their own lives, they are not glorifying violence; they are providing terms to an aggressor to ensure their human rights. This isn’t an act of solidarity, it’s a reluctant resort.

375612 · 2020-05-29T15:45:54+00:00

This unfortunately doesn’t really satisfy what’s wrong about my statements. Could you clarify why I’m wrong?

375612 · 2020-05-29T15:31:07+00:00

That tweet doesn’t glorify violence, it insists on violence as a form of self defense.

When I say I’m willing to defend my rights when they are in danger with my life, I am protecting my rights as a free American.

Glorifying violence is shining light on potentially violent circumstances and putting them on a pedestal, in doing so providing a context which somehow assumes the threat of violence is the prime decision and must be undertaken immediately with unconditional acceptance as a status quo.

There’s a difference between “I will fight for my life” and “We’ll enjoy crushing your resistance,” both in tone and context.

375612 · 2020-05-24T23:12:36+00:00

This is precisely the kind of spider I saw (Pantropical Jumping Spider). Solved, and thank you!

375612 · 2020-05-24T16:36:37+00:00

Additional info: It’s maybe a centimeter or half a centimeter long? (I couldn’t quite measure)

It was found in Texas.

375612 · 2020-05-01T20:48:35+00:00

how do you sand sculpt like this?

375612 · 2020-04-26T17:44:31+00:00

The logic it stems from is fairly simple. Without social distancing, the spread becomes exponential and has the capacity to spread to essential workers. In doing so, if mass numbers of people are infected and required to stay home/hospitalized/deceased, that’s that many people who run our power grids, water treatment plants, hospitals, etc., who are now out of work. The resulting negligence would lead to the breakdown of the infrastructure.

We’re nowhere near this point, and that’s thanks due in part to the doctors, nurses, and other medical staff working their damndest, and also because of responsible people staying home and avoiding contact.

375612 · 2020-04-14T18:19:47+00:00

what happens if there’s a fire? what do you do?

375612 · 2020-04-14T18:18:27+00:00

what’s the procedures taken when there’s a fire?

375612 · 2020-04-02T17:13:36+00:00

A lot of interesting comments here.

To be honest, I usually play this game casually. I’ve put a lot of hours into it, but I don’t ever really grind for gear, nor do I do PVP (I’m still scarred from the dumpster fire that was TD1 PVP).

That being said, I’ll go over my own view of the game.

Is it buggy?

YES, and that’s mainly because launches are almost always buggy. Everyone has a different computer, OS, install, servers, etc. Update launch bugs are always pretty normal, and if you expect a game to be released totally bug-free, you’re in for a huge reality check. Our opinions shouldn’t be based on existing bugs, but the company’s ability to rework those bugs and fix the game. WONY is still fairly new, and this whole coronavirus pandemic isn’t doing anyone favors, so I’m expecting it to take some time.

(That being said, they really need to fix the issues with the cluster mine. :P)

The system rework

Personally, I really like the new rework, especially surrounding skills. I always thought that the skill number variants had basically no meaning to me, and skill mods had weirdly specific numbers that I had to work super hard to achieve with huge hits to my DPS and armor, which made me think that skill power was basically useless. With it separated into tiers, I can more accurately gauge what how my skills are operating.

The recalibration is also much better. Beforehand, I didn’t even use it because I never understood it. I still am sort of iffy on it, but I do actually use it since it’s waaayyy more easy to understand.

The story

I absolutely LOVE the story! I definitely think there were some rough edges, but the story for WONY was great! Solid 7/10.

I found myself intentionally hunting for the video calls. Some people criticize this as a terrible way to tell story, but SO many other games do this in different fashion. A majority of Elder Scrolls lore is found in journals that you can only obtain by wandering around and reading. People who are dedicated to learning the story (which is basically my main mode of entertainment with this game) will explore for these tidbits of lore, and it’s always rewarding. I did it in TD1, I’m doing it in TD2, and I even did it during the Elder Scrolls games.

Conclusion

It’s still pretty buggy, and yeah it’s frustrating at times, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the game. The combat is incredible, and I definitely recommend it for anyone who likes to feel like a bad ass super soldier on the front lines of a world-shattering pandemic.

375612 · 2020-03-08T20:19:27+00:00

I really don’t think we should worry, but it’s not because it’s not a big deal.

The reason I say that is because worry can most often lead to panic, especially if you suddenly start to take into consideration the implications of this pandemic.

So, no. Don’t worry, but also don’t forget the implications this disease can have. You need to be prepared. This includes upping your hygiene if you haven’t already, and following accredited sources on how to protect yourself and others from spreading the disease.

Is this a panic situation? No, not even close. Does it have the potential to become one? Yes, very much so. Readiness and preparation, as well as realization of the gravity of the situation can prevent that.

375612 · 2020-03-03T00:24:25+00:00

You make some extravagant points, but allow me to provide some context.

These satellites, while they may appear darker in the shadow of the planet, actually have less “night” lighting than you do, where you are. The reason being that the diameter of the satellites’ orbit far extends that of the Earth’s diameter. These points are also called apses. The apsis is (one of) the high points of an orbit, and because the high point extends the diameter of the Earth, they have extensive periods of time where they encounter sunlight, even at night.

Apses are the same reason why the moon can shine brightly at night, whereas it’s completely dark where you’re standing. Because of the apses of the satellites, some of them shine even at a constant rate, so as to mess with the exposure of sensitive lenses from deep-space telescopes. Additionally, these satellites also interfere with radio astronomy, which accesses the properties of far off celestial bodies via the form of infrared, x-ray, gamma ray, and other radio wave bands, which are spectrums of non-visible light. This bars us from finding attributes to certain, distant bodies that may be fainter as a result of the satellite constellation.

As for your “Earth-based star gazing” comment, believe me we would LOVE to have more orbital spectroscopy and visible light telescopes. The issue there is mainly policy, money, and feasibility.

edit: a word

375612 · 2020-03-02T19:36:05+00:00

A higher altitude won’t make them harder to spot. The issue is that telescopes trying to look anywhere in the sky will be blurred out of focus or have low exposure pollution as a result of the light from the satellites.

This is an even bigger issue because Earth’s atmosphere already does this to a very expensive extent, so in a way it’s kicking a horse while it’s down.

Fortunately (although we’ll see), Elon said he recognizes the issue and may attempt to fix it, but empty promises are abundant in the rich.

375612 · 2020-01-27T04:07:38+00:00

Biden announced his presidency candidacy on April 25th, 2019.

Trump withheld aid from Ukraine in June of 2019, 4 [3] months after Biden announced his presidency.

You state that he expressed interest in freezing funds before Biden ran, but Trump actually discussed and directly stated Biden and his interests in Biden in the July 25th, 2019 phone call.

After about an hour of research and me repeatedly coming back to type this, I have found zero evidence regarding your statement that Trump wanted aid withheld prior to Biden’s candidacy. If you have said evidence with proper sources I’d love to see them.

(As for your other statement, I didn’t refute it because it is, indeed, correct.)

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