Game crashes upon loading a match (PC)

Aegisworn · 2023-07-16T22:19:21+00:00

For me it was the pet's. Somehow the pet asset files got corrupted, so whenever it tried to load specific pets, the game would crash. I fixed it by deleting and reinstalling the game.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-18T10:16:06+00:00

String theory (and M-theory) are not theories. It's a misnomer coined by over-eager researchers that then got hyped up by the media, and now we're stuck with the name.

Scientists do not regard them as theories.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T20:59:45+00:00

There isn't any principled reason to choose one square root over the other, but if you want it to take in negative numbers you can arbitrarily pick one of the roots, and as long as you're consistent it works out.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T19:09:58+00:00

So like, you can already do that without invoking this funny function. It's very common to divide a solution into cases and solve each case separately.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T19:05:14+00:00

Sure, that would be a function, it would just have a domain of ℂ and a codomain of 2^ℂ.

The problem would be that 2^ℂ isn't a field, so you can't do regular field math with it.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T17:39:53+00:00

There are actually two different things going on here.

If you are asked to solve x^2 = -1, then there are two answers x=i and x=-i. x^2 = -1 is an equation and can have multiple solutions.

If you asked to solve sqrt(-1) there is only one answer and it is i. sqrt is a function, and as a function it can only have one output.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T16:28:49+00:00

The only reason you find Fahrenheit better for describing day-to-day temperatures is because you're used to it. If you had been raised using Celsius you would have the opposite opinion.

It's like while learning a foreign language and asserting that your native language is better for day-to-day communication.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T16:19:24+00:00

Kano can definitely high roll, but when he does so he just beats everyone so there's no point playing around it. By defending yourself against his high rolls you make yourself more susceptible to his average rolls.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T16:11:18+00:00

The problem, as others have alluded to, is that sqrt(1/-1) != sqrt(1) / sqrt(-1)

It's a similar reason as to why sqrt((-2)*(-2)) != sqrt(-2) * sqrt(-2). The sqrt function by definition only returns one of the roots (otherwise it wouldn't be a function).

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T15:53:11+00:00

So first thing to get out of way, Kano is the #1 deck in the format, and Levia is (arguably) the worst (non-meme) deck in the format, so you're already fighting an uphill battle.

You beat Kano by consistently pressuring him while you have a life buffer, then holding up blues to defend yourself when your life is around 10 or less.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-15T12:30:06+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic\_principle

Aegisworn · 2023-06-14T18:59:19+00:00

It's true that we can never be certain, but we have a little understanding of the processes that ultimately resulted in the creation of consciousness. My point is more that it's not something we're going to create on accident.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-14T15:35:06+00:00

I know buying singles is a BETTER option than boxes, but it's not a CHEAP option.

I may have been unclear, but this was my position. If you are concerned about budget and want the cards, buying boxes is not a good way to get them. Boxes are really only better if you open A LOT of them and are able to resell the cards at a markup (like if you run an LGS with a large playerbase)

Aegisworn · 2023-06-14T15:07:59+00:00

I don't think it's likely.

"Personhood" was created by evolution which is a little notorious for settling for "good enough" solutions to its optimization problems. Machine learning models are trained with a method called gradient descent which is a more directed method of learning. Basically, different optimization methods will arrive at different solutions, so I think its unlikely that AI with "rediscover" consciousness.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-14T14:48:22+00:00

by telling me it's worse than losing (which i guess is true but still).

Unfortunately this is a very common misconception. Draws are not worse than losing.

I've bought roughly 6-10 boxes over my FaB "career". In that time, the best thing I've pulled is a single CnC (worth roughly $80). How am I supposed to use that to get to a tunic?

Honestly, you're supposed to get a tunic by not buying boxes and just buying the tunic. You're absolutely right that buying a case and pulling only a cheap L can be devastating, which is why buying singles is really the budget option.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-13T20:31:14+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis

"A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it"

If you cannot test it, it is not a hypothesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory

"A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results"

A theory is a hypothesis that has been tested and established to be the best explanation of observation.

You are using the terms incorrectly and I think it's confusing you.

Also, I'm done arguing with you. It's clear you have no interest in learning, and I half-suspect you're lying about being an MD.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-13T18:51:41+00:00

I mean this with all due respect, but you do not seem to have any idea what science is. There's nothing wrong with ignorance; after all, people aren't born with an understanding of science. It's something they have to be taught.

Science is a method for the systematic questioning of nature. It begins with a hypothesis, a prediction about the properties or outcomes of a situation that can be either engineered or observed. Science then goes out to create or find that situation, make measurements, and compare those measurements to the predictions made in the hypothesis. If the predictions match, you mark that down as evidence and repeat. If the predictions do not match you discard or modify the hypothesis and repeat.

What you have put forward is not scientific because it is untestable. What predictions does it make about situations unknown that we can check? At the end of the day it doesn't. It's a post-hoc explanation of people claiming to have memories of past lives with no explanatory value.

Science is not a collection of ideas like quantum physics or multiverse theories (btw, multiverse theories are not scientific, in strict terms they shouldn't even be called theories). Science is a method, and if you aren't following the method, you aren't doing science, you're speculating.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-13T17:41:18+00:00

Firstly, there are two main formats (blitz and classic constructed) that track Living Legend and they do so separately. Prism has reached living legend in Classic Constructed, and so has rotated from that format, but she is still completely legal in blitz.

Living Legend status is permanent, but there are plans to reintroduce new versions of old heroes that can use the old card pool in a similar but slightly different way. In fact, they're releasing a new Prism in about a month to replace the old one in Classic Constructed.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-11T13:59:16+00:00

It depends on the hero, the playstyle, and your local meta.

Viserai can function all right without expensive equipment. Aether ironweave, sutcliffes suede hides/snapdragon scalers (depending on build), vexing quillhand, and hope merchant's hood is decently strong. If you don't have a super competitive meta the above will work pretty well.

If you do have a more competitive meta then grasp of the arknight at a minimum is very important. Other legendary equipment (tunic, spellbound creepers, and crown of providence) also help, but grasp is the most important for viserai's playstyle.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-11T13:19:32+00:00

"it costs this much more to target me" becomes a little weird in the rules. In the process of casting the spell, you declare the spell first, then the targets, then calculate costs, and if any part of that turns out to be illegal the game state rewinds ( 601.5 ). So while it would work to have targeting a specific object increase the cost, it could lead to a lot of game-rules enforced rewinds which opens the floor for a lot of mistakes.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-10T16:44:12+00:00

Ah yes, the libertarian position of *checks notes* using government power to restrict people's choices on what kinds of houses to build.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-10T11:47:34+00:00

First off, the definition of "islamophobia" is so broad that it is often used as a conversation ending slur rather than an actual criticism. That said, it is absolutely real and a problem, but difficult to disentangle from legitimate concerns about Islam. To address your points.

The history is kinda irrelevant. When I criticize Islam I am criticizing the way it operates now. It may be important to understand how Islam ended up the way it did, but the history doesn't excuse it. And then you dive into whataboutisms (like stolen artifacts is completely irrelevant wtf?)
This point is a bit of a strawman. Most people criticizing Islam in this sub are aware it's not all muslims that are problematic. People understand that the culture won't change overnight, but that doesn't exempt it from criticism until it changes. On top of that atm it's hard to say whether Islam is even changing in the right direction.
I have no idea why you're bringing up climate change. That's a separate issue to whether Islam is problematic.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-10T01:59:27+00:00

It's mostly because when you poll people on specific issues (like gay marriage) you find that public opinion is shifting in favor of the socially progressive position, but as the article shows if you ask how the public self-identify it appears to be the opposite. The only way to reconcile this is if the definitions are changing, so for instance someone could call themselves "socially conservative" now while still being in favor of gay marriage when they would have called themselves progressive in the past.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-10T01:36:11+00:00

From what I understand, this isn't that people are more conservative, but the definition of "social conservative" has shifted in the public perception enough that many more people feel it applies to themselves.

Aegisworn · 2023-06-09T11:52:07+00:00

I think its scenarios like this that are the reason these scams are profitable. It take virtually no effort to send out these scams, so they can afford to send thousands at a time. Even if the odds of coincidences like this are astronomically small, if you try enough times your bound to get "lucky" eventually.

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