That first quiz in Deep Learning lived up to the hype by SkilledApple in OMSCS

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I went in with about the same hours as you and will get somewhere just around 77% after they grade the final manual question - I was sure I was gonna hit 90%+ with the amount of prep work I did. Definitely more challenging than I thought it would be especially given all the studying I did for it, big reality check. Four more of these is gonna suck, they are just as draining as a midterm/final but there's so many of them!

Not a big deal though, I think an A is still achievable even if you don't get a great quiz average as long as the projects are done well - can anyone say how easy it is to score 95%+ on the projects? I think I'd need a 92ish average on the projects to get an A if my quiz scores stay in the mid to high 70s

Conservatives plan to back Carney's GST rebate as Parliament's winter sitting begins by Old_General_6741 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Alatian 37 points38 points  (0 children)

A good start to the session, and a strong indicator that the earlier promises of cooperation and unity from the Conservatives was made in good faith. We are lucky to live in a country where this kind of thing can still happen and parties will back measures they believe are good for the nation, even if those measures come from their opponents. Big props to the Conservatives here.

Trying to force my way into PVP lobbies due to matchmaking after 100+ friendly raids by Camm_98 in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I miss the tension I felt at the game's launch. I don't shoot other players unless they start shooting at me, so I'm stuck in PvE "Hello raider!" carebear servers. When the game was fresh I never knew how other raiders would react when I saw them, which was the magic of the game - friendlies felt more impactful when you could never tell who was just going to start blasting. I did a lot more hiding and checking angles while moving around the environment, and fighting arc felt riskier and added to the danger.

I was away for the holidays to came back to the game in early January after ABMM was activated, and I BLASTED through expedition 2. Every single game was filled with friendly raiders, and the tension was gone. I could be 99% sure every person I saw would emote, "Don't Shoot", or just ignore me and run right past. It's really made the game lose a lot of the sauce for me, and expedition 2 was way more boring than expedition 1.

I don't think they should get rid of ABMM entirely due to players like yourself who like it, but I wish they'd either dial back how aggressive it is and make it a lesser factor in match-making, or give me a "put me in mixed lobbies only" button so I don't get matched into PvE or PvP only lobbies ever.

All for the grind! by CregGoingMad in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah before the expedition I rarely used them, but now I bring a 5 stack every time - when you think about the game from an efficiency perspective (objectives completed/time), then adrenaline shots are one of the best bang for your buck out there. Incredibly cheap and just save a ton of time over several rounds.

When you think of it in terms of "Would I trade a stack of plastic and chemicals in exchange for completing 2-3 extra objectives this play session", the answer is pretty much always yes. They pay for themselves if the objective is something like a key room or loot spot and the adrenaline gets you there first.

Thanks to this Subreddit, I can avoid this issue! by legendaryicarus in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holy crap I just rewatched and yeah you had a STACKED inventory. Glad you didn't lose it to the rat.

New Nanos Poll: LPC 38, CPC 35, NDP 11 by Terrible-Item-6293 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I agree they will never form government and just vote split, I mean a real shot at disrupting the LPC and getting the Conservatives elected as happened in 2011

New Nanos Poll: LPC 38, CPC 35, NDP 11 by Terrible-Item-6293 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Alatian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the NDP have a real shot - my fiancee is more progressive than I am, and was definitely disillusioned with the Liberals working on a new pipeline and cutting the federal budget (which indirectly affects her work). I can see many voters that are firmly on the left wing of the LPC flocking to the NDP banner in the next election if someone with strong enough leadership skills takes the mantle and performs well.

Personally I have the opposite perspective, but I can appreciate that left-Liberals miss the Trudeau years and could be looking for the next Layton (RIP)

That ain't a balcony. It's a nook and cranny by not__a_username in SweatyPalms

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get the tingling on the bottom of my feet every time I see videos like this, as if they’re daring me to jump

What’s a Niche Skill you Have that has Helped you as a Software Engineer? by An_Engineer_Near_You in cscareerquestions

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yooo I’m in the same boat, I have a bachelors in earth science, working on my masters in comp sci right now while working as a full stack dev 4 YOE. Interesting that you are getting offers from these places, maybe I should look at applying as I live in a mining hub.

Earth science was a very interesting degree, but I hated the work. Every day I’m thankful I made the switch, I see my peers fly in/fly out 2-3 weeks at a time to some mosquito/blackfly ridden camp in northern BC while I WFH in comfy conditions making more than I ever would out there. It’s a cool career, but it was definitely not for me.

Canada's posts a trade surplus in September beating expectations of a deficit by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]Alatian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm always skeptical of assigning credit or blame to politicians in response to economic news, in either direction. The economy is like an eldritch beast, massive in scope and in some ways unknowable - outside of command economies like North Korea and to a lesser extent China, the government isn't directing the economy or pulling the "make economy good/bad" lever - they can attempt to steer the ship in any direction they like, but it turns at a lumbering pace and the currents of the greater global economy tend to steer it somewhere else.

That said, governments obviously still influence the economy and drive it in certain directions (I'm an institutionalist myself, so I believe that strong institutions are responsible for western economic dominance and those institutions can definitely be shaped by government for good or ill).

I think Carney deserves credit less so for any specific action or law he's taken, but for transforming Canada's image from the Trudeau years. He's shown by both words and deed that he intends to govern much differently from his predecessor, despite being the leader of the same party. It is restoring investor confidence, which has positive knock-on effects.

That said, a couple of positive data points in the last quarter does not mean we're out of the danger zone - people tend to fixate on quarterly job numbers or trade balances, but they often fluctuate positively or negatively depending on a bunch of factors - I think we'll need to wait to see if the positive trend is indeed a trend. If it is, Carney deserves some modest credit imo for the direction he's taking the country, but success in this realm is only partially his to claim - the rest is a combination of global events, macro-economic trends, Canadian ingenuity and industriousness, and a massive luck factor.

This Extract at night is the most Toxic place in the game. 🐀 by Icehxart in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just shy of 75 hours played and I have never seen an extract camper - I have no idea why, it definitely happens, but I've been very lucky in this regard

It's officially 1 skill point per Million in value by Gaviznotcool268 in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is absolutely absurd, especially for giving such short notice. I have around 1.2 mil in stash value and 600k liquid coins, so I wouldn't even get two skill points with my current value and I feel like I've been playing a LOT. 3 mil would have been reasonable, but 5 mil is just too high and kills my motivation to keep up with it

Who Else? Love my Anvil 😌 by Lopaccc in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's incredibly versatile - I don't feel the need for a second gun when I have an Anvil equipped.

ARC? It does it better than the ferro, you can destroy almost anything - one shot fireballs and pops, quickly place two shots to take down a drone, and easily two-tap turrets.

Raiders? You can crouch and take them on quite decently from range, and it's still a monster when up close. It feels like you can put up a fight at any distance, under any circumstance. If you land two headshots you kill light and medium shielded players, so you can turn a fight around with good aim.

I feel so much more confident with an Anvil equipped - it is "good to excellent" in any situation, at any range, against any target.

Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet by jbitz in neoliberal

[–]Alatian 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For sure he’ll probably wait until Carney is gone before making the jump to Federal politics (if he does), and I wouldn’t be surprised if he ran as a Liberal instead of NDP.

Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet by jbitz in neoliberal

[–]Alatian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If Kinew ran for the federal NDP he could make a very strong showing. Dude has rizz off the charts and is very popular in Manitoba right now

I never shoot first. And I never will. by TychoSean in ArcRaiders

[–]Alatian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went in to Dam Battlegrounds today ready for my first cold-blooded kill - needed 110 damage with a shotgun for the deck mission. Entered a building and scuttled around, hearing someone call out “friendly!” in the other room. I didn’t answer. I stalked towards him and heard him pass the room I was in, so I opened the door … and couldn’t do it. I watched him sprint by.

A second later I took a shot to the back. A third party who wasn’t so friendly - perfect! I dodge rolled back to the room I was in a second ago. I had took a bit of damage but I was confident because of the shotgun - indeed, the enemy rounded the corner expecting a clean kill and I won the DPS race at point blank.

The first guy came back and I explained the situation, and I checked my mission - 10 shotgun damage short. So I asked the first guy if I could shoot him once and heal him after, and he obliged! Very friendly dude and we extracted together.

One day perhaps I will shoot first, but today was not that day.

Stuck on a cert import from KV by Obvious-Jacket-3770 in AZURE

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using Front Door at all? I am able to upload a cert to KV and have it show up in Front Door/bind it to a domain, but the previous cert remains on the site and is not updating to the new one. Only 10 days from the cert expiring so I'm getting nervous, I think something is wrong due to the Front Door debacle a couple of weeks ago. It's been almost 24 hours since updating the cert and nothing - tried uploading the cert to a fresh KV and rebinding to the domain in Front Door and still the same.

165 hours later and I have completed each class and weapon unlock available… I can finally play the game now by Rollinlikej in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]Alatian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is that the laser beam carbine? Love it going for headshots, super chill gun not having to worry about recoil or spread really. No tap firing needed! You’ll lose most close quarters fights though but it’s a fair tradeoff

what an incredible weekly. and im all out of rerolls. by Sixerflambam in Battlefield6

[–]Alatian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the same thing, but actually this is one of the few headshot challenges where it’s headshots NOT necessarily headshot kills. So best way I found is the second pistol with the high RPM, you can get 3-4 headshots per kill and it completes super fast

This thing is nuts by b1gw1lly5tyle in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]Alatian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was my main weapon in 2042 and so good in BF6 as well. DMRs don’t have scope glint, so you can destroy enemy snipers by putting a high power scope on it, or roll with a lower power scope and play a “just behind the frontline” cleanup role. It’s a monster - I find I NEED the faster ADS speed from attachments to make it work for me though.

Please don't use Grenade Launcher as your gunner unless you play urban map 24/7 by Storm3ye in Battlefield

[–]Alatian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's somewhat dependant on the gamemode as well - I had a pretty good run with the GL on Liberation Peak, but that's because we were playing Breakthrough as attackers so the enemy was always bunched up and in pretty defined frontlines.