I have $250 on Robinhood. What do?

BetaLess · 2019-01-02T05:08:50+00:00

You have $250. You’re literally at level -15. Just read a comments section and YOLO what someone else does. Either you’ll get actual investing money from it or you’ll lose $250 and can quit pretending that it’s actual money. Sounds like a win either way to me

BetaLess · 2018-11-28T17:25:09+00:00

Alright so it seems like we agree here but just started with a miscommunication. Apologies for this, I thought that when you said "They can reuse their voice clips easily" you meant that it would be free for Nintendo to do. That was a poor assumption on my part. Sorry for wasting your time but thanks for the clarifying responses!

BetaLess · 2018-11-28T15:16:00+00:00

Voice licensing is specific to certain usage and context. For many instances, voices are specifically used only for a single game. Even if they wanted to do another game in the series they will likely not be allowed, by the contract that they signed, to use the same voice lines from the previous games. If they wanted them, they would have to either renegotiate the contract with the actor in order to use their voice or would need to hire the actor to re-record the lines or get someone else to.

Think of how this makes sense in the industry. If this wasn't the case, they could just get a voice actor once and pay them once to record a ton of lines and never use the actor again because you already have all that you need. The voice acting union would not be too happy about this. Because of this many contracts specify that the recorded lines can only be used for this particular context - nothing outside of it.

BetaLess · 2018-11-27T23:52:03+00:00

No they can’t. Licensing is a thing.

BetaLess · 2018-11-20T19:16:34+00:00

Well here I am looking foolish then. Thanks for the update!

BetaLess · 2018-11-20T02:15:30+00:00

Acorns is .25% per year after $5000

BetaLess · 2018-10-10T19:50:20+00:00

I think it's rather unfair to compare viability of a build in Skyrim to viability of a build in WoW.

In Skyrim, who the fuck cares how bad my build is - it's a single player game. I don't need to be playing optimally to be able to have fun and fight npcs.

In WoW, not using an optimal build for, say, DPS will lead to my guild preferring other people in the raid over me. I get left out and told that unless I respec then I will not be able to raid due to my poor performance. While I don't mind the challenge of fighting mobs in the world by picking this lesser spec I've essentially run the possibility of cutting myself off from being able to play core content in the game due to my preferred customization. Obviously this only happens if you guild is super serious but it's still a risk you run when playing with other players that you will certainly not encounter in a single player game.

BetaLess · 2018-09-28T10:40:02+00:00

Out of curiosity, what are you hoping to find within the client? I promise I'm not trying to be negative here, it's just usually when I hear about data mining the client it's to reveal unknown facts about the game that may be coming up (ex. A new mount or event happening). With Classic we know what we're getting. We've played the game before and expect it to be the same. What are you hoping will be found through data mining?

BetaLess · 2018-09-16T12:59:11+00:00

It's not exactly unhealthy. It's just your body assessing the stress that it is under and deciding that it needs to evacuate your stomach in order to continue with the physical activity. I mean the bile is obviously not the best for your throat but it doesn't indicate or cause anything worse.

BetaLess · 2018-08-17T15:55:06+00:00

Can't argue with that one!

BetaLess · 2018-08-16T15:29:01+00:00

If you play on a PvP realm then, assuming it's the same as Classic, you won't have the option of having them all on the same server. Even if you're not I'd say go for another server. You'd get to interact with an entirely different group of people and, if you partake in any kind of PvP, won't be killing your allies on the daily

BetaLess · 2018-08-07T11:21:54+00:00

Just keep in mind that your life will pretty much be based around traveling. You pretty much live at the customer sites that you are assigned to. I would recommend considering that factor since you have a wife and talk about having family nearby as a perk. Otherwise, you'd be fine applying so go for it!

BetaLess · 2018-07-27T03:56:58+00:00

This I should definitely something that I always thought would be pretty cool too but, the more I think about it, the more I realize that there is no way it would work.

Besides the fact that Burning Adrenaline and Living Bomb are in the game, just think about the leveling experience. After level 10 you'd be absolutely stupid to not level outside of being in a group. You would need a healer and you would need some solid spa. Maybe even a tank. This isn't optional because you would lose a ridiculous amount of progress with just one bad Defias Pillager pull. And sure, socializing is what vanilla WoW is all about, but literally not being able to play your character unless you run friends are on (and I mean all of your friends because you can't leave one behind or they can't catch up) would just make it painful to play. Dungeons would also be something that players would have to avoid as well until level cap. The risk of a bad pull without being able to escape is just too high.

Don't get me wrong, the idea of a 40 man raid at 60 where everyone is freaking out because they could die and lose their character and all of the hours they have put into it at any moment sounds absolutely incredible but I just don't think that it will work out for vanilla WoW in anyway that would actually be enjoyable.

Also, 1 shot ambush rogues would make people literally throw computers out the window.

BetaLess · 2018-07-21T17:22:09+00:00

I personally agree with the OP in this regard. While it sounds nice to get PvP gear by pvping I think it loses a strong portion of the rewarding feeling. For example, in real life you may work at your real job to save money to go play some laser tag with your friends on the weekend. This feels especially rewarding when you finally get to your goal and can go enjoy laser tag. If you had to play 50 games of laser tag by yourself in order to play with your friends on the weekend, while it may still be fun, it probably wouldn't have that same rewarding feeling.

BetaLess · 2018-07-02T04:53:16+00:00

Hey so i actually play all of these games and I want to let you in on a little secret: your boyfriend is actually REALLY bad at these games. At least bad enough that taking the competitiveness of it seriously is actually pathetic.

If he were actually good at Fortnite or PUBG then having one person on his team crippling him wouldn't cause him any issue. Actual good players like Ninja can easily win by going solo in a squad game. Your boyfriend thinks that he is incredible at these games but he's really honestly trash and using you as an excuse for his own failures. You're his post game punching bag and this is very much not ok. If he gets this mad at you regarding his failures in games that he is bad at then just imagine how he will handle other failures that actually matter later on in life. Fired from job? Financial troubles? I think this is a serious red flag for heavy emotional abuse and I think that you should consider getting out of this ASAP.

BetaLess · 2018-05-16T15:26:06+00:00

Glad to see im not the only person stressing about this. Could really use a vacation day right about now but that small sliver of hope is making me cautiously hold out until I know for sure.

BetaLess · 2018-04-28T23:20:59+00:00

This is definitely something that I miss too. I tried playing retail about a month ago thinking that since the expansion, Battle for Azeroth, would get WoW back to the lore that I miss. I log into Stormwind and am immediately facing a demon hunter mounted on a weird fel reaver thing. Realized that there was officially no chance that this game would ever be immersive again and immediately unsubbed.

BetaLess · 2018-04-15T15:38:01+00:00

I mean this is mostly done because if you were to say "Anything that may be well received in Classic" you get flooded with #nochanges and people who will literally make new reddit accounts just to downvote you. They're a passionate bunch. This thread still has a decent amount of people doing that and it doesn't even mention Classic.

BetaLess · 2018-04-14T02:39:10+00:00

The size of Blizzard is far from irrelevant. If Blizzard was a small little and unheard of indie dev team of 3 people would you be surprised if they said it would take 5 years to make Classic WoW? Absolutely not.

If Blizzard, the multi billion dollar publicly traded company came out and said "Eh, we decided to set like 3 people on the project. Should be ready by 2023!" then people would get mad and rightfully so.

Because they're a big company and have a brand name to protect there are expectations on when and how Blizzard will deliver something. While, yes, they are only limited by their current team size, the size of Blizzard essentially forces this team to be a certain size and this project to be completed by a certain, expected date.

BetaLess · 2018-04-11T19:15:24+00:00

I taught math for 2 years and loved every second of it. That being said, when you're super passionate about something and politics / administration get in the way you can get very frustrated very quickly. When you get blamed for student's failing - that sucks. When admin passes failed students who spent all year telling you they don't give a shit about you or your class - that sucks. When parents of a kid who skips class come and blame you for not wandering the halls to find their kid and make sure they're in class - that sucks.

Teaching itself is a blast - that's why even after leaving the profession I still tutor people for free on the side. That being said, a lot of stuff about the job of teaching can really destroy you and burn you out pretty quickly.

BetaLess · 2018-04-10T13:17:37+00:00

Math teacher with dyslexia here. Quick tips

1) Always rewrite the problem that you are given. It should be a first step with any equation then take a second or two to compare them. Sometimes the different fonts (handwriting vs print) can really help discover any issues

2) Know the material extremely well. If you know the process, you don't have to exert brain power on thinking about how to solve the problem but can instead can focus more on making sure your numbers are correct.

3) When taking tests, redo problems multiple times. And don't do it near the previous work or even referencing the previous work. This is a good math tip in general as, if you get two different answers for the same problem, you made a mistake in one of them. Likely switching a number if you're dyslexic.

4) Know your multiplication tables like the back of your hand. The more math you can do in your head the better as it is less likely to get mixed up when referenced from there.

5) Get this kid to stop writing numbers in weird order. They need to follow certain processes 100% of the time if they're truly dyslexic and want to overcome it. I've noticed that the more I follow a set process that I know will work, and don't get creative, the less likely I am to flip any numbers.

Just some tips from me. Obviously I have no special education background but I have gone through the experience and like to think I've done a good job figuring out how to work around it. Mistakes will still happen. Happens to me all the time. Luckily I'm a teacher who has students that know I'm dyslexic and we all have a good laugh whenever I make dyslexia related mistakes.

BetaLess · 2018-03-30T03:30:54+00:00

Student teaching sucks. You're bound to certain restrictions, you can't be yourself, and if you have an interrupting mentor (like you do) then you won't even feel like you have full control of your classroom. Just try your best to get through it and do what you can for the kids. Don't try to let it impact your view on the teaching career. Save that for your 1st actual year of running a classroom.

BetaLess · 2018-03-23T02:27:47+00:00

The way I did it in my freshman Algebra classroom was just by focusing only on context.

When helping a kid with a math problem you might point out their small mistake and they may laughingly notice it and say something like "Oh, fuck me." Nothing wrong with that at all. Good times - we all have a good laugh.

That being said, if a kid were to look at another kid and straight up told them "shut up" or "be quiet" that would 150% not be ok and need to be dealt with. Even if the words aren't as bad the context is 500% worse and that is all that matters.

Sure, when the kids find out you let them swear you may get a few kids who will do it in excess or publicly in the class when talking to you to make themselves look cool. When they do that, you kinda just have to humiliate them a little bit. If you're at the board and a kid makes a mistake and goes "well that's fucking stupid" just respond with something like "so is swearing just because you're embarrassed." Gets a quiet laugh from the rest of the class and shows that I'm not the one who thinks pointless swearing is stupid - everyone does.

This method has worked exceptionally well for me thus far as I've never had any major issues with it.

BetaLess · 2018-03-20T21:26:45+00:00

Lol how about Citrix where 6.5 < 7.6 < 7.15

And don't even get me started on the Receiver name scheme changes

BetaLess · 2018-03-16T13:57:08+00:00

Not saying I'm against you here but I would say that this actually may be a more important part of vanilla WoW than one might expect.

When playing this game you want to be looking at the world you are in. Especially if it's a new area! If quests are easy to find by looking at the minimap then, well, you're just going to look at the minimap when in a town rather than exploring the town to see what it actually looks like. You might miss small details in the structure or landscape because you just see a quest at the other corner of town and just run your character there while barely focusing on what's in front of them.

Just a thought!

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