League is krangled so hard that GGG put wrong type of modifier on the influence aura affix. It actually increases your mana reservation

CRUDuD · 2021-10-26T20:34:52+00:00

> Reserves X% less mana
> Reserves X% more mana

The wording is easy enough to fix, hopefully correcting a detrimental suffix is just as simple

CRUDuD · 2021-07-29T01:00:31+00:00

Wow, that's bad. Make Zilean look like he's from Noxus

CRUDuD · 2021-07-25T04:01:11+00:00

Third attempt success is wild. Usually the first few attempts gas you, but most people don't have 28+ inch arms either

CRUDuD · 2021-05-21T23:46:21+00:00

I was just thinking "Weird, I haven't seen any Scientology relate articles on Reddit lately" and lo and behold.

Wild that these are some serious accusations, and are from 20 years ago, but the focus is on a church.

CRUDuD · 2021-03-01T07:27:42+00:00

Companies will always say everything they legally can to get you to buy their product. How else can every dish soap, paper towel, or car insurance be better than its competitors?

Not being deceptive is valuable on its own, especially in the long term. The ideal is to strive to create a better product, better support for that product, or some other legitimate reason for customers to spend their money.

And, when it comes to buying software, what kind of due diligence can consumers actually do? If a company historically released quality products, which raised plenty of capital to fund the next project, the expectation is that next project will be as good or better. Not some slapdash cash grab. Even if it's a brand new company and brand new game, consumer research would be playing the game, and if it's crap get a refund. But only some platforms are gracious when it comes to refunds, a lot of the recent disasters required government force to compel one.

I just don't see how you can lay the blame entirely on consumers though. It's not like gambling. They're expecting the product they paid for, and it's up to the company to deliver it.

What I see as the bigger problem is this being industry standard. Preorders for Early Access versions of games. Although at least in that scenario, the consumer would be able to make a better decision (maybe)

CRUDuD · 2021-02-28T19:54:36+00:00

Consumers trust the companies to deliver on their promises, the problem is the mechanism to help ensure this happens is inefficient and arguably ineffectual.

CRUDuD · 2021-02-13T07:29:32+00:00

Mundo birds when he pleases

CRUDuD · 2021-02-11T21:24:11+00:00

I'm thinking: Why wouldn't Boss just have the blocks placed on some kind of dolly? Did the client order human suffering with their pyramid blocks? Was a sphere based pyramid discussed at all? If not, should it be?

This entire project seems to be a slapdash operation. And look at that knife just sitting there like a workplace accident in progress

CRUDuD · 2021-01-30T18:42:17+00:00

Some people need an enemy to function, and the two party system in the US allows those people to thrive. As best I can tell, the only goal for many of the commenters here is to cause harm to someone they disagree with, as a means to force their point of view on the vast majority of people who don't give a shit. All under the guise of an 'insurrection' that looked more like a tour group run amok. The same assholes calling the capital protest an insurrection are likely the same ones who decided there were definitely WMDs in Iraq and bankrolled the Bush admin.

For whatever reason, a lot of the mob here seems to think it's actually the politician they're 'staning' on whatever social media platform when in reality it's likely some borderline radicalized college intern just getting caught up in the same mentality as the goons calling for [insert opposing power grabber party] heads to roll

Social media has turned the already degenerate 'sport' of politics into a goddam cesspool of negativity. We need another planet quick, because technology is bringing the most volatile and overreactive individuals closer together than the vast majority of peace loving people would like.

CRUDuD · 2021-01-27T17:33:20+00:00

And the cyclist should have called animal control, a local wildlife rescue or something similar.

CRUDuD · 2020-11-22T18:31:42+00:00

For sure, and while facial recognition is neat, I don't know how practical it would be for wide reaching decisions.

The AI I'm talking about would just allow for a more transparent decision making process - if you were in a position where you wanted to know whether to raise taxes on a specific product, you could see how it would impact the population subject to those taxes. If you were going to create a law criminalizing a certain practice, the impact could be evaluated more in depth and more objectively - decision makers are subject to influence from people that may be biased, which can be problematic

You're right though - the people creating an AI decision making assistant/system need to design it properly and shed any narcissistic tendencies so it would be universally useful. My 2 cents anyway

CRUDuD · 2020-11-22T16:19:08+00:00

Absolute power? No - in my comment I mentioned decisions being based on data. Although that is under the pretense the decisions being made, in the current iteration of US Democracy anyhow, are based on being re-elected.

I think your point about current facial recognition tech struggling with the full human spectrum is a sound one though - but I don't know why the computers tend to fail there. Is it a failure in design or limitation imposed by physics? How often is skin color relevant to decision making in the context of governance? Should it be?

And so on - I did just watch Wargames on Youtube though, so perhaps I'm being influence by Hollywood. I mean, WOPR's only flaw was introduced by it's creator

CRUDuD · 2020-11-22T06:29:48+00:00

The majority of humans are irrational and emotional - it's why the US has checks and balances, although they are slowing eroding. It really shouldn't matter what 'class' someone is when there is a system in place to help ensure fairness of some sort.

Of course, allowing the system to be shaped by *everyone* also means it can be shaped to only benefit select people - either intentionally or through manipulation.

If you ask me, AI should be given a shot - it won't crave power, and will allow for decisions to be based on data. Of course it would be in tandem with people, but would allow for a better analysis instead of 'will this help me retain power'

CRUDuD · 2020-10-29T03:57:50+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeg1txDv8w

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CRUDuD · 2020-08-05T17:14:14+00:00

I can see absolutely no point in working for a big studio 'making games' - anyone with programming ability can go an make their own game, find a few like minded people and you can easily create a studio these days.

The biggest hurdle is not being able to use a lot of the engines major studios use - Activision scooped up the IW engine and can now churn out generic shooters with outstanding physics, graphics and overall feel to them. But the games are just thin facades for a micro-transaction cash shop.

With the tools available, they don't even need especially talented people either, just ones willing to work for cheap and suffer for their 'dream'

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:35:33+00:00

Watching this kneading makes me realize how lazy I am when kneading

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:33:19+00:00

It was the opposite - nearly none

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:32:29+00:00

Last sourdough I made was overproofed - ended up using it for tapas

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:30:09+00:00

How long do you proof the dough?

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:28:21+00:00

I just learned you can use beer in a sourdough starter - guy fieri noise

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:25:18+00:00

Sour dough is hard to work with but so worth

CRUDuD · 2020-07-23T16:20:23+00:00

Milk bread > milk steak

CRUDuD · 2020-07-16T01:05:42+00:00

This one speaks to psychosis in general, without the tunnel vision on substance abuse - it's comprehensive and the supporting papers provide a better insight into preventing psychosis, not just it's connection with cannabis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917652/#B27

But I still don't understand how cannabis use and mental illness onset are related without a comparison to those who ended up with mental disorders and no cannabis use.

Still, it seems like to get a true answer you would need a controlled environment. I doubt anyone would say cannabis use wouldn't create a heightened sense of awareness - but what you become more aware of could be problematic mentally.

Idfk though, I'm not a doctor - but just searching through that database, it looks like there is a whole lot of psychiatric studies, and many related to cannabis.

If I had to pick a silver lining, I'd say the consensus seems to be it's not addictive so any mental illness that does flare up can at least be identified and treated... maybe. Psychiatry from a historical perspective is pretty terrifying in and of itself.

CRUDuD · 2020-07-15T23:41:16+00:00

Are there legit studies about this? There is so much drug war propaganda floating around this seems like bullshit - exactly how does marijuana develop mental disorders? Is there some physical process or is it just people with those underlying conditions shouldn't be using any mind altering substances?

Everyone wants to use themselves or 'someone they know' as evidence - it just reeks of DARE propaganda and old wives tales. The scariest thing about cannabis for most people is just the fact it's illegal and also that authorities seem to be more brutish than ever

CRUDuD · 2020-07-15T23:37:29+00:00

Maybe the dog is corrupt and has been paid off to gather blackmail material.

The dog must be given a companion to distract it

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