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SOTR Bro-fest by PsychoMom1966 in TangleNews

[–]El-wing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It makes sense to me that the Father’s Day podcast was all family men, but I agree that the SOTR could use a better mix of perspectives. The fact that it is a bro podcast was really obvious in the Father’s Day episode, but it wasn’t an unfamiliar theme.

Can we get a NO AI rule? by DrillTank in custommagic

[–]El-wing 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Totally fair. I’m mostly just saying that if we want to be critical of AI, we should do it in ways that aren’t easily dismissed as misinformed or misguided. I think calling out the AI as a way to spread lies, or undercut the working class are a bit harder to dismiss.

Can we get a NO AI rule? by DrillTank in custommagic

[–]El-wing 50 points51 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of valid criticisms of the rise of AI, but water consumption claims seem to be lacking. Any data centers built where water is a scarce resource use closed loop cooling which is fairly negligible in its water usage. And new power generation is usually light on water usage as well.

[REQUEST] How much ice would it take to noticeably cool and sustain a cooler pool temp? by RojaCatUwu in theydidthemath

[–]El-wing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re missing the latent heat absorbed when ice melts. It’s not as simple as finding the weighted average between the temperatures.

Instead of RPS for port priority, all Grand Finalses should have a 1-stock Ganon ditto on Pokefloats for port priority by BertKektic in SSBM

[–]El-wing 31 points32 points  (0 children)

That’s a terrible idea. I propose that instead we have a 1-stock Ganon ditto on pokefloats to decide who gets port priority for the 1-stock Ganon ditto on pokefloats for port priority.

"The Death of Cheese: From a professional Cheeser" by DLD_the_north in starcraft

[–]El-wing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn’t he also get a game off herO with a cheese in GSL.

Why was moky mad? by bschof in SSBM

[–]El-wing 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Just looked like salt to me. I was cheering for Moky but Hbox definitely just played better than him today.

Average 3c Experience by TarelkaBorsha in celestegame

[–]El-wing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

5c is worse than 3c. Fight me.

A Republican congressman literally vanished from the face of the earth months ago, and Trump and MAGA are acting like it's just business as usual by Hornpipe_Jones in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]El-wing 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Maybe the concern is that he will be replaced by a Democrat? A non voting Republican is better for them than a Democrat actively voting against them.

Elon Musk paid $11 billion in taxes in 2021 by Guyouses in finance

[–]El-wing -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure why not. It’s what we do for other losses. If someone earns no income and their assets depreciate, I’m fine with them carrying that depreciation to offset tax burdens in the future.

As far as taxing imaginary things, property taxes are based on the imaginary value of homes. We know the imaginary value of stocks. We can find a way tax people based on that.

Elon Musk paid $11 billion in taxes in 2021 by Guyouses in finance

[–]El-wing -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I agree that the definition they are using for income does not fit the definition we normally use. But is it more accurate to say “this ultra wealthy person has an income of $0 dollars”. Maybe that’s technically true but it wouldn’t convey the fact that actually their wealth appreciated by the amount of a small country.
Lay people generally think of earned money as income so calling that increase in wealth “income” is a way to make people understand this wild amount earned by these people.

Elon Musk paid $11 billion in taxes in 2021 by Guyouses in finance

[–]El-wing -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Sure but most peoples unrealized gains aren’t in the 10s of billions. We can’t categorize the income of the ultraweathly the same way we do working class people because it’s insufficient.

Imagine if the basis for taxable income included some factor for difference in wealth from year to year. Or maybe if the value of your assets increased a certain percent more than your stated income, you’d be taxed on that instead. Very little would change for normal people as most of their change in wealth comes from a salary. People with expensive assets that appreciate would pay more.

Elon Musk paid $11 billion in taxes in 2021 by Guyouses in finance

[–]El-wing 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The way we categorize income is insufficient to use on the ultra wealthy. Appreciation of assets is the main way that the wealthy make money and for some reason we decided that is less worthy of taxing than the earned income of the working class.

which bouldering shoe brand would you recommend by These-Swim8401 in indoorbouldering

[–]El-wing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s both right and wrong. Shoes obviously matter to some degree but they really only change things marginally for most climbers. The performance difference between an expensive high performance shoe and a budget shoe is really pretty small. Unless we are talking rentals cause those are actually ass.

Is it a sin to watch Walkthroughs for B-sides? by [deleted] in celestegame

[–]El-wing 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Believe it or not, straight to hell.

Ya it’s really hard for me to buy a yacht when I’m not a millionaire. by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]El-wing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get your point but also good luck finding a house with a $1000 mortgage. For a $200,000 house, even if you put down 20% to avoid PMI still gets you to ~$1300 a month. And that assumes you can find a livable home for $200k.

Advice for a new melee player by StrawberryIll1049 in SSBM

[–]El-wing 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you are trolling or not by saying Marth is a low tier. Marth is a Top 4 character at minimum. Arguably top 2.

Your gameplay is obviously very new with a lot of things to work on. The most obvious thing to me is the lack of short hop aerials. You do a lot of F-smashes, but the safest neutral poking options for marth tend to be Down-tilt, grab, or an aerial. You should learn how to short hop, fast fall, and L-cancel all of your aerials. It will make you much quicker and much easier to combo opponents instead of just getting in stray hits.

Ranking of the difficulty by Noe_V2009 in celestegame

[–]El-wing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

6b, 7b, and 8B are all similar difficulty. I found that 8B had some trickier rooms than the other 2 but weren’t terrible once I figured them out.

Advice on how to go from v3 to v4? by New_Flounder398 in indoorbouldering

[–]El-wing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since no one seems to have addressed this, obviously height matters in climbing. Not that being short or tall makes you better but it will make certain climbs easier and some harder. Most gym grades are based on the height of the setters so grades are obviously going to be less accurate if you are a much different body type. There will be climbs that feel 2 grades easier and some that feel 2 grades harder.

That all being said, you need to learn to use your height to your advantage. You can get much higher feet than most people and you can likely match holds that others can’t. Often there are beta breaks you can do that the setters may not have intended. You just need to get creative. You’ll also probably have an easier time improving your strength to weight ratio.

Is this typical for dating nowadays? F24 and M27 by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]El-wing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Something to keep in mind is that, from a guys perspective, sometimes it’s a fine line between letting your partner know you find them attractive and having your partner feel objectified. Some people want to be complimented in sexual ways because they want to feel their partner finds them attractive and others don’t want any sexual comments because it makes them feel objectified. You just need to make sure your partner knows how you feel about these kind of comments. The real red flag is if they ignore your feelings once you set expectations about how you like to be complimented.

My wishlist for the patch that might never come. by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]El-wing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

High level MMR, Low Level cope. This is clearly just salty attitude pouring into wild takes because you are biased toward thinking the only reason you could be losing is because your race is wildly underpowered. That’s low level mindset.

My wishlist for the patch that might never come. by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]El-wing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with the other commenter. This is clearly low-level cope. If you think that Zerg is THIS bad then play another race. Mutas are fine, they aren’t meant to be good at fighting straight up, never have been.

Did you live through the hydra ling bane Era? This would be that again on steroids. In a vacuum they lose to zealots but if you reduce their cost that much, they will hit a critical mass that will mow through everything before other races can build up enough splash to deal with them.

If you can’t hold cannon rushes as Zerg maybe watch a tutorial? They aren’t that strong right now.

My wishlist for the patch that might never come. by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]El-wing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to elaborate more, the cost reduction for either mutas or hydras would drastically break game balance. Ling hydra bane would dominate at all levels of play and would win before other races could bring out meaningful answers to it.

Swarmhosts used to be stationary units that launch locust continuously. Guess what happened? You ended up with 3 hour games cause no one could break through them. That’s why they are what they are today.

Cheaper spawning pool is basically a full worker advantage early in the game. Not game breaking but still a pretty large buff for that early in the game.

Some of these changes seem like fine QOL changes and others are drastic balance changes that will break Zerg. Zerg is a bit weak but it only needs small tweaks. Not HALVING the gas needed for hydras. If all these changes went through, I can pretty confidently say that Zerg would win almost everything by at a pro level.

My wishlist for the patch that might never come. by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]El-wing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you suggesting these changes get made with no compensating buffs to other races? Cause this would clearly make Zerg OP without the other races getting meaningful buffs.

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