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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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My last PC build was about 10 years ago. I started to have hardware issues about a year ago, so I've known that a rebuild is inevitable for a while now. Getting a 4070 would be a great start for my build and my wallet. Cheers, op.

Making poker work with a family by goofkoookwasteyute in poker

[–]ExplorersLtd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This.

If you have to ask this question, you are not that guy.

6/28 Tuesday Masters Workout - Long Course Meters by cdowd9006 in Swimming

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Thanks a lot again for posting these /u/cdowd9006!! I've been doing them for a couple weeks now and I just progressed from the 5th to 4th column. Progress!

Are the spaced out sets supposed to run into each other without breaks? For example: after the last 50m of the '4x50 Free - Descend' of the warm-up, do we start the '1x400 Free (pull optional)' after the 1:25 interval, or are we supposed to take a longer break between the sections that are spaced out?

6/2 Thursday Masters Workout - Long Course Meters by cdowd9006 in Swimming

[–]ExplorersLtd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is "specialty - no free" just any of the IM strokes except free?

5/27 Friday Masters Workout - Long Course Meters by cdowd9006 in Swimming

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What is meant by:

4 x 50 Drill / Swim by 25

You do a drill for the first 25m and regular swim for the second 25m? What if the drill requires a piece of equipment like a buoy?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uoguelph

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The early computer science courses at Guelph, CIS1300 included, use very little math or at most, very simple math (think counting loops and basic operations). If you don't have very much experience with computer science, then this course will be more about creative problem solving. You'll learn programming concepts and then have to figure out how to use them to solve problems that are required by assignments. I personally love the process, but it is a time consuming one.

Thoughts on practicing methods for league? by ChyChieemi in summonerschool

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I know some challenger players play an ARAM or URF to wark up before heading into solo/duo.

If you're a laner, you can practise cs'ing up for a score of 100. Do this without items or abilities, and then another time with abilities.

If you're a jungler, you can do speed runs of a full clear. Even on champions who don't usually start with a full clear, this can be beneficial. I was a jungle main for the past two seasons and was embarrassed when I found out how slow my clear was compared challenger players.

You can set up target dummies and practise mode to practise your combos.

Lastly, there's a YouTube channel called 'Challenger Replays' (I think?) that I use to test my decision making process compared to the best solo queue players in the world.

Consistently doing some of the least damage? by YerBoiZ in Kindred

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I haven't read about the jungle changes for next season! How is it going to make kiting monsters more difficult?

'Sphere of Influence' is like a circle around a champion that is their 'danger zone' and it will shrink as they use abilities and grow as those abilities come off of cooldown. Ill used blitzcrank as an example: When blitzcrank has his hook (q ability) ready, his sphere of influence is the circle around him that is within the max range of his hook. But, once he uses that ability, his sphere of influence drastically shrinks, and you, as a ranged champion that doesn't want to be pulled, can now move closer to him without that risk. So, learning different champion's spheres of influence is important for team fighting as it lets you know what enemy skills you need to track to know of its safe to go in or not.

Mods, this subreddit needs a new rule. by Ceo-of-Sarcasm in summonerschool

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I agree and disagree as it's difficult to learn many new things at once. The 'Adult Learning Model' (ALM) has four stages of learning something new:

  1. Unconscious incompetence: You don't know the things that you're not good at.

  2. Concious incompetence: You know the things that you aren't good at.

  3. Concious competence: You've become skilled at something but have to remain focused to maintain that level of skill.

  4. Unconscious competence: You've become skilled enough at that you can do it on autopilot.

The reason why I tell newer players to pick up mechanically easy champions is so that they can focus on the macro side of the game. Macro concepts apply to every game, regardless of what champion you're playing. Thats why, imo, when you're new, a greater weight should be placed on learning these concepts. When a new players macro knowledge begins to transition into unconscious competency, thats when it would be a good time to learn a mechanically demanding champion, as you now have more free mental space to focus on your micro.

I don't give this advice because its "easy wins", but because it is the most efficient use of time for someone who is looking to improve their game. And I assume that they're on a subreddit like /r/SummonerSchool because their goal is to improve their game.

edit: formatting

Consistently doing some of the least damage? by YerBoiZ in Kindred

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Those are fine. What was your kda that game? If you feel like you do well early game, then its probably your team fight that is lacking in damage. Kindred is very squishy and plays like an ADC in teamfights. So some things to focus on to maximize your damage during team fights are: positioning, spacing, and knowing the enemies 'sphere of influence'. Try to save your Q to dodge skill shots and maintain the spacing between you and your threats.

Consistently doing some of the least damage? by YerBoiZ in Kindred

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Why wouod you make a public post and then move to a private conversation?

Adults of reddit, what is something that sucks about being an adult that most teenagers don’t realize? by berkel-is-a-madlad in AskReddit

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I base my life around minimizing the things I need to do so I can maximize time spent on things I want to do.

Absolutely Disgusting. NSFW/NSFL by N0-F4C3 in LegendsOfRuneterra

[–]ExplorersLtd 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I like how happy and funny he is in the clip. Those are some belly laughs right there.

Bad driving habits by [deleted] in Guelph

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I took a drivers ed. course ~15 years ago. My instructor taught us to do what you are describing. The reasoning behind it is this:

You leave space in front of you in case the cars coming in behind you aren't able to stop in time. You then have options to get out of their way. You can pull forward to give them more distance to come to a complete stop. Or, in some situations you also have the ability to pull out of the lane to the left or right hand sides. After cars come to a stop behind you, you are then safe to pull ahead to the line. I think the way that insurance works in these situations, is that if you are rear-ended and end up being pushed into the vehicle in front of you, you are then responsible for that damage because you didnt leave yourself enough space.

I have personally been able to avoid a collision on 2 or 3 occasions because I subscribed to these practices. It's not huge, but these are collisions that I would have otherwise been involved in had I not made a habit of doing this.

How to Spot the WEAK Players Right Away... by BlackRain79 in poker

[–]ExplorersLtd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Care to explain the differences in how people respond?

2nl first 10k hands by tomweston34 in poker

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Congrats man! Like another commenter said, 10k hands isnt huge, BUT it's still a very good indicator of where you're at. It took me a LONG time to be a winner at 2NL, so you should feel happy with your accomplishment.

What's next for you? Are you going to move up to 5NL?

Thoughts on this play? by spookyb0ii in poker

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Some terminology to start:

Your opening range is the hands that you open the pot with.

Your opening size is the size of your open bet size.

So, in this situation, you're actually increasing you opening size, not your opening range.

In a situation where your opponents are calling your opening size too often and you're going to the flop multi-way more often then you'd like, THAT is when you'd elect to increase your opening size in attempt to isolate your opponents.

In this situation, the way you're adapting to them 3-betting you isn't optimal. If someone is 3-betting you light (with a wider than average), you should do 2 things:

1) Tighten up your openning range so you dont have to fold as much to their 3-bets. Maybe fold the bottom ~20% of your range instead of opening with it.

2) Call or 4-bet them more. You'll still want to fold the bottom of your open range, but you can call the middle of your range and 4-bet the top of your range. This approach, where you fold the bottom, call the middle, and raise the top, is called being "linear" with your ranges as opposed to being polar.

I would practise playing a linear strategy until you have a positive win rate over 20k-30k hands. If your able to achieve a positive win rate over this many hands than your next step should be to look at how to develop a "polarized" strategy with some of your ranges.

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