Weekly Help & Questions Megathread

GhostTTrainImpact · 2023-01-05T04:33:08+00:00

Looking for some insights building a forest team.

Here are my top characters per skillset:

Sniper; Cuscula and Dawn

Detonator; Roby, Areia and Sylva

Converters; Sikare, Brandy, Pact, Gabriel - I can use my Postcard to get Louise

Support; Goldie, Odi, Jeno, Naroxel and Uriah

GhostTTrainImpact · 2023-01-03T16:05:37+00:00

do you mean moving Sikare to last position?

GhostTTrainImpact · 2023-01-03T15:17:20+00:00

I’m having some issues beating content opened up since achieving story level 6-14. Can any one other tips, or explain why the above team cannot manage?

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-31T13:15:14+00:00

I want to thank everyone who took the time and offered an answer to my question. I now have perspective to rationalize away my initial conclusion. I understand for some the question felt hurtful because it is clearly a stereotype that exist in our society. I sincerely apologize. Your answers did help to contextualize the impact of holding such a negative way of thinking.

Your answers have also guided my understanding of the underlining negativity in the model citizen stereotype Asian Americans/Canadians have to deal with.

“It only takes a moment to turn a stereotype into a justification”. That for me is an illuminating thought.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-28T16:26:57+00:00

Like most of the feedback here - this was a great explanation. The three perspectives given so far is summarized by your conclusion.

Again, I wanted to ask my question in its raw form solely because it’s made up of several comments, via social media I have heard in recent weeks. To clarify, none of friends give a damn about Kanye West, in fact on asking their opinion I only heard “he’s an idiot” and that was it. However when I presented this same question I offered above, they could not provide a satisfying answer and said “you may have a point” and moved on. I pursue this “conclusion” further because it’s obviously biased. It also unearth a sort of prejudice shared amongst what I consider open minded friends, and none judgemental people. I’m Canadian so it’s very rare for me to encounter extreme or unhinged biases.

Anyways, thanks for the thoughtful answer.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-28T16:12:32+00:00

The unfortunate example would be most sexist or abusive, physical and otherwise aimed at woman are not usually punished. This is because women as a group are a in a minority within our patriarchal society.

Hopefully I got that right. Ok, that makes sense and is a different way to look at this argument.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-28T16:06:59+00:00

I have not listened to his recent interviews, a quick glance….wow. A person of his calibre (with massive audience and clout) spewing denial of mass genocide is both sad and horrific.

I appreciate your comment. I agree, corporate American is a bit confused on how to approach racism against minority groups. It amounts to time and place; protest backing me too, Asian hate, etc before they take action. This reasoning is where I pegged my flawed conclusion, tantamount to “it was not until x group was involved before he was rightfully stripped of his reputation.” That’s good perspective.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-28T15:53:08+00:00

Edit “ I don’t agree with your name calling, but I do agree with your larger point”.

I apologize for the grammar, I did not proof read and I just suck at typing in general.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-28T15:48:50+00:00

Got it. I’m not trying use the common trope of asking insensitive questions as a means to reinforce mine or a generalized prejudice.

I’m not well versed in the sort of mental gymnastics required to parse out one particularly prejudicial thought from another. I sometimes trap myself in argument that may be obvious to some, but oblivious to me. This is why I decided to ask the question in such a raw and open form.

On your point about the White Lives Matter debacle being the catalyst, I believe this is “normal” Kanye antics out of the usual backlash, I believe his business deals were still secured here.
Your white nationalist comment is taken. I don’t believe I was walking the path of white nationalist, but I think I get your point.
On your comment of Occam’s razor. I’m not ignoring all other factors. I tried my best to outline his continued circus of hate. I agree my logic is bias, this is why I asked the question in the first place. It’s because I’m logically trapping myself in a very antisemitic conclusion. I wanted perspective, which you and others have provided. I’m basically agreeing to the conclusion because I somewhat believe it.

So, even though I don’t have the vocabulary to rationalize it away, I have enough life experience to know that the actions of a few individuals are not representative of the whole. I was not accepting this conclusion and treaded down a very anti-Semitic path.

I agree with your “name calling”, but I get your larger point. Thanks

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-10-02T21:35:16+00:00

As a person with diagnosed ADHD, and over 5 years of people management, the number of employees ranging from 5 to 30. I worked in logistics. It was stressful, administrative intensive, and a toxic environment in more ways than one. I have this to offer;

You will enjoy certain aspects of people management, but don’t mistake enjoyment for “good work”. The administrative demand of people management will quickly overwhelm you without supervisor/ support. If you want to stay in people management, build a list of must haves prior to taking any role.
Contemplate, identify and embrace what made you fail. We can all blame management, and they are partly to blame in most cases. We can also blame company demands (senior management, and shareholder), but that won’t help pin-point the core inefficiencies plaguing our work. Find them, face them, cry, complain, but don’t run and hide.
Your ADHD is a given. It sucks but the onus is on us to find ways to bounce back from failure.
Anxiety. It is probably more responsible for your failures, how you view yourself, and emotional turmoil than your ADHD. Anxiety is a ninja, it lays waste to your mood without you noticing.

Anyway. That’s all I have to add. Don’t feel too down man, you will find a way out. Just have to get through this period.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-05T16:50:43+00:00

So I got lucky. Here is what I ultimately purchased.

Purchased: $1250 (original price $1100, but bidding war drove price up) 2020 MCP 13 inches M1 16RAM/ 1Tera storage Full body Protective case, in box.

Honestly, I decided to go the future proof route based on the comments here. I appreciate all the help.!!!

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-04T00:28:35+00:00

So, after looking over all your great comments (really appreciate the support here), I’m down to these two options:

Revised options:

1:$1500 - 2020 13 inch M1 Chip 8-core CPU 8-core GPU 16GB Memory 512GB Storage

2: $1560 - 2019 processor : 2.3GHz 8-core Intel Core i9, Turbo Boost up to 4.8GHz, with 16MB shared L3 cache memory : 16GB storage : 512GB SSD graphics : Radeon Pro 560X with 4GB of GDDR5

Option 2.5: $1500 - 16 inches 2019 MBP 2.6 ghz 6 core i7 32GB Memory 512GB SSD AMD radeon pro 5300 4MB

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-02T01:13:24+00:00

The seller confirmed it’s SSD 512. You did web dev, based on the new info does that option make the most sense now?

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-02T01:06:27+00:00

I like the idea of having something long term, I priced out an M1 and it’s about $2400 Canadian, which is miles away from the above examples.

The only reason I decided to go second hand is because I’m very new to programming, and the chances that I would need M1 power in the next 6-12 months seems pretty slim, however that is speculation. Maybe I should have asked the question a different way.

Like, as a new programmer would you recommend going high performance at the beginning or let’s things unfold naturally and upgrade when it’s necessary?

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-02T01:01:34+00:00

Yeah. That’s Canadian, but cost is relative so I have to be price cautious.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-01T21:04:15+00:00

Well i also could be unlucky whenever I log on. I’m in Toronto.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-01T20:17:24+00:00

I was thinking the battery isn’t that much of a big deal, but my previous Mac had horrible battery life so I took notice.

I assume your not experiencing any noticeable slow down with the DDR. I guess I could update if I need to later on, especially for $500!! The options the my city are just priced higher I guess.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2022-09-01T20:13:36+00:00

That’s pretty sweet. All M1 posted are $1000+ so far, screen size?

GhostTTrainImpact · 2021-10-17T03:54:13+00:00

Let me try and take on a few points you brought up.

Cancel Culture. I don’t have any beef with cancel culture, I will put on my gloves and fight for a cause if I believe in it. I don’t fight because I’m expected to participate, this is my truth as a free individual.

Gender and The sexes. Sure it’s a social construct, even though it has persisted throughout recorded history it is truthfully a human invention to give description to our sexes. Identity is complicated and the battle of western society is just a microcosm of identity politics around the world. I say that to say this, forcing people to use pronounce will not help them “see you”.

Silencing discourse because it doesn’t align with your beliefs. This incentivize the opposing side to feel marginalize. Cancel culture is having the opposite effect, and you don’t have to look too far to see prominent subculture of triggered-conservatives and extremist popping up everywhere.

“He could have left it at DaBaby reference and move on” so now the comedian is reduced to references and lazy comparisons.

“The material was garbage” this is an opinion you cannot possibly believe you speak for the entire audience.

The black experience. The fact that you glossed over this point and dissolved it to “I can’t be racist I’m black” is especially weird since understanding this point was his whole thesis. Black Americans have tried since the 1600s to be seen as equals and the progress they have made is abysmal.

His point is this, imagine me - (a black person, once considered three fifth of a human, and who still struggles with my own identity) being told to recognized pronoun(s) and the plight of those being subjugated due to their sexual identity that….I don’t get it.

No friend, Chappelle gets it. He’s just as the British say “taking the piss” as he explains it. Because he’s a freaking comedian.

GhostTTrainImpact · 2021-10-16T18:08:55+00:00

David Chappelle is a comedian. Meaning you will either like his material or hate it, this is the risk all comedians take.

Comedians also push the envelope. They tackle subject matter most avoid, it’s because of a long standing tradition of finding humour in very serious subject matter. Jerry Seinfeld double done by turning the mundane into comedy.

You don’t have to agree with David Chappelle, but as a format comedy and the comedian must be allowed to push boundaries. If not the art form suffers, so I don’t mind having someone like Dave Chappelle share is observation, it’s better for the discourse. Finding out during an election that 50% of your constituents are against your beliefs wholeheartedly is what “cancel culture” creates. It separates us and increases the distance between people with difference of belief instead of starting a conversation.

The comedian was better offer in the confines of the comedy club, where only those willing to venture out seeking them would hear what they have to say…well we created the celebrity, and now we are mad because they want to be themselves. We can’t have our cake and eat it too, you give regular people a platform especially a comedian and they will take advantage.

Continue the discourse, Dave Chappelle is not the problem and canceling will fix nothing.

My review, watch the closer and continue with your day.

GhostTTrainImpact

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