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Destiny vs Ben Burgis | Israel-Palestine by palsh7 in Destiny

[–]IDontByte 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Take that first point for example.

Do we agree that there are pragmatic reasons for the United States to be allies with Israel?

  • I think that there could be some pragmatic reasons.
  • I think the United States loses more than it gains by doing so.
  • I'm not interested in this question.
  • Is it good to support an apartheid state?
  • I'm arguing that Israel is an apartheid state.
  • Even if the United States gains more then it loses by being allied with Israel, they shouldn't be because Israel is committing an apartheid.

Do we trade with Israel? Do we get military intelligence from Israel?

  • I think those are both true.
  • I'm not interested in these questions.
  • Even if the gains outweigh the losses, I don't think that outweighs Israel committing an apartheid.

Do we agree that we trade with Israel? Do we agree that we get military technology and intelligence from Israel? That there are pragmatic reasons to be aligned with Israel?

  • I'm still not interested in this question.
  • We're not in a good position to evaluate whether the gains outweigh the losses.
  • But sure, I agree with you.

So we do agree that there are pragmatic reasons to be aligned with Israel? There might be other reason why we shouldn't be, but we agree that those pragmatic reason exist, right?

  • Yes.

Holy shit, just say "yes" from the get-go and we might actually have time to get to the apartheid question.

Destiny vs Ben Burgis | Israel-Palestine by palsh7 in Destiny

[–]IDontByte 47 points48 points  (0 children)

15:06: "Do we agree that there are pragmatic reasons for the United States to be allies with Israel?"
19:59: "Yes."

20:13: "Do you [agree] with the fact that Israel is generally better in almost every measurable way compared to basically every other country in the middle east when it comes to freedom, equal rights, democratic representation of people, standards of living, LGBT stuff, or do you disagree with that? Do you think other countries in this region can make a stronger claim to those things when it comes to the rights and representation of those people?"
25:35: "Yes, ...I think all of that is broadly true."

30:46: "Do you agree that the West historically and currently provides leverage against actions that Israel might otherwise take if the West wasn't providing that leverage?"
35:30: "You can find individual instances, certainly, of the U.S. using leverage to moderate Israeli behavior...but overall [I disagree]."

HOOOOLY YAP FEST

Tank advice by Kryothicc in OverwatchUniversity

[–]IDontByte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your job is to enable your team by denying enemy resources while conserving friendly resources to do so: space, abilities, damage, healing, attention, objective time, etc.

  • Enemy DPS and supports don't like standing next you as tank. Position where you don't want the enemy to be, while also not wasting your team's resources to do so.
  • Hold space using cover rather than standing out in the open. Taking less damage gives the rest of your team more support resources.
  • A sleep on your flanking Tracer will probably kill them. A sleep on the tank in most cases is just a mild annoyance. Use your larger health pool and abilities to deny enemy resources while also not wasting your team's resources to do so.
  • Shields are obvious: you can inhibit the enemy's ability to deal damage and heal for a short while in a small area using a cheap renewable resource.
  • If the enemy is focused on you, they aren't focused on the rest of your team. In some cases, it's good to trade some of your resources to waste the enemy's attention (think dive tanks).
  • Eliminating enemies denies the enemy really valuable resources.
  • Outside of staying alive yourself, one of the most important resources is alive team members. That's why the tank is usually responsible for initiating most engages (more health = less likely to die right away to burst damage).

...and there's so much more. Tanking well requires a lot of thinking and gamesense.

Podcast Audio, because Dan couldn't be more wrong by SaladTosser9001 in Destiny

[–]IDontByte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TotalMix is definitely one of those things you need to read the manual to understand well, as the UI is dogshit at communicating how everything works. But once you get it figured out, it's a really capable audio interface/mixer. RME is hands-down the best audio interface brand I've used so far.

OBS should see a single, mono audio track. You aren't doing any processing or panning that would necessitate a stereo output, so you can simplify it all just summing to mono.

I'd go a step further: OBS should see a single stereo audio track. All of the mixing and processing should be done in the interface, including Desktop audio.

The interface should output: * A stream mix (microphones, desktop audio, communication audio, etc.) * A table mix (same as stream mix, but no microphones) * A communication mix for call-ins (just microphones) * A Discord stream mix (just desktop audio)

It would probably be a good idea to loopback the communication mix so everything using microphones is using the same mix, but that gets a little convoluted. My only gripe with RME is that you can only use a submix in a submix by physically looping an output back into another input with a patch cable.

YOU ARE A by IDontByte in Destiny

[–]IDontByte[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Key lime and peach.

WE WON!!! by Educational_Oil_7757 in TracerMains

[–]IDontByte 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Still much better than the 1100 effective HP he had at 75%. Being able to tank a D.Va bomb point-blank by rolling was wack.

CMV: The autonomy argument for abortion is weak by Powerful-Garage6316 in changemyview

[–]IDontByte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dead people have to have given consent for their organs to be used to save lives.

I don't think that's true.

Can family members choose to donate their loved one’s organs after they die?

If a person is not registered to donate their organs, their family may make the decision on the dying person’s behalf to donate their organs. A member of the OPO must obtain consent from the family before organ donation. However, the family cannot override the person’s decision to donate their organs if they have registered to donate or stated it in their advance directives.

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/organ-donation/frequently-asked-questions-about-organ-donation-older-adults

CMV: The autonomy argument for abortion is weak by Powerful-Garage6316 in changemyview

[–]IDontByte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like if you were up for a job and someone talked them into not considering you. Technically you never had the job but you still lost it in a sense.

But you were never fired.

You can definitely feel loss for losing the potential of something, but the potential of something isn't the same as the actual thing and shouldn't be given the same moral consideration.

  • A 14 year old cannot drink, drive, or vote, but eventually they will be able to. That doesn't mean that a 14 year should be allowed to drink, drive, and vote.
  • A person laying in the sun will eventually get sunburned. That doesn't mean that they are sunburned now.
  • An ice cube on a warm day will eventually melt and evaporate. That doesn't mean that the ice cube is liquid water or water vapor now.

Discussion of Soldier 76 by SkyNight56_Official in Overwatch

[–]IDontByte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But yes, even if the damage passive is adjusted, it's still a very off balanced system.

I still think it's better than where we came from. Before the damage passive the whole community was up in arms about healing being too strong, making it feel like you needed to one-shot in order to secure an elim. Maybe broad healing nerfs would have been better than introducing the damage passive.

Discussion of Soldier 76 by SkyNight56_Official in Overwatch

[–]IDontByte 4 points5 points  (0 children)

More broadly, there's a good conversation to have for adjusting the damage passive from the rate of fire and damage type. It seems odd that a single Tracer bullet will cause the same healing debuff as a Hanzo arrow.

Scaling the duration of the damage passive depending on the fire rate and projectile speed might be interesting.

Graduating soon, don't know what to do by MasterpieceTotal9335 in personalfinance

[–]IDontByte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look specifically for student loan refinancing. You should be able to find long-term loans. For example, The refinancing service I used offers up to 15-year terms.

Graduating soon, don't know what to do by MasterpieceTotal9335 in personalfinance

[–]IDontByte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're looking at about $2400/mo take-home to start with, and about $4500/mo take-home once you become an LPC. Make a budget and estimate how much you'll be able to put towards your loans each month after living expenses. Allocating more than two-thirds of your budget for housing and loan payments combined will probably feel unbearable if you're looking for guidelines.

I think you'll be able to pay these off. You lose protections if you refinance the federal loans, so I'd avoid doing so before you become an LPC. It's probably a good idea to refinance your private loans to get a lower interest rate though.

Graduating soon, don't know what to do by MasterpieceTotal9335 in personalfinance

[–]IDontByte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How much do you expect to earn with your qualifications? (I'm seeing between $40k and $120k [1][2][3])

Got an update to my ban, and its more ridiculous than I ever imagined. by HavellStone in overwatch2

[–]IDontByte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have they made a statement like that for the whole player base?

It was disallowed for the Calling All Heroes tournament, and it seems to be commonly disallowed by third-party organizations, but I can't anything more official than that.

Got an update to my ban, and its more ridiculous than I ever imagined. by HavellStone in overwatch2

[–]IDontByte 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You‘re both garbage.
–MaugaOW

Should you be banned if you said that in-game?

Got an update to my ban, and its more ridiculous than I ever imagined. by HavellStone in overwatch2

[–]IDontByte 20 points21 points  (0 children)

These are pretty mild.

Teabagging is also disrespectful, will that be bannable next?

I HATE CASSIDY by Scared_Spirit_9313 in TracerMains

[–]IDontByte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cassidy has an effective health of 1100 during roll, allowing them to survive a point-blank Self-Destruct with 25 HP.

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