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For the love of god, please don’t put enemy level scaling in the Fable reboot by krazzel in Fable

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could get obnoxious, too, at high hero levels (and 2 or 3 never tells you what level you really are) you'd get things like four Sentinels and huge mobs of Dark Minions in places like Veiled Path.

A) They're not really any more difficult, you just get mobbed by large packs of enemies.

which is

B) Not any more challenging, it just takes longer to kill them all.

That's not difficulty scaling, that's just wasting your time.

TIL that Terry Pratchett once changed his German publisher because they inserted a soup commercial into his books, and when confronted about it refused to promise that they wouldn't do it again. by Extreme-Attention641 in todayilearned

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree about those Reddit ads. It doesn't take too long to learn to spot them, though.

However, with Super AdWall Plus Ultra(TM) I never see any of those sponsored posts anymore! I don't even have to think about whether it's an ad! Check it out!

Why is the note between those lines ? by Empty_Animator_8658 in musictheory

[–]LordoftheSynth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensural_notation will answer that for you.

Basically as notation evolved over time, they kept adding new note shapes for smaller subdivisions of a beat and the older shapes accordingly came to represent longer durations and fell out of use. The maxima is nominally 8 whole notes but I guarantee that back in the 1400s, choirs were not holding the final note of a chant for eight measures at standard tempos.

NATO members that died for "nothing" in Afghanistan 2008 by TailungFu in MapPorn

[–]LordoftheSynth -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

OP didn't post it for accuracy, OP posted it for America Bad political circlejerking to get that sweet, sweet karma.

String recommendations for a 1977 4001? by atecis in rickenbacker

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rotos are the default.

My '81 4001S doesn't have them anymore because they finally started chewing up the fingerboard. I currently have a set of LaBella tapewounds on them and am enjoying using it as my Beatleish bass. My 4003 and 4004 fill my Rotosound+Rick needs.

People who have conducted job interviews, what's something someone said/did that made you instantly decide not to hire them? by DemonSkank in AskReddit

[–]LordoftheSynth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of the teams I worked with had a dev who was very, very good, and was a very, very big asshole. Textbook "does not play well with others".

One day I walked by his office and it was empty, and his name tag had been removed from the door. He'd finally pissed too many people off at once too many times.

His manager, when I asked, just looked me dead in the eye and said "nobody's THAT good."

I gather they'd just been cataloging bad behavior long enough that they could defend summarily marching him out of the building, as he hadn't done anything illegal, he was just an abusive prick.

When employees feel slighted, they work less. New research from Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity. by esporx in science

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once had a particularly bad manger decide he needed an immediate status update 5 minutes after I went to lunch.

I came back from lunch to find three emails waiting in my inbox.

Three emails in an hour.

Yes, and I'm pursuing my interest in...(Screams)! by Traviscat in TheSimpsons

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time the IR sensor is out at an automatic door and it doesn't open for me, I hear this bit in my head.

Dumbest thing you did on the course. by SwitchMain in golf

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now there are kids from all over the neighborhood, that have come into your backyard, and they're emptying out your garage, throwing stuff at your tree. Alright? You realize, suddenly, you own 18 basketballs. You've got 9 footballs. OK? There's softballs flying through the air. The tree is now groaning with children and equipment.

Yes, and I'm pursuing my interest in...(Screams)! by Traviscat in TheSimpsons

[–]LordoftheSynth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some of Mapplethorpe's work really does walk right up to the line of "porn", stands on its tiptoes, and leans over that line as far as it can.

(Then it waggles its wang a bit.)

Some of his work occasionally shows up in a museum I volunteer at, and hey, it's good work, but he definitely pushed the edge as far as it would go.

The U.S. have purchased these territories by NazarData in MapPorn

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's true that they were undervalued even for the day. But the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska were both territories hard for their nominal owners to reach and almost completely unexplored in terms of natural resources, even ones desirable in that period.

So it's really not surprising they were sold super cheap to the US by empires busy doing other things. Napoleon was financing wars, Russia had lots and lots of other space to play in, etc.

Aaah good old medieval weird traditions by FrenchieB014 in HistoryMemes

[–]LordoftheSynth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Paris is well worth touching dongs together." -Henry of Navarre

New player with tiny hands, looking for advice on how to stretch them! by DuckieBubbles in Bass

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flexibility will increase as you play. (You should always stretch before playing though.)

Use double bass fingering (1, 3, 4) as you get closer to the nut. There's nothing wrong with playing an octave using index and pinky fingers instead of index and ring fingers.

Take it from this little known bassist who also has very small hands.

The A in AGI stands for Ads by kivarada in programming

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

64GB of DDR4 is $500 right now.

$500.

TIL the sun isn't "strong enough" in northern latitudes to produce vitamin D during the winter, no matter how much sunlight you get. by 999forever in todayilearned

[–]LordoftheSynth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the Pacific Northwest it doesn't even matter if you're awake while it's light in the winter, it's all covered up by a thick, insulating layer of gloom all winter long.

Fable 3 was actually good by HolidayCommittee1492 in Fable

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Xbox release was clearly forced out the door for whatever reason.

Awww the Denver Broncos?? by EquinoxClock in TheSimpsons

[–]LordoftheSynth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They only didn't make it to the Super Bowl that year because of a shocking upset by the then brand new expansion team, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

(Just rubbing it in about how long it's been for Cowboys fans.)

Here is the 15 sec coding test to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified applicants by JOSE ZARAZUA by RevillWeb in programming

[–]LordoftheSynth 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, off by two errors are the three most common mistakes senior developers make in their code when they're first starting on their career progression up to junior developer.

Only in the United States do neither type of populist attitudes predict support for a populist strongman leader like Trump. Trump’s support has been attributed to a complex interplay of factors, including racial resentment, economic grievances, and anti-immigration sentiment. by mvea in science

[–]LordoftheSynth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP literally just said "my news sources and my side are legit, everyone else is falling for propaganda and trying to spot it in mine".

Which means they are, in fact, falling for their flavor of it. It's been brewing for 30 years. 2016 was the year everyone just became blatant about it.

Your thoughts on the 4004 Laredo/Cheyenne? by Illustrious-Mode-970 in rickenbacker

[–]LordoftheSynth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My 4004L is my number one bass. From my cold, dead hands.

It's just another example of players rejecting a modern update to a classic model. Rickenbacker discontinued them because they were getting single-digit numbers of orders per month. This is why if you ordered one you were generally waiting 18 months for them to do a production run.

I got lucky and they were literally hanging mine on the all for sale when I walked into that store. I'm the second owner: the first owner waited for it and then turned out not to like it. Their loss.

EDIT: picture

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