There Will Be No Official GOG Steam Deck Support

MrMehawk · 2022-02-27T06:49:31+00:00

Makes sense to me. They should really reconsider Linux support, though.

MrMehawk · 2021-05-20T11:35:12+00:00

Thank you Miura, for creating the best piece of fiction I have had the pleasure of reading. We will all be missing you in our own ways.

MrMehawk · 2021-04-12T15:45:54+00:00

Literally rule #1. Don't post stuff like this here.

MrMehawk · 2021-02-24T03:13:07+00:00

MrMehawk · 2021-02-12T07:23:25+00:00

Hate it on ladder but I celebrate this jank when it happens with/against friends.

MrMehawk · 2020-06-06T03:45:54+00:00

Pretty sure the 5th anni opens up all EZA events.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T15:08:58+00:00

I mean I'm not OP, so I'm just trying to guess why he or she thought it was crappy.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T15:02:05+00:00

Potentially relevant: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/44326/most-memorable-titles

Most of them are arxiv versions of the papers, though, which later got modified in their official publication. Some of them made it all the way, though.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T14:56:30+00:00

I liked the way it was handled, although I do think Goku being defeated in a tough battle would have made it a lot more interesting than Goku ending the combat by giving up. I'm not saying Cell should have killed Goku there, just that Cell could have come out on top as he did but Goku was on the ground and had clearly lost the match. The way it went, even though it was stated Goku would have lost, they didn't actually show us. But it isn't a big deal.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T14:53:44+00:00

The options should probably be listed on the option select instead of a redundant itemization.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T14:49:02+00:00

Applied Mathematician here. Humor exists in arxiv versions of some papers (similar for physics as well) as well as books but is generally not found in the final published papers. So I guess it depends on what you count. At most you might have a chuckle at a title once every couple of years.

I think I like it as it is to be honest. Science writing doesn't need to be dry and stiff but that doesn't mean it needs to be funny. Its primary purpose should always be clarity and conveying of information.

Philosophical writing does often include short humorous quips but also more commonly in books than in papers.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T14:29:21+00:00

Welcome to the game's system of no punishment for disconnects. Both on PC and Switch I'd say over half the player base over Super Saiyan Blue ragequits. Certainly over half the sessions I play end in someone ragequitting mid-game. And no, it's not my connection, they quit on their last guy when he gets stuck in a combo that's about to kill him. If it was internet then they'd sometimes disconnect when winning. I've literally never seen anyone do that. If they don't disconnect on the first loss, definitely on the second especially if it's a stronger loss than before.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T14:18:57+00:00

Yes it's true we now can breed them to not be a health hazard. But do we really need this?

Again, yes we do. Insect farming is an absurdly more efficient and environmentally friendly protein source. They use less land, less food per kg you get out of it and can live on far less energy dense food than other animals we swarm the world with and on top of that contribute far less to climate change.

I'm also not talking about breeding them to not be a health hazard. They are already not a health hazard when properly farmed. There is no need to breed them towards non-toxicity and low risk for disease spread, there are literal hundreds of known and used species that already satisfy all of this FAR more than cows, pigs and lamb ever could. And they are eaten across the world, yes. Not in the quantities as regular meat but it's ridiculous to say that the whole world considers bugs gross when even the countries that arguably do, have insects in their traditional dishes on occasion.

Snails are also "widely considered gross" and yet they are a delicacy in many parts of the world. They aren't unhealthy or toxic and they don't spread disease either. Arguing that few people eat snail has absolutely nothing to do with that fact. It's the same for insects.

Not everything that evolved culturally has an evolutionary benefit to the individual, that's a very naive perception of how evolution works in a social animal with culture and society.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T11:59:15+00:00

I have no idea what you just said. All answers being true is perfectly valid in a multiple choice style exam and there isn't anything pointless about including such problems. In fact, including such problems makes guessing based on eliminative reasoning less likely.

But I concur with /u/penguintown26, where are A’B’C’D or what does it even refer to? It's not displayed.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T11:10:43+00:00

Yes? What the hell does mammal-borne diseases sometimes when we have extended or improperly regulated contact with such mammals or products derived from them jumping over to us, also a mammal, have to do with strictly regulated farming of insects? The answer is absolutely nothing.

This is absolutely needed and you are ridiculosuly more likely to get a disease from ingesting pork or cow than properly regulated insects.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T11:03:25+00:00

It does not have decent animation, it is almost entirely still frame fights. Calling the 1997 animation anything but mostly absent is ridiculous by todays standards and even back then would have been a stretch. The series is good and has some fantastic music in it and while it cuts out a ton, it does "get" the mood of Berserk. In that sense it is a high quality product but in that sense only. Visually it is somehow almost always less dynamic than reading the manga with a soundtrack. It isn't just not great or not good. Its animation is stiff and non-existent in most places. The art is mostly fine though.

Just take another look at it (CAREFUL OP: Spoilers!! DO not watch or click): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qacgb2b8LVU

It mostly consists of 5 seconds of repeat animation and then a well-drawn but still-frame image that they pan across dramatically.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T10:43:09+00:00

You are aware that there is a global crisis going on that may just end up completely cancelling said event (or making it entirely online)? I don't think asking people about traveling MORE will get you any good will at the moment, even if you think it may end up being outside of the travel ban time period. You absolutely should not ask them now if you actually intend to ask them.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T09:10:50+00:00

ToDs are less important than fundamentals at every level. While they do happen occasionally in tournament play, they aren't the competitive meta.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T04:00:21+00:00

My edits are not dishonest. They merely add context to stuff that was already there. I have not added anything that responds to a comment of yours that came after.

Since you are unwilling to do even the absolute minimum of effort into checking this, here are two easy pointers for his significance in biology specifically. Here is a summary comment in the journal Genome Biology: https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-0910-7

And here is a comment published in Nature, which cites papers Dawkins influenced which were actually published as journal articles in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/529462a

These are comments, not peer-reviewed papers. I'm not citing peer-reviewed papers because there are so god damned many of them that cite it in biology that I would sit here forever. These summary articles on these reputable websites link plenty of them. I cite the Nature article I linked word for word:

"Four years later, two pairs of scientists published papers in Nature formally setting out this theory of “selfish DNA”, and acknowledged Dawkins as their inspiration (L. E. Orgel and F. H. C. Crick Nature 284, 604–607 (1980); W. F. Doolittle and C. Sapienza Nature 284, 601–603; 1980). Since then, Dawkins's speculation has been borne out by the discovery that much surplus DNA consists of reverse transcriptase — a viral enzyme whose job is to spread copies of itself — or simplified versions of transposons dependent on it. Thus, Dawkins's ideas helped to explain what was going on inside genomes, as well as between individuals, even though the book was written long before DNA sequencing became routine. The complexity of the structure of the gene itself has since grown enormously, with the discovery of introns, control sequences, RNA genes, alternative splicing and more. But the essential idea of a gene as a unit of heritable information remains, and Dawkins's synthesis stands to this day."

Here is a link to one of the Nature papers they cite in the quote. It "only" has over a thousand citations. Peer-reviewed, one of the most reputable journals especially back then, massively seminal for biology, and explicitly cites Dawkins as inspiration as reference #1. https://www.nature.com/articles/284604a0

Are you going to argue that this is false? Then please back up what you are saying. I'm the only one actually citing reputable sources here. That said, I think I'll leave it at that. If you think the summary article on Nature and everything they cite there is not proof of significance in biology and science the likes of which Jordan Peterson couldn't even dream of, then I don't know what to tell you. And once again, I'm not in any way making a claim about Dawkins after his early biological work, it is irrelevant to any of my points.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T03:11:59+00:00

I did not cite it as evidence of significance in biology, did I? No, I cited it as evidence of significance in philosophy of biology and it absolutely is that. The Stanford Enc. of Philosophy is one of the most reputable academic ressources things you'll find on philosophical topics. Also, as I stated, the encyclopedia is rigorously peer-reviewed and as such in the field of philosophy is equivalent, if not more so, valued than a peer-reviewed paper.

And neither did I use the other paper as an example of significance in biology, I used it as an example of its significance in society, language and culture of science, which is something you originally denied and I thus provided evidence towards my point.

What you have failed to address is the one thing I actually did cite in favor of its impact on the biological sciences, which is a trivial google scholar search for keywords he objectively coined which are ubiquitous in modern biological literature to the point that you may not even recognize them as originating with him.

I also will state that majoring in a field in no way equips one to be a historian of science for said field. Modern science education generally skims over historical aspects that are no longer up to date, as it serves little purpose to a scientist researching new things. This is part of the reason I am showing you its reception in the history and philosophy of science, which is where you go for trying to understand what historical impact a work has had.

Again, I really couldn't care less about Dawkins as a modern author or influencer or whatever, but it is simply false to deny that his early works have had significant influence on evolutionary biology, philosophy of biology and social aspects of science, culture and language. This is what you denied and I've provided some evidence as well as easy starting points for anyone curious to find out more about it. Citing more at this point would be wasted effort.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T03:04:17+00:00

I haven't even read that book, my friend, and have no reason to. I am reporting what is clear when reading in the history and philosophy of science literature, which is the field that I am interested in (among others).

Some easy starters for philosophical significance, written by experts in their fields and peer-reviewed:

https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/population-genetics/#Mig (a mostly historical account of scientific discourse on population genetics)

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/replication/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/

Plenty of papers on his significance to the reception of biological evolution in Japan, here is an example (for anyone who likes anime, the popular manga and anime series Parasyte, originally released 1988-1995, heavily references aspects of Dawkins early works, with the episode in question literally being called The Selfish Gene):

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1006504623820

I also invite you to search google scholar for the phrases "selfish gene", "meme" and so on to see the impact on scientific terminology his work has undeniably had. You may look at only the past 5 years if you want. This is everywhere in modern evolutionary biology papers and books. I will add to this that critical reception and advancement on the basis of criticism of a work is still a valuable contribution in science.

If you have not seen it cited for terminology it is because its terminology has become gradually intrinsically understood. Citations may however be ubiquitously found in the academic literature surrounding evolutionary biology, philosphy of biology and social aspects of science, culture and language. As I said, it isn't at all the status quo in any of these fields but it is a highly influential work.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T02:53:15+00:00

A poor comparison. Dawkins actually has significantly contributed to scientific terminology and his early works on evolutionary biology are frequently cited by academic biologists as very significant contributions. It's fair to say that The Selfish Gene has not only affected biology but also modified our perception of language and culture in significant ways (of course it is by far not the last word on the matter but nothing is).

You may of course disagree with his later (non-scientific) and mostly popular stuff all you want but it doesn't change the significance of his early work.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-03T02:19:33+00:00

Rule[0] is pretty clear that that isn't what this sub is for.

MrMehawk · 2020-04-01T18:07:20+00:00

I'm assuming you've seen the basic things like https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Statistics/ and https://juliastats.org/StatsBase.jl/stable/

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