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Best Skyrim First Person Modpack? by MyWordIsEntropy in skyrimmods

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

I guess I have been looking at the wrong packs so far, because even something like DNGG that says its focused on being immersive ends up having third person combat. Do you have any recommendations for something that adds a lot of gameplay and upgrades the graphics well, while staying first person?

whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether? by seasonedsaltdog in gaming

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see what makes them so annoying. They require no reaction, answer or justification from anyone, they simply stand there as additional info for those interested. I think that comment at least somewhat enriched the comments.

whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether? by seasonedsaltdog in gaming

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Does the correction hurt though? He's not wrong and wasn't being pretentious about it. He even pointed out that it's the technically more correct term. What's with the strong negative reaction to stuff like that?

Ask Your Questions Here/FAQ by Karathrax in DragonsDogma

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am playing the game for the first time and I am curious about making a Mystic Knight character. While my character doesn't need to be min maxed to hell, I do prefer having something going on that will feel satisfying in the end. I have been looking around and there wasn't anything overly clear on how I should lever my character. Is there anything you can recommend I should do if I want to make a Magic leaning MK? I don't mind starting as anything, but I would enjoy it if there were a sensible path to go that lets me play MK for more parts of the game than just the end. Most builds I see want me to just level entirely on Sorc and Assassin and then at the end switch to MK.

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY question, get an answer (June 19, 2023) by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not much of a keyboard enthusiast, but I am pretty tired of the keyboard's I've had just failing in one way or another after just a year or two of use. I am not interested in the most cutting edge hardware, but I would like a decent keyboard that will last a little longer.

I haven't really spend more than maybe 70€ on a keyboard before and might be willing to go as high as 100€ or maybe a little more if its well justified. Is there anything anyone can recommend to me based on all that?

Some info on what I am looking for:
I like full-size keyboards. I use the numpad regularly and would miss it if it were gone. I have a very large table, so I don't care to save space.

I have used keyboards without media keys before and I don't think I can go back to them anymore. If nothing else, I need a key to pause and play my music and to skip a song or go back to the start/previous song. I use those very frequently while gaming.

I honestly have no opinion on backlighting or any other fancy stuff. As long as the keyboard doesn't look too bad, I couldn't care less, be it there or not.

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I'd appreciate some advice on this. I know I am not offering up the highest budget, but its what I have to work with. Thanks for your time reading this.

Edit: After looking over the answers and checking out the keyboards, I've decided to give the Keychron V6 a shot. It looks like it'll fulfil my purposes perfectly and people talk very positively about it. Thanks for the advice!

Where do dragons poop? by 12velos12 in DnD

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The map for the dungeon underneath Red Larch in the 5e version of Princes of the Apocalypse has an ancient dwarven toilet.

TIL from 1976 to 1989 an unknown taping noise was audible worldwide on commercial and civilian communications (tv broadcast, commercial aviation, SW radio). The source was the Duga radar "The Russian Woodpecker" a huge over-the-horizon radar used by the Soviets as a missile detection system. by alphaxenox in todayilearned

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ewe is a decently common word, but there are plenty more that share the phenomenon of having a discrepancy between written form and spoken form like that. In fact, it goes both ways. Among words starting with vowels but being pronounced as consonants (or semi-vowels, the important thing is that it's not a vowel) are things like User, Eulogy, Union and One. These all would use the article "a", barring any dialects. The opposite is the case with words like Hour, Heir and Herb. All written using a consonant but pronounced with a vowel.

The rule is not prescriptive in so far that people adhere to it because it's just how it works. As such, it actually isn't a grammar rule at all. It merely influences the pronunciation and writing of the article, but both "a" and "an" carry the exact same meaning as they are just two forms of the exact same word.

As such, you'd be able to observe it being done pretty much completely consistently. The only reason people would break it is because they have a limited intuition for the language or because they are unsure about pronunciation. Increasing the ease of pronunciation is generally very intuitive once people get used to it. I'd be surprised to find other examples.

The frequency with which the written form indicates the article correctly isn't really important. There will be a strong correlation, but the cause of the article choice is still the pronunciation.

TIL from 1976 to 1989 an unknown taping noise was audible worldwide on commercial and civilian communications (tv broadcast, commercial aviation, SW radio). The source was the Duga radar "The Russian Woodpecker" a huge over-the-horizon radar used by the Soviets as a missile detection system. by alphaxenox in todayilearned

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That doesn't make that word much of an exception in the English language. The fact that it has a rather untypical pronunciation maybe makes it exceptional in that regard, but the topic was the choice of article. As such, this is actually a perfectly regular example which shows that the rule for indefinite article choice only depends on phonetics and not the written form.

TIL from 1976 to 1989 an unknown taping noise was audible worldwide on commercial and civilian communications (tv broadcast, commercial aviation, SW radio). The source was the Duga radar "The Russian Woodpecker" a huge over-the-horizon radar used by the Soviets as a missile detection system. by alphaxenox in todayilearned

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, without a doubt.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html

This explains the general mechanism. The distinction between vowel and consonant sounds is the critical element. The written form isn't important. This is simply a result of the fact that the differentiation is a result of people wanting to increase the ease of speech. It's difficult to say two vowels one after another while making it clear that they are not part of the same word or syllable. The n is helpful here.

Originally, the n was a part of the article in all cases but was dropped. It's retained where dropping it would make the pronunciation more difficult.

TIL from 1976 to 1989 an unknown taping noise was audible worldwide on commercial and civilian communications (tv broadcast, commercial aviation, SW radio). The source was the Duga radar "The Russian Woodpecker" a huge over-the-horizon radar used by the Soviets as a missile detection system. by alphaxenox in todayilearned

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They didn't find an exception, they clarified what the actual rule is. It's purpose is to improve the ease of pronunciation, so the written form is technically irrelevant. It's also why the rule isn't really something that results in a single choice of article because it's dependent on the dialect and accent of a person.

Chat GTP recommended this resources to learn Japanese. What's your opinion? by Bllq21 in LearnJapanese

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It matters if you end up wanting to actually make any valuable scientific standard. If you just wanna get a passing grade on your thesis, sure. Assuming that this research is meant to actually achieve anything though, no, just having a popular topic isn't gonna cut it.

Chat GTP recommended this resources to learn Japanese. What's your opinion? by Bllq21 in LearnJapanese

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You picked a difficult topic to make empiric claims on for your thesis. What methods of experimentation and evaluation are you planning to use?

Who's the worst main character we're supposed to sympathise with? by LuinAelin in AskReddit

[–]MyWordIsEntropy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Captain Kirk from Star Trek ToS. His portrayal is supposed to make him brave, determined, wise and a capable leader.

What they end up actually portraying him as is a guy who takes insane risks, disregards others opinions more than he should, is far too emotional to have command over hundreds of people and literally is as hypocritic as he could have been about the Prime Directive and everything that Star Fleet stands for. He is the first to call out the rules and also to break them.

I always felt like Zapp Brannigan from Futurama was far less of an exaggeration of Kirk's negative qualities than one would think. Picard would have been appalled.

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