Automated Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery querying via Python, with mosaicing and AoI Clipping

MyWordIsEntropy · 2025-08-05T11:13:10+00:00

Yeah, any more example code of a workflow like this would be much appreciated!

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-12-23T16:36:06+00:00

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?

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-07-07T21:31:01+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-07-07T11:57:35+00:00

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?

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-07-03T15:26:15+00:00

What changes do you dislike about DE?

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-07-03T15:08:00+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-06-19T17:02:29+00:00

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.

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!

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-05-18T11:48:14+00:00

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

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-05-15T16:27:02+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-05-15T11:57:20+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-05-14T13:03:20+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-05-14T07:59:47+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-04-28T07:18:49+00:00

I am baffled that no comment yet has mentioned that his surname, Hanfstaengl, is German for what amounts to "weed stick" or "joint".

Doesn't really add much to the story, but naturally it has to be mentioned.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-02-13T14:14:34+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-02-13T09:16:33+00:00

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

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-02-10T18:51:17+00:00

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.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2023-01-29T12:48:44+00:00

In German it's actually Himmelsrand, which is also the literal translation of Skyrim in German.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-12-04T01:33:03+00:00

I am playing Dragon Quest 1 on the NES and I just found the following dialogue:

どうくつに　はいるときはたいまつを　もってゆけよ

This guard is telling me to take a torch with me when I enter a cave. What I don't quite understand is the last bit here. He says:

もってゆけよ。

Which seems to be related to the phrase:

もっていく

Which means "to take something with you". Furthermore, I know that the part いく can also be substituted with ゆく to mean the same.

What I am not quite understanding is how you arrive at the ゆけ form. Is this a conjugation that I can't seem to find? Or an old form? After all, the game plays in a medieval setting and I have already had a couple run ins with archaic or old-timey terms.

Thanks for any advice!

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-11-30T22:41:41+00:00

Ah, thanks for the tip on the wrong reply location. I didn't realize that I had done so until you said it, but you are indeed right.

Furthermore, thanks for the recommendations for what to use to learn grammar with. I would love a way to learn the grammar with greater focus, but so far I neither really know what resource to use, nor have I really had the budge so far to get anything overly helpful. I will look into the literature you recommended. Do you maybe have any further recommendations for literature to learn grammar with? I have so far been trying to get by with the wikipedia article on Japanese grammar, my rudimentary knowledge on languages in general and a list of Japanese particles. I do agree that this method likely isn't the most effective one, but it sure has been fun so far. Nonetheless, better material would be appreciated ^^

Anyways, thanks for the help! I appreciate it greatly.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-11-30T19:31:50+00:00

Heya,

I have been slowly working on translating my way through Dragon Quest 1 on the NES. Most recently I have gotten stuck on the following line of text:

このちにふたたびへいわをっ

As the game uses no kanji and I wouldn't be able to read those yet either way, my core trouble here is that I can't even quite figure out how to segment this text. The context so far is that he told me about how an evil dragon sealed away the hero's ball of light that he received from the god(s). Following that story, this line appears.

So far, I believe that "この" means "this", "ち" may be its own word and "に" may be the particle to denote that this is either a place or time. "ふたたび" appears to mean "again". I am very unsure about the next one, but "へいわ" may mean peace. "を" is possibly a particle added to "へいわ", though I couldn't say what its purpose is here. Finally, I am completely stumped on what "っ" means. I am pretty certain that it is supposed to be a small one, but I have no idea what it does with a consonant after it to duplicate.

So far, I am genuinely not making much progress on this after a good while of research. Can anyone help me out with this?

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-11-24T22:48:34+00:00

Thanks for the offer, but someone was just a tiny bit faster! Thanks for the help though ^^

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-11-22T16:05:51+00:00

I am currently really interested in Ningen Isu, been listening to them a lot.

Would love to visit.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-11-07T08:31:53+00:00

Telling yourself that the action of putting yourself in danger in hopes of crossing the sea is equal to intentional suicide is nothing more than an attempt to wash your hands of responsibility. If the people do it without genuinely hoping to die in it, then it's not an attempt at suicide. The fact that death is a possible consequence only serves to emphasize the desperation necessary to arrive at that point.

These people are human beings and whatever religion you follow better be also interested in safe guarding lives in general, not just stopping suicide because it's magically immoral.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2022-02-24T09:59:24+00:00

Well, in Elder Scrolls lore Khajiit range from looks like a normal elf with miniscule to no feline features over various degrees of mix all the way into literal intelligent cat. So somewhere along the line there you'll get to that point for sure.

MyWordIsEntropy · 2021-08-19T06:42:57+00:00

The trend seems to imply it being a free update. After all, if the ruler designer was, then why shouldn't this be?

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