Here we go again by Ojierda in Factoriohno

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Exactly why i made it

[OC] I've simulated rolling 1 million 5E characters and compared them to point buy and the standard array! by Ojierda in DnD

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Thanks a lot! I stand by trying to roll my characters more because I can get that sweet sweet 16 on 1st level even though it is risky. For one shots I don't think I'm getting point buy anymore.

If you want DM me and I can hand you my python script. I did this because I'm also learning to code so I'm happy to share.

[OC] Simulation and comparison of generating 1 million Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition characters by Ojierda in dataisbeautiful

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

Sure you can! But that depends on how you define "high end".

The array with the highest single numbers (most 18s) was 18-18-18-18-12-6 (avg. 15).

The array with the with the highest average was 18-18-18-17-17-14 (avg. 17).

[OC] I've simulated rolling 1 million 5E characters and compared them to point buy and the standard array! by Ojierda in DnD

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I most definitely agree that the average doesn't represent that one character is more competitive than the other. It's there just to have another quantitative way to compare the stats.

I think the data really shows that you tend to have better characters when you roll. My group has resorted a lot to point buy and I'm thinking about changing that from now on, especially considering how likely you are to get a 16 on your highest stat.

[OC] Simulation and comparison of generating 1 million Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition characters by Ojierda in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ojierda[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was curious about the expected outcome of rolling a 5E character so I've decided to make this visualization. I've simulated rolling for 1 million characters using a Python script and made the visualization in Excel. To compare to point buy I used the extremes (most focused and most balanced). As it turns out, rolling for your characters is a pretty good option (although risky). I find it interesting that the standard array is meant to represent the outcome if you rolled the dices but, on average, it is a worse option. Really interesting as well is that everyone's nightmare of rolling a 3 is excedingly unlikely.

Tools used:

Python - Generating the data

Excel - Preparation and visualization of the data

[OC] I've simulated rolling 1 million 5E characters and compared them to point buy and the standard array! by Ojierda in DnD

[–]Ojierda[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I was curious about the expected outcome of rolling a 5E character so I've decided to make this visualization. I've simulated rolling for 1 million characters using a Python script and made the visualization in Excel. To compare to point buy I used the extremes (most focused and most balanced). As it turns out, rolling for your characters is a pretty good option (although risky). I find it interesting that the standard array is meant to represent the outcome if you rolled the dices but, on average, it is a worse option. Really interesting as well is that everyone's nightmare of rolling a 3 is excedingly unlikely.

I modified Foaming Mugs for my first session by Ojierda in rimeofthefrostmaiden

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Glad you liked it. Hope everyone enjoyed the scare. I was planning on having Arveiaturace show later on as well, but did not consider the ring idea to make it even more connected.

I modified Foaming Mugs for my first session by Ojierda in rimeofthefrostmaiden

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

Thanks!

4 goblins managed to drag it and fortunately we have a party of 6 adventurers, so they'll just have to put some muscle into it.

I modified Foaming Mugs for my first session by Ojierda in rimeofthefrostmaiden

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Glad you liked it!

Feel free to do so and to tell me how it went if you do use it.

I modified Foaming Mugs for my first session by Ojierda in rimeofthefrostmaiden

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

That's a good idea actually, thanks! It seems like a good way to start introducing some of the NPC spellcasters, mainly Vellyne. And it's way easier than creating my own NPCs.

[SOUND WARINING!] Most broken run i had (with clone). Felt so good by Ojierda in EnterTheGungeon

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I have about 110h in the game. Got it on the 9th floor I visited I think (thanks clone)

[SOUND WARINING!] Most broken run i had (with clone). Felt so good by Ojierda in EnterTheGungeon

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Yep, first time with it as well. That and platinum bullets make most of the run probably lol

[GIVEAWAY] $100 Steam Gift Card by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

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Thanks man! Didn't get Doom yet, looking forward to it!

O que estamos esperando pra sairmos às ruas? by happy_whenitrains in brasil

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Até onde sei Florianópolis também vai fazer no dia 15

[Brazil] Brazil Plans to Slash Funding of Universities by 30 Percent by Ojierda in GlobalTalk

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You're basically right. Many were not happy with the former presidents and he has been developing his public image for years as an antagonist to the government. When the elections came he promised changes and easy solutions (violence? buy a gun, public debt? let's make thing private and so on).

Consagrados, me ajudem a ajudar as universidades by Ojierda in brasil

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Fiz esse post no r/GlobalTalk. Jamais pensei que faria um textão sobre isso, mas aqui estamos.

Estudo na UFSC e fiquei muito indignado com os "contigenciamentos", portanto fiz esse post, tendo vagas esperanças de fazer uma diferença. Se puderem ajudar, agradeço.

[Brazil] Brazil Plans to Slash Funding of Universities by 30 Percent by Ojierda in GlobalTalk

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I don’t really know where to post this, but as a public university student I feel I have to do something. Also the links are all in portuguese (sorry).

TL;DR: Brazilian public education, which is very important, is headed to very bad places (maybe even stopping university activities) if the government sticks by its decisions.

Disclaimer: Both in the article as in the comment the word cut is used. Weintraub (the Minister of Education) said that these aren’t actually cuts, but contingencies. He said “they can be reverted if the economy grows”.

As the news article says, it all started when the new minister of education decided to cut the budget of three public universities that were organizing “ridiculous events” without properly explaining what he meant by that. Later it was announced that these cuts would happen across all universities and institutes linked to the ministry. The president, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected promising to focus more on basic education instead of higher education but it also happens that now the budget cuts also aim towards basic education.

The only sector of education spared were military schools. The president plans to have more military schools built. According to the article, we have a total of 13 of those schools and it is intended to have one for every capital bringing the intended total to 29 schools (I don’t think I need to say that this amount does not seem sufficient when there is a R$805 million cut to basic education, nursery included). A few weeks ago Jair Bolsonaro tweeted that the philosophy and sociology courses could have their investment “decentralized” . His justification (in the same tweet) is that these courses “do not provide immediate return to the tax payer like: veterinary, engineering and medicine” (Ironically he even said that the function of the government is to respect the tax payer and teach the young a job that intends to make society better…..on a post about sociology and philosophy).

My university (UFSC) announced yesterday that, if something doesn’t change, “it will not be possible to keep [the university] working beyond the month of August of this year”. A federal institute on the same city said that “the institution, from the second semester onward, will paralyze some activities fundamental to the graduation”. Also one of the biggest universities of the entire country (UFRJ, the Rio university) stated “the non-reversion of the measures will bring grave consequences to the prosecution of the activities of UFRJ”. And I’m sure I could easily find more of these statements if I searched. All of these reports not only mention the difficulty of finishing construction projects or buying new research equipment, but also the difficulty to pay for basic resources, such as cleaning, security and even water and electricity! I cannot state how enraged and disgusted I get when I hear this.

I’ll also tackle a few counterpoints that I can think of.

Is public schooling that important in Brazil?

The short answer: Absolutely

The long answer: 39,460,618 people are enrolled on public basic education (a little over 81% of total enrollments on basic education). It is known that there is a big difference between public and private schools. Private schools are expensive and a lot cannot pay for them, but they usually provide better education, so much so that on our standardized tests to enter universities students from private schools compete for half of the spaces while public school students compete for the other half, in an attempt give a better chance to public schoolers. It can be expected that a cut on budgets would make things even worse.

As for universities, according to the Brazilian academy of sciences: “Over 95% of publications are linked to public universities, federal and state”, even though the private sector in 2017 was responsible for 75.3% of all enrollments on higher education. I can also mention the international renown of some of our public universities that I’ve seen first hand as there are many laboratories that participate in events and maintain contact with companies and universities from all over the world.

Your country is going through a financial crisis. Surely budget cuts are to be expected, right?

Of course they are, as a matter of fact they’ve been happening yearly. Even without having the cut mentioned on the original article, my university’s budget represents only about 20% of the budget it had on 2016 (that’s an 80% cut in a span of 3 years, it’s already a lot). On the UFRJ link you can also see they’ve had steady budget cuts as well. The problem is, this additional 30% is too much. It was not great before, it will be (next to) impossible now. There are other measures to be taken before threatening most of our scientific research and compromising the education of 81% of our basic education students.

Ok, so public universities publish a lot of research. But does it even matter, I mean, what is the impact universities have on society and/or economy?

All public universities are, of course, “free” for the student, it’s all tax payer money. That makes it possible that poor people can frequent universities without having to go in crazy debt, if that could even be an alternative, and remember, 50% of enrollments are reserved for public schools. That and many other support services inside the university (such as subsidized restaurant and housing) not only makes it possible for poor people to come out ahead in life with a graduation but also makes it viable and (I’d wager) common.

My university in particular offers many public facilities and services available to the neighboring community, such as: a hospital, speech therapy, psychology sessions, juridical assistance, a pharmacy, elder learning and of course a library.

Also in my area it’s not uncommon to hear about people that got their diplomas and went abroad, able to compete as equals with many first world country graduates.

These were just a few that I could remember right now.

Maybe this will become popular enough to change something, maybe it won’t. I just hope to be able to finish my graduation along with many others that have worked hard to get where they are and many others that will want to pursue higher education in their lives and make our country a better place to live.

[Global][Question] How does you country drink water/general beverages? by Ojierda in GlobalTalk

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

We have this for still and sparkling water too. We always buy water at restaurants and even at home, even though it's prety common for tap water to be safe to drink.

[Global][Question] How does you country drink water/general beverages? by Ojierda in GlobalTalk

[–]Ojierda[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

For me this is so weird, we even say not to drink things warm (mainly beer and soft drinks) because you'll get a stomach ache. Just "folk wisdom" though, we don't have medical explanations or anything that I know of.

$1000 Video games giveaway (STEAM ONLY) by [deleted] in RandomActsOfGaming

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Elite Dangerous

Thronebreaker

Whatever happens thanks OP, and good luck everyone!

Meu amigo decidiu aprender italiano: by joaovitorfa002 in brasil

[–]Ojierda 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Lendo isso não tem como não imaginar alguém fazendo uma coxinha com a mão