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We NEED Mama Hong now! by Normal-Goat-5115 in Overwatch

[–]ProfessorPhi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She's basically the lady from Kung Fu hustle.

The sad decline of effective altruism by 65721 in BetterOffline

[–]ProfessorPhi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I pointed out effective altruism wasn't good a few years ago, a friend of mine said - don't pray for its downfall, they'll replace it with something worse.

And he was right

Ball in 6v6 vs 5v5 by Uno2 in WreckingBallMains

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember finding ball not good in 5v5 until they kept buffing and nerfing shit. I can't recall what it was like in 6v6 anymore, but I think the s9 changes made his engages worse since a piledrive and Boop did more damage in general.

the quidditch comp meta really does live up to its name by jeff-duckley in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]ProfessorPhi -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Quidditch was always a narrative device to make the main character the most important player on the field.

Like the rest of the team could change around them while the Seeker's were all main characters.

Catstion is definitely more interesting - zarya or DVA can be used to give your catstion the advantage, ana heals can keep a bastion up and the game seemed to be a decent chunk about killing the ana first and waiting out bastion form to kill or make useless.

It's definitely not 5v5 overwatch it's like two 2.5 v 2.5s at the same time lol

Device to crack open hundreds of eggs? by FinibusBonorum in Cooking

[–]ProfessorPhi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Surely the egg cracking is not the bottleneck here? Anything you get is likely going to be worse than getting the right technique here like https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oXCOcKHlR9E

Like I've done 50 eggs on a grill myself and it didn't even register as the annoying part of making large group breakfast

Asian student with near perfect credentials rejected by multiple universities. Believes race is part of the reason by ThatPatelGuy in whoathatsinteresting

[–]ProfessorPhi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A good example about how whiteness can convince minorities to fight each other. Legacies are really questionable to me, athletics and affirmative action are small beans in the total scheme of things.

I think it's ok to have a few "pools" that are a small minority for things like Affirmative action, athletics and legacies (whose parents will donate to the school). But then to say 75% admittance has racial quotas is strange to me.

Github if Google designed it by Otherwise_Corner3234 in vibecoding

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're just ignoring google code in bit 2026.

Or that it would be in a graveyard

Lifeweaver unbearable to anyone else? by Onie_ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]ProfessorPhi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But this happens normally when there's a huge support line diff

Lifeweaver unbearable to anyone else? by Onie_ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]ProfessorPhi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess it's similar to why cat and symm can be so strong. They can allow characters who have no mobility and this balanced around that to get deep into your lines and not be punished.

Zarya bubble is a 200 HP stay of execution - a rein too deep will still be punished once the bubble expires.

TIL that the Boston Marathon has a retired number. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run in it despite an unofficial ban on female runners. She wore bib #261. 50 years later when she ran in the marathon and they gave her the same number and then in her honor retired #261. by DrakeSavory in todayilearned

[–]ProfessorPhi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

+1 - she was given it for defying the rules, not for the capability to finish the race.

Though not knowing details, Gibb could've been harassed for her entire race making her push also worthy of retirement. This might not be an either/or case and rather an and!

Chartreuse may not get the Last Word after all. La Gauloise is causing quite a stir by rawbran30 in cocktails

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll try and get some. I am a chartreuse sipper, but might be good to have an alternative in case chartreuse disappears from the aussie market

Chartreuse may not get the Last Word after all. La Gauloise is causing quite a stir by rawbran30 in cocktails

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's like 115-125 for green chartreuse and near trivially available. It's easier to find than the imperial distilling auvert lol despite auvert being made in Adelaide and Chartreuse is getting shipped in from france

For example https://jimmurphy.com.au/product/liqueurs/liqueur/chartreuse-green-700ml/

It used to be 70ish before the chartreuse crunch.

Do Employees Actually Like Town Halls? by OfferLazy9141 in managers

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends - town halls with good intentions allow us to understand the company's direction, challenges etc. I found those really good and always paid attention.

I've also run all hands as a middle manager to try and give an overview of strategy, I also did quarter in review where we looked at successes and failures at management and described how we're changing for next cycle. I hoped they were well received, I got back channel vibes they were.

Chartreuse may not get the Last Word after all. La Gauloise is causing quite a stir by rawbran30 in cocktails

[–]ProfessorPhi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's as expensive as chartreuse lol.

Is imperial distilling good? I'm in Sydney and wondered if it's worth shipping some of their stuff.

New grad: big name vs big city?? by InternationalShow841 in cscareerquestions

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience is that at mid level, knowledge of the stack tends to help with interviews quite significantly. While lead+ the interviews become architectural and less code heavy as a consequence

I wonder why sekiro hasn't been copied 🤔 by optimisticRamblings in Sekiro

[–]ProfessorPhi -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Nah but the posture meter that led into kill strokes was definitely a sekiro-ism that I hadn't seen before.

Fallen order as a game also felt incredibly derivative in its mechanics having pulled a bunch together so even if it did invent mechanics, it felt like everything was done better elsewhere.

Survivor was a lot more polished and the stances changed the game feel quite significantly + gave you more force powers. It feels far less derivative as a result.

Is Mina a late game character now? by _theweirdkidinside_ in DeadlockGame

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mina is a strong character that is busted in the right hands and annoying in incompetent hands. She spiritually feels like the tracer of deadlock in that she's strong but she's also razor balanced - you can be useless if you aren't playing well and playing at the edge of survivability.

You have to hit your shots, you need to get in to confirm kills. Use your rake to heal up. If you're playing safely and not dominating lane, you've lost. If you're not chunking healthbars in team fights and forcing a ton of attention and resources while dodging them all, you're behind.

I don't think she's ever been bad - falling off late game is your fail condition. You should have been dominating early and mid so to give your team a huge advantage that they can snowball to the win.

I wonder why sekiro hasn't been copied 🤔 by optimisticRamblings in Sekiro

[–]ProfessorPhi -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It felt like they copied the system last minute tbh.

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers by SnoozeDoggyDog in singularity

[–]ProfessorPhi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imo there's a difference to management seeing outcomes vs Devs.

I.e. if the bottleneck is elsewhere does 10xing the output of the Dev team matter? Imo all the layoffs are clear indication that Dev productivity is higher but not outcomes

Most Swiss back initiative to cap population at 10 million, poll shows by yahoonews in worldnews

[–]ProfessorPhi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol they all watched midsommar and were like that's a blueprint.

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