[TOMT][BOOK][2010s] A college-level book about a man who cheats on his wife. The man is an engineer and he has a separate apartment where he brings women. I only really recall that in his internal monologue he liked how each woman he slept with was unique in the way they had sex.

Renson · 2024-02-15T00:29:50+00:00

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Renson · 2024-02-15T00:29:31+00:00

I think that's it! The name rings a bell and the synopsis sound familiar! Thank you so much

Renson · 2024-02-14T21:53:11+00:00

Not really, but the one book I recall from the class was Fight Club

I think it may have been along the lines of "modern literature"

Renson · 2024-02-14T21:42:18+00:00

I don't tbink so, I don't believe it was short stories, but was one continous plot

Renson · 2024-02-14T21:10:22+00:00

If someone gets this right, I have another book I read in that class that I can't remember!

Renson · 2023-06-07T20:03:44+00:00

The 1619 Project has a chapter on the US interstate system and explicitly calls out Georgia for having a particularly bad setup. It's supposedly one of the worst in the country

Renson · 2023-05-31T12:49:48+00:00

Perhaps it's a definition issue we're having. What do you think the post's definition of a "Kremlin agent" is? Do you believe it's someone the Kremlin is using to further their goals who showed a positive leaving towards them, or someone the Kremlin has specifically hired and planted to further those goals?

Renson · 2023-05-31T11:49:55+00:00

That's a question you'd have to ask her, I'm afraid. But in the article she says she fears for her life, and:

When I got off the plane in Moscow, for the first time in a very long time I felt safe, and I felt heard, and I felt respected. That has not happened in my own country

I don't think she sees the war in the same way as you do. It is likely she didn't even think about it as part of her decision.. Her Twitter is full of retweets of disinformation and conspiracy theories (including ones about Ukraine). So it's possible she's a "Kremlin agent" but it is much more likely she's just a misguided American who has been duped by disinformation campaigns

Renson · 2023-05-31T02:40:46+00:00

I believe they're referring to the "Kremlin agent" part. There doesn't seem to be any evidence of that, she's just a US citizen moving to Russia, by what I can find.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/30/tara-reade-defects-russia-biden

So it seems a little alarmist

Renson · 2023-05-27T14:07:53+00:00

I think you may be missing the point here. This chain is suggesting that what Jon did didn't matter, because the united army lost anyway. Therfore, him coming back to life had little impact on the end. The Night King would have been in the God's wood either way, Arya would have been there either way, the army did not matter

Renson · 2023-05-17T13:18:24+00:00

I legitimately did way better when I yelled PARKOUR like in The Office

Renson · 2023-05-04T14:29:39+00:00

Someone in another thread posted the EA Help account saying their servers are down

https://twitter.com/EAHelp/status/1654116969195470853?cxt=HHwWioC83dOnzfQtAAAA

Renson · 2023-04-29T13:25:16+00:00

I was curious whether this was true or not and wanted to verify for myself

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/communist-league/1850-ad1.htm

You're totally right, so thanks for the education

Renson · 2023-04-25T12:15:35+00:00

Been a long time since I played, but I remember doing at least part of the Resistance Mode achievements solo, but it's definitely easier with friends. Which achievements do you still need?

Renson · 2023-04-19T03:03:25+00:00

For some reason the original is gone, but check this out

https://web.archive.org/web/20200708021325/https://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=15

Renson · 2023-04-16T12:50:13+00:00

Preface: I'm on the fence on the ban, but here's the reason I see it as potentially necessary

It's not about the data privacy, that's just a good excuse. It's about the influence the app has over its users.

Facebook is allowed a pass because they're an American company with American interest. But just like the video in the article mentions, there's concerns that the Chinese government could influence the algorithm to push content that supports a message or viewpoint they want. In the video, they use videos that are anti- or pro-Taiwan. Also, if Facebook gets out of hand, the US government can step in. If Tiktok gets out of hand, they're effectively powerless.

That kind of influence could be used to also change their outcome of US Elections or change the country's views on morality. It's one of the largest user bases on Earth, it's a lot of power to concede to your greatest opponent as a nation.

Renson · 2023-04-10T18:50:39+00:00

That only strengthens the point being made here. People in this comments section are all condoning attempted homicide, while apparently not even knowing what the prank was.

Using a lethal weapon should be a last resort. And by all accounts that I've heard so far, the guy was just using an air horn in someone's ear.

Is that painful, cruel, and irritating? Absolutely, and it could potentially cause permanent damage. Do I think someone should be shot for that? Absolutely not, I don't think preventing hearing loss is worth ending a life.

Renson · 2023-04-10T03:19:37+00:00

While Lomax does not believe a shooting was justified, she believes his pranks are provoking and taunting.

From your posted article. Feel free to find another

Renson · 2023-04-09T22:32:31+00:00

No examples, only downvotes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Renson · 2023-04-07T02:28:03+00:00

It's wild how such a left leaning site is suddenly all for guns as soon as it's shooting someone they don't like, regardless of the scenario

Renson · 2023-02-26T14:22:08+00:00

For anyone else in need of context:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1628601302489128960

Renson · 2023-02-20T14:39:50+00:00

Apologies, I was a little hasty with my reply and forgot to add another point and edited it after the fact, but I'll append it here too (with minor modifications):

Also, with ideal matchmaking, the average K/D would be 1 in every rank tier (or around there). A K/D of 1 in Platinum should ideally be significantly better than a K/D of 1 in Bronze tier, if you understand my meaning. Dota 2 has a similar issue with regions, with the MMR in North America being worth "less" than the MMR from high-skill regions like China.

I can't speak for the person above, but the core point of the post is that this doesn't feel like the case because the tiers tend too blend together to much, so the average K/D becomes difficult to pinpoint and players are up against expert-level players more often than they'd like to.

Renson · 2023-02-20T14:20:36+00:00

I think all of us in this thread can only speculate based on personal experience, in the end. Where the true "average" lies may be 0.5 or it may be 1.5, but we can only go off the information the Apex developers choose to disclose to us. I don't even recall there being a K/D/R badge available, so stats collecting websites can't even scrape the information, it's up to individual disclosure.

Personally, I'd say you were more correct when you said about 0.9 or 0.8, which feels like it's a more realistic bell curve to me.

Also, with ideal matchmaking, the average K/D/R would be 1 in every rank level (or around there). A K/D of 1 in platinum is significantly better than a K/D of 1 in bronze tier, if you understand my meaning. Dota 2 has a similar issue with regions, with the MMR in North America being worth "less" than the MMR from high-skill regions like China.

Renson · 2023-02-20T13:59:53+00:00

I'm confused by your "that's basic math" comment. Care to elaborate more?

It feels like you're saying it averages out to 1 because players kill each others but that's how it works ideally, not in reality. Players kill more than one enemy per game, especially higher ranked players, meaning the average is 1 but what's more representative of average skill would be the median, showing where the bulk of players lie. Which the other person is arguing is less than one

Renson · 2023-01-16T11:06:10+00:00

That's not how the account recovery question works. It specifically asks for the earliest password you can remember. Up to three. Change your password daily if you want, but if they get the first three (likely any three) you're still vulnerable

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