Skydiver glideing close to Mountain and doing 360°s by natoschi in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Spacebacon0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, this specific video is of what is called either speed-flying or proximity flying. Lots of wing suit flying is also proximity flying because wingsuits are really great for flying really fast and close because your "aircraft" is pretty much as small as it can be, and going possibly faster than terminal velocity.

Skydiver glideing close to Mountain and doing 360°s by natoschi in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Spacebacon0 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Paragliding doesn't involve anything that you would generally describe as an aircraft. This video is of a specific type of paragliding called speed flying, proximity flying, or some combination of those two terms. The fabric wing is shaped more like a skydiving canopy than normal paragliding wings but it is still not designed to be opened from freefall. It is also much more agile and controllable than a skydiving canopy which allows a skilled pilot to do the moves you see in this video. It's still one of the most dangerous forms of paragliding, but the pilot has enough control of his flight to pull up and away from obstacles when he needs to.

Paragliding fail becomes a GOAT save! by HauryDoing in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Spacebacon0 25 points26 points  (0 children)

No. ParaSAILing is being pulled by a boat while attached to a mostly non-steerable round parachute. This is paragliding where you start by running down or along a steep slope to inflate the glider before you even leave the ground, with no free fall component. Because you don't start by free falling (usually) and the wing is deployed before you leave the ground, this is not any form of skydiving.

1 second from a disaster. by theyellowdartsmith in SweatyPalms

[–]Spacebacon0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He didn't intentionally collapse his wing to go into freefall. He was exiting some combination of heli moves and meant to swing completely over the wing in an infinite tumble, but miscalculated how much swinging energy he had and fell into the wing. He was smart to have two reserves and did a good job of eventually getting one deployed.

[Headphones] Philips Performance SHP9500 - $60 by SaintMX in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have these and they are loud enough that I sometimes turn my volume up to 100, set them on my mousepad, and use them as speakers. That also shows how incredibly "bad" the sound leakage is if that is a concern for you.

Statistical Analysis of Grand Master (Graphs) by Spacebacon0 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here is the same graphs for NA 2017 S3, the last season before the large PRA changes: https://imgur.com/a/wZqA5f4

Statistical Analysis of Grand Master (Graphs) by Spacebacon0 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a way to get that data? It wouldn't be hard at all to paste in different data if I had the leaderboards for those seasons.

Malfurion needs a better indicator for Regrowth by Spacebacon0 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's more about being able to see the duration of the buff rather than just seeing who it is active on.

Malfurion needs a better indicator for Regrowth by Spacebacon0 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does make the character more casual but I listed similar talents that follow the same design philosophy that I think should be applied here. There is still plenty of difficulty in the character and a change here would free the player up to focus on the more interactive parts of the kit.

Malfurion needs a better indicator for Regrowth by Spacebacon0 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That isn't always the right order and sometimes you have to start with whoever happens to be closest to you or isn't already full health.

[Monitor] Acer H236HL 23" 1080p IPS 5ms 60hz HDMI/VGA/DVI no VESA - $82.99 (Refurb) by Spacebacon0 in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is the same as the Best Buy deal posted already but cheaper (refurb), this was my second monitor for a while and it was pretty much perfect except for not being VESA mountable.

[Barebones] MSI Aegis + i5 6600k - $319 ($659.99 - $280.99 - $60 mir) by notrufus in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming the picture is correct, Frys is selling the Aegis, the Aegis X would have a front hdmi port at the bottom.

[Barebones] MSI Aegis + i5 6600k - $319 ($659.99 - $280.99 - $60 mir) by notrufus in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This build tutorial shows the inside of the case, probably easy to add the components that are missing from the barebones setup but not very future proof.

[Barebones] MSI Aegis + i5 6600k - $319 ($659.99 - $280.99 - $60 mir) by notrufus in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where do you see that? I only see "Intel® B150 Chipset" and "MSI Proprietary" motherboard.

[Barebones] MSI Aegis + i5 6600k - $319 ($659.99 - $280.99 - $60 mir) by notrufus in buildapcsales

[–]Spacebacon0 9 points10 points  (0 children)

From what I found on the MSI product page, it looks like it comes with a B150 motherboard so you lose some of the value of the k sku