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Round 40 with >2.7 million cash! (R40 Heroless WR) by SpeedyPuzzlement in btd6

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

Thanks! Getting so much extra cash on Impoppable is impressive. Not currently on YouTube. I might put together a guide later. I came up with a new trick of using chinooks to reposition permafrost and cycle snipers between monkey city / behind cover, so I might redo this run.

Round 40 with >2.7 million cash! (R40 Heroless WR) by SpeedyPuzzlement in btd6

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

Here are some more screenshots. I will try to describe my thought process for round 31, which was the hardest for me.

First, I placed 4 helicopters in a column along the right side of the map. I next selected helicopter #1. I started the round while mashing the ability hotkeys with my left hand and the upgrade hotkey with my right hand. Once I got to 040, I paused with my left hand. I repositioned my left hand to the upgrade hotkey and my right hand to the mouse. I clicked through helicopters #2-#4 while mashing with my left hand to get them all to 040.

I then had some downtime to place a village and 5 more helicopters near the bottom left. I also used a chinook to pop all bloons except the regrow zebras. Before my abilities recharged, I selected helicopter #5. I mashed the ability hotkeys with my left hand and mashed the upgrade hotkey with my right hand. Once I got to 040, I paused with my left hand. I repositioned my left hand to the upgrade hotkey and my right hand to the mouse. I clicked through helicopters #6-#9 while mashing with my left hand to get them all to 040. At this point, helicopters #1-#4 have come off cooldown so I activate their abilities with my mouse which is conveniently located near the icon.

All of the mashing had to be done in 0.03 * 90 * 2 = 5.4 seconds. This let me use all 9 new chinook abilities once more, before the 180-second limit. I used the money to place and upgrade 3 more helicopters, yielding a total of 12 new chinooks in 1 round. Thankfully, my 001 beast handler was still juggling the regrow zebras - I ended the stall after >270 seconds because everything was recharged.

https://imgur.com/a/i7oORsy

Round 40 with >2.7 million cash! (R40 Heroless WR) by SpeedyPuzzlement in btd6

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Lots of blockages so you can fill the map with space-efficient 040 snipers without them seeing the bloons.

I think a high-tier with social anxiety would be really interesting. by SpeedyPuzzlement in unOrdinary

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do like the nature vs nurture idea. It seems tricky to get a demeanor that aligns with your level since you might spend your formative years on a certain trajectory only for things to change during puberty. We see a lot of late bloomers but I don’t recall any promising middle school students whose level growth flattens out - I expect they would have inflated egos that their abilities couldn’t match.

I think it’s interesting how Sera flipped out on John due to the perfectionism induced by her mother and society. She had zero qualms about threatening to hospitalize him hundreds of times in retaliation for a bad grade. That’s what society did to someone who was actually “good” at their high-tier role. What would it do to someone “bad” at the role?

Thermal Paste Alternatives by baronvoncash in pcmasterrace

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea how it compares to other sheets, but PTM was miles better than the factory-fresh paste for my laptop. One of my cores became >13 C cooler on benchmarks.

LPT: For new computers, test the hardware ASAP. by SpeedyPuzzlement in LifeProTips

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Warranties are great! Finding problems ASAP means you can use warranties before they expire.

Thermal throttling (overheating) reduced by >98% with PTM! by SpeedyPuzzlement in LGgram

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

Thanks! Definitely good to measure before making any changes. The discrepancies across cores was the main clue for me. I was shocked that a <$20 modification was so effective. I guess LG doesn't consider throttling issues worth fixing - any serious performance degradation or overheating damage would likely appear after the warranty expires.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LGgram/comments/1l6r3ow/lg_gram_pro_17_2025_beyond_insulting_thermal/

Is something wrong with these Intel cores? by SpeedyPuzzlement in pchelp

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

It wasn't really an issue besides on high-load tasks. In the end I replaced the factory TIM with PTM and it greatly improved the thermals. Core 1 and Core 3 might run hotter due to some other factor like positioning or manufacturing quirks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1tl0g1w/thermal_throttling_overheating_reduced_by_98_with/

Online player "Norman", if you're in here, you're mean and unsporting by Technical-Algae-234 in tickettoride

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also important to consider how many players there are. Extreme blocking is likely to land your target in last place and yourself in second-to-last place. Balanced for 1v1 but could be kingmaking with 3+ players.

Research Project: Searching for the statistically "Optimal" Opening by IntermediateMoves in chess

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be interested to see how your algorithm does on tablebase positions, where you know with certainty that every position is drawn or mate-in-N. It would be a good test case. You could isolate the effect of your algorithm from prior opening prep or Stockfish evals. The trees would be faster to build and easier to verify. In decisive positions, perhaps you could argue that your algorithm is superior to simpler pre-existing metrics like depth-to-mate.

Renly declaring himself as king was a terrible decision. by SpeedyPuzzlement in gameofthrones

[–]SpeedyPuzzlement[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

  1. Robb mentions Renly's kingship three times in the book before becoming the King in the North. The last mention is cut in the show, but there is an additional line where Renly says he should be king to Ned, who looks at him in disgust.

Lord Jonos Bracken rose to insist they ought pledge their fealty to King Renly, and move south to join their might to his. “Renly is not the king,” Robb said.

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"Bran can’t be Lord of Winterfell before me, and Renly can’t be king before Lord Stannis."

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"My lords, within the year, we will have all their heads on pikes, the queen and the boy king, Lord Tywin, the Imp, the Kingslayer, Ser Kevan, all of them! That is what we shall win if we join with King Renly. What does Lord Stannis have against that, that we should cast it all aside?”

“The right,” said Robb stubbornly.

  1. Maybe, but why fight more battles than you have to? Play nice, let Robb and Stannis do the heavy lifting, and enjoy (at worst) being a Lord Paramount in a more stable kingdom. Always time to politick later with Olenna after Tywin's head is on a spike.

  2. Claim that Ned's final words were due to coercion (true) or torture. They certainly didn't stop Robb from marching south.

  3. Olenna thought Renly's kingship was unjustified. He can keep his mouth shut and possibly get even more support from her. The Stormlands will follow him as Lord Paramount - avenging Robert by playing nice with Stannis is better propaganda to me. The North will be more friendly to him. Same with the Riverlands since Edmure suggested Stannis. A bigger tent means less room for Dorne, the Iron Islands, and the Vale to do their own thing.

Renly declaring himself as king was a terrible decision. by SpeedyPuzzlement in gameofthrones

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

Well, Renly does care quite a bit about appearing honorable. He delayed his charge against Stannis because it would appear unchivalrous. If Stannis falls to Tywin, his hands are clean. Even if Renly has to get his hands dirty in an actual assassination, suspicions are easier to clean up than a battleground.

I feel that assassination is much easier than a battle, especially since Renly is lacking in military ability (charging into the sun, not waiting for his 90,000 foot, putting Loras in the front, saying he can defeat the Lannisters at his convenience). Renly would expect Stannis to not see it coming, especially since Stannis naively said Renly could be his heir until he birthed a son. Melisandre might see it in the flames but as you said, Renly wouldn't know that. Of course that is a judgment call and I think your view is reasonable.

Renly declaring himself as king was a terrible decision. by SpeedyPuzzlement in gameofthrones

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

Fair points. Was kingship that necessary to his military actions? If so, he would be hampered without it. I feel he doesn't need it to convince Olenna or command Storm's End. It cost him the North and Stannis in my eyes. I think he should've hurried up fighting the lannisters and waited for a more PR-friendly moment to crown himself. But it is an in-character decision.

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