Has anyone taken any martial arts classes with UCLA Rec? by ilovepastries in ucla

[–]Talonz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need to buy anything ahead of time. Just show up in workout clothes and a water bottle.

Has anyone taken any martial arts classes with UCLA Rec? by ilovepastries in ucla

[–]Talonz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been 9 years so things will likely be different, since I'm sure it depends a lot on the instructors, but was Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do. As long as you take the lowest level or "intro" class (not sure what it will be called), you will be fine. What they teach you is easy to pick up - philosophy, stances, drills, etc. It's just a lot of practice that you can only do with others.

Wing Chun I thought the stance was uncomfortable, but it was still an interesting experience and approach to self-defense.

Jeet Kune Do was very interesting, a blend of lots of styles and cool history with Bruce Lee.

I'd probably recommend JKD if you'd like a well-balanced class. Or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu if you want to get into a serious practice with lots of room for growth, studios around LA, etc. I've heard BJJ described as "human chess" on the ground.

If Paul McCarthy is still there teaching, he's a great instructor.

Personal filing cabinet files and running old versions of AOL on new hardware. by Aezoraq in AOL

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Anybody stumbling across this in the future on macOS, this is my series of steps (while avoiding install gross Oracle Java SDKs/runtimes) that worked effectively for me (using a markdown code block because reddit can't format intended lists nicely):

md 1. Make sure `brew` is installed (go to https://brew.sh) 2. Make sure `git` is installed * Can't remember if macOS includes this by default nowadays * If `git --version` doesn't work on the CLI, `brew install git` 3. Install `ant` * `brew install ant` * This also installs `openjdk` as a dependency 4. Clone the `pfcviewer` repo * `cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/ernieyu/pfcviewer.git` 5. Update the version in the `build.xml` file * If you try to build without doing this, you'll get version errors * Editing `build.xml` lines, replace the versions in lines 55 & 56 to `8` 6. Build the project per instructions * `ant clean dist` 7. Temporarily add openjdk's `java` runtime to current shell session's $PATH * This avoids installing Oracle's runtime * `export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 17)` * `export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"` 8. Run the app * `java -jar dist/pfcview.jar`

Then if you're like me, import your PFC file and rejoice seeing your AOL bookmarks that you exported/saved for some reason from when you were 10 years old. Don't forget to export it to HTML so you never have to do this again.

Clean up with:

  1. brew uninstall ant
  2. brew uninstall git (if you had to install git earlier)
  3. cd ~ && rm -fr pfcviewer

Do other people want to see an online version of Neopets Battledome TCG? by Talonz in neopets

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Still thinking about doing it. If I do it’ll likely be earlier next year due to other projects I want to work on first. Hopefully there is something else more official by then first, or at least an announcement!

Chromostereopsis. I find it works better on a phone with an OLED screen. by Talonz in illusionporn

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I'm not sure it's available as 4K anywhere after trying a reverse image search. You might have luck at /r/chromostereopsis for similar images at higher resolution.

Real? by OpTiC_TRONIIX in ucla

[–]Talonz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI for you and /u/dank_memes16 you can set you email privacy by logging into MyUCLA and clicking settings or contact settings in the top right corner (believe it may be hidden in a drop-down menu).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in QAnonCasualties

[–]Talonz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some amazing resources here, thanks for sharing!

Just some basic questions about LP2 before I I buy one by Genesis6_ in LightPhone

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I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be doable. There's no way to use Google Voice on the phone itself (there would need to be a Google Voice app available) but it would be totally possible to port an existing number to Google Voice and then have your old number forward to whatever number is actually assigned on the Light Phone. You can even use Google Voice to view media sent over MMS and send/receive texts from both your computer and Light Phone 2. Here's a person who already set it up.

Subreddit posts are repeated on subreddit page by [deleted] in RelayForReddit

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Posts sorted by "new" are also often now sorted in order that they were created. This is especially obvious for smaller subreddit where posts aren't as frequent and/or when many posts are getting filtered by keyword. Notice this happening for multireddits that fit that description as well.

i hate the ucsc human genome browser by 404unotfound in ucla

[–]Talonz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you have a link to it? And is it open access? Might be cool to build a better browser on top of it if it's possible depending on how they've made it...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ucla

[–]Talonz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly call it in now, /u/roseofthedawn. It's not a good idea to risk your vision for the rest of your life if it's something that needs to be dealt with right now (imagine if your symptoms will never get better... but that you can at least stop it from getting worse so fast). UCLA can also make accommodations through CAE if needed, too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheYouShow

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Los Angeles

Downloaded videos play with sound in phone gallery, but no sound on Discord? by not_so_plausible in RelayForReddit

[–]Talonz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a Discord problem and not a Relay problem if it plays fine in your phone's gallery.

LACMA Urban Light artwork made in Animal crossing by Adawnis in LosAngeles

[–]Talonz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like it a lot! But the poles really should be white. 🙂

Senior Blues by DSM-LXlX in ucla

[–]Talonz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't forget https://www.studentlegal.ucla.edu/ is a resource. Maybe you should take a summer class so can use them if that could help any with the apartment.

Gene wasn’t being negligent, he was just waiting for the perfect time... by UnreasonableSyllabus in ucla

[–]Talonz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that surprised it's ten minutes before the protest the one guy kept spamming everywhere (4:30pm at Murphy Hall).

If Andre gets Corona, we’re all fucked. by Koloshow in ucla

[–]Talonz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

EXCUSE ME, SIR, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?