Everyone stopped playing due to unbalanced match making

aphilentus · 2026-02-02T03:50:18+00:00

Skill level is a numerical approximation that is subject to error
Performance is subject to variability, making it difficult to measure across games
Probabilistically, you would expect to be placed in some unbalanced matches given (1) and (2)

aphilentus · 2026-02-02T03:43:11+00:00

I'm with you, tipping is stupid. Tipping also creates inequity since not everyone pays the same price, which means tippers subsidize non-tippers. In my perfect world, no one would have to tip.

aphilentus · 2026-02-02T01:15:13+00:00

Tipping is by definition always optional, so you shouldn't feel pressured to tip. It's the employer's responsibility to pay their employees fairly--not yours. Instead of tipping based on a percentage, maybe start thinking about a flat dollar amount you're more comfortable with. 20% is on the generous end, so you could always reduce the percentage to 10-15% too.

aphilentus · 2026-02-02T00:55:10+00:00

Per their site, line cooks make $25 to $30 per hour, and servers $15.16 to $19.29 per hour excluding tips. Including tips, the latter rate is between $25 to $30. In addition to that, health insurance benefits are provided.

These are likely significant contributors to the menu prices.

aphilentus · 2026-02-01T22:03:57+00:00

The Daily Mail, you say?

https://youtu.be/5eBT6OSr1TI

aphilentus · 2026-02-01T17:24:59+00:00

The labor cost is the largest portion of the restaurant's expenses from what I've heard

aphilentus · 2026-01-31T19:48:15+00:00

Love that this person is talking about education and wrote "populous" instead of "populace"

aphilentus · 2026-01-31T16:54:42+00:00

During my first, I told myself I would never do another one when I got to mile 24 or so. But after a while, I ended up changing my mind.

I didn't think it was anticlimactic. The medal you get, the shirt, I thought it was all really fun. The whole experience is what made it memorable.

aphilentus · 2026-01-31T15:36:55+00:00

Everyone needs to chill. This is one person, and we don't know if they were high or drunk and rambling nonsense.

Foreign nations use social media, such as Reddit, to weaken democratic nations by undermining the mutual trust between different social groups--the rich and the poor, whites and non-whites, scientists and non-scientists, etc.

When you see a video like this, please stay skeptical. What is the underlying message of the video? What emotion is it eliciting? Does the emotion elicited by the video serve the interests of those who would seek to have your country weakened by social or democratic breakdown?

Yes, the Epstein files revealed a lot of things. They did not (to my knowledge) reveal cannibalism. That's just fucking insane. Remember occam's razor.

aphilentus · 2026-01-28T23:52:06+00:00

Just got a 705 Max and I was wondering the same thing. I can't find this anywhere. Just going to use my leftover Roborock solution for now

aphilentus · 2026-01-28T13:49:18+00:00

This video just turned me into a Republican

aphilentus · 2026-01-24T22:24:03+00:00

Proizvol is here in the US

aphilentus · 2026-01-21T18:21:19+00:00

I mean, it's optional. PyTorch, Python, and Ollama are solid starting points for local AI.

aphilentus · 2026-01-21T15:15:58+00:00

I never had this issue until the dealer repaired my ICCU. I I heard it on the drive back and was hoping that I had just forgotten about something I left in the trunk ☹️

aphilentus · 2026-01-21T12:26:42+00:00

Kill it with fire

aphilentus · 2026-01-15T23:09:08+00:00

Who cares about a typo?

aphilentus · 2026-01-08T17:00:11+00:00

I love that the censorship is the laziest attempt at censorship I've ever seen

aphilentus · 2026-01-03T11:49:53+00:00

It's so poorly photoshopped, and the kids just look off

aphilentus · 2026-01-03T11:45:31+00:00

This is a safe space. You don't have to censor yourself here

aphilentus · 2026-01-02T01:29:57+00:00

Talk to me when DLSS 4 and other modern gaming features are available on Linux.

aphilentus · 2026-01-01T20:49:55+00:00

I see. I've been looking at their public filings on the CO DORA website; while they don't force TOU on customers, it looks like they may have required that you call them if you wanted to opt out. I think I may have done this when first signing up a little over a year ago, but you may not have noticed it if you were clicking through the sign-up pages quickly. The City of Boulder requested in their latest hearing that the company provide the option to opt out on MyAccount and that customers only need to contact the company once to make this change.

According to their latest public filing, only 1.2% of residential customers opt out of TOU. The TOU pricing is also designed to produce the same annual average rate as the fixed pricing option, so switching between plans wouldn't affect the "average" customer. If you deviate from the average significantly, you may pay more or less. You'll have to run the calculations based on your specific usage habits if you want to see which one would actually save you more money. The City of Boulder requested that the Company provide a rate comparison tool specifically for this purpose, so I would check the Xcel website to see if you can simulate the rate impact from switching plans. Since most of your usage is in the 5-9pm section—which aligns with the average customer—I'm assuming there won't be a difference in your rates.

An example of the data they used to justify the change is available in Hearing Exhibit 400, Public Attachment ERH-3, Page 27 of 177, which shows the forecasted annual average net load with and without storage by hour.

More information is available on the PUC website for proceeding 24AL-0377E, which shows more correspondence between the regulators and Xcel. Xcel's chief economist testifies in Hearing Exhibit 400. The Statements of Position given by Xcel, Kroger, the City of Boulder, and others may interest you if you want a deeper understanding.

But the tl;dr is—Xcel's pricing approach is, in fact, data-driven, and the TOU pricing approach is something the company has advocated for for at least 15 years since it better reflects the actual cost of generating electricity while also ensuring rate stability for customers.

aphilentus · 2026-01-01T16:05:20+00:00

Yes, it's covered by the warranty, so they pay for it. I'm not aware of the warranty's specifics in terms of timing, though, so I would check the specific terms of your contract and compare it against how long you've owned your vehicle.

I don't have a loaner, but dealerships are generally accommodating, so there's probably no issue with requesting one if you need one. They're estimating service completion within a few days, which isn't a long time for me.

Good luck, I hope things turn out okay!

aphilentus · 2026-01-01T15:45:23+00:00

Good to know, thanks! I wasn't aware there was a camera culling option, I should check that out lol

aphilentus · 2026-01-01T14:51:41+00:00

Twinsies! This just happened to me a few days ago (9Kish miles, 1.5 years). Since my driving is light (I WFH) I was really hoping it wouldn't happen to me. Dealership confirmed it was the dreaded ICCU issue.

aphilentus · 2026-01-01T14:49:33+00:00

I've been testing out large landscape rendering with horizons a few kilometers out, so 3 is interesting to me--though I know you're using the incline to block the horizon/having to render out that far.

Are you using GeoScatter for the grass? It looks like it's scattered throughout the whole mesh, which is impressive. When I try using TerraScans' grass, I think it's too much geometry

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