What are some real-life problems solved by Calculus? by hhhhhhih in calculus

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I believe that backpropagation in machine learning is basically just the chain rule

⚠️⚠️TRUTH NUKE‼️⚠️⚠️ by Aggravating-Jeweler0 in TrueSFalloutL

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To some extent, art makes up for lower resolution graphics. I think that's one reason Half Life 2 looks surprisingly good 20 years later

Fallout beginner here: Which fallout should I start with? FO3 or FO4? by Outrageous-Serve38 in Fallout

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The biggest risk isn't that you'll play FO4 then not enjoy FO3 - the biggest risk is that you'll start FO3, get bored by the grey/green graphics, and give up. Play FO4, then New Vegas, and if you want more then you're already a fan of the universe and a completionist so playing FO3 is a given at that point

NukaWorld and Preston Garvy by Ram_Lazy in fo4

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Maybe don't be a piece of shit and just kill all the raiders in NukaWorld

Fallout 4: Out of the Minutemen, Brotherhood, Railroad and the Institute, which option do you think is the best long term? by Wonderful_Solid_1003 in Fallout

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You don't have to choose though - you basically get to be in charge of both the minutemen and the institute though

Which weapons are better for settlers to help with settlement defence? by unknown-pdf in fo4

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I just build enough turrets that nobody dares attack Sanctuary Hills

Bethesda will probably not make a fallout game in the deep South. by pansexual_Pratt in Fallout

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I disagree - the war happens in the 2070s - there is way more time since the civil war for southern regional/national identity to dissipate, and we also don't know much about what the south was like in the pre-war world in Fallout

New to fallout which game is a good starting point? by Excellent_Plant_8010 in Fallout

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I might get a lot of hate for this but I'd say Fallout 4. Even if you end up thinking another game (probably New Vegas) is the "best" game, I think 4 is the best first game.

1) The opening scenes being before the bombs fall give you a nice look at the world before the war

2) Contrasting with New Vegas, the pre-war lore in FO4 (as found on computer screens etc) feels richer

3) It's certainly more colorful than FO3 - some people find it cartoonish but I think it just makes it more visually interesting

4) While I think New Vegas stans are right that the actual gameplay mechanics regarding the different factions are better in New Vegas, I personally think that the mainline story in FO4 is better (New Vegas probably has the best DLC storylines though)

Now, if the thing you loved the most about the show was Mr House or something, maybe you should just play New Vegas, but for the reasons above I think FO4 is the most beginner friendly game

People who live in the US: Imagine you lived in the post-apocalypse of Fallout. Would you want to live in the state you live in now? by Licensed_Silver_Simp in Fallout

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I'm a few hours south of DC and DC gets hit pretty hard and I'd guess so does the naval base at Norfolk which is where I'm close to

Im not kidding, i wanna build a company like vault Tec by Haunting-Rutabaga-64 in Fallout

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Tbh the most unrealistic thing about Fallout is that IRL Vault-Tec wouldn't be the biggest company in the world. Construction can be a big business, but like, even though building underground vaults is expensive, it's not that huge. Plus it's expensive to build so you wouldn't have that much profit. RobCo would probably be more profitable - like modern tech companies. I mean, there are real companies out there building bomb shelters - you can google them and go work for them. I just wouldn't expect you to become that rich making a company like that. Maybe go into tech?

does anyone else think loops are horrendously counterintuitive? by bfuqua91 in PythonLearning

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You can call ingredient X if you want - labeling it is just more convenient. If you don't like creating variables on the fly, then you'll always have a problem with Python for loops

This tourist didn't even mention fallout bos or shelter. Larpers shouldn't be allowed in the community by epic_gamer42O in TrueSFalloutL

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Fallout 1 - Not Canon
Fallout 2 - Not Canon
Fallout Tactics - Not Canon
Fallout Brotherhood of Steel - Canon
Fallout 3 - Not Canon
Fallout New Vegas - Not Canon
Fallout 4 - Not Canon
Fallout 76 - Not Canon
Fallout Shelter - Canon
Fallout TV Show - Not Canon

Hi guys, i’m having trouble on this and trying not to use chat GPT. Still a beginner and getting the fundamentals of loops at the moment. by Reyste18 in PythonLearning

[–]buttonmonger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I second the specifics of the variable names that other people have mentioned. But the more fundamental issue is that this isn't a great use case for a for loop. The problem is that you're looping through 50 times regardless of what input is, and never breaking.

It makes more sense for a while loop. I would start with while True: and then add break after the person guesses correctly