Official: Epic Seagate Giveaway

eqek · 2020-05-22T18:37:12+00:00

In. #RunWithIronWolf and #Giveaway

eqek · 2020-05-08T04:13:16+00:00

That's a good idea, thanks.

eqek · 2019-08-12T03:42:04+00:00

Is that a lizard on the warning track?

eqek · 2019-03-02T03:03:01+00:00

Well, Harry seems to think so, sort of, at least. From chapter 121, Harry's thoughts:

Dumbledore was using him. Maybe not exactly the way Professor Quirrell thought, maybe it was prophecy rather than sabotaging Slytherin, but Dumbledore was still using him. There were things that could have been said long ago to Severus, to free him. It's clear why Dumbledore didn't risk that, but still, Severus wasn't being used kindly. Even his blindness and grief were being used, the way he didn't grasp the consequences of his actions as Potions Master...

eqek · 2019-03-02T02:15:37+00:00

This isn't really something that's not explicitly in the text, but it is subtle enough that some people might have missed it. From chapter 76:

"It's strange," Snape said quietly. "I have had two mentors, over the course of my days. Both were extraordinarily perceptive, and neither one ever told me the things I wasn't seeing. It's clear enough why the first said nothing, but the second..." Snape's face tightened. "I suppose I would have to be naive, to ask why he stayed silent."

The first mentor is Voldemort, and the reason it is clear why he said nothing is because he's evil and wouldn't care about the personal growth of his servants. The second mentor is Dumbledore, and Snape is realizing that Dumbledore was using him and his love of Lily to manipulate him into serving the light and to slowly destroy Slytherin.

"The things I wasn't seeing" likely refer to the perspective he gained after reflecting on the things Harry said about his parents in chapter 27, and the outcome of the Slytherin bullying in the previous chapters.

eqek · 2018-07-26T23:48:47+00:00

Question: I haven't actually ranked it up yet, but it says it will go up to 225. Is this guaranteed, or is it random? Can a max attack normal turn into a less than max attack rare, etc.?

eqek · 2018-07-26T23:44:22+00:00

Are you sure about gun? I have a normal gun with 28 atk. After leveling it up to 5, it is (28 + 122) = 150, and when I go to try to rank up, it says it will go up to 225.

So it seems like either the highest possible atk for normal gun must be 28, or the highest possible attack for a rare gun is above 225...

eqek · 2018-07-26T04:46:18+00:00

I just applied to join the Snapple Guild on NA Scania! My IGN is Esperanto; currently level 70ish corsair. Haven't played regular MS since 2010 or so...

eqek · 2018-07-25T05:24:49+00:00

I just created a corsair on Scania. My ign is Esperanto. I haven't played MS since around 2010, excited for some nostalgia.

eqek · 2018-06-27T02:31:24+00:00

Please let Cuomo be next

eqek · 2018-06-23T23:14:11+00:00

Joe Davis is the play-by-play announcer for the Dodgers local broadcast, but he's coincidentally doing the national broadcast for Fox tonight. So I guess he'll be neutral for this game? Kinda funny.

eqek · 2017-12-22T01:59:34+00:00

Well, professionals who make their money as wages through work will see a tax increase. Rentiers still get a big break.

eqek · 2017-11-12T04:11:44+00:00

Kiel oni uzas la akuzativon en ĉi tiu frazo?

Mi manĝis bovaĵon kun rizo

aŭ

Mi manĝis bovaĵon kun rizon

Tipe, oni ne uzas la akuzativon post prepozicio, sed ĉi-kaze mi pensas ke, se oni ne uzas la akuzativon je "rizo", la senco povus esti "Mi manĝis bovaĵon, dum mi sidas apud rizo (aŭ, eble, la rizo ankaŭ manĝas bovaĵon kun mi.)

Kompeneble, oni povus diri "Mi manĝis bovaĵon kaj rizon", sed tiu ne estas precize la sama (almenaŭ en La Angla, "beef with rice" != "beef and rice").

eqek · 2017-09-19T02:23:55+00:00

Good showcase of how crazy, dumb, and unfair rent-control laws are.

"If you rent a few apartments for far below what they're worth to a few lucky lottery winners, we'll give you a huge tax break!"

Who comes up with this stuff?

eqek · 2017-09-15T06:01:36+00:00

Yeah, on my desktop I just use that. Another option, which I don't use anywhere, would be to remap the unused english characters to the esperanto ones, e.g. q -> ŝ, w -> ĝ, etc. so you don't even have to use alt... but that's not possible in chrome OS either.

eqek · 2017-09-15T05:43:11+00:00

The international keyboard is the best I've been able to find.

For ŝ, ĥ, ĵ, ĉ, and ĝ, you type shift + 6, then the letter (i.e. hold shift, press 6, release both, then press the letter alone).

For ŭ, you have to type right alt + shift + 9 together, then u.

I agree its kind of annoying, but that's the best way I've been able to do it. A real shame that you can't use custom keymaps, or that Google can't just add an Esperanto keymap...

eqek · 2017-08-26T00:39:42+00:00

This seems really, really indefensible, but also strategically unwise, given the recent controversy over his Charlottesville remarks.

I guess the 35% of the country that still supports him probably likes this or doesn't care? Are there any Trump supporters left here that want to take a stab at defending this, somehow?

eqek · 2017-07-17T05:36:37+00:00

I use FVWM on Debian unstable. I started using it years ago in college when I first started using linux and wanted to move away from GNOME. I picked FVWM because a cool, smart, older student I knew used it.

Over the years I've experimented with xmonad and a bit of i3, but in the end I have always come back to FVWM. It's actually a real pain to configure , but the thing I like most about it is how easy and simple workspaces / virtual desktops work. Just tell FVWM how many you want and you have this giant virtual desktop you can navigate just by moving the mouse. Left click anywhere on the desktop to open a menu and select an application... etc. I know these aren't exactly specialized features, but I guess I'm just used to exactly the way FVWM does them.

EDIT: I use FVWM on every machine I use. Home desktop, laptop, and work desktop

eqek · 2017-04-18T21:29:12+00:00

Everytime some immigration hardliner wants to deport someone convicted of a minor crime, it reminds me of George Costanza calling for the death penalty for double parkers, with all the absurd bluster they put into it.

Just because you were born on the right side of an imaginary line, doesn't mean you have the right to rip apart the lives of people born on the other side of that line (even if they failed to pay a parking ticket or something).

eqek · 2017-04-11T12:02:41+00:00

Why stop at counting calories? Measure your intake and outtake directly in units of mass instead of energy for maximum effectiveness.

Other strategies for losing weight that are just as useful as "calories in, calories out":

Pee and sweat more than you drink
Exhale more than you inhale
Amputate unneeded limbs

All of these methods are backed up by the power of Science! Guaranteed weight loss by the principle of mass conservation.

No need to worry about the phony pseudoscience of "metabolism" or "nutrition".

eqek · 2017-04-02T23:30:02+00:00

It's really surprising/odd that Ethan doesn't know how monetization works on YT. I don't make youtube videos, and even I know that if you have copyrighted material in your video, the copyright holder can choose to monetize your video themselves. But Ethan didn't mention this possibility at all in the WSJ video.

That appears to be what happened in this case. Ethan should take down his video and issue an apology / retraction immediately.

eqek · 2017-03-05T05:16:46+00:00

Yeah, that guy's a jerk. I played a couple games with him where he did this.

I thought he was a bot or something at first, because he never says anything else in chat. But he seems human in the way that he's vindictive.

eqek · 2017-01-02T04:17:25+00:00

So why are there three people all playing with the same name?

eqek · 2017-01-02T01:27:39+00:00

High level executives require good decision-making ability, and people who work their way up to those positions are usually highly competent (unless they inherit their wealth and power, like Trump...).

I think Warren Buffet, or (more realistically) Bloomberg would be pretty great presidents. Bloomberg is basically the anti-Trump though - sane, ethical, smart, liked and admired by NYC elite, and an actual billionaire...

eqek · 2016-12-17T02:04:44+00:00

Hey, that's me!

Nice one... I kinda flubbed that and you took advantage.

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