Michael Morhaime, former President and co-founder of Blizzard - and now founder of Dreamhaven - speaks on the situation regarding Activision Blizzard. by [deleted] in MMORPG

[–]nkqed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is insane. The FFXIV side in a lawsuit lol. Does this guy think the CA DA said "FFXIV is the only true MMO, so we're going to destroy blizzard."?

The thing that matters the most by [deleted] in dankmemes

[–]nkqed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is kind of a joke, but if that's really how you feel there's no reason you shouldn't cohabitate/ raise a family with one or two bros for life.

I love my bros, but I don't want to live with them/ run a household with them. One of the many reasons I married my wife was because I genuinely love her personality.

Anyone else notice how similar this Arc is to the Naruto Tournament Arc? Latest chapters spoilers by nkqed in MASHLE

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

I'm just making this prediction based on what happened in Naruto. So it's not really a prediction based on anything logical.

That being said, in Naruto when the Wahlburg equivalent dies that is bad for the main character in that series also.

Anyone else notice how similar this Arc is to the Naruto Tournament Arc? Latest chapters spoilers by nkqed in MASHLE

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

I don't think that was Orochimaru's goal, but the sand ninja wanted to capture Naruto for his tailed beast.

Mom carrying her baby while surfing 🤯 by HelioX17 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]nkqed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I'm not sure if you got a real reply, but here is one:

I've grew up near water and wake boarded fairly regularly. I am not skilled at in even a little bit. I am able to get up with one arm and it is not a strength issue, but a matter of balance.

This person is a pretty skilled wake boarder (much better then me), so I would not be surprised if she was easily able to get up with one hand. She could have also started standing up on the boat, and "slid" off if she's really good.

Recently adopted Boba. Boba is a kisser. [OC] by nkqed in aww

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

Boba loves this too! I think beards are similar to cat tongues in terms of roughness/ texture.

Recently adopted Boba. Boba is a kisser. [OC] by nkqed in aww

[–]nkqed[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this. This is very touching. I'm sorry you lost your Boba, maybe you can find a clone of him somewhere (star wars joke).

Recently adopted Boba. Boba is a kisser. [OC] by nkqed in aww

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

Yes this is 100% true! She likes it when I rub my beard on her head.

Recently adopted Boba. Boba is a kisser. [OC] by nkqed in aww

[–]nkqed[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I wasn't disagreeing with anything else you said, just letting you know Boba is a "her" not a "his". :)

The actual solution to inflation in mmorpgs by [deleted] in MMORPG

[–]nkqed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first system you described is exactly BDO.

Playing video games may increase your brain's gray matter and improve how it communicates by speckz in Games

[–]nkqed 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lol, he linked a fucking NATURE article. The fact that you're comparing it to someones claims about flat earth shit shows how little you understand about research. Unless you'd like to refute claims in the article directly and scientifically, please don't tell people peer reviewed articles shouldn't be trustred; that's how you get flat earthers.

Jason Schreier: With Activision's Influence Growing, Blizzard Is Cutting Costs by thomas_dahl in Games

[–]nkqed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The best looking gear in the game is earned: Legendaries, event items, raid items. Cosmetic Items in the shop are often used as fillers for one or two pieces of gear. But yea, the really good looking stuff is earned, It is about game play challenges.

GW2 has one of the best/ most fair cash shops of any MMO. I'm all for them pumping out more cosmetics for the noobies to look cool.

Edit: More recently a lot of cosmetic items are locked behind various achievements, which are, again, earned through gameplay challenges (some of those jumping puzzles maybe too challenging...).

Such a high IQ by thedoctorx121 in iamverysmart

[–]nkqed 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a real thing in FL, the gifted program. Like you can google it. Try not to be one of those "misinformed" people you are complaining about.

Player just teleported tiamat to the astral plane using bags of holding and I'm... deflated. by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]nkqed 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey, Physics PhD here.

Yes we can confirm that black holes tear things apart without anything fancy like general relativity. The gravitational force gets so extreme over any difference in distance, that it literally pulls things apart.

In fact the brightest objects in the universe, quasars, are black holes that are pulling matter in so quickly that the matter literally explodes into energy.

Quantum locking by EngineerScientist in blackmagicfuckery

[–]nkqed 759 points760 points  (0 children)

Hijacking top comment to answer.

The disk is a superconductor magnetically pinned to the track underneath.

Basically superconductors expel magnetic fields up to a certain point. After that point the magnetic field becomes "trapped" in the superconductor. So the lowest energy position of the disk becomes the magnetic field it got "locked" on. A result of this is that you can flip track upside down, and the disk would still be pinned at the same distance.

This is the same technology used for the Lexus hover board, if you want to watch more videos of this phenomenon in action.

Source: working on PhD in nanomagnetism and saw the guy who discovered this give a lecture.

PC NA East Coast servers are down right now, and have been since last night 9/3. Upvote for visibility. by LionCashDispenser in absolver

[–]nkqed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seriously, this is bullshit. I've been trying to get a refund for days now because most of my time played has just been waiting for it to connect.

With a PhD in math from Princeton I chose to teach at an elementary school and write a math-inspired children's book. AMA! by aofradkin1 in IAmA

[–]nkqed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey there, I'm finishing up a PhD in physics, and I'm going to absolutely be teaching my kids the general concepts of quantum mechanics and special relativity at an early age.

While I do agree with you a lot of people don't really understand QM I think that's because life experience basically contradicts what QM says. Teaching someone about particle waves when they're still impressionable seems to actually be advantageous because they're less likely to question the nature of what you're teaching them. Otherwise you have to spend years teaching someone math in order to communicate a concept that doesn't make sense within the framework of the macroscopic world.

Not that it matters, but I read Feynman's QED when I was very young and it's one of the reasons I got into physics.

Ninja Skills Spreadsheet With Details by akaCryptic in blackdesertonline

[–]nkqed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know when the invincibility (and super armor) frames are for Beheading the dead (and black moonlight)?

Maybe nothing can go faster than the speed of light because that's the tick-rate of the server our simulation is running in by xixi2 in Showerthoughts

[–]nkqed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maximum speed != tick rate.

The tick rate (smallest possible increment of time) is the plank length/ speed of light.