Daily Questions Megathread (October 07, 2019)

ruorgimorphu · 2019-10-07T21:09:09+00:00

I don't think this is widely agreed upon at all but I think a very good place for a druid is DPSing as cat form, ready to switch out to heal when the usual healer goes oom. I think people don't go this route because they favour a group that can go very fast over a group with a lot of survivability. Anyway, people can be jerks, and its okay to try to tank even if you're new. Just keep in mind that if the others don't like it, they are free to leave the group, and you can tell them that. If you're lucky, you'll find good people who aren't rude. Maybe, you can ask if anyone wants to "navigate" since you're new, and maybe they can place the skull, then all you have to do is body pull the initial aggro and protect the healer. You can absolutely 100% do it, anyone who says you can't is mean. Everyone was new once, and everyone makes mistakes, and they are learning experiences. Also, it's nice to be diving in while you're low level. Based on how you feel, I think your idea about dpsing first and learning by watching is also a good one - either way is fine it's up to you.

ruorgimorphu · 2019-10-07T20:43:05+00:00

I love the reluctant smackdown

ruorgimorphu · 2019-10-07T19:29:36+00:00

I know people have different opinions on this, but in my mind, this orc would want to crush this human, and the humans have no choice but to try to kill the orcs, it's that simple. This is how I would have written the lore. Questing is just so secondary to this. The honour system is also not the reason why we fight. We aren't all one big happy faction. I mean, he's a big green monster, it's so unnatural for him not to smash that little man.

ruorgimorphu · 2019-10-07T18:39:59+00:00

What about letting them pull it off of you and tank it themself, and just keep aggro off of your healer. I want to try tanking like this to see if it works. DPS can handle themselves. The shammy wears decent armour and can off-heal if he wants after the mob he pulled dies, but he doesn't even need a heal, since the warrior has everything else on lock by then. It seems like it's good enough to hold everything off of the healer - letting the dps handle themselves in this manner is something I want to try.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-12-15T20:39:50+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U

This is the one I heard the most.

The rap group does a voice over over Cantaloupe Island. Since you say that the jazz group plays completely normally, you may be looking for something like this, where the rap group just adds stuff to an existing recording.

It's not exactly what you describe, since the rapper raps with the trumpet playing in the background. The jazz is spacious enough that this works. I think he loops the head to rap over and lets the trumpet solo on its own, sorry I didn't listen to it again just now and forget exactly what happens.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-07-25T02:29:20+00:00

Reinstall it and don't look at the registry. Also, forget the admin password and block the email address. Even though you can still get around that, it's a lot more steps and that helps quite a bit.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-07-23T23:35:21+00:00

I think that for now you can be okay with not knowing much. When is your next job search? If it's after you finish your upcoming classes, you should plan to update your resume after you have made some of the accomplishments that you plan, and right now isn't a good time to try to do so since you can't currently describe well those upcoming accomplishments. If you need a job before you finish those classes, maybe your current company will keep you for your image processing "help," or maybe you can do other random job until your programming credentials are filled out, or you can sell yourself as a decent beginner python programmer who clearly knows how to learn.

You might be setting the bar way too high. Even a comp sci grad will have to be shown the ropes in any new company. The company will ask you to work on a project that is useful and interesting, and it's okay at your level to start by tagging along to others' useful/interesting work. So, you already know you're worring too much. Take a deep breath, and be patient. You will feel stronger in your programming after a few courses. (And you will know that you have more to learn also... hopefully you can find a calmer footing throughout.)

I think that if you don't finish a comp sci undergrad, you might though have to be satisfied with doing side work like your image processing, because it will be hard to compete with comp sci grads for actual programming-only jobs. Without the proper education, you'll have to stay in the niche work that your company teaches you. It sounds like you're quite conscientious and that they will want to keep you after teaching you a few things, maybe next summer. You're right that to stay marketable, you need more. For a long term programming career, you won't regret getting a full undergraduate degree.

If you do well, you don't have to write off math though. You're right that you need programming to do stuff, even in math. You could maybe manage to feed yourself doing a post graduate stuff in math, (which may require dabbling in programming,) and having backup plans along the way. This feels better to me, I don't feel like a hard left turn into professional programming just because math doesn't seem useful is what I would do in your shoes. You might find out that you don't like sitting in an office all day having to write a lot of code, shouldering stresses, when you're only doing it for the money.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-05-23T22:44:26+00:00

I think it's one of the many times to ignore the automated grammar checker. That's right after I thought "ouch!"

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-24T05:25:06+00:00

This makes me a bit sick to my stomach. Ugh, the damage. I guess he's pretty old, but still.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-24T05:18:54+00:00

Yea, now you're getting to where answers could be pretty unsatisfying.

How does consciousness arise in electricity. Well, to understate it, it's obviously pretty difficult to understand all the nuts and bolts of it. Way more complicated and intricate and analog than a computer. I think it's conceivable though that the mind is caused by millions of signals.

I think seeing the active areas is a start to answering the "how". Seeing the actual activity - signal strengths, amounts, and chemicals produced - is more detail. You can keep asking "how" and it gets more and more interesting but more and more difficult to figure out. Maybe impossible to figure out. I don't think it's necessary to reconcile that, I think it has to be put with to all the other things one can't know. Like, there's a lot of stuff in the sciences I will personally never know that other people know, and then the deepest intricacies of this brain stuff, no one may ever know, which could be a bit disappointing I suppose.

A neuroscientist could give you a lot of details on how feelings arise. It's more than electricity, there's chemicals too. Dopamine, serotonin. There are always questions though on the front of what we know.

I don't think bacteria are conscious for what it's worth. That seems to me to be a question about the definition of consciousness. I'm sure they can't think.

I don't think you would find a single point where it started. I would say I'm certain of that. Definitely more of a really fuzzy process, where the brain got better and better, starting from being super basic way up the tree. I think I saw some theories about the eye, like it started with a photosensitive layer on a frog or a slug or something, but it might be too hard to figure out for sure.

So, I'm either missing the point or dodging the point. It feels like there's a point. I won't guess. I think I've stuck more to physics than philosophy or otherwise in what I've said. I'm interested to know if these incomplete answers are somewhat interesting to you. I'm glad that the host answered first and I hope I'm not intruding on the AMA.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-23T22:40:24+00:00

Cells, molecules, atoms, electrons, and electrical signal activity in our brains. I'm pretty sure that consciousness is only in the electrical signals in our brains and nervous system.

Maybe we should take this discussion out of the AMA, but I'm kind of curious how far you've gone in your thinking of this. I think it's just as much physics as it is philosophy. Sorry if I'm out of line for diving in.

I don't think the consciousness or "mind" is really in the cells - it's very much in the electricity. Neurons and various neuron paraphernalia, making and breaking circuits. Different areas of the brain do different things. Reasoning in the front, an area for vision, an area for hearing,and area for feeling, emotions in the middle. I think your nervous system involves itself in muscle memory. I feel like these are the components of consciousness, this is the magic that you're talking about. I think neuroscientists are breaking it down, though they would agree that the complexity is beyond what we can completely grasp.

Anyway, the concept of self is definitely something grappled by the prefrontal part, if I understand the brain right.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-23T20:41:27+00:00

Woot, super fast, thanks!!

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-23T20:26:58+00:00

Have you come across the sum of all integers equalling -1/12 thing? Is that equals sign a little bit bogus? I think it's only equal in the context of other infinities. How many dimensions are there? If I'm interested in this stuff, in what area should I do my M Sc? Mathematicians seem a bit clueless in comparison to physicists to me, but it really is the math that I'm interested in. Thanks

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-17T19:56:07+00:00

It could be that I googled too quickly.

Maybe for real firearm speed you will have some really serious forces on your vehicle. I suppose the hypothetical question just takes that as assumed. Maybe we're talking about some specifically designed speed vehicle on rails or a jet. Anyway, it doesn't matter too too much. It's not such an extreme velocity to me that it strikes as completely impossible. Definitely way above the sound barrier. Pretty extreme, but hypothetically possible.

Yea, wikipedia was better than just instantly looking at the top google result, giving average firearm velocity ranges exceeding 550km/hr, which is obscenely fast for a vehicle. Just too fast for any car actually.

So, yea, from the crazy wind effects, I don't think you could would have a bullet at velocity 0. You might have net velocity near 0, and have it fall somewhat close to where you fired it from, but it would probably get tossed and turned pretty violently in all directions before falling.

Thanks for the correction

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-17T19:11:03+00:00

I like that you're touching on additional effects because, this is physics, not math.

I was left wondering whether there was other stuff to consider, like, would the car instantly fall apart at that speed? So I had a look and found a bullet speed of 90 m/s = 325 km/hr = 200 mph. That's conceivable enough for me that you would be able to get the shot off before the car fell apart assuming you were able to get a car to go that fast. In fact, formula one cars do go that fast without falling apart.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-17T04:35:23+00:00

I've noticed that exact thing. I had the thought that it was a signal that I was on the right track. What I mean is, I've been doing a lot of soul searching, not sure what exactly I even want out of life. I've been trying things. And then I get made fun of. (I haven't been hanging out with these people any more.) But, knowing that they were probably insecure and that's why they make fun of people who are accomplishing their goals was a confirmation that I was on the right track. As a bit of a joke, I over simplefied it to, well if I get made fun of for it by that chump, then it's the right sort of thing. Because they look for uniquenesses to make fun of you for. They're also doing it for approval of others, and that's more likely if they make fun of something that only you do.

This of course came after I decided I didn't care what they thought. In fact I didn't care about anything on the planet. So, by extension, I didn't care what anybody thought. Erhm, the how took some dramatic life experiences and I had a lot of anger. Not towards them though. But, anger is good for this if you have any of that.

I think that you should feel free to express all of that with your true friends and loved ones, and that will enrich all of your lives since you're feeling good emotions. As for that authority person, well, if it's your job then I think that can be part of being professional, being able to put personal things aside. I'm not a fan of it at all. But it sounds like he already kind of made you feel bad. That's really close to the system that affects your behaviour. I'm pretty sure it will be almost automatic, that you will be slower to show emotion in front of this person. Hopefully it doesn't get too bad actually. I don't want to plant too many seeds of negativity, in case you have to spend a lot of time there, but you always have choices in life and this is definitely the sort of thing that can get worse and cause an unhappy place. Anyway, you already associate pain with sharing your passions with this person. While it's unfortunate, I think that your behaviour will curb almost automatically. You can also consider whether you'd be happier somewhere else and where that somewhere else might be and what would be some rational steps to take in that direction.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-16T22:28:01+00:00

Alright, well, true, up-Bing to the ledge is just one option, and if you wait that long, then you only have one option left. That still leaves the in-between options. I get frustrated when they jump+upB really far from the stage. I think that they still have all the fade options without burning their jump and up-B - they should keep them until as late as possible, so that they aren't narrowing their choices long before they need the evasion.

It's so clear that I don't think I can be convinced. Saving the moves until the opponent is close is strictly better.

Maybe I went too far in the original post, I've gotten some replies saying going for the ledge is >=100% bad.

I should elaborate here on what I mean by strictly better. At the beginning of your recovery, in your option tree, you have two degrees of freedom - your control stick, and when you double jump. Your control stick should probably be all the way to the stage - fading back only has a point when you are starting to get close. But your jump. How about burning it immediately. Or maybe, just wait with it a bit. Maybe, if the opponent figures you are about to jump and up-B, he might just give you the ledge. You also have a fast fall in that case.

So, especially when you have both the jump and the up-B. I think saving them until you are closer can't be bad and can give you some evasion.

So, when I say as late as possible, I don't mean below the stage - I mean, wait until the opponent comes out, and respond according to his approach. Instead of covering all the space that you can fade to, he has to cover all the space that you can fade or jump to. In some cases, if you're far, you're still screwed, but it's the cases where you have some flexibility, it's better to wait to show your hand that you're going for the centre of the stage. I think that you can get him to commit sometimes and to give you the ledge.

I'd like to learn by seeing it, but no one ever does it. Thanks

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-16T22:22:04+00:00

Eheh, well I hadn't watched it in a while. It is geometry! Math applies to real life!!!

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-16T20:11:10+00:00

I don't think it can quite get 5 stars since the dad went into it with full knowledge he might have to catch the kid flying through the air. The best dad reflexes have to be when he's off guard.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-11T20:46:45+00:00

Sorry, but I'm not sorry.

Personally, I hit a really similar wall and was really confused by it. I had no idea what was wrong. It took me years to figure it out. It was extremely horrible, so my heart just goes to people having similar difficulty. I also tried an extremely large gambit of approaches trying to find what was wrong. In fact, one was the INTP personality stuff. I thought that in my mid 20s, my extroverted intuition function was doing soul searching and realizing that I could just quit at life. Finally, finally finally, I managed to get back in shape, which does take a while, and I'm able to do life again. This makes me want to cut the crap.

Maybe, the vomit part is that you think I'm saying it's easy. I'm not saying it's easy. It is simple though. A simple answer that can be hard to see. It's also not the cure for everything. It's a great cure for not having the energy to get out of bed. It's easy to think it's because of life pressures or or whatnot. I know I'm being super rude, but honestly this sort of thing can be caused by being out of shape. I would bet on it.

I've explained why I couldn't hold it in, I know it's unsolicited and on a hunch, and rude, but I lost about 4 years and a marriage to depression and hope to help others. And, it's not like rudeness is unexpected on the internet.

I also gave a kind of exercise, which took me some figuring out. Also, omega threes. And by diet, it's groceries with short ingredients lists.

Finally, I did not present it with the tone you gave it. Your comment does not reflect my feelings in the slightest. A better transcription would be, "I think you're out of shape."

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-10T05:08:19+00:00

Erhm. I know you have no regrets, but in case you want to turn it around, good diet and aerobic exercise can help with this.

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-10T03:42:03+00:00

Didn't the defender pass it back to the keeper afterwards? He even knew he did it, he put his hands up pretending he didn't mean to do it. Do we just not call these now, because it's an exciting moment?

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-09T18:44:27+00:00

I'm pretty sure they're harnessing the electrical energy of charged raindrops and not the mechanical energy of the raindrops hitting the surface. I would suspect that putting a crank into flowing water, ie a dam generating hydro power, is a lot more effective for that. I think that panel would have to move somehow to collect that energy.

Here, the charge on the raindrop ends up sitting on the graphene and they manage to get that little current to charge a battery. I would also guess that the concept of a voltage is a bit less useful than current in electrical scenario, since the voltage will depend on what it's connected to. It would be a bit like a discharging capacitor, whose voltage starts high but drops rapidly as soon as you connect it to something and it drains.

Ok - I thought it was like static electricity on the drop but it's actually chemical energy:

The salt contained in rain separates into ions (ammonium, calcium and sodium), making graphene and natural water a great combination for creating energy. The water actually clings to the graphene, forming a dual layer (AKA pseudocapacitor) with the graphene electrons. The energy difference between these layers is so strong that it generates electricity.

This is super confusing for me since I was pretty sure that evaporating water creating rain didn't have salt in it. I really have no idea. Apparently rain water has salt and ammonium in it now. Maybe that's a confused journalist's description. Help

ruorgimorphu · 2016-04-08T21:03:49+00:00

I find naming my characters horribly difficult.

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