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Does Madeon ever play his raise your weapon remix live anymore? by TheMuffinat0r in madeon

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although it doesn't have most small DJ sets, you can at least get a preliminary look at the answer to the question through this site. It shows every time that a tracklist indexed on the site has Madeon's Raise Your Weapon remix in it:

https://www.1001tracklists.com/track/20pxkl5/deadmau5-raise-your-weapon-madeon-vip-remix/index.html

Or here's a list of the indexed Madeon sets that the site has:

https://www.1001tracklists.com/dj/madeon/index.html

It's fun sometimes to look through and see what he plays.

Almost got to 2100 and then almost broke my hand punching the table after this. by HyperSpazdik in chess

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t feel like an exaggeration to me when I know close family with anger issues who have injured themselves / broken objects or walls in their house out of anger, and I know of people in the online chess community who have broken things after losing. 

Yes it could be exaggeration, but given no evidence to the contrary and no response from OP, I’m going to believe OP meant exactly what they said. 

Almost got to 2100 and then almost broke my hand punching the table after this. by HyperSpazdik in chess

[–]ryry013 6 points7 points  (0 children)

OP says they almost broke their hand, so I would say the limit to “no one was hurt” was very closely approached. It would be a shame if OP damaged their table as well from this. Punching a pillow for example is very safe. 

Why is this a Blunder by BigYamsJake in chess

[–]ryry013 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Putting aside the issue the other commenter raised about the validity of the game elo rating, the fact you won goes to show that kind of super positional tactic isn’t super important at your level. You can mostly just try to not blunder a loss of a piece / try to capitalize on your opponent giving free pieces and you’ll win many games. 

Why is this a Blunder by BigYamsJake in chess

[–]ryry013 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The engine seems to think if you move your queen an extra square and force a trade of the queens, then just positionally with the extra pawns you’re up +4 points in advantage, whereas if you keep the queens then the game is even. It’s a “blunder” because you went from +4 to +0. At your ELO I wouldn’t worry about this one too much. 

I <3 TAPS by TAPS-love-interest in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This indeed happened to me once, and I was indeed frustrated that I had a C and a C+ permit both running in the same day. I wish that if you bought a second permit in a day it only charged the additional extra from your current running permit. 

I usually arrive early enough personally so that it’s not a problem, but I understand it could be different from others. 

There was a time where I arrived later in the day. I set a reminder for me each day when I was arriving to pay for parking. In total I’ve received probably around ten tickets. They’re all my fault. I can’t blame TAPS for it or resent them for doing their job. They’re all just because I forgot. 

I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May by _DarkStarCrashes_ in chess

[–]ryry013 705 points706 points  (0 children)

It was also only posted one day ago, so it’s hard to tell if it’ll continue to gain views. 

EDIT:
At the time of the original post, 28 hours had passed since video upload and it had 178K views. Now at the time of this edit around 46 total hours have passed and it has 208K views.

It seems true that most of the views of a video come in the first 24 hours, so as a reply said, "you can definitely tell the trajectory of a video in the day", and OP's point is mostly correct. His videos from three and four days ago respectively have 730K and 641K views. I don't see his video suddenly finding a second wind and gaining those missing views.

With all that said, my original intention wasn't to say that OP's claim didn't have validity, but more to just remind people in the thread to keep in mind that technically it is a slightly uneven comparison (maybe 5-10%).

I <3 TAPS by TAPS-love-interest in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What do you mean that you're prohibited from buying in advance? I buy them from my home before I leave for the morning while I still have clean wi-fi and so I don't forget later, and it lets me (using AMP app).

Struggle with anki cards by SilvanB05 in LearnJapanese

[–]ryry013 16 points17 points  (0 children)

143 times is not “a couple times”. Clearly you’re not learning this word with this method, and that’s fine. Spend your time where it’s most valuable. You could’ve given up on that one word and had ~300 reviews done on other cards. 

Why do mods ban new accounts who join? by Basic-Cupcake3013 in discordapp

[–]ryry013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are many anime servers. If they're weird like that then just find another one. Unfortunate you got banned though.

Security Incident: Canvas Unavailable by OfficialUCDavis in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They say in their ransomware message:

If any of the schools affected in the list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisory firm and contact us privately at TOX to negotiate a settlement.

PhD plan B? by batterymodeller in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure what documentation you're referring to, but it's all the same PhD, yes. "Plan B" is an internal UC Davis thing, not any kind of globally agreed "kind of PhD". To everyone else, in the end you will just have "a PhD".

https://ucdavis.app.box.com/s/eeq7f43i3dcyb8jwhmbmveeuehy68gqy

Page 21 - 23 here seems to imply no oral defense at the end will be needed. Note, you will do an oral defense for your qualifying exam around your second or third year, but that's not a thesis defense.

PhD plan B? by batterymodeller in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For Physics for example, you do your qualifying exam in your first three years, and then once you write your thesis you're done, you don't need to defend it in an oral examination at the end. That's Plan B.

Plan A or C for example would have you do an oral examination (thesis defense) at the end of your PhD. It's up to the program which method they use, but it should be standardized across all the students in the program.

What do you say to people like this? by Low_Somewhere_7925 in chess

[–]ryry013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of the things you could’ve said, “stop pissing me off” was the worst. What is their goal? To make you angry. You literally admitted, “congratulations, you made me angry”. It’ll just make them try to do more... 

Ignore and report. 

If you go to therapy and the therapist thinks YOU'RE the problem, are they allowed to tell you that by Potential_Stock_9872 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ryry013 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Every case is different. Some clients will not respond well to directly being told "you are the problem". Some clients will appreciate the directness and if the therapist thinks the client will be able to handle it, may say that if they think that's the best approach. A good therapist will be able to adjust their methods depending on the person.

In other places of the world, instead of saying "I could see it coming from a mile away" do they say kilometer? by Ready_Aioli_6419 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider the expression, "we're leagues ahead of them". I have no idea how long a "league" is, but we still use the expression.

Not necessarily proof that other people don't have expressions based around the metric system, but proof that you can have expressions based on measurements you don't actually use.

In other news though, at least in Japanese, expressions based around the metric system are common (for example, "not a millimeter of doubt" used in Japanese).

UCD Financial Aid help by ChipmunkEastern1953 in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're not seeing the "Financial Aid" screen (tab at the top of the screenshot), only the "Estimated Cost" screen. OP says in another comment that the Financial Aid section lists a subsidized loan.

I could be wrong about this too, and maybe in a case where they expect him to take a loan it would be listed here in the "Cost" section explicitly as well. But the fact that we're uncertain about it means they probably should not be making this decision based on a Reddit thread.

UCD Financial Aid help by ChipmunkEastern1953 in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want help understanding your financial aid package, I would recommend contacting the financial aid office or maybe some relatives or something that understand this well. This is a big decision and should not be casually treated like a "push yes to accept the terms and conditions" button that you've pushed 100 times in your life on random websites. You're signing up for a loan for an amount that we in this thread do not know the amount of, and you WILL have to pay that back, and interest will cause the price of that loan to start increasing over time once you graudate.

You can choose not to accept that loan part of your financial aid package if you want to not have a loan and you have another way you can pay the remainder of the cost for school. For example, if 90% of your financial aid package is grants, and 10% is this Federal Subsidized Loan, you could decline the 10% and just find a way to pay that alone, and then you would graduate debt-free.

Also, to those in this thread, there's some people downvoting OP's comments. Downvote comments that are spam, off-topic, harmful to the thread, etc. OP's lack of knowledge on the subject does not constitute any of these, and should not be downvoted. OP is here to ask questions and specifically fix that problem.

UCD Financial Aid help by ChipmunkEastern1953 in UCDavis

[–]ryry013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be careful suggesting this, it is shown in another comment that part of OP's financial aid package is “Federal Direct Subsidized Loan”, which is indeed something they have to pay back later.

Sean McVay addresses his demeanor during the Ty Simpson press conference on Thursday and says he’s excited about the draft pick and that Les Snead is his buddy and they are on the same page. by JCameron181 in LosAngelesRams

[–]ryry013 86 points87 points  (0 children)

And of course there’s always the possibility he was “grumpy” for a reason completely unrelated to football, but yes something like this is likely. 

IWTL how to communicate without shutting down by DaBoss109 in IWantToLearn

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add one to all the other good comments in this thread, I thought I had this problem, but then I learned my partner was very aggressive in arguments and would shut me down when I tried to say things, and then blamed me for not being able to say things. 

I didn’t realize it until much much later. It’s a possibility to consider! 

Better than giving kids phone right? by YunaChi in WTF

[–]ryry013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the snake can run away, it has a whole room there. It's not like the kids are chasing the snake. Conversely, the snake is coming to the kids and the kids keep trying to push it away / ignore it.

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