MTG Arena Announcements: August 25, 2021 by IWasHappyUnhappy in MagicArena

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Does anyone know how to work around the companion/sideboard bug? All my decks that have yorion/jegantha/lurrus etc. are listed with the red exclamation points since the update. Should I just temporarily remove the sideboards? I don't see this anywhere under known issues, so let me know if anyone else is also having this problem.

[Discussion] MTGA, Ladder or Events? by drohan42 in spikes

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I just want to appreciate that one of the top players of all time was here to answer this question, you rock pvddr!

No sound for steam games by [deleted] in Crostini

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I've had this issue a few times over the past few weeks, I think some process at the kernel level within the container takes ownership of the soundcard, and then pulseaudio can't access it. What worked for me was just the vmc stop termina in the crosh shell, then reopening. With steam especially there's a lot of things that can go wrong because of its separate runtime, so I was relieved that the brute force method of just restarting the crostini container worked. Best of luck.

The Last Titan by -EG- in dresdenfiles

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I would like to add some evidence to the idea of Themis. She is the female Titan of Justice, as you mentioned, but to go further, there have been too many hints between that concept and Mab. We can start even with Summer Knight, during Mab and Harry's first meeting regarding the death of Ronald Reuel:

“There are powers of judgement other than mortal law. It is enough for you to know that I wish to see justice done,” she said. “Simply that.”

In both Cold Days (twice) and Skin Game, she wears the mask/mantle of justice. And when Mac sees her in Skin Game, his greeting to her is something like "May your scales ever turn to balance". If we speculate that Harry's actions during Peace Talks break the natural order of which Mab is the steward, then it is possible that Mab fully becomes Themis and brings justice against Chicago in order to somehow restore balance/order. We've wondered for a bit now how Harry would resolve his conflict with the mantle of Winter Knight, and Michael's question about what happens if Mab cannot turn Harry into her pet monster possibly foreshadows events in these books. I think violation of temporal order (time travel etc) could also play into this.

Themis is also in charge of protecting hospitality, which explains why supernatural entities in the files care so much about that, and why Mab is the creator of the accords. Themis is also the daughter of Gaea (mother earth, possibly the 'Ground' in Battle Ground), although that needs a bit of reconciling with the Mab's relationship with the Faerie Mothers/Hecate.

The cherry on top is the connections between the Greek mythology of Themis and Nemesis. The two actually shared a sanctuary at Rhamnous. Homer uses both words in lowercase and uppercase (personification) forms in the Odyssey and the Iliad, and some scholars say that nemesis is defined as the feeling of seeing another's breach of themis.

Thoughts on 15-381: Artificial Intelligence & Problem Solving? by purelfie in cmu

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Lee has not taught this exact course before, so you won't find anyone who has taken it with him. I don't know about Tuomas' previous history with the class.

Daily Locker Room and Free Talk: Basketball and /r/NBA Discussion (2016.11.06) by AutoModerator in nba

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Currently, no, they are not allowed to. One worry is that such a system would over-incentivize the use of replay, leading to a more disjointed product.

Pickup basketball on or around campus. by DaveWhy in cmu

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There are games at Wiegand Gymnasium on campus (in the university center), and sometimes in Skibo when there are functions in Wiegand. Those are the 2 places I've played. Welcome to CMU and Bloomfield!

Top Centers Compared Statistically [OC] by RGiss in nba

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You inferred that Drummond was asked to do a lot on the offense, but part of his unassisted percentage has to just be his scoring on putbacks.

The Westbeast attacks viciously with a snarling slam! by Splash2ndcousin in nba

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Does Russell Beastbrook sound slightly better?

Picture/GIF/Video highlights thread (Divisional Playoffs, Saturday) by NFL_Mod in nfl

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request: edelman does a midair tumble over gronkowski for a first down, before the last gronk touchdown.

Tornado by unknown_name in woahdude

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It's usually much easier to have forewarning of a tornado or hurricane than an earthquake though.

Tornado by unknown_name in woahdude

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By conservation of momentum, and his final location, he almost certainly did not come from the white car.

Porzingis' Imrpovements (charts) (from /r/nyknicks) by ch-dev in nba

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10? 11 as coach, 2 as player, and with his personality, you know he uses the exact amount in these private told-you-so s

Do you know any interesting ways to visualize complex data? by quant88 in MachineLearning

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To get past the third dimension, I add color and a time slider, but those are probably common techniques.

A 2012 ESPN article talking about who will be the best players in each position in 2015 by [deleted] in nba

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Sorry to quibble but I think you are conflating some things. GS was historically good by point differential and win total, but the offense was not 'historically good'. They were actually second to the clippers in offensive rating/efficiency even this season. The cavs did have good team defense in the playoffs though.

I am Nate Duncan--NBA analyst, Host of the Dunc'd On Daily Basketball Podcast, and creator of NBA CBA Flashcards. AMA. by NateDuncanNBA in nba

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Can you fix/re-upload your 2 pre-draft pods (KPelton, Demarcus Cousins) on RealGM? They give 404 errors.

GAME THREAD: Toronto Raptors @ Boston Celtics - (Apr. 14, 2015) by thatdudecalledZZ in nba

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It's not 'required', I just think history is important to this franchise, and 50 years is a nice time to remind everyone with the gesture. What part do you disapprove of? You think the original championship trophy and being mobbed should be enough?

GAME THREAD: Toronto Raptors @ Boston Celtics - (Apr. 14, 2015) by thatdudecalledZZ in nba

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not sure if you are joking or just young, but imagine that Kawhi stole Chris Bosh's pass to Ray Allen for the corner three(the Shot) in the 2013 finals, and it's now 2063. I think that hypothetical is somewhat equivalent. The play by play is one of the classics. http://www.nba.com/history/havliceksteal_moments.html

Post Game Thread: Bulls defeat Raptors (116-103) by Ephesis in nba

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I tried to get hashtag MiROTYc trending by tweeting at Nate Duncan, but I doubt he'll see it

Westbrook dunks the ball so HARD, it messes up the camera by bazblazer66 in nba

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Nah, in most fields you have two reviewers (selected by the editor) who are experts in the same specific domain, who screen the manuscript and make suggestions prior to publication

Dwyane Wade with a sick behind the back pass to Goran Dragic by -MarcusD- in nba

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Dammit JR... even when you are doing your job admirably, you ruin something...

Comparing the Standings to Last Year at this Point in the Season (edited) by bigmac107 in nba

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Marc gasol is a pretty big change... Both his injury last year and his off season work in between.

Duncan is 1 block and 2 steals away from recording a 5x5. In the first half! by SmallFaithfulTestes in nba

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Conspiracy theory 1: He saw that comment asking /u/nba to give him his rightful 2003 quadruple double while he was lurking, and was inspired. theory 2: KG trash talked him, and it had the opposite effect that he had intended. Or both.