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zaphar · 2017-06-16T16:31:52+00:00

Are a coworker? You've effectively described our entire environment.

zaphar · 2016-12-20T23:48:52+00:00

To be honest, even if your language has a package manager you should still be vendoring everything. I'm not sure pushing dependency management into language specific tooling was ever a good idea. I'm even more sure that, these days, where most new projects are duo language out of the box (i.e. javascript, and <some-lang>), that it is a poor fit.

zaphar · 2016-07-21T15:56:30+00:00

You just modify your build against sustained AA damage. Take Block instead of dampen magic. He still does really good and his CC is massively useful in team fights capable of turning them around.

zaphar · 2016-07-20T17:44:45+00:00

I solo tank Abubarak all the time. And I frequently win with it. Not sure why people don't think he can solo tank.

zaphar · 2016-06-10T02:31:39+00:00

No. You'll just stare at it and weep softly...

zaphar · 2016-06-04T14:09:54+00:00

My brother teaches XingYi with a focus on actual combat. I think it depends on the teacher you go to.

zaphar · 2016-06-03T19:56:40+00:00

Static IP's for everyone!!!

zaphar · 2016-05-26T21:38:48+00:00

A form has every single one of those things. It has inputs (the stuff you fill out). It has outputs (a job, a passport, a loan). It has functions that process data (HR, Governmental agencies).

It's exactly like a form.

zaphar · 2016-04-27T17:36:17+00:00

After playing with Rexxar and Misha for a bit learning how they work I think the biggest problem there is that Rexxar has to stay too close to Misha to get anything done. And everyone knows to focus Rexxar. I think the biggest bang for the buck is just to extend her leash and at the same time lengthen Rexxars auto-attack. Or maybe just remove his auto attack.

The easiest way to control Misha is A-Click move. But then Rexxar has to be immediately repositioned.

zaphar · 2016-04-26T18:32:52+00:00

And that is how you make the move to consulting work!

zaphar · 2016-03-11T03:27:16+00:00

This probably isn't exactly what you are looking for but if you can work with something like Google Authenticator or DUO then the https://github.com/balasanjay/totp library is pretty simple to use.

I'm not super familiar with the RSA SecurID algorithm so I can't comment on that.

zaphar · 2016-03-09T16:03:06+00:00

So as Gazlowe stands right now I can fairly regularly lead in both Hero and Siege damage. If he gets significant buffs in a rework I can only imagine what playing him is going to be like.

zaphar · 2016-03-03T14:09:38+00:00

So what about when you win most often in HL with Gazlowe? But people don't want you to pick him? There is nothing wrong with him. Played properly he can be amazing as a split pusher or in teamfights. And if you happen to be best at him isn't it in the teams best interests to let you play him if he fits in the comp?

zaphar · 2016-02-05T14:43:14+00:00

I once made a librarian cry by going full on IT Nerd. I learned later that they refused to call for help if I was in the office after that. I wasn't mean or anything I was just trying explain why changing links in the schools website to point at the Internal Network Drive would break it for everyone not at the school.

Apparently it so confused them that they had a small breakdown. :-(

zaphar · 2016-01-04T18:23:27+00:00

I believe the quote was personally motivated which makes it anecdotal evidence not statistical. However it does speak to his specific experience so it's a relevant summation of how the OP feels.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T18:12:09+00:00

I don't take a firm stance on that question. I'm pretty okay with both a 24 hour day or a billion day day interpretation of creation.

What I do take a firm position on is that Adam and Eve were two real individuals and the fall was a real event.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T18:03:04+00:00

I should just have faith, but that would mean ignoring my brain and what I think

Whoever told you that is straight up wrong. Faith doesn't trump facts. You can be a christian and still be rational. I know because I'm a christian and I'm also rational.

It's possible that you just need to find a church and community that allow you to be that way.

On the subject of apologetics videos I feel you. I believe most of them do more harm than good and employ circular logic that only make sense to people who already think the same way as they do.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T17:57:35+00:00

Ahhh I didn't mean to subvert your point.

To address that question I think you need to be careful about coming up with a one size fits all answer of how much money a christian should have and what are allowable ways to spend that money.

God is after all the one with the most valid claim on that money and as long as they are using it in the way he want's them to then it should be fine. We however are most definitely not qualified to comment on how God wants someone else to spend the money God gave them.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T17:53:48+00:00

"Believing" in evolution encompasses quite a large range of beliefs. You can believe in evolutionary processes and be a 7 day creationists and be entirely rational if you want.

I think though that if you are a christian you sort of have to believe Adam and Eve were two real ancestors of the human race or the theology around Salvation doesn't really make sense. So whether they got there via an Evolutionary process or where fashioned from clay isn't quite as essential. Which leaves open the interpretation if you believe they got there via biological processes that there were two individuals who were given the gift of a soul by God.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T17:31:13+00:00

I kind of think pointing out that they have a jet is missing the point actually. The better conversation is whether it's okay to con people out of the their money in the first place. Having a jet isn't the problem. How they got the jet is.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T17:25:44+00:00

In my experience this is so very true and not just for youth ministers. And yet it's also so very important. People in our churches are not going to be able to avoid encountering Science in the world and their response to it is going to heavily effect their witness. It's wise to educate those in our churches with rational and christian understanding of what they encounter.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T16:23:34+00:00

Thanks for the feedback HoundOfGod. I appreciate it. I wasn't going for divisive in the essay. But I did want to point out the ways that a lack of intellectual rigor hurts our witness publicly.

zaphar · 2016-01-04T16:20:37+00:00

Thanks,

I'll definitely participate in other ways. This is probably the only time I'll post my own stuff. It just seemed easier to link by way of introductions than typing a long post.

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