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Haven't thought of that. As you have mentioned, the Japanese don't distinguish between R and L sounds, but these are always written with "r" as they don't use a character for the alternate sound mode of "r". I think that Charizard could exist because in Japanese double consonants are pronounced...

I remember a lot of the Emerald 3rd gen as this is the pokemon game I played and finished. We played pokemon on a software emulator. Gameboy color was a luxury here when I was 7, there was always "that guy" on summer camps who had it and that guy usually made a business of selling play time for...

Distant Worlds - Universe, one the best 4x strategies and I've tried all of them by now Monster Hunter World, some good co-op action Witcher 3, still trying to finish this massive game (started playing last year)

Choose ability: Persistence You will not be as good as other people in that you will not become a copy of what makes them good. There's no point comparing, you can express yourself through art and improve by doing. Good artists are appreciated as a whole, there's technique and there's...

It's quite immersive and relatable. I like it. He uses some AI/Robotics tropes in a self-aware and funny way and also paints a real picture of the world.

Shogun 2 Total War is arguably their high point. Their newest releases are nothing more than cash-ins on the established formula.

I hope Cyberpunk 2077 lives up to the expectations. So many people are hyped for it, would be a shame if CDPR didn't deliver. It's definitely not coming in 2018. Three Kingdoms and Han dynasty is my favorite Chinese historical period. I wish it wasn't Creative Assembly developing this. They...

Companies that gather large amounts of data from the internet don't need a goal. It's enough that they have the data processing and storage capacity to do so. Often their idle processing resources delegated from other commercial tasks. There are infinitely more applications for big data people...

Scientists who are causing the problem have to make regular publications as a matter of career survival. It could mean several things; - human bias, there should be greater emphasis put on training, retraining and review of the research - admissions to the research groups are not rigorous...

Not bad, 6/10 https://youtu.be/yisNK4AA2q8?t=7

Meh. Ain't gonna watch it. Ain't gonna get worked up over no film no nothin. It's probably good from the production standpoint and people tend to like it is what I gather from their opinions. I don't want to erase the image of the characters I have and every film destroys the imagined...

I don't read much philosophy, though I can recommend Superintelligence by Bostrom. It provided some brain candy for me recently. Personally I wouldn't bother reading ancient stuff unless you're very convinced that you're going to enjoy the material. The further in the past you go the more...

Find a part-time job asap, or skip lectures and work full-time, you don't need the lectures, just have some friends sending you notes so that you can prepare for the exams. If you can, talk to the associate deans/professors if they can let you finish the courses extramurally, as in, if you can...

I don't think I can define it in a useful or short way, instead I expect it's something everyone understands via experience and common sense. For example: a wife making derisive comments about husband's low status/low income which leads to tension/stress. One partner exploiting the other's...

What about emotional abuse? Seems to me like the restricting of the scope of the problem to just physical aggression will have men rise to the surface as the expected brutes. Another issue is how people respond to sources of violence/abuse. Do they repeat/pass on the pattern? How do they cope...

What do you mean by "crashes"? I sometimes get strong headaches if I think too much, but I can't relate to making less sense of the topic, I can slow down or get a fever in the worst case of stressful thinking. I can feel anxiety if there's time pressure and the problem is important enough if...

They like me, but usually we have so little in common that there's no inclination to deepen the relationship. Getting along is very simple to achieve, but sometimes there's no point to it. Most of the time people initially stereotype me as the 'genius' which creates a distance that's very...

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An established way of play is called "meta". Do bear in mind that the current AoE meta has most likely developed from disorganised, individual strategies much like your own. Meta isn't usually 100% optimal, but it's usually a broad collection of the 80-95% most efficient strategies that tend to...

Let me reply with a question then. Do you expect your opponents, who are complete strangers and who spend all of their game-time trying to get even better, to play teaching games with you instead of playing to win?

Seems me that you'd enjoy "build-mode" or "cooperative" strategies a lot more. Where there isn't any built-in reward for destroying whatever the other player's got up. I'm thinking about optionally competitive turn-based strategy-rpg's like crusader kings, Rome:Total War, EU universalis...

@OP Trying to make a realistic timeline is only one option. It's more important to focus on interesting concepts to include in the world. In that regard imagination comes first, followed shortly by inspiration from speculative fiction or general sci-fi. In that same vein there's no need for your...

Pick an idea and try to implement it. It doesn't matter which language you're using or what you want to implement. If a problem is too difficult then divide it into simpler elements until you can solve its individual constituents, then merge them together. Start coding and you'll learn as you...

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If you're competitive you'll probably enjoy Twilight Struggle or Eclipse. TS is the best strategy battle-of-minds duel board game I know of. Eclipse is a great 4x strategy with decent complexity / alternative paths to victory. There was a 'recent' 2015 expansion which adds lots of fun concepts...

One invention per year seems arbitrary. It would be more natural to have a few major breakthroughs early on and then progressively more and more of them as the time goes on. Let's say they invent cat level AI in 2038, if they're going to invent human level AI on the 15th of March 2040, they're...

If you don't go out of your way to destroy their self-image by exhaustively proving your superiority in their field of expertise, I don't see how you'd be worried about normal people becoming disturbed by your "genius". Really, really convoluted example, how many situations of this kind have...

Munkey is a programmer. It's not particularly hard to automate the registration process. If he can get enough proxy IPs it's no longer a whack-a-mole, because it truly is impossible to keep banning to outpace an optimised process. Ofc it's pure theory, he doesn't need to automate as he simply...

Their best album yet... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJhrIATZ0M

Very strong atmosphere. 7.9/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsyOtDsiO3M

Chaotic Good Meh. The dnd alignment system is too discrete. It's boring or restrictive when players stick to their alignment too much. I generally quit once the GM enforces "alignment mechanics", that's what a 'chaotic' person would do tho. DnD is best played without all the above bs.

If people know they have to go through this ceremony then it doesn't have to be a near-death experience at all. They simply need to practice holding their breath to be many times better than average and make sure that guys pulling that rope won't decide to kill them. Historically, It's...

Don't be late. The various benefits of being on time or ahead can help you in ways you can't predict, even if you're not prepared for what's to come. Don't overtake above 60% of the normal power output of your vehicle if you can't see farther than 400 meters on a single-lane if you care about...

You shouldn't be scared of things that you wish to oppose. If you think Islam or religious fanaticism is wrong then; hatred, anger or calm are preferable emotions when facing the enemy. Fear is generally the most submissive and irrational reaction to have.

Depends. If I only own a big ranch or a house with a garden then I'd probably defer them to the nearest large-scale state. If I was managing a self-sustainable state/polis/planet then I'd think about establishing the citizenship of the newborns, providing them with facilities, protection...

500 $, for the right to euthanasia at will, no questions asked, no obstructions. Now what I mean by this is instantaneous, swift disintegration, essentially what constitutes the right to my own life, my own intellectual property inside my brain and my genetic information and my right to erase...

I didn't like the body swap theme. It's a cheap narrative trick to add superficial depth to the characters and makes the story too unreal to get me to care about the mcs. Besides that it has a great production quality and places as one of the better anime films in the recent years. I saw...

Visual processing can be trained and requires intuition that comes with expertise in the field of application. If you spend years studying and researching topology you'll start imagining the most basic abstract chunks of metric spaces or shapes because it's familiar territory and your brain will...

Time is a human concept, it doesn't exist objectively and independently. Any instantiation of consciousness will perceive a different, though often analogous, concept of it. It is used to subdivide memories and experiences into discrete, orderly chains of events.

You can check out the Expanse. Quite a captivating sci-fi. 2nd season is due.

Love this song and the shifting of vocal registers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFBUJ6kNl28

Did you write a bot or did you go through all of those pots and compiled the results yourself? Either way, both efforts are impressive. Average synthwave song, reminds me of good old piracy so bonus nostalgia points. 5.5/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yAxIdkF2Qo

Cthulhu is part of DnD lore now? lul. Not sure how mechanic heavy your games are, but definitely for a CHA character you need to try to have an outgoing presence/background and roleplay being influential in a way that justifies your high social stats.

Choose a topic you're curious about so that you can deepen and reinforce your understanding of it while making a project. I'd suggest quantum computing, quaternions (mayhap geometric dimensionality of problem solving in general) or AGI/BCI/AI/VR/ER, but who knows what captures your interest the...

After probably finishing my interest in souls games I can recommend a number of things to increase difficulty/fun: - Read orange for most relevant. - No soul gain from kills (prevents farming souls, you only get souls from selling items), or disable that and give yourself 5 levels for each...

I think you fail right after you pose your question. Masterful use of thought is efficient, it achieves what it sets out to consider without unnecessary distraction. Right below your question you immediately make a mistake of getting distracted by the habit of categorising things without a...

If you get a static + 1000 modifier to a d% roll then practically whatever you roll isn't going to affect the result above the average 5%. Depends if you have any clue about the modifiers involved in the game or none at all.

I follow bits and pieces of stuff I read from some internet guides. Go to sleep the moment you feel sleepy. Sounds basic but if you tarry for more than +/- 20 minutes your brain will force your body to stay awake, so try to be more aware of how you feel and follow the cues immediately. Try to...

Directionless vocals, too repetitive. 5/10 from 5:38