DradisPing
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DradisPing
1yr ago
I'd suggest using the FPS templates in Unity or Unreal Engine. You'll be able to do that without any coding.
DradisPing
2yr ago
I'd say that in most cases hyperbole is the point. They are sick of arguing and just trying to insult you by likening you to something unambiguously bad.
DradisPing
2yr ago
The ALLMAX Aminocore BCAA flavors have all tasted pretty good to me. I've only tried the fruit punch and a key lime flavor they used to have.
I got some random BCAA powder at the drug store once and it tasted awful.
I find if you go to a supplement store they curate the flavors a bit so you don't get anything awful.
DradisPing
2yr ago
No, but it's seen as not worth the effort to police. They're only really worried about kids getting sent mushrooms.
DradisPing
2yr ago
The special forces in Ukraine bit is problematic for the Pentagon. Most people following closely thought that was probably the case. However, there is now confirmation that NATO forces are in a limited shooting war with Russia.
The Dem base is currently solidly in support of the White House strategy in Ukraine. A big chunk would probably push for a diplomatic settlement if they knew how close Victoria Nuland is to starting WW3.
DradisPing
2yr ago
I would expect most debates to be a draw. There's a problem with the debate format, where it's easy to present a plausible sounding factoid that's incorrect. It's more difficult for the opponent to explain why it's incorrect if they haven't heard it before.
Destiny is actually pretty bad for that. I've only seen him in one debate years ago, but he was very good at making confident assertions without any research behind them.
A big idea debate I recall was the Steve Bannon - David Frum Munk Debate on populism. Frum spent most of his time trying to bait Bannon into side arguments instead of engaging in real discussion.
I do think there's some value. They won't immediately change sides, but supporters of one side can be made to realize that their sides arguments have holes they need to look into.
Political candidates debates have another justification. Remember that votes are selecting a representative, not a policy. If a candidate is and idiot or a pushover then he won't be able to do his job.
DradisPing
2yr ago
Less than you think. Doctors are supposed to be able to prescribe approved drugs for off label uses. Excluding drugs scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act of course.
Pharmacies refusing to fill prescriptions for Ivermectin and HCQ was really unprecedented.
The FDA is only supposed to have labeling power, it's not supposed to be able to micromanage treatment.
DradisPing
2yr ago
Has that been happening?
I'm just guessing.
DradisPing
2yr ago
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DradisPing
2yr ago
The instruments sound more like layered samples than a band playing together.
DradisPing
1mo ago
I'd expect that it's like a conservation easement. The rights are transferred to the HOA before the first sale, so you never have the full title to the land.
DradisPing
1mo ago
The "absence of statutory restriction" might also involve federal laws, since as far as I know state and federal have the same voter registration.
DradisPing
2mo ago
I think that the press' ongoing refusal to publish Banksy's name really shows that they don't have any real standards about respecting privacy.
DradisPing
3mo ago
Europe desperately needs to confront reality.
The UK has less than 25 working main battle tanks and more admirals than working ships. Yet their politicians are talking about confronting Russia without the US.
It'll take at least a decade of intense reindustrialization and rearmament to field proper defensive armies.
They need to get started now. Putin is actually a moderate in Russia who just wants to bring territories that are majority ethnic Russian in Russia proper.
Putin is 72 and there's a very real chance that he'll be replaced with an actual hardliner when he dies.
The German delegation laughed at Trump in 2018 when he tried to warn them about dependence on Russian energy. Now he's decided that a harsh wakeup call from him is better than letting them be caught off guard in the future.
An actual Russian agent would just tell Europe not to worry and let them be at the mercy of the next Russian leader.
DradisPing
4mo ago
The problem with ransom attacks is that they require the victims to do an individual rational cost benefit analysis and pay.
Most of these companies would refuse to pay out of moral indignation, which collectively gives them a herd immunity.
There are also types of insurance to cover some of the losses from business interruption.
DradisPing
5mo ago
Big cats are a massive money sink. A world leader having a private zoo big cats is basically proof that they are crooked and impoverishing their people.
DradisPing
5mo ago
A couple of things do that.
First the facial feature proportions of house cats are close to human babies. This activates nurturing instincts in women. More so than other small animals.
If you pay attention you can really see how that affects how men and women interact with cats. Men tend to see their cats akin to jobless friends crashing at their place. Some women become deeply concerned for their cats socialization and emotional life.
They match up better to yin and yang traits, cats being yin.
Most people these days have met enough loud outing women that yin traits don't strongly code feminine to modern eyes.
Some languages need to classify everything as masculine or feminine and from what I've seen there's a lot of randomness. In French cheese is masculine but apples are feminine.
I'll try to tie this together for a closing. Their wariness towards new people is seen as traditionally feminine coded. As is their quietness compared to a puppy. Dogs interests match up better to traditional masculine tasks -- patrol the boundaries of territory, go on hunting expeditions. Cats keep an eye on the homestead.
In modern life the feminine coding comes more from women who get them because of unmet baby desires. Also men are expected to at least pretend that they regularly trek through the wilderness.
DradisPing
5mo ago
I think since he brought in crypto regulation, it's important to bring up FTX.
FTX was one of the key companies fighting for crypto regulation since SBF was confident his political ties would put his company ahead.
The fact that he was fighting for regulation while committing massive crimes should tell you a few things about the sort of people the SEC is likely to put in charge.
DradisPing
6mo ago
What translation are you reading for Nietzsche?
DradisPing
6mo ago
how a legal system would allow
The idea is that the highest elected office should be able to rein in abuses by prosecutors.
DradisPing
7mo ago
It's probably too low brow for this site, but does anyone have a good thread of jokes about the Fuentes / Destiny sex tape?
DradisPing
7mo ago
I think the question is do Rubio's past foreign policy statements come from his ideology or is he just going with the flow given the people around him? He has some opinions about Latin America but I think for the rest of the world he'll just run with Trump's view.
His big selling points (to Trump) are that Trump worked with him on Latin America policy in Trump's first term. Also the Republican Senators will confirm him without any fuss.
DradisPing
7mo ago
Richard Barris is doing at stream starting at 6:30, https://youtube.com/watch?v=o9hRIV2amiI
He gets a bit scatterbrained when he doesn't have a guest on and jumps around data topics. But he'll have a good analysis of how the information coming in compares to past results and who's turning out to vote.
DradisPing
11mo ago
NES games were quite expensive once you account for inflation. Making things hard and obscure was the only way to get 100 hours of gameplay out of 128kB of ROM.
That's not true, peace offers have been well documented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
Russia wanted independence for Luhansk and Donetsk, recognition of Russian control of Crimea, and neutrality from Ukraine (eg no Nato, no arms along the border).
The US and UK convinced Zelenskyy that Nato weapons would allow him to win the war and take back Crimea, so here we are.
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