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Czech Republic11293 Posts
On May 29 2015 07:58 Slayer91 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 07:44 Requizen wrote:On May 29 2015 07:18 Sonnington wrote:If you have texting problems and want advice go to: www.textjake.com Jake Hurwitz is a texting Casanova. He's been texting since SMS became a thing. He was encouraged to start a texting service from his friends and family since they immediately recognized his unique skillset. Some general texting tips I've learned from the master include: Never say something is fine or ok, everything is always perfect. If you get short replies stop texting, they are not interested. Never text twice in a row, no matter what, the ball is in their court. Don't feel obligated to text right away, wait on it, it makes you look like a cool. Never be the one to text last. You want to have the power, let them end a conversation. This sounds to me like every other "always act sorta standoffish and self absorbed because chicks dig that" advice. well its not very manly to be sitting next to the phone texting all the time, you want at least pretend you have interetsing things you do (play league) its also not very manly to be talking more than your would be gf seems legit
Just how much should you be willing to change your behavior so that other people like you?
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United States47024 Posts
On May 29 2015 08:12 WaveofShadow wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 06:06 MoonBear wrote:Why do MM15 cards feel so waxy and fake urghhh it's like the Chinese counterfeiters have won. Also I should stop trying to theorycraft ways to make Silumgar's Scorn work in Modern... On May 29 2015 04:19 Seuss wrote:
Call me a pedant but I see a difference between checking your phone just to see if you've had some notifications/texts or something, and deciding to actively do something on your phone. Yah I think there's a big difference in these two things. Checking cause work and checking cause bored are super different lol My friend is trying to get me into Standard but I am resisting with all my might.
Friends don't let friends play Standard.
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Today,
I had two servers ups's fry motherboard because of shitty dell soldering. I had 1 switch "forget" what it was doing, and then I had Comcast tell my fiber cut wasn't going to be repaired until Monday. I was able to make Comcast fix their shit, reprogram the switch, and give dell four hours to fix my shit.
I have the power to move mountains.
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I still want to petition for MoonBear to source his pictures. After all, he already does it for articles and MtG.
Your post wasn't sarcastic, Sonnington? They all seem to believe it wasn't, I'm confused.
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On May 29 2015 08:18 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 07:58 Slayer91 wrote:On May 29 2015 07:44 Requizen wrote:On May 29 2015 07:18 Sonnington wrote:If you have texting problems and want advice go to: www.textjake.com Jake Hurwitz is a texting Casanova. He's been texting since SMS became a thing. He was encouraged to start a texting service from his friends and family since they immediately recognized his unique skillset. Some general texting tips I've learned from the master include: Never say something is fine or ok, everything is always perfect. If you get short replies stop texting, they are not interested. Never text twice in a row, no matter what, the ball is in their court. Don't feel obligated to text right away, wait on it, it makes you look like a cool. Never be the one to text last. You want to have the power, let them end a conversation. This sounds to me like every other "always act sorta standoffish and self absorbed because chicks dig that" advice. well its not very manly to be sitting next to the phone texting all the time, you want at least pretend you have interetsing things you do (play league) its also not very manly to be talking more than your would be gf seems legit Just how much should you be willing to change your behavior so that other people like you?
Well I would do those things naturally maybe too extremely to the point people will dislike me LOL
I'm not saying you should change you behaviour but your should be aware of the social situation
dont be that girl texting soniv when soniv doesnt want texts
people often change their behaviour naturally based on misconceptions on what they think girls want etcetc so might as well change it to something smart i dunno
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Czech Republic11293 Posts
On May 29 2015 08:45 Slayer91 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 08:18 Scip wrote:On May 29 2015 07:58 Slayer91 wrote:On May 29 2015 07:44 Requizen wrote:On May 29 2015 07:18 Sonnington wrote:If you have texting problems and want advice go to: www.textjake.com Jake Hurwitz is a texting Casanova. He's been texting since SMS became a thing. He was encouraged to start a texting service from his friends and family since they immediately recognized his unique skillset. Some general texting tips I've learned from the master include: Never say something is fine or ok, everything is always perfect. If you get short replies stop texting, they are not interested. Never text twice in a row, no matter what, the ball is in their court. Don't feel obligated to text right away, wait on it, it makes you look like a cool. Never be the one to text last. You want to have the power, let them end a conversation. This sounds to me like every other "always act sorta standoffish and self absorbed because chicks dig that" advice. well its not very manly to be sitting next to the phone texting all the time, you want at least pretend you have interetsing things you do (play league) its also not very manly to be talking more than your would be gf seems legit Just how much should you be willing to change your behavior so that other people like you? Well I would do those things naturally maybe too extremely to the point people will dislike me LOL I'm not saying you should change you behaviour but your should be aware of the social situation dont be that girl texting soniv when soniv doesnt want texts people often change their behaviour naturally based on misconceptions on what they think girls want etcetc so might as well change it to something smart i dunno
Let's say I'm more comfortable and feel better sitting on the public transport with my legs reasonably far apart, but some people in the public would want me to keep my legs closer together. What do?
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Guys you know that the textjake thing is a joke right
Those are guys from CollegeHumor
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On May 29 2015 08:56 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
Guys you know that the textjake thing is a joke right
Those are guys from CollegeHumor
It's actually not a joke. You can actually pay Jake for texting advice. It sounds like a joke though and he is a coy diva from collegehumor.
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On May 29 2015 08:54 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 08:45 Slayer91 wrote:On May 29 2015 08:18 Scip wrote:On May 29 2015 07:58 Slayer91 wrote:On May 29 2015 07:44 Requizen wrote:On May 29 2015 07:18 Sonnington wrote:If you have texting problems and want advice go to: www.textjake.com Jake Hurwitz is a texting Casanova. He's been texting since SMS became a thing. He was encouraged to start a texting service from his friends and family since they immediately recognized his unique skillset. Some general texting tips I've learned from the master include: Never say something is fine or ok, everything is always perfect. If you get short replies stop texting, they are not interested. Never text twice in a row, no matter what, the ball is in their court. Don't feel obligated to text right away, wait on it, it makes you look like a cool. Never be the one to text last. You want to have the power, let them end a conversation. This sounds to me like every other "always act sorta standoffish and self absorbed because chicks dig that" advice. well its not very manly to be sitting next to the phone texting all the time, you want at least pretend you have interetsing things you do (play league) its also not very manly to be talking more than your would be gf seems legit Just how much should you be willing to change your behavior so that other people like you? Well I would do those things naturally maybe too extremely to the point people will dislike me LOL I'm not saying you should change you behaviour but your should be aware of the social situation dont be that girl texting soniv when soniv doesnt want texts people often change their behaviour naturally based on misconceptions on what they think girls want etcetc so might as well change it to something smart i dunno Let's say I'm more comfortable and feel better sitting on the public transport with my legs reasonably far apart, but some people in the public would want me to keep my legs closer together. What do?
stop wearing skirts
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first attempts at frying a string of peppers
I have two more strings, and this went surprisingly well - only overcooked a few and now my apartment smells amazing
+ Show Spoiler +Have to keep them in paper bags so they don't get all mushy ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JYnTmTl.jpg) Peppers gutted, fill a small pan with oil (about 1.5 cups) and let it heat to medium heat. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3LuKGnP.jpg) I couldn't get a picture while cooking because you literally have them in the pan for ~1-1.5 seconds, flip, drain oil to make sure it doesn't pool inside. Once cooked, lightly salt, and snack! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fxEY344.jpg)
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Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
On May 29 2015 08:26 Alaric wrote:
I still want to petition for MoonBear to source his pictures. After all, he already does it for articles and MtG.
Best Girl
On May 29 2015 08:19 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 08:12 WaveofShadow wrote:On May 29 2015 06:06 MoonBear wrote:Why do MM15 cards feel so waxy and fake urghhh it's like the Chinese counterfeiters have won. Also I should stop trying to theorycraft ways to make Silumgar's Scorn work in Modern... On May 29 2015 04:19 Seuss wrote:
Call me a pedant but I see a difference between checking your phone just to see if you've had some notifications/texts or something, and deciding to actively do something on your phone. Yah I think there's a big difference in these two things. Checking cause work and checking cause bored are super different lol My friend is trying to get me into Standard but I am resisting with all my might. Friends don't let friends play Standard.
Current Standard is pretty healthy and looks fun. But yeah long term Standard is not great. That's why you play Eternal~*
Nope to Vintage lol and to be fair random speculator drivebys suck too
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I opened 21 of the immortal 2 treasures from TI in dota and got 3-4 of everything minus the golden Andymage bashers 
Also, is it bad that I'm slightly hoping another contractor breaks my shit again so I can go ballistic and maybe, just maybe, get thrown off a job site? I feel like it is, but I'm not sure.
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On May 29 2015 08:19 TheYango wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 08:12 WaveofShadow wrote:On May 29 2015 06:06 MoonBear wrote:Why do MM15 cards feel so waxy and fake urghhh it's like the Chinese counterfeiters have won. Also I should stop trying to theorycraft ways to make Silumgar's Scorn work in Modern... On May 29 2015 04:19 Seuss wrote:
Call me a pedant but I see a difference between checking your phone just to see if you've had some notifications/texts or something, and deciding to actively do something on your phone. Yah I think there's a big difference in these two things. Checking cause work and checking cause bored are super different lol My friend is trying to get me into Standard but I am resisting with all my might. Friends don't let friends play Standard.
Well I want to play modern even less.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
And by time I mean money.
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On May 28 2015 21:40 jcarlsoniv wrote:
LT, still waiting on/looking forward to your assessment of Rand Paul.
Fell asleep after some doters games.
I'm mostly going to focus on his recent statements that foreign policy internationalists are the reason why ISIL exists and grows stronger. I won't focus on the other retarded shit that he supports/endorses, like the gold standard (I can't be arsed to write how stupid that would be because it's just that fucking retarded, MoonBear could if he wants to...after he sings  ). In it, he really makes 4 assertions.
1) ISIL exists because of interventionist foreign policies,
2) ISIL grows stronger because of interventionist policies,
3) ISIL is in Libya because of US intervention in that country, and
4) ISIL would be stronger in Syria if we had intervened.
First, the foundational organization that would later become Al Qaeda in Iraq, and then the Islamic State, JTJ existed since 1999. While the reformation and consolidation of various jihadist groups into first AQ in I later ISI was a reaction to the 2003 Iraq War, this is, again, disingenuous; jihadist groups have been growing and gaining strength since, really, the 1990s (of which Al Qaeda and ISIL are prominent examples of). Radical Salafist groups have risen throughout the Middle East as part of growing unrest within the Islamic world with long-standing (mostly secular; see Saddam, Qaddafi, Mubarak, Al-Assad) autocracies and political repression, despite economic growth and a rise of a literate, politically conscious, middle class. To that end, much as in the Iranian Revolution, Salafi religious groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood or radical jihadist groups, would become one of the primary outlets of frustration with the status quo in the Middle East.
This would explode in the Arab Spring following economic recession in the region (as a result of global economic slowdown). The Gulf states have, mostly (Yemen being caught in a messy three-way civil war between Shia [likely Iran-backed] Houthi, Salafi jihadist groups, and the old Sunni [Saudi-backed] autocratic political regime) avoided this fate due to being utterly, filthy rich from OPEC-induced oil profits and being able to afford to give massive benefits and kickbacks to their population. In any case, the fall of many of these long-standing dictatorships, and the political vacuum they leave, provide a hotbed for the rise of extremist groups. In the case of ISIL, the underlying driver of domestic Iraqi support lay in sectarian division between Sunni and Shia in Iraq, and the later abrogation of established power-sharing agreements and subsequent disenfranchisement of minority Sunnis following US withdrawal. Despite this, it would not be until Syria collapsed into civil war and ISIL used it as an opportunity to develop that they grew to the prominence that they have now in international media. So in this case, ISIL, in it's present form, only tangentially relates to US intervention, with the main factors contributing to their rise post-withdrawal, or else due to structural issues that are endemic throughout the Middle East and Maghreb. Without US intervention, it's likely we'd see a similar such movement evolve in Iraq following continued Saddam rule, or a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The factors are all already there; autocratic, corrupt, repressive regime that is largely unpopular, religious sectarianism serving as a hotbed for conflict, a developing, but utterly disenfranchised, middle class; couple that with an economic downturn and you would get a messy civil war along the lines of Syria (plus Kurds).
Rand Paul in particular links US arms sales to ISIL's growing strength. Which is false, to any relevant degree. Much of ISIL's arsenal is Saddam-era Iraqi equipment, or captured in Syria and Iraq against opposition forces. I disclam this as Saddam's arsenal was made up in part by old US surplus that we sold to him during the Iraq-Iran War, but by any relevant degree I mean that arms would have been acquired from other sources, if not US (from the Soviets/Russians or the Europeans, in that time period). Beyond that, arms control is generally a bipartisan issue (though one that's been recently sidetracked by partisan shenanies). There are also the arms that they've captured from Iraqi army forces, which we did arm but...well, yeah, kind of hard to see fault in this, given their offensive in Iraq began only after they had amassed quite a foothold in Syria (which we had been quite adamant about not providing arms to more pro-democratic rebel opposition, while steernly negotiating with the Russians to cut off arm shipments to Assad...)
On Syria and Libya the primary reason why ISIL, and indeed other extremist jihadist groups like Al Qaeda have begun to spring up is the vacuum of central political governance. As I previously noted, in Syria and Libya there were both largely secular autocracies, maintained by brutal repression (including the repression of Salafi jihadist groups such as Al Qaeda and ISIL; it's quite interesting how often we worked with, say, Qaddafi in supressing Al Qaeda in Libya pre-civil war, though it was done out of mutual interest outside of any love. The Arab Spring would serve as a destabilizing catalyst that would see opposition to the regimes finally explode, and the lack of genuine central authority, whether due to a lack of political institutions post-civil war in the case of Libya, or an incredibly destabilizing and destructive civil war in Syria. In both cases, Salafi groups were bound to rise in power in both following the outbreak of civil war; however to blame US intervention in Libya for ISIL's presence there is absurd, and that US intervention to stabilize Syria (under a pro-democracy rebel group, of course) as opposed to remaining what is essentially a disintegrated state facing immeasurable amounts of human suffering stuck in a civil war (where ISIL were able to develop and build up in the first place) is quite simply retarded.
The issue with our Libya policy again was not the intervention itself, but the relative dearth of post-intervention reconstruction and Western assistance in political institution building, in a country that has known no genuine civil society or alternate political tradition to brutal autocratic rule. Nonetheless, the conditions in Libya are somewhat better than in Syria, where complete state failure provided ISIL with the territory, economic assets, materiel and opportunity to train their fighters to be in their current position.
And this is why Rand Paul's statements are utterly retarded.
Personally, I've always found the comparison between the continued razing of old Islamic heritage sites in the Hedjaz since the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and ISIL's newsbreaking cultural razings to chillingly apt, though this is again driven by their shared Salafi roots. Indeed, it makes me quite sad; the rich legacy and history of Mecca has already been mostly completely bulldozed over for the construction of lifeless post-modern skyscraper apartments and hotels, and the mosque around the Kaaba is one of the very last heritage sites left in Mecca (and they're already talking about tearing it down and "renovating" it). It's gutwrenching, really. I'll just...leave this for anyone else who wants to be as depressed as I am about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/the-destruction-of-mecca.html
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Mono red burn and infect are relatively cheap to make.
I also saw this cool enchantment gexproof deck that looked cheap to make and looks lolzy.
And I cant wait for Origins either. Waiting MM2015 packs to go to sale. Rather not shell out 40 bucks for drafts atm...
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On May 28 2015 06:33 MoonBear wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2015 05:27 Lord Tolkien wrote:1) I perhaps should've been clear that there are (often bitter) disagreements within mainstream economics. The basic modeling and "schools" of thought no longer exist (or at least, as they are portrayed in pop culture like here + Show Spoiler +), but economics is still an academic subject and academics are...academic; that is, rife with disagreement and squabbling over even the smallest of details. Yeah there's disagreements in all academia haha it would be bad if there wasn't! Economics is perhaps special in that a lot of spats occur in public and in today's age there's a lot of blog sniping. Krugman v Summer is perhaps one of the most high profile ones in recent years. I guess in Economics it's much more high stakes though. Because the sorts of things they argue over have such a large impact on people's general lives. And there's the influence over public policy and governments aspect too. The New York Times had an interesting article a few months ago about the frequency in which social sciences have been mentioned in its archives. Considering how closely economics and politics mix, it is perhaps not a surprise how economic findings become ammunition in political skirmishes. (WONK DISCLAIMER) It's important to note though that economics itself isn't necessarily hyper-partisan per se (although not completely pure from politics either). Here is a 2014 paper containing meta analysis on the matter, and the authors discussed their results in an article on 538. Additional side note by Noah Smith here.
The NYT article is quite interesting (though also rather unsurprising). Politicians are simply more prone to rely on economists on the arcane issues of the economy, and economics are also more relevant to business interests as well. Comparatively, while sociology does analyze and address a wide array of societal issues, the issues they study are generally less reliant on experts (issues like judicial and incarceration policy, or drug policy, were largely driven by popular opinion in the 80s and 90s).
But yes; as someone highly interested in political economy, you can't really separate the state and the economy.
Show nested quote +On May 28 2015 05:27 Lord Tolkien wrote:
2) Your point on the divorce of modern economists from basic economic theory is something new to me, though in hindsight not surprising. Of the social sciences, economics has been the most ardent in its pursuit of mathematical models and quantitative measures of analysis, and econometrics is a morass of applied mathematics and statistical analysis which I actually had one of my professors vocally warn me off of learning in my senior year for an independent study I was conducting (on South Africa's future economic prognosis). In this light, that makes much more sense. Not all economics has fixated itself on mathematical purity this way mind you. For example, the most recent Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole has some very mathematically technical work but his work is still incredibly astounding. The field of game theory, mechanism design, and auctions has also had very real tangible results. And there are a lot of macroeconomic models which are very useful such as discrete choice. That being said, the allure of mathematics is still very real and the way it's current taught at many universities focuses very heavily on "getting things done" so to speak and not so much about "is this the right tool" unfortunately.
Certainly, though there is still quite a degree of necessary math in areas like game theory (having taken a Game Theory course myself). A solid grasp of mathematics (at least advanced Calculus) is needed to truly understand the mathematical foundation of Game Theory outside more straightforward applications.
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On May 29 2015 10:42 sung_moon wrote:
Mono red burn and infect are relatively cheap to make.
I also saw this cool enchantment gexproof deck that looked cheap to make and looks lolzy.
And I cant wait for Origins either. Waiting MM2015 packs to go to sale. Rather not shell out 40 bucks for drafts atm...
Does limited get cheaper over time? I was under the impression packs were packs for the most part, value would only go down if the set sucked or something.
I also got my rejection letter today. Super bummed, thought I had a good shot and didn't get an interview even.
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So, friend of mine who plays a little bit of Smite said she wants to get into watching professional League (not playing it) and asked me for games to watch that are cherrypicked for helping somebody learn how the game works.
What should I suggest?
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United States15536 Posts
On May 29 2015 11:44 Ketara wrote:
So, friend of mine who plays a little bit of Smite said she wants to get into watching professional League (not playing it) and asked me for games to watch that are cherrypicked for helping somebody learn how the game works.
What should I suggest?
WE vs CLG EU, Game 2, Season 3.
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Baa?21243 Posts
On May 29 2015 11:45 AsmodeusXI wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2015 11:44 Ketara wrote:
So, friend of mine who plays a little bit of Smite said she wants to get into watching professional League (not playing it) and asked me for games to watch that are cherrypicked for helping somebody learn how the game works.
What should I suggest? WE vs CLG EU, Game 2, Season 3.
You have no idea what you're even trying to say do you.
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