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TopicTheRock finally finishes Final Fantasy VII Remake (major spoilers)
foolm0r0n
05/24/23 5:46:46 PM
#66
do it nerd

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/24/23 3:26:23 PM
#420
I think if all Tika is F3 then Carolyn > Yam Yam > Carson. I do think Yam Yam could win since he's super convincing socially, especially in the recent episodes where they've shown him talking 1:1. Carolyn is more generally likably but not 1:1 likable. Carson somehow gets everyone on his side too, maybe the babyface effect or something? But that's not gonna win you F3.

If Yam Yam can get Carolyn out F5 then he wins due to big move respect. If Carson does that then I think Yam Yam might still have the edge but it would be close.

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TopicWhich of the following do you regularly do in the shower?
foolm0r0n
05/16/23 10:20:57 AM
#93
Everyone who would disagree with that has left this board eons ago

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TopicTheRock finally finishes Final Fantasy VII Remake (major spoilers)
foolm0r0n
05/15/23 5:23:45 PM
#63
Me neither. The only way I can play it is by buying the whole entire game again on PC or PS5, which is too much trouble

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/13/23 1:30:49 AM
#387
BlueCrystalTear posted...
So you agree with us that the pre-merge was garbage, then, since instead of focusing on 18 players, they focused on 18 advantages?
I've always said it's not good (see my quote) but it served its purpose and was about par for the seasons I've watched so I would never call it garbage. You can choose to treat average pre-merges as garbage, but like I said that's a terrible way to watch a show.

BlueCrystalTear posted...
I have no idea why foolmo thinks I didn't pay attention and hated the episode
You didn't hate it holistically, but you're dragging hate from episode 1 into episode 11 which, again, terrible way to watch this show. And yeah if you missed the Carson/Carolyn stuff in nearly every episode you didn't pay attention.

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/12/23 10:37:08 PM
#385
That's my point - you can't have a focus on players and let them breathe when there's 18 brand new characters. Fact is, half the cast is by definition useless in every season of survivor. You expect them to develop just the post-merge ones and ignore an entire that entire half? They have to do SOMETHING with them. Every season tries things to keep that part interesting. The old ones still only had like a 20% success rate on that. But it's not a new formula at all. Chaos pre-merge, strategy & characters post-merge. Simple.

BlueCrystalTear posted...
You should probably read things before putting words in somebody's mouth.
You're saying the setup wasn't good when it was one of the strongest setups possible. She was the one who got the birdcage idol and hid it through all the drama leading up to this moment. The Tika 3 were strongly developed since episode 1. And you're saying that's rubbish. It's just a bad way to watch the show.

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/12/23 9:35:08 PM
#381
Which of the previous 10 episodes needed more Carson/Carolyn to make you understand their alliance in this episode? There was plenty since episode 1. You were prob too angry about some nonsense to absorb it. Pay more attention and you'll enjoy the show more.

Like if your thesis requires you to dislike this episode, you're the worst kind of fan. Stick to your reruns and leave the new seasons for the new fans.

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/12/23 8:09:07 PM
#379
foolm0r0n posted...
The fact is, pre-merge is a mess in this show, and it will almost never be good or strategic to watch. The best you can get is some enjoyable chaos, and that's what they design it for. Post merge is more strategic and has almost no advantages. Of course, pre-merge stuff greatly affects post-merge strategy, but that's more of a player concern. For viewers it's pretty good to watch.


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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/12/23 8:05:49 PM
#378
That episode was ridonk. One of the best plays ever in survivor by Carolyn. Only mistake was telling Carson she had the idol tbh.

It's amazing that Carson convinced the other girls to go with him on his own.

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TopicReality TV Discussion Topic: Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.
foolm0r0n
05/10/23 1:15:20 PM
#343
Same number of episodes though?

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TopicXenoblade Wave 4 Trailer Dropped: Releasing 4/25
foolm0r0n
05/03/23 12:38:30 PM
#61
I'm gonna watch an all-cutscenes youtube video of this so hard

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
05/02/23 3:41:05 PM
#497
Each card has a new pixel at least.

I just hope they get a new artist at some point and upgrade the old ones.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
05/01/23 11:43:34 PM
#486
First bot I played this season was an absolute psycho. Magik on 5 then Scarlet Witch on Limbo on 6. Almost beat me.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
05/01/23 11:37:40 PM
#484
Goddd damn forgot the new season was today. I was at 59.1, now down to 20... First time I haven't finished a season pass too. Barely had any time to play this month, but I did have a super high win rate so I climbed a lot.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/29/23 10:20:38 PM
#468
This next season looks 10 crazier than all the others. Nebula seems ridonk OP, basically guaranteed to be a 1/3, and on average maybe 1/7? Should be 1/0 at least and/or +1 each turn.

But the other stuff that's coming out also seems OP so maybe it's just the power creep they want. I think it's there's one way to ruin this game it's with regular power creep, but I guess it's inevitable.

Tribunal feels like a really cool win extra win condition you have to watch out for, but it's effectively like Zola so I dunno if it will really add much. It might even kill the counterplay strats. How can you play around both an On Reveal and an Ongoing? Especially an Ongoing that can go in any lane.

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TopicStar Wars Jedi: Survivor review zone
foolm0r0n
04/28/23 10:43:56 AM
#25
How does it compare to the original?

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/28/23 8:02:33 AM
#436
Use Galactus to get 1 cube wins all the way up

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TopicStar Wars Jedi: Survivor review zone
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 11:00:51 PM
#18
Damn that's a good ad

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 10:57:48 PM
#433
Well I hope that's true then, and that Bicycle finally patches my aces getting cracked

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 8:19:49 PM
#45
Samurai7 posted...
I'm pretty sure NJ and DC have better SREC markets, but they are completely closed I believe. Meaning you can only sell SRECs produced within their markets.
Oh yeah I heard about the DC market. Holy christ they go for $420 each... I sure as hell would want panels if I were in DC. Not many places to install them there though.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 8:16:48 PM
#44
MacArrowny posted...
Battery is good for the future/for the environment though, right? The more people who have batteries, the more power consumption at night will be renewable.
If the alternative is fossil fuel grid at night then maybe, but it's not clear cut because the grid is existing infrastructure with sunk cost already, and manufacturing batteries is super expensive environmentally. Something like 20% of an EV's lifetime carbon footprint is in the battery construction alone. And we very likely will not be using our current batteries long-term since we'll find better chemistries, so if we can't find a good recycling process for these batteries, the waste becomes even worse.

If the alternative is nuclear-based grid then there's almost no way for batteries to be better. But who knows if we'll get that in the US.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 8:06:57 PM
#428
Lopen posted...
or you can realize that maybe some these people are reporting what's actually happening
Would you really be saying this if you personally weren't one of those people? It's a rhetorical Q obviously. Glad to leave it alone from here.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 8:02:08 PM
#427
Enchantress buff is sick. I like the Lizard nerf too, makes the counterplay pretty valuable where before it wasn't too big of a deal.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 2:23:15 PM
#407
Lopen posted...
If people are noticing things that are supposedly completely unlikely statistically often enough it becomes implausible to that it's a matter of Frequency illusion because even with biases you wouldn't have enough appearances of the rare event for people to notice it at that clip.
It's literally the exact opposite. You notice it more with extreme low or high frequencies.

The bigger effect imo is what I mentioned before, which is failing to do Bayesian analysis. It's not about how much Cosmo is being played, but about how much GIVEN that you played Wong.

The best analogy is with poker. People have been complaining for decades that every time they get aces, someone else gets trips. They just don't understand how statistically dependent those events are. So they accuse the dealer of rigging the game somehow. It's just funny seeing the exact same arguments with poker used for this game, as if they are new or not debunked.

Btw absolutely NOTHING in this world becomes implausible just because a few thousand humans subjectively feel a certain way. That's a super fucked up scientific method. But I guess it's a common idea.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 2:04:36 PM
#36
I would even say the best way for a typical user to get full blackout protection would be to use solar with grid, and have a gasoline generator for the rare times the grid is down during the night.

Way cheaper and technically more climate efficient since you're almost never using it.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 1:59:16 PM
#35
masterplum posted...
I think one of the appeals of solar is in a catastrophe you could still have power. If the grid is down it does nothing for you
That was the marketing in the past, to make up for the fact that it wasn't cheaper than regular grid gas. Especially since solar doesn't do anything for grid dependency on its own, so I don't even know how they sold that. I guess it helps in daytime during sunny days but that's it.

Now it's cheaper than gas so there's no extra reason you need. Of course you can add a battery, but that's only a big deal for like 5% of people or less.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 9:17:00 AM
#31
Grid-as-battery is objectively the best option if you're already connected to grid, unless your grid is terrible like Texas

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 9:15:31 AM
#398
I just saw Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur show on Disney+ and I totally want to watch it because of this game. It also looks super good

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 9:14:56 AM
#397
Lopen posted...
so we can't be totally sure if 60% Valkyrie rate on a deck change is completely ridiculous or not.
Yes you can. But no one cares enough to try. Either it's easily explained by frequency illusion, or the conspiracy is a comfortable blanket that maintains your enjoyment in the game.

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TopicWhich of the following do you regularly do in the shower?
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 9:02:25 AM
#86
swordz9 posted...
I havent used a public bathroom in ages. No thanks
If you never leave the house sure

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 9:01:22 AM
#29
BakusaiTenketsu posted...
There are plenty of benefits for having Solar, but don't think that saving money is one of them, at least not immediately.
My system should profit year 1 (just barely) due to the high value of SRECs covering the grid fees. I'm in a very good spot for solar though, getting around 1200kwh/yr per kw. If your spot is less efficient then the value curve is much slower.

But yeah, those profit curves usually assume NO inflation of gas prices. I've seen 1 that have a model where you could pick between 0 and 2% yearly gas price inflation. But in the last 3 years it's been like 5% yearly. An outlier sure, but gas is not getting cheaper anymore.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/27/23 8:57:10 AM
#28
Samurai7 posted...
I'm also in PA. It's not a bad state for srec market.
In Virginia we use the PA market for SRECs. It seems like the best place on the east coast for it

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TopicWhich of the following do you regularly do in the shower?
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 3:16:57 PM
#81
I was just at a public bathroom which reminded me of another thing that is 100-1000x as unsanitary: Using a urinal with the slight splash back

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TopicWhich of the following do you regularly do in the shower?
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 12:51:40 PM
#77
HanOfTheNekos posted...
Swimming in pee, even with chlorine and dilutants, is so much more disgusting than peeing in a shower, and I don't understand how any rational person can argue otherwise.
The fat man variation of the trolley problem is all about this.

When the outcome is something you perceive as under your control, and thus totally avoidable, you feel way more strongly about it. You can't really do anything about kids peeing in pools so why worry.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 12:47:49 PM
#387
Lopen posted...
What we should be doing is prodding the developers for more data
How would fabricated data from lying devs help?

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 12:43:57 PM
#386
Lopen posted...
Observations not matching expected behavior is literally the first step in starting any proper study.
The reason why I don't scream about this is because all the observations are fully explained by the frequency illusion. There's no reason to investigate anything else.

Your position is the one that needs to prove that observations don't match expectations. You can't do that since by your own logic you don't know the matchmaking formula. That's why 95% of your words are pure speculation. So where is the scientific method?

btw you absolutely do not need to know the formula in order to prove that decks affect matchmaking. You can totally do it with proper testing and enough samples. Sounds like that YouTuber wasn't rigorous enough.

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TopicStar Wars Jedi: Survivor review zone
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 12:37:13 PM
#9
UshiromiyaEva posted...
I'm surprised, I didn't realize there was any animosity towards the first game.
I loved that it felt like an old school PS2 AA game in quality. But actually playing it wasn't great.

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TopicUK blocks Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizz
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 11:47:14 AM
#22
If the exclusivity of Activision games was the deal breaker then they could enforce non-exclusivity, which they already promised for like 10 years I think? Still a weird thing to enforce but it's more justifiable.

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TopicUK blocks Microsoft acquisition of ActiBlizz
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 11:46:02 AM
#21
Lopen posted...
At that point you might as well ban Microsoft from acquiring anyone as you can argue they'll gain a benefit to their cloud gaming by increased revenues allowing them to invest more into cloud gaming.
That's basically what they've decided

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TopicStar Wars Jedi: Survivor review zone
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 11:44:00 AM
#4
The original was so middle of the road, never really reaching the line that made it feel worth it. Seems like this one more of the same but slightly better which might not be enough to get it over that line.

JonThePenguin posted...
and Jedi: Survivor feels like a worthy attempt at evolution
Like did it actually succeed at this, or only attempt? Very cagey wording on these reviews

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TopicWhich of the following do you regularly do in the shower?
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 11:40:18 AM
#66
guffguy89 posted...
This is such a frustrating topic for me that gets to me on so many levels.

First of all, it is a completely avoidable and unnecessary act to pee in the shower. People who do it, do it intentionally as part of their shower routine. And it is absolutely disgusting.

I mean, you act like a pee stream is always this perfect line between you and wherever you are aiming. Are you not considering the mists and sprays and occasional sidestreams and splatter at the impact site? And I doubt all of you are hydro homies, meaning that your pee is sometimes very yellow and stinky. I really hope you are thoroughly cleaning that shower on a very regular basis!

I mean, maybe if you are the only one who uses that shower, I guess you can wallow in your own filth if you want. Still makes you disgusting, but that's about it. But if you share that shower with other people, not only are you a disgusting slob, but you're also an inconsiderate asshole for making other people shower in your piss remnants. And remember, this is a completely avoidable and unnecessary act.

The final frustrating thing is the denial. I don't know if I ever met a shower pisser who was like "yeah, I know its kinda gross but I do it anyway". They always stand their ground that it's not disgusting at all, but rather a perfectly normal action. It's kinda like trying to reason with a predatory reseller that what they are doing is wrong. You can't rationalize with them. They are firm in their beliefs that they're not wrong. Now I'm not comparing predatory resellers to shower pissers, I'm just comparing their defensive denial of what is in my opinion a blatantly disgusting act, that, which bears repeating, is absolutely unnecessary to do in the first place.

Just piss in the damn toilet!

Sigh....I almost feel like this is the other side of the coin to the whole wiping conversation. So many people don't wipe properly after they take a poo. You know, the people who get skid marks in their underwear because they follow "three wipes and your done" or "ball up the toilet paper, one big wipe, and your done" or "I don't wipe because it's gay." There are so many personal hygiene quirks people develop because they don't teach this stuff in school and parents don't really reinforce it once the kid is independent in the bathroom.
This is awesome

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 11:36:14 AM
#380
Yeah I was looking for actual examples like RegisKillbin, so that's 1, thanks. But what did he miss?

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/26/23 10:40:20 AM
#378
Lopen posted...
It actually has a ton of data points but people who think they're intelligent and don't understand how the scientific method actually starts are discarding them all as anecdote.
Give 1

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 11:31:56 PM
#14
Basically everything financial is a gamble, so what you're betting on is:
  • Inflation will be higher than your loan rate over time
  • Gas prices will go up over time
  • RECs will grow in demand as states go for more carbon neutrality
If any of those are true, you'll profit.

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TopicSo, uh, I'm thinking about going solar
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 11:18:19 PM
#13
I just got mine turned on.

It's often a no brainer for everyone involved. The solar companies try to sell you hard because they make a ton of money off it, but so do you so it's ok. You just need to make sure the warranties are good and backed by a reputable company. 25 year warranty backed by a 10 year old company is worthless. Most installers do use warranties from old companies like certainteed though.

You do need a new roof or they won't install it. You might be able to get some deals when installing a new roof though, get it all bundled. Most roof companies do solar installs nowadays. But they are not necessarily the best.

You have to look at the solar panel quality offered, the price per W overall, and the warranties on materials AND on installation labor (they are separate).

The tax credit can be rolled over like 3 or 5 years or something so you'll definitely use it all. Nothing to worry about there. It's 30% credit for the next 10 years so no rush either. Just the loan rates might go up soon.

Get the longest loan you can and find an energy-specific bank which gives lower rates. Make sure to calculate the real APR on the loans - they advertise numbers like 3.5% but if you factor in the loan premium it's more like 6% compared to the cash price. Still a great deal for the loan, butlrr marginal than it seems.

Another big thing for profitability is SRECs. For every kW in your system you can get about 1 SREC a year or more if you're in a good spot. Those sell for $50 and will go up over time. That can make solar profitable in the first year.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 11:07:03 PM
#372
Lopen posted...
The people who have tested this either

1. Are players who think they have all the data but are ignorant of what they need to test.
2. Devs who don't want the playerbase to know the matchmaking isn't pure and are probably lying because why wouldn't they.
This theory has exactly 0 data points. So can it even be called a theory?

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 11:03:16 PM
#370
Just got Skull. I want to slot him in but 4 cost is just too much for an unreliable tech card.

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 6:45:43 AM
#352
wtf is Stegron

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/25/23 6:42:58 AM
#351
Lopen posted...
It's only easily tested if you have all the data and know what you're actually testing.
Which is the case for the people who actually tested this, and definitely not the case for the anecdotal people

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TopicMarvel Snap Topic 11: Shuri You Can't Be Serious
foolm0r0n
04/24/23 6:32:17 PM
#347
Or read this page, might be easier than learning basic statistics
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

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