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| Topic | Belgium approves 4 day work week and no contact off hours |
| Zanzenburger 02/15/22 10:40:01 AM #13 | PatrickMahomes posted... is already a right in America. When you're off, you're off.Because most states are right-to-work states and you can get fired for basically anything. It would be extremely difficult to prove that you were fired for not answering your phone on a Sunday. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Will you eat a new Little Caesars Batman pizza? |
| Zanzenburger 02/09/22 9:23:14 PM #9 | I had one two weeks ago. That cheese-filled crust at the ends is the bomb --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Scientific preprints don't change much after peer review |
| Zanzenburger 02/08/22 8:53:52 PM #24 | Nice, hope you're enjoying it. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Scientific preprints don't change much after peer review |
| Zanzenburger 02/08/22 11:58:33 AM #22 | Hey COV, I meant to ask you. Did you ever end up defending? I remember us talking about your defense date coming up but I don't think I followed up. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Scientific preprints don't change much after peer review |
| Zanzenburger 02/08/22 6:56:29 AM #20 | Ahh, gotcha. Makes sense. Yeah, social sciences are different. You basically need to submit a near-perfect paper or no one will take you. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Scientific preprints don't change much after peer review |
| Zanzenburger 02/07/22 5:58:34 PM #15 | COVxy posted... Peer review doesn't do too much good. Certainly makes the process of science slower, and translates often a subjective element into one that feels more objective (published, or not).What do you propose as an alternative? While I share your skepticism of the peer review process, in my experience publishing, if the peers don't agree with the conclusion, the manuscript doesn't even make it to preprint. Why would an editor spend time trying to improve someone's weak study when they could just reject it and accept a better one right off the bat? I actually just had a manuscript accepted today and will go to preprint next week. I anticipate that the edits will be minimal, because during the peer review process, the reviewers threw it back to me and told me to improve my discussion of my analysis and results. To be clear, they found my conclusions valid, which is the only reason they didn't outright reject it. But they said my wording was unclear and meandered. So I fixed it and resubmitted. Now, as a preprint, we'll mostly be doing copyediting and such. From what I can see, by the time a paper gets to the preprint stage, it shouldn't have that much more to correct. At least in my field. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Is smart watch the biggest flop after those foldable screen phones? |
| Zanzenburger 02/05/22 8:24:45 AM #4 | I use a foldable screen phone and it is the best thing ever. It's like having a tablet that folds into a regular phone size. I could never go back to a regular phone. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | If you DID NOT own this '90s toy, you're NOT a true 90s kid. |
| Zanzenburger 02/03/22 12:08:40 PM #17 | I was expecting the Home Alone Talkboy. I really wanted one of those but never got one. :( --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Why call them "meteorologists" when they don't even study meteors? |
| Zanzenburger 02/02/22 8:41:50 AM #7 | Veggeta_MAX posted... Wow they get paid so little. I make more than them.The problem is most people assume that meteorologists are the guy you see on Channel 9 with your local forecast. TV weathermen are a very small percentage of meteorologists. Most meteorologists sit in a cubicle in national weather centers (or air traffic control towers or space centers) and analyze satellite data using predictive models and such. Interestingly enough, only around half of them provide general weather forecasts for the general population. The other half are contracted by companies to provide forecasts specifically for their business operations. Think airlines, NASA, trucking companies, agriculture industry, pipeline industry, firefighters, basically any industry that can lose money due to bad weather. You can make much more money as a private contractor, but you are also held to a much higher standard on your predictions and results since you could be costing people money. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Why call them "meteorologists" when they don't even study meteors? |
| Zanzenburger 02/02/22 8:28:18 AM #4 | lilORANG posted... And they're also wrong more often than right.Incorrect. https://scijinks.gov/forecast-reliability/#:~:text=A%20seven%2Dday%20forecast%20can,right%20about%20half%20the%20time. A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather about 80 percent of the time and a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time. However, a 10-dayor longerforecast is only right about half the time. If you base your knowledge on some random weather guy in a local news channel's accuracy, then you aren't looking at the bigger picture. Once you take into account the National Weather Service's daily weather forecasts using sophisticated prediction models, things looks a lot better. If what you said was true, flight travel would be impossible, as no one would be able to predict the correct weather forecasts to make flying safe. MI4 REAL posted... And why do they get paid $100k a year? I could do that with a chair and a pool cue. See above. Also, most forecasters don't make that much. Again, you are likely basing this on the occasional TV broadcaster in a major market like New York or LA. https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Meteorologist/Salary Payscale puts the average at $55k a year. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I don't get why people like Brooklyn 99 |
| Zanzenburger 01/28/22 10:11:35 PM #16 | Crazyman93 posted... Honestly it feels like The Office except set in a police station.Funny, I hate The Office and love B99. I think the B99 cast is much more likeable (with the exception of Gina). --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Anyone used to watch the show Superstore? |
| Zanzenburger 01/27/22 8:05:59 AM #22 | Dakimakura posted... That chick is insanely hot. She was also in shameless if you want to see some nude scenes.This. I lived in a small town for a while where that kind of pairing was common. That type of guy was attractive to the girls in the area. It's weird how much this show got right lol. Also yeah, her scene in Shameless caught me by surprise. I watched the episode with the wife and was like "isn't that Cheyenne? Oh God, Cheyenne just got topless!" --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Who's the biggest asshole in Seinfeld's main cast? >_> |
| Zanzenburger 01/27/22 7:59:56 AM #29 | I found it interesting that in the series finale when they were going through the sins of each character, Kramer only got one flashback whereas the rest of them got several (and I'm talking solo flashbacks, not group ones, his was the wheelchair incident). Did they just not have enough material to cover Kramer more than once? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | So why are people talking about Encanto *now*? |
| Zanzenburger 01/27/22 7:35:50 AM #3 | It recently hit Disney Plus. That's why my wife and I just watched it. Also, word of mouth has really taken off with this movie. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Why are Grass Pokemon weak against 5 types... |
| Zanzenburger 01/26/22 4:55:15 PM #18 | Grass types, like bug, tend to be early-game types. They follow a similar format to gane levels, where the earlier levels are in fields or grass themes, while later levels take place in ice lands, fire lands, or places of darkness. It's for the same reason that you tend to find Ice, Dark, Dragon, and to a lesser extent fire types later in the game, as they are considered more late-game types. So early game types typically have more common weaknesses. Recent games like Sword-Shield have moved away from this somewhat, but the earlier games followed this formula. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Anybody here ever try one of those fancy cat litter boxes? |
| Zanzenburger 01/25/22 12:32:15 PM #11 | Cocytus posted... Say, like this one...I have that exact one with this shelf: https://www.litterbox.com/coffee-oak-storage-cabinet.html?358=148 It's great! All three of my cats use it and cleaning it is a breeze. It's also fun to watch it cycle. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | disney unprepared for popularity of luisa from encanto |
| Zanzenburger 01/24/22 10:32:07 AM #37 | Luisa and her song are most relatable to oldest siblings. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | There is frost on the ground outside my house. |
| Zanzenburger 01/24/22 10:31:11 AM #7 | Yeah my Mexican Sunflowers are iced. Hope they survive this. They are only 6 months old. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Do you enjoy period sex? |
| Zanzenburger 01/22/22 8:41:12 PM #6 | https://youtu.be/Uab2BlDpPxQ --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | who here goes to school and works on campus? |
| Zanzenburger 01/21/22 9:32:07 AM #14 | pojr posted... interesting, i've never heard of federal work study. i fill out a fafsa every year for financial aid (i don't qualify for any financial aid rewards except for loans), but no one ever told me about federal work study. i will look into this.Yeah, you'd want to talk with your financial aid office. They can pull out your file and FAFSA and be able to tell you your eligibility for work study. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | who here goes to school and works on campus? |
| Zanzenburger 01/21/22 9:22:14 AM #11 | pojr posted... good points.If you qualify for federal work study (which you would need to fill out your FAFSA to find out), there are usually a bunch of great job opportunities on campus. They are all part time, and never more than 20 hours a week, but the pay is usually decent and the hours are very flexible with your classes. With Covid, I've seen more colleges allow these jobs to also be worked remote and there's usually positions in every department. If you don't qualify for work study, you still have access to many on-campus jobs, which again, are very flexible and work around your class schedule. I worked on-campus as a student as well as off-campus and the on-campus job was better by far. Pay was essentially the same per hour but on-campus was less stressful and allowed me to work on homework during slow periods. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | who here goes to school and works on campus? |
| Zanzenburger 01/21/22 9:14:29 AM #4 | Did that actually come from your college's .edu address? That sounds particularly scammy to me. It's not unheard of to have the occasional high-paying job when the college gets a one-time grant for a special project or something, but that's more the exception and not the rule. Look at the contact information. Does it link back to the university website, or have some obscure link or email that does not end in the .edu address. You could also just contact your advisor at the college and ask them if this seems legit to them. EDIT: The fact that they include both staff and students in that email is particularly troublesome. College job opportunities are typically tailored to either students or staff, not both. And even if it's available to both, they typically have different list-serves for each group and send out those emails separately (I work at a university so I'm familiar with how notices are sent out). That alone makes me think you shouldn't trust it. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | What's your favorite musical number in a non musical movie? |
| Zanzenburger 01/21/22 8:58:48 AM #2 | Any song from the Even Steven's musical episode. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Imagine locking yourself out of the house in your pyjamas for 2.5 hours. |
| Zanzenburger 01/20/22 11:20:28 AM #20 | When I was an RA in college, this was the most common call I had to take at like 2am. The common bathrooms were outside the dorms and the students would forget their keys when sleepy/drunk/high. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Parks and Recreations is better than The Office. |
| Zanzenburger 01/14/22 6:51:24 PM #49 | ZevLoveDOOM posted... and let's not forget how memorable the side characters are!https://youtu.be/aswgTPlzazo --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | why do you guys open your mouth wide open when you take pictures? |
| Zanzenburger 01/14/22 6:45:44 PM #8 | It's the male duckface. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/12/22 2:28:18 PM #27 | MacadamianNut3 posted... I got it on release but only played it for like 2 weeksLike any RPG, it's hard getting back into it when it hasn't been played for a while. I know it took me a while to get back into it when I took a break due to moving. But now I've done it daily for two months. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I like turtles |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 3:41:14 PM #13 | I own eight turtles/tortoises. I'm hoping to start a turtle rescue one day. Touch posted... But also really dark if you get put on your back and then you're fucked unless someone helps youYou're thinking of tortoises. Turtles (as in, the aquatic kind) can actually flip themselves back around pretty easily. Basically like this: https://youtu.be/rBSzkWaDmLU?t=73 --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Is there a profession worse than college advisors as far as approachability/help |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 3:36:16 PM #10 | Scintillant posted... my current problem is that I am locked out of registering for courses until I speak with an advisor, however, THESE FUCKS WON'T TALK TO MEYou need to schedule an appointment with them physically. That's usually the best way to reach them. Does your college have any scheduling app you can use to get on their calendar? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Is there a profession worse than college advisors as far as approachability/help |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 3:35:37 PM #9 | The problem is caseloads. In many colleges, each advisor gets anywhere between 1k and 2k students that they are responsible for each year. They'll schedule 10 minute blocks to meet with students, and they fill up all day, every day with very little breaks. As a result, they answer emails and listen to voicemails either between student meetings (i.e. 1-2 minutes), or staying late into the evening working. Lots of voicemails and emails get missed. I'm not taking away blame from the individual advisors, but this is a structural problem with colleges underfunded and not being able to pay for the amount of advisors needed. Meanwhile, faculty complain about administrative bloat when more funding gets put into these positions, but then also complain when they get assigned students to advise because there aren't enough advisors. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 1:50:36 PM #24 | fohstick posted... is this game actually good?I'm probably biased since I made the topic but most people seem to agree that the game is pretty good. Even if you take away the fitness theme, the game still has tons of content. It even has a separate rhythm mode similar to Guitar Hero/Rock Band/DDR. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Playing It Takes Two with the gf. Yeah this deserves GOTY |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 1:49:22 PM #10 | It looks really fun and I'd be interested in trying it with my wife as we love co-op games. But we only have a Switch so we'll only get it if it gets released there one day. To this day our favorite coop games are Snipperclips, Minecraft, and Super Mario 3D World. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 1:47:14 PM #22 | LostForest posted... I wanted the game when it released in 2020, and couldn't get it anywhere. then my wife and I got gym memberships, and I never saw a real need for it after that. But every once in a while, I think about getting it again.I'd argue that it's still worth a purchase just for the gameplay alone. I'd even go as far to say that it stands alone as a good game without the fitness mechanics. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | If white characters were written the way pirates of caribbean characters are: |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 9:58:14 AM #15 | Though I will add that as hilarious as the OP is, it does paint a pretty clear picture of the scene... <_< --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | If white characters were written the way pirates of caribbean characters are: |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 9:57:38 AM #14 | FortuneCookie posted... It's stupid, but there's a reason that characters are written that way. Audiences are predisposed to assume a character is White unless otherwise stated. At the same time, it's considered impolite to volunteer information regarding character race unless it's relevant to the story.This is true. I've had this issue in every novel I've written. You either describe the minority character's details to accentuate their race/ethnicity, give them a stereotypical name to let the readers assume their race/ethnicity, or not mention it at all and just let readers make whatever assumptions they want. I've found one working strategy to be to just describe them regardless of their race, meaning describing the "White" features of the White characters just as in the minority characters (obviously not in the exaggerated way of the OP). Then everyone gets treated the same. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Did you have trouble getting a job after college? |
| Zanzenburger 01/11/22 9:40:01 AM #8 | I went to grad school so I kicked the bucket down the road. I applied during grad school and had an offer by the time I graduated. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/10/22 1:08:36 PM #20 | Bumping for more celebration of the game's success. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/09/22 7:58:30 PM #19 | Hambo the Hog posted... But then I get hot. ]:Lol, I have the same problem. I love the fan blowing down at me while working out. It's refreshing. But then I'm scared I'll hit it when I raise my hands. I've even tested it and realized that I'm not tall enough to hit it, but it still scares me when I'm working out. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/09/22 1:29:07 PM #17 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Yep, it's really the one feature that makes the game stand out. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Same. I moved and stopped playing for like 3 months. I finally got back into it. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/08/22 11:10:04 PM #12 | Hambo the Hog posted... I just started it last week. It's charming and decently engaging. I just really wanna move my TV out of the line of sight of this one window that doesn't have blinds cuz some of the activities make me feel like an idiot. >_>Oh boy, when I do the hip shake move I just hope that my wife doesn't walk in on me. It's fun to do but I also look like an idiot. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/08/22 11:02:14 PM #10 | krazychao5 posted... how are you gains?They've been pretty good, though I also do trail running and other forms of strength training so it's not all attibutable to the game. I have lost 20 pounds and have seen more muscle definition. I also feel more energetic than ever and I sleep pretty well. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/08/22 3:00:18 PM #8 | crazygamer21 posted... I just saw that it's on sale at best buy right now for $55. Been meaning to pick this up so I grabbed it.Nice! You're in for a good time. I've easily put over 100 hours into the game and I haven't even beaten the main story yet. o_o --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/07/22 8:04:07 PM #4 | Bad_Mojo posted... I have that. Well, Ring Fit. Dont know about an RPGWell the game is an RPG. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Ring Fit Adventure RPG crosses 3 million sold in Japan |
| Zanzenburger 01/07/22 12:28:17 PM #1 | https://www.famitsu.com/news/202201/07247239.html 09./10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (7.980) - 46.111 / 3.016.499 (+232%) The game has become a worldwide hit, not just in Japan. The respectable sales deserve a sequel and a full franchise. I'm hoping Ring Fit Adventure 2 gets announced this year. It's essentially a full-fledged RPG with fitness controls, where you are the character leveling up your body. I can see a sequel doing even more with the premise. Anyone else enjoy the game? https://media.giphy.com/media/3YBoApUCaAHiGUrXRu/giphy.gif https://media.giphy.com/media/hOpFBV0ZeKbzw7JdZk/giphy.gif https://media.giphy.com/media/O8WPfIp2OYmOfYElSz/giphy.gif --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Remember when they made Metroid Prime 2: Echoes? |
| Zanzenburger 01/07/22 11:59:43 AM #2 | It's my favorite Prime game. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Do you like drop tower thrill rides? |
| Zanzenburger 01/06/22 3:33:38 PM #12 | I love rollercoasters, especially ones with loops and crazy turns. But I will always hate the drop rides. I just don't like the feeling they give me. It's why the Dr. Doom ride is the only ride at Universal that I've never been on. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | ITT, spoilers that are bizarre without context [spoiler warning for everything] |
| Zanzenburger 01/06/22 8:39:51 AM #2 | His mother/daughter got jealous of his sister/wife so she tried to kill them both by taking away his speed. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Biden asks student loan borrowers to do their part |
| Zanzenburger 01/05/22 4:49:53 PM #83 | Solid Snake07 posted... Incoming every man baby that wants to cry about their student loans like they're the only people who are struggling with debt Zanzenburger posted... You know what's the difference between student loans and a mortgage (or any other debt)? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Biden asks student loan borrowers to do their part |
| Zanzenburger 01/05/22 3:53:56 PM #74 | Jiek_Fafn posted... Can Biden make it so that folks can get student loans wiped if they file bankruptcy?I think that this, along with making the loans no-interest loans, would be a good intermediary solutions if full forgiveness is off the table. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
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