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  1. Comment on What are your personal picks for "Games of the Decade"? in ~games

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    We have to talk about how the Dark Souls franchise inspired an entire genre. The degree of worldbuilding and attention to detail is unparalleled in its contemporaries.

    We have to talk about how the Dark Souls franchise inspired an entire genre. The degree of worldbuilding and attention to detail is unparalleled in its contemporaries.

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  4. Comment on Music Makers: Guitarists, Bassists and other Stringslingers in ~creative

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    As my playing has progressed I've got more and more into pedals and weird stuff than bass playing itself. I've even been experimenting with swapping out the bass for a tuba and exploring those...

    As my playing has progressed I've got more and more into pedals and weird stuff than bass playing itself. I've even been experimenting with swapping out the bass for a tuba and exploring those sounds, which is always fun, but I still have a cheapo Fender bass laying around that I pick up sometimes. I don't really ask for any gear for Christmas because nobody in my family is musical enough to know what I'm talking about :P I've been eyeing either the Cathedral or the Rainbow Machine for my next purchase, I'm a sucker for ambient noisy pedals like that.

  5. Comment on What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington in ~sports

  6. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain and Sonic Citadel. The best I way I can describe this band is drum-and-bass Sonic Youth on amphetamines. Street Sects: Gentrification IV: Suspended From Gallery...

    Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain and Sonic Citadel. The best I way I can describe this band is drum-and-bass Sonic Youth on amphetamines.

    Street Sects: Gentrification IV: Suspended From Gallery Rails EP. Not sure how to describe these guys, other than misanthropic power electronics-noise.

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  8. Comment on With the successful onside kick now a relic, the NFL will reconsider the fourth-and-15 proposal in ~sports

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    The kickoff really hasn't been made "safer." The rules were changed such that a touchback (where the receiving team kneels in the end zone without an attempt to run it) brought the ball out the...

    A team could have punted the ball away or tried for the first down. But now that the kickoff has been made safer, the talk of eliminating it from the sport has dissipated.

    The kickoff really hasn't been made "safer." The rules were changed such that a touchback (where the receiving team kneels in the end zone without an attempt to run it) brought the ball out the the 25-yard-line instead of the 20. The logic follows that there's a bigger incentive to take the touchback and get 25 free yards, instead of attempting to run it out and get less than that and also potentially risk injury.

    The problem is that the biggest risk of injury isn't in returning the ball, but rather that all of the body blows come from the coverage unit running downfield. It doesn't matter where the ball is spotted in a touchback -- 20, 25, 30, whatever -- because the kicking team is still running downfield full-force and hitting the receiving team, even if the receiver elects to take a touchback.

    Here's an example. The Falcons (kicking team in red) kick to #33 on the Patriots, who kneels in the endzone for a touchback, but there are still Falcons players running through the endzone to the whistle because they don't know if he's going to return it or not. Likewise, players setting up downfield (off-screen) don't know if the Pats receiver is going to touchback or not, so they play through the whistle as if he's returning it, including high-speed tackling and blocking. I am aware that there were other rule changes (no running start to the kicking team for example) but it feels like a band-aid on a bullet wound.

    With that out of the way, I really like this proposal ever since I heard Greg Schiano discuss it. It offers a lot more nuance and subtlety than an onside kick when everyone expects it.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on The complicated ethics of Tesla's Autopilot - It could save the lives of millions, but it will kill some people first in ~tech

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    Yeah sorry, that was an ignorant comment on my part. Sorry!

    Yeah sorry, that was an ignorant comment on my part. Sorry!

  10. Comment on The complicated ethics of Tesla's Autopilot - It could save the lives of millions, but it will kill some people first in ~tech

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    This guy must be a hit at parties. edit edit: disregard, that comment was born out of ignorance. my bad

    [Qazi's] Twitter handle, @tesla_truth, is a bottomless font of Muskolatry. Before we met in August, he’d emailed Musk to give him a heads-up and encourage him to speak with me.

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    He pressed a button on his phone, and his car pulled out of its spot. Qazi watched it cross the parking lot and roll toward him. “It’s not useful—yet,” he said, grinning. But he loves showing off this trick so much he’s been known to linger in a parking lot, waiting for an audience.

    This guy must be a hit at parties.

    edit: also, do people not realize that Teslas still need maintenance and upkeep like a regular car? I see so many people hopeful for the price to go down because they molehills on their current vehicle turned into mountains and they think Teslas don't do that.

    edit edit: disregard, that comment was born out of ignorance. my bad

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  11. Comment on With rich folklore traditions why have movies collapsed to just a few monsters? in ~movies

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    The same reason why we keep seeing remakes, sequels to twenty-year old movies, and superhero flicks -- people don't actually want anything new, and studios don't have to spend (as much) screentime...

    The same reason why we keep seeing remakes, sequels to twenty-year old movies, and superhero flicks -- people don't actually want anything new, and studios don't have to spend (as much) screentime on exposition and character introduction when they can make a profit doing the same thing over and over again.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Rush: "Working Man" slowed down to 33 rpm in ~music

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    Yes! I think that was how I found this video, it was in my recs after watching Chipmunks on 16 Speed.

    Yes! I think that was how I found this video, it was in my recs after watching Chipmunks on 16 Speed.

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  14. Comment on Hearthstone Player Banned from Grandmasters Tournament for Voicing Support for HK Protestors in ~games

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    The NBA is going through a similar thing right now -- the Rockets are indisputably the most popular NBA team in China with all-time great Yao Ming popularizing the sport, but GM Daryl Morey...

    The NBA is going through a similar thing right now -- the Rockets are indisputably the most popular NBA team in China with all-time great Yao Ming popularizing the sport, but GM Daryl Morey tweeted in support of HK and the league's front office is scrambling on what to do right now. further reading

    4 votes

  15. Comment on The GoldenEye 64 campaign is getting a fan remake, and it looks great in ~games

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    I'm stoked to see what Statue Park turns into without the limited render distance in the original.

    I'm stoked to see what Statue Park turns into without the limited render distance in the original.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Rush: "Working Man" slowed down to 33 rpm in ~music

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    NSFC (Not Safe For Canadians)

    NSFC (Not Safe For Canadians)

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  19. Comment on What is your dream job ? in ~talk

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    Some part of me is still clinging on to my early-twenties dream of being a touring musician. I toured with several bands in my younger years but bills and a job got in the way. There's something...

    Some part of me is still clinging on to my early-twenties dream of being a touring musician. I toured with several bands in my younger years but bills and a job got in the way. There's something about sharing a van, hotel, stage, etc. with a few other people for like a month straight, and I really enjoy meeting new people who take time to see my/our shows.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on This Is What a "Second-Person" Video Game Would Look Like in ~games.game_design

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    I think a great example of this would be Guild of Dungeoneering. I personally wouldn't recommend the game; it's got charm and it's a cool idea, but too much of the game is left to chance, but...

    I think a great example of this would be Guild of Dungeoneering. I personally wouldn't recommend the game; it's got charm and it's a cool idea, but too much of the game is left to chance, but that's beside the point. The essential concept is that the player picks a hero, builds a dungeon around them, and then the PC uses pathfinding to have the character navigate the dungeon, kind of like a single-player D&D*. Combat is still controlled by the player so it's not a "true" second-person, but the story's protagonist is, more or less, being guided by a narrator (the player).

    *I've never actually played D&D but I have a vague understanding that it works something like this.

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