Chaos he/him Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 17 minutes ago, Kobold King said: Welp, we're going to see Warcraft here in a few days most likely. Any opinions on whether the 3D showing is worth seeing? I've never been to a 3D movie. Eh, I prefer 2D. 3D is kind of gimmicky. I can't vouch for the quality of Warcraft's 3D version because I didn't see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 There's really only one movie that "ought" to see in 3d, and that's Avatar. Any other movie is "fine" but not really essential. Sometimes it's even straight up distracting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Orlion Determined said: There's really only one movie that "ought" to see in 3d, and that's Avatar. Any other movie is "fine" but not really essential. Sometimes it's even straight up distracting. I agree, if the movie isn't full of vivid colours, like Avatar is, our current 3D technology is far from satisfying for me. I always choose 2D if it's available. Especially after Pirates of Caribbean On Stranger Tides. Through the darker parts of the movie I couldn't see what is going on and this movie was full of darker parts :/ Warcraft seems brighter than PoC, but the colors aren't on Avatar level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdGen Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Orlion Determined said: There's really only one movie that "ought" to see in 3d, and that's Avatar. Any other movie is "fine" but not really essential. Sometimes it's even straight up distracting. Derek Jarman's "Blue" in 3D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Tomorrow I have an exam and everybody is revising... The lecturer is somebody who we have a pretty low opinion about cause he repeatedly make mistakes who somebody who learned programming for even one month wouldn't make and he refused to admit that he was wrong. And his mistakes sometimes pass the area of "stupid mistake" and fly straight into "insane mistakes". Somebody has gone through the presentation which was on the last lecture (attendance was pretty low as it was a pretty hot time with all the courses ending) and posted the craziest excerpts. We're collectively laughing our brains out on facebook. Something which doesn't require to know anything about programming to laugh: Quote The fastest code is the one which isn't executed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 @Oversleep That quote you posted reminds me of this joke, which I have also seen in T-shirt form: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 I picked up some comic books. This line. Wow. "Don't objectify me. I'll make you bleed. I'm a weapon." I'll be honest, I don't know whether that's cringe worthy, or hilarious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 14 minutes ago, Quiver said: I picked up some comic books. This line. Wow. "Don't objectify me. I'll make you bleed. I'm a weapon." I'll be honest, I don't know whether that's cringe worthy, or hilarious. I'm just sitting here imagining Nightblood saying that and cracking up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haelbarde he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 9 hours ago, Delightful said: I don't know, I haven't done puzzles in forever. I think I like them. Don't know if I'm any good. Real life problem solving I think I'm fairly good at. Programming is basically a matter of solving puzzles - you have a toolbox of functions, and you have a goal for what your code to do - the puzzle is how to arrange the functions so that you get the functionality you need. Regarding actually learning, there's the question of what language to learn. JavaScript is probably as good as any to try - it's used in web programming (though can be used in other places too). You can find stuff on JavaScript in Silverblade's link to w3schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Sunbird said: @Oversleep That quote you posted reminds me of this joke, which I have also seen in T-shirt form: This isn't a joke; this is TRUTH. According to every coder I have ever met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashadar Mistborn he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 9 minutes ago, Kaymyth said: This isn't a joke; this is TRUTH. According to every coder I have ever met. I'm doing a comp physics camp now. And that is certainly truth. ...I'm bad at coding... Also, the update looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistrunner Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Quiver said: I picked up some comic books. This line. Wow. "Don't objectify me. I'll make you bleed. I'm a weapon." I'll be honest, I don't know whether that's cringe worthy, or hilarious. Reminds me of a certain Supernatural character. Right, @Delightful? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted June 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 59 minutes ago, Mistrunner said: Reminds me of a certain Supernatural character. Right, @Delightful? Seriously that quote is "don't objectify me I'm an object" ........ ...... yeah ok, sure, whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 So, something fun happened. I turned on the radio for some background music, as one does, and they announce an interview. All well and good, but.... It was my aunt they were interviewing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Slowswift said: So, something fun happened. I turned on the radio for some background music, as one does, and they announce an interview. All well and good, but.... It was my aunt they were interviewing. About what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Slowswift he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: About what? Her research on the Savoy Hospital in London in the 1500's. She's a professor of humanities at BYU, and the station doing the interview is also run by them. Link, if anyone wants it. It was actually quite fascinating. Edited June 17, 2016 by Slowswift Added link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 That's so cool, Slowswift! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 5 hours ago, Quiver said: I picked up some comic books. This line. Wow. "Don't objectify me. I'll make you bleed. I'm a weapon." I'll be honest, I don't know whether that's cringe worthy, or hilarious. That sounds a bit on the nose... and contradictory, if we want to get specific. Which comic was it? 5 hours ago, Sunbird said: I'm just sitting here imagining Nightblood saying that and cracking up... Clearly he considers objectification evil and thus won't rest until sentient swords are acknowledged as people too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 If animals really are people too, does that make eating any kind of meat cannibalism?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 @The Honor Spren I don't know where you got that thought from, but if animals are people, then I'm gonna demand my cats to go to work or register as unemployed Also, I'm number 5 on the list of popular contributors of the week... I've never thought I'd be on that list 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 40 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said: If animals really are people too, does that make eating any kind of meat cannibalism?? No, because cannibalism specifically refers to eating food of the same species you are. Of course if you acknowledge animals as people and then still eat them, you'd still be a terrible person. 6 minutes ago, Mestiv said: @The Honor Spren I don't know where you got that thought from, but if animals are people, then I'm gonna demand my cats to go to work or register as unemployed Also, I'm number 5 on the list of popular contributors of the week... I've never thought I'd be on that list My cat finds the idea to obey the laws of her slave race to be utterly amusing. Good job, you earned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 Too long I had been deprived of Lunker... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 7 hours ago, Edgedancer said: That sounds a bit on the nose... and contradictory, if we want to get specific. Which comic was it? Ben Percy's Green Arrow. Rebirth had me optimistic. Overall, #1 was alright, but lines like that -and certain moments in it- make me very wary. Percy's track record doesn't help. Here's the thing, there's a cool moment in the book where Green Arrow is talking to a guy who the villains are paying... and offers to double what they are giving him for information. And he pull's the same trick with a group of cops. And he explains that "I'm not rewarding bad behaviour, I'm encouraging goodness". Thing is, we see stuff that Queen Industries does to help people. Oliver shows a montage of the various projects he's involved in; financing community parks, shelters for abuse victims and the homeless, social works programs. And Green Arrow's whole schtick requires money; it's expensive to be a vigilante! Could flashing around such money be an issue? Absolutely! But Black Canary's reaction to it, where she is contemptous of Ollie -"How can you help the People if you're the Man"- makes me... concerned. Percy does social commentary with all the nuance of a bag of bricks, so I'm kind of legitimately concerned that we're heading towards "Rich People can't be Good People," and Oliver is going to drop all of his money and go fullstreet mode. Which is annoying, because I actually really liked the idea of Oliver using his money in the ways he did. It helps differentiate him from Batman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 A highstorm hit Warsaw today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 14 minutes ago, Mestiv said: A highstorm hit Warsaw today Watch out for assassins... specifically if they are wearing the color white. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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