Recent content by deleted_by_strongbad

So you all realize that a both biologically and self identified man who was forcibly changed into a woman, is neither a woman nor a transgender individual, and the outrage at this would be less questioned if the plot read: a white man was turned into a black man against his will and now he seeks...

I love that idea, and I think it has become a factor, but I think it all boils down to biochemistry. Two biggest factors to sex drive (for men and women) is testosterone and physical capability. Almost anything that gets your body to send out signals to be ready for activity increases...

I'm not a backer, FFT was pretty dec, but I don't care if we get another clone of it, but I know software development. If they are making cutbacks, development will slow down. If they add in new major features development of what was promised will grind to a halt. Lastly, the backers thought...

Consumers (especially gamers) regularly buy new hardware even if it is just an incremental and/or trivial upgrade that doesn't actually change any of the user experience. Having your console generation last another year is detrimental to long term profits.

I constantly feel like I can't identify with the character, but it has never had to do with the character not looking like me. For me, most of the connection I feel to a character is based on the way the story is told, 'voice,' semantics, and word choice of my character's dialog if it is just...

You know there is no requirement for those waivers, they are just kitsch marketing. Really, other than extreme pain/discomfort there really is no practical risk from capsaicin found in food (all bets are off if you are working with the pure compound or taking it in other vectors like breathing...

So these are less things I hear verbatim and more the implied or summarized statements, but same principle. "So I know you said x [requires y|should not be used for z|will cause problems if given a|etc] but..." or "So that thing you said conditionally wouldn't be a problem, we ignored...

you are fantastic! If I also have some sour cream, bacon, and onion for spargutas (never seen it spelled out, just spoken so sp? but it is pretty much bacon bits (w/ grease), sauteed onion and sour cream), I'd make Cepelinai, they are amazing and it is fun to completely destroy the potato and...

This is a great point, and to expand on it, even non AI programs can (and frequently do) include what is essentially an implementation of 'ought' though admittedly the 'decisions' made are not being performed by choice, but human choice is also debated. In well designed programs actions are...

I keep this fact secret in my day to day life because it is way too close to the trendy gluten intolerance (I know people who legitly have crone's disease andthe like where if they eat a piece of bread they are hospitalized, they have a problem, but some fam/friends get 'run down' or have...

"Maybe I am simplifying it too much, but to me I'd say no one person can ever even perceive the cave let alone escape it, our perception is not only limited, but it is highly interpreted and biased to a level that is not possible to overcome. That said, with well documented and standardized...

Just in case the UK and the US aren't too different, do you all have an election coming up? To further that point, do you have any candidates (particularly where that school is in its constituency) where being either for or against this could be a key talking point for them (maybe they are...

I would love, and am kind of shocked on thinking about it that there really isn't anything that focuses on early stages of formal nation states and cities, so like 6k-5k-ish BCE around Mesopotamia and Indus River. This is a setting full of every type of conflict you can have, it'd be a great...

(8)Bit of a false dichotomy, makes a giant assumption that being critical of a norm is caused from a rejection of it, this will be true in a handful of cases, but not for most. A great reason to be critical of a norm (among many other reasons to be critical for good or bad) is because it does...

-Dragon Wars -Populous -Syndicate -Castles -Wing Commander: Privateer All of these games have a very special place in my heart