For some reason, my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist is full of disco tracks
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May 2019
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I’ll never understand people who have like 1,262 unread messages
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This was the lowest budget episode of the season, they didnt have the budget to edit out that cup
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Ugh I regret watching the new Spider-man FFH trailer. At first I was like, “eh whatever, Avengers is over so its probably okay”, then I was like WTH?
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I wasn’t sure who to vote for mayor of QC as all the choices seemed terrible. But then found out about this Crisologo movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377518/plotsummary. Belmonte isn’t the best and she’s endorsed by HNP, but sigh fine lesser evil time.
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I feel like being more aware of politics just made me realize how much of a third world country we are
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Repost from harleivy:
RT @harleivy: this montage of all the spidermen from different universes (ranging from tobey maguire’s spidey to miles morales) in the styl…
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All my Firefox extensions suddenly got unverified/disabled!
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Victim blaming stems from a fundamentally pessimistic view of human nature, that bad actors are inevitable, and thus it is the innocent who must adjust to protect themselves
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@talk2GLOBE any internet issues today? t.sora area
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Reply to switchfollows's tweet:
@switchfollows @triviastorm thanks
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Repost from TheWookieeRoars:
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Unsurprisingly the educated segment will lean away from Dut’s people, so that’s not indicative of anything. 1K respondents can be an appropriate sample size, that’s not a problem. While I’m hopeful for the opposition to win, there’s a good chance the surveys are reliable
Quoted MrFrankBaraan's tweet:Surveys have more than 1K respondents only?
So, all this hogwash about Hugpong senatorial candidates leading in the polls could actually be erroneous & slanted—& mind-conditioning!
B/c university surveys show that #OtsoDiretso candidates are actually popular among young voters. https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines/status/1123762096007725056
There is of course the remote possibility of all the surveys so far being manipulated somehow, but honestly the Filipino electorate doesnt give me much hope
Unpopular or less well-known candidates complain about survey mind-conditioning all the time, but it’s not unsurmountable. Duts himself was near the tail-end of surveys when he declared and rose continously through the ranks as election day neared
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Welp, I went ahead and pre-regged for MagicFest Seattle. No backing out now!
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Think about all the times you were like “Ugh, how can I get through all of this” and somehow miraculously you did get through all of it and here you are now
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Reply to mariachong's tweet:
@mariachong Happy birthday! Thank you for the insightful and interesting posts!
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I have no issues with that Sonic trailer. Then again i’ve always been a Nintendo guy and not a Sega guy
Apr 2019
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Repost from ErynnBrook:
You guys, no spoilers, I promise. But I’m gonna tell you why Maisie Williams is even more badass than you thought.
She’s not left handed in real life.
She made the choice to play Arya left handed when she was 12 because Arya favors her left hand in the books.
#GameOfThrones
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I’m glad I watched the GoT ep before going on social media today because people are just really bad at not spoiling anything
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Repost from CoolComicArt:
Avengers : Endgame special thanks
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Valar morghulis
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I like playing paper and interacting with other players, but my major problems with it are: (a) all the shuffling; and (b) having to watch out for cheaters; which is why I’m leaning towards Arena more
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Maybe all three keys are firing the update separately? Try setting isGround to false after `myRigidbody.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce), ForceMode2D.Impulse);`
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This is why I always check my head for an axe when I wake up
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Do you have any blog posts or such showing off your progress?
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I wonder if this tezzeret is a plant for an upcoming artifact set
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Spaces > tabs
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GDS is an grindy, interactive deck that requires a lot of Modern matchup knowledge (so you know what to thoughtseize, what hands are safe, when to push your life total, how to sequence your fetches and land drops, etc), I wouldn’t have recommended it as a first time Modern deck. You will probably be playing suboptimally until you have quite a few competitive matches under your belt.
On the upside, the deck has been around for a while, so it’s well understood - meaning there’s a ton of resources available for it. One I read recently was https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/grixis-deaths-shadow-guide-first-place-at-grand-prix-toronto/
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he looks like 90s aquaman here
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I like it. Has a nice fuzzy feel to it
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Maybe we should try removing it for everybody for a few months, see what happens
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the main event in copenhagen is not modern, it is limited (day 1 sealed, day 2 draft) using the modern horizons set. familiarity with the modern format is not required
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Reply to 'My first big event' on /r/magicTCG:
You can play with any deck you like, there are no restrictions (other than the usual 60 cards, 15 card sideboard, max 4 of each card other than basic lands).
The main event for Copenhagen is Modern Horizons Limited, so the deck you bring with you does not matter. If you choose to join the main event, it would be good to familiarize yourself with the Modern Horizons set and the limited environment. The main event will have a high entrance fee and there will be a lot of cash on the line, but it will be difficult to advance to day 2.
Other than the main event, there will be side events running alongside the main event, smaller tournaments with smaller prize pools and limited number of slots some of them will be standard, so you can play your decks there, even if you don’t think they are optimal. The side events during the first day will be typically a bit less competitive (since many of the competitive players will prefer the main event). On the 2nd day, the competitive players who did not advance in the main event will be playing side events too. Many side events will fire per day, so if you do poorly in the first one you join, you will typically still be able to join others.
I suggest figuring out what it is you want to do - if you just want to have fun, I suggest joining whatever event you like, don’t worry too much about being competitive (taking into account the entry fees). If you want to be competitive, I suggest trying the main event. One “fun” event I like to look forward to at GPs/MagicFests is “Chaos Sealed”, which is a limited format with packs taken from random sets. IDK if they still do that nowadays, but typically it will be in day 2.
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Plane
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Hoho, I’ll be visiting Seattle in June, this is good to hear
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I wouldnt mind having her Alpha 3 costume available in SFV… or is it there already (she has so many costumes!)
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I’m travelling to SF later this year as a tourist (I’m not an American, I’m from the Philippines), should I expect that the TSA will want me to unlock my devices?
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I’m going to try to log out of Facebook and Twitter for the rest of the month. Not because of Lent or anything, but because frankly I can’t trust any of you not to spoil Game of Thrones or Avengers Endgame for me! Lol. (And frankly, we all need to be doing less social media anyway.) If you wanna know what’s happening with me, I still post regularly on the blog over at https://roytang.net/ and you can still contact me via Messenger/Viber.
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Gonna log out of Twitter until the end of April, mostly to avoid GoT/Avengers spoilers, but we should all be doing less social media anyway. I’ll still be posting regularly via the blog (link in bio) and I can be contacted via email/viber/other channels
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Neheb tribal incoming
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Reply to niawdeleon's tweet:
@niawdeleon bar
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I would do this, but my handwriting is shit these days
Mar 2019
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The Amass ability will create a zombie army token if you don’t have one
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Well done. Batching the previews today so that the cards portray the invasion of Ravnica was great as well. No idea how strong the set will be, but the lore is great so far
Quoted wizards_magic's tweet:We have a fight to finish.
War of the Spark features 36 Planeswalker cards and a story experience unlike anything before. The multiverse is at stake. Will you join the fight? #MTGWAR
Play it first on @MTG_Arena April 25th
Prerelease April 27-28th
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Repost from MrAlanCooper:
Software development is so NOT carpentry. Carpenters around the world get very consistent results from known materials, tools, and processes. 1 https://twitter.com/canis_veteris/status/1112157768146919425
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Repost from ben_rosen:
90s scientists: we cloned a sheep! we landed a robot on mars!
scientists today: for the last time, the earth is round
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Reply to a comment by JV19 on 'Advice for a tourist staying in downtown LA for a few days' on /r/LosAngeles:
Now that we’ve read a bit about DTLA, we’re looking at the Hollywood area for a place to stay instead, would this be a bad idea?
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Posted on r/LosAngeles: Advice for a tourist staying in downtown LA for a few days
I heard some areas may be sketchy/unsafe, any specific areas/streets we should avoid? I might be travelling with some little kids, if that matters. Accomodations (hotel/airbnb) not finalized yet, so any responses we can still factor in
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Annoyingly, Google Maps always want to default to Tagalog/Filipino language. (I prefer English)