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lulzecon · 2 days

It's been awhile but pretty sure it's the Intel Atom D330. Plays any video files I throw at it without stutter but will occasionally hiccup on flash in HD. Hulu is fine but Netflix and ESPN3 can be iffy.

lulzecon · 2 days

Nice. I love my fanless HTPC. With no moving parts it is literally silent. Hope you are as happy with your build.

hyperhopper · 8 days

You should only defend it (on reddit) if it adds value to the conversation. Which it might have had he elaborated on what made it awkward.

ImmaLiveForeva · 9 days

oops... stupid mistake, thanks. Sometimes what's in my head doesn't come out in words that mean the same

ImmaLiveForeva · 9 days

Is it better to setup SABnzbd, Sick Beard, CouchPotato, and Headphones on the DS212j or the HTPC or both? Advantages/Disavantages?

Setup everything on the NAS. It will be a bit more tricky but it's the whole reason you have the NAS. You could download everything to your HTPC, and then copy it over to the NAS, but why? If you have the two devices wired on the same network then you'll be able to stream everything from the NAS into XBMC and won't have to move the files. Plus your media will be in a central location if you get other HTPCs, and Synology has great remote access tools to manage your system away from home. Recommendation: Setup the NAS as your central server with SABnzbd, SB, CP, and Headphones. Point the HTPC at the NAS and stream via network share.

XBMC/Plex: Is it possible to use XBMC on my HTPC and use Plex on my wireless devices and still have my media synced with each other? metadata,viewings,organized media etc.

Unfortunately, Plex will only run on an x86 CPU. Your NAS has a 1.2Ghz ARM Processor. Have no fear, XBMC can be setup to store all your local metadata in a mySQL database, making it act nearly as well as a Plex server. Conveniently, your NAS will run a mySQL database easily. Recommendation: Setup your HTPC for XBMC to save profile information to a mySQL table on your NAS

Links:

Synology Packages

mySQL

asskickingjedi · 12 days

That is the longest review for an arkanoid clone I've ever seen. I mean, it looks good, I added it to my wish list. But judging by the screenshots and length of the review I certainly would have guessed it was a RPG.

duck__man · 12 days

Not to mention unless your investments beat inflation my large pizza will only buy a medium pizza in a couple years.

FireGS · 12 days

Sounds like you are doing great. Save what you can, but most importantly keep any debt down and live within your means. Keep looking for other jobs and when you get one that pays better, keep your current standard of living and put the increase into savings. Most importantly, enjoy your daughter, and life. Good luck.

jasonic · 12 days

I was wrong, I guessed the whole bottom shelf as gifts.

twizzalsticks · 12 days

There's a WORLD of difference between wearing a piece of fabric on one's face, and hiding one's penis. A huge proportion of human expression and communication occurs through penile gestures, and it's unfair for one person to have such an advantage over another, not to mention security issues.

Imnewtoallthis · 15 days

I'll make the occasional exception for immediate family. But otherwise completely agree.

greghyde · 15 days

Okay, so I haven't really read all your code and it's been nearly a decade since I've done any non-trivial Java. So you can feel free to ignore this advice. However, it is late in the day on a Friday so I'm going to dispense it anyways.

Looking at your compareChoices method, I think you need a more modular approach. Try to only do one thing in your methods, so in that method, just determine the winner, or maybe even how they won. Then separate the results of that into a different method. What you want, is something much more versatile and reusable, also, hopefully cleaner. Google "comparator". I'll try to pseudocode what I mean but it'll be in JS since that's what I'm best at.

function player () {
    this.wins=0;
    this.losses=0;
    this.ties=0;
    this.money=100;
    this.choice=0;
    this.name='Unknown';
    this.bet=0;

    this.won = function() {
        this.money += this.bet;
        this.wins++;
    }
}

function game () {
    this.comparator = function(player1, player2) {
        if (player2.choice == player1.choice1)
            return false;

        switch (player1.choice) {
            case '1':
                var wins = [2, 5];
                if (wins.contains(choice2))
                    return player1;
                else
                    return player2;
            break;
            ...etc, etc
        }
    }

    this.displayWinner = function(player) {
        print('Winner is ' + player.name);
    }
}

var game = new Game();
var player1 = new Player();
player1.name = 'Player';

var player2 = new Player();
player2.name = 'Computer';

player1.bet = 10;
player2.choice = 1;
player2.bet = 5;
player2.choice = 2;

var winner = game.comparator(player1,player2);
if (winner == player1) {
    player1.won();
}
game.displayWinner(winner);

greghyde · 15 days

Line 285: "Palyer"

philhassey · 15 days

Yeah, I don't even try anymore. Reason is that his post is marked "1 hr ago" and yours is marked "56 minutes ago". Either way, awesome to give out the codes, and looks like a great game.

TurdMurder · 15 days

There are many ways to do this but if you want the interest of the mortgage to be tax exempt then you need to set up the loan as a private mortgage and have it recorded with the deed. If you do this then in terms of taxes everything is the same as a mortgage from a bank. Of course, if you are getting it interest free then it really doesn't matter how it's set up in regards to taxes.

As far as the name on the deed; no, law does not require his name on the deed. Depending on how you structured the loan he may wish for it to be on the deed to protect his assets, but usually that will be handled in the loan. If you set it up as a private mortgage and recorded it with the deed for tax purposes that means that the mortgage is a lien on house and thus he is already protected.

Now, obviously this can be beneficial for everyone, rich uncle gets a decent, stable investment; you can negotiate for low or no origination fees. You can often purchase the home as a "cash buyer" and thus help with closing costs and negotiating a purchase price. The downfall, however, is that it is extremely difficult or impossible for you to send private mortgages to credit agencies, so if you are hoping to improve your credit score, it will not help.

divester · 16 days

I'll upvote because it is a rational position and well explained. However, I disagree.

I'll set aside my disbelief that in the culture of 1964 it was acceptable to gather a group to assault a younger classmate, take a pair of scissors to his hair and alter his appearance.

Your argument is based on a combination of cultural relativism and moral relativism. Cultural relativism is a straightforward principal that our ideas and beliefs are true, only in our own civilization. While that is true, it means that the civilization of 1964 might have had a separate set of beliefs, one that possibly included this behavior as being tolerable, accepted, or even admired (really?). However, cultural relativism is not to be confused by moral relativism. Which is to say, because they held a different set of beliefs, does not make it an equal or valid set of beliefs. If this was the culture, it was wrong.

Even through moral relativity, I believe this behavior would be found reprehensible. To quote wikipedia:

..certain virtues have prevailed in all cultures they examined. The major virtues they identified include wisdom / knowledge; courage; humanity; justice; temperance; and transcendence. Each of these includes several divisions. For instance humanity includes love, kindness, and social intelligence.

It is certain then, that in this act, he behaved immorally by any standard.

The question, is then:

Were his actions immoral to a great enough degree to warrant disapproval of him for the office of President?
If so, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that he has changed and/or repented for said actions?
If his action is not enough to reject him as President, are they a symptom of virtues which should not be found in our leader and/or do they show a pattern of actions which when viewed collectively would disqualify him from office?

divester · 16 days

I'm sorry. I'm tired of this, "most of us have done it" argument. Even if it was true that most of us have committed a hate crime as an adult, the number of people who commit the action has no effect on it's morality. Nor does it mean that we should overlook such actions when evaluating a presidential candidate.

If this happened today, and it was discovered. Most likely he (well maybe not if he is a governor's son) would have been arrested, charged; and if/when he was found guilty, he would be ineligible for the presidency. I'm sorry, there are plenty of good people that have done bad things, often their ambitions are ruined and their choices in life limited. It's called consequences, and they exist even at 18.

Those with aspirations are no exception may be true. The President, however, is an exception; "most people" are never going to be president, and that is a good thing. We should not compare our leaders with the average, but rather, the exemplary when judging their actions.

divester · 16 days

I'm not sure it makes it better that assaulting a gay kid was unmemorable. Being President can require making a lot of seemingly cruel decisions, I want someone who can be cruel if need be. But I also would like it to be a difficult, heavy decision when it is made.

divester · 16 days

You mean people in middle/high school do stupid shit? Please, go on...

You mean a presidential candidate in his senior year of high school did some cruel and illegal shit? Please, go on...

FTFY

panda_assassin · 17 days

He's just commenting on how student loans laws are completely different than other lending laws.

It's been awhile since I researched it, but I believe that student loans are the only loans which have the ability to garnish your wages. Also, believe that bankruptcy won't wipe them clean.

Your house and car can depreciate below the value of your loan; meaning that lenders must consider your ability to pay, assess your chances of bankruptcy, etc. While, a student loan is almost never able to be written off, so there is less concern from the lender as the laws in place make it certain they will recover their investment.

x68zeppelin80x · 18 days

That's cool, I was looking and just thought it'd be nice to see the sets for the decks that I have. Good luck on finals.

x68zeppelin80x · 18 days

Needs a filter. Otherwise I like it, a lot :-)

XynthZ · 18 days

I played Intrigue first. Everyone was talking about it and Intrigue was on sale. While I'll say I really enjoyed it, and my gaming friends enjoyed it. I have recently added the base game and believe that it works better than Intrigue when used alone. Something about the card combinations, that said, having both is great. I'm waiting for Prosperity to go on sale and add even more :-)

hlessi-rah · 18 days

While I certainly need more information in order to give good advice I will say, if the job is really a good opportunity then you should take it. Try to offer a short sell on the house, try to use some debt consolidation. If you really can't find a legit way to get out then ask yourself, how good of an opportunity is this?

For the right job, for the right person I'd seriously contemplate suggesting bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. Obviously you want to try to avoid it, but you also don't want to pass up good opportunities in life and get stuck in a rut where you can never clear yourself. Good luck.

Droggelbecher · 19 days

I didn't mean to imply your work was as simple as mine. I could tell just from some of the colors you did a lot more shading and detail. Plus, I could never do a scene in water, too much intricacy. You did a great job with all of it. It looks fantastic.

I just wanted to discourage other people from thinking they couldn't do it. We had to borrow a projector and put it out in the hallway but I would have struggled otherwise. I had a hard enough time tracing the projector and was really glad all my colors were solid and saturated so it was really hard to mess up.

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