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Re: Max Of Three

raylu — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:25:38 -0000

Why are you casting everything to str before printing?

Re: Shorty Update: Python - Digital Adventures

raylu — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:48:05 -0000

Sad to hear you didn't like SQLAlchemy - it was the most pleasant one I used. I didn't use Flask-SQLAlchemy for outlauth, though.

Flask definitely has more batteries than Tornado. Sessions, for one.

Re: I make six figures to play video games

raylu — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:36:52 -0000

"However, in this case, if you were to finish last, what amount of money would you receive?"
Depending on whether you are sponsored or not and the terms of your contract, either your salary or nothing. Just like any other sport.

Not everything with risk is gambling.

"Basically, the more you play the more likely an addiction can develop."
Non-sequitur...

Re: I make six figures to play video games

raylu — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:33:25 -0000

I can compare GE light bulbs to GE money bank as they are both products for sale that are developed by the same company, GE.

More to the point, both WoW and monopoly had a tiny competitive scene whose audiences comprised almost entirely of enthusiasts. Nobody that didn't play watched. SC2 and tennis are both watched by non-athletes and have competitive scenes large enough to fund full-time salaries for the athletes.

Re: Reflections of a 2014 EVE Newbie

raylu — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 04:58:49 -0000

If you train your starting race's frigate, you already have it at II. You don't need propulsion jamming IV, covops IV, or torpedoes IV. You can have all this in 32d 19h without implants. With +3s, 28d 13h. With a remap, 26d 11h.

Re: Reflections of a 2014 EVE Newbie

raylu — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:16:55 -0000

If you're worried about someone else making you train things, you will never be a torpedo deliveryman. Maybe a deliveryboy.

Re: Reflections of a 2014 EVE Newbie

raylu — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:58:18 -0000

Why would you train Cybernetics III? You only need Cybernetics I to inject +3s.

The guy in the video is flying solo, so I don't know what this is about alliance requirements.

It's uncommon to put hardeners on a stealth bomber. For solo work you need ewar and for bombing runs you don't need resists. Only for blopsing does it matter and even then there aren't enough mids for that.

T2 torpedoes are pretty terrible and the launchers themselves take too much CPU on what is already a very tight fit. If you've flown stealth bombers or even played with them in EFT you'd realize why everyone uses meta 4's.

Re: Reflections of a 2014 EVE Newbie

raylu — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:25:11 -0000

It doesn't take 42 days to train into a stealth bomber and torpedos. You've done something very wrong.

Re: Blindsprings Annotation Eleven

raylu — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:13:11 -0000

I agree about the Patreon.

"it’s not feasible for me to promise anything of worth." That's fine: we just don't pay you. Automatically. That's the point of Patreon.

Re: Blindsprings Page Thirty Five

raylu — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:16:51 -0000

On where?

Re: Inside the Epic Online Space Battle That Cost $300,000 IRL

raylu — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:29:08 -0000

Besides the incredibly fallacious argument, your assumptions about the USD value of the ships are also wrong. See http://www.reddit.com/r/Gam...

Re: Inside the Epic Online Space Battle That Cost $300,000 IRL

raylu — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:28:18 -0000

Not sure what you mean. If you're challenging the real-world conversion, you're right. Otherwise, see http://www.reddit.com/r/Gam...

Re: Inside the Epic Online Space Battle That Cost $300,000 IRL

raylu — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:22:32 -0000

Everyone who _actually_ plays it knows that while some people use spreadsheets for logistics and finances, the great majority of EVE players, especially combat pilots, will never need to touch a spreadsheet.

Re: Inside the Epic Online Space Battle That Cost $300,000 IRL

raylu — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 23:15:17 -0000

http://www.reddit.com/r/Gam...

This question was asked on this AMA (which was fantastic, by the way).

Re: Bazaar Characters

raylu — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:55:01 -0000

Right. It's certainly possible with a long, boring grind. But you didn't want a long, boring grind ("minimal time commitment").

Re: Bazaar Characters

raylu — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:11:06 -0000

I think you had unreasonable expectations. As an EVE veteran, you wouldn't recommend a newbie to try to PLEX his account after a mere 60 days. It's possible, but it's a really boring grind.

As you probably knew before you started doing industry, EVE industry is basically a whole 'nother game. You're effectively a newbie trying to PLEX herself after 60 days. You didn't want to spend the time to grind ISK with a few million SP either.

That said, if I were you, I probably would have gone for 3 PI alts. Having multiple low-SP PI characters is better than one high-SP one. It's really boring and I stopped doing it, but if you want the ISK, that's a fairly passive way of getting it.

Re: Introducing Kids to Eve Online

raylu — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:39 -0000

The fact that you've been reminded yourself doesn't make it more OK...

Re: Be Present Now - durdn - blog - Nicola Paolucci

raylu — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:24:55 -0000

Indeed. Not only simpler than using `diff`, but the --cached example will also pick up changes in the index.

Re: Doctor Anachronismus

raylu — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:33:16 -0000

We had some problem identifying the hover rail :(.