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" A: each league you'll get a new tab for the maps, as they become a new generation. It'll be near the back of your tabs. So, you'll end up with several map tabs (one for each iteration of the game). I suspect you probably found this out already. Q: Is it snowing?! |
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" A: No snow for Vancouver yet. Q: Red or White Wine? ~ Please separate the PoE1 and PoE2 forums.
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" Would have to get pretty cold because the sea? Q: Red or White Wine? Red. But - Depends on the occasion and the food if that's part of it, of course. I don't tend to really like much of it, either way, without knowing why. Maybe the sulphites and of course the taste. Cheap wine usually tastes bad, especially white. Prefer a good stout {that's one I had in November this year, up in the High Country) or spirits. But when wine is good, it's really good. Wine's pretty big here, especially in this state, and there's a lot of wankery around it and a variety that I find even more daunting than the Star Trek back catalogue. Wine, really? When articles like this exist. I have my own odd (dare I say wanky) idea though that Red is more romantic and derring-do, poetical and fuel for art than white. Did Byron stroll around Italy in a big shirt [striketrhough]writing poetry[/strikethrough] looking to get laid quaffing Chardonnay? Highly doubtful, right? Q: Tell us about a collection you have, how it started and what you do to maintain or increase it? Last edited by erdelyii#5604 on Dec 31, 2018, 8:08:15 PM
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" I don't actively collect anything at the moment. When I was a child I used to save tickets whenever I visited a castle, used public transport, etc. Sometimes I took my family members' tickets as well. I store them in a metal box, but haven't had any occasion to add anything to my collection for a long time. Exchanging postcards was my hobby 10 years ago or so, but stamp prices killed it. It also didn't feel as good as when I started sending them. I still wonder what's the best way to store them (don't want albums). I'll keep the details about second part of the question to myself. I also have a pile of bookmarks, but they kinda collect 'themselves', coming and going. Q: Is free will a real thing or does everything depend on our environment and genetics? Something something a divider between posts
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A: Philosophers of times long gone, maintained that people could WiLL their own actions, but that those actions alone were truly FREE that accorded with the good or harmony of the whole. Thus, only a wise action is trully free.
I guess that means that only wise men excercise free will, and no matter how hard I try, I can't, for the sake of me, find anyone that could fit into that particular category, at least not anyone that I know of. The rest of us, common people, we struggle, our actions are not willed freely, maybe some, the bravest amongst the rabble try harder than others, but at the end of the day we're still slaves to our passions and desires, physical conditions, external circumstances, necessities and the like, and that, most of the times, is regretably beyond the control of the individual in question. That said, I think, ultimately, free will is, or should be the way to an achievement, not the achievement itself, and failure to achieve the goal is not a disaster, it's rather a good lesson of life. Q: Do you know of anyone, still among the living, that could fit into that^^ category? Ἀρχή Σοφίας ἡ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπίσκεψις -Ἀντισθένης ἁπλοκύων
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A: Firstly, philosophy is something I am not well-aquainted with. I had a look at the free will issue, looking for these ancients you mentioned, and it's a big topic.
huge " As I'm ill-equipped to tackle this from a philosophical standpoint, I'll go with a general response - I think that the harmony of the whole is a nice thought, but not realistic. It's like -  - when a harmonic system is more like  Nature red in tooth and claw, beyond moral considerations. Think of human society as an ecosystem and wise - survival and thriving - entails a degree of realism and understanding that the harmony of the whole is ineffably complex and constantly in flux as competing interests interact. Why even try to consider good--harmony? The only non-egomaniacal wise person in your case would be a fool  Someone like this today, Forrest Gump? I think a wise person is one who is more the one on the right here.  _______________________  Bing's daily image on a 44 c day was a welcome sight, being a winter festival with snowflakes. More than that, it's intriguing (the image was a detail closeup). Fighting evil with costumes Wearing costumes made of furs, fabric, and wood, these performers are known as kukeri. They march and dance, while making noise with the many bells on their costumes. It’s a pagan Slavic custom dating back to ancient times and still takes place each winter in many cities and villages in the Balkan peninsula of southeastern Europe. The elaborate costumes and loud noises are intended to keep evil spirits at bay. Meanwhile, a member of each participating family - usually the youngest - conducts a blessing called a survakane; using a decorated staff, he or she lightly pats other family members on the back, giving a blessing of happiness and prosperity for the coming year. Traditionally, kukeri performers were men, though women now participate as well. The photo on our page today was taken in Bulgaria, at one of the largest kukeri festivals, called the International Festival of the Masquerade Games, or sometimes simply called Surva. It’s held each year during the last weekend in January. But from Greece to Romania, travellers may see kukeri festivals anytime between New Year’s Day and Lent, or even Easter, depending on local customs.  Q: Have you been somewhere, or wanted to, because of being curious or drawn to a festival? Last edited by erdelyii#5604 on Jan 25, 2019, 6:36:51 AM
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" Holy necro, Batman. Hey. Y'know why don't we also comment a little on people's answers? Do you mean gothic as in medieval or goth? "  Snakes and Ladders. At my paternal grandparent's house, beside a bay window on a rough green fabric couch amid lots of exaggerated emotions from the adults when the snakes were landed on. Made it more fun, of course. Q: If you could teach 100 influential people something, what would it be? (You don't have to already have the skill). |
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" A: I would tell them the following You have no control over the outcome, but you have every control over the effort. Q: Red, green or yellow and why? Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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" Guess it's not really a necro, and thanks, was a nice surprise. Had a listen (is their name "cloister killer"?), intense stuff, can imagine they'd be immersive live (and draw an interesting crowd). Reminds me of finding this [Goëtia] yesterday, which I like, for the extra-ness of it all. Ta on the memory and the picture. The real board was different, couldn't find anything as nice as that one though, shows how old and universal the game is too. " Because I'm a woman with a hot wife XD Q: Do you have any bad habits that annoy people you live with that you do kind of on purpose, not especially to piss them off but because you enjoy them (the habits)? Also Boem that's deceptively simple as something to teach. How would you teach them that? Last edited by erdelyii#5604 on May 17, 2019, 11:23:49 AM
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" Your forcing an answer out of me erd, thats quite sly of you. A: I have a tendency to go on monologues which i enjoy to do but isn't always practical since i have al the time in the world while other people do not. It's not so much that the people around me are anoyed by the context of what i am saying when i do it, but that i usually end in one when talking about things that fire me up. I tell people around me and consciously remind them they have every right to shut me down when i start doing that, because in the moment i am usually not aware of how inconvenient time wise it is for them. " You just make it relevant and draw them in. You take real life examples to illustrate the simplicity in action. For example that kid that goes to school but also works two part-time jobs to fund his studies. Or that kid that wants high grades and goes to the library on wednesday afternoons to study instead of doing things that don't further that goal. Or the start up guy that works 18 hours a day for the first two years to start up his company. Or that gardener that stays the extra 30 minutes to make sure he delivers a prestine result without being payed for that. Or the billion company executive that sleeps four hours a night instead of eighth. The world is filled with examples of things that are true, the art is to recognize them and not become oblivious or complacent about them. You put in two hours when another person puts in 30 minutes and your going to take an advantage and if your attitude is effort instead of result that's going to change your mindset considerably. you can use practical examples aswell to demonstrate it, take a long number and give one person five minutes to memorize it and another ten minutes and see which one performs better to illustrate effort vs return. tl;dr i would manage Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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