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Brialy Mayilou |
I'm an financial Analyst and an economist. My objective through the different papers I will publish is to show that the economic situations that we are going through in recent decades can be conceptualized by simple models. The goal is to help understand that at any economic or other event there is a precedent either i... |
Leaping through the marketplace |
So far, I have sunk 19 hours into Gravity Rush 2. I have also made startlingly little progress in the story—apparently only one-third of the way through. It’s so early on, that there is one major ability usable in its demo from a couple of months ago that I’ve still yet to unlock After 19 hours! |
How does that happen? There is one obvious culprit to point to, namely that Gravity Rush 2 is an open-world game. True to form, it does take on many of the trappings from other games of its kind. A skill tree. A massive, sprawling world map. Through which gravity shifter Kat and her cat companion Dusty must traverse. T... |
Gravity Rush 2 has so much #content, the conventional logic goes, that it must obviously follow that it will take a long-ass time to go through it all. That’s the open-world way, after all! Oh hey, look at that, I’ve already answered the question, this concludes the article, thank you for reading, comment and subscribe... |
Except that doesn’t really answer the question. Were that the main reason, chances are I would be currently getting some serious open-world fatigue and frustration over wasted time in the face of a long laundry list of things to do and an excessive amount of traveling time that could be better spent doing something fun... |
But I feel no fatigue and am actually enjoying Gravity Rush 2 quite a lot. I do not feel that it wastes my time. Thus, we’ll need to go deeper: How does a game take up so much time while making so little progress, yet still leave this player satisfied enough to not mind the snail’s pace? The trick, so to speak, is a on... |
Kat overlooks the flying islands of lower Lei Colmosna |
First, it is fundamentally satisfying to move around using Kat’s gravity-manipulating powers. More than merely an open-world game, Gravity Rush 2 is an open-world platformer with a radical twist: Kat has the power to redefine her own personal gravity at will. She could float in the air, weightless and motionless. She c... |
And she can chain all of these skills together to feel like the world’s greatest badass while traveling from point A to points B, C, D, and H. Gravity Rush 2's expansive environments would be a total drag to navigate if this were a conventional platformer, but when it comes to Kat, why be conventional? Up or sideways c... |
Flying over Lei Havina |
Second, Gravity Rush 2 does one part of the open-world formula exceptionally well. That massive, sprawling world map? It is utterly fantastic. I am not kidding, I may have spent more time wandering around the vast expanse of floating islands that make up the city of Jirga Para Lhao than doing anything else, missions or... |
It reaps the benefits of taking place in a fascinating and trippy setting. Saints Row IV and the Just Cause series may be similarly focused on providing sheer freedom of movement, but a civilized planet exclusively made up of floating islands has them both beat as a playground for flexing powers of mobility. The novelt... |
Gravity Rush 2 uses the floating-islands setting to pull off some jaw-dropping level design as well. Observe this completely zoomed-out view of the map for Jirga Para Lhao. |
Annotated by yours truly |
Yes, it looks like your typical huge open-world map, broken down into four districts. What the map does not get across, however, is that the districts all lie on different elevation levels. The first district you come across once introduced to the city—the one from the demo—is Lei Colmosna, a bustling downtown haven fo... |
So if I was currently in Lei Colmosna and wanted to, say, go somewhere in Lei Elgona, how would I get there? Why, I would jump off the edge of the island on which I stand, then proceed to freefall hundreds of yards until you break through a thick layer of clouds to see a new cluster of islands come into view. |
It is just as batshit crazy to experience as it sounds. For perspective’s sake, video games rarely shock me. The first time Gravity Rush 2 directed me to JUMP OFF THE ISLAND I stood on and FALL THROUGH THE FUCKING SKY, and eventually come across an entire other set of floating islands that I’d eventually come to know a... |
It caught me so off-guard, with my knowledge of Jirga Para Lhao only going as far as Lei Colmosna, that it took me a little while to realize this was not a mission-specific setpiece or mission-specific location. Lei Elgona was actually a part of the world map. Not only that, but this crazy-ass Hayao Miyazaki/J. J. Abra... |
(plus, yeah, the class-hierarchy-made-literal angle of this is wholly intentional, with class inequality having large prominence in the narrative) |
Lei Elgona |
Third, to top everything off, just in case anyone needs a practical reason to fly, fall, and wall-walk everywhere, Jirga Para Lhao offers a vast multitude of precious gems—their words, not mine—scattered all throughout the land(s) to collect. They are the currency for buying upgrades to all of Kat’s abilities. And they... |
Those gems are what tie the other standout features—them awesome gravity mechanics, all that imaginative world map level design—together into a worthwhile open-world platforming experience. The allure of the gems is what singlehandedly kept me wandering the world map more than anything else. “Ahh, here’s something I ne... |
This can go on for upwards of half an hour before finally reaching my destination. Crucially, though, it does not feel time that could have been spent on better things. It’s a pleasantly low-key way to use my powers which is of tangible benefit to me in the long run. In other words, something that I like to do that pre... |
Plus, consider this: Gem-collecting is so persistent and rewarding as an activity, Gravity Rush 2 is able to get away with perhaps the sparsest minimap ever put into an open-world game. It’s the polar opposite of the icon overload that often seems to plague these games, yet that does not represent a severe lack of “gam... |
Gravity Rush 2 is not a great game. As a whole, it’s actually rather inconsistent in quality and lacking polish in several respects. But I don’t need it to be consistently great. It fills a specific niche to my liking by utterly nailing the open-world platforming, and that’s more than enough for me. |
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Friday, June 05, 2015 |
Jew Hatred, Cellphones And Boycotts |
A couple of days ago, the company's CEO, Stephane Richard, speaking at a news conference in Egypt made it very clear that he wanted to sever ties with Israel to join the BDS movement, saying he would "sever ties tomorrow" except for the danger of getting sued for violation of contract. |
In answers to questions about Orange's profit from the Israeli market being a factor, he claimed that that "the interest for us is certainly not a financial interest." |
"If you take those amounts on one side and on the other side the time that we spend to explain this, to try to find a solution and the consequences that we have to manage here but also in France, believe me it's a very bad deal." |
Mais oui...the consequences of explaining to possible customers in the Arab world and in France that they do business with the Jews! Pauvre Monsieur Richard... |
And they got them, with suspicious speed. Today, Orange unilaterally cancelled its contract with Partner, essentially telling the Israeli company 'sue me.' |
Underlining this, French Ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud suddenly went public and defended Orange Telecom's illegal actions 'because of the settlements and the occupation.' |
Of course, Ambassador Araud didn't mention what sovereign country Judea and Samaria belonged to when Israel 'occupied' their territory, but such matters apparently escape sophisticated Europeans like him. What matters is that diplomats don't make public statements like this unless their government okays it. And compani... |
The only major French politician who seems to be serious about protecting France's Jews is Marine Le Pen of the National Front. The current government is not. |
The French government has simply chosen sides in this war. |
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a statement, "I call on the French government to publicly denounce the despicable statement and miserable actions of a company that is under partial French government ownership.” |
Adelson also criticized the Israeli government -and rightfully so, in my opinion - for not setting up and funding an organization to fight anti-Israel boycotts and attempts to delegitimize Israel. |
The way forward is pretty easy to define. |
So Europe stands to lose a lot more than Israel from ridiculous boycotts, and most of the EU knows it. What's really needed is a good object example to drive the lesson home. |
Saban, Adelson and their group could start by advertising online and in major media advising Israel's friends, Jewish and non-Jewish, to boycott everything French..its wines, brandies and liqueurs, its cheeses, its perfumes, its electronics, fashions, everything. They could publish a 'do not patronize' list of French p... |
At the same time, Orange Telecom should be aggressively pursued in court for breach of contract and for damages to Partner Communication. I'm certain Haim Saban is already laying the groundwork for that. |
Crossposted at the Times of Israel |
B.Poster said... |
"So Europe stands to lose a lot more than Israel from ridiculous boycotts,..." Exactly!! Ridiculous decisions like the ones made by France right now are what happens when one allows ideology to direct their decision making process as opposed to common sense. In many instances, allowing ideology to trump common sense ap... |
louielouie said... |
Crossposted at the Times of Israel |
well, well, well, lookee at you....... |
gentile in the thread. gentile in the thread. |
i have always had a somewhat different viewpoint on sanctions type actions going way back. i sort of evaluate some situations different from others and come away with sort of an inconsistent position on some matters. |
ever since this BDS stuff started, i have had a somewhat, "ok, let 'em" attitude. if they don't want to do business with a tech savvy and forward thinking culture, let 'em go their own way. why bother? this specific example shows what it's like doing business in the arab world. contracts mean nothing. the arab word mea... |
Rob said... |
Hi Louie, |
There's only one way to deal with blackmailers. |
Errol Flynn was once approached by creatures whom had explicit photos of him having sex with a young actress and tried to blackmail him with them. |
Flynn's response? |
" Wow, sport, these are really great! Can you get me some copies?" |
They slunk away, and the word spread that Flynn was imply not good blackmail material. |
Math Real time Question |
It just occurred to me to revise what one has learned in factorials, permutations and combinations long ago. |
I developed some snippet code, mainly to answer one of the questions, that if my passcode/pin in my ATM has 4 slots for 10 different digits to be inserted, how many possibilities could be there before finding the right number. |
Again I’m not a mathematician, just revising the math rules and putting them in some code using HMTL, JQuery and CSS. |
Here’s the link to my code: |
Let me know if you would like to add more for understanding anything more about these rules. |
Easy Permutations and Combinations |
Combinations and Permutations |
Blow Your Own Air-horn |
Most sports-fans are familiar with the extremely loud air-horns powered by a can of compressed air. |
This Instructable tells you how to make your own air-horn from common house-hold scraps. |
With a little practice, each air-horn takes under five minutes to make, so an evening's work can produce enough air-horns for even the largest family to enjoy around the Christmas table, or to dole out as party-favours so that the dear little ones can take some of the party fun home to the parents who didn't help arran... |
Step 1: Equipment and Materials |
A sharp knife or scissors with a pointed blade. |
A 35mm film cannister or similar plastic pot. |
A balloon. |
A straw. |
(You'll probably have to buy the balloons and straws, but you can scrounge film cannisters from your local photo-developing store. I get 20 or 30 a time from our local "Boots".) |
Step 2: Drilling. |
The air-horn needs two holes, one for air to enter, one for it to leave. The exit hole, in the centre of the cannister's base, is most critical, since it needs to form an air-tight fit around the straw. |
If you pause and check the fit every few turns, you should reach a point where the straw can be pushed snugly in without being crushed or distorted. |
Drill a second hole in the side of the cannister, roughly the size of the hole in the base. Scrape the edges smooth, as this is where your mouth will be going. |
Step 3: The Diaphragm. |
Air-horns have a vibrating diaphragm to generate the sound. In this version, the diaphragm is a balloon. |
Take an ordinary toy balloon and look at it. You should see that it has a crease around it. Since the diaphragm works best when it is flat, cut the balloon in half along the crease. |
Step 4: Optional Step - a Big Hole in the Lid. |
The air-horn works perfectly with a whole lid, but you may find it easier to adjust your first air-horn if you can see the diaphragm. |
To this end, cut a big hole in the middle of the lid. |
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