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I'm having the same issue at the moment.Everything on the world map (well, at least the first area of it) is gone.

What a difference a good group makes... Druid/Blade Dancer/Rune Priest/Barbarian -- just walked through the lighthouse and knocked out the boss in the first go. Wasn't even close, with all the DPS done by the two casters (less damage than if my melees tried to hit him and get reposted). My last...

Sweet, going with Druid, Blade Dancer, Rune Priest, and Barbarian then. Thanks!

I thought Dark was for discovering secrets? Sounded useful...

I wanted to go with Druid instead of Shaman, but then I wouldn't have an Orc in the group. Is the Orc area reasonably large or should I just write that off?Runepriests can GM Earth.

Just picked up the game today and got all the way to the lighthouse boss... pretty cool so far. That said, I think I'll start over with a new party. I don't have an Orc on the team and I read that you need one to access the Orc area? I guess I don't want to miss that... My plan for the new...

PSN: SirSoriak Question: is there an RSS feed to keep track of the free games on PS+?

I live in East Liberty, which was pretty shitty until a few years ago, but now is developing nicely. It's where the one Whole Foods in Pittsburgh is, and Google set up shop there as well. They're finishing construction on a residential building next to Google's offices with a small park and...

Pandora on my Android now has a "chromecast" button. I didn't notice that one before, so I guess it may be a new thing? In any case, I tried it and although Pandora opened on the Chromecast, the streaming failed. I also came across an issue with the coolest feature: having people build the...

I figure this deserves its own thread. Plus, I'm having issues with the YouTube live stream ("An error occurred, please try again later"), which is really annoying... same happens with the feed from the white house (also hosted by YouTube).

Anyone else having trouble streaming the live stream of the state of the union? Works fine for other videos, but I think not for anything that is live. It now also tells me that none of the available formats are supported by my browser (latest version of Chrome). edit: oh, looks like you...

What's your field? Are you involved in any research projects that are expected to lead to a publication? Having even one publication in a non-useless journal (i.e. not one of those paper mills that will publish anything for a fee) is going to send a pretty good signal to PhD programs. The...

$26k is still not a livable wage, especially after adjusting for inflation. My point is that you'd be better off working those hours, saving the money, and putting it into an index fund. It takes substantial savings before the genius investments beat even a minimum wage job, given all the hours...

I'm sure you can outperform the market if you invest a lot of time in research -- the problem is that there's a cost to doing that. If you want to keep up with the pros, this is essentially a full-time job (or close to it). If you make $100k at your current job, do you beat the market by at...

It depends. There's usually a lot more flexibility after you're done with coursework. And some people also ignore the requirement that they're not allowed to work, which isn't too big a deal unless you're paid with money from a grant. Grants tend to require recipients to work full time on the...

I can't imagine a serious PhD program that lets you do it part-time, just because there is no way you're going to finish in any reasonable amount of time. This is a bit field specific, but you're going to be hard pressed to wrap up in 4 years of full-time studies -- and you can't possibly get...

I got a digital code for FFXIV as part of a "$30 discount" promotion. If anyone is looking for a first/second account and wants to pick it up for $15 or so, PM please.

I don't know about ACS, but I do want to point out a major issue with overhead expenses as a metric for good performance. Basically, testing whether your programs work (impact evaluations) are counted as overhead expenses. So a charity that gives $97 out of $100 to someone in a developing...

Do they use the funds for cancer research? I was under the impression that much of it was spent on cancer awareness, which is really just another way of saying fundraising.

GiveDirectly-- because almost all other charities are worthless and refuse to take part in proper impact evaluation to see whether anything they do actually creates value. (edit: Doctors Without Borders is a notable exception. They also have the integrity to ask people NOT to donate to them...

In store only makes me sad.$50 less for the CPU than what's available online. I wonder if the Iron Egg price guarantee applies here. They claim to match lower prices by competitors...

Neat, thanks for the suggestion.

Well, that sucks... I went to checkout on Newegg and they dropped the PSU from my cart and marked it as sold out. That's pretty weak...

Reusing my current GTX 660.

I really like these:Amazon.com: LG Electronics Tone+ HBS-730 Bluetooth Headset - Retail Packaging - Black: Cell Phones Accessories I wear them when I bike -- way more comfortable than wired headphones. Very easy to forget you're wearing them, actually. I've spent a whole day walking around...

Slightly updated version... any thoughts? CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K ($290) -- $10 cheaper on Amazon than on Newegg Mainboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING LGA1150 ($150) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 ($130) SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB ($155) PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE-750 750W...

I've decided to upgrade my aging 4 year old desktop after all, taking advantage of some Cyber Monday discounts. In particular, I will run some CPU intensive simulations on my desktop (parallel-processing code in Python), so I'm looking to get a beefy CPU to handle that. I'll also be running some...

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This has nothing to do with Obama. Reimbursement rates are set by the states, not the federal government. This is why I'm being pedantic about the Medicaid/Medicare distinction: reimbursement rates for the latter are set by the federal government and the program doesn't suffer from the same...

My point was that this is not an inherent shortage of doctors that is causing the problem, but simply a result from Medicaidpaying significantly less than other insurance (including Medicare). This is a State issue, however, because the federal government doesn't determine Medicaid reimbursement...

Really? I know I'm spoiled with my insurance (I get to see any doctor I want to), but I've never had a problem getting an appointment within a couple days with the first doctor I tried. Is this shortage actually an issue in cities, or are we talking about rural areas here? Because if 9m people...

I'm a bit surprised that with all the money going into bitcoin mining, there aren't more attempts to go after the encryption algorithm -- or maybe there are and I just haven't heard about it. ASICs are a significantly greater investment risk than GPUs, which is why I'd think mining scrypt...

Theme Hospital and Startopia were two of my favorites. They both had a great dose of humor and the gameplay was highly addicting. Startopia is actually on sale on Steam for $2.79. I'm buying it just so I have a version that runs on a modern computer. Been a long time since I played it...

I finally got the 4.4 update and it ended up with my tablet stuck in a boot loop. Had to go get the Nexus Root Toolkit to fix it. Not a big deal, but I'm surprised this happened with an official upgrade from the regular stock version. In the process, I came across a cute easter egg: go to...

2/3rds of those injured are from police using pepper spray.

I'm in the market for a Chromebook. Hoping one of the new ones will be a little off on cyber Monday. Worth checking on Friday as well, but definitely not going to fight the crowds in a store for a few bucks off...

Is KitKat for the Nexus 10 delayed? I've been expecting the update on my tablet for a while not, but nothing...

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of the map function and I wish more games had a companion app like this.

I didn't plan on getting AC4 and was looking forward mostly to Killzone on the PS4... but wow, this game is a ton of fun. I just captured my ship and I find sea battles pretty cool so far. I don't know if it will get old, having just started, but so far it works well. I like that you can do well...

?60 Minutes? retracts, apologizes for Benghazi report; CBS says it was misled by a source - The Washington Post Life imitating art...