Turns out DE is the worst state for… well, you know…

Turns out DE is the worst state for… well, you know…

Courtesy of r/politicalhumor

u/FibroMyAlgae — 3 days ago

Couldn’t the Reapers just indoctrinate organics to not create synthetics?

I apologize, I know that this particular horse has already been killed, cremated, compressed into a diamond, and tossed into the sea after 84 years, but just to continue beating it anyway, can I just point out another plot hole with the ME3 ending?

The ME trilogy effectively illustrates how indoctrination works and how thoroughly it can be used on organics. ME1 and ME2 suggest that the entire rachni race was indoctrinated to attack the early Council races in the Rachni Wars, and ME2 showcases how humans can be convinced to impale themselves on “dragons teeth” to turn themselves into husks simply by inhabiting a dead Reaper for a few months. And yet, by the time we get to ME3’s ending, we’re told that organics must be wiped out so they don’t create synthetics because synthetics will wipe out organics…

Again, on the subject of ME3’s ending, we’ve already beaten this horse to death, but the central premise for an entire trilogy of video games falls apart with “what if they just indoctrinated organics into avoiding the creation of synthetics altogether?” Problem solved? Problem solved. Cool. What’s for lunch?

ffs.

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u/FibroMyAlgae — 3 months ago

Angular Misclosure / Study Guide issue

I’ve got a copy of Cognita Publishing Fundamentals of Surveying Exam Prep 2026-2027 and there’s a question about Angular Misclosure (first image). The equation is simple, but I’m confused on the order and classes of survey traverse standards. The book states that a third-order traverse has a maximum angular misclosure of 5 seconds (per the square root of the number of stations), but FGCS standards state that it would be 10 seconds for third-order, class I standards.

Am I misunderstanding some aspect of the question, or are there perhaps different standards that I should be aware of?

u/FibroMyAlgae — 3 months ago

Does anyone know of an online resource that stays current with case law for land surveying cases (e.g. boundary and title issues brought before a court), either for a specific state or at a national level?

I have a copy of Brown’s (but have not finished reading it), and I plan on getting Black’s at some point, but I would love to have a resource that actively stays current with applicable case law as well.

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u/FibroMyAlgae — 4 months ago