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Does it make sense to take advantage of Canada's subsidized tuition programs to get a degree in aviation and then move into the US to work? If we assume somebody can get into the united states (green card, spouse, or citizen) could a graduate of lets say, Seneca:

1. Have their aviation degree recognized in the united states
2. Attain better job prospects/salary by applying to work in US

I am asking because the job market for pilots in Canada seems quite small, not just for regionals but also instructors, all other jobs etc. If we use crude logic and assume that more job postings in USA mean more open positions, then a subsidized education in Canada and subsequent job offer in the US offers a more lucrative path than pure employment in Canada or pure education in US. Similar to how many doctors get trained in Canada and move to the US because its cheaper.

Is this a thing?

I'm a mid 2000's kid and I basically grew up on the internet from the age of 7. I went to daycare with other children and socialized well but around 7 I started spending more time on the internet (including videogames), and my screen time really took off around 12-13 years old when I was in middle school. By the time grade 8 rolled around (even before covid and before highschool) my friends were essentially zero and I remember feeling very fleeting feelings of loneliness.

Iremember I went through a bad friendship breakup and thought to myself (they will never have me again!). Well it happened. As covid took off I kept in touch with nobody and still haven't to this day, I never made a friend in highschool (or college) and haven't even kept up with acquaintances either. It's been years since dropping out of college where I've even talked to a friend (online or in person)

I genuinely feel fine day to day and i generally don't think about this often. 90% of my free time consists of watching YouTube , and whatever is left over can be cooking, reading, gaming, etc.

Even when gaming I find managing other peoples expectations a nuisance, people bore and annoy me when I have to listen to their conversations, so I don't group up and i instead play alone.

I have never been diagnosed with schizoid disorder but Psychology in seattles' schizoid series where one of the schizoid examples was a young man who stays in his room and plays videogames and has little to do anything else really resonated with me, although I would say I'm more of a youtube enjoyer than the gamer in the example.

I'm wondering if schizoids spend a lot of their time on youtube like I do or if this is specifically something unique about me? I was way too old when I realised normal people don't nearly watch youtube as much as I thought they did. Perhaps when you socialize less youtube inevitably fills the void of social interaction? Let me know your thoughts

what's the point of vautism speaks? why doesn't he just post on his main account? I used to follow him on his main account years ago but only found out he switched recently, I just assumed he ditched twitter altogether.

With all the press and coverage Hasan has been getting it makes me wonder why Vaush's growth arc slowed down a couple years ago. He seems to never be brought up in politics or debate circles. Leaving Twitch and stopping debates ruined his brand. Youtube sub growth went slightly flat-ish since the pandemic.

At the very least it would benefit him to associate with other streamers atleast once and awhile. He feels very solo-ish and in his own circle. Vaush has great commentary and knowledge but his opinions and his influence never seems to penetrate outside the "Vaush space" in the online left / broader politics community. When you tell someone you watch Vaush, they go "Who's Vaush?" but even your fox news grandma knows who Hasan is by now.

I think we can all agree he's far better representation than Hasan but he's not putting himself out there and reaching the people we need to reach as leftists. I understand that debate arc is gone for a reason but I'm not sure why collabs or appearing with other creators is gone in the current era. He used to go on Tim pool, destiny etc. it's not hard to see Vaush on Joe Rogan had he taken a different path. Now we're stuck with Hasan, a champagne socialist with horrid PR, who Fox News can run news cycles on 24/7.

How did we end up here?

I heard from my ATC friends that ATC is one of the few jobs people actually move from USA to Canada to in order to work. Its unusual to hear about a job that has better pay in Canada than USA. Is it true that the compensation/QOL of Canadian atc is better than in America?

I'm not a lifeweaver main but I personally like the changes they made to his pull. sometimes as a tank I get pulled right as I'm about to kill an enemy. I'm not in the business of criticising lifeweavers or saying that I would have still been alive if they didn't pull me, maybe it was a great pull, but I think people should be able to die if they want to.

we don't need to kill LW for player agency. Why not just refund this cooldown based off of the distance that the target was pulled?

let's say the target cancelled halfway through the pull. Reduce the Cooldown by 50% so LW can use it faster.

If the target cancels almost immediately because they accidentally press the jump button (like a Juno) Reduces Cooldown by 95%. He will have it back almost immediately.

We can keep player agency without screwing over LW mains.

I feel like we waited over a decade just to get a character that's a copy of a trash singer who doesn't even make good music. it's obviously just to sell more skins. people subconsciously like celebrities so when they see Demon they're going to subconsciously like her but that lack of creativity will make every hero in Overwatch look like a celebrity. I want unique heroes back.

hi everybody this is a long one but I promise if you are a Venture Main this is worth the read! please give me your thoughts on these changes. skip to the end for the TLDR

Venture is one of the least played DPS characters in the game and I think there's a reason why. I'm making this post because I think that they deserve to be more popular and I think the changes I have thought of could make this hero popular while keeping the personality and the playstyle that we all love and enjoy.

Venture is the only DPS in the game that cannot headshot with the exception of explosive or even beam characters like Symmetra. Venture is neither.

In the case of Symmetra this works because beams work differently in Overwatch and always have high powered states. Ventures gun however does not have a high powered state and is relatively straightforward and simple. I think giving their weapon a headshot for a buff is not the right path to go down because it removes the uniqueness from the character. Venture thrives despite their lack of headshot but perhaps giving them other unique ways of using their kit to get kills can supplement the relatively one dimensional aspects of their cool weapon.

Venture thrives as a character that distracts attention and lives in the back line or an off angles. this is very similar to the way many off tanks play like Doomfist or Ball. I honestly think Venture would be great as an option among these heroes.

Here's how I would change venture:

- Increase player model and hitbox 15% and move Venture to tank: Base HP 400 (6v6 stats, just increase for 5v5) lower their DPS slightly to be more in line with a tank.

Venture's escape is very slow as a result she takes damage while going into Burrow. They often die in Burrow but the tank change would mitigate this. Giving them a tank Regen passive would work excellently here and would allow her to play more efficiently as a tank.

- Gain tank passive: "Initiator" - gain a heal over time after using a movement ability (activates while in burrow) (same passive as Doomfist and winston)

Venture has a very simple kit, giving them another ability and a skill shot alternate fire to use would increase their offensive potential while not having to radically buff other parts of their kit.

- New alternate fire: Gravel shot - This alternate fire becomes available only after Venture comes out of Burrow. Venture's weapon is full of gravel and she has the option to shoot a "road hog alternate/sigma rock" style gravel shot (no stun but has a small knockback) which has the capability of head shotting characters. the unique thing about disability is that the gravel shot is so big it encompasses both body shots and headshots , but the more accurate you aim it the more of it becomes a headshot .

The longer you Burrow the more charges of this shot you gain so it is possible to use the shot consecutively only if you complete the full Burrow duration. there is no one shot potential and Venture still has to follow up with another regular shot. Its a skill shot and has weak body shots. it mostly changes the time to kill on heroes with higher HP. this ability would be fun, Ventures would have to practice headshotting enemies from the air when coming out of burrow!

- New ability: Drill blast - Ventures weapon energy core surges and knocks back enemies that are too close in front of them in their suboptimal range. this ability is good for dealing with heroes that come too close to you like reapers for example. this ability synergises well with Drill and looks really seamless and will allow Venture to set up to get crazy boop kills on certain maps. what makes this ability balanced and unique is that it has a charge up time unlike other boops and you can see Ventures gun physically charge up with blue aspects swirling around her gun before the charge goes off.

Ultimate: Allow Venture's ultimate to go through Shields, and allow them to use their ultimate while in borrow form with 25% less damage.

this ultimate change gives venture more play making ability while not increasing the time to kill or the damage in a way that is unfair.

passive clobber: passive now reduces recovery time in between clobber hits. So venture can weave in more at once, allowing the drill to feel more impactful in close range and playing more into the drill fantasy.

perk change: move "covered in dirt" to base kit and replace it with a perk I call "Tectonic reserve" which partially refunds venture's ultimate based on how many shots have not been used when the timer runs out. this allows the Venture to use their ultimate more often and to be more dynamic and for venture to use more of their abilities within their ultimate without worrying about having to get it all off in a rush. this synergizes perfectly with her minor perk "excavation exhilaration" which enables them to use more abilities in their ult. this makes their ultimate way more skillful and dynamic because venture can skillfully choose between when to use their abilities and when to use consecutive Ultimate Shots without worrying about a timer.

All of these changes serve to keep Venture's current playstyle and unique Hero Kit alive while also adding new abilities that synergize well with their kit and keep their hero fantasy alive.

TLDR summary:

1. new alternate fire skillshot that only activates when you offensively use your Burrow and risk your escape ability to kill an enemy.
2. new boop ability that has a ~0.5s-1s charge up time and boops heroes into ventures optimal range, allowing you to take duels with close range characters by booping them out of their desired range against you.
3. Become a tank, more health to play a harassing play style but reduced DPS to compensate for the buffs.
4. Quality of Life update to Burrow: tank subrole passive "initiator" now applies to Burrow and Venture heals while drilling underground
5. the ultimate can now be underground to make the ultimate more viable and less feast or famine in certain situations but to prevent it from being broken has 25% less damage (only) when used in burrow. to make this ultimate more unique and in line with tank ultimates it can now go through Tank Shields (like Rein shield) to add space-making capability Indicative of tank ultimates.
6. Increase the quality of life on Ventures Drill Melee by reducing the downtime in between consecutive presses, making it feel less clunky and more realistic of a drill, and unlocking the ability for Venture to have more interesting and varied combos.
7. a perk which allows venture to decide the full extent of how much they want to use their ultimate, allowing her not to use all their shots purposely and giving her an ult charge refund based on the shots she hasn't used, making their ultimate very unique that synergizes well with their kit and another perk the adventure has in order to allow the alt to be viable in more situations.

This post is in good faith, I understand Venture still viable in many circumstances but this is just my attempt to make them more interactive and lean in into their character style and personality even more. What do you all think?

Having only one tank and not allowing them to switch instantly disadvantages a team when their tank player is heavily countered by the other tanks pick. It literally feels lost from the start. Am I the only one who feels this way? 5v5 is so much more prone to tank hard counters than 6v6, And insta locking you into a tank without knowing what your opponent will play easily makes the game feel less fun for everybody on that team.

I'm a very new stadium player, I have some experience with the armory system, maybe around 20 games, and I'm picking perks as best as I can to buff my character. I have a strong sense of how it works, so I'm not a noob but I don't know exactly the optimum builds for each character either. Whenever i load into quickplay stadium I get absolutely DEMOLISHED, and I mean totally destroyed. I played Ram/Dva/Freja in stadium today for 6 games and i lost all 6 by a landslide. I only recall winning one round (yes, only one round) I played a couple weeks ago and experienced the same thing.

Matches feel wildly out of skill. I have absolutely no chance against the enemy tank. When I'm not tank, my tank goes 0-7, 0-6, 1-5, every round etc. This is definitely the worst experience I've ever had playing a video game. Every single player on the enemy team feels like a sweat while my players are hardly playing at all I constantly get leavers once we lose a round.

It feels like i'm playing against players wildly above my skill level and not only that they had the most optimal builds they seemed to never die no matter what I do. Not being able to swap a bad tank matchup makes it even worse. Not to mention I am playing against obvious 2-3 stacks and my team has nothing comparable. Genuinely would not recommend this mode to anyone at all. Even when I have won games it was always by landslide and definitely not fun for my opponents either, nor fair. Honestly stadium seems to be everything bad about Overwatch turned up to 10.

Я вижу противоречивые истории, некоторые говорят да, некоторые говорят нет.

Если я нахожусь в высокодоходной западной стране, могу ли я купить игру и подарить её моему другу в России?

Если только определённые игры это позволяют, какие это игры? Есть ли где-нибудь список того, что возможно?

I see conflicting stories, some say yes, some say no.

If I am in a high income western country can I purchase a game and gift it to my friend with in Russia?

If it is only certain games that are possible what games are they? Anywhere to find a list of what is possible?

Overwatch's first (and probably only) non-binary character, and they're a terrible representation of the non binary community.

Its frustrating they're presented as a loner with no connections to anyone in the story.

And a gapped tooth? Really?

Ugly piercings, ugly tatts, botched haircut, very "wide" for a presumably AFAB person. Full grown adult but sounds and acts like a child. They've got eyebrows thicker than Leonid Brezhnev. Is this what good representation looks like?

It plays like what anti-LGBTQ person would stereotype a non binary person as. It almost comes off as a parody but somehow blizzard takes themselves seriously. Atleast they don't have colored hair, could have been worse.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the reticle that's a circle that closes in on itself while firing? I use a dot for a reticle but haven't found a way to get rid of this circle that appears when firing. It messes up my aiming and seems to have no use at all. I can't find where to remove it in the settings

Sure, they might be cool character to play. But they look dumb and like they belong to the world of Pokemon, not Overwatch.

My reddit post was getting 4K views an hour. I removed a very unimportant sentence due to criticism and the next hour the post got 300 views. Reddit killed my post hard by over 90% by removing a simple sentence.

Not that engagement truly matters, the content of your message matters more. But I had no idea editing a post would kill it so hard in the algorithm, I thought people did that all the time?

I know the time of day matters, but a sharp drop-off in the next hour right after an edit suggests reddit punishes edits hard. It was a simple sentence removal that was honestly not important.

I guess its a "lesson learned" so others don't have to. I don't see anything on the internet or reddit about not editing reddit posts while they are taking off, which I find weird, surely I can't be the first person this happens to?

Anyone know anything about this? Is this how algorithms work across all platforms? I would assume the site would re evaluate the post and continue to push it out, but over 90% engagement drop-off from one hour to the next is dramatic. Learn from my mistake !