u/Ok_Let8360

Question about quote that appears on The Art of War

What's up! I figured i'd post one of my questions here since you guys are infinitely more qualified in this topic than i.
I've been reading the Art of War, more specifically the 1910 version by Lionel Giles. During the "Laying Plans" chapter, Sun Tzu says:

>The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.

>These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.

According to the book, this gets complemented by a guy called Tu Yu, who quotes another dude called Wang Tzŭ, who says:

>"Without constant practice, the officers will be nervous and undecided when mustering for battle; without constant practice, the general will be wavering and irresolute when the crisis is at hand."

My question is, what exactly did Wang Tzŭ want the officers to "constant practice" exactly?

To clarify my question a little more, I imagine that officers would be the ones leading their troops, so did he mean officers should constantly practice their individual combat skills, or they should constant practice their commanding and leadership skills? Or maybe both?

Is there any historical context that i'm missing?

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 2 days ago
▲ 7 r/Gundam

What even was TITANS's core philosophy?

Most other factions, even Zeon, at least had some plans for an ideal world in their own point of view, be it Spacenoid independence, spacenoid supremacy, the dilution of the Federation, or even just keeping things as it was. But i feel like the Jamitov led TITANS were just trying to acquire as much power and control as possible, without any clear goal in mind for the future.

All i can think of is that the TITANS is the representation of "souls being pulled by gravity". They do atrocious things in the name of peace, but their only goal is to gain as much power as possible in order to protect their own selfish interests. In my view, they show us how humanity progress can be halted by the greed of the elite few.

When Scirocco took control of the TITANS, their philosophy shifted to a more clear minded goal, which is (from what i understood) to make all spacenoids be led by one powerful individual.

What are your thoughts?

u/Ok_Let8360 — 3 days ago
▲ 0 r/whatif

What if someone gets teleported to the 19th century with AI Image generation tools and tries to enroll into a prestigious art school?

For argument sake, let's just say that the person has a place to stay and eat for exactly one year, after that year they'd have to rent/buy a place to stay like any other person.

Let's set the location to Paris, and this person would try to enroll into École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Assume that person also is fully fluent in french.

Finally, assume that the AI Image generation tool doesn't need internet. And every time the person uses it, it "takes control" of the user's hand, making an exact replica of the AI image.

How far would that person go as an "artist"? Would their peers discover that there's something wrong?

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 6 days ago

[multiplayer survival games] how do you guys deal with the "player anxiety"? Do you just get used to it?

I have recently started playing multiplayer survival games, Unturned specifically, and i love it, but there's something that always hinders my progress, that being anxiety

If you played Unturned, you know that it isn't a scary game, but I am thrown into a map with 70 other people, each being somewhere. I walk around, collecting resources, equipping armor and all i can think of is how someone called XxJimmyGamerHeadshotxX can appear out of thin air and kill me.

I go to the nearby city practically gritting my teeth, and whenever i hear the slightest player sound i just rush to a room and camp on the door until i think it's safe (this has saved my ass many times)

It's a type of anxiety that isn't harming, but also not the most pleasant feeling. Regardless, i find myself playing Unturned again and again.

My question is, does this anxiety disappear as i get more experienced in the game? Or is it "part of the fun"? Regardless, i'd like to deal with that cuz while this anxiety keeps me alert enough to avoid being killed, when confrontation does come i usually panic and fumble

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 6 days ago
▲ 255 r/Kenshi

Why does she have yellow background? is that a glitch?

Well, i just got back from releasing slaves and this Marisa decided to join me.
But she has yellow background? I know red means that the character is in combat but there weren't any enemies around

Btw pls ignore the edgelord ass squad name

u/Ok_Let8360 — 12 days ago
▲ 129 r/Kenshi

Freed Hive slave said "Demon, do not wake"

What does it mean?
I was wiping out Rebirth and freeing everyone, and when i freed this one Hive slave it said

'Demon, do not wake'

and dipped. What does it mean?

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 13 days ago
▲ 19 r/Adblock

I have been noticing in the past few days that the youtube player at times won't even start, it will load for all eternity

And when i turn ublock off it'll start normally, that is, after watching unskipable ads

Youtube ads really have turned unbereable, i turned ublock off for like 2 videos and i never want to do that again

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 15 days ago
▲ 5 r/Gundam

So, i've followed the good old UC route
Gundam (1979) -> Gundam Zeta (TV Series) -> Gundam ZZ -> Char's counter attack
And pretty much most spin offs in between (like Igloo, 08th, War in the pocket, Stardust, etc)

I loved it, but it still left too many things open, things that i have a feeling could have been covered in other media.

Like, what exactly was Haman and Char's history? How did Char truly decide to turn earth into Frostpunk? What is Char's origins in the first place (i was told Gundam Origin wasn't canon?) and so on so on

Is there any manga/novel/book/manuals or any other media that can expand the information provided by the anime?

All i know is that there are multiple novels of Char's counter attack and each one goes in a different direction, or so i was told

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 15 days ago
▲ 42 r/Kenshi

Imagine this,
you are a Shek, but you are no warrior, which already makes you get scorn comments and judgemental stares.

But hey, you need to eat, so you specialize in cooking and decide to open a small bakery!

An entire battalion of Shek Warriors enter your shop and demand for food, and as you explain the prices they are aghast, how could you not give food to your kin for free? Were you contaminated by the greedy flatskins? Have you forgot Kral's teachings? Do you have no honor? Have you never slayed an enemy before?

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 16 days ago
▲ 17 r/Kenshi

So, let's say i have an armor
```
14% blunt resistance
19% cut resistance
70% cut resistance efficiency
```
and a chain shirt
```
17% blunt resistance
38% cut resistance
60% cut resistance efficiency

```

So, if my character gets damaged to the chest, when the armor tries to negate it those efficiency stats would be summed? Like
14 + 17 = 31% blunt resistance
19 + 38 = 57% cut resistance
70 + 60 = 130%... or maybe maxing out at 100%? cut efficiency

OR

My ARMOR will decrease the damage, and THEN my shirt decreases the damage that the armor couldn't block, and LASTLY my toughness damage resistance will decrease/increase the FINAL damage value?

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u/Ok_Let8360 — 18 days ago
▲ 31 r/Gundam

Narratively, every death on gundam by that point had served some sort of purpose. Build tension, conclude a character's writing, or even to just show that there are actual human beings inside the exploding mechs.

But Saegusa's death was sudden, poorly implemented, and it literally served no purpose?

It wasn't to build tension, cuz the show just proceeds to be goofy for the next 19 episodes

It also wasn't a arc conclusion since Saegusa really wasn't a major character.

His position on the Argama was replaced immediately, and he is simply forgotten, and all of that for no particular reason.

u/Ok_Let8360 — 23 days ago