Sure! Hopefully tomorrow I'll start playing something. I finished my last test of the year and I did terribly, but I still passed, barely... Feels kinda strange tbh, I should be glad I passed, but still, I feel frustrated. (Sorry, probably TMI ^^).
Plus, unbelievably, someone blacklisted me for asking you about the next games for the event, so, yeah, fun day I had u.u
Thanks for hosting the event and sorry for venting :)
Hey, congrats on passing. I know the feeling from my university days. Studying like a mad woman and then barely making it and never really understanding why, but the most important part is that you made it :D
And for being blacklisted, even I get some blacklists from time to time. Someone actually blacklisted me for giving away too many games. Another one blacklisted me, because I refused to buy them a AAA game, because obviously I am rich (I let you in on a secret, I am not). I work a second job, after my 40+h job, to afford to give away games and buy myself something nice from time to time.
And you are welcome and no need to apologize. Everyone needs to vent every now and then.
And if you are interested, game for Dec 4th: Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
I should've answered before, but I was too worried with making time to play Broken Age for the event that I forgot. University is hard, I'm still pissed, but I'll hopefully get over it u.u
BTW, I just finished playing Broken Age for the event! I think I played like 7 hours straight, I'm really tired lol. Could you verify it for me when you read this (In case Mouse doesn't before)?
Thanks for being so pacient with all this stuff :)
What are you studying if I may ask?
I myself majored in computer science with a minor in math.
I will let Mouse know, she is doing the first game of the month approvals since she also has some statistics she likes to fill out for those. Don't ask, she is weird like that 😉
I am doing all other approvals and stuff. And since I was asleep until just now (damn you night shift and loud neighbors) I'll talk to her and let you know.
Oh! So cool! Since I was a little kid I was obsessed with math, I used to love it in primary school, and I would watch a show on tv that was all about math. Math problems, riddles, famous mathematicians, you name it. I guess it was the only thing that didn't feel like homework, but more like a game.
But when it comes to computers, I had no knowledge whatsoever, I played only on consoles, so I never linked my taste for math to computers.
I actually considered studying engineering specialized on computers, but I really dislike physics, and you can't be an engineer without physics.
What attracted you to computers? Was it game development or something else? Sounds like a fun thing to do ^^
You may ask of course :)
Despite all this talk about me loving math, I'm actually in law school (I'm not from the US, so I won't be rich haha), the place where most people who hate math end up lol.
It was a speaking test, it wasn't that hard, but it was a lot to read, and I'm not really fond of reading stuff when it comes to studying. The problem was that the professor was short on time, so an assistant was evaluating us too. I had the "great idea" of volunteering, since I was really tired and wanted to go back home. Most people wanted to get evaluated by the professor and not the assistant, and for good reason. The assistant decided it would be a great idea to ask us the exact number of different articles of the constitution by heart. Something that btw nobody does, because it doesn't really matter.
Thanks, my game is verified! Hey, I actually really enjoy those kind of statistics too :)
I always liked math (and science in general) too and why CS, well I liked what we learned about computers in school and wanted to learn more. So when it came to university I decided to go with CS. I was good enough in programming that I could do it, but I do not enjoy that part much. In uni my main course was databases, where I also wrote my thesis in (sentiment analysis of amazon book reviews).
I am now working in support, since I like the challenge of finding the thing that is wrong with computers/programs and I like helping people.
And your exam experience sounds horrible, it reminds me of one of my exams in practical computer science, where the professor expected us to learn all the algorithms we learned over 2 semesters by heart and let us recite them line by line, we are talking 1200 pages of code here.
How did you decide to go to law school? And what do you want to do with your degree? Become a judge or a lawyer.
I was appointed to the office of a Schöffe (similar to jury duty in USA). The difference to the USA is that in Germany you are appointed to this office for 5 years and you have the same rights and responsibilities as the offcial judge.
In court proceedings, where a prison sentence can be imposed due to the seriousness of the accused crime, the proceedings are carried out before 2 Schöffen (lay judges elected from the population) and one judge (at least at the lower court, at the higher court it is somewhat different, the ratio Schöffe/judges is different). Unlike in the USA, neither the public prosecutor's office nor the defense can refuse Schöffen here, the Schöffen are permanently elected before the term of office and assigned to the individual trial days. If there is a trial on these days for which Schöffen are needed, I will receive a summons for that day.
Since the office of lay judge is a state honorary office, one cannot withdraw from it, i.e. reject the office (there are a few special exceptions, but they do not apply in my case).
Do you mean online support or do you go to places to fix them physically? Do you do that on your own or do you work for a company?
A bit of topic but, do you have free college in Germany?
Yikes, I guess not everyone is meant to be a professor. D:
I guess it was "the safe option". When I was a kid I always struggled with deciding what to do with my future. As I already said, I considered something related to math, then thought about cinema, I even considered economincs, but none felt right. Initially, I wanted to learn something that helped me the most in avoiding being taken advantage of, so learning in depth about my rights sounded like a decent prospect.
Since both my parents are lawyers, I kinda knew what to expect, and that eased me into choosing law school. However, it was my decision, they would've supported me regardless of what I would've chosen. :)
Being a judge seems like a lot of responsibility! At the time being I'd say I'd like to be a lawyer specialized in labor law. A lot of working people are being exploited due to the enormous disparities that exist with megacorporations so I'd want to help workers in need.
TBH, most of my knowledge of jury duty comes from US tv shows & movies, since it doesn't work like that here. Do they pay you for doing that? Are there any requirements for being picked, or literally anyone (I presume 18+) can be picked? Do you have to study the law once you are picked?
Not really. We just did not have a good hardware program.
I actually do both. I worked for 2 years at the German Stock Exchange in telephone support (since they have offices all around the world) and am now working at a datacenter, where we are the Office IT support for over 80 coworkers and are managing 45000 m² of data center floors. We have to fix anything (software or hardware) for the customers whenever they open a ticket. This can mean anything from, changing a broken hard drive to rebuliding the whole server.
Well they pay us 6€ an hour (that's 3 € beneath minimum wage) and if your company won't pay your wage for the missed time (they have to give you time off for the court dates), the court will pay you your owed wages, though only up tp 20€ an hour (so if you earn more than that you are out of luck).
You need to be over 18 years of age, need to be a German citizen, are not allowed to have any debts and you are not allowed to have had a minimum 2 year sentence against you in the last 10 years. IF you are considered for juvenile court (what I am doing at the moment) you will also be checked by the CPS (Child protection service). ANd no you do not need to study the law, though after a while you know quite a bit of it.
Usual court proceedings are that you do not know what kind of case will be coming to you before the start. Usually if it is a bit more complicated the main judge will talk to the Schöffen before the case in the judges chambers. But only about the generel stuff about the case. Nothing specific. Usually only who is the accused, what is he accused of, does he/she have any previous similar crimes where they were convicted, was there any communication between the defendent and the prosecutor's office. And then the normal proceedings start and there we can ask questions anytime. When the hearing of evidence is finished the Schöffen and the main judge will go to the judges chamber and will discuss the case. The main judge will tell, which laws are applicable and then you have to decide if guilty or not, each has 1 vote and majority wins. So if 2 say not guilty and one says guilty then the decision is not guilty and vice versa. After that it will be decided what the sentence is (if guilty). Here the main judge will also again say what can be decided (how many years min/max and so on) and what he/she thinks is the right/best decision and they will ask the Schöffen what they think and each can vote and usually the sentence will be something in the middle if we cannot come to a uniform decision.
EDIT: Ran out of time yesterday. Then it is back to the courtroom, where the sentence is announced and explained.
And that is pretty much it. Right now I am at the lower court for juveniles. This court handels all cases where the expected sentence is up to 5 years.
Before that I was at the lower court for adults. Longest sentence we gave there was 4 years and 8 months for aggravated assault and battery. Oh and another one went away for nearly 7 years, for a string of robberies combined with battery, though he had only gotten 4 years and some months form us, the rest was from a different case that had been tried 1 month earlier. In such a case when several sentences are there, they usually get added on top of each other.
Thanks for the super complete answer, Sam! Learning about how stuff works in other countries is pretty cool. :)
Let me ask you one last question if you don't mind.
I'm planning on upgrading my PC's mobo+ram+cpu, and I want to get 32gb of ram (I know it is overkill just for gaming, but since prices are really unstable over here, I think it would be worth it. I plan on using the ram for at least 7 years. For reference, I been using a 4th gen i5 with 2x4 ddr3 ram since 2013.
So my question is the following, should I buy a 2x16 kit or two 2x8 kits? I read that having 4 ram sticks can make the system unstable. The thing is, for some reason, buying a 2x16 kit is way mor expensive that two 2x8 kits.
What should I do? Buy a 2x16 paying more, buy two 2x8 kits, but risk the system not working as well, buy 2 individual 16gb sticks, or just buy a 2x8 kit?
well I am not the expert when it comes to ram, but luckily for you I have two crazy coworkers who love to built their own machines. Both said that the 2x16 is the savest bet, since as long as RAM and mobo work together the system will run smoothly.
As you already mentioned using 4 8GB sticks is also a possiblilty, but according to my coworkers it is prone to many problems. If you are lucky it will work fine, but from their experience most setups have problems with it. Their exact words were that if it is at all possible, they would always prefer the 2x16GB version over the other. It might be more expensive, but you want to use the system for a long time. The main problem with RAM is that you cannot really predict what will work best without testing it out. And therefore they like to go with the savest option. And it also leaves room for later improvements, if needed.
Oh and yeah college is kinda "free" as in you do not have to pay insane amounts of money like in America. Though you usually pay somewhere between 200-500€ per semester (half year) of studies (this gives you free access to buses and trains) + whatever the books you need costs (they can get quiet expensive, for maths and CS it is about 40-300€ each and you need several per semester) and of course you have to pay for a place to stay and meals.
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Metal Slug X today
Geometry Warsâ„¢ 3: Dimensions Evolved for Dec 3rd
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Thanks! Hopefully I manage to beat one soon, been really busy these days u.u
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You are welcome 😊
Just don't tell others. We wouldn't want to spoil their surprise.
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Sure! Hopefully tomorrow I'll start playing something. I finished my last test of the year and I did terribly, but I still passed, barely... Feels kinda strange tbh, I should be glad I passed, but still, I feel frustrated. (Sorry, probably TMI ^^).
Plus, unbelievably, someone blacklisted me for asking you about the next games for the event, so, yeah, fun day I had u.u
Thanks for hosting the event and sorry for venting :)
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Hey, congrats on passing. I know the feeling from my university days. Studying like a mad woman and then barely making it and never really understanding why, but the most important part is that you made it :D
And for being blacklisted, even I get some blacklists from time to time. Someone actually blacklisted me for giving away too many games. Another one blacklisted me, because I refused to buy them a AAA game, because obviously I am rich (I let you in on a secret, I am not). I work a second job, after my 40+h job, to afford to give away games and buy myself something nice from time to time.
And you are welcome and no need to apologize. Everyone needs to vent every now and then.
And if you are interested, game for Dec 4th: Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
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Thanks for the anwser Sam!
I should've answered before, but I was too worried with making time to play Broken Age for the event that I forgot. University is hard, I'm still pissed, but I'll hopefully get over it u.u
BTW, I just finished playing Broken Age for the event! I think I played like 7 hours straight, I'm really tired lol. Could you verify it for me when you read this (In case Mouse doesn't before)?
Thanks for being so pacient with all this stuff :)
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What are you studying if I may ask?
I myself majored in computer science with a minor in math.
I will let Mouse know, she is doing the first game of the month approvals since she also has some statistics she likes to fill out for those. Don't ask, she is weird like that 😉
I am doing all other approvals and stuff. And since I was asleep until just now (damn you night shift and loud neighbors) I'll talk to her and let you know.
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Oh! So cool! Since I was a little kid I was obsessed with math, I used to love it in primary school, and I would watch a show on tv that was all about math. Math problems, riddles, famous mathematicians, you name it. I guess it was the only thing that didn't feel like homework, but more like a game.
But when it comes to computers, I had no knowledge whatsoever, I played only on consoles, so I never linked my taste for math to computers.
I actually considered studying engineering specialized on computers, but I really dislike physics, and you can't be an engineer without physics.
What attracted you to computers? Was it game development or something else? Sounds like a fun thing to do ^^
You may ask of course :)
Despite all this talk about me loving math, I'm actually in law school (I'm not from the US, so I won't be rich haha), the place where most people who hate math end up lol.
It was a speaking test, it wasn't that hard, but it was a lot to read, and I'm not really fond of reading stuff when it comes to studying. The problem was that the professor was short on time, so an assistant was evaluating us too. I had the "great idea" of volunteering, since I was really tired and wanted to go back home. Most people wanted to get evaluated by the professor and not the assistant, and for good reason. The assistant decided it would be a great idea to ask us the exact number of different articles of the constitution by heart. Something that btw nobody does, because it doesn't really matter.
Thanks, my game is verified! Hey, I actually really enjoy those kind of statistics too :)
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I always liked math (and science in general) too and why CS, well I liked what we learned about computers in school and wanted to learn more. So when it came to university I decided to go with CS. I was good enough in programming that I could do it, but I do not enjoy that part much. In uni my main course was databases, where I also wrote my thesis in (sentiment analysis of amazon book reviews).
I am now working in support, since I like the challenge of finding the thing that is wrong with computers/programs and I like helping people.
And your exam experience sounds horrible, it reminds me of one of my exams in practical computer science, where the professor expected us to learn all the algorithms we learned over 2 semesters by heart and let us recite them line by line, we are talking 1200 pages of code here.
How did you decide to go to law school? And what do you want to do with your degree? Become a judge or a lawyer.
I was appointed to the office of a Schöffe (similar to jury duty in USA). The difference to the USA is that in Germany you are appointed to this office for 5 years and you have the same rights and responsibilities as the offcial judge.
In court proceedings, where a prison sentence can be imposed due to the seriousness of the accused crime, the proceedings are carried out before 2 Schöffen (lay judges elected from the population) and one judge (at least at the lower court, at the higher court it is somewhat different, the ratio Schöffe/judges is different). Unlike in the USA, neither the public prosecutor's office nor the defense can refuse Schöffen here, the Schöffen are permanently elected before the term of office and assigned to the individual trial days. If there is a trial on these days for which Schöffen are needed, I will receive a summons for that day.
Since the office of lay judge is a state honorary office, one cannot withdraw from it, i.e. reject the office (there are a few special exceptions, but they do not apply in my case).
So I have some experience with the law :D
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So your main interest was software, not hardware?
Do you mean online support or do you go to places to fix them physically? Do you do that on your own or do you work for a company?
A bit of topic but, do you have free college in Germany?
Yikes, I guess not everyone is meant to be a professor. D:
I guess it was "the safe option". When I was a kid I always struggled with deciding what to do with my future. As I already said, I considered something related to math, then thought about cinema, I even considered economincs, but none felt right. Initially, I wanted to learn something that helped me the most in avoiding being taken advantage of, so learning in depth about my rights sounded like a decent prospect.
Since both my parents are lawyers, I kinda knew what to expect, and that eased me into choosing law school. However, it was my decision, they would've supported me regardless of what I would've chosen. :)
Being a judge seems like a lot of responsibility! At the time being I'd say I'd like to be a lawyer specialized in labor law. A lot of working people are being exploited due to the enormous disparities that exist with megacorporations so I'd want to help workers in need.
TBH, most of my knowledge of jury duty comes from US tv shows & movies, since it doesn't work like that here. Do they pay you for doing that? Are there any requirements for being picked, or literally anyone (I presume 18+) can be picked? Do you have to study the law once you are picked?
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Not really. We just did not have a good hardware program.
I actually do both. I worked for 2 years at the German Stock Exchange in telephone support (since they have offices all around the world) and am now working at a datacenter, where we are the Office IT support for over 80 coworkers and are managing 45000 m² of data center floors. We have to fix anything (software or hardware) for the customers whenever they open a ticket. This can mean anything from, changing a broken hard drive to rebuliding the whole server.
Well they pay us 6€ an hour (that's 3 € beneath minimum wage) and if your company won't pay your wage for the missed time (they have to give you time off for the court dates), the court will pay you your owed wages, though only up tp 20€ an hour (so if you earn more than that you are out of luck).
You need to be over 18 years of age, need to be a German citizen, are not allowed to have any debts and you are not allowed to have had a minimum 2 year sentence against you in the last 10 years. IF you are considered for juvenile court (what I am doing at the moment) you will also be checked by the CPS (Child protection service). ANd no you do not need to study the law, though after a while you know quite a bit of it.
Usual court proceedings are that you do not know what kind of case will be coming to you before the start. Usually if it is a bit more complicated the main judge will talk to the Schöffen before the case in the judges chambers. But only about the generel stuff about the case. Nothing specific. Usually only who is the accused, what is he accused of, does he/she have any previous similar crimes where they were convicted, was there any communication between the defendent and the prosecutor's office. And then the normal proceedings start and there we can ask questions anytime. When the hearing of evidence is finished the Schöffen and the main judge will go to the judges chamber and will discuss the case. The main judge will tell, which laws are applicable and then you have to decide if guilty or not, each has 1 vote and majority wins. So if 2 say not guilty and one says guilty then the decision is not guilty and vice versa. After that it will be decided what the sentence is (if guilty). Here the main judge will also again say what can be decided (how many years min/max and so on) and what he/she thinks is the right/best decision and they will ask the Schöffen what they think and each can vote and usually the sentence will be something in the middle if we cannot come to a uniform decision.
EDIT: Ran out of time yesterday. Then it is back to the courtroom, where the sentence is announced and explained.
And that is pretty much it. Right now I am at the lower court for juveniles. This court handels all cases where the expected sentence is up to 5 years.
Before that I was at the lower court for adults. Longest sentence we gave there was 4 years and 8 months for aggravated assault and battery. Oh and another one went away for nearly 7 years, for a string of robberies combined with battery, though he had only gotten 4 years and some months form us, the rest was from a different case that had been tried 1 month earlier. In such a case when several sentences are there, they usually get added on top of each other.
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Thanks for the super complete answer, Sam! Learning about how stuff works in other countries is pretty cool. :)
Let me ask you one last question if you don't mind.
I'm planning on upgrading my PC's mobo+ram+cpu, and I want to get 32gb of ram (I know it is overkill just for gaming, but since prices are really unstable over here, I think it would be worth it. I plan on using the ram for at least 7 years. For reference, I been using a 4th gen i5 with 2x4 ddr3 ram since 2013.
So my question is the following, should I buy a 2x16 kit or two 2x8 kits? I read that having 4 ram sticks can make the system unstable. The thing is, for some reason, buying a 2x16 kit is way mor expensive that two 2x8 kits.
What should I do? Buy a 2x16 paying more, buy two 2x8 kits, but risk the system not working as well, buy 2 individual 16gb sticks, or just buy a 2x8 kit?
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well I am not the expert when it comes to ram, but luckily for you I have two crazy coworkers who love to built their own machines. Both said that the 2x16 is the savest bet, since as long as RAM and mobo work together the system will run smoothly.
As you already mentioned using 4 8GB sticks is also a possiblilty, but according to my coworkers it is prone to many problems. If you are lucky it will work fine, but from their experience most setups have problems with it. Their exact words were that if it is at all possible, they would always prefer the 2x16GB version over the other. It might be more expensive, but you want to use the system for a long time. The main problem with RAM is that you cannot really predict what will work best without testing it out. And therefore they like to go with the savest option. And it also leaves room for later improvements, if needed.
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Got it, thanks a lot! :)
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Oh and yeah college is kinda "free" as in you do not have to pay insane amounts of money like in America. Though you usually pay somewhere between 200-500€ per semester (half year) of studies (this gives you free access to buses and trains) + whatever the books you need costs (they can get quiet expensive, for maths and CS it is about 40-300€ each and you need several per semester) and of course you have to pay for a place to stay and meals.
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Hi, Sam! I wanted to ask you something (unrelated to this conversation), so I added you on Steam. Hope you don't mind :)
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Your game should have been verified.
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