The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXVII

[Peck of Arabia]

I've thought about moving to the US- I found out, for this year at least, as a citizen of the UK I'm not even eligible to enter into the Green Card lottery, everyone else is allowed, just not the UK which I found rather galling.

Other options involve investing something like $200,000 setting up a business there, marrying a citizen, and getting hired for a job (with the company having to prove there was nobody in US, within reason, who couldn't have done it instead)

Best I could come up with was, get a PGCE then apply for one of those schemes that allows you to teach in the US for a few years and take if from there.

 

[Farm Boy]

(with the company having to prove there was nobody in US, within reason, who couldn't have done it instead)

That's actually so easy for any company with an HR department that it's almost not really applicable at all. If they want to hire you and they have the will/infrastructure to navigate the forms, then they'll hire you. That "within reason" gives hella wiggle room.

 

[Peck of Arabia]

That explains how a housemate of mine at university managed to get a job in Silicon Valley pretty much straight after graduating. He was exceptionally bright, though. Very personable, too

 

[Kennigit]

It is often enough said that for entertainment programs*/movies, one of the harder things to do is to act drunk

Why dont those programs film that as one of the last-ish scenes shot and have the actors be drunk (or rather, a bit tipsy). Heck having them be tipsy lets you film that as a last scene of the day, since I know filming can have very tight schedules, etc

 

[bhsup]

So discriminate against non drinking actors and actresses by refusing them those roles?

 

[Kennigit]

Thats not what I said at all

 

[bhsup]

I didn't say you did. I'm just not sure you thought it through, that's all.

 

[Takhisis]

Are you considerign going into acting, V?

btw old Bogie always managed to act sober.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Is anyone else not seeing the Currently Viewing This Forum (or whatever) thingy right next to the list of moderators for said forum?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Isn't there for me. Maybe they disabled it?

Question: I've developed an awful awful awful short-term memory and I forget things a lot. I've noticed something odd though, where if I write something down by hand it tends to stick in my brain better than if I type it. (Note that I tend to type ridiculously fast at times.) Is there any actual sciencey stuff behind this observation or am I possibly just imagining things?

 

[gay_Aleks]

I'm quite sure you remember things you wrote down for much longer than, say, remembering them by ear. It also makes sense - it takes much more brain activity to remember what you're dictated/want to write, and besides you're slowly reading it.

 

[The_J]

AFAIK there's evidence for that, yup.
I think it was this year, when they published a study, where they looked at students, and how they memorize things when they write it down manually in contrast to typing it.
Not sure I could find it in the .net though.

Is anyone else not seeing the Currently Viewing This Forum (or whatever) thingy right next to the list of moderators for said forum?

Isn't there for me. Maybe they disabled it?

It's mentioned in SF, disabled due to the current high load of the server.

 

[Mise]

It is often enough said that for entertainment programs*/movies, one of the harder things to do is to act drunk

Why dont those programs film that as one of the last-ish scenes shot and have the actors be drunk (or rather, a bit tipsy). Heck having them be tipsy lets you film that as a last scene of the day, since I know filming can have very tight schedules, etc

I guess because "acting drunk" isn't the same as "drunk acting". You'd forget your lines, the place you were supposed to stand, your facial expressions, etc. You'd just be kind of bad at acting in general, rather than good at acting like the drunk person is specifically supposed to act.

So discriminate against non drinking actors and actresses by refusing them those roles?

I don't think Kennigit was suggesting that the casting people refuse non-drinking actors those roles... Why didn't you just assume that this was a voluntary thing? I.e. if actor and director agreed?

 

[Kennigit]

I know drunk would be probably pretty difficult, but I really don't think "tipsy" would be all that hard to pull off. Obviously varies person to person but.....

for artistic integrity I say!

 

[bhsup]

Isn't there for me. Maybe they disabled it?

It's also in your account options: My Account > Edit Options. Second from the bottom: "Forum Skin"

I don't think Kennigit was suggesting that the casting people refuse non-drinking actors those roles... Why didn't you just assume that this was a voluntary thing? I.e. if actor and director agreed?

I didn't say you did. I'm just not sure you thought it through, that's all.

I think it wouldn't take long before it became, "well if you won't get drunk, we'll just use someone else in the role."

 

[bhsup]

Quick question regarding the whole Anita Sarkeesian thing. I keep hearing about gamers gate and that's kind of confusing me. Are you guys referring to the game purchase and download service? That's the only "gamer gate" I have ever heard of, and I cannot imagine they would want to risk hurting their sales by wading into this.

 

[Borachio]

I think, though I'm only guessing, that "gamergate" is just following the trend of adding the suffix -gate to indicate a scandal.

It's been happening a lot. Ever since Watergate.

 

[Quackers]

Quick question regarding the whole Anita Sarkeesian thing. I keep hearing about gamers gate and that's kind of confusing me. Are you guys referring to the game purchase and download service? That's the only "gamer gate" I have ever heard of, and I cannot imagine they would want to risk hurting their sales by wading into this.

This has nothing to do with that.
I'll try and bullet point the complaints by the "gamers", but i acknowledge i'm not fully up to date on the whole story. I got bored of it a long time ago.

-Incestuous relations between video game journalists and game developers,
-A strange cultural shift in said journalism, from reporting on video games to endless cultural critique from a Marxist far left perspective (white people = bad, need moar diversity etc etc),
-Some of these gamer journalists conspired and openly attacked their main audience, (is this the end of the gamer?) in an attempt to demonise their readership (yeah these guys are dumb),
-In the covering of this topic from reddit's "gaming" subreddit, to the board that must not be named and even in the mainstream press there has been a coverup of the supposed "wrong doers" and full on attacks on "misogynistic" gamers.

I haven't even covered the other side yet which mainly whines that criticism of what they write and say is misogynistic and anti-feminist.

I suggest you read around. I probably missed a chunk or two in that.

 

[Traitorfish]

"far left marxist perspective"

 

[bhsup]

THAT is what this "gamergate" thing is?! Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. From the way people were talking, I was thinking there was some sinister official organization out there trying to destroy this woman, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why that company (gamersgate.com) would ever want to do that.