I once had someone flip me off because I put my turn signal on. We were in the right lane, I was turning right, and the left lane was completely empty.
I'd point out that 'an observation event' is just hitting one thing with another thing, which is always going to have some kind of effect. And wave-particle duality is probably more of a spectrum than we give it credit for. Particles vibrate constantly and can be easily made to do wave-like things, like resonance. Collapsing a waveform into a particle may be less of a mode or type change and more like putting your finger on a resonating tuning fork.
Cincinnatus was actually cool. Rome's neighbors violated a peace treaty and tried to invade them. They called up Cincinnatus, a retired general, and gave him full dictatorial power. He resolved the situation in two weeks, abdicated all of his powers on day fifteen, and went back to his farm. Then he did it a second time when someone tried to end the republic and make themself a king.
Someone like Crassus would be a more appropriate Roman to reference.
He actually did that. Part of the reason Miles Morales was created is that Peter had started a business and actually started making money, which made him less of an everyman.
He actually does have unique dialogue if you save him, but not much. Trying to talk with him after saving him will have him say, "I don't want to talk about it," and immediately end conversation.
Additionally, Tamriel Rebuilt makes him the court mage at Old Ebonheart and adds a quest about selecting a replacement after he dies. Or, if you managed to save him, you can find him in Old Ebonheart for a reward.
Fortunately, the blindness can be countered with magic resistance, which only resists negative effects (like blind) while allowing positive effects (like fortify speed) to work unimpeded.
Hmm, still not working for me. 8, 9, Experimental, and Hotfix all fail to run the game.
Edit: Actually, looks like I might have a different problem. Proton seems to be failing to launch anything at all.
Edit 2: Looks like something went wrong with the way Proton interacts with NTFS drives. Moving the install back to the primary ext4 drive fixed it. Removing the compatdata folders on the NTFS volume and replacing it with a symlink to the primary compatdata folder also fixes it. Weird, because this is the first time I've encountered this issue, but it's apparently fairly common.
Cheap to duplicate is great for them. That means larger profit margins.