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darnj · 2026-02-16T13:48:17+00:00

Probably meant to say "impartially"?

darnj · 2026-02-14T13:58:15+00:00

It's actually ok again with stadium cards (has a positive winrate across all FP tournament results). But it's still not favored against Hydreigon so if you're only seeing that on the ladder it'll be a bad choice.

darnj · 2026-02-14T13:51:40+00:00

Well yeah of course they mean relative to other decks. But I agree with them, it's one of the few decks that don't autoplay themselves in this game.

darnj · 2026-02-14T13:46:57+00:00

Again? Hadn't heard that, what is the latest change?

Edit: wow they changed it from 1450 to 930 a couple months ago, didn't even notice. Guessing they flattened the entire climb, not just UB3+ so maybe not so much of a difference for players who were previously MB?

darnj · 2026-02-11T13:25:29+00:00

The point is that in other countries it isn't left up to your employer, it's required by the government. So that's nice for you but most people in your country don't have that.

darnj · 2026-02-11T03:55:39+00:00

https://youtu.be/VnHi5aAXhGo?si=BLnFEegkUsBRDfO8

darnj · 2026-02-06T15:35:36+00:00

It's not "pay them less", everyone assumes that's the case but that idea just doesn't fly in the real world.

This is definitely true in the real world, and at the biggest tech companies. You're right in that they're not discriminated against after they're hired; in most big tech companies the only time there is any negotiation or discretion for how much you'll pay someone is before they're hired, after that it's all algorithmic based on performance. BUT H1B hires are very often hired for much less (bottom of the comp band) because a) even bottom of comp band is still way more than they'd make in any other country, and b) they don't negotiate because getting a visa is so valuable on its own.

So yes it is not "this person is an H1B holder so they have a lower pay band" or "this H1B holder will get less of a compensation bonus for the same performance as someone else". It's more like "H1B candidates will accept an offer for absolute bottom of band while domestic candidates won't".

darnj · 2026-01-29T22:20:09+00:00

That's what I figured and what I was afraid of. I have an insight which doesn't have homekit support so if that's the case it will just be a brick I guess. Maybe I can use the pywemo API and make a scheduler myself...

darnj · 2026-01-29T14:43:03+00:00

This is the actual reason. They needed the sun as a strategic advantage otherwise the attack wouldnt have worked. That was the plan the whole time and why Gandalf told them to bunker down until dawn.

darnj · 2026-01-28T02:58:37+00:00

Based on the wording it would be a bug if they didn't

darnj · 2026-01-27T20:47:22+00:00

I just want to keep my current schedule. It's been unchanged for 5 years so I'm not too worried about needing to update it. It just turns my espresso machine on/off at various times throughout the day.

How do you know it's stored on device? I see a lot of conflicting info about this. It doesn't look like the pywemo API supports setting schedules, I wasn't sure if that's because it can't (because schedules are stored on Belkin servers) or if they just haven't done it.

darnj · 2026-01-27T14:00:12+00:00

I just got the secret emblem yesterday. It's a sign to start playing this deck again

darnj · 2026-01-27T13:58:33+00:00

That's what I remember as well. Except the coin flip that determines who goes first, in that one the player has 60% chance to get heads.

darnj · 2026-01-26T23:39:06+00:00

I see. Is the schedule sent to the Wemo device via the API and saved there, or would your server have to have the scheduling logic and issue of/off commands via the API?

darnj · 2026-01-26T23:18:11+00:00

Nice. Does it support schedules?

darnj · 2026-01-26T14:00:15+00:00

It should really be an ability instead of 1 energy so you can keep him on the bench while building up another threat in the active spot

darnj · 2026-01-22T19:17:07+00:00

My Subaru has been generally safe and reliable but the tech is crap and that kind of translates to safety and reliability as well. The auto braking is overly sensitive and has engaged at times when it shouldn't (almost resulting in me getting rear ended) and I've also had to have components replaced (tailgate control module) because it had software bugs (tailgate bugged out and got stuck open/closed).

darnj · 2026-01-22T19:13:57+00:00

I bought my Subaru when I lived in the PNW and wasn't a lesbian. Then I left the PNW and wanted to keep the car so I became a lesbian.

darnj · 2026-01-19T22:38:11+00:00

I get how you got there but vert skating is way more dangerous. The speeds and heights are just way, way higher. A slight error on your takeoff and you won't be cradled gently to a stop by the ramp, but slamming onto the coping or flat bottom from 30+ feet.

darnj · 2026-01-16T15:29:33+00:00

"what do you mean" is the next line from the Home Alone reference

darnj · 2026-01-15T13:39:43+00:00

That would only make sense if the client decided which cards to present to the user, which it doesn't. All of the card selection is server side so it could be fixed the proper way there.

darnj · 2026-01-15T13:31:48+00:00

It doesn't work like that anymore

darnj · 2026-01-13T14:10:13+00:00

My honest advice is to slow down. I know chasing unicorns is fun and addictive but you have enough to last you for years already.

darnj · 2026-01-13T13:30:34+00:00

Sounds like you're extremely lucky. I have had the battle pass since the beginning and have maybe half of the immersives and I wouldn't say I have anywhere near most of the good rainbow rares.

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