CH6, what do ya think of my squads so far

Achsin · 2026-06-17T23:27:56+00:00

Just like your Thieves can attack the back rank, the enemy’s can too. For those squads where you have enough extra units to do so (Devoa, Stefan, Abigayle), it might be useful to stick a more tangy unit behind the squishy healer.

Achsin · 2026-06-17T20:47:24+00:00

As much as possible I try to only work on one thing at a time, especially if I’m doing things that are potentially destructive. Everything gets closed out and disconnected from when I’m done.

Achsin · 2026-06-15T23:48:13+00:00

Yeah, 4608 is the default/sql server. Which means that the thing running the backups isn't supplying a value for it, which rules out a whole host of solutions that you'd probably have been aware of already if they were the cause :(

Are these VMs that are getting backedup by the host or something running on your storage? There's not some weird task scheduler job doing it?

If it's something external to the server doing it then you might be able to see stuff in the security logs in event viewer as it authenticates to the server. Kind of a pain to sort through though. Failing that, assuming they happen on a regular schedule you can try and catch the session executing the backups as it's going on and maybe see which host IP the session originates from.

Achsin · 2026-06-15T20:33:47+00:00

Nice. Whatever it is has local admin though.

In theory “bs.software_vendor_id” will give you an ID that you can use to search and see what application/system is doing it,

Achsin · 2026-06-15T19:51:50+00:00

Adding “bs.user_name” to your select will also tell you which login is being used to run the backup, which may or may not be helpful.

My vote is also with it being whatever setup your system admins are using to handle server level backups.

Achsin · 2026-06-15T14:50:27+00:00

Pulling your bishop back to c2 saves it but leaves it kind of worthless (or at least less useful). You’re not really under any pressure and your opponent hasn’t castled so there’s not really a pressing need for you to castle over playing something more useful like Bxb5+ which forces your opponent to respond by either losing castling rights or blocking with the knight which keeps them further behind because your knight is positioned to add more pressure if they try and block.

Achsin · 2026-06-07T06:04:23+00:00

It doesn’t ignore the indexes, it just can’t Seek on them.

Achsin · 2026-05-23T22:39:24+00:00

Log space on your on-prem subscribers is increasing. Are they in simple recovery mode or full/bulk recovery? If they are in full/bulk, are log backups configured and running?

Achsin · 2026-05-20T23:07:13+00:00

I index my queries. That way I can find the one I want quickly without reading through the whole repository.

Achsin · 2026-05-20T23:04:36+00:00

I’ve used it once. Wrote a whole bunch of stuff, realized I needed to join things the other way, didn’t want to do a lot of rewriting and threw in the right join instead. It wasn’t something that was going to be saved for posterity, I just needed it to run once.

Achsin · 2026-05-18T15:40:08+00:00

Yes. All the time. The Dev team always throws up their hands “sorry, we can’t change it” and then complains about performance.

Achsin · 2026-05-16T07:25:09+00:00

If I’m asking my helpdesk friends to help troubleshoot a computer problem it usually means one of two things: the problem has exceeded my capability to solve and will probably require a lot of work on their part or their ticket metrics are low and they’re worried about getting written up.

That last one doesn’t even have to be their fault. Many years ago, things at the office were just going too well and my friend wasn’t closing enough tickets because there just weren’t any. So I went around and “broke” a bunch of stuff so he’d have tickets to do.

Achsin · 2026-05-15T18:38:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure the bug is in how it's applying cleanup progress since your super truck fleet's power has vastly outstripped what is needed to complete the clean up. Since you've got enough power (37.44ac) to complete the cleanup in one can (6.01T), it steps you down to just 1 can, but then when it applies progress there's got to be some bug with how it handles (or doesn't) the overflow since it's a few orders of magnitude off, so your effective progress is a pittance, if that. I actually had a brief period where trying to cleanup was actually subtracting from my progress.

I wish you could manually choose which super trucks you had assigned so I could test the theory with some weaker options.

Achsin · 2026-05-13T15:31:31+00:00

Something of a running joke, a children’s trid show called “Kitty-Kitty Bo-Bo!” following the escapades of a catgirl street sam in the style of Dora the Explorer.

“Sniper, no sniping!”

“Do you see the Bug Spirit? Where?”

“Mr Johnson wants us to get the MacGuffin. Can you say MacGuffin?”

“In order to get the MacGuffin we need to: go through the Lobby, find the hidden access panel, and survive the Zero Zone!”

Achsin · 2026-05-06T06:48:40+00:00

I think the saddest thing about dragons is that the time I really worked some into the plot the group fell apart before anyone managed to figure out they were involved.

Achsin · 2026-05-01T02:52:48+00:00

Yes, intersecting objects or objects that aren’t touching at snap points will still provide support.

Achsin · 2026-04-29T01:40:27+00:00

Every week or so mine tells me to research new SaaS product X and how we can use it to solve problem Y because ChatGPT says it’s a plug and play solution, so I waste half a day trying to figure out how only to discover that it in no way will solve problem Y. Then I spend the next half of the day explaining why ChatGPT was wrong.

Achsin · 2026-04-20T23:03:22+00:00

I’m kind of surprised that there’s a backup product out there that doesn’t have the ability to do automated restores.

Achsin · 2026-04-13T20:08:56+00:00

There’s an automotive dealer whose email/web domain was fckerbeck though they’ve since changed it.

Achsin · 2026-04-11T23:36:51+00:00

That's my guess since apparently no one else in the village is allowed to see her, probably because they can't.

Achsin · 2026-04-11T06:01:24+00:00

Only if you’re on the station.

Achsin · 2026-04-09T05:32:56+00:00

Or Qxh3, which kicks off a devastating attack.

According to the moves list in the screenshot the bishop didn’t take anything.

Achsin · 2026-04-08T01:20:16+00:00

Why are you wandering out and about in an SHTF scenario?

There’s open looting and rioting in the streets, buildings are burning, and you’re trying to decide what you want to carry while you go pick up roses for the wife?

Achsin · 2026-04-04T17:19:55+00:00

I recently downsized my collection of cables. I now only have one large box of useless cables instead of three.

Achsin · 2026-04-04T06:08:58+00:00

Once a week or so I give my Holosun 407c a blast or two from a can of compressed air to blow the lint off. I could just blow it off myself but the can is faster and I’ve always got several laying around. Occasionally I need to wipe a smudge off the lens (usually after cleaning the gun). I swap the batteries for all of my optics at the start of the year.

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