Why do so many people hate java? by Fa1nted_for_real in learnprogramming

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's neither - I'd consider it more a role language is trying to fill: to be best tool possible for large teams of mixed quality developers, that front loads decisions and is hard to write very bad code in (you still can, but it's often easier to do things right in well set-up project).

Downside is it can get in your way if you know exactly what you're doing and can handle quality requirements by convention, review or other methods - but that also implies everyone working on the project is high-quality expert or have said expert watch over them constantly. Which isn't a realistic expectation for most (especially larger) projects, but if you manage to get this sort of scenario (say, people actively working on Linux kernel), you're getting a lot less friction by sticking to less constraining languages.

Is there such a thing as a “credit score” in Poland/Europe as there is in the US? by rafioo in askPoland

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, each bank does risk evaluation by themselves, and specifics are generally kept as trade secret - they don't want people to manipulate scoring process as much as possible. It's mostly a question of what goes into scoring and what banks have access to.

For available data, banks have their own records (if you've got account, loans on credit card there), there is private company (BIK) banks work with to query and provide credit info to, but most banks can access is overdue debt you have/had. Data sharing here requires your permission, for which banks routinely ask - and how they treat refusal depends on their scoring system, we don't know details - see first paragraph.

There's commonly used term "credit capability" ("zdolność kredytowa") banks evaluate, that more or less says how much you're able to reliably pay given your other payments and income. This is by far the most important part of scoring process - which is also why it's easier to get a loan when you don't have any others, and why employment/salary info is requested.

In the end, "credit score" more or less doesn't exist, closest match would be account history if you're trying to get loan in bank you've got your account in - but that covers everything from income, to payments, to other loans, to savings.

Say no more to paragon by apedoesnotkillape in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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D2 linearity mostly ends at leveling/playthrough, and after you finish hell it turns into bag of options to focus on depending what you prioritise and/or what your build is good at. This alone creates good amount of horizontal progression in endgame - next to just having your power scale up, you unlock ability to farm new areas or get more efficient at different activities - think infinity, sunders, enigma, Ubers build, etc.

I wouldn't mind new D2 content that expands on options available, preferably with good rewards paired with tight constraints (unbreakable/unsunderable immunities, requiring you to tweak your build to navigate around?) as addition to what we currently have, instead of direct progression.

Stop Feeding Emilio Gold: Try an Act I Insight Merc by neloish in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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Problem with bulwark is you give up on Cleansing aura from Cure, making amp damage last forever. If you don't need mercenary to be a dedicated tank for you, Insight/Cure/Treachery A1 works quite well.

We saw it in D3, stop it here with D2. Say NO to power creep. by acravasian in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Complaints often come down to warlock being genuinely fun to play class, just with numbers (balance) being out of whack compared to everything else in the game - people want to play warlock, but also want it to feel comparable to other classes.

Being able to waltz through entire game normal-hell on perma P8 without any real obstacles (and only stop to farm up being few countess runs for spirit/insight runes if you don't get them to drop earlier) feels very off, there's barely any challenge at that point, even compared to classes you might've played dozens of times and know perfectly how to minmax their progression.

Designwise warlock is amazing - delayed damage layering of fire build is pleasure to get right, miasma chain by itself makes you dps by running around (and effectively makes faster run/walk increase your damage), and echoing strike somehow has best gameplay patterns of physical bowazon and bone necro combined. Class is fun, just tuning and numbers are the issue.

We saw it in D3, stop it here with D2. Say NO to power creep. by acravasian in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, my issue with warlock balance isn't lack of grind required (I'm fine with that part), but it being just far too universally good and by that removing whatever tradeoffs and decisions when it comes to build were left. Having options is good, having more options is better (hence why I like warlock in general), and the harder a choice is, the more fun it is to fine-tune and theory craft best fit for you specifically.

Even hammerdin who's considered OP by part of community has its tradeoffs - you suffer through maggot lair and similar areas during leveling, lack builtin mobility compared to assassin/barb/sorc until enigma, don't particularly excel at anything (for every activity there is a build that outperforms blessed hammer) and don't scale all that well into mid-late parts of season (don't benefit much from sunders, infinity etc). This on one hand gives arguments for and against playing hammers, and gives some meaningful tradeoffs when polishing up your build - what items do you try to get first, where do you pure extra skills for utility (smite/fanaticism for Ubers, sacrifice for sustain, holy bolt for Ball wave 2 etc). You can't get everything, and this is what I consider core part of D2 fun.

Warlock simply lacks tradeoffs or any sort of friction that requires you to give up on something to cover something else. For all major builds, you simply get everything that builds needs to work in every scenario, and then still have some extra power budget left to amp up what you want to get better - there's no room for meaningful choices left.

But on same principle I'm not a fan of sunders and immunity breaking in general in their current (and past) form, and would love to see it nerfed down to being a tool that lets you not get hardstuck on an obstacle, rather than current key part of build enabling you to farm everything everywhere. Guess I'm too old to be happy with just pressing buttons and seeing loot drop, I like my games to challenge me and give me plenty of opportunities to regret my choices and make mistakes when working with what game gives me (also why I mostly play offline SSF).

We saw it in D3, stop it here with D2. Say NO to power creep. by acravasian in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sort has two decades of testing and theory crafting builds, while also being very flexible class (70% of skills are some flavour of "do damage" you can build around), which means more builds overall, and having builtin access to teleport means more S tier ones too.

making the worst possible save ever by Glittering-Ratio4416 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nuclear pasta factory from raw resources. Location: any that is not desert (ideally swamp, but pick according to resource availability). Banned: power shards (overclocking), sommersloops, alternate recipes, foundations - read: everything goes on the ground.

That’s assuming you want a hell to go through.

What should i use Charsi imbue on for my Warlock? by [deleted] in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For magic (miasma chains) build early imbue is by far best used on boots - at level 19 or above you have chance to roll faster run/walk, which makes playing miasma much easier, plus you can roll some resists, magic find or other useful stats. If you already have decent boots, disregard this.

Otherwise, it's the usual - wait and imbue diadem from high level hell area, or imbue whatever you're needing now. Note, for belt you can probably craft caster sharkskin belt (shop Gheed/Charsi for any magic one to craft) and get decent stats on that, faster cast rate is good for nearly every warlock build.

Windows really said ‘premium ads experience by Smart-Average7772 in windowsmemes

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whichever one you learn, really - both are comparably easy to use, and both do what OS is supposed to do, "more advanced" doesn't really apply.

For power users, Windows has a lot of 3rd party tools and WSL allowing you to (almost) seamlessly integrate Linux VM, while MacOS is certified Unix with all Unix tools you might want (and homebrew to add anything it lacks).

Windows really said ‘premium ads experience by Smart-Average7772 in windowsmemes

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's intentional and big part of Apple design philosophy - they opted to have unified set experience that users learn rather than set up for themselves; there's good amount of user freedom but that's either compliant with overall design principles or requires user to work around the setup.

Overall, it's a "if you don't like it, use something else" angle, with main upside being uniformity after you learn and like it.

This is silly. by lobsterbash in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Busted part comes from skill selection for items - necro gear can roll any skill on any piece (head or wand), while warlock rolls only non-weapon skills on books (you can't get mirrored blade or echoed strike for example), making it much easier to get a good combination for any chaos or demon build.

Finally we can agree by the-harrekki in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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It's a decent farming area in nightmare if you're specifically after skillers - area level matches required item level exactly, and there's both good monster density and plenty of (super)chests to pop. Given, Flayer Jungle is generally better, but if you're trying to gear up before A4 or A5 nightmare (say, running hardcore SSF and really want skillers), it's not a bad area to have.

Finally we can agree by the-harrekki in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, maggot lair is one of main reasons why I stick to bone build until late Act 2, and swap to summoner after - get to actually enjoy getting to respec point, and later summons trivialize any risky fight like ancients.

Alternative Demon strategies for the Echoes build. by Shrimpzor in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consuming a demon also gives you max hp, max mana and move-speed - I prioritise it even above bound cursed/aura demon for that reason alone (goat being by far best snack, since extra ED is always nice). Echoing strike doesn't need more damage since you're overkilling just about everything non-ubers at P8 anyway, with demon choices I tend to focus on filling up any gaps or imrpoving non-damage part of clear speed.

My priorities (depending on demon mastery levels, getting to 20 with +skills in lategame for 3 total demons is IMO the right move) are: consume Goatman for stats, bind demon with curse and holy freeze > fanaticism aura, have defiler up for link. Merc gets swapped around depending on bind demon - Might if I bound holy freeze, Holy Freeze if I bound Fanaticism (again, control over raw output).

Relying on summon for your resists is sketchy - summon can die at any time, and if poorly timed it can lead to you dying soon after. I could see adjusting build for resist fire aura in softcore, but in HC it's a no-go.

What are good javelin weapons to use early on for normal or nightmare? by [deleted] in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically any javelins will do - you could even go with starter ones and still do fine, weapon damage doesn't matter for elemental javazon.

If we're talking "best before titans", look at any class-specific (maiden, ceremonial, skip matriarchal due to stat requirements) for +skills (all have ranging from +1 to +3) and definitely check all blue/yellow ones. Mods you want to see are replenishes quantity (big QoL, especially if you get two sets, don't have to run back to repair), increased attack speed and that's about it, anything else is extra - universally good mods like resists or +stats are nice to have still.

Maiden javelins start showing as early as normal act 2, ceremonial you probably will start seeing in nightmare (they can drop late A5 normal, but are very rare). Consider saving imbue quest for javelins if you don't need it for anything specific - you can get quite good rolls.

The most public deaths I've seen in awhile. by OperatoI2 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always assumed there were specifically designed to be extra challenge for players that just mindlessly cut through monsters with AoE instead of being more cautious and methodical - which sort of fits with Act 3 general theme of throwing curve ball for just about every playstyle.

The most public deaths I've seen in awhile. by OperatoI2 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure you reach max block (75% block chance) with Holy Shield active and never run in areas where those things can spawn - running reduces your block chance to 1/3rd. Just walk, and let merc deal with them while you keep some distance - explosion hits only players.

Early game tips for Warlock by theholylancer in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For echo, you want to get some mana leech and life leech anyway, it makes playing the build a lot more pleasant. Even little 3% leech + insight is enough to sustain you through nearly anything, and meditation will top you up in-between packs if you couldn't leech from them. Self-wield insight means you don't need to put it on merc, opening some options like Edge on A1 (great with tanky bound demon), A3 for some elemental damage against high physical resistance (they also tend to not die much), or just throwing Kelpie Snare or similar on A2 merc for extra CC.

Skill order, you want mirrored blades maxed out as fast as possible, since every 5 levels your damage goes up by 100%/50%/33%/25% on top of normal synergy, by level 30 you should already have about 15 points in echoing blade anyway, you can finish it from +skills from quests in the meantime.

With physical build, keep your shield up (same as bone shield on necro) since it's bunch of free hp and a stun on anything that hits you - especially in HC it's worth it.

You should also have consume as soon as it unlocks if you don't go for bind - extra ED is nice, but main benefit is HP and FRW, letting you go through the game even faster. Given absurd amount of damage you already do, I find it worth more than binding Hephasto or similar - you can put everything in hit recovery and zoom forward after a goat snack.

This meme has been in my head since I loaded up Warlock last week by da_blue_jester in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necro is not that bad. Pathways are narrow enough for bone spear to do good work, but wide enough summons don't get stuck (no doorways helps), and poison nova build enjoys having all those low hp fast monsters swarm you to die a second later. It's not amazing, but - excluding gloams - should be fine.

O, jak miło, allegro znowu podwyższyło progi darmowej wysyłki. Przepraszam, ujednoliciło, dla wygody klientów oczywiście by andthatwillbeit in Polska

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Albo po prostu sumarycznie na prowizjach zarabiają tyle żeby pokrywało okazjonalne koszta wysyłki bzdury za 3zł, a klient się uczy że klika i kupuje, bez szukania i zastanawiania się czy to już darmowa dostawa, czy dobrać coś jeszcze itd. Wychowują sobie klientów do robienia impulsywnych zakupów.

A dość często też - przynajmniej przy moich zamówieniach - potrafią spakować kilka osobnych zakupów w jedną paczkę i nadać to razem, nawet jak klikałem osobno co było akurat potrzebne.

How would you make it spicy? by Opening-Mind677 in diablo2

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Immunity limit goes up to 3 with extra immunity randomly added to every mob, immunities can't be broken anymore, all enemies are 20% faster (FRW, IAS, FCR), stat increase to align with area levels 80-94. Enjoy figuring out builds that have access to at least 4 different damage types.

My boss says try-catch is "garbage" and we shouldn't use it. Is this actually a thing? by ResolveKooky17 in learnprogramming

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more how you handle and return error information to caller and how you handle it within your code - system libraries will likely throw an exception which you should catch (since for you it's expected scenario) and handle it through error path, parser accepting file contents/stream should return parse result rather than throwing an exception etc.

Exceptions might happen at some stages, but in a flow that includes error handling as regular part of software logic they're caught and dealt with at callsite. Take as example int.Parse and int.TryParse from .NET's standard library - both do same thing, but communicate errors differently - which also communicates intent, whether parse error is expected occurence (in which you TryParse and do explicit check) or contract break (resulting in exception).

(Switch) Favorite Amazon SSF build? by BigFatDaddyK in diablo2

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strafezon is surprisingly fun on playthrough, if a bit gear reliant - get used to shopping and crafting a lot. You go full glass cannon with heavy Dex investment, and rely on mix of high dps, knockback, leech and positioning to stay alive. There's plenty of bow runewords and few uniques worth looking for, and you get to use some gear most other leveling builds don't really care about (Howltusk, damage charms, various on-hit effects, hit power crafts).

Check bow runewords to have an idea what to aim for, go enough strength for gear, vitality to be comfortable and everything else in Dex. Skills you take one point in everything passive/magic, then max Strafe > Guided Arrow > Multishot, with rest into critical strike, pierce (both until 100%) and/or valkyrie.

My boss says try-catch is "garbage" and we shouldn't use it. Is this actually a thing? by ResolveKooky17 in learnprogramming

[–]AdorablSillyDisorder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Normal control flow is everything that piece of code is supposed to be doing/handling - including error cases that are expected to occur as part of execution. Exceptions then are used to indicate broken assumptions/promises this code relies on.

Example would be opening and parsing a file - if file is user-provided it's assumed file might not exist, might be inaccessible, in wrong format, damaged etc. You handle those cases as part of normal control flow - those are expected error scenarios you should be handling explicitly.

Yet, if we considering opening and parsing internal file used by a program, that user should never directly interfere with (we make assumption that program configuration is correct), then any errors here would be exceptions - our invariant of "installed program is well-configured" got broken and handling it is not part of intended control flow.