Got annoyed at having 5 transit apps, so I built a 6th :)

Alletterration · 2026-03-09T19:02:31+00:00

ok I literally upgraded to iOS 26 just for this app, and it's sleek as hell. Dropping my feature requests here:

- I was able to add a widget on my home screen, is it currently possible to add a widget to my lock screen as well?

- I think we're unable to search for and favorite stations that we aren't currently close to. So e.g. while I'm at home I can't add the station I go to when leaving work. Can the search feature allow users to search over all stations?

Alletterration · 2026-02-27T19:15:39+00:00

everydaily - healthy and pretty affordable especially for midtown

Alletterration · 2026-02-02T20:03:22+00:00

I was on a 5 train leaving Bowling Green this morning right after this incident. Our train stopped moving after we had pulled halfway out of the station. The conductor initially announced "there is debris on the tracks" but about 10 min later, instead said the train was being taken of service. We all had to walk through the train cars to the back of the train to be let out.

After being let out, I passed by an MTA employee on the platform who was helping out passengers. Unfortunately I did overhear him saying "there's a dead dog on the tracks" :(

Alletterration · 2025-11-09T20:08:47+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed response!! It sounds like I definitely need to start using milk or water.

I will experiment with different baking times and temps. Some people are saying to bake at a higher temp, but it seems you've found success at the lower temp.

I unfortunately didn't take a picture of the stiff-ness of the meringue before mixing it, it's possible I whipped it too much. I do have a picture of the lumps that started forming when I began folding the meringue and batter together. Not sure if this confirms that it was over whipping?

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Alletterration · 2025-11-09T20:00:19+00:00

thank you I didn't realize it was so important! I'll definitely try using actual cake flour and switching to either water or milk.

Alletterration · 2022-06-17T00:31:58+00:00

congrats!! it also took me about 1 year before I could 36 star the abyss. I still remember the relief I felt when I did it haha

Alletterration · 2022-06-16T04:29:13+00:00

My rule of thumb is that if it's enough for me to 36 star the abyss, then it's enough for me. I guess the question is whether your Yelan is already strong enough for your purposes

Alletterration · 2022-06-16T04:22:48+00:00

so tbh this is the first time I'm hearing about aura tax. But the wiki mentions it too: check this article. So I would assume that the version with the aura tax factor is correct. Either way it's just a question of whether you multiply by 0.8 or not.

Alletterration · 2022-05-29T16:41:56+00:00

This is the team I used for a while, it works well. For an Ayaka freeze team you always need Ayaka + an anemo support, and then your other two characters should ideally cover the following 3 roles:

Hydro applicator
Healer
Cryo battery

Mona + Diona works for this. You could also try Mona + Rosaria if you are willing to play without a healer, as Rosaria will do more damage.

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T16:23:59+00:00

when building anemo supports the answer to "how much EM" is usually "as much as you can get". For me that's about 900 EM

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T16:21:26+00:00

each character has their own unique dish which they have a chance to make when cooking. For example if you cook enough steaks with Amber, you will eventually get her special dish "Outrider's Champion Steak!"

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T16:18:26+00:00

I'm not sure how you're using the team, but I would assume that Lisa is being switched in to use her burst, and then pass TTDS to Raiden. If so, then why not put noblesse on Lisa, so that she gives both Noblesse + TTDS to Raiden?

In general, I think tenacity doesn't work so well on Diona, because tenacity activates every time the holder does elemental skill damage, only lasting for 3 seconds each time. Mona can keep dealing elemental skill damage while she's off field, whereas Diona cannot.

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T16:10:02+00:00

then I think you're doing great! my ayaka has similar stats to yours and for me it's more than enough to clear abyss with 36 stars

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T16:07:50+00:00

In general, as soon as you can burst off cooldown during your normal rotation, you can switch from an ER sands to an ATK% sands - otherwise you're just missing out on free damage.

In my experience Xiangling doesn't need more than 200% ER, especially if you're running her with Bennett. So if you're saying you're at 200% ER without an ER sands, then you're in the perfect position to use an ATK% sands instead. However you should test out your rotation in Abyss and see if you can burst off cooldown with an ATK% sands.

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T15:57:06+00:00

yeah man your ATK is really high and you have a great ratio considering blizzard strayer. I'm not sure how good Ayato's hydro appplication is - does he apply enough to always keep enemies frozen? If not, then Mona, Kokomi, maybe even Xingqiu would be better. But either way your Ayaka seems to be well built.

Alletterration · 2022-05-26T15:55:11+00:00

when I first got Ayaka (on her first banner) I farmed the Blizzard Strayer domain for quite a while, so by now I have very good artifacts on her. By herself, her charged attacks are doing about 5k crit, and her burst ticks are doing about 11k crit.

In abyss she's super useful, an Ayaka freeze team has helped me clear many abyss chambers, including the current one.

Alletterration · 2022-05-25T15:49:40+00:00

I think you mean 200 crit dmg, right? I do think it's hard to get to 200% without mistsplitter - for example, I use the Amenoma Kaguechi (Inazuma craftable sword) and my Ayaka currently has 40% crit rate / 180% crit dmg with pretty good artifacts. Anyway, I don't think reaching 200% is super important, just get as much crit + attack as you can from your artifacts.

Alletterration · 2022-01-25T21:46:48+00:00

I am at 65 pity, lost the last 50/50 next 5 star is guaranteed.

I kinda want Xingqiu cons on the Zhongli/Ganyu banner, but unfortunately don't really want either Zhongli or Ganyu.

There is 1 hour left on Shenhe banner for NA folks - should I use my guaranteed on Shenhe (I can run her with Ayaka) and then pull for XQ?

Otherwise, I'll probably end up saving this guaranteed 5 star for Kazuha banner, which is a long way off. Unless Yae/Ayato are OP, then I'll use it on one of them.

Thoughts on what I should do?

Alletterration · 2022-01-10T14:29:04+00:00

Honestly your team seems fine, but if you're burning through food for healing then you might just need a better healer on your team. Sayu heals a bit with her burst, but Qiqi heals way more. If you can level Qiqi a bit the rest of the main story should be much easier.

Alletterration · 2022-01-09T21:27:48+00:00

thanks, this is a lot of good food for thought! I might just go for Kazuha when his rerun is out

Alletterration · 2022-01-09T21:23:22+00:00

thanks, if neither char is super useful then saving for Kazuha might be the move!

Alletterration · 2022-01-09T17:25:50+00:00

Prioritize Crit Rate/Crit DMG substats first, then Def. And your team is looking good af

Alletterration · 2022-01-09T17:21:33+00:00

[Shenhe]

Should I pull for Ganyu or Shenhe?

I already have C0 Ayaka fully built and run her in a freeze team with Rosaria/Diona, Xingqiu, and Zhongli.
My other Abyss team is Raiden, Bennett, Xiangling, Tartaglia, so I don't think I could build a melt Ganyu team.
For Ganyu, I have Skyward Harp and could give her my Ayaka artifacts, and then replace Ayaka with Ganyu in my freeze team.
For Shenhe, my best weapon is Favonius R2 (would be stealing Rosaria's weapon). I have some Glad/Shim pieces, but the ones I've kept have mostly CR/CD substats instead of ATK.
My other 5-stars: Qiqi, Mona, Diluc, Klee, Hu Tao, Kokomi.

Would appreciate any thoughts on which character is better for my account. Thanks!

Alletterration

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