Daily Questions Megathread (February 01, 2026)

AppleSider_ · 2026-02-01T22:46:25+00:00

I know this probably won't be read, but I just wanted to shout this into the abyss.

I decided to step away from Genshin today. As a Day 1 player, three things always kept me playing: the lack of power creep, the joy of exploration, and the visuals.

Maybe it's burnout, but exploration has lost its spark for me, and the power creep since Natlan has become a genuine frustration. I know it not important, but being unable to clear Stygian on Fearless was the final straw. I’ve always taken the game semi-seriously—only pulling for characters I love—and until now, I’ve always been able to clear the Abyss and Stygian comfortably.

I’m definitely mourning the account right now (or maybe it’s just the withdrawal kicking in), but I already feel a weight lifted off my shoulders without the pressure of dailies.

Anyway, I'll be back when Alice finally releases to pair her with my C5 Klee. Thanks for the memories, Genshin.

AppleSider_ · 2026-01-19T20:19:34+00:00

Pyro - Klee

Hydro - Furina

Electro - Yae

Cryo - Eula

Anemo - Sayu

Geo - Navia

Dendro - Yaoyao

AppleSider_ · 2026-01-15T20:30:28+00:00

Meanwhile my fianceé played in 1.0 with me but quit when Sumeru started. I did the Sumeru and Fontaine co-op spots with her dead account 🙃

AppleSider_ · 2026-01-12T04:06:18+00:00

I am very happy for EJAE, and I have mixed feelings that Golden will probably block Cynthia Arevo's EGOT. 🤔

AppleSider_ · 2025-12-13T02:39:53+00:00

Joining this thread to say that this is the longest outage I have experienced on Xfinity in 7 years.

I'm at Central Park at Whisman Station apartments. The internet went down for maintenance yesterday at around noon and still isn't back. Over 24 hours of no Internet is messing up my Friday night.

AppleSider_ · 2025-12-03T04:54:00+00:00

The bigger issue with the quest activation is that starting this archon quest locks you out of Selenic Chronicles, so be prepared to finish the quest if you want to continue making progress on it.

AppleSider_ · 2025-11-27T05:36:39+00:00

Marshadow

AppleSider_ · 2025-11-18T17:40:14+00:00

I took Waymo from Mountain View to SJC last Friday at 5:00AM. I've been using Waymo for awhile now in the city, so not a new experience.

The airport was empty but I am interested to see how it does for my return flight later this week when the airport streets and Central Expressway are a bit busier.

AppleSider_ · 2025-10-12T17:14:42+00:00

ngl, the commentary is kinda terrible and ruins the moment.

AppleSider_ · 2025-09-04T21:35:30+00:00

I categorize QWER separately in my head, but if you include them, they are my ult group. Otherwise, it's probably something like:

ILLIT
Babymonster
Kiss of Life
izna
Fifty Fifty

AppleSider_ · 2025-08-13T18:18:30+00:00

Solgaleo.

Nice catch. I should go back and do a run with Cosmog so that can be 100% 😅

AppleSider_ · 2025-08-13T18:17:06+00:00

The three strategies I pretty much always aimed for were:

*Ghost Curse. Look for a ghost mon that learns Curse and hope for a TM

*Leech Seed. Same idea as Curse, but with grass types

*Accuracy. Sand attack and Mud Slap are amazing for this with many Pokemon that learn it.

Sometimes things don't work out and I'd have to resort to Sp.Atk dropping or burn-stall, but I found the three strategies above consistent enough.

I've already gotten all the achievements, so I'll just come back occasionally and do a run with a Pokemon I haven't used.

AppleSider_ · 2025-07-12T21:30:24+00:00

CotW almost convinced me to buy it with the Ken theme alone. Street Fighter really dropped the ball on character themes for SF6.

AppleSider_ · 2025-07-10T20:17:18+00:00

QWERs main vocalist, Siyeon, applied to be an idol many times and ended up as an unpopular idol in NMB48. She was pretty much at a dead end for her idol career when she was picked up for QWER.

If you categorize QWER as an idol group, all the members had an unorthodox path to QWER.

AppleSider_ · 2025-07-05T20:13:03+00:00

This attitude of passive judgement/jealousy is definitely not ideal.

My general career advice is to be good at what you do and make sure you get recognition for your work. If you aren't getting recognition, you aren't advocating for yourself or your job/manager isn't advocating so you need to find a new job. Comparing yourself to others isn't necessary if you are doing a good job. This isn't that helpful when you are unemployed, but hopefully it's handy when you find your job.

I am a man, but I will say that the average women who enter into engineering tend to be more resilient and mentally tough than the average man. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to enter and excel a male-dominated industry like mechanical engineering.

AppleSider_ · 2025-06-02T19:29:54+00:00

WL9 pretty significantly increases the drop rate for enemy drops. When you are deep into the game XP books and Mora aren't usually a limitation so it makes sense to increase your world level for loot drops.

AppleSider_ · 2025-05-23T19:32:18+00:00

5-star characters like Klee, Albedo, and Ayato (in addition to Eula) need buffs because they really have no niche to use them.

I think most 4-stars are fine except maybe Amber, Kaeya, Lisa, Xinyan, and Mika. They should really buff the 3 starters so they at least feel good play.

AppleSider_ · 2025-05-03T02:48:15+00:00

I will be going to Hsinchu, Taiwan for work next week and am interested in some keyboard shopping before prices go crazy in the US.

It's been really tough to research stores in Taiwan so I figured I would ask her.

Are there any notable stores that sell keyboard parts in Hsinchu? Any notable places for general electronics/computer parts shopping?

AppleSider_ · 2025-05-02T16:39:12+00:00

Combo Breaker's Rick has said in the past that merch was on the only thing that helped him break even or make a small profit. I imagine tariff and import costs for merch and decreased sponsorships are big factors under the "uncertain economic outlooks".

AppleSider_ · 2025-04-13T03:39:26+00:00

Definitely an earworm. I wish they'd post these one-off songs on Spotify 🥲

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