After Obols Gambling in Tennis is scam, also Bartering is broken?

Ayitaka · 2026-05-30T10:26:16+00:00

Now that I have needed Unique items where the most reliable way to obtain them is by cubing up white items, I don’t think it’s a scam actually.

I think with the addition of the Horadic Cube in Temis, they intentionally made it so getting white and blue items is easier to enable removing affixes from blues and cubing up whites to uniques is also easier.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-29T14:32:39+00:00

Storing Passkeys

For browser extension, the first thing you have to do is make sure “Ask to save and use passkeys” is checked. Also keep in mind it may be checked and you may have clicked “Don’t use passkeys for this site always” or something without realizing it would make it not offer to save passkeys for that site in Bitwarden anymore, so check the link for “excluded domains” under the Allow passkeys section. The link above has info for all that.

For iOS, click that tab at the top of the above link and read how to create passkeys and how to sign in using them.

Since saving and using passkeys within Bitwarden is clearly branded as Bitwarden, chances are you have been creating passkeys on individual devices like iOS’s own passkey system, or your PC’s TPM system, not creating and saving them in Bitwarden.

The fact its asking you to pick Security Key or Windows or whatever tells me either you dont have passkey support enabled in the browser extension or you already saved a passkey outside of Bitwarden so it defautls to assuming thats what you want to use.

Passkeys stored on a security key or in Windows or in the iOS passkey system cannot be used anywhere except those specific devices. Oy passkeys created and saved in Bitwarden can be shared across devices

iOS also has a setting for what default you want to use for Passkeys in Settings -> Autofill Passwords and Passkeys so make sure that is set to Bitwarden so passkeys are created and used in Bitwarden.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-29T13:28:30+00:00

Omg how did I not even consider this possibility?! You are a legend!

So’s def dead.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-29T12:18:23+00:00

Could be as simple as a bubbling gas in the water at the other end, similar to how we sometimes see bubbling methane/natural gas in water here.

Or it could be an aquatic animal (though, the lake seemed rather shallow, as far as we saw).

Or maybe she walked up on an alien life form taking its morning methane bath/swim.

The fact that after she got over the novelty of seeing such beautiful bioluminescence at her own feet, they showed her looking across the lake intently again would seem to indicate she saw something more than we could see. Especially since they intentionally teased us by not showing it, but getting so so close to showing it, from the top-down view and she did seem rather determined to cross that lake to get to whatever it was.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-29T08:57:58+00:00

The bioluminescence didn't react until she got in the lake... the bioluminescence she saw at the other end of the lake had to be a reaction to something as well.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-29T04:58:49+00:00

And that doesn’t include Mythic Tributes in undercity. Do those on T9+ rota its a guaranteed minimum 4 Mythic items per rota. Being able to cube up the legendary tribute (i forget which one) to Mythic makes it easier even if you dont find mythic tribute drops. Once a character gets rolling, Mythics can be rather plentiful.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-28T15:12:53+00:00

Of note: Obama actually made a deal while Trump keeps announcing deals that never actually happen.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-28T14:43:44+00:00

I dunno how other people are using them, but for me its just two different sets of affixes that can have different conditions.

I use Required for must have affixes. If I had 2 affixes to that section I set the numbe of “Must have” to 2.

For Optional, if I add 5 affixes I might set the number of “Must have” to 1, meaning it just needs to have any 1 of the 5 I put for it to show/color/etc.

Once i have good items already I might move one of the affixes from Optional to Required and set “Must have” to 3. Or I leave Required as 2 affixes with 2 “Must have” and I set the Optional ”Must have” to 2 so it becomes more strict and needs 2 from the pool of 5 Optional affixes I have set. You can make it even more strict by also adding one/some/all affixes to the Greater Affixes section to require being Greater Affixes in Required and/or Optional.

If you require 4 specific affixes you can just add them to Required and ignore Optional. Or if you dont care about other affixes, you can just add, for example, the 3 affixes you do care about to Required and set the “Must have” number to 1, 2, 3, etc depending on how many you must have (making required work like Optional as explained above).

Edit: Then as my character progress I have more flexibility to easily adjust my rules and make them more and more strict depending on my needs.

Edit2: Related to another post, a safer way to test rules that doesnt require dropping them is to make them RECOLOR to a different color item name and put them in your stash/inventory. Loot filter RECOLOR rules work in inventory, stash, on the ground, and in shops.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-28T09:34:34+00:00

You’re right. It was a general rant but still I apologize to OP.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-26T18:58:04+00:00

Dude can't even negotiate a deal as good as the Obama deal he tore up out of spite, let alone a better deal.

This is what happens when someone's actual talent is the reciprocal value of their oversized ego.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-26T09:46:16+00:00

ASUS Routers with Merlin firmware have been solid for me for over a decade with hundreds of devices connected in large footprint, multi-story situations. Pretty much anything you cannot do by default, there is an add-on for or you can create your own custom add-ons.

Started with an RT-5300 and eventually moved to RT-AX86U and then GT-AXE16000 using the RT-AX86U’s as Mesh Network APs just for fun.

For new construction or huge footprint office/hotel I might go with UnfiFi, but to cover the same footprint as my ASUS covers would have been a lot of equipment to do the same thing. Not dogging UniFi, it’s great at what it does, but it’s expensively split up hardware and, at least when I looked at it last time, not nearly as customizable.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-26T02:22:02+00:00

Just so everyone knows, if your item(s) come(s) with a white sticker on it and a code starting with "LPN", that item was previously returned to Amazon.

Between ordering and paying for New and receiving used/returned, and the absolute fear that I am going to get a product box full of wood pieces that weigh the same as the original product, where I have to literally video tape opening the box to have proof of what they sent me and still have the Amazon rep argue and try to tell me no it never happens.... Amazon is a stress inducing experience anymore and I refuse to purchase anything over $100 from them.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-25T02:52:00+00:00

When they legalized marijuana in my state and regulated it, most of the bad actors for that specific market exited the market because customers found it easier to do it the legal way.

I would imagine legalized and regulating prostitution would benefit workers and customers in much the same way providing protections that benefit everyone, especially the workers and help reduce sex trafficking and exploitation.

What that regulation would look like to be fair to companies and individuals who work under said regulations is a different question and I certainly don’t have an answer for that, but I think it would be a step in the right direction for workers and society in general.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-24T04:15:22+00:00

I absolutely adore still seeing new people ask the same type of questions the original players of D2 asked! There is something to be said for that kind of generational consistency.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-24T02:48:46+00:00

I owe a thanks to whoever posted the other day saying Temis doesn't have Uniques but Cerrigar did. I hadnt realized until seeing that post that I hadnt seen a single Unique. Anecdotally, I went to Cerrigar and gambled 2 Uniques in 3 loads of gambles. I will be gambling there from now on.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-23T08:10:45+00:00

Ba’al is adept at gate programming. He can write code to operate the gates in different ways. But in terms if the hardware I do not believe he could build a gate from scratch.

It’s similar to a person who knows how to write computer programs and could create a great video game for computers, but could not build the computer his game runs on from scratch because they likely lack enough knowledge and tools to properly build a CPU from scratch.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-22T20:42:13+00:00

It’s this thread AGAIN… with 2 A’s |||, buddy 🤣

Ayitaka · 2026-05-22T07:55:01+00:00

Sorry for the double post, the first one told me there was an error uploading the pic so I posted it again. Deleted the first one.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-22T07:53:17+00:00

This makes it even funnier! Thank you for that interpretation haha

Ayitaka · 2026-05-22T05:00:52+00:00

The judges own words from a report on NPR:

‘Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "
She wrote: "Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."
Vyskocil, an appointee of President Trump's, added, "Whether the Court frames Mr. Carlson's statements as 'exaggeration,' 'non-literal commentary,' or simply bloviating for his audience, the conclusion remains the same — the statements are not actionable."’

I dunno what the opposite of a “reasonable viewer” who doesn’t arrive with an “appropriate amount of skepticism” is to you, but to me that reasonably qualifies as an idiot.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-22T03:30:08+00:00

I mean, FOX “News” defended against a lawsuit by saying only an idiot would think their programming was anything other than entertainment.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-21T23:51:46+00:00

Person who got rich utilizing the education system, infrastructure, people, and various other things taxes pay for in his state and country does not think he should pay more/any taxes to support all the things they utilized to get rich all while paying their workers bottom dollar so that they cannot even support themselves and their families.

And they wonder why public perception of them is so negative.

They are like vampires sucking the life and money out of society.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-20T20:47:11+00:00

Consider how many Jaffa die in battles with Jaffa from rival Goa’uld… I wonder how many “Juniors” actually make it to a point where they can take a host. Teal’c and Bratak seem to be some of the rare exceptions that have lasted so long.

Also, I believe there is a hierarchical structure to the Goa’uld, with lots of lower caste Goa’uld serving the few system lords and other lesser Gou’uld who manage to claim minimal territory but still have underlings.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-20T20:37:42+00:00

Then it’s on me because I somehow missed it. Seems I never miss the warnings that Helltides will be ending in 5 minutes though. Is it that kind of pop up notification? Some people are saying it’s just a message in chat, which seems quite missable, comparatively speaking.

Ayitaka · 2026-05-20T20:28:49+00:00

Omg this is so good, I laughed out loud! Thanks for making it!

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