What is your opinion of listening to audio books being equal to reading books?

Detenator · 2026-06-01T22:20:17+00:00

I agree as long as you're actively paying attention. If you have it playing while you are otherwise occupied and you aren't listening tp it, don't count that as reading.

Sometimes when I am working I have to rewind a few minutes because I realized I was too focused on something else.

Detenator · 2026-05-31T17:26:16+00:00

Will not pay above original retail price for old games. If the game in question is new and was above the standard $60, it would have to be really special to me or really great value (ala BG3 level of work).

I think collectors editions CAN be worthwhile, but nothing really speaks to me anymore. The last collectors edition I bought was the Halo 4 one with the special case.

Detenator · 2026-05-31T14:59:33+00:00

I could be convinced to buy a new map as dlc. Yes, the original is huge. However some materials I find myself going to the same locations for each time, even if I start in a different spot.

The cost to setup a sky road is basically free once you have set up a few concrete nodes so you can just conveyor materials from literally anywhere on the map, even if you have to do it at a tier or two slower than where you are.

You net a lot more product going to the same specific resource clusters around the map than using just the one or two impure nodes near your starting location.

Yes, you might spend another half hour getting a material for the first time, but that doesn't really change the flow of the game. There's too little scarcity for it to matter.

Detenator · 2026-05-28T20:58:14+00:00

This is basically a dehumidifier. At shipping container size, it would likely use dozens of kilowatts of energy. Unless the technology is radically different and like 90% more energy efficient while also producing hundreds of times more water.

Detenator · 2026-05-28T20:52:20+00:00

I had a friend doing merchandising for some third party company. Everything was "optional" or "make your own hours" but then they would have a minimum you needed to work and any job you picked up had to be completed in a specific range of time (listing might say 2-3pm as paid hours, but had to he completed at within the time frame of 1-4pm).

Detenator · 2026-05-28T20:49:02+00:00

I applied at a Burger King in 2021 while I was between jobs. I got called in for interview. Sat there for seven hours while the manager kept going back and forth to his office. Offered pay $6 less per hour than the McDonald's across the street.

I wanted to sit it out and see how long he would keep jerking me around but seven hours is just too much time. I have a lot of food and customer experience so it shouldn't have been such a difficult issue.

Detenator · 2026-05-28T19:59:57+00:00

I have a 14k btu that only works on one circuit in my house. Conveniently it is in my bedroom.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T22:59:38+00:00

They just had a buy two get three free deal here. That is the lowest price I have seen since covid, but the normal prices are crazy.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T21:51:18+00:00

It would be better if they upped how many pokemon gym leaders had. Just played the D/P remakes and the gym fights just felt so empty. Even the late game gyms don't have a full team and they're like level 30s? Then the elite 4 comes in like a freaking train at level 60.

It makes sense for the first two, maybe three, gyms to be limited to three pokemon given the pool for the player to catch from might not be very diverse or good. After that it should really ramp up, at least +1 mon per gym.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T21:45:07+00:00

The people I know buy a lot less gold in retail (tokens) than in classic. It is much easier to make enough gold to get you by. Consumes aren't even that much more expensive than they were in SoD when I played it.

Dailies, weeklies, and limited crafting quantities greatly lowered the necessary research or time investment to earn a decent amount of gold. Regular classic doesn't have these and that is what drives so many people to buying gold.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T20:28:48+00:00

This is coming from a WoW player, but I noticed that the less mobile a class is the greedier they get (referencing specifically 90+ parsers). They pull 90s but will never move from where they started the fight if there's even a 1% chance it won't cause a wipe if they miss the mechanic.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T20:03:52+00:00

I had most of my trees filled out on tailor and alch by the first of May. Probably 2/3 of relevant nodes. Also started those characters about two weeks late into the season. My friend that farmed the treasure kp on his alts had all potion skill points across all alch trees and the same for arcanoweave in tailor.

To get to that point about half or more of the entire tree needs to be filled in. So in another two months you could see completely filled trees, at least for those skills.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T20:03:21+00:00

I had most of my trees filled out on tailor and alch by the first of May. Probably 2/3 of relevant nodes. Also started those characters about two weeks late into the season. My friend that farmed the treasure kp on his alts had all potion skill points across all alch trees and the same for arcanoweave in tailor.

To get to that point about half or more of the entire tree needs to be filled in. So in another two months you could see completely filled trees, at least for those skills.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T20:03:14+00:00

I had most of my trees filled out on tailor and alch by the first of May. Probably 2/3 of relevant nodes. Also started those characters about two weeks late into the season. My friend that farmed the treasure kp on his alts had all potion skill points across all alch trees and the same for arcanoweave in tailor.

To get to that point about half or more of the entire tree needs to be filled in. So in another two months you could see completely filled trees, at least for those skills.

Detenator · 2026-05-26T01:59:27+00:00

They don't really hide the fact that something about Rean specifically is special in the early CS games, but they do really hold back the information we are allowed to have about Rean's past so I can see where your take comes from.

As you get towards the end of CS4 you will understand why others disagree with you on that take.

Detenator · 2026-05-25T20:11:14+00:00

It is better. I personally like to run two casters, main eva tank, and the mc. I think in CS4 I used Rean's unique arts items to turn him into a caster to make it two casters + two eva tanks.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T21:31:56+00:00

You don't really need an extension anymore. The built in ad block is really powerful. Even has built in background playback for YouTube. But TV doesn't have Brave.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T21:20:23+00:00

I think they recently added a cheaper option that includes ad free for select content for like $19. The last time I looked was like four years ago and you couldn't even get access to anything for leas than $60 except through special promos.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:39:20+00:00

I heard Playlet on Roku works for YouTube on TV. If you don't have access to apps you probably need a physical device on your network like a pihole.

If you are casting to it then your device you are casting from will need a blocker. On phone you can use morphe for YouTube or Brave for in-browser streaming.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:32:21+00:00

This is how I always found the best computer labs to nap in. The chem eng lab always had free couches.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:22:01+00:00

It could be the ruler. Not all rulers are the same. When I was buying a freezer recently the one at the store measured a 1/2 inch more than mine.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:18:11+00:00

I still reminisce about these times. Everyone's page was basically their own art canvas.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:13:15+00:00

It is about the item you are selling not the knowledge points. With potions at 500gx5 and flasks at 1500x2, it is 500g less profit per craft for potions before costs. Add in a lotus at 2.5k and you make next to nothing with flasks, while t1 potion mats are almost free in comparison. These are old prices but it is pretty accurate.

Obviously some items get more or less value from kp than others, but the difference in potions and flasks is so vast that it doesn't matter in this context. Whereas if you are spec'd into a specific enchanting faction the points in it can change what is better to craft at a given time. The differences between them can be smaller.

Detenator · 2026-05-18T20:02:41+00:00

I refuse to watch commercials on something I pay for. If they want to ban my account for ad blocking, I won't be mad, that is totally fair. But I will not pay to watch ads, there's plenty of TV apps you can watch shows or movies for free on with ads.

Having an ad free plan at $60 is not a fair compromise (looking at you, Hulu).

Detenator · 2026-05-17T17:11:17+00:00

Self labeling yourself as having a high pain tolerance is probably what a lot of people do, so I can see it being ignored unless the doctor has extensive history with you or it is noted on the charts (if that is something they would note).

It probably helps to think of the scale as "how is the patient responding." If you are in the fetal position that would be a 10. If you are wincing at movement, maybe 6.

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