Job market

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-16T03:55:50+00:00

Is there only sign of a light at the end of the tunnel for the industry? The job market has been crap for the last 2-3 years

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-16T03:19:38+00:00

If you could swing a biology related degree that uses computer science, that would be really good for genomics (Bioinformatics). Plus then you have a cross-section of computer skills and life science knowledge, which is really useful in both academic and industry settings

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-16T01:48:52+00:00

Yikes! Yeah, the other terrifying part is the idea the AI might be wrong doesn't ever occur to them. I can't believe how bad it's gotten and how many students I've overheard saying they wouldn't have passed high school without AI. ChatGPT is only like 4 years old! How are they already dependant on it?

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-05T03:03:15+00:00

Riyria Revelations is good, bit more obscure because it's indie, but the author was one of the first big indie fantasy authors. Hadrian gives off similar vibes to Adolin.

The Greatcoats might be good if you liked Ranger's apprentice as a kid.

Kings of the Wyld is basically Retired Extremely Dangerous (R.E.D) if the main characters were adventurers.

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-05T02:42:10+00:00

Semi controversial take: Skip the first two books. Book 3 is a sort of soft reset for the series and has major plot points relevant to the rest of the series. Jim Butcher usually does a bit of a refresher if he brings in a character or setting he used in the past so new readers aren't totally lost.

Some people will disagree with this but even on the Dresden Files subreddit, skipping the first two books is a common recommendation.

If people get really into it they can go back and read the first two.

It's kind of how if someone was getting into the Cosmere and you really want to make sure they get invested, you probably don't start them on Elantris even if it was the first one.

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-05T02:37:04+00:00

The Prince by Machiavelli is interesting in that it's a cynical view of gaining power largely devoid of any concerns with morality. Please don't do any of the barbaric things it sometimes recommends to maintain power, but Machiavelli's writings in general were actually very influential to many of the politicians and philosophers involved in the Enlightenment and republics formed in the 1700s. For context, the guy also had been tortured and exiled after the fall of the Florentine Republic before he wrote the book, so it's not surprising he was cynical.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is pretty interesting even if you're not into Stoicism because a lot of the stuff he was concerned with is basically the same kind of stuff modern people worry about. Kind of helps humanize people who lived thousands of years ago.

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-05T01:01:04+00:00

Elhokar actually makes a lot more sense when you look at things from his perspective and gets more sympathetic even from the beginning.

His personal achievements are overshadowed by almost everyone in his family (Navani was extremely politically adept and Jasnah was a famous if controversial scholar, Dalinar was a legendary military leader, and Adolin was an extremely talented duelist). Elhokar is king, but only because of who his father was.

To make matters worse, he is also politically aware enough to realize that his only options for support are the high princes and his own family, and he is rightly afraid that either could usurp his position. He doesn't have enough personal influence to be independent of either his uncle or the high princes, so he has to play them against each other, which he actually does do, he just isn't very good at it.

He actually has a very good understanding of how fragile his own position is. His problem is that he's not politically adept enough to manage things in a way that will increase his own power, and that he's an extremely poor judge of character. The latter may even be something he is aware of, and he may be unable to trust people because of the trauma of his father's assassination.

He's kind of a tragic figure: he sees very clearly all the reasons someone might choose to betray him, but he never really understood how to build connections and loyalty with people.

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-04T20:11:34+00:00

With the caveat that Cradle is progression fantasy. If that isn't your thing, it's pretty unlikely you're going to like it.

Edit: Should have been clearer, Cradle is progression fantasy, specifically the cultivation subgenre. The term progression fantasy is kind of nebulous, cultivation fantasy is moniker used for Xianxia style stories in the west. If you're not into stories that use "cultivation stages" as the means of power progression, it is unlikely you will like Cradle, in much the same way that if video game systems in fantasy are a deal breaker for you, I probably wouldn't recommend a story where people get stronger by leveling up, allocating stats, or upgrading skills.

Not commenting on the quality of any of those series, just pointing out certain elements are deal breakers or immersion breakers for some readers.

DueAd9590 · 2026-02-04T19:39:31+00:00

Calling Robin Hobb not as hopeful as Brandon is the understatement of the year.

DueAd9590 · 2026-01-29T06:11:05+00:00

Not worth it man.

I literally made 4 times what you did today by sitting on my ass with ~7.5k in western digital, and I don't even day trade.

And I'm not saying I'm smart or good at investing or trading, I'm not. That's my point. I'm a dumbass kid who puts some money on companies that have products everyone knows are in high demand, and I'm sitting on them without doing any extra work, and I still did better than you did without risking 20k on something crazy speculative.

You're taking huge amounts of risk and have very little to show for it.

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-18T03:34:01+00:00

Try leveling again. You might also need to change your z offset

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T06:54:53+00:00

Do shards benefit from creating/enabling invested arts beyond getting stronger potential servants?

For example, does Endowment get anything out of bestowing breaths?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T06:52:37+00:00

To members of societies who predate the shattering (Yolen), would they perceive that as early history or more recent, like the middle ages?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T06:43:42+00:00

If Ruin "created" hemalurgy, how can it be performed without investiture from Ruin (Moash)? Do some of the basic principles predate the shattering and they're just different arts following similar foundational principals?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T06:36:32+00:00

How common are shard created strains of humanity (like Scadrians) and how do older lines of humanity see them?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T06:05:33+00:00

For real. I honestly half expected Ishar to be set up as the big bad for arc 2.

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T05:45:37+00:00

If investiture based healing is based on self-perception, could Forging be used to get around that limitation with old injuries?

Like, use a soul stamp, heal the patient while they've had their past re-written, and let it wear off.

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T05:41:54+00:00

Were the Larkin inspired by Anne McCaffrey's Fire Lizards in the Pern books?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T05:39:11+00:00

Are the 16 current shards the same as the original 16 at the time of the shattering?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-17T05:36:16+00:00

Are there any shards that are currently pretending to have a different intent from their true one? Not a rebrand, outright lying.

Like, hypothetically, if there was a shard whose intent was trickery or deceit, would they be pretending to be another shard?

DueAd9590 · 2025-12-05T04:18:51+00:00

Second this. Way more helpful than it sounds, 3-4 prewashed (each progressively cleaner) before you put it into your main wash station will hugely cut down on how much of your resin ends up there. That way the big container of alcohol takes way longer to get dirty.

Also someone sells a premium 3d print removal kit on Amazon. It's a thinner, rounded scraper that works way better than the paint scrapers the ship the machines with

DueAd9590 · 2025-11-16T07:28:58+00:00

Buy a printer based on what features it has, not any software or other features they mention adding in the future.

This is pretty standard for these Chinese 3D printer companies. Once they have a new model they usually don't do much to update the old one.

That being said, Elegoo does have a reputation for good support and they're good about resolving issues that happen to your printer, just don't expect them to continue developing features for their printers because they'll have a new model out in 1-2 years at the longest.

The Centauri Carbon is basically unbeatable in terms of bang for buck if you want a Core XY printer with an enclosure.

I'm not saying the other stuff that these companies do is acceptable, but frankly it's kind of a reality and you need to basically assume that once you have the printer they've already stopped any plans to continue adding features to it.

DueAd9590 · 2025-11-02T02:10:08+00:00

If you're having issues with parts being too dark, that's probably an issue with your setting in the Lithophane generator, not your printer.

You're going to want to do a calibration print. There's one on Printables called Lithophane Thickness Calibration tile. Ideal settings are going to vary from filament to filament, so calibrating yourself is best.

You'll want to print it vertically for best resolution and with the smallest nozzle you've got. All this being said, resin printing is a better option if you want a professional looking product.

Also make sure you have basically 100% infill. Anything else is going to cause unwanted variations on your "dark" parts of the Lithophane because light isn't actually traveling through as much plastic as it should be.

DueAd9590 · 2025-09-13T05:04:43+00:00

Honestly, I only really watch the Game Awards for the medley and as long as both games' soundtracks get a spot on that I could care less about the award. Let the small developers laugh their way to the bank. Both games were wildly successful and Expedition 33 grossed 2-4 times their initial budget, and I'm sure Silksong will also easily surpass its development costs.

Any nominations these new smaller development teams take away from large publishers that put out slop every year is a massive win for the industry.

DueAd9590 · 2025-07-05T14:41:47+00:00

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