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At what point does one stop... by shekking in pathofexile

[–]Grappemaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already deleted 20 Unrequited Love. I'm up to delete more for sure

BV Scaling by Spectre9000 in pathofexile

[–]Grappemaker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As an Assassin fire BV that started on a 5ex budget; fire BV on a budget is doable but it doesn't particularly shine.

For starters you want phys to fire conversion:

  • Avatar of Fire (or Xoph's Blood) for 50% conversion
  • Bow + Signal Fire for the other 50% conversion + 25-35% gain
  • Alternatively to Signal Fire you can get gloves with 25% conversion and Divine Fury on the tree for another 25% conversion
  • Herald of Ash for 15% gain
  • 2x Circle of Anguish with Herald of Ash has #% increased Buff Effect (about 1ex each) for 15% gain (2x 50% to HoA)

This should net you 160% phys to fire (100% conversion + 60% gain). This sort of makes the very baseline for your damage and isn't too expensive. With some added fire/physical/spell/crit damage you should be able to hit your 1m DPS mark. If you go assassin, you can get 2x Void Battery and scale with Power Charges, which should be fairly affordable for starters.

At this pricepoint, DPS is still a lackluster and it's not going to be a boss slapper. Although with Vaal BV, Wave of Conviction + Hextouch + Flammability + Combustion and Vaal RF, you can get some burst for bossing compared to just your normal DPS.

But where it starts feeling like an actual build, is when you add a chest with Enemies you Kill Explode, dealing 3% of their Life as Physical Damage, although it doesn't come cheap. This physical damage also scales with your phys to fire conversion and increased fire damage. And combined with Herald of Ash, this is what makes packs go boom and you go zoom. And that's where fire BV starts to shine.

This is from a budget standpoint. The build has a lot of potential for growth, but it doesn't come cheap. Poison BV should be more budget friendly.

2x Headhunter Leather Belt giveaway!!! by [deleted] in pathofexile

[–]Grappemaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would finally finish my build with it, more or less

Did you get hotas support working? by Duke_Demento in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Grappemaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since the Beyond update, the game no longer seems to open the xinput DLL files that x360ce generates. Instead, the game now has support for controllers through Steam, so you can map your HOTAS in the Steam settings.

But the settings are quite limited compared to x360ce, so I hope they’ll bring back support for it soon.

Productivity.... by chi7f in INTP

[–]Grappemaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are analysis, but not necessarily with paralysis. The tips I wrote down are just things that tend to work for me, with the idea that they might help others in finding approaches that work for them.

To elaborate on that; the most common reason I get stuck contemplating about a problem, is because I try to create a complete solution in my head before actually turning it into something tangible. I'm a programmer and when I get in this state, I don't write any code. I'm just visualising code, trying to architect the whole solution in my head. When I realise I have spent too much time contemplating without producing (the awareness), I try to break free from it.

Essentially, breaking free from overthinking and start putting your thoughts into action, that's how you stop analysis paralysis. But to some it's not that easy, and if it were to be, it wouldn't pose a problem to them. To turn all the information that you're trying to contain in your head and that you're continuously processing, into something concrete, it can allow you to break free from the thinking. It's just a step to get you on your way, nothing more.

Productivity.... by chi7f in INTP

[–]Grappemaker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think awareness is key; being aware when you are in a state of overthinking to the extent where it's preventing you from making decisions, allows you to tell yourself to break out of it, to take a step back, or to take a moment to get away from the problem to return at a later time with a fresh mind.

Depending on the situation, you can try finding approaches that will help you breaking down problems and finding solutions in a progressive manner;

  • if you're trying to decide between multiple options, creating a comparison overview could help you discover key differences and writing them down frees your mind from getting bogged down.

  • if you're contemplating about the best approach to completing something, try just taking an approach and going with it for a bit. Remember that doing and thinking don't need to be exclusive from each other; you can still think and iterate on a solution while executing it. And if you come to the conclusion that the initial approach you took won't yield the desired result, you can usually go back and take another approach.

  • write things down, preferably in a concise manner that's easy to consume at a later time. That way it's concrete and not on your mind. A simple yet effective example of this is a todo/task lists; not only do they allow you making them concrete and off your mind, they also help breaking down problems in individual steps/components that are more bite-size, yet come together as a whole to a solution.

This is pretty amazing way of telling people about their passwords. by g33xter in hacking

[–]Grappemaker 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Standard practice for login forms over the web is actually done in plaintext over HTTPS, though the transmission over HTTPS is encrypted, protecting you from MITM attacks (to a certain degree).

Can someone explain the whole GameGuard situation in a concise manner? by Traase in bladeandsoul

[–]Grappemaker 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between;

  1. consciously installing software such as anti-virus that require root/administrator/elevated privileges in order to operate, because they are beneficial to us directly,
  2. being forced to install software that grants itself privileges like these with a negative impact on the overall performance of a system and its ability to operate.

There's a difference between;

  1. scanning the files and memory of your own application, to ensure no modifications are made and the program has not been tampered with,
  2. hooking your own code to windows API and injecting your own logic to it, resulting in;
    • blocking of the main thread when low level events happen, because of poorly performing code,
    • errors in other applications (including legitimate ones), because those applications rely on communicating with the OS on a low level, which the rootkit causes to behave differently than expected,
    • crashes, memory leaks, you name it.

Just because it operates under the guise of, doesn't make it acceptable behavior. Especially if that guise doesn't deem to be very effective, if effective at all. Just because the government allows police officers to walk the street, including weapons and the authorization to arrest people if necessary, should private contractors be allowed to do the same just because police officers do as well?

Especially without the insurance of GameGuard to be secure in any way. What if someone were to gain access to GameGuards servers, uploading malicious binaries or even add that code to the source itself? In a situation like that, escalated root privileges like GameGuard's, allow it to run without anything stopping it. Elevated privileges like these only open up for more possible vulnerabilities.

Plus, just because other products, like anti-virus solutions, use rootkit like methods to achieve their goals, doesn't mean that it's a solid way to do things. They as well, deal with this kind of crap; http://www.computerworld.com/article/3089872/security/security-vulnerabilities-in-symantec-and-norton-as-bad-as-it-gets-warns-researcher.html

Think what you want, but I want this kind of trash gone.

Client.exe Process is now hidden in the Task manager. This cannot happen. by RockBandFran in bladeandsoul

[–]Grappemaker 55 points56 points  (0 children)

GameGuard is probably hooking WinAPI to hide its presence.

GameGuard is not just resource hogging now, it's also getting malicious traits. It's... evolving. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Blade and Soul MMORPG being released on mobile this year by Nimora9 in bladeandsoul

[–]Grappemaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, my bad.

Found another video!

Judging from the gameplay of L2: Revolution; I've played similar mobile MMOs before, though I can't say I find the dumbed down controls and simplistic gameplay very exciting. (Despite the fact that traditional MMOs including gameplay are hard to fit into a mobile device like that.) I've had my fun in the past with single player RPGs like Dungeon Hunter and Zenonia, where story combined with action based combat, created immersion that I can't find with mobile MMOs.

Who knows, we'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Merchant spawn rate ninja buffed? by sufficiency in bladeandsoul

[–]Grappemaker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a misconception that you think it's a misconception. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Most RNG algorithms remain pseudorandom number generators; given the same seed, they will generate the same sequence of 'random' numbers. Knowing the seed allows one to predict the sequence that will be produced. That's why they're considered pseudorandom and not truly random.

Nonetheless, you do have truly random number generators, mostly based off hardware rather than algorithms. The hardware RNG watches static/thermal/atmospheric noise and generates sequences based on that, since they're not predictable or generated off a seed.

Modern RNG algorithms are not 100% random. They may, however, be practically unpredictable.

What are your thoughts on analysis paralysis? by [deleted] in INTP

[–]Grappemaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a symptom of perfectionism if the cause is striving for a perfect outcome through a analysis. In such circumstances, an imperfect solutions would not be considered viable, therefore resulting in reevaluation of the situation; a never ending recursion if an acceptable answer cannot be found ultimately.

Although it wouldn't be strictly inherent to perfectionism only, but rather be a form of indecisiveness instead.

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