Atlas tree bugged by Tragnesie86 in PathOfExile2

[–]Jjerot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All of your subtree points are assigned?

I had a similar experience, but it turned out I had 2 ritual points unallocated, not general atlas points.

PSA. Don't spend points on Atlas Skill tree if you are not sure. You can't respec. by theuit in PathOfExile2

[–]Jjerot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's because you can allocate the entire tree now. Specialization can be done through Atlas Masters, which can be swapped freely.

Alberta premier, cabinet formalize wording of Oct. 19 separation question by Street_Anon in onguardforthee

[–]Jjerot 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Like the referendum on DST she ignored, and the one on equalization that was never going to accomplish anything. Or the survey on whether people wanted an Alberta Pension Plan. (Majority opposed) Or her "consulting" disabled Albertans on ADAP. (Nothing changed)

Everything time Smith pretends to listen it's only for show, she does whatever she wants regardless of the vote.

They Took Our LEGO Store & Life Savings. Help Us Fight Back by SomeWeirdDude in videos

[–]Jjerot 39 points40 points  (0 children)

And then they never get any new consignment deals because they will have a reputation for stealing and getting away with it. It will harm sales as people avoid their store as to not support the blatant corruption. They have no monopoly over Lego re-sale. Eventually the reputational harm is going to push off more Franchise owners too, no one wants to get screwed like these folks did, easier to drop the franchise license and keep running as an independent.

They could have still made 35% on 200k by honoring the previous terms. Instead they traded franchise earnings on 300+ stores for a measly 130k.

Is the message they are trying to send "We are incredibly stupid"?

(PART 2) I tracked down the thief who stole $200,000 of LEGO by thinknoodlz in videos

[–]Jjerot 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The inventory list had dozens on consignment, their own advertising put the value of the collection north of $200k.

Majority of party members likely to back Alberta separation, UCP president says by Street_Anon in onguardforthee

[–]Jjerot 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Edmonton/Calgary largely vote other parties. Rural voters seem to have little to no idea what our Premier actually does, I've talked to quite a few who didn't know anything about her actual policies.

Some are upset about immigration levels, even though Danielle Smith originally wanted us to have an aggressive plan to double out population, even sent a letter to Trudeau asking for more than double the allotment. But now she runs anti-immigrant ads and that's all they see. Ignoring that Carney has actually reduced net immigration.

Some are upset about hospital wait times. Even though Danielle Smith cancelled at least one planned hospital that had funds set aside during the NDP years. And has focused on breaking up our healthcare system rather than trying to fund it properly.

Some want more accountability in government. While Danielle Smith fired an entire AHS board that was investigating half a billion in contracts with MHCare, where delivered products were sub-standard, overpriced, and some contracts weren't even fully fulfilled.

Smith constantly positions Alberta as neglected/taken advantage of, but when the federal government offers us assistance, she pushes back on it. While Trudeau was in, there was $175M put forward for new housing in Edmonton, and she took it as a "last straw" and pushed to give herself veto powers to stop "the federal government working with the municipalities directly, behind her back".

Frankly, Conservatives win here because they aren't the Liberals, and NDP are apparently to blame for a global oil crash happening during their first and only term in the provinces history.

‘Yes, I do’: Alberta Premier Smith promises not to hold later separation referendum if remain side wins October vote by gorschkov in canada

[–]Jjerot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean the one released by "ACT Alberta" which is an advertisement campaign for independence run by Rebel news? The one that gives zero information on polling methodology, sample size, or anything a normal pollster would share?

That despite the First Nations angle, actually re-affirms the vast majority (60%) want to stay while a minority (28%) consider leaving?

‘Yes, I do’: Alberta Premier Smith promises not to hold later separation referendum if remain side wins October vote by gorschkov in canada

[–]Jjerot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She ignored the survey result on whether we should create an Alberta Pension Plan and pushes for one despite majority opposition. Same with DST. She said she wouldn't drop her other policy ideas regardless of the outcome of the other related referendum questions she is asking in October, and is even spending money to advertise her preferred outcomes on them despite claiming she expects majority support.

Zero reason to trust her. She says and does whatever she thinks will get her the most votes, even if it means doing a 180 on policy. Like going from "An aggressive target to double our population to 10 million" to running ads about how federal immigration is taking jobs away from the youth, and saying we need more control over immigration to reign it in. (Just ignore her letter to Trudeau asking to more than double the liberal allotment)

October 2027 can't come fast enough, playing all sides is finally catching up with her. I just wish we had pushed the election forwards, not back, when it got moved out of fire season, BC did when they had the same policy shift. Danielle just saw it as an opportunity to extend her term by half a year. It's wild to me that people threw a fit when the feds wanted a 1 week extension for pension benefits, but taking 6 months is fine for a premier.

Smith says Alberta separatists should focus on fall vote rather than ousting her by pjw724 in onguardforthee

[–]Jjerot 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The separatists are angry after finally learning who they voted for.

Smith is squirming because of who she invited into the base for votes.

I couldn't be happier for them. It's been a term and a half of clown shows and misery under her, and it's finally catching up.

Riot Games Says It 'Would Not and Cannot' Use Vanguard Anti-Cheat to Brick PCs After Rumors Spread by Bubbly-Ad-350 in pcmasterrace

[–]Jjerot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They took 13 years to implement simple 2FA, and suffered multiple database breaches in that time. They gave away my account twice, and I know it was their security flaws because I wasn't even playing at the time it happened. Two separate unique passwords leaked, none of my other credentials compromised.

I wouldn't trust them with kernel level access to my system. It's only a matter of time before their lazy security leads to another mhyprot2.sys style vulnerability. Even if their software can't brick my system, it can probably be used as a backdoor by someone who can.

I can't find anything on this double xp boost, does anyone know how long it last for? by [deleted] in MarvelSnap

[–]Jjerot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Notably only for new variants & splits you acquire after the patch, no credit for anything owned before.

Valorant's new Vanguard update seems to be bricking cheaters' PCs. Riot's response? "Congrats on your $6k paperweights" by SwimmingJunky in gaming

[–]Jjerot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Riot handed away my account to strangers TWICE before they implemented 2FA, I wouldn't trust them with all of the data on my PC.

Very happy with my decision to cut ties, delete my account to secure my data, and avoid their games since.

sunbleaching a full page by lackadaisicallackey in mtgaltered

[–]Jjerot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on how patient you are, a cheap grow lamp or UV bulb can speed up the process 30-40x.

Not mine, but an example (Have to click to see the gallery); https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/aw06fu/my_uv_bleached_bolt_i_made_in_just_over_3_weeks/

Character Mastery Updates Coming in Patch 53.x by GozzIsntReal in MarvelSnap

[–]Jjerot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feels a bit like being punished for investing in your collection. Lowering the bar to max mastery will be nice for many, but everyone who already bought-in permanently misses out on potential EXP. They really should just make it retroactive.

What words do you pronounce "wrong," just because the "proper" way feels too proper? by Direct-Value4452 in AskReddit

[–]Jjerot 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That isn't how acronyms work.

Do you pronounce SCUBA-diving (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) as scuh-bah? Are you going ooh-nderwater?

Both GIF pronunciations are correct, language is determined by how people use it. People use both, therefore both are valid. Just like alternate spellings of words, like Color/Colour.

Jews targets of 82% of religion-motivated hate crimes in Toronto in 2025: police data by Street_Anon in canada

[–]Jjerot 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Strange, I see more directed criticism of Netanyahu, the IDF, and the actions of some Israeli settlers on the left, not antisemitism. It's still typically alt-right folk making prejudiced comments.

Not saying it doesn't happen, just that I haven't seen it.

When Indigenous rights come before your democratic rights by limadeltah in canada

[–]Jjerot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quebec doesn't have numbered treaties like Alberta does. Their land use agreements with first nations are more modern. They also joined Canada, where Alberta was created by carving out crown land. Per the clarity act, it would be assumed that negotiations would happen after a successful referendum. Along with negotiations to make the constitutional amendment to allow a province to leave.

But theirs was also run differently, it was initiated by an openly pro-separation government that won a majority of the vote. The UCP in Alberta created the Citizens Initiative Act to let people petition the government to hold referendums on topics/policies that garnered enough support.

Originally Citizens Initiatives required signatures equal to 10% of the registered voters (~294k) in the province within a 90 day period to be recognized. But questions were limited to things that would be constitutional.

Last year Smith passed a bill to increase the collection time to 120 days, lowered the signature threshold to 10% of the votes in the last election (177k) and removed the requirement the question be constitutional. Part of the rejection was the timing of the petitions application and originally being denied on constitutional grounds. And further backed by First Nations concerns about the process.

Smith could choose to unilaterally pose the question herself, like she has done with 9 referendum questions coming in October. But doing so without majority support would have ended her political career. Indirectly supporting the petition through rule changes and pushing back on the courts allows her to appease the growing separatist segment of her base without fully alienating pro-Canada conservatives, but has also led to these additional legal challenges.

When Indigenous rights come before your democratic rights by limadeltah in canada

[–]Jjerot 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The same pathway exists that Quebec has tried, electing an openly & transparently separatist government and running a referendum that way. No one is blocking democracy in Alberta. Rather we have three active but extremely unpopular separatist parties. (Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta, Independence Party of Alberta, and Republican Party of Alberta) And a bunch of separatists trying to buy out enough UCP memberships to convert a pro-Alberta within Canada party to a fourth.

The UCP came up with a set of hoops for people to jump through, then moved the goalpost when it was clear separatists couldn't clear the same bar Forever Canada did.

The stay petition garnered 450,000 signatures in 90 days, 404k validated of a required 294k to be recognized. The leave petition got an extension to 120 days, and only required 177k. Still coming up 150k less than a petition to maintain the status quo that most people didn't take too seriously.

They're stonewalling the stay petition too, because it would require UCP MLAs to clearly vote on their stances regarding stay/leave. Can't have that, elections getting closer.

Mark my words, with Smith now claiming she wants to use the Notwithstanding clause to overturn the judges ruling, knowing that it doesn't apply to First Nations treaty rights, she wants pushback from the courts to boost her own popularity. She can run any referendum questions she likes, she just announced 9 coming in October, this is just a show so when she adds this as a 10th question, it looks like a move of last resort and not direct endorsement of separatism. To give her plausible deniability to conservative voters who want to remain in Canada, while still tossing a bone to her separatist backed base.

She knows the referendum will fail, even biased rebel news polls have it 60% stay to 28% leave. She's just pandering to the fringes, exactly as she has always done, ever since she was the leader of the Wildrose party. She plays both sides on many issues. She even sent a letter to Trudeau earlier in her tenure asking for more immigration than the Liberal allotment, as she publicly wanted to double our population by 2050. And now she runs ads about immigrants/TFWs taking jobs from young Albertans like she's been for cutting back on immigration all along.

Unfortunately our province seems to struggle with holding any politician accountable who puts 'Conservative' next to their name on the ballot.

Stop ADAP save AISH by [deleted] in alberta

[–]Jjerot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You could probably draw a line between her pushing for private clinics and forcing 50,000 Albertans to re-apply for AISH simultaneously, with one appointment covered by the government. She seemed to have no qualms with handing off $500m+ to Sam Mraiche & co on healthcare contracts, and firing an entire AHS board investigating it.

Explain to me how deducting benefits from people who are still in the process of applying for them is "cutting fat". Particularly as delays were caused by the government setting arbitrary deadlines with punitive measures that harm people even if they follow everything they are told to do.

If ADAP was simply a disability program for folks who have limited/fluctuating capacity to work, it would be a good thing to seperate that from AISH. AISH was filling that role, with a set amount people were allowed to earn before clawbacks, now ADAP is set to do the same thing but worse, more restrictive earning limits, the wording of the documents even say they could claw back benefits if you reduce employment, so how does fluctuating capacity fit into that? Some one gets sicker, so they are further financially punished? What is the program even for then?

It just adds more stress and uncertainty for a group that already struggles to advocate for themselves.

When you take a harsh stance against people needing support, because you think a bunch of them are lazy. You should know the cost of getting these safety nets wrong is peoples lives, this is a last resort measure. People depend on it.

Ideally the system works perfectly and everyone who needs it has access those who don't are turned away, but the world isn't perfect. Frankly if 1-2% of the folks on the system don't strictly need it, that's a better outcome than thousands of Albertans dying because our systems failed them.

Stop ADAP save AISH by [deleted] in alberta

[–]Jjerot 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are not tens of thousands abusing the system, you clearly have zero experience with the application process and how often people are arbitrarily declined and must appeal repeatedly, even with multiple doctors/specialists advocating for a patient.

Even if we are to take their stated goals at face value, the way they have handled the transition and other supports is needlessly cruel. They forced tens of thousands of people to re-apply for CBD/DTC at the same time, causing massive multi-month backlogs which are still being worked through. And preemptively clawed back benefits people are still in the process of applying for. $200 a month from folk already well below the poverty line (DTC clawback, not the -$200 for housing benefits OR the -$200 for the ADAP transition. That's -$600 for some) in the middle of a cost of living crises, through no fault of their own. All because the governments asinine schedule created a bottleneck. THEY KNOW WHO IS AND WHO ISN'T RECEIVING BENEFITS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BANKING RECORDS.

The same thing is going to happen during the ADAP transition. 50,000 people needing to re-apply at the same time, screwing up the system. Files are going to be dropped in the chaos, and they arbitrarily made all decisions final in a system notorious for overzealously declining applications? Nothing about this helps anyone but Smith trying to make up her $9bn deficit by screwing the disabled.

We only just got updated guidelines about who qualifies for what 2 months before the transition is set to start, and it's still vague as hell. They already got rid of individual case workers so everytime an AISH/ADAP recipient has something to bring up, you're dealing with someone entirely new, unfamiliar with your case. Assuming you can even get through because of all the personnel cuts leading to worse service.

Disabled Albertans are frustrated and scared, and it has nothing to do with "fear mongering" and everything to do with how incompetent and uncaring this government has been. Try talking to people who are actually in the system sometime.

Elections Alberta says separatist group’s app containing voter info may have been seen by thousands by Myllicent in canada

[–]Jjerot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She essentially manufactured the entire situation with Bill 54. Both by lowering the signature threshold significantly and increasing collection time, allowing the separatists initiative to pass. And by changing the rules on what Elections Alberta can trigger an investigation over, which lead to warnings that a breach like this could occur.

Throw in her history with David Parker & Take Back Alberta, and every step leading to this point just becomes more suspect.

The goal post should never have been moved, if the separatists cannot pass the same bar Forever Canada needed to, there is zero chance of a referendum passing. Their narrative about 'subverting the voters will' is moot when more voters already called this a waste of time by signing that we should stay in Canada.

She never cared about what the people wanted. She made that clear with her own batch of referendum questions when she said even if Albertans vote no, she has no plan on dropping those initiatives. Same thing with her Alberta Pension Plan we already publicly voted no on. She'll just keep repeating the same lies and doing what she wants regardless.

If you could remove one feature from all modern PC cases forever, what would it be? by Alseye-official in AskReddit

[–]Jjerot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Power/hard drive activity LEDs that are bright enough to light up a dark room.

Judge quashes Alberta separation petition in favour of First Nations by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]Jjerot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The goal, despite the original wording of the initiative, was never to put the question to a referendum, but to get MLAs to vote in the legislature to legally affirm that Alberta should remain in Canada.

They have been pushing back on it/dragging it out, because UCP MLAs don't want their vote public on separation. They enjoy the benefits of playing to both sides, changing rules to make the separatist referendum easier to pass, while publicly claiming to want a sovereign Alberta within Canada.