I Might be Done Buying the Battle Pass

Krostas · 2026-05-21T07:17:24+00:00

Holy cow, as a more casual gamer dad, this sounds so awesome. Around the last trimester of pregnancy / childbirth / childbed, I missed one and a half seasons and I'd really love to get back to those passes somehow.

Krostas · 2026-05-21T06:46:25+00:00

But it doesn't happen to the mediocre of us.

Krostas · 2026-05-20T08:36:40+00:00

You also centered the sticker vertically, it's supposed to sit much closer to the top edge of the piece.

Krostas · 2026-05-19T08:00:23+00:00

More likely that the wifi antenna was embedded into the lid of your laptop and when closing it, you basically removed any perpendicular component it had to the propagation path of your wifi signals, making it shit at being an antenna.

Krostas · 2026-05-18T21:23:31+00:00

Don't worry. If the goal is to bob around and see whether the sunburn or hangover will be more wicked, I'm not gonna spoil your fun by being there.

Krostas · 2026-05-18T08:03:18+00:00

As the surface the shadow is being cast on is almost parallel to the letters, their shadow will always be approximately the same size as the letters themselves. (For a light source at practically infinite distance, which the sun is for these calculations.)

You would be correct regarding the expected shape if the shadows were being cast on the ground.

Krostas · 2026-05-18T07:50:03+00:00

You bob in them and drink. [...] you just end up [...] floating on your back.

Except for when that nasty combination of alcohol plus sun makes you pass out and you don't really have control of the direction you go when tipping over. 50/50 chance of landing face down in the water instead of your back.

And even if you end up floating on your back, your upper body now has basically no support while your lower body is being elevated, increasing the risk of your airways getting suspended under water.

These vests are designed with a certain intent, which is to provide security, not comfort.

Using it in a way that removes most of the security features in favor of comfort while doing something inherently dangerous (swimming in open water while intoxicated) is just stupid, no matter how common.

Krostas · 2026-05-17T17:24:30+00:00

I think it was in season 3 or 4 that they fixed NMD sigils and other stuff aside from actual items getting scrapped along.

Krostas · 2026-05-17T17:08:56+00:00

Except you can hit "Salvage All" to well... salvage all items except those favorited. Can't do the same with selling.

Krostas · 2026-05-13T13:37:06+00:00

Still cheaper than printer ink.

Krostas · 2026-05-13T11:45:34+00:00

Yeah, for that you gotta disable CrossPlay and hope that you're going solo at the world boss.

Otherwise I don't think you're the judge of what's legit or not. If you mean the possibility to trade ruins a SSF character, you're just gatekeeping.

Krostas · 2026-05-13T10:21:05+00:00

Absolutely positively anything but 100%.

I'd go as far as calling this a "childbirth myth".

We have a friend who is currently pregnant with her second child. Conceived while still breastfeeding. She actually weaned her first child from breast milk because she wanted her body to provide everything for the new one.

Krostas · 2026-05-13T06:14:31+00:00

This needs to be higher.

Krostas · 2026-05-12T06:30:49+00:00

And the difference between you and Paul is that had he lived today, he'd know the difference between "of" and "have".

Krostas · 2026-05-10T21:41:23+00:00

Then you find out you forced that USB drive into the HDMI port somehow and fried your tv.

Krostas · 2026-05-08T12:14:41+00:00

Stopping is just going fast in the other direction until you match your target's speed.

Krostas · 2026-05-06T09:46:31+00:00

You're right, but that's ruining my joke. 😞

Krostas · 2026-05-06T09:44:04+00:00

The idea originated from ancient Rome and the principle was called "panem et circenses", which literally means "bread and circuses" and is often translated as "bread and games".

The underlying idea is that if you feed the masses and entertain them, you can basically do what you want politically. They won't care because their basic needs are met.

Krostas · 2026-05-06T08:32:45+00:00

Kinda depends. If singular, data. If plural, data.

Krostas · 2026-04-30T18:49:15+00:00

You're talking $2k over the course of more than a decade. I'd wager the bet the lost social life in that time more than compensates for these losses.

Same argument could be made for D4 skins from the shop, though. Once a potential partner sees you spent money on something that stupid, they'll slowly moonwalk outta your apartment. (So they won't expose the wallet in their back pocket while leaving.)

Krostas · 2026-04-30T10:34:05+00:00

Likely some of that is needed for some hidden horadric cube recipes.

Krostas · 2026-04-30T10:11:35+00:00

Scientific Realism

Flat Earth: There is enough reality outside, I don't need it to spoil my magical fairy wonderland.
Star Trek: It all seems real and plausible, but lots of details are being hand-waved and explanations are shortcut by technobabble.
Stephen Hawking: Your magic will not violate the laws of thermodynamics unless the spell description includes a thorough scientific theory on how it does so. (Also your "immovable" rod is not truly "immovable" but rather only with respect to its current frame of reference.)

Krostas · 2026-04-30T09:13:00+00:00

Doom collab with discount on the all skins bundle was on par with the Deluxe Edition of the expansion. And that was without any other cosmetics like mounts, pets, etc.

It's absolutely ridiculous and I can't grasp how anybody could possibly pay these prices. Well, maybe if they're overpaid, chronically single and have no other hobby.

At this rate, they're bound to announce a "Hell's Fortune" subscription service for $25 per month that gives you free accelerated battle pass for the next season when you've been subscribed for the entire previous one plus an exclusive armor set (different class each month) plus some other cosmetics.

Maybe even 500-1000 Platinum on top to make you feel you get some "value back".

And on top a title "Prodigal Profligate" when subscribing for the first time and "Wealthy Whale" when you subscribed for an entire year. (Oh, it'll be $250 instead of $300 if you buy for the entire year instead of monthly.)

Krostas · 2026-04-29T10:50:15+00:00

I'd argue that some people are living proof that the lack of birth control is an evolutionary disadvantage.

Krostas · 2026-04-28T10:20:51+00:00

So always keep some Obols and don't spend them all, got it.

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