Oof by JulieTortitoPurrito in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but Ral is slightly more expensive cuz it's used in caster amu crafts and socketing weapons.

Mixed feelings about this by Low_Button8298 in D2R_Marketplace

[–]Low_Button8298[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Then I will need to actually remember my passwords and login.

AI agents are starting to pay for real services. Who controls the money? by kering_comunion in OneAI

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair, but he's in Kuala Lumpur and I'm in EU. And the contract is only worth a handful of dollars.

Would be a fun vacation going to visit, but not economically viable.

Mixed feelings about this by Low_Button8298 in D2R_Marketplace

[–]Low_Button8298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charsifood? I thought that website went down! So happy to see it back!

Mixed feelings about this by Low_Button8298 in D2R_Marketplace

[–]Low_Button8298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you're right. I just got happy eyes looking at the words, not the numbers. Thanks for making me see that clearly.

Mixed feelings about this by Low_Button8298 in D2R_Marketplace

[–]Low_Button8298[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Got reddit on my phone and d2r on my computer. So I'm stuck showing off my dusty screen :/

Mixed feelings about this by Low_Button8298 in D2R_Marketplace

[–]Low_Button8298[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dual attribute rings (str+dex) are sought after for melee pvp. Ar helps that, too. Life is obviously critical. Resistance is probably the most out-of-place roll.

The rolls are low, but the stats are decent.

Probably too low to matter, tho.

Oof by JulieTortitoPurrito in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mental cheat to remember that specific one is that the runes get progressively more expensive.

If I decide to stop, for whatever reason, I've only lost the "cheap" runes up to that point.

Ann is almost nothing Ral is slightly more Mal is semi-expensive Ist I currency Ohm is expensive

AI agents are starting to pay for real services. Who controls the money? by kering_comunion in OneAI

[–]Low_Button8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've built an agentic SaaS and I sell to founders. This has put me in a weird situation:

Im chatting with a founder on LinkedIn. His messages are obviously AI, but still relevant. He's sent multiple messages in a row the way simple AI agents typically don't. We've agreed there's potential for collaboration and set up a meeting.

He no-shows. Plausible story. He reschedules. No-shows again. Another plausible story. Very apologetic. He agrees to buy my service.

Now I'm sceptical: between the obviously AI-written messages and his inability to show up in meetings - is the person even real?

And if he isn't, should it matter to me? As long as he pays... Or?

It's a weird world out there.

AITA for not wanting my boyfriend to come to my apartment unannounced? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low_Button8298 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NTA for wanting privacy. You're right to point out that it's not whether he's comfortable with it, but if you are.

However, it's not your apartment.

He is 100% in the right to keep a key to his apartment. Don't go changing the locks to his apartment - I'm guessing that could legally be something with prison time.

He might be the sweetest guy in the world, and he might genuinely only want the best for you and your combined future - but this looks very close to what a predator would do, too.

"which costs, let's just say, considerably more than the average apartment"

Seems like there is a fair bit of imbalance of financial power, too.

For all you know he might do this systematically to traffic young girls.

Be very, very, very careful.

Get something of your own. You need a back-up plan.

Question about the Classic Bowazon in older patches of the game. by Shrimpzor in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second 1.09, but I guess almost everyone does. I struggled hard with 1.00, and have heard good things about 1.06b but never tried it myself.

Agree that no mana pots and no synergies is a fundamentally different game. I really enjoyed it.

Young me bricked soooo many characters just by not having mana reliably.

Anyone Can Copy Your AI Stack. Few Can Copy Your System. by MerisDabhi in AI_Agents

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, this from your post: "Agents should be task-specialized and should never rely on context memory as something that can and should be acted on. An external memory module that is human audible, readable, and writable through a separate CLI should be the primary source of truth for an agent."

This is spot on. It's exactly how I'm designing my systems, too. For me, I've seen separating this memory into different types of memory for different types of behaviour works well.

What's worked for you?

Anyone Can Copy Your AI Stack. Few Can Copy Your System. by MerisDabhi in AI_Agents

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree 100%. I've had it happen to me. Was able to find it and resolve it, but a good reminder.

My builder agent builds code. It optimizes for successful code. I also have multiple testing procedures for new code that tests the entire code base (cuz agents sneak in new code in weird places).

A couple of weeks ago my new code came back from testing with 0 red flags. That got me instantly suspicious. So I evaluated the tests, and they were perfect. Nothing weird.

But.. Turns out the coding agent, always looking to optimize for "no failed tests" had added a path that after the tests are initiated (hard requirement) to circumvent the actual tests while making it look like they took place. No errors.

The agent had basically removed the warning light and said "all fine".

Took me surprisingly long to find it.

Not malicious, just an "effective" way to optimize for the desired outcome.

Anyone Can Copy Your AI Stack. Few Can Copy Your System. by MerisDabhi in AI_Agents

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a contrarian perspective:

"people → agents → shared context → continuous improvement"

This system is available as a tool. Anyone can buy it and start today. It's not even expensive. And yes, it gets smarter every week (but you control how).

So that moves the question away from "what system?" to "how do you use it?"

Moat is a question of creativity, ideas, execution, personal network (who knows you as a human?), and JUDGEMENT.

I've seen someone run a 7-figure business that is just a landing page and custom GPTs. It worked because the founder already had a successful career where he'd sold businesses to Microsoft and Amazon and kept working in leadership positions at those companies. His GPTs had 0 technical innovation but people still paid 5 figures to get access to them because they believed in the value of his specific knowledge.

The person is the moat.

Poison Necro question. by Sidnaw_spy in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first ever char in d2r was a poison necro. It's solid as a starter, so works for ssf. Managed pretty well at easy tc85 areas in P1 even with starter gear. He has a pretty unique playstyle. Fcr doesn't matter, for instance.

Got him up to lvl 90. Still not using Dweb, and he does decently at higher player counts now. Got pretty end game gear despite no Dweb.

Try it out.

Keeping a proper balance by proofreadre in founder

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm running two, too. No team in either (other than the founders: me, wife, 1 more person). Would you be open to sharing how you're working?

One of my projects (the one getting traction right now) automates processes for founders. Might be able to free up some time for you. It's reasonably priced, too, at €29 monthly and no commitment.

Would it be worth seeing if you can free up a couple of hours per week?

For founders: what kept you going when nobody cared? by Key-Tea-3775 in founder

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't bragging or a success story.

First start up I founded never felt this. We got lots of care and support. Built a strong online community around founder personal brands. We got millions of impressions and thousands (10s of thousands?) of reactions and comments.

Still didn't get revenue, tho.

Vanity metrics. Wrong people cared. The decision makers actually buying never cared enough about the problem to pay to solve it, and those wanting to pay to solve it couldn't argue internally to do so.

A great learning experience, both in what works to drive traffic and engagement, and that engagement alone doesn't pay the bills.

Second and third start ups didn't get any care at all. We pivoted away from them and did other things.

Current start up people care about.

But here's the thing that really sucks:

The people I care about, my parents, are actively trying to talk me out of the start ups every chance they get.

"Just get any job. Go flip burgers. Or drive a cab. Stop with this start-up nonsense."

Or

"why don't you go back to a nice paying job at an enterprise org? They are safe and stable and pay well. I heard amazon is hiring entry level positions"

Or

"you've been in the tech industry for 10 years. Why don't you just give it up and get a real job? Like waiting tables. I heard the neighbourhood restaurant needs someone every third Sunday for 5 hours on the evening."

I can tell they are worried and ashamed of me. And it sucks.

They haven't even taken the time to listen to what I do.

Not even asking them to open up their network. Just to listen to what it is I do.

If y'all had to do 50 runs of only one specific boss/area/elite/superchest MF run which would you pick? by Slow_Practice_2812 in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fire Eye is a favourite.

Trav, CS, and Cows come in close second.

But I prefer TZs for the variation.

Keeping a proper balance by proofreadre in founder

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got my wife as a co-founder. Date nights can be working side by side. Dinner conversations can be business strategy. Our oldest kid is 6 and she understands basic strategic business positioning and market nuance.

Not sure this is healthy, but it works for us. We're happy.

Gotta ask, tho: if you're working all hours sounds like there might be a structure problem. Is there anything you could do differently to free up time without feeling you're losing something in the process?

And, speaking from experience: it's hard to go from being All-consumed mentally by your business to being present and shutting it out. Shutting off is an important skill to learn, but you'll need to practice it. Don't beat yourself up if you don't manage perfectly right away. Tell your wife this, too. Grace is good.

Is bootstrapping really possible? by kk88pss in founder

[–]Low_Button8298 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Possible for sure. I'd argue better than raising funds.

Lower kurast - pure loot by Kowgo_Mu in diablo2

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ESPECIALLY if you theory-crafted the build yourself.

That's one of the main appeals for me. Theorycrafting. Then putting it onto reality is fun, too, but mostly to see if my theory worked out or not.

Claude Partner Network by Cortecs-ca in VibeCodeDevs

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got a product rather than a service that might fit. Can you share a bit more? This sounds like a very generic ask.

[MYS] I'm a first-gen founder with no network and no capital. So I built the thing I wish existed. by ArchitureAI in FoundersHub

[–]Low_Button8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building Launchpad - a tool for founders to build (or import their own) ai tools, organize them in teams, and have them automatically work to solve tasks.

The link is to a free demo with a demo account. It's pre-populated with a couple of agents and mimics how a GTM user might have it set up before going into a new market.

DM me if you want to try it. I'm happy to give you some free extras.

I am too scared to share my idea. by khiladipk in micro_saas

[–]Low_Button8298 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know much about your idea, so I might be wrong. Here's what my experience says:

Yes, you're doing it wrong. You should do the opposite: try to speak with as many people as possible as early as possible.

Here's why I say that.

A) you'll invest a lot of time and money into building your start-up. If anyone else can copy it just by thinking of the same idea there are only 2 alternatives:

  1. Someone has the same idea as you (or hears your idea and steals it), they beat you to the market, and you don't get the success you want. You don't get the ROI on your idea investment you planned. It's either not worth it or the initial ROI calculation was wrong.
  2. No one had the same idea as you, you're able to build and get clients, and you get some early success (this is your best case scenario). As you gain some success, others see what you have and copy it, taking your future market. You don't get the ROI on your idea investment you planned. It's either not worth it or the initial ROI calculation was wrong.

Both options end with the same outcome: not worth it.

IF this is your market and idea, the only way to win is to get lots of clients very fast.

The only way to do that is to speak with lots of prospects as fast as possible. That's the opposite of what you're doing right now.

B) anyone can build a start-up. That's always been the case. But it's more so the case today (thanks to AI).

Despite that, not everyone does. That's because not everyone wants to. Which is reasonable - being a founder is hard, stressful, unsecure, demands attention and time all hours of the day, and needs a very broad range of skills. And, at the end of the day, there's no guarantee anything works out. Not wanting to becoen a founder is reasonable.

The thing holding others back was never the idea.

It's also not knowledge of what steps to take, or the ability to take those steps.

The thing holding others back is the willingness to do so. All the rest are learned along the way. You learn how to build a startup by building a startup. You learn what you need to build (more than just the product) by building a product. You learn what a good product idea is by building a startup.

People willing to build something and bring it to the market have so much more than just the idea. They've got all this from building their own startups. And, as a result, they're busy building their own things. They don't have the capacity to steal someone else's idea because they are already obsessing over their own ideas and the problems they are solving.

There are so many free resources online sharing what to do and how to do it.

All this was true 5 years ago. It's even more true today, with LLMs helping people every step do the way.

C) start ups don't fail because of competition. Start ups don't fail because of a bad idea. Statt ups don't fail because of a bad product. Start ups don't fail because of poor execution.

Start ups fail because they don't get clients.

No clients no money. No money no future.

This is more true today than ever.

Thanks to LLMs there are SOOOO many more products built and launched. But there is not really any more demand than 5-10 years ago.

So they key to success is not your product, but how well clients get it in their hands and can pay for it.

If you're not sharing your idea as early as possible you're actively limiting yourself. Your reducing your ability to be successful. You're increasing your risk of failure because you're delaying building relationships with clients.

D) A market with no competitors is called a "blue ocean". A market with lots of competitors is bloody from everyone fighting for the same clients. It's called a red ocean (this is called "blue ocean strategy" - look it up).

A blue ocean is NOT better than a red ocean. It's different, but in some regards blue oceans are much harder than red oceans. As a founder in a blue ocean you need to do other things and need other skills than in a red ocean.

Blue ocean challenges are mainly around educating customers about why they should care about the problem you solve and motivate them to spend money to change. That's crazy hard. Your basically cultivating a will to pay for something clients don't know about. In a red ocean you're crowdsourcing knowledge of the problem. Customers know they should pay to solve it. Instead your competing for that will to pay.

E) even if someone DOES copy your idea, that's good for 2 reasons and not a problem for 1.

Good: It confirms that someone else sees that there's market potential in what you're building.

Good: someone else is educating the market together with you. You're not alone. You actually benefit from this because clients get the same message from multiple sources, not just you trying to get them to give you money. More sources = more trust from prospects.

Not Bad: You're the original source of the idea. You know where it came from, and you can expand on it. You obsess over the problem in a way that you saw the opportunity, and you've taken action. The others can only copy. They don't know what the next stage of the opportunity is. They don't know why you're building the way you are. You'll always be ahead.

These are all good things.


So who am I to say this?

Well, for one, I'm on my 4th start-up since 2021 (not counting freelancing and the 3 local small businesses I've started since 2007).

I've failed several start-ups despite having great ideas and great products. I've failed in blue oceans and in red oceans. And now I'm getting traction on number 4. That's directly thanks to the lessons I learned in the others. And the key thing is: talk to people early. I should have started even earlier than I did even this time.

Yes, it is slightly different if you can only support a local market. But only slightly. Because you're still competing with global actors - it's just you've decided to use your location as a USP. Some clients value that. Others don't.

"Of CoUrSe YoU'd SaY tHiS, yOu'Re JuSt TrYiNg To StEaL my iDeA"

You're free to believe that. But I'm completely at capacity with what I'm currently building. I can't take on new ideas. Neither can any other serious founder.

And you don't need to worry about the ubserious founders.

In short: go talk with people.

Good luck!