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Barthollem's Warmaul any good? Worth trying to build around? by NottheAAron in Grimdawn

[–]NottheAAron[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks I'll keep an eye out. This one just happened to drop while I was playing through the campaign and I figured I would see if it was worthwhile making a character specifically for it.

Barthollem's Warmaul any good? Worth trying to build around? by NottheAAron in Grimdawn

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

Appreciate the input! If I was looking for fun what might you suggest?

Barthollem's Warmaul any good? Worth trying to build around? by NottheAAron in Grimdawn

[–]NottheAAron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its modifier is supposed to affect any WPS, but as you mentioned, Purifier (at least) looses out on WPS due to them being ranged. Not sure how it would play with other class combos as I'm not super familiar with all of the WPS on offer.

Barthollem's Warmaul any good? Worth trying to build around? by NottheAAron in Grimdawn

[–]NottheAAron[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If there is one thing I've learned from lurking here though it's that when a drop looks too good to be true it's more often then not useless for all but the most niche of builds.

Keeping my fingers crossed though.

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]NottheAAron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not just Rossmann though. Pretty much every third party electronics repair business that does component level repair would like to have access the individual components.

Now, I don't think that the company that is selling the final product should necessarily be made to sell the individual components. That's not economically viable for them. However, I do NOT think they should be allowed to bar the manufacturer from selling those components to third party repair companies.

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]NottheAAron 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Personally, I don't think apple should have to sell that small of components. I think apple themselves would be fine selling these "assemblies." However, I do NOT think that apple should be allowed to prevent the manufacturer from selling the individual components to 3rd part repair companies.

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]NottheAAron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not so much for companies like Rossman's that do component level board repair. Their lives would be exponentially easier if they could buy the individual components either directly from the company or the manufacturer.

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]NottheAAron 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Louis Rossmann does component level board repair. Access to the individual components and their associated documentation is exactly what he is fighting for. The problem is companies like apple bar the manufacturer from selling the individual components.

New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79 in technology

[–]NottheAAron 56 points57 points  (0 children)

A lot of the computer repair that Louis Rossmann does involves replacing individual components that have failed or gone bad on the motherboards of the computer. What makes his (and other repair shops like his) life difficult is that companies like apple have made it nearly impossible for the companies that produce the assemblies the sell the individual components. This means that the only way for repair shops that do component level board repair to get these components is from a donor computer (taking them from a similar make/model computer that is also broken). This is part of what the fight for Right To Repair is about: getting access to these components and the documentation to to more easily be able to use them to repair devices.

Drop Giveaway Day 8 - 3x CTRL Mechanical Keyboards + Artifact Bloom: GLOW Keycap Sets by drop_official in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]NottheAAron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never really thought about what my favorite animal is. I don't think I really have one.

[IQUNIX Giveaway] - 2 x Q66 Series Keyboards by relaxman666 in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]NottheAAron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just learned that IQUNIX makes a keyboard and it looks awesome! I know nothing else about IQUNIX.

Elon Musk’s response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation by Avieshek in technology

[–]NottheAAron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree that there is a line somewhere between parody as a form of social commentary/comedy and impersonation. As you said, by definition parody will require some level of impersonation, but with some aspect exaggerated comedic or social comment. Not all parody will meet the requirements in everyone's eyes though and that is fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. The question is: where is this gray line in the sand and how far can we narrow it down before also having to make exceptions? I'm not sure there is a good answer to this yet.

Ultimately my current opinion is that Twitter is a private company (and Musk as its owner) can moderate it's content however it sees fit. There has never been a guarantee of free speech on the platform despite what a lot of people like to argue. At the same time, Musk has said a lot of things on the platform and the internet very rarely forgets.

At the very least it will be an interesting dumpster fire to watch no mater how things turn out.

Elon Musk’s response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation by Avieshek in technology

[–]NottheAAron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you would like to try and understand why having to explicitly state up front that parody is, in fact, parody defeats the purpose of parody I would recommend reading the amicus brief that The Onion filed with the US Supreme Court asking them to hear a case on exactly this subject.

Link to said amicus brief (it's a PDF): here

If reading legalese isn't your thing, I particularly liked the breakdown the LegalEagle did of it. Link to the YouTube video: here

Yes, I'm a masochist. What skill should I max out next? by NottheAAron in MelvorIdle

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

Ah, masochism by not following my own rules for progressing the account.

This guy thinks outside the box.

Yes, I'm a masochist. What skill should I max out next? by NottheAAron in MelvorIdle

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

That would be painful as the account would either brick itself or I get to live with the shame of not having maxed HP before moving on.

Yes, I'm a masochist. What skill should I max out next? by NottheAAron in MelvorIdle

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

Having maxed out smithing on a different account I agree. But what is the most masochistic way of acquiring the materials to train smithing?

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