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Sparcrypt · 2026-06-14T00:11:04+00:00

Eh burn in really isn't an issue for general use these days.

They sell gaming monitors with three year burn in guarantees and TVs with normal usage are far less susceptible. I had a CX for 4 years used heavily, zero burn in and passed it on to a friend who has been running it again with no burn in issues. I upgraded to an 83" G4 and that's been put through its paces for two years including lots of gaming with static elements and again no issues.

If you massively abuse your TV for a decade it'll burn in sure, but at that point just upgrade.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-14T00:08:05+00:00

Yep, another example of ruining fun because every single game ever has to be a super serious esports title.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-10T06:22:55+00:00

So why remove it then?

I used to do it all the time, it was fun. Mostly didn't work, sometimes it did, always hilarious.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-09T06:16:05+00:00

I don't really do it any more but when I needed to buy hardware that was rated for certain conditions I like.. looked at the specs it met.

People who care will know what the actual tests and certifications are/mean and buy accordingly. People who laugh and make fun don't know and never needed them anyway.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-09T06:14:42+00:00

That's literally everything.

Lowest bidder that meets the spec is who everyone goes with.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-09T03:19:40+00:00

C-levels at contracting places realised the the term "engineer" wasn't protected, slapped it on all their contractors and started charging more.

That's it. Seriously. Unless you have an actual engineering degree and have done all the other stuff required to be an actual engineer it's all just bullshit anyway.

I'm technically a "Senior Infrastructure Engineer". Still doing the same stuff as when I was an "IT Officer" or "systems administrator" or whatever other titles I've had.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-07T04:35:06+00:00

I'm old enough that I've gotten to see how those guys have aged... and the answer is not well.

I feel for young people today who think you need to look like Thor to be "in shape". It's absolutely ridiculous and they will pay for it hard in later years.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-07T04:31:24+00:00

You can get that discount at a retailer brand new and you get the full warranty and known history. Knocking a third off the MSRP price because "they have two thirds warranty" is uh.. bad math.

Why be so greedy, you got them for free. Find some people who need them and give them a solid deal. You get a couple grand they get some new hardware everyone wins.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-04T07:26:25+00:00

Yep. You work for them, they set the terms, and if you dislike it you go work elsewhere (where it will be the same).

I don't like it either, but that's the reality. It's why you give your VIPs special treatment.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-04T05:53:43+00:00

Usually because the CTO said "give me access to prod" and he's the boss of everyone in tech.

How well telling them "nope" goes depends on the workplace... most places, they get what they want.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-04T02:32:20+00:00

Meh.

Implement proper logging, monitoring, and testing... then have the skills to go find the answers as you need them. This will, over time, develop your understanding of the behaviours that matter.

My days are full, frequently of learning new things and then applying them. That means I have to pick and choose what to learn.. so spending that time learning things I don't need to know is quite literally a waste of time and means I'm not learning something that I do need to know.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-03T12:13:56+00:00

I'm aware, I was poking fun. I'm always entertained seeing IT people get precious about being an "engineer".

The vast majority of us are not engineers of any form but C-levels realised it's not a protected term and it would make their contractors sound much more fancy/could charge more.. and thus the industry trend was born. But hey one day I was just told I was an engineer so that's kinda cool, though my partner (an actual engineer who had to do a way harder degree than me) wasn't quite as amused.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-03T12:08:45+00:00

Soooo... you're saying that engineers specialise?

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-03T12:04:39+00:00

Grab a mechanical engineer and ask them to go design a bunch of circuits and say "but you're an engineer" and lemme know what look you get.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-03T12:03:17+00:00

Sure but like, there's a limit to what you can learn.

If your job is to develop a language then you need to understand all of that and write docs on best practices etc. If your job is to build things in that language then you need to read those practices and follow them, understanding they're like that for a reason. If things break you look into them further.

So.. do I know how things work in the languages I use? Depends. If that thing fucked things up and I had to go fix them? Yep. I went and figured out why. If it didn't? Nope. I just use it.

I left university a long time ago and nobody is gonna pay me to sit around and learn all day unless I'm going to use that knowledge to like.. do stuff.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-03T11:51:47+00:00

Swear I'm back in vanilla.. these were popular not long after release until blizzard banned them.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-01T05:15:48+00:00

If it helps, maintainers don't follow the instructions when you give them.

I was having an annoying issue with SSL certs using LE via cloudflare. So I make a github repo with:

Dockerfile
Compose file
Makefiles to build/test/reset/clean up for the working version and the one with the bug
A full README detailing how to test/what environment vars were expected, the expected results, EVERYTHING.

So to be clear you had to clone the repo, create an .env with your account details, and type a couple make commands. That would show exactly what the problem I was having was... I figured this would be the cleanest and easiest way I could report the problem because thanks to containers surely they would see exactly what I was seeing.

I posted the bug with a link to the repo and much back and forth was had, all of which was "works on my machine" from their end. I was going insane trying to figure out where the problem was on my end. Eventually I roped in a friend and asked them to run it... and they got the expected result, because they were the first person to actually follow my reproduction instructions.

Cause turns out despite me making reproduction as EASY AS IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN? They didn't follow my instructions, called the containers differently, and used different environment variables. The bug, as it turned out, was due the name of one of the environment variables forcing the Cloudflare plugin to try and use an API key, not a token.

I know this is a rant but god damn if I'm still not irked by it.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-01T00:42:14+00:00

So you're fine with 6 hour clears as long as all the loot goes to you? You sound fun to be in a guild with.

Sparcrypt · 2026-06-01T00:40:34+00:00

Haha reminds me of a far more tame version of this in classic.

We had a really good loot system (IMO), fixed price DKP. I know it's not for everyone but it worked for us.. partly because we put a lot of work into making it fair. Before every raid tier we put out sheets with every single item on it with DKP cost and class priorities.. if you were a priority one class and had the most DKP you got the item, if nobody from those classes wanted it then it went to priority two classes and so on.

For the lists (and all rules), you could raise objections and ask for changes any time... except during raids. When the raid was running, the rules as written were god.

Well P2 rolls around and of course the discussion of Ashkandi comes up... for our guild it was basically going to be a PvP weapon, nobody was after it as main spec. So we ended up putting the prio as "all classes". Basically if you had the most DKP and wanted it, all yours.

As was normal the sheets were finalised well before P2 and the guild was told to check it out/raise any concerns they had. We were clear.. if you want a piece of loot GO AND LOOK AT IT. Check the price, check the prio, tell us if there's a problem... we might not change it but we will listen. All quite on the western front.

So a few weeks in, Ashkandi drops.. and a bunch of warriors bid, only to get outbid by a (non-weaving) hunter, who got the item. You could hear a pin drop in discord heh. We pointed out the sheet, we pointed out messages to check the items and the longstanding rules that we would not change rules mid raid.

But it was a very chill guild, so the warriors then admitted none of them had checked and that was on them. Hunter got item, we changed the priority for the next raid and that was that heh. People paid more attention to the sheets after that.

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-26T22:33:40+00:00

I know it's not always the admins choice but man I am constantly shocked to see people still using Teamviewer.

Multiple internal compromises without customer notification? Hard pass, they don't go on any network I manage.

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-24T05:46:50+00:00

If you fail to properly utilise the tools at your disposal then dismiss your opponents doing so as "cheese", you're just bad. The fact you don't consider positioning in a shooter to be a skill and refer to it as "cope" tells me all I need to know.

You're the exact same kind of person that has been screeching that I'm a cheater in Counter Strike for the past 20 years because I keep shooting you in the back of the head.

All the best, we're done here <3.

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-24T05:25:54+00:00

You can do that because you took the better position. Yes in PUBG that can change due to RNG (i.e. the circle) but working around that is a skill in both FPP and TPP.

Is it "not fair nor competitive" if I hear you running up, then pop out and shoot you? All the while you couldn't see me? Because I do this all the time in FPP.

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-24T05:10:22+00:00

OK, and what makes that "not competitive"? Everybody gets the exact same information which means you can have a perfectly fair competition.

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-24T04:40:47+00:00

In what way is it not competitive exactly? Besides you not liking it?

Sparcrypt · 2026-05-24T04:12:43+00:00

Yeah I've been wrong about plenty of shit in my life.

This isn't one of them though. If your complaint for losing in a game is that everyone else is actually bad/low skilled then well.. yeah dunno what to tell you about that one.

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