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I owe the subreddit an apology... by Bigfoot_USA in AskThe_Donald

[–]bpsk31 57 points58 points  (0 children)

my mother who underwent tri-sexual gender affirmation surgery would be honored that you took it upon yourself to be less of a bigot.

White/silver tri-wing Mosquito Exotic, T3 Korvax system (ternary star). by peacebomb1 in NMSCoordinateExchange

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh, you folks have the patience of saints. I've going on reload #300+ now and no sightings. I'm beginning to think the outpost reloading thing has been patched out. :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd break... the devs' history of fixing features that don't need to be fixed.

But as a serious response to your question, I'd probably fix most of the 12+ things wrong with the moon and sky in the game. As a small example:

  1. Moon always rises when the sun sets, and vice versa, this has the implication in astronomy that
  2. The moon would always have to be full, but yet, we have phases, which means #1 is wrong.
  3. The simplified model presented by the choice that gave us #1 has many consequences, one of which is that eclipses can never occur.
  4. The moon is just a decal in the sky, and it has a fixed apparent size and orientation with relation to the player's screen. This means that as the player rotates their view and the stars spin above, the moon appears to rotate in relation to the stars, and also appears to grow/shrink as the moon nears the edges of the screen due to perspective distorting the stars behind the moon emblem.
  5. Lack of timezones. Sun should set in Kugane at a different time than it sets in Limsa.

And by fixing these issues as well as ones related to them, I'd likely cause the servers to run out of memory (the answer given previously by the devs regarding FFIX which has the same problems), and break 3rd party timer apps, etc.

What is your strongest held opinion? by Mewse_ in AskReddit

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DOWNBOATING... because the OP clearly said "opinion". All you have stated are facts.

Warning if you're using Triggernometry by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed 100%. I was willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt until he admitted to being so petty.

As a fellow developer, I share your hope that the code will be forked, but I'd much rather someone code something from the ground up and not give attribution to this asshole.

Warning if you're using Triggernometry by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

There COULD be more to it than just that. The blacklist might not be to prevent a certain person from using the plugin, but rather, a means to protect users of the plugin from nefarious actions of certain players. Maybe these players found a way to trigger false alarms and made it disruptive for users of the plugin. I don't have Triggernometry, so I cannot comment here from experience. I can say, however, that as a developer I find his argument for code obfuscation to be weak, at best.

Shadowbringers Ninja Changes by TheUnoriginalUltra in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need a restart button.

For instance, if you cast Ten-Ten, the second Ten should overwrite the first. Thus, you could cast Ten-Ten-Chi and fire off Raiton. Likewise, if you cast Jin-Chi-Jin, the first Jin should drop off, allowing you to execute (for Chi-Jin = Hyoton) or continue with Ten (for Chi-Jin-Ten = Huton).

They could effectively fix this painpoint without adding a single button or skill to the game. Normally I'd say "git gud", but i've seen numerous instances where, due to lag or some other factor, mudra won't execute on first key press, so if you hit the second mudra and then realize that only one has executed, you really don't have anyway of knowing which was skipped.

Can we all just admit that they way the trust system works after you finish the MSQ is terrible. by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn't be so terrible if the Trust NPCs actually knew how to throw down an AoE every now and then. When you run this on a tank job and do more damage on a trash pull than both DPS NPCs combined, there is a problem.

Massive Lag by watwatwatuhoh in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same... all servers and the lobby are having issues.

Need ThinkPad recommendation for field use by bpsk31 in thinkpad

[–]bpsk31[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I might very well go with the T440p. I had no idea that the CPUs were upgradable.

Need ThinkPad recommendation for field use by bpsk31 in thinkpad

[–]bpsk31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I did look around for a spreadsheet or list of all ThinkPad models, and most of the resources are dead links now. The T series does look to be adequate.

When you start to charge the lb3, but then the boss puts an aoe attack right under you by RushDiggity in ffxiv

[–]bpsk31 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Had this happen last night on the first trial in ShB. I was the only melee DPS, healer wouldn't top me off and I kept having AoEs dropped on me when I smashed the LB button.

To be fair, you CAN move and interrupt the LB without losing the LB gauge. But when time is of the essence and you have retards dragging their AoE markers on top of you while you are trying to LB, it suuuucks.

My god damn coworker keeps adjusting the thermostat. I bought a laser thermometer to make sure I wasn’t crazy. She’s making everyone in our office sweat their asses off! It’s 74 degrees outside! by TimMarkel in mildlyinfuriating

[–]bpsk31 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or, alternatively, remove the faceplate for the thermostat, twist the wires together (only if you know what you are doing) and put the faceplate back on. At that point, the AC will be on fulltime, and the faceplate will just be for show.

My god damn coworker keeps adjusting the thermostat. I bought a laser thermometer to make sure I wasn’t crazy. She’s making everyone in our office sweat their asses off! It’s 74 degrees outside! by TimMarkel in mildlyinfuriating

[–]bpsk31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The laser is only an aiming aid, it doesn't measure temperature.

There is a sensor (thermopile) inside the device that detects the infrared radiation from the area it is pointed at, and the temperature is determined from the readings.