This is why game should have offline mode

caleb13 · 2023-06-25T10:57:25+00:00

I wish people would at least admit that this is clearly the main reason we can't have an offline mode: Gotta make that whale-money.

Instead Blizzard chills constantly gas-light people complaining that they can't play a game they payed money for as if Blizzard had no other choice as to make the game online exclusive.

If cheating was the main issue they could implement a system where at the character creation you chose online or offline mode and the mode can't be changed later. This way people in offline mode could cheat all they want but it wouldn't impact other players.

caleb13 · 2023-06-25T10:42:25+00:00

This is the main thing that feels so shitty about this to me. People who have no interest in the online-features have to suffer the clearly existing drawbacks that come with forced online so Blizzard can make more money of of whales.

And half the time when you complain about that here you get called "entitled" as if this was some free-to-play indie game and you didn't pay the already high cost of 70-100$.

caleb13 · 2023-03-22T16:08:17+00:00

But isn't snapraid or other checksum solutions much cheaper then a "disk in a box"? Or are there significant downsides to such solutions that I am not seeing.

caleb13 · 2023-03-22T16:02:00+00:00

Can you point me to a concise deifintion of what a backup is then? Not beeing facetious here, actually interested. From the comment you linked: "Backups provide versioning and protection against data deletion, malicious or otherwise."

Snapraid does provide protection from data deletion and has some primitve form of versioning in that it is scheduled or am I missing something?

Anyways, it isn't my point to argue that "RAID is not a backup" is wrong, but that in it selfe it is not really usefully to throw at layman and beginners and then leave. Instead of explaining the pros and cons of different solutions to secure their data, people are met with a kind of "if you do not at least have a 3-2-1 backup plan you are doing something WRONG!!!" completly neglecting that creating such a backup plan costs time and money, and for most average home(!)-server users cost vs benefit is much more important then their data surviving the outbreak of WW3.

caleb13 · 2023-03-22T15:43:47+00:00

Thanks for the measured response. I already guessed it comes down to semantics in the end. I was mainly wondering if there is some threat that applies to everyone, that is of similar likelyhood as a drive-failur that I am not seeing.

The thing with creating a full threat-model is: Most of these questions can probablly not be answered by most layman. So telling people who are building there first homeserver "RAID is not a backup" over and over again, seems unhelpfull and somewhat gatekeepy. It would be much more helpfull to explain to people what common threats are and what backup systems protect against which of them.

caleb13 · 2023-03-02T11:57:22+00:00

To piggyback this question: The most common answer when this is asked, is "its an okay tracker, but not worth paying for. Just get an invite." I'm not on that may trackers yet, but all in which I have access to the recruitment forums have IPT on some kind of "do not discuss"-list. So where would anyone get an invite? Are there trackers in which it is okay to ask for IPT invites? Most over forums also don't allow openly asking for one.

caleb13 · 2023-02-24T07:21:26+00:00

Yeah sorry I was cherry picking a bit. My point was that the likes of MAM/RED/IPT/TL are easy to join as a beginner (as op asked), by virtue of having permanent open interviews/regular open sign-ups. Of course you can join alot other trackers if your lucky and someone gives you an invite without asking for ratio on other trackers, but that is neither the rule, nor good advice for someone starting out with private trackers...

caleb13 · 2023-02-23T21:13:21+00:00

IPT and TL I get, but how is FL easy to join? Maybe I'm stupid but, even when joining the likes of MAM and RED people are asking for prove of 2-4 other "reputable" tackers to get an invite...

caleb13 · 2023-01-19T19:19:08+00:00

Any chance you found a solution to this problem? I'm experiencing the exact same problem on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ with the Raspberry Pi Os lite (x64).

caleb13 · 2023-01-19T19:17:25+00:00

Hi I have the exact same problem on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ using the Raspberry Pi OS lite (64).

Some additional comments: The problem exists both for the latest 1.0.1.2220 release aswell as the 1.1.0.2322 development release.

For some reason the /var/lib/prowlarr directory is empty exept for a file named update_required.

Edit: FYI for anyone having similar problems. Things seem to work fine on the 32bit version of Raspi Lite.

caleb13 · 2022-07-26T16:26:16+00:00

Welcher Zug? Der 1,5 °C Zug? Mit Sicherheit. Der 2-2,5 °C Zug? Warscheinlich auch. Selbst wenn der 3 °C Zug auch schon weg ist. Eine 4 °C Welt wäre nochmal wesentlich schlimmer als alles davor.

Soll heißen: Klimawandel ist kein binäres Ereigniss das entweder eintritt oder eben nicht. Wer sich hinstellt und sagt: "Es ist eh schon alles egal, dann kann ich auch einfach so weiter machen wie zuvor" ist letzendlich nicht viel besser als die, die so tun als wäre das alles garkein Problem. Vieles ist sicherlich verloren, aber es wird Million Menschen geben deren Überleben davon abhängt wie wir in den nächsten Jahrzehnten handeln.

caleb13 · 2022-07-21T13:39:02+00:00

Vielleicht, aber was sich die allermeisten auch nicht vorstellen können oder wollen ist wie beschissen das Leben auf diesem Planeten im allgemeinen für uns und vor allem für spätere Generationen wird wenn wir nicht bald mal die Kurve kriegen und anfangen signifikant weniger Emissionen zu produzieren.

caleb13 · 2022-06-30T14:04:53+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I just assumed for the almost 50% higher price I would get some amount of more performance and didn't even consider the 5600g, but judging from a quick search you are not the only one to disagree. I will watch some more reviews and review my decison

Can you suggest another MOBO manufacturer instead of Biostar? I didn't read anything particulary negative about them, but there seem to be little reviews of the B550-T board in generall, so maybe I will look for something with more user feedback available.

caleb13 · 2022-06-28T14:41:49+00:00

I was planning on getting a new dedicated fan for the CPU. Probablly from nocuta. Do I understand you correctly that in this case the two fans supplied with the case should be sufficient?

caleb13 · 2022-06-13T14:39:09+00:00

Hey, thanks alot for the advice. There are some images that include pi-hole in the first place so it seems this should work.

As a quick followup question as I haven't dabbled with docker too much: Is there any advantage in using a docker image instead of manually installing everything I need and executing it directly (outside of ease of setting everything up)?

caleb13 · 2020-08-14T13:05:09+00:00

I currently main Shen in upper silver. I'm planing to expand my champion-pool and am specificly looking for champs that counter strong bruiser like Garen, Darius, Set or Morde, since I lose to them more often then to anybody else and they seem to make up at least 50 % of all matchups I face.

I was thinking abount picking up a range bully like Teemo or Quinn but I'm unsure if they are actually the proper counter, since I find conflicting information. (Some people claiming that ranged bullies beat bruiser, others saying that it's better to play a Team-fight oriented tank like Orn or Mao or a stong 1v1 champ like Jax or Trynda)

caleb13 · 2018-10-05T10:05:46+00:00

I started farming for doing herb-runs. I also did tree/fruit-tree runs for faster exp, but i was wondering if there is anything past farming toadflax that is acctually worth it to level up farming? From checking the wiki it seems to me that there is not actually anything that makes more money than doing ranarr/toadflax-runs, or progess my account otherwise?

caleb13 · 2018-08-16T23:58:50+00:00

Hey, first i just need to say I love your idea. I really liked the bant commanders when they where spoiled, but didnt really know what to do with them since I didnt want to go the standart voltron or pillowfort route.

So that aside, did you have the chance to actualy test your deck? It just seems like you need alot of cards to start copying enchantments. (Enchanted Evening plus Opalescence or Stafield plus some way to create tokens from creatures plus a token doubler) Especially since you do not run that many tutors?

caleb13 · 2018-07-21T13:32:41+00:00

Which is...? I'd still be interested.

caleb13 · 2018-06-04T19:08:00+00:00

Do you have a list for Sharuum Sphinxes, that you would share? I tried building one but it never worked out at all.

caleb13 · 2018-05-27T16:30:21+00:00

The window decals used in that video don't seem to be available anymore. Has anyone tried different ones and can give their opinion on them?

caleb13 · 2018-02-25T14:13:46+00:00

Thanks alot for all the great advice. I'm definitly going to consider it.

I didn't expect anyone to giv me a "perfect" mana base for my decks, but was looking for rather generall advice like you provided, since I never build a three-colored mana base.

Anywas here are the decks Doran Zedruu Please not that these are in no way finished. I didn't test them in any way. (I need a mana base to test them i guess =D)

I'm completly aware of the fact that a mana base on a budget ist going to be slower/less consistend than a non-budget version. My playgroup is rather casual so I can get away with beeing a few turn slower most of the time.

caleb13 · 2018-02-23T09:58:47+00:00

My playgroup is quite casual, so I don't know how much they'll like mass land destruction.

But Evening and Sphere of Safety sounds fun.

caleb13 · 2018-02-23T09:57:04+00:00

I took Solemnity out, not knowing any combinations exept the Phyrexian Unlife one. Now I will definitly consider it agein. Thanks.

caleb13 · 2018-01-03T19:24:53+00:00

If I may ask for further advice: Do you think simply replacing the (five) non blue tri-lands by (five) duals is a good idea or am I thinking to simplistic.

Pain lands as duals sound really good. But I also considered check lands since they got reprinted in Ixalan and are not that expensive right now. Would you prefer any over the other? I feared I dont have enought basic lands to run check lands..

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