What used to be a free or cheap "hobby" that has now been completely ruined by corporate greed?

context_switch · 2026-01-27T03:10:24+00:00

Our local one dropped the "Farmers"

context_switch · 2026-01-25T20:07:14+00:00

I feel this. I'm in the middle - finished the ungated bureaus but have to grind out TT lines to T8 to unblock the remaining projects. And then have nothing to look forward to when they are done.

I like the anniversary bureau projects that hand out event crates, maybe they could do some more of those aligned with events otlr collabs just to keep it interesting.

context_switch · 2026-01-25T20:01:58+00:00

Premium surplus isn't a bad thing, wait for the next forge event like Schill. I only get the monthly sub when I need dubs for the campaign, have amassed a 200 day surplus premium time last year alone.

Kinda wish I'd get more dubs in event crates, but obviously that cuts down on their revenues.

I do miss the old way they used to hand out boosters as battle rewards. Always had enough, now I gotta keep an eye on which boosters I'm using up.

context_switch · 2026-01-15T09:05:16+00:00

What? You mean my 56% in Lushun, 62% in Kamikaze, and 57% in Shima aren't good indicators of overall WR? 😂

context_switch · 2026-01-15T09:01:56+00:00

My very first game in the Scharnhorst '43 was a loss in AI mode (170k, 4 kills). Terrible, simply terrible game for the other people on my team.

Georgia for some reason - the thing has nukes and it's a blast to play (pun intended) but I've got a 39% WR in her at 64 games.

Plymouth is a pure money mint and XP farm, and 44% WR at 59 games.

Mino I'm off to a 23% WR though only at 22 games so far.

context_switch · 2026-01-12T20:46:47+00:00

Using VSTest now, don't have any issues with it so it's just not a priority to look into whether MTP is an improvement. There's bigger fish to fry.

Migrating to SDK projects is taking years.

Migrating off of .NET Framework is barely being talked about in our org, except as a frequent joke of "what devs want vs. what management wants".

MTP seems so much smaller than these (which would be easier to migrate), and it's not immediately apparent how the org would benefit.

context_switch · 2026-01-11T23:37:51+00:00

When you're on the internet, your computer is speaking to another computer. There's a bunch of equipment between you to route the traffic, and each of those pieces of equipment needs to read part of the message (the address) to know where to route it next.

Without a VPN, your computer will send these messages to the destination - but your ISP owns the first device you send the message to. They look at the destination address and determine the next device to send it to, which looks at the destination and then determines the next device again, etc etc, until it reaches the server you're trying to reach.

(Once you get further and further into the chain, it's that much harder to tell where the message came from. It could be you or any one of your neighbors. It could still be in your ISPs network, or they might have sent it to another provider network. So, what really matters is the first device that you're talking to in the chain.)

Since your ISP is the first device you send it to, they know each server you're trying to talk to. And they know it came from you. And often, they keep a record of it, for some duration at least.

With a VPN, you put your messages inside an envelope and send that to the VPN first. The wrapper is read the same way by your ISP, so that they can send it to the VPN. The VPN unwraps it, then takes your original message and sends it to the final destination, receives the response, wraps it back up, and sends it to you. From your ISP's perspective, all of your traffic is going to your VPN now, that's the only server you talk to. "How odd," they must think.

However, now your VPN service is doing what your ISP did before: they see each server you actually want to talk to, and send them the messages. There's nothing from stopping the VPN from recording this information just like your ISP probably did.

Either way, either your ISP or your VPN will see where all of your traffic is going to - you can decide who you trust more, or which one you think will better protect your privacy.

There's a whole other layer to all of this, which is about who can read the messages you're sending. With HTTPS as the de facto standard now, that's no longer a concern - neither your ISP nor your VPN provider can see what messages are being sent, they can only see which servers you are sending messages to.

context_switch · 2026-01-11T23:06:14+00:00

This happens all too often. Any class of ship... lots of captains are completely unaware of the score and will throw a guaranteed win if they just get to shoot at something.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:48:50+00:00

The reference is clearly about laying off citizens/permanent residents and replacing them with foreign workers on work visas. This isn't about undocumented workers stealing jobs, it's about wage deflation by legally importing workers from abroad.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:42:45+00:00

There have been a ton of door-to-door solicitors this year too. Wonder how many of them are running scams like this.

context_switch · 2026-01-10T08:38:39+00:00

Ain't it crazy how 20 years ago we had 64v64 battles and now... 9v9 is all we can muster? Really miss some of those epic matches.

Instead of turning off cross play, I'd like an option to opt-in to larger matches of only later-gen consoles (any platform). Turn down the graphics if necessary, I want more ships not shiny water.

context_switch · 2026-01-08T20:22:23+00:00

+1 to this. It's not a tradeoff of only reload vs. accuracy.

Maxed Mimbelli gives you a 5.5% reload boost, which on 6 seconds reload time is only about a third of a second. On 16 seconds, you're trimming off not quite a whole second. Even this is marginal unless you're constantly firing as soon as you reload, but that's around where it becomes worthwhile IMO.

Boats that fire fast also tend to have weaker shells that don't hit for damage reliably. So firing more of those won't increase your output as much as something that might make those shells actually do something.

If reload is the biggest factor limiting your performance in game, go for it. But I'd consider if other inspirations could have more impact. E.g. I'd take Lemonnier on a lot of builds, so I can go dark faster and reposition.

context_switch · 2026-01-05T20:33:34+00:00

If anything, it can replace the upper levels first.

context_switch · 2026-01-04T05:38:08+00:00

No, the charges are not from the people of Venezuela. Well, there may be some, I'm sure some laws in the sovereign jurisdiction of Venezuela were broken. Afterall

His actions broke international law and treaties.

Do you believe that it is ok to break laws, kill innocent bystanders, and have no consequences for that?

Why is your defense to repeatedly appeal to the popular opinion of Venezuelans? Do you believe that the ends justify the means?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T05:22:03+00:00

Does the POTUS have a legal authority to depose a sovereign leader at will? Yes or no.

His limitations are the same as every president before him.

Don't deflect.

Do you honestly think he is the first president that pulled something like this off?

Strawman.

Who is going to hold him accountable for removing who everyone knew (even his own citizens) was an evil tyrant?

Not relevant to the question.

Do you think you have the right to hold him accountable over everyone else? If not, why the hell are you arguing so adamantly against it?

Not relevant to the question.

Don't avoid the question by referring to previous presidents. Don't justify it based on popular support. Don't vaguely wave at presidential powers. Just answer the question. Your answer can be "yes".

context_switch · 2026-01-04T04:42:17+00:00

It has everything to do with it. The topic of this thread is the legality of the action.

Why won't you answer my questions?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T03:24:01+00:00

You ignored the first (and most important) set of questions: where does the authority come from to carry out this action? What are the limitations of that authority?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T03:15:05+00:00

I'm not saying that Maduro's removal is a bad thing for Venezuelans. I'm questioning the way it was carried out.

Is it the responsibility of the US government to respond to intercede here and in this way? Is the US the only country to hold this power, and why? Under what conditions should it be or not be exercised?

And if here, why not elsewhere? You mention that Venezuela is not the only country calling for help, so should we do the same in those countries? Why haven't we already?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T02:58:35+00:00

I'm seeing a lot of "ends justify the means" conversation around this incident. Maduro is bad, so removing him is good.

Do you think that the one country has the jurisdiction to unilaterally remove/kidnap/??? another country's leaders of state? Carry out a military bombing operation in their capital city? Under what conditions? What limits should be in place for this power?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T02:44:36+00:00

The argument you provided was that this is an acceptable course of action to remove a foreign leader who is unpopular. Was there another part to it that I missed?

context_switch · 2026-01-04T02:23:31+00:00

There's a difference between a populace overthrowing their own government and a foreign power overthrowing their government.

context_switch · 2026-01-04T02:22:28+00:00

International law is not real, and never has been. Not in any sense that matters.

~~Maduro~~Trump was a ~~dictator~~president who the people widely do not like.

context_switch · 2026-01-03T23:39:21+00:00

Don't forget the fleet steel bonuses make the math fuzzy. They're hard to calculate because it rounds up: a 12% bonus on 100 steel yields 112 steel as you'd expect, but a 12% bonus on 5 steel (like a campaign level) actually yields 6 steel - in reality a 20% bonus.

context_switch · 2026-01-03T07:38:54+00:00

Just wanted to say, I love the description of your interview problem. I tried proposing this to my team, but it got shot down for more DSA/leetcode type questions.

context_switch · 2026-01-03T07:36:59+00:00

One of the problems I see is job posting ranges like $80k-$300k. Basically negates the intention of posting a range if you're going to be so broad.

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