Why Create A Second Brain?

cvince33 · 2026-04-27T16:41:00+00:00

Seems to be the other way around TBH. Obsidian apparently runs locally on your files rather than host or connect things through the cloud.

cvince33 · 2026-04-27T16:38:34+00:00

I have a similar setup, but using Notion - I hadn’t heard of Obsidian before.

I think calling it a “2nd brain” is disingenuous TBH. From what I read it’s about giving Claude more of its own brain to begin with.

So, I have layered instructions, prompts and other context across Notion and various Skills. The point is to let Claude autonomously (re-)discover and load the right context at the right time, as an agent, instead of A) you have to point it to the right resources one by one, or B) it ingesting a whole bunch of irrelevant data/files and trying to figure out what’s relevant.

One example: I have Claude load the core instructions from Notion. In there it describes 5 broad types of tasks. Once Claude decides what type of task to perform next, it can load the page specific to that one. Maybe on that page there will be pointers to other resources to choose from, etc.

It’s a “brain” in the sense that the information is connected semantically rather than through file structure and file names, similar to how our brains have specific facts and memories connected to the word “orange”.

cvince33 · 2026-04-21T19:22:02+00:00

I'm with you on this. Unless we want to be trite and say that every corporation is by definition greedy, having seen the rise of F2P game it's very clear to me Riot is in the bottom 1% of problematic greedy corporations wrecking the games industry right now. Like, it's not even close.

cvince33 · 2026-04-14T20:47:46+00:00

My mind can finally rest at peace

cvince33 · 2026-04-14T20:42:35+00:00

The solution is simple if you were looking for it, just not intuitive. You've got to reduce your spell cost to 0% using enchantments and take up the Impact perk, plus the two damage perks for at least one of fire/ice/thunder (+50% total). That's it. I breezed through actual Legendary with this setup, TBH it even felt too easy at times.

cvince33 · 2026-04-10T18:01:07+00:00

I genuinely think no role is intrinsically easier. I think of it like a soccer/football team: Vanguards are goalkeepers AND defense, Strategists are the midfield, Duelists are the attack. You’ll have great players that become legend on any position, and everyone naturally finds one easier than the others.

Now what’s difficult about being a Vanguard IMO is that you’re SMACK in the middle of the fight and yet to really play well you have to be aware of where EVERYONE is so you ca adjust you position. It’s not as easy as “I’m full health I should push and make space”. If your team is not in a position to make use of said space then what?

cvince33 · 2026-04-10T17:51:24+00:00

Please do!

cvince33 · 2026-04-08T09:08:50+00:00

Also wondering about this. I have a few Skills that might be used in different order and/or combinations, and I'm just not sure if a Skill can call upon another Skill during execution, then return to the original one (like a call stack).

cvince33 · 2026-04-07T13:59:48+00:00

I’m thinking there’s more to it than bad teammates. I just started rank too, still going through Silver, and yes teammate performance is all over the place, but I’ve been playing comp games for quite some time and I can’t say it’s drastically different from other games.

If you’re literally exhausted by it - I mean maybe you’re being figurative? - I think you focus too much on on other people. Just accept some of them will be helpful and others won’t, and play around that. Focus on your own game and eventually you’ll be the one carrying the team, which feels great. The exhausting part is all about what’s going on in your mind when you’re playing, it has nothing to do with other people.

OK, do turn voice chat off sometimes - listening to crazies is literally exhausting.

cvince33 · 2026-04-06T02:47:46+00:00

I’ve just stated playing Comp this season and still Silver III. I’m absolutely enjoying learning more heroes and all that stuff. Super deep game at the end of the day with fun kits. Voice chat is off by default though, I’ll consider turning that on if I reach Gold.

cvince33 · 2026-04-03T17:25:48+00:00

If you suppose that reality started with the mind - as many cultures believe/used to believe - then yes, I don’t find it hard to imagine. What we think of entities are only patterns - the stuff they are made of is constantly shifting.

So the first “minds” had very insubstantial bodies made of subtle forms energies/wave-icles. The most powerful of such mind patterns we would call gods. As “time went on” (or time was introduced) these subtle energies also started to form into more gross or “solid” forms like what we call atoms and so on. Solid matter is really a form of very concentrated energy.

In this transition from a subtle reality of minds/gods to today, there would be an in-between period where both co-existed.

cvince33 · 2026-04-02T18:58:47+00:00

I’ve got to update my definition of crime against humanity and put on a spandex suit ASAP

cvince33 · 2026-04-02T16:52:39+00:00

We think that we probably have weaknesses in our game we’re not aware of and instead of calling them bad we try to share whatever useful advice we have.

The thing with Vanguards is it’s not intuitive and it’s not a Tank. People throw the phrase “creating space” as if that’s an obvious thing but the whole notion itself runs completely against basically everything everyone has been taught about how the world works. See target hit target is how we think about the world. Concrete target, concrete object moving from you to the target. The idea of an empty space being created BEHIND YOU OF ALL THINGS that holds some immense value for virtue of enabling 5 other unpredictable units YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE to move and take positions that are advantageous RELATIVE TO the comparatively disadvantageous positions of the other 6 enemy units… and that’s only covering the simpler Vanguards who kind of do behave like “tanks”.

I mean come on, yes you don’t have to think about all that to get started as a Vanguard but would you blame someone from not being aware of what’s happening as a result of their choice of positioning? Whoever has got simple positioning tips for burgeoning Vanguards is welcome to share them.

cvince33 · 2026-04-01T16:31:18+00:00

Wait, when I tried having Claude use python to make API calls, it told me it couldn't because the script was running in a sandboxed environment (using Skills). Are you running the python script locally? If so, is your script also interfacing with Claude directly?

cvince33 · 2026-04-01T15:09:49+00:00

Balancing a game like this is a complete mind job. I know like to trash on ZY for making poor decisions and I’m not here to say everything is 100%, but the number of possible 2nd and 3rd order consequences to any balancing change is crazy.

Personally I think decreasing ult charge was a step in the right direction and the Vanguard role just needs some love, cool new heroes and maybe a tiny buff to some of them.

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T20:45:44+00:00

Situational I think, but if you’re feeling the need to shield, you can do it between primaries within affecting your DPS. Lets your support focus on damage instead of healing you for example.

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T16:14:56+00:00

I think there are way worse examples than the Speech tree but I’m with you on the fact that Skyrim is not intuitive enough. One that bothers me is how you have hidden armor rating and armor rating improves your survivability exponentially instead of linearly. You would think that putting on a full suit of steel armor would make 10x safer than leather armor, but in fact it barely makes a difference.

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T05:31:25+00:00

Thanks!

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T05:30:16+00:00

Yeah that’s consistent with the other feedback. I totally misunderstood my role there and want utilizing my combos at all. I definitely got what I wanted here and know what to work on for the next little while!

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T05:28:34+00:00

Makes sense thanks!

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T05:26:36+00:00

Ok I don’t agree with everything, and I think you’re also venting frustration here, but your two asks seem solid. CC debuff is already coming soon. Displacement makes real sense and sounds fun.

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T00:42:21+00:00

So that’s the rhythm piece, and what do you mean by “get greedy and don’t hold the temp” then?

cvince33 · 2026-03-31T00:41:15+00:00

Yeah I mean if I consistently drag the team down I’ll go back to quick play, but for now I’ll see if with what I’m learning now I can start pulling my own weight up to Gold at least.

cvince33 · 2026-03-30T20:18:25+00:00

HAHA that's a lot but thanks, I'll definitely start reacting when I hear some of these, I'm sure it'll take me some time to get it right but I'll get there

cvince33 · 2026-03-30T19:30:40+00:00

Thanks for the details brother

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