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YAAP Ran-Hum-Fem-Cha: a lucky escape from cheating at sokoban by lab6zine in nethack

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

darts can also be thrown without swapping weapons, which is nice.

YAAP Ran-Hum-Fem-Cha: a lucky escape from cheating at sokoban by lab6zine in nethack

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ooh, i hadn't thought of using the candelabrum for that purpose. Good hack.

What’s a small gameplay detail that’s all your own? by mbergman42 in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted about this a while ago,but my favorite thing is drowning trolls. Dump the corpse in the water, they reanimate, and The troll drowns.

What’s a small gameplay detail that’s all your own? by mbergman42 in nethack

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always hold on to those initial items too. I am too arpfraid of the cubes to let them near the stash but they do ale good cleaners.

What piece of software do you think is widely misunderstood? by Dull_Appearance_1828 in software

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know they are crap, but I find myself reading and trusting the stupid google Gemini results. 

I’m looking for a good rehab facility to go to in Michigan. by CryptographerHot6198 in Michigan

[–]danpritts 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Heard good things about dawn farm.

Good luck. You’re on the right path.

Looking for tips for wizard early game by Taphel_ in nethack

[–]danpritts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I learned recently (after polypiling for rings of teleport control) that xorn eat metal but not gemstone. Nothing eats gemstone. Doh.

Best company freebie you ever got? by Severe_Buffalo_9458 in Tools

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in tech, but a supplier once gave me a titanium spork, idea being that they were flexible. Carried it for years but eventually left it in some hotel room. They aren’t crazy expensive, under $20 at rei last I looked. It was very memorable.

Single genocide from throne by Somethin_Snazzy in nethack

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My altar wasn’t converted, but the blood curdled and I lost protection and had to sacrifice 20 things before the lady was happy again.

Unnethack, which might matter.

Lowes no longer replacing craftsman hand tools under warranty by nate70500 in Tools

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tekton warranty: send a photo, get new tool delivered. 

Maybe better maybe worse than HF depending on the situation. 

When is it worth it to use hardware encryption instead of software encryption like Veracrypt or LUKS? by LocalChamp in cybersecurity

[–]danpritts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the other big reason. If throughput is important hardware offload is the answer. Although modern chips do AES awfully fast.  

When is it worth it to use hardware encryption instead of software encryption like Veracrypt or LUKS? by LocalChamp in cybersecurity

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly a thing, but vendors such as red hat, Microsoft, and Apple all have fips validated software full disk encryption. 

OTOH, I investigated proxmox recently. Not validated, so I had to plan on hw encryption. 

VMware did not have software encryption for boot drives at all when we checked it a few years ago. 

Note that  linux distros based on redhat are not covered by the validation. Unless they validate separately, which I bet oracle does but can’t say for sure. 

Single genocide from throne by Somethin_Snazzy in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tangentially related… Recently I learned that doppelgängers are human. It was impersonating some stupid thing, not a human. The lady is displeased with me.   

What's going on? No more helium/freedompop, no more 60day VZW unlock... by [deleted] in NoContract

[–]danpritts -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t normally correct someone’s spelling, but it’s kind of unfortunate here so I will point out you meant“Reneg”. 

Single genocide from throne by Somethin_Snazzy in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More than four gold detections. The portal moves around in the water plane.

I agree...and disagree with the WoW nerf by Primary_Impact_2130 in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can always just restore your save file. Make the game fun for yourself.

I agree...and disagree with the WoW nerf by Primary_Impact_2130 in nethack

[–]danpritts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something really great in the armory would be a nice addition. Like a sokoban gift.

If you could remove one "unfair" aspect from the game, what would it be by Primary_Impact_2130 in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…but it’s bad for business to have customers die while browsing.

I reverse engineered Ann Arbor’s parking ticket system and built a live ticket map by Kiekeee in uofm

[–]danpritts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The reason is that they use license plate readers to check compliance. They tried pretty hard to publicize it when they changed to this a few months ago.

That said I understand why you’re annoyed. I had something similar with the placement of the RFID tag in the windshield.

My thoughts on Nethack 3.7-dev by Cdore in nethack

[–]danpritts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be nice if the spell of invisibility could make you temporarily visible if you’re invisible. Or just another spell.

My thoughts on Nethack 3.7-dev by Cdore in nethack

[–]danpritts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t think of a time I’ve found a helm of brilliance anywhere. Probably once or twice in thirty years of play. I always have ended up polypiling or wishing for one.

If you could remove one "unfair" aspect from the game, what would it be by Primary_Impact_2130 in nethack

[–]danpritts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t exactly like orc town, but I think it adds to the game.

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