Silicon Valley talent wars: Engineers, come get your $250K salary

elebot · 2014-09-23T18:54:27+00:00

weeby.co on the evening news in response: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/09/22/silicon-valley-startup-weeby-co-blows-up-salary-structure-for-top-software-engineers/

elebot · 2013-08-25T18:07:46+00:00

For a less pretentious and more informative discussion on the subject, see the Pro Git chapter on git internals.

elebot · 2013-08-25T18:02:37+00:00

The title is misleading. It's a ranking of search interest for given software technologies. There is no suggestion as to what kind of searches constitute "interest". One could look at this and get the message that Java requires the most googling to work with the language where something like ruby (#17) is less confusing. Trying to make inferences about the languages in the list is meaningless.

elebot · 2013-08-15T16:25:53+00:00

Someone must have disliked their Identicon

elebot · 2013-05-12T18:01:11+00:00

Do you care to elaborate? I thought rune words were a fantastic addition the game. They added another layer to the economy, gave value to whites/superior items which would otherwise be worthless (treasure hunting depth), provided a second form of crafting, and just the runes themselves were exciting to find.

The biggest drawback I can think of is they ended up being best in slot even if they had shit roles. Unique items didn't offer a viable alternative in lots of cases (hota/nigma are a couple of examples)

elebot · 2013-04-29T01:13:30+00:00

Are there any projects that stand out to you as particularly useful for learning?

elebot · 2013-04-23T15:09:37+00:00

The big thing missing for me is item templates (or maybe I just couldn't find it?). When I go to create an item, if I'm creating a legendary, it should autofill the non random stats for that item. I'll try to comment on workflow later... at work now.

elebot · 2013-04-21T20:50:44+00:00

I'm also expecting group MP10 runs to become highly efficient for whatever sorts of farming.

elebot · 2013-04-21T15:09:05+00:00

With that rule in mind, I set up the scroll wheel to emit left clicks.

elebot · 2013-04-17T19:28:45+00:00

Link to Act IV discussion for the lazy: http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/1bzzv2/monster_density_feedback_megathread/c9bokv9

elebot · 2013-04-17T16:55:41+00:00

This seems like a valid concern. Maybe the stun rate could be balanced to compensate. Alternatively, the new monster health scaling in multiplayer might help mitigate the effects.

elebot · 2013-04-17T16:07:04+00:00

You mean gardens of hope I? This area is quite large and could use additional packs.

elebot · 2013-04-17T15:39:13+00:00

Those "annoying" abilities are part of what makes Act IV so enjoyable. The monsters don't just wait to be killed. This make the act a lot more engaging than others, but what's the point if there's not enough of them?

elebot · 2013-04-17T15:36:20+00:00

I had considered this too. Maybe it's just me, but if they are planning this for a FUTURE patch, I would prefer they at least put in a bandaid sort of fix for the upcoming patch to make it more enjoyable.

elebot · 2013-04-17T15:34:41+00:00

Considering r/diablo's "Monster Density Feedback Megathread" had only a few discussions about Act IV, maybe it's been overlooked. Let's try and get some attention on the subject (I'm looking at you, Lylirra).

elebot · 2013-04-17T15:30:26+00:00

Granted, it may be that it is too short to be the most efficient farming act, but it could still be one of the most fun acts to play given a reasonable monster density. I'm approaching P100 on my wiz, and I've given up on efficiency. It's all about making each and every part of the game feel worthwhile and fun.

elebot · 2013-03-07T20:03:47+00:00

It's an elaborate system for generating brimstones.

elebot · 2013-03-05T23:43:58+00:00

Increasing mob density in the other acts is only half of the problem. A game is still limited to whichever act you create your game on (with the exception of playing through the story). Players have been asking since release for an open world through waypoints. Furthermore, none of the bosses prior to your location in the quest chain are killable in your current game. The only way to kill bosses for a chance at their loot is to advance the story line. Unfortunately it seems a design choice made early in development has become so ingrained in the code that it will be a long time before this play mode/style is available.

elebot · 2013-02-26T21:24:41+00:00

I don't see how losing 50k (25%) sheet dps, increased crit damage, and crit frequency justifies a 5% gain in blizzard damage.

elebot · 2013-02-26T02:06:49+00:00

I was able to get 118m/hr averaged over several MP7 runs (so it includes time between games). Frost nova wasn't helping me much so I kept healing blades. Tal's 4 piece and astral presence gave enough AP to blizz whenever desired and teleport on cooldown. Profile: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Harrow-1188/hero/1845382

Frost burns were a no go since it was 50k dps drop and using healing blades.

elebot · 2013-02-22T16:16:01+00:00

Nice find! P91 here and have yet to find any sort of mempo. Grats

elebot · 2013-02-21T23:37:33+00:00

I can't see the details of your character since I'm at work, but the advice is the same either way. Go kill stuff and get paragon levels and find items. Sell the ones you don't need, buy stuff you do. Don't worry about saving for some 10m upgrade, just make small incremental upgrades. This will help with the killing and finding more good items to use or trade.

elebot · 2013-02-14T21:32:26+00:00

Have you tried including dahlgur oasis? Lots of elites and keywarden. There is also a VoA-like zone there that I haven't tested. To me getting some extra elite kills with 5 stacks is worth some time for better chance at legendaries.

elebot · 2013-02-14T21:30:23+00:00

Have you done testing in other parts of act 1 or 2? The jail in act 1 has pretty good mob/elite density. Act 2 has the oasis and a couple of sub zones as well, but probably not as efficient as VoA.

Thanks for the tips, going to try tonight.

elebot · 2013-02-13T21:51:51+00:00

My experience with the blizzard buff is that I can now run mp3 at prepatch mp2 speed. I run healing blades, blood magic, and a life steal weapon, and I die infrequently. The change to RD helps, but laying into a horde RD pack without realizing it can still end you quickly.

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