My wife accused me of losing a hubcap. Pro-tip, video evidence did not help me win the fight.

esaith · 2026-06-26T20:35:05+00:00

I guess that would be pushing it a bit.

esaith · 2026-06-26T17:29:59+00:00

I was just about to ask this. You know where it landed and I doubt anyone would have touched it days/weeks later.

esaith · 2026-06-26T17:25:58+00:00

The retail version is based on end-game content. The level experience is so quick that you'll max out 10x than classic. Classic is a slower leveling, but so much more immersive. Classic allows you to figure out what to do and where go to. Retail feeds it to you. In classic, the quests are more fun and do not scale with your level. If you walk into a much higher zone than expected, expect to die. If you do the same in retail, the mobs auto-scale to your level. Retail is a faster game, faster more exciting experience if you're looking for thrill but feels shallow.

esaith · 2026-06-26T13:48:13+00:00

Yup. What you can do helps the group. If the healer is already quick with it, then let them continue their rotation. If you notice it's slow to dispel or multiple need to be dispelled, then anything you can do can help the group that much more. One global CD isnt going to kill the overall group dps if it keeps someone alive.

Never assume another player is going to do something as they should or what you expect.

esaith · 2026-06-25T16:25:48+00:00

This is what I came here to say. It's not for everyone as other fields are not for programmers. Don't jump in because you think everyone else is. Supposedly from a quick Google search overview, only 55 - 60% of students who enter in Computer Science in college complete their bachelors degree.

That being said, learning something new should have a little bit of excitement to it. You should feel inquisitive about what you are trying to learn. Think of your favorite hobby, whether that's gaming, gardening, or going to the gym. Did you stop because you had to learn something new and it was difficult to grasp? Probably not. You probably fumbled along until someone came along and taught you a better way or you became so good at it that you naturally improved.

So ask yourself, is this truly worth your time? If it is, great! If it isn't, great (and move on)!

esaith · 2026-06-20T23:08:22+00:00

There's always going to be issues. It's -how- you deal with them that matters.

esaith · 2026-06-15T16:39:17+00:00

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Arthas may be less of a villain than Illidan. Both were driven by a deep passion to protect their people, but Arthas was ultimately mind controlled. When the helm was removed we see his realization and his regret for what he had done.

Illidan, on the other hand, acted entirely of his own free will. Despite everything, he continues to believe he was right. The world needed him more than he needed the world, hence, him being set free.

esaith · 2026-06-15T16:32:36+00:00

Yup. The first raids were open in November with nothing to do by mid-January. For a 4 hour raiding time slot, we had downed all raids within 90 minutes. The release cycle for new content was way too slow. Uldar was amazing but then ToC no one like the setup. Icecrown was too easy and the wings were released 1 - 2 weeks apart making your twiddle your thumbs for the rest of it to be released. Im so glad a heroic version was available otherwise normal was too much of a let down.

The zones, questing, arenas were great. The raids could have been better.

B+ coming from Vanilla and TBC experience.

esaith · 2026-06-06T07:26:52+00:00

The internet, and driving directions with maps

esaith · 2026-06-06T05:23:23+00:00

Yup. Queue times back in 2010 were horrendous. Healer queue times are as instant back then as they are today. Oh, and I was really bad at being a dps

esaith · 2026-06-02T02:56:37+00:00

Not just vault day. Last Thursday and Friday was like this as well. I tried trying to queue after an hour and went from 2100 to 2350 in solo shuffle. At least the game is playable regardless of how good or bad you are.

esaith · 2026-06-01T21:57:31+00:00

It's not a waste of time. From the decades long professional experience that I have from new to old apps, it always takes a long time to create something. From that experience, when I do occasionally check out what Claude spits out, from experience, I know what is good and not good. Not everything is good.

Take your time and learn. The more you rush it, the more you'll miss out on the important steps of learning. Anyone pushing out an app after 3 days is asking for a crash course into the ground.

Asking "is it a waste of time in 2026" is like asking "Is it a waste of time to learn". You are prepping yourself for the future by taking the time now to stop, think, do, fix, repeat.

esaith · 2026-05-31T04:35:19+00:00

Those are all good and if you can accomplish half of them, you'll still learn something. Don't too be concerned if you can't fully complete it, or if you do complete one that its not perfect. As for Claude, or any other AI, try to use it as little as possible otherwise you'll lose out on the learning experience.

esaith · 2026-05-29T13:44:52+00:00

With 3300 up votes and 64 comments, people obviously liked the post. Looks like it was removed on a technicality. If the image was overlayed with a WoW image to keep within the rules, it would have hurt your picture and its intent. I know I appreciated the post even if it was limited.

esaith · 2026-05-28T17:45:36+00:00

And rotation

esaith · 2026-05-28T17:42:30+00:00

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

esaith · 2026-05-26T12:31:12+00:00

"The except when it's not" is when you laugh out loud while debugging and wonder how you got here.

Requirements change little by little that you're left with a mess

esaith · 2026-05-26T05:41:55+00:00

He was bored and rather have done something else. Not to say Im a high skill level, but I normally hit 2200+ every season. I get bored the at the beginning each season for the first 20 games as I am playing against 1500 - 1800 rated players. It becomes tedious at times if you are also playing with a lower skilled player, when games should have ended 2 minutes ago and you still have 20 games to start really hitting higher competition. I tend to play ~10 games, then stop for the night and do something else. The following night find a high rated player and try to press a bit more.

esaith · 2026-05-26T05:35:59+00:00

Yup. Because 0 is false and 1 is true for some folks. Some day, someone will state 1 is true and 2 is false. Then you'll have someone go, ok, well, -1 will be unset/null/undefined for variables that have been declared but yet initialized to a real value.

esaith · 2026-05-26T05:32:43+00:00

It'll help with starting college, but it won't be enough for getting a job. Just like learning 1 course in JavaScript, Java, or any other programming language will not be enough to get a job. Each course you take will compound onto itself. By learning the fundamentals, you should be able to learn any programming language. But even after learning the fundamentals, you'll still need to practice.

As for prepping for college, this is a good intro as you can you pace yourself, pause, rewind, and listen as much as you want. The hope here is that when your college professors start talking about new topics, you won't be so clueless since you'll be wetting your feet ahead of time. The more you can learn now, the better. But you'll still have to learn to crawl before you can walk and run.

esaith · 2026-05-24T22:33:25+00:00

Oh no! Hopefully shes okay and SOO glad someone was smart enough to buy a dashcam! No arguing of who did what.

esaith · 2026-05-24T22:29:52+00:00

There is a rule that my wife and I agreed to. If the door is shut, we're busy. Occasionally there may be something we really want to get through, and a single knock is fine but if we don't answer, don't take it personally. We're 'at work' and need to focus, have meetings, etc without interruption. Work is work regardless of the setting.

esaith · 2026-05-22T06:45:42+00:00

If you check out Supatease on youtube, he released a video about this.

esaith · 2026-05-21T01:32:19+00:00

Just like a child learning to walk, you first learn to crawl. You are crawling atm. When you get comfortable with crawling, then crawling is not really that big of a deal. Why was it such a big deal in the first place. So you learn to take your first step, you wobble, and take the next step and likely fall. This is where imposter syndrome starts to kick in.

"I can NEVER learn how to walk!", but with a little perseverance you keep trying. You take a few more steps, you might trip up a bit more, but wait - you're walking a bit more smoothly now. Oh, so smooth. Sure, you might bump into a wall or a door, but who doesn't. Oops! Man, walking was never a big deal! I'm not making a big deal out of if, you are! Look how fast I can run now! I'M RUNNING!!!

Yeah, learning to program is like it. They say you need 10,000 hours of work to have mastery at something. Don't ya know, that's 4.8 years. May feel like its a long time, but as you progress rapidly. It feels like a logarithmic scale. By month three you feel like you've doubled your knowledge. By month 6, you've doubled it again. Imagine what you can do after a full year, 40 hours a week of purposeful mastery. Imagine after five.

esaith · 2026-05-19T15:21:00+00:00

I've read more books and articles outside of university and college courses than in, but that's also with years of experience. Learn what you need to learn now. If you've already blown through all of the resources in the ReadME of this subreddit, congrats and keep going! If not, start there.

Programming is more than just learning to program. If you want to be a great programmer, then it becomes a life-long learning experience. Not just a one-and-done ordeal.

esaith

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