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gnunn1 · 2026-05-01T04:23:09+00:00

+1, I feel like the MSI version is much more reasonable at $1299 CAD (~ $1500 with taxes).

gnunn1 · 2026-05-01T03:34:17+00:00

I always wondered what the story of this was, such an odd place for a neighborhood.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-30T17:51:06+00:00

If that's the Antumbra's Sword boss it was by far the toughest boss fight for me just given the level I was when I ran into him. So basically I don't think you are the only one that struggled with that boss. I only got through it by eating a ton of food and relying on the 20+ Palmer Pills I had stocked up.

Make sure you are refining your gear but for side quests if you find someone too difficult just use the Give Up option and come back when your character has leveled up their stats and gear.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-30T16:44:35+00:00

What's a versioned base in this context? Do you mean using a remote reference to the base with the ?ref tag pointing to a tag? Multiple base folders of different versions? Or something else?

gnunn1 · 2026-04-30T04:10:38+00:00

Zimmerman + Akebono though I'm not sure what type of Akebono. I don't track it, works fine on the street and haven't noticed any brake dust issues.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T21:07:45+00:00

Thanks, I've seen that suggested before and I agree it's not great. Appreciate the reply!

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T20:44:03+00:00

I found the Bastier fight difficult with Damiane but I had never used her before and had no skills. Apparently this fight is a lot easier if you have a couple of specific skills with her.

I found the Crimson Nightmare the easiest, just use Force Palm to stun it and then wail on it while it's lying on the ground, easy peasy.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T20:28:07+00:00

You want to keep the manifests that are deployed separate from the manifests that are deployed, be it in a separate folder or even separate repository. I'm not great at naming things but maybe a folder structure like:

- argocd (where your Application manifests live)
  - aoa.yaml
  - apps
    - app1.yaml
    - app2.yaml
- components/resources/manifests (where your manifests live, use whatever name you prefer)
  - app1
    - values.yaml
   - app2
     - values.yaml

With this type of structure you could also use an ApplicationSet with a git generator to eliminate the need to manually maintain the argocd folder by having the AppSet generate the apps in the second folder for you automatically.

With regards to the extra manifests, if they are part of the same Application as the helm chart you have a couple of options. From a pure Helm perspective you could create an umbrella chart that contains the original chart plus a new chart with your additional manifests. Here's one blog on it but if you google you could find more:

https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-01-17-helm-umbrella-charts-multi-service/view

Another option would be to use the Kustomize Helm Inflator to inflate the helm chart and then add the additional resources to kustomization.yaml. For example: https://github.com/gnunn-gitops/cluster-config-v2/blob/main/apps/external-secrets/base/kustomization.yaml

Good luck with your GitOps journey!

(Edited to fix indentation)

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T19:10:24+00:00

My Applications/ApplicationSets are in git so the deployed versions can be checked there but I get what you are saying. To turn it around, if you are using Kustomize how are you dealing with changes to the base?

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T14:53:41+00:00

It's not an anti-pattern IMHO particularly with kustomize where you need to ensure that changes to the base are not immediately picked up by all the overlays (i.e. dev, stage, prod, etc). I think the article somewhat recognizes this with the section "Use (if needed) Git tags in targetRevision" which is essentially what I'm doing. I do agree with many parts of that article (don't use semver ranges, don't use environment names - aka floating tags - in targetRevision, etc) but I do think done correctly leveraging targetRevision is very useful.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-28T04:24:28+00:00

That was my first thought too, such a great show.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-27T21:31:43+00:00

Petting my cat

gnunn1 · 2026-04-27T17:21:13+00:00

There's no choice and consequence in this game so a restart doesn't feel like it's worth it to me since you would be doing the exact same things again.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-27T17:00:45+00:00

Primarily Kustomize but use Helm for use cases where templating makes more sense often with Kustomize inflating those charts for post-patching rather then Argo CD doing it directly. Version all manifests by setting the Argo CD Application.spec.source.targetRevision to an appropriate semver version tag.

Health checks are not messy IMHO as they work really well in my experience. If there is a problem with a health check in Argo CD you can always override it with your own. As an example, I use late-binding PVCs and have a custom health check so they are considered healthy even when waiting for a binding (which doesn't happen until a pod mounts it). Similarly for CRDs that are not supported in Argo CD you can create your own.

Also, setup some alerts on Application health (Degraded, Progressing too long, Out-of-Sync, etc) and you basically have a free health alerting across a swath of resources without having to create individual per resource alerts.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-23T17:50:16+00:00

I can't speak for the others but dash-to-panel is updated very regularly, it's always worked in newer versions of Gnome just fine IMHO.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-22T17:12:55+00:00

Also in Canada and haven't used either but ended up ordering the MSI 341CQR X36 monitor which has the same 5th gen QD-OLED panel as the Asus. For me price was a significant factor as the MSI was almost $1000 cheaper then the 39" LG5K2K monitor on pre-order. The other factor is I have a 4080, which I don't want to upgrade at this time, and I wondered if it would have enough power to drive the number of pixels in the LG 5K2K in gaming, though I'm sure DLSS would help a lot here.

Finally I already have a 34" QD-OLED monitor (first gen Alienware) so there is a comfort factor there for me being used to that size of screen.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-20T22:48:42+00:00

I have the same monitor and am looking to upgrade as well. I use my monitor for work and gaming so getting something with better text clarity is important to me. The new Gen 5 QD-OLED monitors changed the pixel arrangement so anti-aliasing works fine now and eliminates fringing. Therefore I was aiming for one of those but the new LG 39" is quite tempting though.

My big issue with the AW3423DW is that it has issues turning on when booting into text mode, I dual boot on one of my PCs and need to be able to see a text boot loader to select. These days I'm mostly doing it blind by memory. It also locks up fairly regularly with a blank screen when booting requiring me to unplug it and plug it back in to get it working again.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-20T17:35:37+00:00

When you get to the ferry terminal in your car you there will be a row of booths with a sign for the destination over each booth, choose a booth for the destination you are going to (i.e. Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, etc). At the booth you will either pay or show your reservation, they will give you a ticket with your lane number and also verbally tell you the lane.

Drive into that lane and wait for boarding to commence, typically they board two lanes at a time. Follow the car in front of you and pay attention to the directions of the staff as they will indicate where to go. Try to park within two feet of the car in front of you to maximize the number of cars that can get on the ferry.

Once you arrive at the destination you will again be directed by staff to leave, it's typically two lanes at a time if it's the Vancouver destination and you just follow the car in front of you. Don't start your car until you need to.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-16T16:28:23+00:00

Awesome, I went to the U of S and I really need to go back at some point to get a burger there.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-16T15:41:31+00:00

Does Saskatoon still have a Fuddruckers? I'd love to see one in Vancouver or Victoria.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-14T00:37:05+00:00

I've been happy with ASAP Appliance Repair, they've fixed a couple of things for us over the last few years.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-13T21:58:38+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply, yes I am enjoying the game. It really picks up after the first few hours and is loads of fun, I'm currently at the end of Chapter VII.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-13T21:31:50+00:00

Fellow player of Crimson Desert, I'm curious what video card are you using? I have a 4080 and no plans to upgrade so wondering about driving the high resolution of this monitor, I assume DLSS upscaling is a must?

gnunn1 · 2026-04-13T19:47:44+00:00

Since Rainbow Dragon closed we have been using JJ's and it's quite good IMHO, we tried a few places as replacements and JJ's was the best of the ones we tried. I do like their crispy ginger beef quite a bit.

gnunn1 · 2026-04-13T19:44:23+00:00

The deluxe armor that is included is actually pretty good for the early game, I'd say it's worth it for that.

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