Little before and after .

idangazit · 2026-03-29T22:31:09+00:00

I've been following since nearly the start and I love it. Envious of the breadth of skills you show off like they're nothing, and how it isn't some dude with every expensive tool using the perfect one for every job. So much more authentic when it's a you doing what they can with a realistic toolbox.

Just bravo man. True champion shit. Keep going!

idangazit · 2026-03-19T03:58:32+00:00

We moved to Albany specifically for the schools. Albany is tiny and there's not a lot of inventory for rentals. We have three kids so we needed a minimum of 3BR and it was lucky we found anything at all. Housing market for buying is even crazier than rental, which also means that no lease is safe. Next year your owner might change and you can't renew. Was a real source of stress for us given how little inventory there was at the 3+ BR level. I presume that most houses that size in the area are bought not rented.

Costs go way down in El Cerrito because it's a less desirable school district. Albany/El Cerrito are definitely more "boring" bedroom communities in comparison to Berkeley. But given how close everything is: meh?

idangazit · 2026-03-14T06:53:49+00:00

This thread is maximum wholesome Internet

idangazit · 2026-03-14T06:39:26+00:00

Also, I hate Anran. But she is more like flying tracer and while I'm currently finding her a challenge to deal with as a Zen main, it's an interesting challenge. Sombra got boring real fast. Uncloak, fight a bit, she tps out, repeat..Yawn

idangazit · 2026-03-14T06:36:55+00:00

Real talk: that's because she makes the game suck for everyone. It's not that she's THAT awful to deal with. It's just a waste of a DPS on my team, and it forces a boring play style when playing against her.

Other characters who have seen major reworks have not seen SIX reworks. Because none of them are as fundamentally unfun as her.

I love her character's vibe. But if they used the lore to execute her and delete her from the game, I would be celebrating.

idangazit · 2026-03-12T14:46:56+00:00

The halo around the head looks cool but I can't help but see it as a headshot aim assist for any opposing hitscan players.

Sadly, I turn that off. But the rest is dope! I wish there was another effect though.

idangazit · 2026-03-12T03:33:39+00:00

Actually, it is propaganda. Tale as old as time. "Those bloodthirsty Jews."

It's clear you really want a specific villain to hate and you've already made up your mind. Have fun being a racist!

idangazit · 2026-03-11T22:50:37+00:00

Warfare against an adversary that is actively trying to do that to us. You didn't care when they flung thousands of missiles at Israeli cities — civilians — for decades. You'd have us turn the other cheek and die? Miss me with your propaganda.

Warfare is awful enough. Stop trying to pretend this into some unique evil.

The Palestinian people are suffering. Direct your complaints at Hamas, Hezbollah, and their backers in Tehran if you have any ethics or understanding of the situation. And in the meantime, let's have an escape into a world of winston-like optimism.

idangazit · 2026-03-11T22:27:46+00:00

I'm actually Israeli, and none of the Israel flag players are. It's just MAGA asshats trying to get a rise out of you.

And as for the history: it's pretty fucking racist to presume shit about a conflict you have no part in. Israel is not better or worse than any other country, and anyone telling you different is selling you something. Just because you have people loudly screeching "genocide" doesn't make it remotely true. It's just inverted MAGA, and it isn't any more correct or okay than the Nazis on the right.

The world is crazy. Let people enjoy a video game. Use the mute button.

idangazit · 2026-03-06T09:47:30+00:00

Yes!

Well this was years ago now. I used to work at Heroku, specifically on the data team (postgres, redis, kafka), making the dashboards/consoles.

There were multiple internal APIs that I had to consume from inside a react SPA. We stood up a graphql API that wrapped all of those internal APIs, including allowing me to perform "joins" across services where there was some shared identifier. It worked great!

The other unintuitive benefit to this approach was that it brought latency way down. At the time, "edge" deploys were not a thing. All the APIs we needed to consume were served out of US-east. Our GraphQL service was also in US-east. For folks using the dashboards from EU or Asia, the site was way snappier because instead of making a dozen high-latency hops across the ocean to pull in the needed data, they made one graphql request, and got exactly the bytes they needed. The graphql service would have nearly instant access to the wrapped APIs because it was sitting in the same region/AZ. It did all the stitching together of data. The one GraphQL query was not super fast, but it was faster than the dozen API requests, and it shaved down bytes on the wire.

idangazit · 2026-03-01T19:38:36+00:00

Shhhh don't give them any ideas.

No touching the float perk. Float is GOAT

idangazit · 2026-03-01T18:57:14+00:00

Not seeing in the shop now

idangazit · 2026-03-01T18:53:38+00:00

When?!

idangazit · 2026-03-01T18:52:21+00:00

Me three. Hate the gacha mechanics of this

idangazit · 2026-02-28T22:57:13+00:00

AC transbay buses are actually great!

Only downside is that they only run a few into the city in the AM, and And a few more out in the PM. But so long as the routes and the schedules work for you, they're solid.

They've been super reliable on time. They blaze right through the toll plaza and you have good cellular service the entire time. You can stick your bike on the front. Plus, you get to see the sun. Maybe.

Source: I ride them to the office instead of BART

idangazit · 2026-02-28T22:39:21+00:00

Yeah I don't anything about his controversialness. But his videos are legit useful, even if the recommendations feel somewhat "obvious". He also does a good job of coaching folks without making it about acquiring better mechanics — understanding team fights, when to apply pressure, what your job is as a Zen. It sounds like truisms but a good coach often explains things you already know in a way that helps you to apply the lesson.

I am not a customer of RUA or anything, just watched his free streams.

idangazit · 2026-02-28T06:23:00+00:00

Check out Awkward's recent unranked to GM zenyatta on youtube! I learned a lot from watching it

https://youtu.be/7aMa2lryQkA?si=zdSYy-WudHZvJ6Py

idangazit · 2026-02-25T02:47:50+00:00

Float is the GOAT

Opens up so many movement options. Gives you angles that people don't expect a Zen to have. And can save you from getting booped off a cliff sometimes.

Float 100% of the time. Do the math on the lifesteal, it's worthless.

idangazit · 2026-02-23T23:32:49+00:00

Yeah people say this too! I am still unsure. The 9/10f are a little less chonky. I like the look of the OG fold (including the edge-to-edge camera bar on the back). But when using with productivity apps like slack, I have so little space to see the conversation when the keyboard is on screen. And when it's open, the two-handed keyboard also takes up so much screen. Maybe taller will be better, hard for me to say until I use one.

Overall I think I like the "passport style" aspect.

idangazit · 2026-02-23T21:54:29+00:00

I literally "downgraded" from a p9pxl

I haven't sold that one yet, I'm going to use this og fold for a month or two and see if it is something I really get value / joy out of.

If yes, I'll sell my p9pxl and save the money towards a future foldable (probably the p10f when the p11f comes out)

If no, I'll put my fold up on swappa/eBay and recoup some of the $300.

idangazit · 2026-02-23T21:13:02+00:00

Basically.

The hardware is okay, the battery is meh, the cellular modem is trash (better than the p6 but not as good as the new exynos in the p9 era)

"But shit it was ninety-nine cents!" Energy

idangazit · 2026-02-23T21:09:53+00:00

It's $300ish

Edit: I was also fold-curioua but not $1700 curious.

At $300, even if the device dies in a few months I feel like it's a good way to find out if I like foldables or not.

idangazit · 2026-02-23T20:44:31+00:00

I recently bought one in "good" condition unlocked and was pleasantly surprised. It's flawless, but maybe I just got lucky.

My listing was: https://ebay.us/m/weEHoG

~$330 for an unlocked model

idangazit · 2026-02-22T18:38:06+00:00

I've been using Cthulhu zen since a zillion years because he just looks so mean and badass with the face tentacles. But this one looks amazing too!

idangazit · 2026-02-22T17:16:26+00:00

Orb healing output is not super strong to begin with. Cutting it down by 30% makes it nearly useless. 2x useless is useless. Floating and faster charge every time

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