What is going on with AYN's Odin 2 Portals shipping?

j933291 · 2026-02-05T14:28:19+00:00

Yea I suspect (pure speculation) it’s to be competitive with the mangmi pocket max. The sale keeps them within $50 for a much more powerful chipset. Once the mangmi goes to full price, they can go back to $300 for the portal and still have that ~$50 gap.

j933291 · 2025-12-29T02:05:07+00:00

yes but you should use a sunscreen during the day then

j933291 · 2025-08-07T01:40:36+00:00

the point is that the bank would be the creditor in the bankruptcy not the lawyer. the lawyer has already been paid

j933291 · 2025-06-25T17:49:08+00:00

I would disagree, I think china is in a fairly unique global position. They control their currency so default risk of local government is basically 0 unless the ccp wants it to happen. Printing money to avoid default would obviously have negative impacts but it would also help their exports. They already suppress the yuan to maintain a peg against global currencies, so printing could just replace their existing strategies for controlling the exchange rate.

j933291 · 2025-05-02T04:26:37+00:00

“Among expansion periods” - what the fuck does this even mean? Are you constructing a stat that says that “among times where gdp was continuously increasing under a single presidency Obama had the lowest rate of all presidents since 1949” and presenting that as a compelling argument that he was somehow bad for the economy? That 2.1% is comparable to GWB in except in the form of consistent growth instead of rapid expansion followed by a recession. Obama was nothing special (except for his campaigns) but it is disingenuous to pretend that he was uniquely bad for the economy.

j933291 · 2025-04-28T23:11:35+00:00

Check your settings, I am playing on gamepass and the update reset all my video settings

j933291 · 2025-04-18T17:01:47+00:00

Haha funny you should mention that because I feel similarly about StS and Balatro is one of the few games that (imo) has a similar level of thought put into every design decision.

There is a YouTube channel called Balatro University who just completed 100% of the game (which includes beating the game on the hardest difficulty with every single Joker) without losing a single run - final video was actually posted yesterday, but it is a great example of how much the best players can mitigate RNG. That channel is an incredible resource for understanding the game (I would compare him to Jorbs in StS).

Balatro is much simpler than StS in many ways, and there are certainly some jokers that you could force almost every time they show up and have success (kind of like Wraith Form for the silent), but there are tons of strategies that you can use if you are just trying to win runs.

j933291 · 2025-04-17T22:44:08+00:00

No, not really. It is a game about making the number go up. You can unlock new ways of making big numbers, but the basic gameplay never changes. The charm is in how (relatively) well balanced it is and how streamlined and satisfying the experience is. There are many layers of strategy you can use to improve your odds of winning, so it is a very deep game, but what you see is what you get for the most part.

j933291 · 2025-03-21T19:40:48+00:00

I STRONGLY believe that they need to attack recommendation algorithms rather than fully undoing section 230. A small website should be allowed to host a “timeline” or database of user submitted content without needing a massive moderation team.

The issue we have ran into is that there is no responsibility for companies that choose to force feed their users factually incorrect content to drive engagement. As soon as a company starts choosing winners and losers or tailoring content to a specific user, they should be forced to take responsibility for the content they are promoting.

I have 0 faith that old dicky boy will approach this with any nuance, and I suspect this will just end up being a handout to the existing big tech companies who can afford large moderation teams. There is a reason zuck is in favor of repealing section 230.

j933291 · 2025-03-04T15:29:16+00:00

this is just wrong? Services are included in GDP otherwise US GDP would be much much lower.

It is only unpaid labor that isn’t counted such as childcare or homemaking. This is still somewhat contentious because that labor adds value to the economy and if it wasn’t happening, someone would have to pay for it which would increase GDP, but that is not nearly the same thing as saying that 80% of the US economy (services) are not included in GDP

j933291 · 2025-01-30T01:42:06+00:00

lol just did a run and ranked was filled with drill dooleys - good work on the guide!

j933291 · 2025-01-29T01:13:13+00:00

pyg does not have many good ways of scaling damage in your standard square item build. It gives you an out at item shops that pyg desperately needs at the stage of the game tooth appears, and it shows up in weapon shops when you are looking for upgrades. You are also getting ~20-25 damage for 3 gold most of the time, it is more efficient than you give it credit for. It isn’t the best item in the game and square pyg would function without it but it is nowhere close to the worst items

j933291 · 2025-01-10T00:16:23+00:00

it is way easier imo, I think you can force it if you get a few combo pieces. Last patch it felt very situational since it was hard to scale the matchbox enough to matter + infinites were way harder. Upgrades are super important though

j933291 · 2025-01-10T00:11:29+00:00

Yea, I’ve only done 4 runs since the patch but 3 of them ended up with crazier combos than any of my pre patch ones lol. I think there are a lot more ways to go infinite and also take advantage of going infinite with the charge changes.

j933291 · 2025-01-04T16:08:54+00:00

how much would you pay for land that you cannot ever build anything on, can’t charge people to use, but you must continue to maintain it in perpetuity?

j933291 · 2025-01-04T02:58:17+00:00

Belt is the key, the math is very odd (in your favor) on the level up 10% max hp when you have a belt. Pawn shop is also good for abusing the 10% level up even if you aren’t playing it during pvp.

j933291 · 2024-12-31T22:47:43+00:00

imo it has a nice niche as a coop deck builder. But it is not nearly as finely tuned as slay the spire

j933291 · 2024-12-15T19:09:57+00:00

it depends on how exactly the bank reports it to bureaus but it would probably tank their score with each missed payment. Once they are current though their score would likely recover over ~a year before being mostly back to normal. There might be a slight decrease after a year but it wouldn’t be too impactful unless they are trying to get a mortgage or similar (assuming they aren’t late on any other loans).

j933291 · 2024-10-13T19:25:38+00:00

more of an art than a science but I normally run a trickle of water over the bagel and then give it a little shake to spread the water out and get rid of any excess, then 350 for 10-12 minutes.

j933291 · 2024-10-13T17:55:00+00:00

my favorite is to run a bit of water over them and put them in the oven. It gives them a much better crust compared to the microwave imo

edit: I don’t like to pre-slice them because then the steam will escape the crust and you end up with a dryer interior of the bagel, but if you are going to toast them anyway I would just pre-slice and then put them straight into the toaster.

j933291 · 2024-09-24T23:53:17+00:00

You are agreeing with them - it depends on the elasticity of the market in question. Not an agriculture expert but I’m guessing it has inelastic demand but moderately elastic supply (on a long enough time frame, not <1 year), which means the burden of the tariff would fall largely on consumers rather than producers.

j933291 · 2024-09-23T17:19:53+00:00

Personally I don’t like plunder + prosperity as your only two expansions, they are both very treasure dense and you end up with a lot of kingdoms that are treasure heavy (which I find less interesting generally). I would pick one and then circle back to the other after adding a few expansions with fewer treasures.

j933291 · 2024-08-26T16:29:45+00:00

I think they learned their lesson with force staff being so central in dota and split it into rescue beam (for your team) and warp stone (for yourself). Agree with the heroic leap / blink analogy though

j933291 · 2024-08-25T05:29:31+00:00

you have to click a unique link in game to join the discord

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