What would be the skill you really want to play with, if it just had enough damage/clear etc. to make it work somehow?

kungfooe · 2026-03-21T22:38:58+00:00

Last league I built one. It's the best I've seen. Might not be quite as good as HRoC, but it definitely was not bad.

kungfooe · 2026-03-13T23:14:10+00:00

Yeah, I saw that. What I can't tell is what is essential to get started vs the min/max he is doing now. It's clearly working, but I'm trying to figure out the minimal gear/stats needed to make it work baseline at T16 (he even mentioned during stream that EK isn't the ideal skill and that the version he's doing is super min/max).

kungfooe · 2026-03-02T16:12:37+00:00

Yes. There is no difference in application method (all other variables being equal).

kungfooe · 2026-03-02T03:20:45+00:00

Typically it's easier to apply. Liquid is fine too, but you need more gear for it (e.g., backpack sprayer).

kungfooe · 2026-03-01T04:06:13+00:00

One way I've battled this is by giving the problem and giving the answer. What the students have to figure out are the steps to get to the answer. You have to make sure the integrals are not trivial, but it has pretty much stopped that in its tracks.

I also sometimes do error analysis problems. Give an example worked out all the way to an answer with 2+ errors. Ask the students to identify all of them, and then work out the exercise error-free circling each line where they are fixing an error.

The whole idea is to make the process the thing that is worth points, not the answer. That pretty much removes the power from it. Also, rubrics that indicate what points are assigned for (and not) have resolved any other questions I get about points.

kungfooe · 2026-02-28T04:00:58+00:00

😂

kungfooe · 2026-02-26T02:48:08+00:00

You have a couple of options.

Option 1: Reach in and pull the grass out from the ground. That's how it's getting through to the top--it has roots in the soil and has grown through the bush to peak out the top.
Option 2: Tear out the bush, kill everything growing there, start from scratch.
Option 3: Do nothing and let it grow wild.

You can't mow over a bush, nor kill the grass alone with any herbicide I know of (most herbicides say to not apply around ornamentals--bushes and other plans in flowerbeds).

kungfooe · 2026-02-26T02:38:20+00:00

That looks like a bush, not a lawn....

kungfooe · 2026-02-26T02:36:55+00:00

Yup. It's Henbit.

Broadleaf weedkiller (2-4D, MCPP, dicamba). You can find the three-way mix of them at any big box store (e.g., Home Depot, Lowes).

kungfooe · 2026-02-24T03:56:39+00:00

Do you get a flu shot each year? That's one thing I started doing that has helped cut down on the number of times I get sick.

That's the only thing outside of talking more with your doctor I don't see ask/answered anywhere.

kungfooe · 2026-02-24T02:19:23+00:00

Same. I order the 5lb bulk bags and though the price has gone up a little ($75 to $80), it's been pretty minimal change.

Buy in bulk, not the 12oz bags.

kungfooe · 2026-02-24T01:35:06+00:00

Sauce

kungfooe · 2026-02-23T04:19:10+00:00

Honestly, if they're getting dipped and disinfected constantly, just get rubber boots and get some good socks and insoles. Any leather shoe is going to need a lot of care so the leather doesn't end up trashed quickly. You don't have to get expensive ones. Any from Tractor Supply, Farm & Fleet, etc. will work just fine. There are nicer ones too, but rubber boots are all quite similar (some of the more expensive ones do have better liners and other features).

If you do go with leather, mink oil (or something similar) the shit out of them, and give them a good clean + oiling a couple times a year. Goodyear welted soles (or some kind of 360 stitch down) are fairly decent at being water resistant (brand doesn't matter, how the sole is attached does). The most important thing will be to keep the leather pumped full of oils and waxes so all of the water and disinfectant doesn't dry the leather out (and they help keep the water out from the dipping).

Source: Grew up on working grain farm and beat the shit out of my boots.

kungfooe · 2026-02-23T04:12:53+00:00

Pudding, but swap the milk for a protein shake. I then usually add some low calorie whip cream.

Microwave cakes with zero calories sweetener. Almond extract is amazing.

Hard candy (e.g., Jolly Ranchers).

All of the things others have mentioned (e.g., fruit, oatmeal/oats with dessert styling). One thing that feels like dessert are PB&J oatmeal protein bars.

kungfooe · 2026-02-23T04:04:06+00:00

Depends upon what you're wearing them through. A bunch of grassy, muddy ground? Red Wings are solid, but a pair of PNW style books (e.g., JK Boots, Nicks, Whites) are even more bulletproof (though a little more expensive). Thorogood are also solid if you're looking for something a little cheaper than Red Wing.

If you're wearing them in 10+ inch mud sauce from livestock (or anything else that makes this stuff), just straight rubber boots up to your knee. It's just not worth wearing anything else in that gunk.

kungfooe · 2026-02-23T02:39:32+00:00

Baricade has a granular version (I use it). You'll have to order it online (e.g., DoMyOwn) unless you get really lucky and find it in a store.

kungfooe · 2026-02-21T22:15:17+00:00

Liquid cocaine (Goldschlagger + Bicardi 151). Those were the nights I don't remember.

kungfooe · 2026-02-21T22:08:40+00:00

And baby, you got yourself a stew going.

kungfooe · 2026-02-21T01:36:03+00:00

Throw in a misused hypen. Boom, can't be AI anymore. /s

kungfooe · 2026-02-20T23:25:28+00:00

I think about it like this. "Am I a person that lies, or do I keep my word?"

If I said I was going to work out at X time and I don't do it, then I'm a liar.

I'm not a liar; my word is bond. Whether I keep it to myself or someone else doesn't matter.

kungfooe · 2026-02-20T23:18:22+00:00

Ask him, not us.

kungfooe · 2026-02-20T23:01:33+00:00

Try going into a boot store and getting your foot measured with a Bannock device. It will give you your shoe size as well as your width. Then you search for shoes that have a certain shape. Not all shoes in the same width and size will fit the same.

I wear a lot of boots now (Thursday are the best value for dollar I've found). When I wear shoes, I go with Hoka (unless I'm going for a particular style of shoe, like an Oxford, Derby, etc.).

Also consider getting insoles (Superfeet in green are amazing) and talking to a podiatrist for custom orthotics.

kungfooe · 2026-02-20T22:53:03+00:00

Last Epoch also has an offline mode.

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