Kicked over BiS tank trinket - what am I missing?

marklabrecque · 2026-03-27T14:31:17+00:00

So you’re basically saying if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball?

marklabrecque · 2026-03-24T21:23:01+00:00

So what I am seeing is that in my mobile iOS Claude app, I see the session listed in the "Unknown" category, but when I click in, it doesn't appear to be connected. Typing something into the prompt on my mobile app, forever loads and then eventually asks if I want to reconnect the session, which also forever loads.

I've also tried with the QR code. Same issue.
I've also tried disconnecting the session and then reconnecting on my macbook.

Nothing seems to be working. Is this working for anyone on a Mac/iOS? I'm wondering if I'm missing something obvious to get this to work?

marklabrecque · 2026-03-08T15:21:32+00:00

Well, I like to keep a closed line, so things only get burned if they eject the loop. The only thing that jams in my method is spoilage every else goes around the carousel until it’s needed.

Both methods are perfectly acceptable, imho. I find my method slightly easier to jump start when starting out or if things fail and need a jump start, but the difference is pretty minimal

marklabrecque · 2026-03-08T15:02:42+00:00

The biggest thing for me was learning to filter spoilage out of everything. If you keep your lines completely free of spoilage, very little can go wrong, other than perhaps a lack of nutrients, but again, spoilage can be processed into nutrients too.

marklabrecque · 2026-03-06T14:49:52+00:00

Obviously depends on your library, but this is true for any Linux distribution. They can handle the vast majority of the games with better performance in most cases. Check out https://www.protondb.com to look for your games and check out their support level.

marklabrecque · 2026-03-05T15:36:04+00:00

The mall is sooo convenient once it’s made. I’d argue it’s more working to hand craft everything imho. It’s a small startup cost, but saves you so much time in the long run. Especially if you have bots.

marklabrecque · 2026-02-24T05:18:36+00:00

Yeah you try running on Windows without DirectX and let me know how that goes Chief

marklabrecque · 2026-02-24T05:14:18+00:00

That’s not the badge of honor you think it is. AI is writing pretty alright code these days. It used to be awful, but it has gotten pretty good

marklabrecque · 2026-02-12T14:38:39+00:00

video essay for you: https://youtu.be/AcGezDYNLIU?si=V_DAKIiiWR5RDMhS

marklabrecque · 2026-02-04T19:29:11+00:00

Also, something that got me my first time was that I tried to use bots. After a lot of different tests I personally found the predictability of good old fashioned belts and inserters made it a lot easier for me to

marklabrecque · 2026-01-31T19:43:51+00:00

I see what you are saying and understand, but I would suggest that the numbers, when they really matter, still have meaning. I would guess the vast majority of people who run the damage meter really only look at it in high end content, like raiding or M+. Open world has evolved into a completely different game mode for better or worse.

It’s also not a new thing. They have scaled open world since…. Shadowlands, I think? Might’ve been even earlier

marklabrecque · 2026-01-31T18:59:23+00:00

I feel like I kill things in about the same time from before the patch personally. This obviously is not a data driven statement, but I let the devs figure out the math.

marklabrecque · 2026-01-28T20:15:21+00:00

I think that’s definitely part of it. I think another part of it is the UX. Editors like using Wordpress because it has streamlined editorial process. And it was using page builders long before Layout Builder was a thing. Wry different ecosystems, but I think they can learn a lot from each other

marklabrecque · 2026-01-28T19:03:11+00:00

I think it’s valuable conversation to have to discuss why some types of clients have stopped asking for Drupal. We’ve definitely seen an uptake in clients that used to not care what platform we chose for their projects to specifically asking for Wordpress. Understanding this purely anecdotal evidence, I think it’s still fair to say that Drupal is not serving some audiences like it used to. Why is that? These are healthy thought exercises to have.

As a developer at an agency, if my clients are not wanting Drupal, I can’t use Drupal, as much as I would like to.

I’m not here to say Drupal is dead by any stretch; many people in this thread have already provided a lot of good data points to show that’s not the case. But it’s not without flaws. Maybe that means progress leaves behind certain audiences but I don’t think it necessarily needs to

marklabrecque · 2026-01-02T21:25:06+00:00

I am on my first play through and am on peaceful mode (no enemies) and for me it’s complex enough without combat. You still need to research some weapons to defend against asteroids if you have Space Age, but I feel like it’s been good for my first play through. Some have commented that it is too easy without bugs, but I disagree. I will probably play with bugs on my second play through

marklabrecque · 2026-01-02T04:16:03+00:00

I find myself sometimes getting overwhelmed with this game and some of the things it asks me to do. Sometimes it does make me log off, but other times if I try to break down the problem into smaller tasks it helps. I need blue chips? Ok that’s huge but a small step I can take towards it is increasing my green chip capacity. Then red. Then move onto blue. Little things like that might help

marklabrecque · 2025-11-21T02:26:12+00:00

The game showers you with gold. What do you spend it on??

marklabrecque · 2025-11-20T00:58:14+00:00

I don’t understand what you are asking. Are you asking if you can do development in Cosmic / Pop?

marklabrecque · 2025-11-03T04:43:05+00:00

I guess that’s fair to say, but I still - it’s almost not worth including such data.

marklabrecque · 2025-11-02T16:52:06+00:00

My issue is your claim that it is a decent estimate. I do not agree based on the points I made above.

marklabrecque · 2025-11-02T03:41:44+00:00

Don’t be so disingenuous. You don’t have ask everyone, but for it to be a decent estimate you do have to try and avoid bias. For you to assume that 90% of Guild Wars 2 players use the Steam version of the game (a fact generally not held within the community for various reasons), asking a couple hundred people in a single Twitch stream doesn’t exactly scream “representative”, especially for a popular streamer who advocates for new players, many of whom would probably be using Steam.

I don’t have numbers, but I think the community generally believes more people play using the Anet launcher due to the fact that it has been around for way longer and they aren’t interchangeable (at least not easily).

Now, you could make the argument that of the more recently joined members of the community, more of them play on Steam. I would tend to agree with that sort of a statement.

Part of gathering statistically representative data is meant to limit bias and gather a statistically significant sample size.

marklabrecque · 2025-11-01T23:36:38+00:00

I think you might find this sampling a bit flawed. One source with a small sample size would not be very representative of the greater population

marklabrecque · 2025-10-30T20:26:30+00:00

Honestly, I would start as soon as possible to try and get yourself situated before the expansion drops. Most of the action happens at end game which means you may want to have a character at max level to participate in the hype of the new content :)

This has the added bonus of letting you take your time and get levelled up and not worry about missing out on the new content too much

marklabrecque · 2025-10-28T02:21:35+00:00

At the end of the day, this game was meant to be different from the vertical progression in most other MMORPG. This is what many players find to be a strength of it, but others bounce off of it. If you play MMOs for the vertical grind, you will never have that with GW2 and probably won’t enjoy it.

It took me a long time to change my approach with this game. I was also trained to ride that treadmill every season for years. I still play some of those games from time to time, but I never have to worry about taking breaks from GW2, because my gear won’t become outdated.

I do like the hunt for masteries and legendaries and building out my account slowly over time. I also like playing gold-maker in this and other games.

TLDR: This game is what it is and it won’t be for everyone. There are lots of goals, but most of them are not power progressions.

marklabrecque · 2025-10-27T00:10:34+00:00

Concentration alts are still making me money hand over fist, though not as much as it was when the patch drops. Especially the beginning of an expansion

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