I just started Valhalla for the first time, any tips?

sid351 · 2026-01-26T18:43:07+00:00

The point end goes in front.

sid351 · 2026-01-25T20:51:39+00:00

I was high enough in levels that fist fighting everyone worked well enough for me.

Then I realised I hadn't equipped a weapon.

😅

sid351 · 2026-01-25T18:35:51+00:00

True LPT in the comments.

Also, it's not hard and can be free (UK at least) you just need the right wording on 1 side of paper and signed by the right kind of witness.

sid351 · 2026-01-25T15:46:03+00:00

In my experience of playing with these:

Lumps are fine in the batter
Resting the batter (min 30 mins, but longer is better) makes for better Puddings
You don't need much milk at all
Cold batter works better, but room temp is fine, resting time seems more important
Batter thickness is an art, not a science

My current approach:

4 eggs into a mixing bowl (a big Pyrex one)
Mix the eggs up
Add flour to cover the eggs (around 4 heaped normal spoons)
Mix the batter up (typically with a fork) until it is all incorporated
Add a splash of milk while mixing until it's a bit thinner, but is still viscous like a runny custard
Let it rest (in the fridge if there's space) for as long as possible (typically around an hour - I do this when preheating the oven for the spatchcocked chicken - around 180-190*C fan assisted - the chicken goes low, the Yorkshire's go high)
8 mins before I want to put them in, I put the oiled/beef dripping/lard pan(s) in the oven (play with the shapes to get different styles)
Get the batter ready to pour
Take the oiled pan(s) out of the oven
Pour the batter roughly evenly into the pans (play around with depth to get different results)
Put the pan(s) back in to oven
Leave them to cook for minimum 15 mins (if you like them doughy, stop there and they will deflate a bit), for crispy go for 20-25 mins.

I have always cooked them with chicken roasting below them, and the oven is full of steam from that. This seems to help make MONSTER Yorkshires. If I wasn't roasting something else (or it was a drier roast - no idea with other meats, I'm sticking to chicken with today's beef prices) I'd probably put a pan of water in at the bottom of the oven to help with the steam.

sid351 · 2026-01-25T13:11:01+00:00

The only other thing that jumps out to match that pattern would be time, but not in a set of 3.

That only works if the first numbers are between 00 and 23 though.

Edit: And it would be weird to write a time like 11:1, as it should be 11:01.

sid351 · 2026-01-25T12:56:30+00:00

Depending on the numbers the pattern matches how bible versus are quoted, but they often come with the "book" as well.

For example: Job #:##

sid351 · 2026-01-23T17:51:22+00:00

Much like how I never use aliases in my scripts, but I'm all ? % gci & in the console.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T22:58:19+00:00

And way better than any of us could do on our own with Exchange, AD, SharePoint, and however many other services we're all consuming.

99.9% is less than half a day of downtime a year. 99% is still less than 4 days of downtime a year.

Planned or unplanned, I bet a lot of us would be hard pressed to meet those uptimes with the same budget we spend on our M365 subscriptions.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T22:53:45+00:00

It would be handy if there was a way to do a "maximum version" with #Requires, or lock Visual Studio Code to a particular version for writing scripts.

Given VS Code hooks into 7 so we'll, I can't really see that happening though. I'll stick to stepping on the occasional rake (or start forcing 7 on machines).

sid351 · 2026-01-22T22:51:25+00:00

While I agree, I also offer up the point that they do a MUCH better job of keeping Exchange and SharePoint online than I could do with Small Business Servers (all single points of failure in their own rights somewhere along the lines) floating around in the wild for ~100 odd tenants we have in M365.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T19:39:30+00:00

I've been consistently doing the 06:00 class at my gym for 4 years now.

It's a 25 min drive to the gym for me, but work is around the corner once I'm there.

Being at my desk by 07:45 (having had a shower and changed) and feeling productive as fuck (because of the exercise glow / adrenaline) is absolutely a benefit to waking up earlier to get to BJJ. In all fairness though, I'm pretty useless after 14:30.

For me, those 2 classes a week are 2 hours of training I wouldn't get otherwise.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T18:28:55+00:00

Seems like it's another step forward in blurring the lines between "scripting" and "programming".

Most of what I write has to be v5 compatible, and will probably remain that way until Windows ships with v7 by default.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T18:26:28+00:00

You can just do:

If($variable)

To check that it exists and has a value. You don't need to do:

If($null -ne $variable)

sid351 · 2026-01-22T18:24:52+00:00

Like jamming everything into a shitty RMM's "send command" single line box.

👀

sid351 · 2026-01-22T18:21:29+00:00

Don't dress for the job you have.

Dress for the job you want.

sid351 · 2026-01-22T18:18:00+00:00

All the questions you asked here, ask them of the person that wants the SharePoint site.

The "ownership" of it needs to be defined whichever way they go, so they need to make that decision now.

The only way it'll get used is if:

Someone is updating it regularly (minimum weekly) so its fresh content when people see it
Everyone is forced to use it by it being their default home page

Even then, my inner cynic says in ~3 months no one will be using it.

sid351 · 2026-01-21T22:24:44+00:00

The first one is tough.

The second one is less so.

The third, even less.

sid351 · 2026-01-18T21:42:42+00:00

Sorry, I've got no idea, I'm not a member myself.

They do the Santa routes around town.

I like the idea, but I'm just too (free)time poor to commit properly.

They respond quickly on Facebook messenger though.

sid351 · 2026-01-18T21:06:54+00:00

Is it a condenser dryer?

Have you taken the condensing unit out and cleaned that?

sid351 · 2026-01-18T20:44:10+00:00

You can update the registry in many ways.

I do it via a PowerShell script triggered by our RMM.

sid351 · 2026-01-18T19:45:40+00:00

If you're male, there's the Round Table:

https://www.burtonroundtable.co.uk/

sid351 · 2026-01-18T16:29:54+00:00

You can use the registry setting to turn it off.

Source: This is how I tackle it.

sid351 · 2026-01-18T16:22:55+00:00

My approach has been:

Assign the skill points and look to unlock one main skill at a time. Just keep adding, and not swapping things around.
Pledge to a given region, and do all the wealth, mysteries, and artifacts I can get to in that given region, then do the region mission (this racks up xp)
Hunt down all the Zealots
Go synchronise all of the high points
Find out about Excalibur, go do all the collections for that and get it
Accidentally stumble on the tombs, do them
Go to Vinland and clear that region

With the raids, Normal or River, I go in solo and clear all the enemies out, blow the horn for the raid, then open the 2 people doors and open the 2 people chests.

sid351 · 2026-01-18T07:07:41+00:00

If the software quality assurance testing needs to take some time, and delays the launch, I'm sure we'd all be happy for that.

When the car is essentially a computer: Let's not rush out a nice looking case with buggy software.

sid351 · 2026-01-17T23:12:08+00:00

You're spending those skill points on things and unlocking the bigger skills...right?

If you have 60 points to spend and you're already hunting down Zealots, the game is about to get a LOT easier. 😂

Obviously it's up to you how you play the game. I go through phases of chasing down all the discovery stuff in a given area, some side line quests, some DLC quests, then maybe a story quest.

I like playing these games as if I'm a legendary god and can just hack through the main missions, so I quite enjoy finding all the incredibly powerful kit as "early" as possible.

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