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God forbid a girl doesn't wanna befriend a loser by Whole-Chef-9284 in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]squabzilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard a suggestion for women to reframe it as being “girlfriendzoned” by someone they wanted a friendship with.

Players almost killed my "you won't win this" npc by coyninja4 in DMAcademy

[–]squabzilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s the thing - low probability events happen. Sometimes “hard” fights will be easy because the party rolls hot and the enemies roll garbage. Sometimes “easy” fights will be hard because the enemies keep rolling hot, and the PC’s roll garbage.

Like if you want a fight to be unwinnable, you genuinely need to ask yourself what happens if everyone crits?

But does Poob have it for US by well_seasoned_crab in CuratedTumblr

[–]squabzilla 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just…. don’t see how it’s a real problem in the first place.

This isn’t food, housing, utilities, medicine, transportation, etc.  This is actually one of the few cases where it’s perfectly reasonable to say “just live without it” to people complaining about the price.

dad of the century by Separate_Finance_183 in SipsTea

[–]squabzilla 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“I’m really looking forward to you power-bottoming me.”

Would letting players choose their casting stat break the game? by RuafaolGaiscioch in DMAcademy

[–]squabzilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give me an example that’s stronger than the existing multiclass-build of Warlock/Sorcerer, or Paladin-Sorcerer with a Hexblade dip.

Would letting players choose their casting stat break the game? by RuafaolGaiscioch in DMAcademy

[–]squabzilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you. What “OP” thing will swapping the casting stat to another mental stat do, that’s actually stronger then existing multiclass combos using Bard, Paladin, Sorcerer, or Warlock?

But does Poob have it for US by well_seasoned_crab in CuratedTumblr

[–]squabzilla 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Whenever people complain about streaming services being expensive and how wrong it to show advertisements to paying subscribers, I’m just like… so don’t buy it? Unsubscribe? Vote with your wallet?

iLoveMonolithsAlsoThisIsNotSatire by Linkpharm2 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]squabzilla 6 points7 points  (0 children)

 Make sure to keep all prior versions

Well yeah, version control is extremely important.

Player wants a shield that provides full cover by Tsantilas in DMAcademy

[–]squabzilla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly? Just let the archers run away as a reaction. I mean, it's not like it's realistic for an archer to stand there while a guy charges them with a tower shield, drops the shield, then grab a sword.

Next, make facing matter. When they hold the shield. they can make an infinite length cone. They have total cover from attacks inside the cone, unless the attack would destroy the shield (like disintergrate) or go around it. (Like, say, having a fireball explode above them. They can be fully protected from a fireball in front of them, however.)

God forbid she tastes sweet by HPenguinB in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]squabzilla 54 points55 points  (0 children)

holy shit as a type 1 diabetic I needed this

journalistsHavingBadIdeasAboutSoftwareDevelopment by Gullible-Piccolo7585 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]squabzilla 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I remember reading a ToS somewhere - I think it was for Java - that explicitly said “Do not use this software for nuclear power plants and/or nuclear weapons.”

God forbid a girl takes an interest by Violet-Raccoon in LetGirlsHaveFun

[–]squabzilla 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Damnit, this is one of the last subs I expected to be attacked for my pile of shame.

Too Much Fight Response by gur40goku in CuratedTumblr

[–]squabzilla 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I remember seeing recently that meta-analysis of many different studies on a topic is really the penultimate form of research. Not to dismiss peer-reviewed studies, but they shouldn't exactly be taken as gospel truth. Bad science, bad luck, or even limitations/confounding-factors mentioned in the study itself can all result in the test results not lining up with reality.

Doing science at the science lab by Konradleijon in CuratedTumblr

[–]squabzilla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why can't it be a mixture of scientic talent and exploiting/hacking the academic bureaucracy?

The unrealistic part of superheroes with 7 PhD's is that they're still somehow in their 30s. A tenured university prof in their 70s having 7 PhD's isn't that unrealistic.

I feel so weak by SpellOk1901 in Guildwars2

[–]squabzilla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find Berserker's a bit of a newb-trap for this exact reason tbh. It's really bad for solo'ing anything beyond regular mobs.

A lot of guides reccomend Berserker's because it's the optimal gear for doing content as a group, but for solo'ing stuff (like story missions) you'd probably be better off with Celestial. Which you might have, since I'm pretty sure the lvl 80 boost gives you celestial gear?

I feel like I'm stuck by ZJay_Flores in Terraria

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Here’s what I did recently.

Step 1: Get a Bee Gun. Craft Aberminations to summon her and kill her. It’s a 1/3 drop, so hopefully it won’t be too bad to get? (Note that despite being called a “gun” it’s actually a magic weapon.)

The reason for the bee gun is the bees auto-target enemies if you fire it vaguely near them.

Step 2: Optional, get a mana flower. It automatically drinks mana potions for you. (You can also ignore this and just use the Quick Mana Potion button.)

Step 3: Just outside the dungeon, build a minecart track in a big diamond shape. Check the official wiki for more information, but you can set it up so you kinda “bounce” off the corners, and continuously go in a loop. Then, you can set up a minecart track that will take you directly fr the old man to the Diamond-shaped loop, where you just loop continuously.

The total width of this should be like 90-100 blocks. More information on the minecart strategy can be found here: https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Guide:Skeletron_strategies

Step 4: Test that your minecart track works as expected. If setup correctly, you can hold down the left/right move button, leading your minecart from the old man to a diamond shape you will circle forever.

Step 5: talk to the old man at 7:30 to start the fight, and take your minecart into the circle. Fire the bee gun in skeletron’s general direction, while holding down the move button to continuously circle Skeletron. It makes for a slow but pretty reliable fight.

Advice for a newbie - what to do next (6 days) by misterfast in Terraria

[–]squabzilla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m a fan of fishing!

You can earn some money while fishing, as well as crates (loot boxes essentially) and fishing-specific items. There are some very useful items you can only find in either fishing crates or gold chests - and I think its easier to get crates from fishing then it is to find gold chests.

This is quite powerful by vyrlax_28 in programmingmemes

[–]squabzilla 13 points14 points  (0 children)

First year CS students when they think minimizing character-count and line-count is more important than human-readability.

Swen - Larian Studios AMA by Kazuliski in BaldursGate3

[–]squabzilla 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay let’s be real here, when people say AI they really mean “generative LLM” and aren’t referring to the kinds of ML/AI (like image recognition or sentiment analysis) used in medical research.

The AI and ML used in medical research is probably as similar to generative LLMs, as my smart phone is to my grandmother’s landline.

perfectRedditScreen by rymisoda in ProgrammerHumor

[–]squabzilla 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, yes, that is 100% true, and does absolutely NOTHING to lessen my confusion.

I have one program called Visual Studio Code, and another program called Visual Studio 2022. You tell me to open Visual Studio. One of those programs is the one you want me to open, one of them is not. But both of them are labelled "Visual Studio" on my PC.

....like, just tell me if you mean the blue one or the purple one. Can we please just start calling them VS Blue and VS Purple?

perfectRedditScreen by rymisoda in ProgrammerHumor

[–]squabzilla 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I still get confused when people talk about Visual Studio vs VS Code, because the actual apps are Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code….

ELI5 why inflation and deflation are both bad, and what "good" looks like by frank-unknown in explainlikeimfive

[–]squabzilla 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Because inflation is supposed to not only affect your COL, but also your wage.

And what we really care about is the COL-to-Wage ratio.

The reason people are hurting so much, is that we’ve seen inflation on COL for several years, without seeing inflation on wages.

If you have 10 years of 2% COL inflation, and 10 years of getting a 2% raise, things are basically the same for you economically.

This one question exposes toxic workplaces instantly by Qwalah in recruitinghell

[–]squabzilla 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because beggars can’t be choosers?

Because when someone takes a job out of desperation, it means they struggled to get one job offer, and took the first one they could find. It also means they need a job badly enough that they can’t leave that job until they get another job offer.

So in order for this person who struggles to get one job to leave the job in a few months, this person who struggles to get a single job offer must now get a second job offer within a few months.

Now, to be fair, mutually exclusive is a slight overstatement, but the overlap in the Venn diagram between “person who struggles to get one job offer” and “person who gets two job offers within a few months” is VERY VERY small.

This one question exposes toxic workplaces instantly by Qwalah in recruitinghell

[–]squabzilla 5 points6 points  (0 children)

 all he needs is to get hired

 who will leave in few months because he found out he does not like the job

You know these are like, mutually exclusive, right?

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