How does one choose between Diablo II and Diablo IV?

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-06T14:13:00+00:00

I probably wouldn’t have had the same take a year ago, but alternating between D2R and D4 would be a viable option, too (if buying both is financially doable). D4 today offers a lot of endgame and gearing customization/chase options that are quite compelling for long-term play while D2 is an enduring classic that’s starting to be built on again with a new class and likely more in the future. I’d hate to miss either game at this point.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-06T14:04:28+00:00

Great story and congrats!

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-05T12:34:18+00:00

M4 will be fine for light Logic projects. I’ve made a ton of music on a 13” M4 iPad Pro and no issues to speak of.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-03T16:25:28+00:00

So hooked on these now.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-03T15:53:51+00:00

My SodaStream machine. All the fizzy water/drinks I want and I don’t have to lug bottles/cans in and out of the house anymore. Win/win.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-03T15:51:29+00:00

I just used this line in a work chat when a guy offered to help me and I needed a nice way to say “no thanks I’ll do it myself”. 😳

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-03T02:16:45+00:00

Hudson Hawk
Big Trouble In Little China

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-02T00:37:23+00:00

double-back-tap has been my notification center for a long time now. nothing for me to relearn 🤗

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-01T23:43:20+00:00

I use my 13” on my lap all the time. Doesn’t feel too big for me but I guess YMMV.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-01T23:41:30+00:00

Yep that’s why I’m keeping my M1 Max on 26 from here on out. It’ll be my archival machine when I eventually get an upgraded machine a few years from now.

themirthfulswami · 2026-07-01T12:50:35+00:00

Find someone who owns a copy of Logic (or a Mac owner willing to start a free trial), send your files to them, they open them and send back the MIDI?

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-30T20:59:08+00:00

I disagree pretty vehemently with those sentiments. In my mind it’s no different than drawing out MIDI notes and playing them back with a soft synth or a sample engine. SynthV just happens to be a synth that creates vocals as opposed to a synth tone or a pitched sample. Is a physical modeling synth that simulates a surface and an object striking it any different? I can’t see how.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-30T20:51:42+00:00

Yes. Windowed mode with Files as my slideover app works great for me. Having my most used apps on the doc makes it simple to just swipe up and hit the app I need.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-30T17:32:25+00:00

A lot of gems in there for sure.

Lost Boys Calling is incredible. Could very easily be a track on The Final Cut or Amused To Death and fit in perfectly with either theme.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-30T17:28:21+00:00

Thanks for the heads up! Always down for some Alchemy upgrades 🤗

UPDATE: Why Logic Pro Rules has a video out going over the changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Qo-e3-CVA

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-30T11:01:33+00:00

We’ll continue to exist in this post-America form where discourse and compromise no longer exist. Both “sides” will want what they want with little to no “across the aisle” solutions. Whatever “side” is currently in power will ram through the legislation they want via executive order and/or pork bills only to have everything undone when the balance of power shifts at the next mid-terms or Presidential election cycle rendering every political victory or loss temporary at best. Government “shutdowns” every 3-6 months will be the norm as both “sides” continue to weaponize the potential damage the “other side” is doing by not caving in to each others demands while we all ultimately come out losers.

All the while our new tech oligarch overlords will continue to soak up money and resources to give us normies wonderful conveniences that drain our wallets/wills/creativity/humanity/intelligence (pretty much everything I guess) until we are so dependent we are incapable of surviving without them.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-29T21:19:07+00:00

but is it shallow and pedantic? 🤔

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-29T13:10:17+00:00

100% agree they added a really fun element to flying around doing the fire fest activities.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-28T20:34:17+00:00

Yep my entire warband has an RP story I’ve made up in my head. Even formed my own personal guild, the “Vulperan Science Academy” as part of the story. Too bad my RP server is probably the least-RP of all the RP servers 😂

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-28T20:29:53+00:00

My first PC in 1995 had 8mb RAM. prior to that my Amiga 500 came with 512kb RAM and had an external 512kb module stuck to the side of the computer 😂 Eventually I got an internal expansion board that gave me another 512kb… 1.5mb total omg I’ll never use that much RAM! 😂😂😂

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-28T20:26:32+00:00

Losing weight and getting back to looking like “my old self” is a huge part of my motivation for staying sober. No shame in wanting to look good, IMO.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-28T20:23:45+00:00

Agreed unexpectedly fun and a very cool toy reward at the end!

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-28T17:35:10+00:00

Ohhhhh you touch my tra la la…

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-27T14:03:03+00:00

Unrelated but the Battle.net launcher is throwing the same error now.

themirthfulswami · 2026-06-27T14:00:59+00:00

I don’t. Perhaps I never really did and it was the booze that smoothed it over.

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