JFowler369

joined 11 months ago
[–] JFowler369 5 points 2 months ago

As an over-explainer I never got the mindset of being mad at more information. Regardless of whether I know something or not I would never get upset that someone shared knowledge with me. The more information the better. If I already knew, what's the big deal? If I didn't, great learned something new. If I disagree, I'll say why and try to understand their point of view and maybe end up with a better understanding based on their knowledge/perspective.

Genuinely curious why it is so upsetting? Why would we not want to encourage knowledge sharing? Seems like the person thinks you are calling them dumb by telling them things, but how are you supposed to know what other people know? Personally I think it says more about the person getting mad than the person sharing information, but I know I'm in the minority for that.

[–] JFowler369 14 points 3 months ago

Larian made comments after Hasbro laid off a bunch of Wizard staff that pretty much everyone they worked with had been fired. Probably doesn't sit too well seeing the people that you worked together for years with to make a huge success were fired as soon as the job was done. All to prop up other sides of Hasbro that aren't profitable.

Larian is independent for a reason. It allows them to actually be able to walk away from a lucrative deal when they don't agree with the practices of their partner. Why should they make more money and content for a company shitting on the people that made them what they are. BG3 is great because of Larian not Hasbro or DnD. Whatever they make next will be successful either way so why not make something they own.

[–] JFowler369 8 points 5 months ago

I think Blizzard is successful in their attempt to make new heroes completely broken at launch to incentivize paying to unlock them. Personally Ana was one of my most played heroes in OW, but how many people would have payed to unlock her compared to any of the new OW2 heroes?

[–] JFowler369 2 points 6 months ago

RAID is redundancy. It saves your data if a or two drive fail, but does not help you if the entire RAID system dies (power surge, fire, water damage). Generally if it is on the same system it is not a backup.

[–] JFowler369 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to get mine all on SSDs but 80tb of SSDs gets pretty expensive

[–] JFowler369 4 points 9 months ago

They didn't ignore they backlash, they promised to "always" have split screen going forward.. Only to not even make that promise last a single game. Infinite didn't even have network coop at launch. At this point no one should trust anything 343 says. Their track record speaks for itself.

[–] JFowler369 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah that was my thought when I read this article. I used the ladder once, thought never again, and just started jumping up. Only issue is a double ladder but those are better avoided anyway.

[–] JFowler369 3 points 9 months ago

Man, Infinite's campaign was such a disappointment. Halo to me was always about the big set pieces and new locations. Infinite had 2 locations essentially the whole game, not to mention the non story that happens mostly off screen. It's too bad because the grapple hook was one of the best additions to Halo since Bungie but you don't have anything fun to actually play with it.

[–] JFowler369 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are also things called "farlic" that increase the number of Pikmin you can have out at once. Possible it was that and not a yellow onion as they look pretty similar.

[–] JFowler369 3 points 10 months ago

Did you have a counter argument for calling bullshit? Because he probably had a point, there is definitely a niche for that level of security. It just generally involves state secrets.

Certain classifications of documents require access only from physically secure locations, called SCIFs, where all access is monitored and logged. Things like phones and cameras aren't allowed to prevent any data leakage.

That's not too say you can't be secure remotely, but really only against outsiders. Good luck stopping an employee from taking a picture with their personal phone of classified blueprints off their monitor at home. Good luck even knowing they did it before the data is gone.

When you factor in social engineering being the most successful type of "hacking", an office setting is undeniably more secure. However, most offices don't need that level of security, because data breaches aren't a matter of national security, so remote is an acceptable risk.

[–] JFowler369 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe try just watching your opponent for a round to get an idea of how to manage Pikmin for that level. Just use the time to watch, then try to replicate the next round.

If you struggle finding Pikmin, there is an item you can get that calls all idle Pikmin to a location. That is helpful to makes sure all your Pikmin are either with you or actively doing something.

You may also be able to open the map and find Pikmin without time passing. The drone can be for that too as time pauses when you activate it. That way you can find your Pikmin without your opponent getting ahead while you're standing still.

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