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  1. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Haven't had time to play with this in PoB. I was thinking the energy blade smite shell would adapt to this pretty well. Perhaps more interesting: a high end flame link build add more flat to the merc, min and max, than your merc adds max flat to you. But getting and defeating a non gay merc...
  2. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    What rings are you using on the merc? The Esh rings for lighting damage -> aura effect?
  3. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    How much flat would you estimate that wrath is adding? 50-2000? Rallying Cry mercs were a thing during 3.26. The ones I remember were going for maximum clunk and combined them with retaliation skills :|
  4. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Oh, that's dumb. I thought merc level was supposed to scale some generic buff stats and gate gear they could equip. Gem levels makes incremental upgrades more important and explains why the 83 combatant was trashing my control blocks combatant. This system is too powerful and only "balanced"...
  5. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    How are you getting level 40 wrath? I didn't think they were skill gems.
  6. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Increased effect of non-curse auras in the presence of pinnacle bosses?
  7. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    I love putting a build together in PoB only find core components that cost 10s of chaos last league now cost 10s of divines(MoM Impossible Escape). Kinda at a loss what to play. I like HRoC Necro(Gravebind and Kulemak staff with pops is required), but it can't handle Destructive Play with the...
  8. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    I'm having trouble transitioning from a derpy control blocks merc to a cheap 83 merc. Am I really supposed to reset control blocks until I get a combatant without spectral helix?
  9. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Thanks. The grouping construct is what I was missing.
  10. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    If you want a combatant with static strike and frost blades, both eligible for chain, how do you filter on the chain support on frost blades only?
  11. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    The /review skill is multi agent. The supervisor fires up a documentation, bug, complexity, git history, etc agents, checks their findings, scores them, and then presents it to you. AFAIK, it doesn't go back to the sub agents with "no, this is dumb", so there's not really a dialogue going on...
  12. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Can you tell the difference if someone had already done an AI review on their code? If not, doesn't that imply you should review your own code similarly? If you can, do you toss the review away as it's potentially already into garbage territory? I've definitely done what your teammate has...
  13. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    That's definitely a "solution" and one my boss went to almost immediately. He's on the $200 Claude Code plan and was complaining about running out of tokens 5 days into his weekly session. I was lamenting having to ask for more(because I don't think we've solved the baggage that comes with AI)...
  14. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Does anyone here use AI for reviewing code? clear conversation -> Review -> Fix or refute(and save to memory!) -> repeat I've never been able to get it to converge, it always finds new shit. And later into that cycle, a significant chunk of the findings are code changes it made.
  15. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I've been working in my codebase for over a decade, so I know it pretty well. So the planning and implementation phases go pretty quick, I asked for the changes, I have a decent idea what the results are going to look like. It saves time in where exactly to put changes. Have you been using AI...
  16. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Anyone know if Focused Channeling and Pact of Lycia will apply(and snapshot) to an existing stack of WOrb? For example, let's say you encounter a tough target and you're not sure your WOrb has the snapshot buffs. Can you safely assume pressing the Pact and channeling for 3s will apply the...
  17. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I mean that's essentially what I'm doing. It's far quicker and easier for me to type up a paragraph or two, and since I know the codebase pretty well, I can give quite specific details that mitigate wandering off and doing stupid shit. I like this from a standpoint of far fewer instances of...
  18. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    My boss has continued ramping up usage of AI(Claude Code) on our team. He's rolling out a couple skills that have me a bit concerned about how many tokens I'm going be using daily and my coding skills atrophying. He developed implementing and reviewing agents that will talk and iterate with...
  19. Deathwing

    Project Hail Mary

    If no light gets to the surface, why would the Eridians give a shit about the astrophage? How would they even know about it?
  20. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Just getting to maps. Slayer Shield Crush has been a great league start, especially since Dawnbreaker is 1c, which I would not have counted on 1 day into the league. IDK if better than Ele Hit, which is likely still great despite the nerf. Just, different. League mechanic is ok. Charts seem...
  21. Deathwing

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I have a subordinate like that. There's something missing in their ability to apply introspection to their processes. If you have a repo the size of Android, might be fun to see how he copes with that.
  22. Deathwing

    AI: The Rise of the Machines... Or Just a Lot of Overhyped Chatbots?

    How do you measure if you're too reliant on AI? My boss made an offhand remark recently that he uses Claude to do everything. I think most people interpreted it to mean within the context of coding, but I've seen him use it to write performance reviews. That aside, he's a pretty smart guy...
  23. Deathwing

    AI: The Rise of the Machines... Or Just a Lot of Overhyped Chatbots?

    More tokens. More choice of what models you can use those tokens on.
  24. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Why did they nerf the gull then?
  25. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Yes, the games being testing grounds for each other is quite lame. 1 is still better in a few very important and fundamental ways however.
  26. Deathwing

    Path of Exile

    Better than 3.28 version. What's the point of spiders you can't support with gems?
  27. Deathwing

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    This is why you get open headphones.
  28. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Seriously, out gearing mechanics is the true endgame of poe. Which is why sprint is bullshit.
  29. Deathwing

    The Drama (2026)

    Is this uncomfortable in it makes you think about taboo topics? I really liked After Life for that. Or is this uncomfortable for second-hand embarrassment? If so, no thanks, repressed memories surfacing unasked do that enough.
  30. Deathwing

    Pluribus

    Wait, what? Did they start writing Season 2 after Season 1 finished airing? Was Vince needed for every part of the process?
  31. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Ah, yeah, forgot about that. I *think* that carries over league to league as I started this one quite late and I was buying stuff prior to Act 4. Either way, glad you made a choice. I sometimes find myself playing PoE2 out of boredom and getting frequently frustrated.
  32. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Yes, trade for upgrades, those single exalts will get you significant weapon upgrades at this point in the league. They'd rather nerf the campaign than figure out how to sensibly get players loot in a loot game. And to be fair, PoE1 absolutely has the same problem. It's just heavily mitigated...
  33. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    What's that skill bound to X?
  34. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Maybe this means they found a way to make ToTA fun.
  35. Deathwing

    Stargate SG-1

    Arguably not a success. The Amazon seasons, 4-6, were worse than the Syfy seasons. But so was the source material.
  36. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Speaking of beasts, that's one of the few mechanics from PoE1 they've not copied. :emoji_thinking:
  37. Deathwing

    Path of Exile 2

    Not knowing what killed you is a feature. Of both games.
  38. Deathwing

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    You're suggesting an external Bluetooth adapter?
  39. Deathwing

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    Not sure I can find what I want otherwise. My noggin cracks headbands and the ear buds are for blocking noise. Is there a wired version of that?