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  1. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    My own personal build for Gale (although anyone will do) is 2 storm sorc, 2 div wizard, 8 life cleric. He can twin haste two members then immediately sanctuary himself. Ultimate support character.
  2. ShakyJake

    Friends

    That's why I don't bother with offsite company events. I have nothing BUT work stuff to talk about with these people.
  3. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    That's what a friend kept saying, "but there's so much stuff you can do!". Who the fuck cares if it doesn't have any meaning. I'm not that bored in life that I need a video game to give me pointless crap to do.
  4. ShakyJake

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Man, I tried, but after BG3 it's really hard to get into these games imo.
  5. ShakyJake

    Linux OS stuff Thread

    Thought this was a thing of the past. I update my Linux Mint, LMDE, Pop!OS, and CachyOS installations pretty frequently and have never had anything broken afterwards. Like, never.
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    Crimson Desert

    Yeah, I haven't bothered picking this up. Seems to me if you're not the type of player to enjoy "running around and finding shit" then you're not going to get into this game. Probably the same reason why BotW, Skyrim, etc. never clicked with me. Feels pointless.
  7. ShakyJake

    Friends

    I’m a software developer, but surprisingly none of my coworkers share my interests, so I haven’t made any friends at work. I reconnected with an old high school friend a few years ago, but quickly realized we don’t get along anymore. I keep our conversations casual out of respect for our past...
  8. ShakyJake

    The Boys

    Really, it's just sad.
  9. ShakyJake

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

    I'm not so sure. Unless AI becomes good at mind-reading, it takes real skill to craft effective prompts and steer the AI correctly to get the result you want. We have some Indian contractors that appear to be using AI for their code and it's a weird mess.
  10. ShakyJake

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

    In another thread here on the forums, I described my idea of creating a fantasy 8-bit "super games console" using off-the-shelf components that would have existed in the mid-80s. I then realized I could write an emulator for such a thing. However, doing this properly would require extensive...
  11. ShakyJake

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

    Some developers here have complained that it takes away the "fun" of coding. Which I find kind of bizarre. I write code for the end result...what is created. Not for the act of coding itself.
  12. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Honestly, the only tough part with Honor mode is the final Netherbrain encounter. That can definitely go awry with some bad rolls.
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    The Boys

    Yeah I stopped watching this crap a couple seasons back. Also, Starlight looks fucking terrible in that promo image.
  14. ShakyJake

    No Man's Sky

    I found it pointless. Flying around in an infinite universe by yourself is boring.
  15. ShakyJake

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

    In my coding with Claude and Codex, I will often have it store important information that it "discovers" in markdown files, then have the CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md reference those. That's the technique I use to give it a form of long term memory.
  16. ShakyJake

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Mike from RLM said he heard from a source that the entire full season of Academy had 400,000 views total. The entire season, not per episode.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Quite possible. Someone did make the comment that the company "wants us to use them". What's even more irritating is that we are literally spending more resources fixing the problems they create.
  18. ShakyJake

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

    Speaking of pajeetification, our company got on a kick of hiring Indian contractors about a year ago. It is abundantly clear they are adding no value but they insist on keeping them around. It defies all reason.
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    Invincible

    I'm waiting for someone to tell Nolan to get some boots.
  20. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    Those mouse commands make no sense.
  21. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Not really. Nintendo might have to do the same with the Switch 2. If they had just stuck with their aging console, they might have managed costs enough to keep the price the same or even cheaper.
  22. ShakyJake

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

    The grass isn't always greener. Where I work, 90% of the people who leave return within six months.
  23. ShakyJake

    For All Mankind

    And of course the daughter is a lesbian. Of course!
  24. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Well, truthfully, consoles today are just PC components. So I guess backwards compatibility is mostly a non issue. It's not like the old days where they would have custom ASICs.
  25. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    They did. and there really wasn't any hurry either. Bizarre.
  26. ShakyJake

    Star Trek

    Check out Star Trek Continues on YouTube. Excellent "fan" made series. I quote fan because it's obviously on a level beyond typical fan created stuff. Looks identical to the original series - lighting, sound, etc.
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    For All Mankind

    Hope we get to Proxima Centauri!
  28. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Then just play your old system.
  29. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Does anyone really care about backwards compatibility? For me, once I move to the next gen I don't go back and play older system games. Other than for nostalgia's sake.
  30. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    Yeah I feel like there's a great game here, but maybe appeals to a certain type of player. Not sure if I'm it.
  31. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    Is this playable with a controller? I know there were lots of complaints initially, unclear if recent patches fixed this stuff.
  32. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Unless the physical media is being adjusted up and digital remains the same.
  33. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Isnt that the pattern? Every other system is a flop?
  34. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    Is the combat in this game any decent? And by "decent" I mean Elden Ring / Dark Souls level. Or is it mostly just running around climbing cliffs?
  35. ShakyJake

    Black Myth Wukong

    NVM
  36. ShakyJake

    Crimson Desert

    This to me says the team was off in their own little world. Which aligns with the comments that the game is a hodge podge of different ideas and systems.
  37. ShakyJake

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Don't think it affects items. Only item that I can think of is the S-tier Potent Robe which you will lose access to if the Tieflings don't make it to act 2.
  38. ShakyJake

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

    I had to write a simple desktop app for internal use. Nothing super complicated, but it did require some low-level system stuff that I have zero experience with. Had Codex code up something that worked perfectly. In total, spent a couple days making sure everything did work as expected and...
  39. ShakyJake

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    Advance Wars was sort of a spiritual successor to TG16 Military Madness, right? God I loved that game back then.
  40. ShakyJake

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

    That is our devs: "AI writes slop!". You write slop.