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Comment on What are your values? in ~life
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
tonyswu LinkStarted playing Sands of Aura, an ARPG with some souls elements. Honestly pretty fun, but probably not for everyone.Started playing Sands of Aura, an ARPG with some souls elements. Honestly pretty fun, but probably not for everyone.
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Comment on Do you think dreams have meaning? in ~talk
tonyswu LinkI don't know if dreams have meaning, but here is a personal experience of mine. When I was 12 I was working on a problem I ran into on my brand new computer. This was before Google was a thing and...I don't know if dreams have meaning, but here is a personal experience of mine.
When I was 12 I was working on a problem I ran into on my brand new computer. This was before Google was a thing and researching for answer wasn't quite as easy. So I had this problem on my mind for several days, until one night I had a dream. In the dream I was on my computer working on the problem, except I didn't have any problem at all, and instead went straight for the solution. Next morning I woke up a bit perplexed. I had remembered most of that dream, which was rare for me since I almost never remembered my dreams. And when I tried out the solution on my computer, wouldn't you know it, it actually worked.
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Comment on Movies you enjoy that nobody else does in ~movies
tonyswu LinkShine Watched this movie for the first time many decades ago in my high school music class, and since then have re-watched it a good dozen times. I am surprised not more people know about it.Watched this movie for the first time many decades ago in my high school music class, and since then have re-watched it a good dozen times. I am surprised not more people know about it.
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Comment on Have we become programmed to be "too materialistic"? in ~talk
tonyswu Link ParentJust a week or so ago I was driving and heard Disney's AD about Halloween, in July, on the radio. And I remember thinking to myself, that we truly are pretty far gone as a society in terms of...Just a week or so ago I was driving and heard Disney's AD about Halloween, in July, on the radio. And I remember thinking to myself, that we truly are pretty far gone as a society in terms of consumerism.
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Comment on AWS eIP price change. What's your plan? in ~tech
tonyswu Link ParentVery true, this is a problem for us as well. Any web services we host has to be dual stack, otherwise you just risk losing traffic.Very true, this is a problem for us as well. Any web services we host has to be dual stack, otherwise you just risk losing traffic.
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Comment on AWS eIP price change. What's your plan? in ~tech
tonyswu Link ParentIt's not uncommon for medium sized companies to have a dozen accounts. Let's say you go with two AZs, with 2 NAT gateways each account that's 24 eIPs just for NAT alone. You add on top of any...It's not uncommon for medium sized companies to have a dozen accounts. Let's say you go with two AZs, with 2 NAT gateways each account that's 24 eIPs just for NAT alone. You add on top of any other services you might be hosting that might be using public facing ALBs, that's two eIPs each. It can quickly add up.
I am not saying they are trying to grab more money (I mean I don't think I need to say that), just wondering what other people's general strategy towards this, because I know I will probably have to change our architecture quite a bit.
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Comment on AWS eIP price change. What's your plan? in ~tech
tonyswu LinkAWS is planning to start charging for eIPs that are in-use, and if my understanding is correct this will increase monthly bill quite a bit for most AWS users, especially for organizations that...AWS is planning to start charging for eIPs that are in-use, and if my understanding is correct this will increase monthly bill quite a bit for most AWS users, especially for organizations that have multiple accounts with multiple availability zones and NAT gateways.
Curious, what's your plan to deal with this, if you are an AWS user?
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AWS eIP price change. What's your plan?
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Comment on Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie - Everything you need to know in ~tv
tonyswu LinkVery nice. Used to watch that show all the time. I poke at the parking meter when I am walking on the street for Mr. Monk once in a while.Very nice. Used to watch that show all the time. I poke at the parking meter when I am walking on the street for Mr. Monk once in a while.
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Comment on What are your experiences with condo ownership? in ~life
tonyswu Link ParentOh yeah, absolutely. I personally rung their doorbell and talked to them face-to-face 3 or 4 times before I finally brought it to HOA. Sure they would stop the loud music at the time, but next day...Oh yeah, absolutely. I personally rung their doorbell and talked to them face-to-face 3 or 4 times before I finally brought it to HOA. Sure they would stop the loud music at the time, but next day it was back. And eventually I just saw no point to keep knocking on their door.
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Comment on What are your experiences with condo ownership? in ~life
tonyswu Link ParentIn my opinion this is potentially the most impactful, yet most difficult to anticipate factor for condo. We live in a condo as well, and our neighbor is a college kid whose parents bought the...We have been blessed with good neighbors
In my opinion this is potentially the most impactful, yet most difficult to anticipate factor for condo. We live in a condo as well, and our neighbor is a college kid whose parents bought the condo for them. They like to listen to loud music all day, and it comes across the wall rather easily, especially the heavy base. Complained to HoA multiple times, and several complaint letters later, nothing has changed. Now we just avoid going downstairs where the wall is relatively thin when the music is blasting, and try to deal with it.
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Comment on What are some hilarious moments you have experienced in games? in ~games
tonyswu LinkI played WoW for quite some time, and had many fun memories doing world PvP. To this day I still think Blizzard missed a pretty big opportunity having not promote world PvP hard enough, but I...I played WoW for quite some time, and had many fun memories doing world PvP. To this day I still think Blizzard missed a pretty big opportunity having not promote world PvP hard enough, but I digress.
One time I ran into an enemy mage in the wild, and after some back and forth it was obvious he was losing. So he went invisible and started channeling for his flying mount. When he re-appeared on my screen he was already half way into the sky. But I was too fast with my fingers, gripping him down to me with my Death Knight ability before he could fully take off, and proceeded to execute him. Minutes later I received an in-game death threats via whisper 🤣
Another time a fight was breaking out near a cliff. It was obvious I was on the losing side, so I decided to bail by jumping off of the cliff with a glider. An enemy rogue shadow stepped to me (I am assuming this was what they did), and followed me all the way to the bottom of the mountain. This was an interaction I had not seen before, and even though the enemy rogue got me good it gave me a good laugh.
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Comment on Diablo 4 update nerfs all five classes in ~games
tonyswu Link ParentI feel like this is a design problem with the game itself. They probably just should not have this many multiplicative buckets of damage sources in the first place, and information such as that...but the idea of the nerfs is to bring the min-max damage more in line with casual damage
Casual players don't knowingly stack multiplicative damage, and blizzard didn't like how much damage the top end players were doing.
I feel like this is a design problem with the game itself. They probably just should not have this many multiplicative buckets of damage sources in the first place, and information such as that should be taught to players, or players need to be allowed to actually experiment with minimal cost, neither of which is there. I remember when I was still playing my damage can range from 12K to 700K depending on if the stars align or not, that is just nuts. And unless they re-design the entire thing, no amount of nerfs is going to do what they want to do, assuming their intent is to bring things more in-line between one another.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
tonyswu LinkI've been playing Remnant: From the Ashes, currently at around 180 hours. The combat is super fun, and I've been really enjoying it. Surprised I had not heard of this game until recently due to...I've been playing Remnant: From the Ashes, currently at around 180 hours. The combat is super fun, and I've been really enjoying it. Surprised I had not heard of this game until recently due to Remnant 2.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
tonyswu Link ParentSame here. The game has a lot of problems, but to me the biggest problem is the combat is just boring. I was playing a barbarian, and at level 80 with reasonable CDR I still had to wait for skill...Same here. The game has a lot of problems, but to me the biggest problem is the combat is just boring. I was playing a barbarian, and at level 80 with reasonable CDR I still had to wait for skill cooldowns, and it became a hit-and-run loop over and over after I pushed into higher nightmare dungeons, and it was just not fun. Not to mention many dungeons still forced you to walk back and forth opening doors, and it's just so boring.
In my opinion, they need to re-design combat and get rid of the generator-spender mechanism, or only do it for certain skills. They also need to fix the dungeons, minimize walking and maximize monster slaying. All dungeons should have a boss at the end, and here is where they can add some interesting mechanics for change of pace. There are many good ARPGs, I am really surprised that after decades of experiences they still don't have this down pat. Even a F2P game such as Undecember, which I put a good 2,600 hours into, has better game play loop than D4, and that's just quite sad.
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Comment on Diablo 4 update nerfs all five classes in ~games
tonyswu Link ParentI stopped playing as well about 3 weeks ago. When I played the first open beta I already kinda knew the game was going to boring. Heck the first dungeon I walked into I almost fell asleep, that...I stopped playing as well about 3 weeks ago. When I played the first open beta I already kinda knew the game was going to boring. Heck the first dungeon I walked into I almost fell asleep, that should not happen 10 minutes into a brand new game. But I bought the game anyway (the cheapest option, because I knew the game wasn't worth the premium pricing of $100 US) because wife wanted to try. I did level a barbarian to around 80, so I suppose I did get my money's worth some what.
To me the biggest problem with this latest round of patch is the fact that they touched the gear that players had already acquired, that players had spent time and effort and gold to roll for. That is ultimate disrespect for me as a player, and it's something I will not tolerate coming from any gaming company. Needless to say I will not be playing season 1, if ever at all.
I am the same. I like my job, it's interesting and it keeps the cogs in my brain turning. It's not even the subject I went to school for, I am rather lucky in that regard.
In terms of values, if I have to point to one thing that has guided me since I first grasped the concept of morality, it would have to be this:
己所不欲，勿施於人
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others - from Confucius teaching.