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danisth @lemmy.world
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I'm currently playing Divinity Original Sin 2
  • The general consensus is that hybrid builds are tricky and require a good understanding of the mechanics to pull off. You could pull builds from fextralife to make it easier, or just make a hybrid party made up of 2 magic and 2 physical damage dealers, which is far easier.

    I got tired of managing the skills and inventories of 4 characters so I’m going to try another run with 2 line wolf hybrid builds. Probably will end up on east mode cause I want a chill experience.

  • Recommendations for a beginner
  • I’d personally recommend an Aeropress over a pour over for a beginner. Pour over is actually pretty tricky to get great tasting coffee out of imo, aeropress is much harder to screw up.

  • What are new technologies I should be looking into / learning in my free time?
  • This is solid advice. Learn the fundamentals, and maintain conversational knowledge of more cutting edge tech. As you get stronger in the fundamentals you’ll be able to speak intelligently about why you might choose to use some new fangled thing.

  • Is 22 too old to start studying computer science?
  • Not even close. Started a CS degree 7 years ago at 28 and am a director of engineering now, if it’s what you wan to do go for it. I will give a warning that the market isn’t amazing right now, and people getting into it just because they see the salaries is flooding the entry level positions. If you’re motivated and excited about building software you’ll be fine, but something to be aware of.

  • Is 22 too old to start studying computer science?
  • Not even close. Started a CS degree 7 years ago and am a director of engineering now, if it’s what you wan to do go for it. I will give a warning that the market isn’t amazing right now, and people getting into it just because they see the salaries is flooding the entry level positions. If you’re motivated and excited about building software you’ll be fine, but something to be aware of.

  • Guide: The idiot proof guide to downloading ebooks off IRC. With Pictures and everything!
  • No idea where they're coming from, but people have been exchanging files on IRC files for year, why stop now? The obscurity of it is probably the only reason it's still around, it will never get enough attention for traffic to overload the servers, and nobody will bother trying to hit them with lawsuits.

  • Why start a Lemmy instance?
  • Like the other comments have said, it’s probably not worth your time to bother. As to why you might want to start one:

    • you’re finding the instance your on is too slow
    • you want more control over which instances you’re federated with
    • you like to tinker
    • you want to build a meta-community that has its own identity
  • I've heard a few people say that they don't use reddit apps anymore and only access reddit via old.reddit. Could someone explain to me how that resolves the "morality issue"? Isn't that still traffic
  • I’m not that concerned about the morality issue tbh. I want to browse content without ads and with a ux I enjoy. Reddit at its core is just a collection of forums and many of those forums are still active. I no longer can access those communities on mobile thanks to these changes, but old Reddit + RES + adblocker means that I can still browse on my computer. If this goes away then I’ll say goodbye to those communities, but since these communities haven’t migrated to Lemmy I’ll keep browsing.

  • Tom Scott’s channel will stop six months from now
  • He’s been around long enough that he doesn’t need to cater to the typical YouTube algorithm gaming that most channels do these days. But it’s a good point, I’d you do t know about him it’s be easy to miss.

  • Tom Scott’s channel will stop six months from now
  • It’s a different approach from Every Frame, but Thomas Flight scratches the same itch for film analysis.

    Also a quick shoutout to a local urbanism channel with cool niche topics, About Here is pretty great.

  • What was the main reason you left Reddit?
  • I’ve been following Lemmy and the fediverse in general for a while so I’m excited about this new energy. Like others have said, my reason for leaving Reddit specifically are:

    • I won’t ever use the official app, fuck ads and bad U
    • it sounds like old Reddit is going away, and I can’t stand new Reddit
    • a platform more resilient to this type of changes is appealing
  • Kindle Paperback setting up tips?
  • As someone who can never find the right cable, I like using calibre’s content server. You start it up then open up the kindles built in browser and go to the listed address and download your books from there.

  • Espresso at home?
  • I use a Europiccola lever machine. I can get shots on par or better than all but the best coffee shops in my area (though the frother leaves something to be desired). I’m using a manual grinder, which is a good way to keep the budget down and keep quality high.