GbyBE
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- Comment on Remedy Entertainment Has Received A Loan From Tencent 1 month ago:
The social stuff may be bloat to you, but it helps me to see which friends are online, and let’s me join their games or invite them to mine.
There’s nothing that epic adds that I care about and I refuse to buy their exclusives, because that encourages them even more to keep doing that.
Steam may not be perfect, but it’s pretty damn good. I have enough with GOG and Steam, and don’t want to add multiple storefronts to the list of launchers on my PC.
- Comment on Remedy Entertainment Has Received A Loan From Tencent 1 month ago:
I don’t have an issue with the soft limit on the number of keys, if the limitations aren’t too strict. The way it’s described makes it sound like it’s just to prevent abuse.
I didn’t even have a problem with the price parity, since that’s limited to the sale of said Steam keys on other store platforms, which makes sense. The developer can still hand out keys for free, just not sell them cheaper anywhere else. I would however find it problematic if they also required price parity for sales of non Steam key copies on other stores.
- Comment on Remedy Entertainment Has Received A Loan From Tencent 1 month ago:
If they offer it on steam and then sell Steam keys on their own website, that should get them the most from each sale…
- Comment on Server maintenance August 30/31 2 months ago:
Thanks for the update and all the effort you put in.
It’s crazy to see how little everybody would need to contribute to support your efforts to keep everything running. If all users would just donate €1 PER YEAR, that would cover all the costs and make sure you would have enough time to spend working on tchncs without worrying about paying the bills working for paying customers.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 6 months ago:
I don’t remember it being that bad on my 1070 mobile laptop (7th gen Intel i5 H if I’m not mistaken), but it was sub 25 fps also. On my PC it ran better, but after upgrading to a 3080 with a 5800X3D was when it ran smoothly at higher resolutions, although the game also had received some updates by then.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 6 months ago:
I had some cars that were following an invisible road above where the real road was a few times, and although that broke immersion a bit, I also still had a lot of fun with the game.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 6 months ago:
You’re certainly right about that!
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam 6 months ago:
Honestly though, I believe the early issues with the game were mostly on consoles. On a decently specced PC, the game would run nicely right after launch, with some bugs, but nothing game breaking. I got it right after launch day and enjoyed myself quite a bit with it. The police and the way the cars drove were the things that bothered me the most.
- Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless 6 months ago:
I was sceptical at first too, but a not-paid-for search engine will either have ads, paid results or try to monetize the search data in some way. I feel it helps me find what I need, better than the alternatives I tried, and I like the features and configuration options it has.
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
In that case it sounds like Tuta is the right choice for you. I just wanted to make sure you knew about the drawbacks. For me the search thing is what killed it, because I regularly search older emails.
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
I moved away from Tuta, and while getting my mail out wasn’t as straightforward as with regular mail services, it also wasn’t hard.
Proton offers an IMAP bridge, which will let you use any IMAP client to download your mail and then transfer it somewhere else.
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
I tried Tuta when it was still called Tutanota, but it was rather cumbersome to use. The mobile and desktop app would work reasonably well, but searching through your emails was a pain.
It also wasn’t possible to use any email client on the pc. Proton also doesn’t offer IMAP access, but they do have a bridge you can install for that, enabling the use of almost any mail client.
- Comment on Tesla again threatens to sue Cybertruck buyers who try to resell the cars 11 months ago:
So, offer the car back to Tesla at 1 cent under purchase price, then sell to whoever you like if they refuse to buy it…
- Comment on Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025 11 months ago:
StartAllBack can do that for you, and a few more things as well: www.startallback.com
- Comment on Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C 11 months ago:
That also means that there’s still a huge potential for growth, before competitors reel in their potential customers. If they let other manufacturers divide the market among themselves, it may be harder to gain market share later.
- Comment on Heat pumps can't take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth 1 year ago:
It’s not that they can’t heat your home to 20°C in the winter on those occasions where it’s freezing outside, it’s just that the heat output decreases as it gets colder, while the heat loss of your house increase, and your size your unit(s) for a specific temperature.
Our air to air system still has a cop of just above 4 at -7°C and 3 at -15°C. It manages to heat our 1960 house just fine (decently insulated, but not to modern standards). Even on those rare occasions the temperature drops that low in Belgium, we should be fine.
In a more modern house, the system could’ve been cheaper thanks to the better insulation.
- Comment on Meta sparks privacy fears after unveiling $299 Smart Glasses with hidden cameras: ‘You can now film everyone without them knowing’ 1 year ago:
Thermal cameras are surprisingly good at detecting things that use power. Defeat the camera with another camera 😉
- Comment on Zero to Hero in 1 hour 1 year ago:
Sorry, I somehow failed to notice the [she/her]. Didn’t mean to offend.
- Comment on Zero to Hero in 1 hour 1 year ago:
Perfect stairs to your man cave 🙂
- Comment on All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU 1 year ago:
Or the Zero Lemon 9000mAh battery back for that phone. Insane capacity, but a “tad” bulky.