Whitebrow
@Whitebrow@lemmy.world
- Comment on People who reject challenging ideas as stupid without engagement are like intellectual nepobabies 20 hours ago:
Made up as in nonexistent, yes?
- Comment on Awkward interaction with my doctor 6 days ago:
If it can be corrected in 30 seconds or less, mention it so they can address it, if it’s something that can’t be fixed on the spot or quickly, then no.
- Comment on Tune a fish 1 week ago:
If I want the tuna salad, I’ll order tuna salad.
Also if I’m walking up to a sandwich shop or a restaurant that serves tuna steaks on a grill or something of the sort and say “I’ll have the tuna” the assumption is, they know I what I mean (variance for multiple dishes not included).
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 week ago:
Is it really that different though?
Lets say you get the 1 month pass, play any games you want and are part of that “service” for the duration, once it runs out you lose access to the games (unless you crack the downloaded files for them which would be like not returning the “rented” game I guess)
Personally just feels like the same scam cable tv was and now transforming into streaming services with ads.
- Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy 1 week ago:
Don’t microslop and friends peddle some game pass and similar subscriptions? Game rental with extra steps.
- Comment on cant take it anymore 1 week ago:
Geese are at least forthcoming with their intent to mess you up
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 2 weeks ago:
I’ll see statements like this thrown around, meanwhile the PS5, Xbox series X and even the upcoming steam machine are all AMD hardware.
- Comment on Don't like how often map conditions rotate in Arc Raiders? Sorry, but the devs say "that most likely won't change" 2 weeks ago:
Such hubris.
Is having at least one major condition active at any given time too much to ask?
What about stuff like the bunker that runs at ungodly hours twice a day and that’s it? Especially when it’s part of the trials for that week?
They’ve launched a good game but been deaf to a lot of criticisms and requests that could easily become accommodating to more people and more fun and interesting gameplay.
- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 3 weeks ago:
Unfortunately up here the Benjamins to beaver bucks conversion rate sucks. And then we have to pay 15% tax on top.
So anything that’s trying to follow that logic breaks apart real quick, even when there’s 10% off on launch, still comes out to more than the full price would be… :(
- Comment on How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times? 4 weeks ago:
In this economy?
- Comment on Woops 1 month ago:
You know it’s fake because there’s no way the ICE clowns would know which country to send him back to.
- Comment on A Jamaican accent just makes me smile 2 months ago:
I hate that I can hear this as I’m reading.
- Comment on Boing. 2 months ago:
Somebody make this into a free game on steam with some dumb achievements and being able to change the colour of the nub if you do it 100 times or something.
- Comment on New tech pulls lithium from dead batteries cheaper than you can buy it 2 months ago:
Licking batteries has been proven to lighten your mood according to three major scientists with published papers in Nordic countries.
Used batteries just come with the extra benefit of being multi use, first in your regular electronics, and then in your synapses.
- Comment on Deloitte cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government 2 months ago:
Isn’t this the same bullshit they pulled in Australia?
- Comment on Brushing teeth before going to the dentist has the same motivator as shaving pubes before going to the gynecologist: If someone's going to be looking inside there, you want it to look nice. 3 months ago:
I legitimately have a meal before going to my hygienist appointments, the more random small bits it has like seeds or tiny nori stripes and whatnot, the better.
Supposedly makes their job more interesting when they have something to dig for.
Their words, not mine.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 3 months ago:
Not sure how recent we’re talking but within the last year or so my 2 biggest disappointments have been once human and nightingale. I can usually work around jank and weird creative decisions, but unfortunately neither of these two were worth any of the time I’ve spent playing em since they felt like they didn’t seem to want you to progress.
Played once human for about 3 days, nightingale for around 3 hours and then refunded.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
And tarkov isn’t even on steam… yet?
- Comment on Good Halloween Games 3 months ago:
Look Outside just had a major 2.0 patch. Solid horror game. And it’s 30% off at the moment.
- Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders 4 months ago:
- Comment on GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders 4 months ago:
Launched the other day if you want to throw a bit of money to their cause
- Comment on Steam Next Fest is back for October 2025. What good demos have you found? 4 months ago:
Releases in like 20 hours from the time of this comment!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Steam is fine, for the most part, but steam is also DRM. Personally I opt to buy games on GoG, because whatever releases there, you can download the installer and play offline, anywhere, anytime, and due to the platform requirements it strips a lot of the extra nonsense of requiring accounts and launchers and such.
The one downside is some publishers/developers don’t have the latest version on there or release on there later as definitive builds, but it’s better than having to deal with all that nonsense to begin with.
- Comment on Asus ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Handhelds Cost Up to $999.99, Preorders Open Now 4 months ago:
For M$ to subsidize some of the cost of the hardware seeing how it’s their “next leap” for the Xbox? Or something along those lines.
- Comment on Microsoft starts rolling out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11 PCs 5 months ago:
- Comment on Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character 5 months ago:
I’m not sure steam deck would even be considered “high cost” since you can get a refurbished unit directly from steam for about half the price of a switch 2.
And even a brand new one is still cheaper.
Plus there are parts and instructions available on how to fix and replace pieces yourself should that ever be needed, unlike some drift issues from Nintendo’s controllers where they basically tell you to spend more money or get bent.
- Comment on Humans can't consent to reading. 5 months ago:
Sir, how dare you.
- Comment on Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it. 5 months ago:
Almost 100 billion revenue last year.
250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?
Yeah. That’s nothing to them.
- Comment on Remember to dry your filament kids 6 months ago:
I’ve had PLA spools go bad due to age, so I can definitely attest to them eventually crumbling out of existence, good to do the bend test if you’re not sure, if it snaps/breaks when you try and fold it in half, it’s too old and the print will come out much more brittle than you’d want it to be.
True for the location dependency, but even here with about 20-30% humidity, it’s pretty noticeable after a week, granted, that’s assuming you leave it out and open, storing in a dry box or in a vacuum sealed bag with a desiccant between prints will help prolong that period immensely in my experience.
Marketing definitely has had quite a creeping presence into 3D printing in recent years, and similarly to gaming, it seems to be targeting the enthusiast class, so trying to convince people to try printing with more fancy (and toxic, and hydrophobic) materials than just the standard run of the mill PLA and PETG and upsell them on all the accessories before they’re actually needed.
Makes you wonder how much of all of this is gonna end up in the dumpster or in the attic at some point
- Comment on Remember to dry your filament kids 6 months ago:
PLA does not need to be dried. You can dunk it in a water bath overnight and it’ll print fine in the morning.
PETG on the other hand will absorb moisture within a few days of opening, so it needs babysitting if it’s been open for more than a week.
