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- Comment on Valve stress again that there'll be more Steam Machine Verified games than Steam Deck ones, with "fewer constraints" in their testing programme 4 days ago:
Just read through article and it directly addresses this.
The reason the criteria are relaxed is because of higher hardware specs for the Machine and the fact that the Deck has a small screen. Basically, the Deck has more physical constraints. As the Deck ages, less games will remain compatible.
- Comment on Valve stress again that there'll be more Steam Machine Verified games than Steam Deck ones, with "fewer constraints" in their testing programme 4 days ago:
Clair Obscura still looks like ass on a steam deck? There was a patch that came through several months ago that increased playability. I was playing with a 10yo video card and originally had abysmal graphics. I didn’t push settings, but I was able to get to the point where terrain and people made sense.
- Comment on How do you Sand Coloured PETG without loosing the Colour? Are there any Methods to Preserve or Regain the Colour? 5 days ago:
I got a cheap 862D combo soldering iron from Amazon for $50 about 5 years ago. It goes down to 200°C.
Just remember to put it on a separate power strip and turn off the strip when you are done. These are super cheap, and I wouldn’t recommend leaving them plugged in unattended.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 5 days ago:
They won’t let me do it for for free. They think I’m doing bad things if I don’t charge for it.
Thanks for the list!
- Comment on Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 Teaser Visual .Season 3 to Broadcast This July 6 days ago:
Wow, they go VERY far in S3. I was expecting one more season after Eris.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
I was doing okay with 4-5 tabs on a core 2. Used Facebook as a test.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
I can’t say how your firmware will recognize a PCI-e to NVME, but as long as your aren’t chasing boot time records a SATA SSD should be more than sufficient for boot. You could just use the NVME for speed.
Another option would be to set up 6 SATA SSD drives in there with ZFS2. The striping and read-write speeds should significantly fill the SATA buffer of 6gbps. Due to the striping, you might actually avoid filing the read buffer and be about to sustain a longer high write speed.
The drive farm is also super viable. I have a 6-port board and a SAS card installed giving me 10 or 14 ports, I can’t recall. I have a similar strategy as I described, but I’m only using it for a NAS. I looked into getting a 12-port board, but used it was still $350. It makes more sense for me to buy another SAS card instead.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
Sandy bridge still has a little life in it. Most those systems top out at 8-16 GB memory, which is serviceable. You are probably missing out on NVME. The PCI version might also be a gotcha if you upgrade your video card, so double check the compatibility.
Finally, your previously-suggested video card may require new power connectors. While you might be able to find adapters, confirm that your are not approaching 80% of your PSU capability and upgrade if you are close. Power supplies degrade over time, so if you are at 65% it’s time to consider an upgrade on a 10yo PSU.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
I’ll absofuckinglutely assist in providing an alternative.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
Oh, devolve is a word, but I have only heard it used on procedural dramas to describe serial killers who stop following their patterns.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
Please send me some ideas! Free titles are better since I don’t have a library of older games. I was able to get Minecraft to a playable state, but Hollow Knight couldn’t do more than 4fps. I though Neverwinter might work since it was pretty old, but I only managed what appeared to be 1/4 fps. I’m running tests on a core 2 machine with an ATI Radeon HD4250, Fedora on a SSD, 6 GB of DDR 2.
The purpose is to spread the information to people who might be struggling with win 10 or older computers that can’t upgrade. I’m offering the Linux upgrade for $10 plus the cost of a SSD. I’m only posting to my Facebook crowd because I can’t do much for people who aren’t close.
I will gladly post on Lemmy if I keep going. We have until the test computer is sold. Then I am moving on to the pile of Optiplex 9010 computers I bought for testing.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
Who knows what technology will bring us in 5 years. With SSDs, 15 year old machines are still functional for about everything but gaming.
- Comment on After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes 6 days ago:
I can hook you up right now with a solid Dell Optiplex 9010, your choice Windows or Linux, just $15.99 a month lease. If anything goes wrong with the hardware, we’ll send you a new one and you just ship the old one back.
*Not responsible for lost data due to failure to use proper backup strategies.
- Comment on Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference 1 week ago:
I understand now. Yeah, I have always meant to watch Ghost Stories, but I usually sing l don’t take time to watch older stuff. I’m currently rewatching GITS SAC S2 and can’t stop any time soon.
- Comment on Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference 1 week ago:
I never considered the abridged as actual dubs, just satire. That puts sword art abridged as my favorite.
- Comment on Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference 1 week ago:
People are exhausting. The key is to just take a step back when answering every question gets to be too much. There are just so many of us that these kind of questions popping up is just a numbers game. Unless you are heavily invested, it’s fine to let someone else get it.
- Comment on Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference 1 week ago:
I watched black lagoon on sub. What was the draw? Am I missing the joke and it was terrible?
- Comment on 🖥 Best Used SAS Drives? (4TB) 🖥 2 weeks ago:
I think I might have one I can’t use. Might be 2 TB.
I bought it as an experiment to use with my NAS, but my SAS card is running in SATA mode and won’t recognize it with an adapter.
If you or someone wants to have me ship it to you (you pay postage and send me the pdf for the label) PM me.
- Comment on Snitches get switches 2 weeks ago:
Guess it’s lost in translation.
Conservation land is a protected wild area. Sometimes it’s what we refer to as “the woods,” and not properly marked from a local standpoint.
In my region, there are many county and state (vs federal in US) parks, with recreational areas and rules about how to interact with the wildlife. Greatparks.org.
There are also private nature preserves, and those appear to us as hiking trails. www.cardinallandconservancy.org is an example.
There are also smaller conversation areas. I know of a little bog about the size of a football field with a little sign saying it is maintained by the local college.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 2 weeks ago:
I did not, but if you want to link it offended page I can give it a whirl.
I’ll link what I think is your page you were viewing and try it here.
- Comment on Tom's Hardware now hijacks the back button. 2 weeks ago:
I tried to recreate this in Firefox, but also couldn’t duplicate it.
It’s possible they are trying it out, but I’m also concerned you might have a browser highjacker. Do the links go back to Tom’s Hardware, or do they lead somewhere else?
- Comment on NAS decision paralysis 2 weeks ago:
Hah, if you are near Cincinnati, I have a system with 6 SATA ports I just rebuilt for $30.
- Comment on NAS decision paralysis 2 weeks ago:
Look, if you were looking to have more options handed to you, you are in the right place!
TrueNAS is a great diy option. I have it running on an old box of mine. The one real caveat is that you will need enough hard drive slots (don’t just hang them unless you go full SSD), 4+ SATA ports or add in a SAS card, enough PSU to handle all your drives, and enough memory.
I am running one SAS card and 16 GB of DDR 3. Since the attached image I have taken pics of the serial numbers and labeled the drives.
- Comment on Anime Fall Season and 2025 Year-End Discussion [2026, Week 1] 2 weeks ago:
I was about to make my own of these, but I left it rattling around in my head for too long.
Fall 2025 only, final impressions. All spoilers! No specific order.
To Your Eternity S3
I enjoyed the story for what it was. I think Fushi’s flailing around and Mizuha’s attempted redemption (while she was trying to manipulate him) was to set us up for yet another tragedy. While it was a disappointing arc, my guess is that the end is to have a resolution between Hayase’s line, nokkers, and Fushi’s understanding of love. This is most likely going to be an echo of Mimori’s plot. I don’t recall love emotion being felt in the past, and this ties into the Man in Black bailing out on the world.
It is interesting to me that the Man in Black lied to Fushi, and I wonder how many lies he told Fushi this season about bailing out and not being able to do anything.
Watari-Kun’s ******** is about to Collapse
I was genuinely happy to see Watari end up with Satsuki.
I was glad that he was able to take a step back from Ishihara. He had put Ishihara up on a pedestal so much that he could never see her as an equal. She, by contrast, had a poor self image. While the show never addressed it, I felt that she was unconsciously picking him because of his similar low self worth. Props to mom for her sixth sense. I think that he would not have been able to tear himself away if they consummated their relationship.
The best character here was Satsuki. She started broken, and had no understanding of her own motivations. Her character growth was off the charts.
Let’s Play
I couldn’t help but see Marshall as DanTDM, which is funny because I only know of him because of my children watching hours of his playthrough videos. His fan’s reactions are not unreasonable.
I really wanted to know more about how Ruminate works. Is there a story path for each item you purchase? Are there multiple win conditions and multiple ways to proceed? It sounds novel, but reminds me of the old-school point-and-click games.
Her boss’s advances bothered me. He needed to transfer her to someone else and put some distance there. While I appreciate his efforts at building her up, there is an obvious power conflict here.
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
I went into this hearing that it had weird yuri vibes. I GUESS, but that wasn’t really the point. I struggled with the first few episodes because of the animation. Episodes 4+ did pick up significantly. This wasn’t supposed to be a feel-good anime, and the moral of the story seemed to be that you can’t only hold out for the best outcome when compromises are available. I’m glad that the answer to her clinical depression was not to stare at the flowers and feel better (Rurouni Kenshin). That girl needs therapy.
The Banished Court Magician Aims to become the Strongest
I watched this with low expectations, and I don’t think I would have been disappointed either way. Friendship is magic, magic is magic, magic is everywhere. I think they opened more plot lines than closed. My one disappointment is how the swordmaster’s whole motivation appeared to be that he was sad.
Gachiakuta
This did not disappoint. So many great beats to this show, and unexpected moments. I appreciated the new takes on the shounen misfit group with powers trope. It appears that a power creep is on the way. Also, Regto was totally in on something about the watchmen series. I’m not sure if Rudo took his name, if Regto took him in because of his name, or if he was actually a raider in hiding. Further examination is necessary.
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s
I watched this expecting another Eminence in Shadow or Sword Art. Lucky for them they knew that my weakness is white-haired elven princesses with generational powers named Amilia. Or Emilia. Whatever. The coincidence was too close. There’s no way they didn’t know.
For being the quiet kid that nothing happens to, he sure got the best picks in this new world. I’m not even sure what the rest of his class is doing here other than to show HOW AWESOME he really is. I feel like this is like Loner Life in Another world, where they will just move around from continent to continent while he progresses the plot.
Okay, I really did enjoy it, even if the MC didn’t really seem to have to do much more than a couple training sessions before he bulked up.
Finally, who else cringed at the cliffside wedding?
Touring After the Apocalypse
I kept waiting for this to go somewhere about who the main characters really were, how did THEY end up here. Why is she still a young woman? Are all these memories fake? Was the disaster natural, war, or what? Ok, I figured the whole thing was a spot for promoting tourism (and Honda??) at some point, but I wanted a little more exposition. Peeking at comments about the source material, it seems that you will be constantly strung along.
Campfire Cooking (S1+S2)
I wasn’t going to watch this, but if there is a season two, it can’t be all that bad right? It wasn’t! I enjoyed the byplay of the characters, especially how the MC really didn’t care about the plight of the kingdom and could have probably been the deciding point in the whole thing with his monster buffs. He’s just going to hie off into the distance, escaping both the kingdom and the plot.
You know what you can’t escape? The gods. Too bad, you are now their play toy. I figured he probably should have just made an offering with each meal, but having the gods complain to him was fun.
Pass the Monster Meat Milady
To have an adult conversation about your feelings, and then commit was pretty wholesome. In fact, the whole thing was wholesome! They absolutely telegraphed the magical nuke from 5 episodes away.
Mechanical Marie
I felt that the ending was cheating, but that wasn’t the point. It was a light romcom where the female lead could do no wrong. I typically waited to watch this until I had watched everything else
A Wild Last Boss Appeared
I snoozed on this and then watched the whole thing in a few nights. It had been on my list, but I kept getting distracted by other shiny things.
A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai
I could have skipped this and been okay. I felt more like this was a bundle of tropes meant to sell airtime than anything new. It wasn’t terrible, but I wouldn’t recommend it over anything else.
Let this Grieving Soul Retire (Both Cour)
I decided that this main character must have a have a hidden max charisma stat or something. It reminds me of the Sir Bearington story about the bear who bluffed his way into being a human, except less capable. It was funny, but cringe humor is lost on me.
My Hero Acadamia
I loved My Hero, and have been watching it as it came out for years. I appreciated how the story wound down here. I heard a lot of complaints about the ending, but I felt that this was appropriate.
Gnosia
This is a refreshing take on how a game with multiple play-throughs might actually happen. They steadily increased the number of players as well as the rules. NOTHING has been taken for granted, and I appreciate it. The music was fantastic, and the characters each have their own story.
1 Punch Man, S2 + S3
I know a lot of people were upset about the use of AI on season 3, but I didn’t even see it when I was looking for it. I actually started season 3, and then realized I hadn’t watched season 2. I do have to say that Saitama’s strength gets old, but the story is more about the supporting characters.
Side-thought: Saitama and Krai from Let this Grieving Soul Retire are polar opposites, and the stories are polar opposites, but somehow the same.
Dusk Beyond the End of the Earth
As someone else mentioned, this started out as the two of them against this dystopian world, and then morphed into a weird love triangle, and then basically said that the world needs to be this way, sorry!
I think I had a little whiplash watching Akira suddenly change his tune, and I very much understand Yugure’s frustration. I feel that the ending was messy, trying to tie everything up neatly. That being said, I enjoyed the ride, even if I had no idea where we were really going.
Ranma 1/2 Season 2
As someone who watched Ranma 25 years ago, I’m happy to rewatch it. People who never watched it in the past don’t seem to enjoy it like I am, and I think the nostalgia is a huge factor. This means that I can’t give an objective opinion. I do have to say that the cleaned-up animation was pretty good. I feel like they censored much of the nudity, as the original just loved to show the women naked.
I’m stoked to see season 3, as that is when the story starts moving away from being so episodic to having a more clear path.
Sanda
I loved the stark art style and the world building. I’m here for all the weirdness this brings. Bonus points for not having everything work out. I hope to see a season 2.
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha!
This was revenge porn, but only in the sense that revenge happens. If you went into this looking for real porn, there are other recommendations. I’m not sure if the lack of porn made this better or worse, and the edginess of the main character caused me to roll my eyes so often. Also, the supporting character’s cheerfulness and worship of the MC just bothered me.
I feel like that the racism against humanity was meant to justify that the MC can do whatever he wants. The only way this would make me happy would be if it became a self-fulfilling prophecy where his revenge meant the beginning of a truly evil empire. I think this will disappoint me, and he will be a better person once he killed everyone in his way. Guess I’ll have to find out.
Death March to the Parallel World
I forgot I watched this, and was confused as to how it ended up in my history. It took 5 minutes to remember anything. Truly forgettable.
- Comment on Winter 2026 Anime Schedule 2 weeks ago:
Fuuuck I missed Oshi No Ko.
- Comment on Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region (39C3) 2 weeks ago:
Pretty sure that gps is a plaintext broadcast. It’s nice because it’s universally accessible, but it’s a target now that people rely on it.
Back in the 90s my head was full of maps of my region because I drove a lot for work. Mobile online GPS is a game changer, since you get traffic updates in real time. While I suppose you could review your route ahead of time, there is not a known way to get relevant traffic updates unless you have a radio station just to that effect.
My real concern for you would be a sudden information blackout.
- Comment on Misspelled learning center, no children inside: Emmer presses Walz over Minnesota daycare tied to $4M 3 weeks ago:
Pretty sure I would stop answering the door if Internet celebrities were attempting to use me for attention.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I subscribed when it was like $7 a month. It’s hard to let go of the subscription when I have been enjoying it, but I can’t justify the cost much longer.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I REALLY want to pay for anime and support the artists, even if the money doesn’t go straight to them. The recent changes make this difficult.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Pluto TV was offering some anime. Honestly, you will probably find stuff to watch through all the free streaming services, but you will have poor luck watching current stuff without a subscription or through pirate sites.
Honestly, it’s time for the big squeeze from Sony, followed by complaints that nobody wants to pay for streaming anime.
