BigDaddySlim
@BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world
- Comment on 390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives 3 days ago:
Plus all the original Xbox games I’ve seen there are raw disk dumps, they have to be converted to xiso and that shaves off several GB per disk when completed.
- Comment on Sell your RAM, and quickly go from COD to the real world. 4 days ago:
She lost her Gulag
- Comment on MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis 4 days ago:
3 of my 4 desktops are running AM4. My main rig has a 5950x, the home theater PC has a 5500 and my wife’s gaming rig has a 5600. I rebuilt the HTPC several months ago and specifically went with AM4 for price to performance (and because it’s a Linux box)
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 5 days ago:
Marketing and vehicle regulations have made it more profitable for car manufacturers in North America to sell trucks and large SUVs as “family cars”, so over the last 30+ years the industry has been pushing them hard. Trucks and SUVs are classified as light trucks, which have different fuel economy requirements which are more laxed than those for passenger cars. Small cars are being marketed out.
So of course if boils down to corporate greed chasing more money as well as garbage regulations. That’s why the Ford f150 is almost always the best selling vehicle in the US.
Not Just Bikes has a few videos on the topic.
- Comment on Cup cake 1 week ago:
WARNING DO NOT CLICK, MASSIVE SPOILER YOU’VE BEEN WARNED
- Comment on Games you fell out of love with. 2 weeks ago:
Call of Duty Warzone.
When it first released it was a very fun battle royale, a much better implantation than CoD’s first go at it, Blackout. You could actually buy back your teammates if they die, they added the Gulag as a chance to come back if you’re killed, you can create loadouts and use money you find in game to buy them. The map was big and expansive and you could usually find some interesting places to drop and not get absolutely dumped on immediately.
My friends and I played it for a long time, both on PS4 and later PC. When they moved the map to Black Ops Cold War’s version I’d argue it was a bit of an improvement even though all the Cold War guns outshined the Modern Warfare 2019 guns. That was the start of the decline in my eyes. Making the guns from the new game perform better than from the old one was how they pushed you to buy the new CoD so you could level up the guns and play better in Warzone.
Warzone moved to Vanguard’s Caldera map, which I think was a fantastic map, had some cool limited time modes and events, but at first they had some kind of issue with the light rendering because it wasn’t the easiest to spot enemies or items on the map. They fixed that and it was fine, we had some amazing games and lots of fun on Caldera.
Then they released Warzone 2.0 (which was arguably Warzone 4.0 but that’s an argument for a different day) using the Modern Warfare 2 engine. It was a very bad Warzone. The map was boring, the sound effects like hit markers by default were new and ear piercingly awful, and whatever rendering system they used made it extremely difficult to see enemies. Keep in mind I’m running this game on a 3090 so it’s not a graphics issue, it’s an engine one. Also on that note, the game literally struggled to run on my friends 3070 and 3060 12G cards. It was bad.
We stopped playing for a long time, moved onto other things, then did try again when MW3’s version came out. It was fine, map was better but the engine still had the rendering enemies issue.
Between the bad changes they made, the horrible monetization with the obnoxious skins and shit, at one point there was a gun you could only unlock through the battle pass or buy a skin for later which was an OP gun, and a plague of other issues we stopped playing. The game stopped being a fun shooter with friends and just became a slog to play. If we could go back to the original 2020 Warzone we would, but even when they rereleased Verdansk in MW3 it wasn’t the same.
- Comment on What's up with "Plex Servers"? 4 weeks ago:
I am Plex Guy, my friend is Plex Guy, between the 2 of us we share our servers to over a dozen people. My mom and grandma use my server in another state, I don’t charge anyone access. In total I have 8 users on my server, my friend has probably the same on his, with both of us giving access to a different friend meaning he has access to double the amount of content.
I got absolutely fed up with subscription services raising prices and removing content (I only ever had Hulu and Netflix) so I just built my own service. My only subscription now is a Tidal family plan for myself, my wife and my mom.
Also it’s interesting how between these 2 servers, they’re built differently. I built mine using TrueNAS and housed it in a dedicated PC case large enough for all the drives, my buddy made his as a Windows server, and has everything wall mounted with custom 3D printed brackets.
Also, when I go to Brazil for vacation, my content isn’t region locked, it’s at home in a box on my living room that I just access with no VPN or any bullshit needed.
- Comment on 🏳️(TrueNAS) Is my drive dying and should be replaced?🏳️ 2 months ago:
Had this issue once, 2 drives kept not initializing during boot, rebooting a few times got them to register but showed drive errors. I thought either the drives or my SAS card was dying. Fully reseating the connectors fixed it and haven’t had an issue since.
- Comment on Totally unhinged 2 months ago:
My wife was an au pair, she’s still in a few nanny/au pair Facebook groups and sees posts with asinine requirements all the time.
Once she saw a women post a nanny position for 4 kids with the same “bring your own snacks for my children” requirement and they were only paying $18/hr. Most nanny positions around here are paying $25ish depending on the hours and that’s for no more than 2 kids.
That lady got flamed in the comments and left the group.
- Comment on Crazed gamer plays Minecraft using a receipt printer as a display — crippling 0.5 fps frame rate not even the biggest drawback 2 months ago:
- Comment on car producers 2 months ago:
Didn’t Jeep just roll out a software update that was bricking 4xe models recently? Also quality has been plummeting (rust, death wobble, garbage 3.6L, etc) for years. They also just did a recall for over 100k hybrid models for fire risks
- Comment on Parking police 3 months ago:
Didn’t stop to think this could harm pedestrians, did ya?
- Comment on Guilty 3 months ago:
Could be worse, there’s a couple cars I’ve seen around town that look like this. Literally only room for the driver, but visibility is gonzo
- Comment on a minor to moderate amount of tomfoolery in construction 3 months ago:
Sorry I placed that oddly, I meant the constant crosswalks are great, not the highways.
- Comment on a minor to moderate amount of tomfoolery in construction 4 months ago:
Wait until they find out about speed bumps, stop lights and cross walks across highways in Brazil.
Yes that’s real, you go from 100kph to 25kph with speed bumps and speed cameras that will absolutely ticket your ass if you’re 1kph over the limit. BR-101 in Paraíba goes through many small towns that do this, it’s great for pedestrians since the highway cuts directly though the heart of these towns but terrifying if drivers don’t pay attention. Also these speed bumps aren’t always clearly marked so rip your suspension at night
- Comment on 4 months ago:
It’s not 343, most of that leadership has left or fired. It’s Halo Studios now, game runs UE for graphics and the Blame! engine underneath for AI and everything else.
- Comment on Why would I buy this? 4 months ago:
If you want a CoD game, pretty much any CoD up through Black Ops 2 is still decent, but only if Activision actually let’s the game go “on sale”. Halo games have a fantastic story (up until 5 at least) and the Master Chief Collection is usually on sale for $10.
- Comment on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models 4 months ago:
Yeah I saw a guy convert an old Toyota pickup into an EV and it cost about $18,000 IIRC. Biggest expense is obviously the batteries, followed by motor and charging system. Madman kept the original 5 speed which I absolutely respect.
- Comment on ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app 4 months ago:
They have a 30 day trial yeah, you can also move your playlists over as well.
- Comment on What's your greatest "gaming high" you've been chasing ever since? Please take care not to spoil anything, if you are going to be story-specific. 4 months ago:
Also, Halo 3 custom games with full lobbies and super creative customs. Honestly, just Halo 3 in general
- Comment on Learn this one weird trick! 4 months ago:
Don’t forget you can also ugga dugga them with an impact gun and cause the bolts to snap, so even if they get new lug nuts they aren’t going anywhere unless it’s up a flatbed
Also don’t forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts
- Comment on advertisement 5 months ago:
Gotta say, seeing a flaming dick fart wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card, but then again it’s a wild fucking year so I shouldn’t be surprised
- Comment on labubu 5 months ago:
The first time I had ever heard about labubus was the last episode of South Park. I thought they were just some dumb thing Matt and Trey came up with to use as a vehicle to talk about the tariffs, then I learned they were actually real.
- Comment on These pesky airbags 5 months ago:
The way Massholes drive and how much vehicles rust here there won’t be a shortage any time soon lol
- Comment on These pesky airbags 5 months ago:
I’m a heavy sleeper and this sounds like a great alternative for me, I won’t have to set an alarm an hour before I have to get up and hit snooze for an hour anymore! Gonna have to head to the junkyard and get some airbags now
- Comment on Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow 6 months ago:
“When I joined the Corps, we didn’t have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock!”
— Sgt Johnson, Halo 2
- Comment on The look you have when you realize you've made the greatest alien movie of all time 6 months ago:
You better answer
- Comment on what video game deserves to be in a museum? 6 months ago:
Bioshock
Halo: Combat Evolved
Fallout New Vegas
Also, cynical answer is also whatever current mobile game is making a bazillion dollars right now because ✨capitalism✨
- Comment on Dunkin' Donuts Drinks 7 months ago:
To be fair, the “gallon size” you see in the meme is 90% ice, 9% milk and 1% “coffee.” Dunks is selling plastic cups with ice for over $5.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years 8 months ago:
Fuck you RFK my Casio can’t and won’t connect to the internet, go swim in more sewage you dolt
