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- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 1 week ago:
(Which from my perspective is very silly — what’s the difference between them making a kajillion dollars in the fall and them making a kajillion dollars in May?)
This “article” was written by a moron who doesn’t seem to know anything about the stock market. I guess it shouldn’t be too surprising for Bloomberg.
- Comment on Speedrunner already beat Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch 2 1 week ago:
I think those glitches work because some menu interactions slow the game down intentionally (for like half a second) and players have found ways of abusing the slowdown’s interaction with game physics. So I don’t think framerates are relevant to that, but I may be wrong about that.
Doom Eternal had similar glitches where the weapon choice menu slows time down to let you make a selection, and you can abuse that slowdown by spamming the jump button to launch yourself really high. I believe speed runners bind the mouse wheel to jump so they can super launch themselves.
- Comment on If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
The article mentions another display with a 33 Hz refresh rate. But be aware that there would be significant ghosting even just scrolling a page of text, more so than even a measly 33 Hz refresh rate would lead you to believe.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 launching early has "literally 0%" to do with GTA 6's release date, Marathon or anything save "confidence", says Gearbox boss 1 week ago:
But on sale for $10 on a monthly basis.
- Comment on EA rebrand and refresh their anti-cheat into EA Javelin Anticheat, still blocks Linux / Steam Deck 2 weeks ago:
But don’t you want that sense of pride and accomplishment?
- Comment on Hawley reignites 'PELOSI Act' push to ban lawmakers from trading stocks 2 weeks ago:
Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. But I doubt it will get far, because too many of them profit off the current system as it is.
- Comment on Canada’s conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse 2 weeks ago:
During Carney’s victory speech, when a supporter yelled out “Bruce,” the prime minister replied that he was “looking forward to working with Bruce Fanjoy.”
Ouch!
- Comment on Linux help and actual pros and cons 2 weeks ago:
If the games you’re looking to play are competitive multiplayer games, those usually actively fight Linux users. Games like Valorant, Apex Legends, and Fortnite are all broken on Linux due to their invasive anti-cheat software. There are exceptions to this, of course. The devs of Marvel Rivals, for example, have said that they don’t have a problem with players on Linux.
For.anything else, odds are it will work fine. You can always check protondb.com to see if, and how well, your games work under Linux.
I’ve been Linux-only for a few years now, and I haven’t had issues playing anything yet, besides maybe some minor tweaks.
Mods can be more complicated, but I don’t have much experience with that. I do believe Nexus Mods are working of a project to simplify game mods under Linux, so hopefully that works out well.
- Comment on Rural counties ask Gov. Hochul to slow down on renewable energy projects 3 weeks ago:
Because they know nuclear will never be approved, and so the status quo remains.
- Comment on Doom (2016) now DRM free on GOG 3 weeks ago:
SnapMap is a built-in map editor. It lets you build simple maps made of prefab rooms. It’s clunky and very limited. Really nothing particularly interesting considering the history of OG Doom’s decades-old fan-made map scene.
- Comment on Day 270 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing 4 weeks ago:
This guy makes one of these posts a day. Is that what you call flooding?
- Comment on What are the odds of a person getting poisoned by food delivery driver? How would the odds change if the person is a public figure (such as Twitch Streamers)? 4 weeks ago:
Some of them are popular enough to have 100k concurrent viewers. Some have had multiple stalkers and threats on their lives. When they go out and do IRL streams, they have to hire security.
The average person may not know who they are, but all it takes is one coincidence to put their lives at risk.
- Comment on What are the odds of a person getting poisoned by food delivery driver? How would the odds change if the person is a public figure (such as Twitch Streamers)? 4 weeks ago:
There’s also a difference between some 100 viewer Andy on Twitch, and someone like Kai Cenat or Pokimane or xQc. Those are some recognizable names and faces, and they take precautions about this stuff. They have assistants and other staff that nobody would ever recognize.
- Comment on What are the odds of a person getting poisoned by food delivery driver? How would the odds change if the person is a public figure (such as Twitch Streamers)? 4 weeks ago:
Streamers often have food dropped off at their door, so even if the delivery driver knew of the streamer they were delivering to, they wouldn’t know that’s who they’re dropping the food off for.
Big streamers are paranoid enough to take extra security measures to prevent anyone from knowing where they live, and usually move away pretty quickly if someone finds out.
- Comment on Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky 4 weeks ago:
It doesn’t do it natively, but it does have plugins for CAD features
- Comment on Should we boycott games with loot boxes? 4 weeks ago:
More important than who you choose not to give your money to is who you do choose to give it to.
- Comment on Need opinions on screw types from someone with experience 5 weeks ago:
I know it’s overkill, but it’s for specific dimensions, so I’m trying to find the simplest solution. I may go for 2x4 for the cross bars, it’s probably fine, and I can double up on them if feel the need for more strength.
The only 8 foot pallets I ever see are made to be lifted from the long end, and they can’t take a jack under the short end. Otherwise, that would be simpler, and I would just need to line something up under the feet to make sure they’re sully supported.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 5 weeks ago:
They only need to get lucky once.
- Comment on Need opinions on screw types from someone with experience 5 weeks ago:
I get that 4x4 might be overkill, but the feet on these machines are 3.5" wide, so I can’t realistically put them on the narrow end of a 2x4. I’m also ok with overkill since I’m shipping 4 machines worth at least 100k each.
I also can’t lift the pallet width-wise since it needs to get through a door that is exactly 8 feet wide. We’ll be moving it slowly with two jacks, or a jack and some kind of dolly for the other end.
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- Comment on Why Does Dr. Wily Keep Getting Away? Is the Legal System in 20XX a Joke? 5 weeks ago:
It’s the year 200X, life extending technology has been around for at least X years by then.
- Comment on Why Does Dr. Wily Keep Getting Away? Is the Legal System in 20XX a Joke? 5 weeks ago:
He goes to jail, serves his time, and then does it again.
- Comment on Request for FPS recommendations. 5 weeks ago:
There are entire AAA games with less content than Phantom Liberty
- Comment on Artichokes got their names bc the first person to try one choked on the choke 1 month ago:
Art, he choke
- Comment on Best way to prevent Bambu A1 mini from updating firmware? 1 month ago:
Your router probably has a firewall you can set to just block all internet access to your printer’s IP. You’d have to make sure you let it access the home network if you want to send files remotely to it.
Alternatively, routers nowadays have a guest network. You may be able to disable internet access to the guest network and connect the printer to it. You would have to temporarily connect your host device to the guest network to send your files to print, which can be annoying.
- Comment on LPT 4 Summer BBQs 1 month ago:
Do not use bait traps, those just attract more wasps. Fake hives are somewhat effective at deterring wasps.
- Comment on Windows 11 will soon let you know why your PC hardware sucks: Windows 11 will be able to explain why your PC needs more RAM and a better GPU. 1 month ago:
What games should do is tell you the impact that settings have on performance. Just a text blurb that mentions how significantly you can expect a setting to matter. I’ve seen it in a few games where some settings are marked with something like heavy performance penalty but it would be nice for more things to be labeled.
Looking at something like the task manager will tell you your CPU or GPU is maxed out, but how do you know what to change to correct this? Can you just change a few barely-noticeable settings, or are you expected to replace your CPU? If the recommended is CPU X, then why is my CPU Y maxed out? If I exceed the recommended build, why is my performance so bad?
Often the recommended build is not enough to max out graphics at reasonable framerates, for example.
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 1 month ago:
I’m still surprised how well received it was, not because I disagree, but just because of the numbers. It’s currently sitting at 95% positive ratings on Steam, and that’s with 229k reviews, for a game that plays so different from what gamers expected out of FromSoft.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I haven’t bought an HDD in a long time, but is the drive’s packaging itself not designed for shipping? The last one I bought had a ton of empty space and shock-absorbing packaging inside the box.
- Comment on A look back at the Killer instinct arcade game and the confusion around the Ultra 64 2 months ago:
There was a podcast recently with the guy who built the SNES port, it was pretty interesting.