moody
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- Comment on Why do low framerates *feel* so much worse on modern video games? 3 hours ago:
That’s a misunderstanding. CRTs technically don’t have refresh rates, outside of the speed of the beam. Standards were settled on based on power frequencies, but CRTs were equally capable of 75, 80, 85, 120Hz, etc.
Essentially, the speed of the beam determined how many lines you could display, and the more lines you tried to display, the slower the screen was able to refresh. So higher resolutions would have lower max refresh rates. Sure, a monitor could do 120 Hz at 800x600, but at 1600x1200, you could probably only do 60 Hz.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 1 day ago:
The lack of ammo is solved with the chainsaw. That’s why they give you puny zombies in every battle. They’re easy to kill for a little health, and it only takes one charge of the chainsaw to fill up on ammo.
Doom rewards you for playing aggressively, much more so that the OG game did. They want you to get right up into the thick of it, not corner peek with your shotgun.
Definitely fair if that’s not your type of game though. It’s plays quite different from the original.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 1 day ago:
It took me a while to figure out how important higher level pictos are for their stat boost. Your base stats become basically irrelevant at one point when you can give a character 500 defense with one picto.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 1 day ago:
Sounds like Satisfactory might be what you’re looking for.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 1 day ago:
It’s very particular in its style and pacing. I liked it at first, but wasn’t able to stick to it. I’ll have to give it another go at some point.
- Comment on Toolhead part cooling design 5 days ago:
deflecting the plastic while it’s still molten
That was my first thought
- Comment on ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Official Launch Trailer 1 week ago:
I watched a stream of it. It looked like a good time with friends in voice chat, but I wouldn’t want to play it with randos.
I also don’t think it would keep me hooked for very long. Probably a session once in a while. I can’t see myself playing dozens of hours of it.
- Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet 2 weeks ago:
My plumber told me never to use a plunger in a toilet, and to use a snake instead. The back-and-forth motion from using the plunger can damage the wax seal and cause a leak.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
It’s got produce, bread, and meat highlighted for the bread knife.
The only thing I’ve ever used a bread knife for is bread.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The bread knife has markers in the produce, bread, and meat sections
- Comment on The Witcher III is currently on sale for 3€ until 25th May 2 weeks ago:
The third one is a significantly better game in pretty much all aspects.
The intro act is a bit of a grind, but once you make it to the main story, it’s really good.
- Comment on Why do they call it a corn maze and not a maize maze? 2 weeks ago:
A maize labyrinth would be better
- Comment on Reusing plastic lids/caps 3 weeks ago:
I can’t speak as to whether reuse is ok, but the tamper ring’s only purpose is to show whether or not the bottle has been opened. It doesn’t have any impact on the quality of the seal.
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 4 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Because they know nuclear will never be approved, and so the status quo remains.
- Comment on Doom (2016) now DRM free on GOG 1 month 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 1 month 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)? 1 month 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)? 1 month 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)? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
It doesn’t do it natively, but it does have plugins for CAD features
- Comment on Should we boycott games with loot boxes? 1 month 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 1 month 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.