sugar_in_your_tea
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- Comment on low spec gaming looking pretty sunny right now gang 2 days ago:
change the appearance of it to anything you’ve collected before
I like that too. I don’t like the limited inventory space for gear though, which means I keep having to go sell stuff if I don’t want to destroy things. I should be able to just sell it any time with an owl or something, doing a bunch of collectibles to get more space doesn’t feel great.
That’s a pretty small nitpick because money is rarely an issue. It just feels bad to destroy stuff to open a chest.
- Comment on low spec gaming looking pretty sunny right now gang 2 days ago:
I’ve been playing it as well, and it really is quite good. It’s not very challenging though, which is a bummer, but they’ve done a great job on the world.
Some nitpicks:
- lots of collectibles
- broom isn’t very fast, and upgrades are lame
- no quidditch, and fast travel makes the broom kinda pointless
- way too much pointless loot (lots of trips to sell stuff), and the whole gear system is dumb
But those are pretty petty things. Quest design is pretty good, casting spells is fun, and side content is largely worth doing. I think it’ll age pretty well.
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 1 week ago:
I did the same for the new Zelda game, because Nintendo hasn’t let me down so far.
I’m patient for most games, because I hate playing update roulette.
- Comment on Can you see yourself cutting off by a generation of gaming? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I tend to prefer games and music from when I was 15-25, but I still love new games and artists. The weird thing is I mostly listen to classic rock and metal, despite not being born when they were released, and despite reaching for my era of music when undecided.
- Comment on Can you see yourself cutting off by a generation of gaming? 1 week ago:
Exactly. I’m a little more selective about what I buy, but I still have hundreds of unplayed games. I could probably stop buying games and never run out of stuff to play, but there’s always newer games coming out that look interesting.
I’m slowing down on buying games, but I’ll probably never actually stop.
- Comment on Can you see yourself cutting off by a generation of gaming? 1 week ago:
Nope. I play a mix of old and new, and I probably always will.
It’s just like books, just because the are lifetimes worth of old books doesn’t mean I should ignore the new books. I read a mix of classics and recent releases, both usually through the library.
I’ve committed to PC gaming full-time now.
Same, though we also have a Switch because it’s just so good for party games. We play couch co-op with our kids and friends, and will probably get the next Switch as well.
95% of my gaming is on the PC, whether my Steam Deck or desktop PC. I play some recent games (currently playing Hogwarts Legacy), as well as plenty of old games (I just played Firewatch from 2016), and I recently bought games from the 90s.
I don’t really care when a game was released, as long as it’s good. I’ll even occasionally play new releases (bought Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at launch), though I usually wait until they’ve finished patching the game (1-2 years if I’m really excited). I add new games to my wishlist all the time and check back periodically until I feel like it’s ready.
So yeah, I play games from all eras.
- Comment on Anything tempting you? 1 week ago:
I’ll seriously consider EU V when it comes out, but it’s not even officially announced yet.
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 1 week ago:
That’s one of the few I missed recently, which is too bad.
- Comment on How does patientgamers feel about free games on Epic? 1 week ago:
Did you actually install EGS, or are you using Heroic?
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Sifu? If so, yes, it was released more than 12 months ago.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Just finished it in one sitting, what a ride.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Decent, but I think it’s a little odd:
- collectibles require backtracking in levels, yet they also record time, so I’m not sure if they’re recommending speed or exploration
- you can buy lives/extra hearts in the store (why?)
- some things can be fiddly
I think Yooka-Laylee is way better, but it’s still fun.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
Reboot. I never played the original.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 1 week ago:
I’ve been playing a bunch of shorter games, such as:
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
- Firewatch
- City of Beats
- Kao the Kangaroo
And I’m still playing a few games while my kids watch.
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 1 week ago:
Could be nice to have a Steam Deck trackpad on either side instead of one main trackpad. Could make for interesting CAD use.
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 1 week ago:
Here’s what I use mine for:
- stuff for my kids, like mazes, coloring sheets, etc
- stuff for my church, so handouts and whatnot - substitute any other form of charity
- labels for gifts for friends/neighbors (esp around Christmas)
- receipts, packing labels, etc for stuff purchased online - everything seems to want me to use their app and I refuse
- stencils for Halloween pumpkins
- instructions for board games if I lose/destroy the originals
- details for plane tickets in case my phone dies
- lots of photocopies of important documents to keep in the safe
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 1 week ago:
Exactly. I almost never need to print anything, and if I do, I want full size sheets or can cut them myself. If I need to print on the go, it’ll be photos, in which case I’ll use one of those portable photo printers.
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 1 week ago:
Nice! That seems like it would rival the TrackPoint for me.
- Comment on would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it? 1 week ago:
Yup, trackpoint is the solution here, that plus three mouse buttons below the spacebar is amazing, and why it’s so hard for me to consider a Framework laptop over a Thinkpad despite loving the repairability.
- Comment on Not even OpenAI's $200/mo ChatGPT Pro plan can turn a profit 1 week ago:
And Nvidia has really fancy shovels.
- Comment on Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification for their own Works With programs 1 week ago:
Yeah, I saw the same thing. Not sure where that thumbnail is coming from… the actual logo looks quite different.
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever 1 week ago:
Don’t knock it 'til you lube it.
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever 1 week ago:
But what about -1s? 0.5s?
- Comment on HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever 1 week ago:
Bold assumption…
- Comment on Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood 1 week ago:
Yeah, seems kind of odd. It seems like they’ve been trying to get more “engaging” content at least since the WTF USA series, and perhaps this is more of that. Hopefully it’s just a slow news month.
- Comment on Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood 1 week ago:
Is it this one? www.youtube.com/watch?v=M92gzY0SUu8
That one is still on Nebula. I don’t watch TLDR EU very often because it’s really relevant to me as an American.
- Comment on Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood 1 week ago:
Our power bills get more expensive.
Um, mine haven’t, and we have been expanding solar quite a bit. Here’s a list of states by electricity production source, and I sort by solar, my state (Utah) is #4 (if you count DC) and our electricity costs have stayed around $0.12-13/kWh after all fees (depending on how much you use). This article lists states by electricity costs, and my state is 6th cheapest (10.85%).
Fuel costs are the main contributor according to the EIA, and the state with the highest percentage of solar is only at 21% (we’re 10% at #4, so it drops off quick), and most states are primarily fueled by fossil fuels. Renewables aren’t driving up prices, otherwise I would’ve seen my electricity prices rise as the share from solar rose, especially given our cheap access to natural gas (we produce it) and coal. But no, our prices stayed steady despite record inflation, and the energy company is only this year being considered for a modest increase to energy prices (probably to catch up w/ inflation).
- Comment on Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood 1 week ago:
Can you point to a specific video? I find they’re usually pretty accurate with facts, and they even recently had their FAQ where they addressed some misses they had.
- Comment on Proton 2024 Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom | Ends on January 5th 2 weeks ago:
Well yeah, Proton is basically capitalism working as intended. They’re a smallish business exploiting a gap in the market.
- Comment on Proton 2024 Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom | Ends on January 5th 2 weeks ago:
I think that proton is perhaps the greatest example at the moment that to oppose capitalism does not mean you have to be opposed to free enterprise,
You seemed to use Proton as an example of that. Maybe I read it differently than you intended.
Second of all, “it’s filling a niche created by other companies’ poor privacy policies” is essentially nothing more than a restatement of the second sentence I wrote
I don’t think it is. My point is that Proton is a product of capitalism, as in, like any corporation, they found/created a niche and filled it. That you like this company and not others has more to do with you liking the niche than anything altruistic you think Proton is doing.
Proton is overpriced for what they offer, but they can charge that much because of brand recognition. Look at Tuta, a for profit company that offers similar services with more features for less.
Proton is a product of a competive market, and that’s a good thing.