BenLeMan
@BenLeMan@lemmy.world
- Comment on Got any must-play games for strategy fans? 1 day ago:
It’s currently in the Humble monthly bundle.
- Comment on Got any must-play games for strategy fans? 1 day ago:
Yeah that was on sale recently so I finally took the plunge. I’m mostly enjoying skirmishes in the Frontline mode but the campaign is okay as well.
- Comment on Trømp 5 days ago:
Interesting, thanks!
- Comment on Trømp 5 days ago:
That would literally put the Vinlanders in their place.
- Comment on Anon remembers kindergarten 1 week ago:
Rest in peas.
- Comment on Prove you're not a robot 2 weeks ago:
Funnily enough, this requires exactly the kind of pattern recognition skills that AIs are extremely good at. If I, as a musical layman, were challenged by this I would give AI a shot to solve it.
- Comment on He makes his plans for revenge 3 weeks ago:
Classic Christopher Wolken cadence.
- Comment on Anon misfires 4 weeks ago:
Ah yes, I believe this is called “Much Ado About Nothing” in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Comment on My Beans :( 4 weeks ago:
And a very merry Christmas to you as well!
- Comment on Improve your Wi-Fi with this one trick 4 weeks ago:
Again, you point out why “normal” is an iffy notion to begin with. Thank you for elaborating instead of just downvoting. 🙂
Failing to fully utilize the existing antenna diversity options on modern routers/APs might be another common cause that comes to mind.
- Comment on Improve your Wi-Fi with this one trick 4 weeks ago:
Except if you have an ECOVACS cleaning robot which refuses to work with modern 5GHz networks. I actually had to install a Wi-Fi bridge to get around that limitation; thankfully, I still had one lying around. Helped me get a better signal for my phone in the bathroom as well.
But thank you for adding this information. Congestion due to interference from other networks (I guess that’s what you meant) can definitely be a factor as well. I guess that’s the problem with the notion of “normal” that I employed rather carelessly.
Sidenote: the fact that your Wi-Fi still works in those conditions at all instead of shutting down goes back to pioneering research done by actress-cum-scientist Hedy Lamarr during WW2. Amazing woman.
- Comment on Improve your Wi-Fi with this one trick 4 weeks ago:
Sort of a serious answer because I’m bored: You’re thinking of speeding up the air when what you should be thinking about is speeding up the waves. But then your waves are reaching you plenty fast already with latency being in the single digit ms range. Not much of a point in trying to accelerate that, really. You won’t notice anyway.
If you feel like your internet connection via Wi-Fi is slow then the bottleneck is probably not with the Wi-Fi part of your network but the Internet Access Point behind it. Or even further down the line.
Now this is based on the assumption that you are in a fairly typical network environment, i.e. using semi-current hardware with moderate, if any, electromagnetic interference in the area. If you’re living right next to a high voltage transformer station and using a router from 2008 then, yes, you’re going to have Wi-Fi performance issues.
But in most cases, people complaining about “slow Wi-Fi” are actually suffering from Internet connectivity issues.
Think of it this way: If you enjoy your McDonald’s from the local franchise but you can only get 100 burgers per hour from them (of course you need MOAR!) then upgrading your 320hp Camaro to a 400hp Mustang is not going to enable you to pick up appreciably more burgers from the drive through in the same amount of time.
- Comment on Performative Perp Walk 4 weeks ago:
They’re really telling on themselves. Scared shitless.
- Comment on Excellent anti smoking ad 4 weeks ago:
Shiiit now I’ve got to take up smoking again. Just when I’ve been clean for 25 years.
- Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery 4 weeks ago:
No, rouge is the stuff that ladies put on their cheeks. You mean rogue, as in wildcard, untameable, privateer.
- Comment on Desks 1 month ago:
I thought of the KKK. Thanks for the better quality picture.
- Comment on CEO brains go brrrrr 1 month ago:
So fall he shall. Something something humble beginnings, auspicious prospects.
- Comment on What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? 1 month ago:
No need to be intimidated. Just pick it up in a sale. Definitely a brain teaser but there are spoiler reduced guides out there in case you get stuck. But you should be able to finish the game even without guidance.
- Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store 1 month ago:
I like them too but I’ve noticed that some games are not updated to the same version as their Steam counterparts.
- Comment on What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games? 1 month ago:
Yes! Return of the Obra Sinn 100%. You can still watch other people play it on YouTube later and have a blast seeing them figure things out.
- Comment on Cooking advice 1 month ago:
Just a pinch of a fire truck on standby should do the trick.
- Comment on The Prisoner's Trolley Problemma 1 month ago:
There is no such thing as an “amount of people”. It’s “number of people”. And the question given is basic game theory, just worded to be nasty.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 1 month ago:
And a healthy swig of bleach for good measure. Cheers!
- Comment on I want a name for this 1 month ago:
Yeah getting out of your car and realizing you have no idea how you got here is spooky.
- Comment on That funny feeling 2 months ago:
I was going to suggest banana milk for the extra calcium but sure, you do you. 😉
- Comment on That funny feeling 2 months ago:
Bananas should also work. And magnesium, which is easy to supplement.
- Comment on Go fuck yourself, Mike 2 months ago:
And downright shallow as well!
- Comment on Absolute Units 2 months ago:
Prevent predation? Seems like the orcas didn’t get the memo.
- Comment on Hmm... 3 months ago:
Right in the qussy.
- Comment on Gender 3 months ago:
It is what it is.