brygphilomena
@brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Off topic 3 days ago:
For fucks sake, can we just get releases that have separate audio tracks for dialogue, music, and effects that we the viewer can decide how we want to hear it?
Video games figured this out
I don’t want the explosions to be so loud that it wakes my entire house.
- Comment on US | FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump 3 days ago:
Ministry of propaganda.
They could restore the fairness doctrine instead, but that would hurt fox, newsmax, and oan so much they won’t even consider it.
- Comment on Baby dies after California mom leaves him in car to get lip filler on 101-degree day, police say 2 weeks ago:
This very much depends on the car.
Most modern computer controlled cars will not discharge the battery at idle unless you have a powerful sound system or an alternator that’s already on its way out. And they can adjust idle anyway if needed, most will increase idle when AC is turned on now to compensate the increased load on the engine. Driving the AC compressor is such a light load compared to the moving a 2 ton vehicle.
Also, many newer cars may even run an electric compressor instead of one driven off the motor. Think hybrid vehicles, it wouldn’t be feasible to have an AC system that turns off half the time if it’s running on the electric motors.
What you might deal with is heat soak if the fans can’t move enough air over the condenser core. But modern vehicles are immensely more efficient than even 10 year old vehicles.
- Comment on Thanks to the "you need to buy a new PC for running W11" bullshit, scammers are selling ewaste at full price to inexperienced people 3 weeks ago:
Id still be using my clamshell iBook if it worked and supported a modern-ish browser.
My eeePC only got sidelined because 4gb of ram is now too little for kubuntu releases. (I was going to install Debian, but after 30 min on it’s SLOW SSD it failed and I haven’t tried again) And I had issues with the screen resolution being too low for the smallest settings window before.
- Comment on What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes? 4 weeks ago:
Lego games are great for just putting on and playing. So very little intro tutorials and learning. They just are fun.
I’m in the same boat where I don’t want anything that takes too long to get into. I don’t have the time to learn complex mechanics anymore.
- Comment on Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressman 4 weeks ago:
And the diplomacy and politics.
And scams. Or baits, escalations, and war strategies.
I ran my small alliance for a bit. The organization skills corralling 200 active people for an op is insane. Spending days prepping and doing logistics moving tons of ships. Making arrangements and mutual defense agreements. It was arduous work.
Then to have the fight not happen. Or the target not to drop. And having to manage the morale of everyone who devoted the time for it or purposely made sure they were free.
- Comment on Anon turns on raytracing 5 weeks ago:
I think raytracing is fine for games that want a lot of realism. But I’m playing games with monsters and fantasy. My suspension of disbelief isn’t going to break because reflections aren’t quite right.
But I’m pretty much in the camp of, I want my games to look and feel like games. I like visual cues like highlighting items I can interact with or pick up. So lighting is always non-realistic.
- Comment on Eve Online developers CCP are being sold off, according to reports 5 weeks ago:
It also somewhat helped curb alts. You couldn’t just have an alt that did a thing in day.
But the isk and resource faucets were a problem from day one. It’s a resource hoarding game and it became too safe.
That era to me was also filled with clever scams and IMO as CCP made it safer for people it took a lot of magic out of the game. You used to have to be smart and attentive to play. Now it throws warnings at you for all sorts of things. Or got rid of some very fun mechanics (like pos bowling and lofty wars)
I also used to love spending 2m to war dec a corp. I would have dozens of wars going. And it wasn’t like small corps. It was fun to war dec all the big alliances at once with your little 5 man corp.
- Comment on Eve Online developers CCP are being sold off, according to reports 5 weeks ago:
Oh man. I had some good times with bomber bar. Both joining them and baiting them.
I loved taking a rorq out with a massive tank and a full rack of smart bombs. Blowing up an entire fleet at once was so satisfying.
- Comment on Eve Online developers CCP are being sold off, according to reports 5 weeks ago:
Or really knew how to manage their one game. They did something really cool, and then it reached its end game and had no idea what to do when that happened.
They add more ships, over and over, but more ships became harder and harder to balance. They changed resource allocation so it was less necessary to fight for space. They changed mechanics so people lost less. But it’s largely a game of wealth acquisition and when people don’t lose as much you have inflation and everyone had the end game toys.
They added a half dozen different currencies for different things. They added daily quests. They added login rewards.
Their end game was people fighting each other for space they controlled. But they never were able to deal with when everyone just sort of… Made pacts and stopped fighting over space. They never really, truly dealt with n+1 being the solution. They only made it where that became the necessity.
I’ve played for over a decade and while I haven’t logged in in a while, I still have an account.
- Comment on Why do people care so much that their friend or family member’s partner is attractive and not just loving? 1 month ago:
Everyone’s definition of attractive is different, but typically everyone wants their partner to be both loving and attractive. It’s the “full package.”
So they care because they want you to have both, they want the best for you. So long as you find him attractive, that should be good enough.
- Comment on 'The Last of Us' Season 2 Finale Viewership Down 55% From Season 1 2 months ago:
The story has good moments, and I loved the game play.
But the motivation for both Ellie and Abby has always been the weakest point for me. And that translated into the show. Both being driven by essentially only vengeance left me with a lot to desire. I didn’t particularly like the periods where I had to play as Abby because I didn’t think she had anything exciting to make me like her.
Without that initial drive the rest felt like it didn’t have a good foundation. Especially when the first had so much driving Joel and Ellie to reach the fireflies.
- Comment on An Illinois Building Was a Bird Killer. A Simple Change Made a World of Difference 2 months ago:
Good. I also wonder what it means for sun entering the building. Will it decrease the need to AC use in the summer?
- Comment on How are Americans so outgoing and extroverted and how can I become the same? 2 months ago:
My mentality that has helped (before I worked in retail and dealt with hundreds if not thousands of people a day) was realizing that they will probably think about me just as much as I think about them in a few hours. Which is not at all.
There is a little nihilism of “nothing in this conversation matter” mixed with I learned I kind of like people. The vast majority of people are nice.
- Comment on Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way? 2 months ago:
I have one. We still use the plastic bags, but just needed a place to put it that wasn’t “out.”
- Comment on Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants 2 months ago:
I like the Slate. Maybe a touch longer in the hood than I’d like. But nice none the less.
Hyundai is finally starting to win me over, I’ve so long overlooked them from their old reputation, but they’ve been putting out some good cars for a bit now.
- Comment on Very gently, I’m sure 2 months ago:
In the firework industry we use ABS in our mortars because they will stretch and rip if a firework explodes in the tube rather than shatter and turn into shrapnel.
- Comment on Three years after a cinematographer was killed by a stray bullet on set, "Rust" is being released in theaters this weekend. Funds from the release will go to the victim's family, mainly to her son. 2 months ago:
I mean, on one hand I see their point of view that it was a project that was poorly managed and led to her death.
On the other hand, this is in part HER art. So it feels weird to bury something that she helped create, cared about, and showcases her particular vision. I feel that it’s better to be released and to bring to focus her particular talents and artistry. Let it be a celebration of her work and vision.
- Comment on I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? 2 months ago:
Married with Children was super fun and about normal people.
- Comment on Dehumidifiers are confusing. Here's why. | Technology Connections 2 months ago:
My AC will cool the house, but it will still be uncomfortably humid. I haven’t tried a dehumidifier in addition to the AC, but I’ve been tempted. I don’t want to take the temp in the house too low.
- Comment on Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"? 2 months ago:
The curse of competence.
Being smart means I keep getting handed more work.
- Comment on In the not too distant past this was a thing 3 months ago:
I’m not wearing it now. But I have an old Casio calculator watch I wear.
Same one Dennis Nerdy wears in Jurassic Park
- Comment on Hollywood Is Cranking Out Original Movies. Audiences Aren’t Showing Up. 3 months ago:
I’m the opposite with TV. Most seasons are too long and just get filled with pointless interpersonal drama that feels far too contrived. I think mini series length is usually better.
I also personally feel that as series go on past the first, maybe second season, the story has been told and now they are just having to fill it with slop because the studios want anything making money to continue indefinitely even if there isn’t a good story needing to be told anymore.
- Comment on Games can no longer use virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases in the European Union 4 months ago:
Will they get rid of games have 3 or 4 or more “currencies.”
- Comment on Snow Fuff 4 months ago:
If not fren, why fren shape?
- Comment on GO FORTH AND SEIZE YOUR DESTINY 4 months ago:
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 5 months ago:
I have some things. I just got a roll of tpu to try and print a new drain plug for something that they don’t offer replacement parts on.
But I’ve found I don’t need another organizer or knick knack anymore. And personally, I’m not a huge fan of plastic. If I can get something in wood, metal, glass, or ceramic I’d much rather do that.
It’s great for when I need it. I just don’t need it often.
- Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country? 5 months ago:
We all are. The left and the right.
We have all been told from different sources who or what to be mad about.
Some were so mad about contrived issues they voted in someone who campaigned on destroying the federal government.
Others are pissed off that that person who was voted in is destroying the federal government.
The outrage machine literally is why the fascist pig is in the Whitehouse in the first place.
What you might be asking is why we aren’t rioting in the streets. Just know that some of us are 4 times as far from our countries capital as London is from Berlin. In a blue state, who would I be protesting to? The people who already agree with me?
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 5 months ago:
I have a 3d printer. Honestly, it’s mostly junk that gets printed. I like the idea, but the utility isn’t there. It’s a solution in search of a problem.
But I’ve made a few neat things. My own design for cabinet and drawer hardware and some custom knick knack souvenirs for a gig I work on each year to give to the crew.
What I want is a large library of 3d model replacement parts for things like my car, but they haven’t been made available so I’d have to model them myself and I’m not that good.