Overspark

@Overspark@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In heat⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Look, if you’re too lazy to set your alarm clock to a time that works for you that’s fine, but why make other people suffer for your preferences? We have timezones for a reason, arguments like yours are what started the DST madness in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In heat⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  3/4? That’s fucked up, over here it’s roughly half and it’s still too much. Anyway, for specific areas there might be reasons to deviate from the timezone you’re supposed to be in, but for most people it is the best option. Over here (NL) our default timezone is already one hour too early, so adding summer time on top of that means we’re two hours out from where we’re supposed to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In heat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  While DST is indeed nonsense and we should abolish it ASAP, please go back to your actual timezone and not something that is the very modification we shouldn’t have, i.e. summer time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair, although it’s less open than it appears at first glance. The world is divided in parts that you unlock as the central story progresses, much like most RPGs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell no, Mad Max was way more fun than it had any right to be. I’ll agree that on paper it didn’t look like anything special, with mechanics we’d seen lots of times in other games, but in practice everything came together as much more than the sum of it’s parts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jurassic World Evolution 3 | Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Elite Dangerous has been doing exceptionally well in the past year because FDev finally realised it’s a live service game and started to act like it in a way that actually aligned with what the user base wanted. So what you’re saying isn’t true any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damon Lindelof admits 'The Leftovers' wasn't accessible for everyone: 'Stop f---ing watching'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As usual the quote in the title is severely out of context. He was saying that the first season was made in a way that deliberately chases off some viewers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Console war, console war never changes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Millions of Steam Decks and their ilk have been sold, and run games significantly better on SteamOS than their Windows counterparts, to the point that Microsoft is reportedly cancelling their own gaming handheld plans. Not a massive challenger to the Switch 2 for most ordinary people, but things are definitely changing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck cars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  EVs are at their heart really simple machines. You have a battery, a battery controller, some kind of thermal management for the battery (can be passive but active is better), and an electric motor that isn’t much more complex than the one in your vacuum cleaner. All these parts are readily available, so you can easily convert an ICE car to an EV with parts you can buy yourself. For some popular cars there are even kits available these days, and conversions of old-timers are really taking off. If there’s a kit with clear instructions a conversion can sometimes even be done in a single day.

  An ICE car is literally orders of magnitude more complex. There are far more parts, far more computers to control all those parts (in a modern car that is), far more cabling to connect all these computers and far more opportunities for things to go wrong. ICE cars even spontaneously catch fire more often because of all the cabling and complexity.

  You’re probably thinking of a few specific brands, like Tesla, that are very hostile towards self-servicing, and in those specific cases you are right. But most EVs from established car manufacturers are just as proprietary or non-proprietary as their ICE brethren, just with less complexity and less parts. And of course older cars that don’t have any computers in them are immune to this specific kind of complexity as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck cars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is this different from any other modern car?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck cars⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s insane how much easier EV’s are to maintain. Almost no wear or consumables.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tasty⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, that is a lot more disturbing than the meme was… 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tasty⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone whose eyes are currently feeling a bit dry, this is a soothing fact, not disturbing at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would you suggest that??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see an Akira screenshot, I upvote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t public data unfortunately, devs with a game on both platforms are the only ones who can tell us where they earn more. However, I did once read an article that claimed the effective cut from Steam is about half what it says on the tin IF the devs (or their publisher) put in enough effort themselves. Because that’s who decides this, Steam doesn’t have and doesn’t want any control over this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Except that’s also a lie. Steam does keep a higher percentage of the sales price for itself than Epic does, but it also allows people to activate game keys without taking any money. Steam only makes money from games sold on Steam itself. So developers can sell games through other stores and even through their own website, and keep up to 100% of the sales price. Effectively, this means that Steam takes roughly the same amount of money that Epic does, or in some cases even less probably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New fear unlocked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah as if camels need guns to kill. Those fuckers are plenty dangerous on their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Twist and tuck inside the breadbox obviously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cookie Clicker coming to Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also how are you going to mod it on those platforms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨David Zaslav Declares, “This Is The Strongest HBO Has Ever Been”, Likens It To NBC In “Must-See TV” Era⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t. Most of the quality shows are on Apple TV now, not on HBO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any books, video games, comics or movies you think would work if adapted into a TV series?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been dreaming of a Hyperion show for decades. It’s so suitable for an adaptation. Although I’m also scared they’ll fuck it up, so maybe it’s better this way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fishing games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is if you really want to git gud.

  But what it also is is the nicest open sea sailing simulator, with awesome ambience and a fantastic world to just sail around in and do some relaxing things like fishing and just exploring all the islands. Especially in Safer Seas mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fishing games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes, that’s what I meant with single player (or really single ship, since you can play with your friends) mode, couldn’t remember the name

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fishing games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sea of Thieves is amazing and has some decent fishing. Might want to stay in the single player world if you just want cozy, although a sense of (PvP) danger can definitely liven things up too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forever Skies 1.0 out now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t heard of it before, but it does look interesting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The poop psa absolutely no one asked for⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, that sounds better. My tumor was found when I was 30 and initially caused me lots of IBD problems, and then proceeded to blood in my stool. Butt probe then confirmed it even though my doctor was expecting something else because I was so young. A test like that might not have helped much in my case but I wasn’t the most average case anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The poop psa absolutely no one asked for⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a blood test? Those aren’t always effective. I kept testing negative even when I had a massive tumor in my bowels. The only thing that really works is going in there and taking a look, i.e. a colonoscopy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murderbot | Official Trailer | Apple TV+ | May 16th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks a lot better than I expected it to be. Sanctuary Moon alone might make it worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it was, and the first episode hits quite hard on the heels of covid. I’m sure not everyone was ready for something that apocalyptic, but still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Station Eleven

  It’s absolutely criminal how little attention HBO gave this show. It wasn’t even brought to Europe, so you can’t watch it legally over here. But IMHO it’s one of the best TV shows of the past few years, and it’s a complete story so no cliffhangers. It’s also one of the rare cases of a show being better than the book it was based on, and the book was already a bestseller.