Overspark
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- Comment on Jurassic World Evolution 3 | Announcement Trailer 5 days 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' 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago:
How is this different from any other modern car?
- Comment on Fuck cars 2 weeks ago:
Yeah it’s insane how much easier EV’s are to maintain. Almost no wear or consumables.
- Comment on Tasty 2 weeks ago:
OK, that is a lot more disturbing than the meme was… 😅
- Comment on Tasty 2 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?? 2 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? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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? 4 weeks ago:
Twist and tuck inside the breadbox obviously.
- Comment on Cookie Clicker coming to Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Haven’t heard of it before, but it does look interesting
- Comment on The poop psa absolutely no one asked for 1 month 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 1 month 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.
- Comment on Definitely wasn't late to work making this 2 months ago:
4 looks like a wild ride
- Comment on One-handed games? 2 months ago:
If it’s more permanent show them an Azeron Cyro at www.azeron.eu It’s a mouse with a thumbstick, you can play almost any PC game with one hand. Comes in both right and left handed versions.
- Comment on Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act 2 months ago:
YCDMA?
- Comment on Day 232 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 2 months ago:
Dunno when you played it but they’ve added tons of shit in the past years, so it might be worth it to give it another chance.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
You realize that the plane pictured, an SR-71, possibly the coolest plane ever made, has been phased out many years ago? Another sign the USA isn’t what it used to be! /s