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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because they pump your gas for you lol. Instead you get to be guilt tripped into tipping the worker who's only there to "create jobs".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I had to learn this lesson the hard way as well. Steam on Linux does not really work with the games on an NTFS partition. First to confirm this is your issue I would install a game on a partition that is a different format type. The easiest option if it is in fact the issue might be this Hack posted be a reddit user. Otherwise you'll have to reinstall your games on a compatible partition.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Ratchet and clank is also available on PC

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

First let me say that I don't own this car nor have I ever seen the underside of one. What I've found is purely through online research.

To hopefully answer your question, yes that part should be responsible for adjusting toe. Mitsubishi calls it a lateral arm. Unfortunately that part is a stamped steel arm with no elongation adjustment. Adjustment seems to come from an eccentric bolt on the side that connects to the subframe.

If you can't get enough toe reduction out of the bolt then your next bet would be to find an aftermarket adjustable arm. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find anyone that makes a set of those. You might have to just have a welder shorten the arms you already have to bring the original adjustment back into range. If you've got excessive toe out then you'll need to shorten not lengthen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I think the big element you are missing is local shops and online resources. I started playing magic the gathering at the start of last year and one of the things I bought at the start was a box of 1000 cards of all varieties from eBay. It cost me $25 and was an excellent jumping off point to get started with creating decks. Especially when you compare it to the official blind packs that you are referencing that give you 15 cards for $8.

On a similar note there are dedicated platforms for buying specific cards online like TCGPlayer, Card Kingdom, and eBay of course. Your purchases aren't always blind even from MTG itself. When you buy a preconstructed deck it'll be a specific list of cards that are included in that.

There are also platforms specifically dedicated to building decks which admittedly takes some practice to be good at but is part of the fun. I personally use a free platform called Archidekt but there are others like Moxfield and Manabox. These platforms help with deck creation by providing suggestions and measuring cost as well as having an easy view of the overall cards chosen. Archidekt even allows you to import your collection of cards info it so you can specifically build decks only with the cards you already have. Using these websites I've very quickly managed to build competitive decks to play with.

Lastly the greatest element that has added significant value to Magic as a hobby has been comic book shops. These shops very often are more like nerd superstores. The ones local to me have plenty of comics and a huge catalog of cards and related accessories. You can buy the official Magic card packs but I prefer to go through their cataloged collection of loose individual cards. My local store has literally thousands of cards that are sold individually. You can go through the organized boxes for the cards you are interested in and at the end you pay for the exact cards you want. Very often the pricing for such cards is in the $0.01-$0.25 range unless it's a card that is very coveted in play. Yes there are cards in the hundred or even thousand dollar range but those generally are of the vintage variety and are that price because of their age not their usefulness in game. These comic shops also serve as hubs for local tournaments and play which makes them great places to meet new people.

After about a year of playing I've probably spent about $250 on cards but I now have a collection of over 4000 cards that Archidekt values at significantly more than what I've paid. But that's not the point of course. For my $250 I've built roughly 10 individual decks that I've played hundreds of games with. Long story short TCG doesn't have to be expensive to be fun.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't agree more about the author's feelings towards AI powered anything. Nothing presented with AI has accomplished anything other than offering an even lazier way to do something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes the correct and honorable thing would be for the employer to absorb the costs but this is America we're talking about. We're currently going through record inflation almost purely because of corporate greed. These companies saw an opportunity to blame their massive price increases on COVID/labor costs/ materials cost even though these are only small factors. Yet year over year they're increasing profits. I have zero doubt that if they switched away from tipping systems that they would use that to falsely justify price increases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're right, it is amazing. These people are giving honest constructive criticism of a product. Companies often have to pay money to get that information. These complaints are generally valid as well.

The company's commitment to repairability is commendable but it's in lieu of other important factors. If I have to make the choice between having the newer OS with stronger, more powerful hardware or the ability to repair my device I'm going to choose the former every time. From the get-go the device might last longer simply because I won't want to get rid of it as quickly. The 5 is of course a significant improvement over previous releases but it's still behind. If they can deliver a device that is not immediately outdated in comparison to other phones of similar price then this would be a no brainer for me and likely others as well.

Similarly availability is another major factor. You can't buy what you can't get your hands on. Even more importantly it's even more futile to buy one for a network that doesn't support it at all. Obviously the creators just aren't ready to expand into another market and that's fine but it doesn't make the criticism any less important for their mission.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I got a set with my pixel 8 purchase and I'd say for the $120 they're worth it. I wouldn't purchase them for full price though.

The sound quality is definitely acceptable. They aren't as good at my WH-1000XM4s, which are over ears also by Sony, but they do a decent job of providing clarity and moderate bass. The higher frequencies can be a bit peaky especially at higher volumes and I feel it's lacking in maximum volume but they're solid nonetheless.

The ANC leaves a little too be desired in circumstances with loud ambient environments but I get the feeling that with a set of foam tips it would be excellent. The transparency mode on the other hand works phenomenally and is very impressive.

I haven't used them for calls yet so I can't comment on call quality or the microphones.

The touch pads to me are the biggest mark against these as they can be a bit finicky. To pause your music you need to tap once but very often it registers that input as a swipe and raises or lowers the volume instead. Perhaps it's just something I'll get used to in time.

Lastly make sure you don't order it in white as the case especially collected all sorts of marks within days of use.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't this movie literally introduce several new characters?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is a plot plot line in the Dungeons and dragons movie that recently came out. The main character had his family killed after he stole some gold and they tracked it back to his house. Not sure why that guy is being so weird about it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

If you preorder the smaller 8 you get pixel buds pro for free.

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