circuitfarmer

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I've been using one of these 4U server chassis. Of course it is in a rack with some other equipment. I've been quite happy with it; lots of space.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Biden did alright

He just didn't. In any other previous cycle, it would not have been considered acceptable. The bar has gotten very low.

Biden looked senile, and Trump looked like regular, crazy Trump. The senility will do more for voters than Trump being Trump.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Ah, OK yeah, I can see that

[–] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

I switched to a server-style case which sits horizontally exactly for this reason. The sag will only get worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Right, so if my team is on TNF, then I can't watch it on network TV like the claim says

[–] [email protected] 54 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost like all these CEOs and MBAs are just shooting in the dark because of the $$$ in their eyes, but the fact remains that the market is no longer responding favorably to their absolute need for year-over-year growth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

our media distribution strategy, which features all NFL games broadcast on free over-the-air television in the markets of the participating teams and national distribution of our most popular games,

I don't even understand this. I missed at least one game last year because it was exclusive to Prime. Maybe I'm misreading it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago

I have not bought a phone through my carrier for probably around 10 years. I always buy something factory unlocked, often a LatAm model, and drop my SIM in. GSM was designed with that kind of freedom in mind.

It doesn't surprise me how much hardware costs are tied to (and inflated by) subscription plans in the US, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

...I don't think we disagree, and it doesn't really matter about the filter. All points valid.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Regardless of the filters used in photographs, taking over a narrative like this is one of the oldest tricks in the book. If every photo has AI in it, then everyone is already complacent and should support the rich pushing more and more AI.

Easter totally isn't named after Ēostre, it's the day Jesus rose from the dead.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Much love for these teachers. They are not paid nearly enough. I hate the corporate pizza party, but not the public school one.

Edit: I wonder if the difference in financial burden between a corporate pizza party and a public school one is a good metric

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am hopeful for this. Playing it on day one, I reported a garbage management bug on the official forum: only to be told it was "by design", and yet still game-breaking.

The performance woes got all the press, but the game was fundamentally broken. It was nearly impossible to lose. Too many services for a small city? Here's free "government subsidies" that you also can't shut off when your city is successful. Don't have garbage service? No problem, a neighboring city you have no control over is gonna handle your trash -- for free.

I hope this is finally a step in the right direction, but I'll never understand why it took a year to listen to day 1 issues. If the game had been released Early Access the response would have been better all around. Performance issues need to take second place: if the game isn't fun, I don't care how it performs.

 

I know a lot of people hate this kind of feature, but there are significant reasons why I think it would make Starfield better.

If I'm not wearing one and I leave my ship, I start taking damage if the planet is dangerous. The only way around that is to be in 3rd person while in the ship (aside from the workaround below). There isn't any indication anywhere as to whether or not you are in a spacesuit, besides your menu and 3rd person view. There is no way to know while maintaining immersion.

Bethesda's workaround is to auto-hide spacesuits and helmets in atmo. This sucks, because I personally like tailoring the look of my character to the environment. But more importantly, I want to know that I am wearing a pressure suit if I'm out in a dangerous environment. I don't want it to feel like I'm a freecam wandering around -- I want to feel like I'm slogging along in a freaking spacesuit.

What's really strange is: if you put on the broken Constellation helmet, you can see the tape piece from the inside. It has an overlay! Sadly this works for no other helmet. Did they just abandon making the textures?

A similar annoyance with a related system: the quick menu does not unequip items. This would make it super easy to change between a spacesuit and regular outfit and not deal with more menus.

I figure there will be a mod at least for helmet overlays eventually, but damn is it frustrating that they definitely thought about it and only implemented it for a piece of masking tape.

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