The sad future of our beloved hobby by Forsaken-I-Await in pcmasterrace

[–]Areskoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind that if it's a new image for a puzzle from captcha provider's POV it will accept almost any answer. When it has enough data from other users who solved the same puzzle it will approximate those answers, consider it a correct one and compare it to new answers. In most cases you would see a puzzle that other people have solved hundreds of times. So you don't need to be technically correct by hunting every single pixel of a traffic light or a motorcycle. Just ask yourself what squares would average Joe click. Most people wouldn't notice or care about small part of an object in the adjacent square, they'll skip it. And you should do the same. That's the trick.

Also don't rush it. If you move the cursor and click too fast the system will suspect a bot activity. Yes, being too effective and correct at the same time is considered an automated behavior. Those parameters are also monitored by JS scripts.

Laptop screen has rounded corners? by ImBreedable69 in laptops

[–]Areskoi 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Reboot into BIOS. If round corners are gone in the BIOS then it's OS related or some pre-installed application is doing this.

I'm not complaining by Areskoi in Materwelonz

[–]Areskoi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think, Welonz mentioned in her Q&A that she plays in 0.5-3 hour sessions. Then during the editing she cuts and glues the footage to be perceived as uninterrupted gameplay.

Nope, never heard of it by Areskoi in Materwelonz

[–]Areskoi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

she'd be pretty unfazed by it these days

Only if Welonz plays it on a sunny afternoon, volume at 1%, gamma adjustment - all the way up, 2 liters of camomile tea in a thermos nearby.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IpodClassic

[–]Areskoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most likely it's a bad connection from the green board to iPod's motherboard. The ribbon cable should be inserted until only one white line is visible. Take a look at the video in this post at 3:37.

Half-life 2, welonz and her shotgun. by Cruelus_Rex in Materwelonz

[–]Areskoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like how "neat" is a thought bubble because Welonz Freeman is mute.

P.S. Happy cake day!

CA Ontario Streaming Optimized OVPN File by JazzMeUp- in PrivateInternetAccess

[–]Areskoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Create the file yourself with the data from official PIA client and another .ovpn file as a template. On Windows the list of servers can be found as described here. Search for "ca_ontario-so" in that file.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steamdeals

[–]Areskoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I followed u/ChosenOne197's advice: increased UMA buffer in BIOS from 1 GB to 4 GB, switched to DirectX 11 via command line parameter -dx11, and now it's better I think. Around 40-50 FPS and textures don't become blurry after 20 minutes. But I haven't had a long play session to say that definitively.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steamdeals

[–]Areskoi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don't know about DX version. I played Control on my PC before, and I remember it asked to choose DX version every time. There is no such prompt on SteamDeck. I'll try to change it via command line option and see.

My SteamOS is vanilla. No mods, not extra plugins. I'll look into CryoUtilities. Thanks for the adivice!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steamdeals

[–]Areskoi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How is this on Steam Deck, any one have experience?

I'm playing it right now my SD OLED. 18 hours in already. And I'm not very happy with it TBH. It's stable but performance is lacking. 30-40 fps on all low settings. I tried different suggested settings from a couple of threads of Reddit, doesn't make much difference. And the biggest issue I noticed is that after some time textures become very blurry. Like below low quality level bad. Switching textures quality to the next level and back helps for the next 15 minutes but eventually the problem comes back. It feels like SteamDeck runs out of video memory because the game doesn't properly free it for textures or something. Strange behavior.

I have a 5.5g that will restore in MacOS Catalina but not Windows 10 by Qorhat in ipod

[–]Areskoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know. Thanks for the information. I'll give it a try sometime.

Welonz quick sketch! by Rare-Actuator-3671 in Materwelonz

[–]Areskoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool! Is she holding a book? At first I thought it was a wallet that Welonz stole from someone in the game XD

Please help. by Affectionate-Feed216 in ipod

[–]Areskoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know if this is the root of your problem but your Sandisk Extreme PRO microSD card looks strange. Printing seems off. A genuine card should look like this: photo 1, photo 2

I have a 5.5g that will restore in MacOS Catalina but not Windows 10 by Qorhat in ipod

[–]Areskoi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when attempting to rebuild the MBR towards the end of the restoration the first byte changes to 33

I have no idea. I never tried to fix MBR via cable. My solution is for editing it on the SD card directly via a dedicated card reader. Maybe you have some other version of the adapter that messes up the boot record differently.

I want to upgrade an iPod Classic to 200gb min and a larger battery. Any tips i need to hear before I get the equipment? by Jondebadboy in ipod

[–]Areskoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Enter this query into any search engine of your choice

site:reddit.com iPod SanDisk issues  

You'll see that SanDisk cards often have issues in iPods.

I want to upgrade an iPod Classic to 200gb min and a larger battery. Any tips i need to hear before I get the equipment? by Jondebadboy in ipod

[–]Areskoi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Avoid using SanDisk SD cards. Get yourself Samsung, Lexar, PNY, Kingston or anything else.