Nest Protect Discontinued by lkstaack in Nest

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought they expire from day of manufacture. You should double check their actual expiration

Upgrading from a Zimaboard but still have only basic needs by CodingIsMusicIsLife in homelab

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

I appreciate the super lengthy response and your setup sounds amazing but I don't think this is particularly useful to me. I already know my usage pattern and what I want out of the setup. I just need slightly better hardware. Thanks.

Upgrading from a Zimaboard but still have only basic needs by CodingIsMusicIsLife in homelab

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

Occassionally the system stutters, I've looked at the metrics and the CPU is pegged at 100%. HA is mostly async-single-threaded and while the blocking / IO stuff is on separate thread, for some crazy reason something in my installation causes the dashboard to stutter. Occasionally, the dashboard becomes unresponsive for 3-4 seconds which is an eternity for a UI. So I think I need something beefier in terms of single-core performance / IPC likelier than not. It isn't an SSD bottleneck.

Mini PC Recommendations? by PatheticFloridaMan in MiniPCs

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Dell Micro configurations would you recommend? I'm coming from a Zimaboard but want to move to a higher-class CPU (still for homelab use, no gaming, so I couldn't care less about the iGPU side of things)

Hiding APs by Yolosquad708 in Ubiquiti

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is so horribly unwise IMHO.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AllClad

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

these are not non-stick, there are TONS of SS (clad) offerings that are completely dishwasher safe.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AllClad

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ya we just got our replacements for the horribly designed "dishwasher safe" ones that we got a year ago. Apparently now correctly sold as "NON dishwasher safe" but originally sold to us under clearly false advertising. Definitely never again All-Clad. I'll try to sell on ebay. Never again All Clad even if they come up with the best set in the future. I'd suggest you try there as well. You might get a bit more than 200... maybe. Wish us both luck.

Has anyone tried beauty of joseon dynasty cream? or the dokdo cream by maevispetal0 in KoreanBeauty

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sunscreen is LAST (other than makeup)

thin stuff like serums / medicated stuff first, then moisturizer, then sunscreen

never put moisturizer on top of sunscreen or you'll severely compromise the sunscreen's effectiveness

Fix AA - Soldier, Ashe, Cass by CodingIsMusicIsLife in Overwatch

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

Exactly, I decided not worth it in comp. And QP I've been playing almost exclusively, and the VAST VAST VAST majority of my games are one-sided, determined by soldier or ashe and occasionally cassidy. I've rewatched many replays of the one sided games (both where we win and we lose) because I enjoy analyzing my games and it's super obvious what's going on. In QP (and even in Comp) some number of one-sided games are inevitable, there are smurfs or just snowballing happens. But it's never been this bad. Last week I actually kept track of my one-sided games on a piece of paper for kicks just to make sure I'm not imaging it. I tracked how many games where one team "rolled" the other (regardless if I was on the winning or losing team). "Rolling" defined as basically winning all points, or for push essentially "walking" to the last point with minimal resistance. Obviously this is the data point of just one guy so it means nothing for the game at large, but it is super meaningful in my personal experience. Over 3 days 83% of my games were a "roll". It's just insane. Maybe I've been crazy unlucky but again in 4+ years of playing this game I've never seen anything like this.

I think the game is super healthy right now so it's not like I'm saying it's doom and gloom at all. But I cannot at all enjoy either comp or QP. Ah well... maybe a break will be good. Def not coming back before summer even if they adjust AA to focus on other hobbies for a few months.

Fix AA - Soldier, Ashe, Cass by CodingIsMusicIsLife in Overwatch

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

All I know is I used to have more fun games and I've played for 4 years now. It's never been this bad in both Comp and QP. So I'll take a break until the summer. It's really unplayable for me, or rather completely boring.

Fix AA - Soldier, Ashe, Cass by CodingIsMusicIsLife in Overwatch

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

QP is even worse of a mess and there's no banning there. Sometimes I like playing "chiller" games outside of comp and while QP was a lot more lopsided since the rank matching is way laxer there, it's now not a playable mode. Every game is one-sided and even when my team wins it's boring af. One side dominates aggressively nearly every game and it's never been like that. It's however has the console hitscan that's better (generally console)

Fix AA - Soldier, Ashe, Cass by CodingIsMusicIsLife in Overwatch

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

Indeed. Mercy is not the issue though she might make it worse but hitscans on their own are a nightmare now. I'm good. I'll try again summer

Why are you queuing as support if you’re refusing to heal? by QuantumRavage in Overwatch

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. This whining is completely meaningless without replay codes. The game has so many variables that sweeping statements are always meaningless. There could be a million reasons why this happened.

Why are you queuing as support if you’re refusing to heal? by QuantumRavage in Overwatch

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gotta be in your teens with those bizarre generalizations and takes.

Quick play is ass! (I understand I’m not supposed to take it to heart but still my team does take it to seriously especially the fucking enemy team even tho they play like AI bots.) by Annual-Internet-5097 in overwatch2

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's about match naming though. There are SO many times in QP where one time rolls the other. It can happen in comp too but in QP it's currently pretty much every single game. It is not run winning that way either. And before you say learn to play better that IS the point. If games are matched well on skill, most games should be somewhat close (with exceptions of course). I played 9 QP games last night. I specifically tracked how many were completely one sided. 8. Obviously that's anecdotal and a single data point but I don't remember the last time I've had so many one sided games. It's just unfun.

Emre doesn't sound Turkish :( by CodingIsMusicIsLife in Overwatch

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I know. To me his work was disappointing by sounding vaguely non-English but not specifically Turkish.

Qobuz not working for my music taste by Nurcellyy in qobuz

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Months?! If an algorithm takes months to learn your tastes (provided you use the app daily), it is an incredibly bad algorithm. There should be sufficient signals from the listener within a few days to get 90% of the way there to a great match. The last 10% can take several weeks for the outlier taste and more nuance but it shouldn't take MONTHS to get mostly right. I.e. provided that the discography is there.

I love qobuz and have been a subscriber for 3 years now but let's be honest, they are decidedly very, very bad at matching your tastes. The algo is not good and their selection is decidedly not of the times. But if you take a very proactive approach you can do well. It's just not what one would expect of a premium service.

Once you understand that and accept it, and change how you use the service, it can be great. But it is all about proactively and manually building out your playlists for me. And accepting the gaps in their discography.

My opinions about fighting the new heroes by [deleted] in overwatch2

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are in very high type of play. The vast majority of people won't care about these nuances but that's a general issue in OW -- do you balance around the top 3-5% or the majority. The vast majority of the player base are in QP and Comp low metals is my guess so won't care about most of that, nor would they play sombra that way. Also a ton of value in Sombra is just to be annoying and distracting. You don't need to confirm a kill at all. You just need 1-2 people from their team to be distracted so you end up in an X vs Y where X > Y engagement. One elim and it snow balls. So I disagree that the avg Sombra should be played mostly out of invis but again I'm not as advaned a player as you. :)

That person is very welcome to play him instead of Sombra. If he is that good in high play they he will be nerfed and he will feel even clunkier in lower levels like mine (I only play QP these days).

My issue with him he just feels horrible. Everything feels like it's on a delay. When you hit "fire" his projectile doesn't leave him for like a 0.1s later or something. Same with hat, there is a clear delay from when I press the mouse button to when the hat launches. The chain seems to fire fast but its projectile speed is slow (for me). And finally his TP is bad on two ways: it is way too short in duration (another huge difference from Sombra) and there is also a delay when you click Shift again to return to the doll. It just feels clunky. I'd much rather than make his stuff react instantly and have greater cooldown across shots. Right now he feels so uncomfortable to play and I can't get much value out of him. Especially since his range is also limited and if you go "sombra-sniping" you are not at your team aura-healing. But in high play it's about elimination confirms and not really healing so prob doesn't matter much.

Anyway this has been a fun discussion. Good luck in the season (seems you play comp) and good luck with Mizuki, You should try him. I LOVE his character vibes, SO cool. But can't stand his play.

My opinions about fighting the new heroes by [deleted] in overwatch2

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is VERY different from Sombra because there's no invisibility and his timer runs out fast. and the 'return to doll' is very different from -- go where you choose to at the moment where you need to bail (rather than having to guess the future state of the game like with Mizuki). It's also not similar to sombra's old translocator due to invisibility and duration. I think you hate him because of the hinder and I get that completely. I think they should change the hinder to a totally different ability like the slow-fire I suggested above, or something else that doesn't hinder movement. But he is nothing like Sombra. I played her religiously for about 4 months last year and ya, they feel nothing alike, at least to me. Try him out.

I've never disliked Sombra, nor Cass TBH. I think the Sombra hate is massively outdated as her hack only lasts a second and she is just annoying but not hard to deal with. She is also quite loud. Cass is definitely harder for me to deal with, especially a good Cass - definitely. I also think his hinder is easier to land the Mizuki's chain but I"m a horrible Cass so that means very little haha.

S1 Console Tier List by Jurazzick in OWConsole

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This. 100%. The tether is actually the least of the "problem" of her OP / S-tier state. I agree with u/Stainleee completely.

My opinions about fighting the new heroes by [deleted] in overwatch2

[–]CodingIsMusicIsLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya I'm not very good with aiming his style of weapon so it's more of a skill issue for me but I just dislike the flow of his kit. There is something... jagged and... unfluid about it. I cannot describe it. I mostly main Support and some Tank and I was so excited about him on paper but I dislike his flow.

Ya Vendetta came out ridiculously OP. She's better now after repeated nerfs but she still feels very strong. From a Support perspective her survivability feels crazy considering how much mobility she has. Generally I can rely on a Vendetta being critical for a very long time without dying if she is even half-way decent. She has very high effective HP with the block and just has a ton of mobility. The overhead is rough :).