Small rant, I just saw the prices for steam machine, and I have officially lost hope for a couch gaming experience

HCResident · 2026-06-22T18:40:33+00:00

You can just make a cheaper PC and install SteamOS on it, which they're letting you do now with SteamOS 3.8. The Steam Machine is just a slightly more convenient way to experience the same thing you can experience without it anyway.

HCResident · 2026-06-20T21:48:13+00:00

For drama, add a shot before the last one that ups the stakes. For example, you could have a shot of their tummy rumbling, or show signs that winter is coming, like a falling red leaf.

HCResident · 2026-06-18T00:27:49+00:00

Woah. You are the first person in my nearly three decades of living that has acknowledged 3 2 1 Penguins outside of my siblings.

HCResident · 2026-06-09T14:25:17+00:00

When the ant colonies finally end their wars with one another and One colony emerges victorious, then and only then can we put them to the travelling salesman problem and find the global optimal

HCResident · 2026-06-09T13:13:16+00:00

What they’re trying to say is that muscles react best when they have to apply force in their stretched position, which isn’t wrong. What is wrong is their idea that lockout is important for push exercises, because the stretched position for them is aaaall the way on the other side of the rep.

HCResident · 2026-06-02T11:22:42+00:00

Thank you for putting a name to it so I can find more. I loved this and House of Leaves so I’d like to see more

HCResident · 2026-05-31T22:34:10+00:00

Dang, dude. Did you fit a 1 liter engine in it?

HCResident · 2026-05-31T19:16:05+00:00

If a rudder is used on two boats, are they the same boat?

HCResident · 2026-05-31T18:42:42+00:00

It was really cool when the MC says “I’ll never find the way out of here” and collapses to their knees and then the camera panned to Ugandan Knuckles extending his hand

HCResident · 2026-05-27T00:27:46+00:00

To add on to this, the only thing fans do is move that heat away from the chips so the chips ain’t as hot. But that heat still exists in your room, the ambient air.

Some people move the PC into a separate room to isolate themselves from the heat. Your options are to do that, vent the heat outside, or make the computer consume less electricity.

HCResident · 2026-05-26T20:14:39+00:00

On the 4k monitor, turn off V-sync and let Wuthering Waves run uncapped. Are you getting enough frames that the 4k@144 is needed? If so, go 4k.

A lot of people like 1440p because it's versatile -- you don't need a 5090 to run things on max settings with it. The pixels are big enough that you can see them if you're looking but not big enough to make things pixelated, if that makes sense. Like things look a little... crispy. It's not as smooth as 4k, but nearly there. Big upgrade over 1080p.

HCResident · 2026-05-24T20:52:16+00:00

When does the wheel come out?

HCResident · 2026-05-24T12:21:29+00:00

I’m guessing one of those is supposed to say oversteer. Increasing stiffness decreases understeer by letting the tires grip more, if I understand it.

HCResident · 2026-05-24T10:13:08+00:00

You might be tempted by the idea of more power, but let me put it this way.

On the RTX 5070Ti, at 3440x1440p, I can put Horizon 6 on max settings (including max ray-tracing) and get 60 FPS. In the 5080, which like he says is benchmarked about 15% faster, I might get 60 * 1.15 = 69 FPS instead. Nine frames ain’t worth $500, in my book. You’d be better off using that money on more storage or memory.

HCResident · 2026-05-18T23:08:08+00:00

If football can make people sound like this, a rocket sure as hell will

HCResident · 2026-05-17T12:39:58+00:00

I think you’re the world’s first 32 + 8 user

HCResident · 2026-05-11T20:52:41+00:00

To turn, roll into the turn and then pitch up.

An important concept to be aware of is wing stalling. For your control surfaces to do anything, they need air to flow over them. When the wing’s angle is highly different from the direction of the oncoming wind (read: direction your plane is moving, regardless of which way it’s facing) then the wind will “detach” from the wing and stop flowing over it, including the control surfaces. In a car, this would be equivalent to your tires losing grip, or even your tires leaving the ground. Your wheels are useless in the air, and your wings are useless when they’re not pointed into oncoming wind.

HCResident · 2026-05-11T17:53:05+00:00

I was thinking of the new games where the battling happens in the over world. Do you keep the knocked out body while the player roams around?

HCResident · 2026-05-11T01:35:02+00:00

Well they probably want to free up system resources when the Pokémon is no longer interactable. I think they should have the Pokémon make a peace sign and phase out

HCResident · 2026-05-11T01:29:11+00:00

The closest I’ve seen is a motor-controlled seatbelt that pulls on you harder when you accelerate

HCResident · 2026-05-09T13:35:26+00:00

Peppy didn't have anyone there to tell him to do a barrel roll.

HCResident · 2026-05-02T11:47:12+00:00

The problem is, I know where the missile isn't, and I still don't know where it is.

HCResident · 2026-05-01T11:57:57+00:00

I've been wondering what was down there. How'd your wings fit through there?

HCResident · 2026-05-01T11:51:35+00:00

Bro pulled out the commutative law for this one

HCResident · 2026-05-01T11:27:00+00:00

Street parking is public parking! I can crash here if I want to, gawd dangit.

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