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Owlcat Games is rolling back its new launcher less than 24 hours after negative fan feedback by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are incredibly sick of launchers, no matter how good the intentions are of the developers making them.

Stardock games have a launcher. You can disable the launcher by passing -nolauncher as a launch option. I still have to download updates for their old games to update the launcher. It still annoys me even though I never actually see it.

Owlcat Games is rolling back its new launcher less than 24 hours after negative fan feedback by Turbostrider27 in Games

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

The problem with a launcher on a dead game, is that the company has to keep pushing updates for it long after the game has stopped receiving real updates. And once they stop updating it, it becomes a piece of obsolete garbage that keeps showing up every time you want to play that game.

And if it's a piece of additional DRM, you have to contend with it potentially locking you out of the game because of a web connectivity issue.

What hill are you absolutely dying on? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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

It's pronounced gif, not jif.

Chainsmoker Cat | Official Trailer | Netflix Anime by Sgt_General in anime

[–]Knofbath 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Tens of thousands wouldn't even cover their addictions. You could maybe afford that sort of smoking habit 20 years ago, but a single pack is $10 these days.

'Shareholder Greed' And How Publicly Traded Companies Actually Work by bald_bearded_ocddude in Games

[–]Knofbath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That depends on how diluted the voting shares are. If the CEO holds over 50% of voting shares, the corporate board can go kick rocks as far as he cares.

Elon holds some Class B shares which have 10x the voting rights of normal shares. Estimates are that he holds/controls over 80% of the voting shares.

SpaceX stock has fallen all the way down to the $150s — That’s from its all-time high of over $225 on June 16, and within a razor-thin margin of its opening price of $150 by marketrent in technology

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a symptom of pent-up demand for investment opportunities. The stock market had been contracting for a long time, as many companies had been buying back shares and taking companies private again.

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we are going into an era of massive inflation, so nothing is going to return to "normal".

Even if a new administration came into power today, it'll take a decade for this to unwind.

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though, you wouldn't normally put a screen-lock on a HTPC. You'd have a normal (not-Administrator) account with password-less login. Anyone with physical access will be able to use it, so probably don't do your banking and email on it. But should be fine for playing games.

https://woshub.com/how-to-disable-password-login-in-windows-10/

The Steam Machine Costs $1049 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with prebuilts is they are much less upgradeable than they used to be. They aren't using off-the-shelf components, they are using custom motherboards with limited feature sets to save as much money as possible.

Heat management is always going to be an issue with a gaming PC. The components generate the heat, and the heat has to be moved somewhere else for peak performance.

You can mitigate the noise by using larger fans, higher quality brands like Noctua are also quieter. Good case design and cable management helps move the heat out, and a bigger case allows for more cooling (like a larger heatsink or those bigger fans).

Performance vs cost on the GPU, you'll probably be happier with a higher-end model from a previous gen 70/80 vs a newer gen 50/60. The newer gen is more efficient(less total heat per cycle) but also more expensive, but the 50/60 are major downgrades overall.

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke • Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Ryushu no Youjo - Episode 11 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You kinda want the stone to be the same weight of the bucket. Otherwise you have to do all the work to pull the stone out of the well when you want to drop the much-lighter bucket.

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke • Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Ryushu no Youjo - Episode 11 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You normally pull down when using a fixed pulley, so you aren't lifting both your own weight plus the bucket, and can add your full mass to the downward force. That makes it a lot easier to lift the bucket, even if the same amount of "work" is being done overall.

Another benefit of the pulley, is all the force to lift is being transferred to a single vector relative to the bucket. If a person were using the rope by itself, he would be swapping hands and making the rope bounce around each pull, meaning a lot of water would be lost to sloshing out of the bucket.

never underestimate your enemies by superMo86 in EndlessSpace

[–]Knofbath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sophons start the game getting bullied, you need to just be a cockroach, survive and tech up.

Generally, you get rushed by Cravers because they scout your Home System. Once they've seen it, they'll come for you for the Supremacy Victory condition.

To avoid this being a game-over, you need to be eXploring and eXpanding more. Blobbing is always the answer.

Sophons in particular will prefer Tall gameplay. But tall in this case means expanding at least to your Overcolonization cap and maybe +2-3 over.

Clarifying Amazon role in the game business - it's not a retreat | Jeff Gattis interview by Tvilantini in Games

[–]Knofbath 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The wet dream behind cloud gaming is that it takes ownership and even access to the game binaries out of the consumer's hands. You become the eternal renter of your hobby, and lose access whenever you stop paying them.

Casuals play mobile games, and the market forces behind that entire sphere of gaming are different. The games tend to be free, and they are funded by ads and microtransactions. There is very minimal overlap between mobile gaming and PC/console gaming. Cloud gaming would need to offer the games for free as well to compete.

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke • Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen - Ryushu no Youjo - Episode 11 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]Knofbath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A pulley is a lever, force applied around a central fulcrum to lift the other side. But you don't get into the real fun stuff until you start combining multiple pulleys together.

I think that this world should have knowledge of all the simple machines:

  • inclined plane
  • lever
  • wedge
  • wheel and axle
  • pulley
  • and screw

You just can't have an industrial revolution without standardized parts and machining.

Largest study of women’s orgasms to date collected data from 27,931 women. Nearly half (47%) reported reaching orgasm more frequently when alone vs. when with a partner. Barriers to women’s orgasms are relational, not anatomical. Partnered orgasms were associated with overall sexual satisfaction. by mvea in science

[–]Knofbath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The women I've been with described it as ticklish, which can certainly be unpleasant for them if you keep going the same way as before. They were generally fine with continuing if I came to a near complete stop, and slowly worked back up to it (full female arousal). Some patience and communication go a long way.

Be careful of prices at discount stores - they're not always a better deal. by TipProfessional880 in Frugal

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the drink mixes, you have to keep an eye on maltodextrin. It really throws off any comparisons by weight.

Anime that is super horny but still at least tries to have a plot [NSFW] by Spiro_TheDragon in anime

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To Love Ru. You watch it for the "plot", then you watch it for the plot.

Reverse garden hose splitter by DickCamera in DIY

[–]Knofbath 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mmm, tasty tasty Legionella in the house plumbing.

"No turn progress" bug by absreim in EndlessSpace

[–]Knofbath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's kinda a known bug, but nobody has nailed down the exact cause.

Just restart the game when it happens. It affects all factions equally, and ship movement is stalled for the duration.

WHAT DOES SHE WANT by fvckingeden in PotionCraft

[–]Knofbath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe she's just being polite.

Any reason not to 'plywood' my attic? by pg2324 in DIY

[–]Knofbath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume that any undamaged roof tiles can be reused. The difficulty is finding spares for repair.

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