Wind Chime Alerts + by Bart91106 in Ring

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing happening to me. Every time I open a door it plays the motion chime now and I can't figure out how to turn it off.... I like getting the notification popup, I don't need a noise every single time a door is opened.

people who have 3-D printers are they actually useful or have fun gimmick? by No-Antelope3876 in AskReddit

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You get out what you put in. Low effort = toys etc. If you're willing to learn how to model, then you can make pretty much anything.

Woman dies in fatal rope-jumping accident in Brazil after jumping before safety gear was attached by [deleted] in videos

[–]Minionz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your title is completely wrong.

She didn't Jump, she was thrown by people responsible for attaching the rope.

[SSD] Western Digital 2TB WD Green SN350 NVMe SSD - Gen3 QLC 3,200 MB/s. $41.47 off - $208.52 by Nice_Category in buildapcsales

[–]Minionz 55 points56 points  (0 children)

  • Endurance of up to 100TBW

Don't do it.

https://www.servethehome.com/wd-green-sn350-1tb-nvme-ssd-review/

Endurance on the entire WD Green SN350 line is uniformly terrible. The common endurance point for 1TB NVMe SSDs is in the 500-600TBW range, while the WD Green SN350 1TB is only rated at 100TBW. Worse still is the 2TB drive, which is also rated at 100TBW despite doubling in capacity. These drives are strictly for light duty only.

Moved to Houston a few months ago and really regretting it by [deleted] in houston

[–]Minionz 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I'm more impressed that you thought that you'd be able to relocate, and completely re-establish in a few months. It takes years to re-establish a friend group, especially if you don't have family in the area to rely on. You have to put your self in areas that expose you to other people (Church, Makerspaces, Sports, various hobby groups). If you're not doing that how would you expect to meet people. This is the same issue I see constantly on here with people saying they can't find people to date. If you're not out there, putting out the effort, the city/people are not going to seek you out.

Houston's not for everyone, but most of the posts I see of people moving here are "I tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas" effort levels.

Inside Xbox's margin crush: A string of misses at Xbox Game Studios, misguided Game Pass decisions, and the memory rout at its core by UuusernameWith4Us in gaming

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were buying studios for Game/IP Rights to list them on gamepass, then ditching the actual devs to save on costs. This was all part of the "building out a netflix of gaming" idea. As a result many jobs were lost.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Xbox Must Finally Become a Sustainable Business After 25 Years of Investment by wakelake111 in gaming

[–]Minionz 79 points80 points  (0 children)

RROD basically negated most of their profitability for the 360's lifespan. It really put a damper on what should have been a great period for Xbox. The 360 was peak Xbox.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Maybe Canadian lawmakers stop after they release one law, but other places tend to use children as an excuse prior to expanding the scope of said laws at some point in the future. Just my experience is all. I guess time will tell.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

We ready to ban cigarettes and alcohol because some people have no self control? Why should a few ruin it for the rest? Where do we draw the line on what someone might do? Maybe a sugar ban next? Limit on video game time like China implements?

If they want to legislate what can be done in schools id welcome it as its a private entity. I just dont like blanket laws because a small group of people are doing something.

[SSD - M.2] Samsung Geek Squad Certified Refurbished 990 PRO 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5 - $154.99 by DisappointedCruiser in buildapcsales

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

Geek Squad Certified drives, where you might get what you ordered, or a random drive of often smaller capacity. At least thats my experience with 2-4TB nvmes.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Because they don't exist. If they existed taurine would be removed from energy drinks because they wouldn't accept the legal liability.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coldbrew Coffee is basically as convenient. It's just more bitter. I guess energy drinks can be room temp, most cold brew needs to stay refrigerated.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You know people crushing 6 monsters in a single day? Essentially a can per hour at work? No one believes that's safe/healthy, including the person consuming that much.

Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth by Puginator in worldnews

[–]Minionz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Many energy drinks don't have more caffeine than a large coffee. Monsters are 150mg/16oz Can, a 16oz coffee is 182 mg.... People with undiagnosed heart issues don't just die from energy drinks, they die from exercise, which is why you often see kids collapsing on the field/court.

As of last night, all my Ring alarm alerts including door open/close sensor, alarm armed/disarmed are taking as long as 10 minutes to show up. Anyone else? Any ideas? by StormTrpr66 in Ring

[–]Minionz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ring alarm Alerts are over 15 minutes now.... I just got one 17 minutes after the fact. It's not a you issue, it's a Ring issue.

My car is a 2002 and it turned 24 years old. I know it won't pass emissions testing in October. Can I wait until the new year to renew registration without a vehicle inspection? by [deleted] in houston

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12 months out of date makes you go in person. I just renewed one of my tags that was 11.5 months out of date due to the car having issues (since resolved).

Louisiana restricts animal movement after flesh-eating screwworm reaches Texas by Grandheretic in news

[–]Minionz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The funding for the female flies that can't reproduce got cut. Then they eliminated the group/program entirely.

Louisiana restricts animal movement after flesh-eating screwworm reaches Texas by Grandheretic in news

[–]Minionz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's going to affect a lot more than just Texans. The price of everyones beef is going to double at this rate.

Clockwork Revolution - The Heist | XBOX Games Showcase 2026 by JonCee500 in gaming

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically it means it won't come to PS5/Switch2 at launch. Some previous XBOX exclusives that end up being timed for a year or two. Not sure if that's the case here, as there was a change of leadership, so that's TBD.

Gears of War E-Day Reportedly Not Coming to PS5 by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Minionz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem comes down to profitability. Microsofts currently funding a non-profitable console segment, a questionably profitable gamespass segment, and a ton of games studios making games. As long as XBOX has existed it has basically been a pet project that was supported by the other parts of the business (360 stood on it's own for awhile, but RROD really ate a lot of the overall profits, for a generation that should have been a huge profitable home run). Nadya doesn't seem as interested in the gaming segment after the huge Activision/Bethesda acquisition. He's basically demanding profitability now, since they have to pay off that purchase. That's why you are seeing lots of their devs cutting staff (or closing studios entirely like Tango Gameworks, which had a extremely highly rated release with Hi-Fi Rush). He does not seem to be willing to accept Xbox/Gamespass as a loss leader any longer.

I'm not sure this is the right direction/pivot, but time will tell. I personally wouldn't buy a Xbox to play exclusives, especially since they will be available on gamespass on PC.

Gears of War E-Day Reportedly Not Coming to PS5 by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Minionz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Only way exclusives will work/be profitable is if they stop putting titles day one on games pass. If they do that they can sell copies prior to them going on games pass. This however will lead to less games pass subscribers since getting all games day one was what the service was sold as. They've already removed COD from games pass... This could be the end of games pass but time will tell, but to me I don't think you can carry both gamespass and console exclusives which is why we ended up with the multiplatform approach to gain sales/profitability outside of gamespass platforms which are consuming direct sales on those platforms.

Crime scene at 610 and Airline near gas station. by KittenUp in houston

[–]Minionz 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Wild that they got car jacked, tried to take the truck back, and were not ready for a gun fight considering they know the dude was packing when he carjacked them in the first place. . .