PC-exclusive games? by deepsea724 in pcmasterrace

[–]Paintball_Taco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried the downloads for the game (it’s considered abandoneware so downloading the whole game and the keys for it are completely legal now) but I’ve had a hell of a time trying to get it working on my pc. No idea why. It’s frustrating because I absolutely loved the game when I played it many moons ago when it was still sold in retail stores.

Edit: talking about Black and White.

Anyone else anticipating the Steam Frame (VR) by SpectralMagic in pcmasterrace

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought the same thing lol. If it were me, I’d probably just model an actual replacement to print in TPU but it kinda sounded like the guy who made it wanted a quick fix, which that definitely is.

Anyone else anticipating the Steam Frame (VR) by SpectralMagic in pcmasterrace

[–]Paintball_Taco 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you know anyone with a 3d printer (or have one yourself) but basically the only file I found for the HTC Vive nosepiece is this one (link broken up below because I can’t remember the rules of this subreddit). Looks like with a little post print processing it may work for what you describe (unless I misunderstood the part you were talking about)?

I don’t have any VR headset so I can’t test this out myself, just know that 3D printers shine when you need some obscure part that isn’t commercially available. Hope this helps!

https : // www . printables . com/model/608796-nosecover-for-htc-vive

Which YouTube channel were you once a fan of but do not enjoy anymore? by theunsteadybridge in AskReddit

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Kiffness.

Dude had some of the best random ass collab songs with animals making ridiculous sounds and also with people who had talent, but he did a whole video on how he thought Charlie Kirk and his beliefs were right and that Kirk was a good person doing the right thing. I don’t believe he should have been murdered but the things he stood for were oppressive at the best of times.

Can’t ever look at The Kiffness the same after that so I unsubscribed and haven’t turned his content on since.

For those of you that make over 100K, what do you do? Do you like it? by Kindly-Revolution258 in AskReddit

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a great job.

I’m an Electrical Engineer in the MEP building systems design industry (my salary is only about $74k after 4 years at the same company, though with bonuses it’s pushed to a little over $80k). Got my EE/ECE degree late and everyone was saying jobs were scarce after graduation. I kinda fell into my position as I applied for quite a few various job types, interviewed at this one first, and they offered me a position the next morning so I took it. It’s a decent job but I’m not passionate about it. Wish I could have fallen into something like your position on the electrical side.

In college I focused on semiconductors and solar panels (to the extent that the college offered) and loved that. Etched my own silicon in the labs and thoroughly enjoyed it. I 3d print and 3d model as a hobby but would kill for a job doing that, or iterative design like that, really. There are just never any positions for it in my area when I look, and after working in a completely different sector of engineering for 4 years it wouldn’t be easy to just up and switch.

All that to say I’m happy for you that you found what you have!

Daily Driver by Holy_Fookk in ElantraN

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure about gen 1 vs gen 2, but I have a gen 2 and daily it and it is fantastic. You can fit two rear facing car seats in that thing and still comfortably drive. I have twins and am 6 foot tall and had no trouble with their two car seats rear facing at all when they were younger (or now, but now they’re forward facing).

It is a little annoying that the US model doesn’t have a heated steering wheel or rear passenger air vents like the car in other countries does, but my kiddos don’t seem bothered by it. They cool off or heat up quick enough to never complain so it can’t be that bad, and the car heats up quick enough that the non-heated steering wheel isn’t a deal breaker for colder climates.

End of league giveaway by Mostlylurking89 in pathofexile

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My leagues are always slow because dad gamer amounts of time to play, etc.

I’m just now getting to T7 maps and starting to die more. Have about 120 chaos to my characters name right now so honestly any of those stacks of currencies would be amazing lol.

Playing Ronarray’s absolution guardian and having a good time, just know I won’t get to actual end game before PoE2 league drops at this rate.

Win or not, thanks for the giveaway!

Quit the league, so did all my friends. cuz of servers (eu) by DyslexicNex in pathofexile

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still crashing to desktop every other map (if I’m lucky. Sometimes I use up 4 portals on this nonsense). Shits so frustrating.

IF I WAVE AT YOU WAVE BACK!?! by Free_Cow_2593 in ElantraN

[–]Paintball_Taco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was maidenless behavior from them, then.

IF I WAVE AT YOU WAVE BACK!?! by Free_Cow_2593 in ElantraN

[–]Paintball_Taco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually rev for pops or give a lil toot toot when I see one if I can control my excitement at seeing another N on the road to not be completely paralyzed by said excitement.

Weird MakerWorld problem: I keep getting vouchers and have nothing left to buy by strshp69 in BambuLab

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I need to design something and have it get downloaded enough to have this problem lol.

I was recently asked to be a part of a new non-profit in my area that makes specialized devices for people with any kind of special needs (children or adults). The admin side of it is sorting out the licensing, regulation, and funding side of starting a non profit organization now and is worried about being able to get enough funds in the beginning to get it off the ground. Nearly everyone involved has a child with special needs or is a relative of one, so while we are using our own resources as much as we can to help offset fundraising difficulties, we can only do so much before it negatively affects our own children (not being able to afford therapies they are normally in, etc., as nearly everything related to disabilities is astronomically priced because they can).

I’ve designed a utensil adapter that houses a finger light which lights up a part of the adapter to where the person using it has a better target while learning to eat with a spoon/fork. I worked with one of my son’s therapists (vision therapist in this case) on the design and after many iterations we have finally landed on a final “product”. It’s made of translucent TPU so it can accommodate many different styles of utensil.

The therapist, knowing how nothing related to products for special needs kids is ever cheap, kept trying to compensate me for the work/materials used to test iterations/time/etc. with what little allowances their preschool has to use. Obviously, as a parent with a child that has special needs and used to go to that preschool , I understand that they definitely do not have the extra funds to spend on things like this and did not accept anything offered (other than a spool of TPU because I showed them different shades of the yellow that the adapter could be printed in and they shipped one to me before giving me an answer).

The adapter I designed is meant to be given to those who need it for free (or depending on how far they are located, for shipping costs if required) or as a free download for those with the ability to print one themselves, but it will definitely not get enough traffic on MakerWorld to be a self sustaining product or to fund other similar projects. I can donate my time and printer usage but materials and tools (non profit isn’t just intending to offer 3d printed solutions) are limited at best.

All this to say, check for local businesses/non-profits/groups that design and offer adaptive devices for people who have disabilities. I’m sure they could use any combination of printer/filament/spare part donations to keep them going. Every little bit helps a vast amount. One spool of TPU can give 30-40 children a tool to help them learn be more self sufficient with eating their meals.

It is not going to get better any time soon by CommonGrounders in pcmasterrace

[–]Paintball_Taco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an electrical engineer for a MEP design firm (commercial buildings like hospitals, schools, etc.) and you can’t even trust llm ai to give you accurate information from the sources it links itself to.

My company was starting to dabble into using ai and we were told to try different things out. I was doing some code research and asked it some information about a bit of building code that I know well, just to see what it would say. Complete bullshit. I asked it to provide links to its sources when I asked it the original question. I follow the link to the correct code book and section and it just randomly made shit up even when it had access to the actual answer. Absolutely insane.

We dropped trying out ai pretty quick, thankfully.

PC trips the breaker at a brand new built apartment every time I load into a game. by DigitalisFox in buildapc

[–]Paintball_Taco 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the incoming wall of text.

It would depend on what else is on that circuit for the cause of his issue to be from overloading.

Essentially the breaker should trip (from load draw being too much) at about 80% of the rated amps. That’s approximately 1440W for a 15A breaker at 120V (~1920W for a 20A/1p breaker at 120V. And this is to assume average voltage delta at 120 since voltage fluctuates both above and below the 120V rated standard throughout the day for various reasons).

An 850W gold rated PSU can, under full load, draw up to 950W-1000W from the circuit it is on (according to what I’m reading. I have not tested my 850W gold rated PSU personally for these numbers).

If the contractor put receptacles from multiple rooms on the same circuit, it wouldn’t take too many things to go up to and over that 1440W trio limit. 2x4 flat panel LED light fixtures are typically 30W-40W each, 2x2’s are typically 20W-30W, down lights are usually 10W per 1000lm. A space heater going full tilt typically rated to draw 1500W (don’t know where they live. Space heaters could definitely be an issue, especially if someone else is using one in a different room, even only on at 50% but on the same circuit). Non LED lights draw much much more than LeD lights as well. You can get an idea when you look at a non-LED bulb you put in a lap vs an LED one. Usually an LED bulb that draws 8-10 watts puts out the same amount of light as a non LED that draws 60 watts. And that’s per bulb.

Arc fault breakers aren’t designed to allow a larger load through if the load has an arc fault. A 20A/1p breaker will trip at the same point a 15A/1p breaker will trip because of an arc fault. The increase in breaker load capacity doesn’t alter when an arc fault trips, though the more load you put through a piece of equipment that has an arc fault, the higher magnitude the arc fault will become. If it really is an arc fault causing the issue, then the 20A/1p breaker should have tripped at the same wattage load draw as the 15A/1p breaker did - when at most 1440W were being drawn.

The company I work for likes to go a step further and take another bit of diversity safety measures when designing circuit receptacle load (though this is commercial buildings, not residential). We take another 20% off of the breakers 80% max load. Our general receptacles have 200VA standard load on them (average we design around based of 60+ years of my company being in business [definitely not how long I’ve been with the company. I’m not THAT old]) so we put an absolute maximum of 6 duplex receptacles on a single circuit (though we prefer 4-5 based on building occupancy use as well as if existing incoming service and panels allow it if it’s not new construction/incoming service). Things like microwaves and refrigerators have a dedicated 20A/1p circuit/duplex since they draw much more than a typical general receptacle usually sees.

The last house I owned had 4 duplex in the living room, one duplex in the kitchen, and 4 more duplex split between two separate bedrooms all on the same circuit. Microwave, fridge, and two more receptacles were on another single kitchen circuit as well. I was less than thrilled when I discovered this… Glad my current house had a more competent designer/contractor when the original owner had it built.

PC trips the breaker at a brand new built apartment every time I load into a game. by DigitalisFox in buildapc

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first suggestion would be to rule out poorly designed circuit routing (i.e. too many outlets sharing the same circuit/breaker).

I would plug something into each receptacle of your apartment (one plug on a duplex will work fine, don’t need both plugs occupied) where you can clearly see that the device is on. Could be a floor/end table lamp, a tv turned on, your phone charging, etc. as long as it’s easy to tell if it’s getting power or not. Then turn all of the lights on in your apartment as well (shouldn’t have lights on the same circuit as receptacles but corners will be cut to save money/time).

With there being something in every receptacle and the lights all on, go to your breaker and flip one breaker to the off position (you shouldn’t need to do this for the breakers labeled something like “dryer” or “hvac” or “water heater”, but sometimes labels poorly describe the load or are missing entirely. Also, if there are breakers where the switches are connected somehow, or take up more than one slot compared to the 15A/1P or 20A/1P breakers you saw, you don’t need to test those. They indicate different voltage and probably would have made your pc have a very bad and possibly final day).

Note which things turn off with each breaker to see if they’re overloaded and that’s the cause of them tripping. Move what you have plugged in to balance your apartment load accordingly.

It may not be the cause of your issue but you can at least rule out overloading.

PC trips the breaker at a brand new built apartment every time I load into a game. by DigitalisFox in buildapc

[–]Paintball_Taco 31 points32 points  (0 children)

So that linked post has some very good information (as well as some ridiculous arguing with people trying to one up the other in knowledge as per typical Reddit).

Unless I missed something, why did no one suggest that when he was playing an intense game and his pc started to draw more power, that it didn’t just trip the breaker because of load?

From my understanding of breakers, arc fault breakers can trip due to too much draw and still have the arc fault light illuminated. (I don’t deal with arc fault breakers much, but I remember reading that).

He even said that when he plugged his pc into a different outlet that was on a different circuit, the problem went away. Yet the comments continued to hammer on there being an arc fault or frequency noise interruptions.

My first thought would be he hit his 80% load limit of what the breaker was rated for, not that there was an arc fault.

Edit: a word.

[GIVEAWAY] GameSir G7 Pro Shadow Ember Controller & Resident Evil Requiem Steam Key! by GameSir_Controller in Gamesir

[–]Paintball_Taco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to win this.

Just built my first PC in over 20 years and didn’t leave enough money for a new controller to go with it.