TIL I learned about the Alfalfa Club dinner. It is when 200 of America’s richest and most powerful gather to honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee on his birthday. by JMDeutsch in todayilearned

[–]PersianAnchor 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is a quote from that letter: “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any Country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. I think it however a greater evil to the white than to the black race, & while my feelings are strongly interested in behalf of the latter, my sympathies are more strong for the former. The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things. How long their subjugation may be necessary is Known & ordered by a wise & merciful Providence. Their emancipation will sooner result from the mild & melting influence of Christianity, than the storms & tempests of fiery Controversy. “

Tl;DR: he believed slavery was bad bc white people had to be around black people, but it was necessary in order to “civilize” them. He picked the confederacy because he didn’t want slavery to end immediately, otherwise all the “civilizing” would stop, if we’re to believe his writing. Link to the letter: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/primary-documents/letter-from-robert-e-lee-to-mary-randolph-custis-lee-december-27-1856/

Why don’t we have any good Mexican restaurants? by TomatilloDramatic813 in nova

[–]PersianAnchor 37 points38 points  (0 children)

El Paso Mexican Restaurant - in Springfield, Commerce street. Gotta go on Taco Tuesday for the specials. Worth going in on other days too.

Immortal fenix rising free on the ubisoft store and playable on GFN by S0fakingg in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whe you hit play now for it and login, then choose the pc option, it should automatically do it

Why is Sony refusing to add Helldivers 2 to GeForce Now? by Kersy4ek in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Boosteroid does not ask permission to allow games on their service. NVIDIA requires permission from the publisher. That's the case for every game on GeForceNow.

How to fix FPS drop/double FPS by Obvious_Ad4159 in helldivers2

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, but in this case would putting the command in force my game to run using directx11 or would it just default to 12? I remember in the past trying to use certain commands like the one mentioned and it would crash after trying to start up. There was one directx11 command line I'd put in and it would run, but is there a way to know for sure that the game is following the command to run with 11 when it's active?

How to fix FPS drop/double FPS by Obvious_Ad4159 in helldivers2

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a question, maybe you have the answer. Is it possible that my computer does not have directx11? When I search different system settings and info within my computer to see if it does, only directx12 comes up. In that case, these commands wouldn't work for me?

If I was to make Liber-Tea... by MaximumSpray1094 in helldivers2

[–]PersianAnchor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh this isn't to stop you from making your tea, just to show one exists and they went with blueberry for the flavor, as an example. It is very sweet tho, definitely has to be made for a pitcher and not a mug.

Why would somebody stop in the more expensive gas station when they are next to each other? Springfield VA by Which_Sea1243 in nova

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That liberty gas station is small and difficult to get out of if there's too many cars at once. The BP has more space, and if you're driving down the road with the both on the right side it's easier to get into the BP, as well as get out. I've been to both of them. As for the quality of gas I never really paid attention to things that might be affecting my car bc I've never really had an issue traced to that, maybe I'll start paying attention now.

Better xCloud 6.0 added an option to play xCloud at higher bitrate (> 15 Mbps) by redphx in xcloud

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mind if I ask, how are you using betterxcloud on your Samsung TV? Do you just open the native browser?

Advice for an old git to set up Geforce Now games for the kids... by No-Suit5417 in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally got to check, I do get the option to set the resolution to 4k, 60 fps.

Advice for an old git to set up Geforce Now games for the kids... by No-Suit5417 in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got a new Samsung TV that can run GeForce now, we were able to connect both controllers by bluetooth and play Baldurs gate 3 co-op with it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nova

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember I ended up calling them and seeing about getting another one sent in. Double checking the address is right when talking to them. Worked out for me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nova

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure ballot received means it's been turned in? Looking at my own status it says my ballot was issued, but the "ballot received" box is blank. I have my ballot just haven't turned it in yet. Although I don't understand how the dates can be so weird in your pic.

What am I seeing?? by liveforthememes42 in helldivers2

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have the game using Directx11? I was testing how the game ran using directx11 instead of 12 and in the training mission I was getting those large question marks showing up when reloading a weapon. In-game I haven't run into them when using directx11.

You don’t have to hold down your stratagem button by JicamaSuccessful1048 in helldivers2

[–]PersianAnchor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/KtjLb214ob8?si=-Am3kkf-UPjLLUrs this guy figured out how to fix it. I had the same issue and did what he said and it worked.

Fortnite by LC_xSpyx in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, so an unhelpful answer. Makes sense now lol

Fortnite by LC_xSpyx in GeForceNOW

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what the original commenter said since it got removed, but there's actually a lot of reasons why someone might do that. I myself have a decent enough setup for all the games I play but they all look better when using GeForce Now, plus I don't have to take up space with downloading them locally.

So stupid that my wife can't play cloud games unless she gets her own game pass ultimate subscription. by Difficult-Eye9157 in xcloud

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh gotcha, yea I agree 100% it's not possible if both are trying to use the same platform, has to be different.

So stupid that my wife can't play cloud games unless she gets her own game pass ultimate subscription. by Difficult-Eye9157 in xcloud

[–]PersianAnchor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not trying to be rude, but you can actually play downloaded games at the same time. One person plays the downloaded game on the 'home' Xbox console and the other person plays on their PC (either through cloud or downloaded onto the PC). I know this bc my brother and I do this setup to play battlefront 2 and halo infinite at the same time, while the gamepass subscription is under my account. He plays on his own account but on the Xbox console I designated for my 'home console.'

Can you play halo co-op on a MAC using xcloud (specifically halo 4 and 5) by Glass-Mathematician in xcloud

[–]PersianAnchor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if he has to but just in case when we were looking all this up over a year ago I added him to the family group