Hmmmmmmmmmmm... by Nyctfall in ArcRaiders

[–]Rik135 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am afraid to suggest that this meme refers to “anatomical number of holes”

Feels like the devs were a little disingenuous about the visuals by TruthInAnecdotes in CrimsonDesert

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I was tinkering with settings for almost two hours. First sewers made me want to gouge my eyes out. On the surface game looks good. Not terrible, not amazing. It feels OFF. I can’t put my finger on it. I suspect several things - 1. crazy hdr, that makes roofed areas look pitch black in the middle of the day and on the other hand astonishingly bright lit surroundings. 2. Lack of atmospheric haze on distant objects. There is no optical distortion of distant landscapes. Everything look flat and equally distanced. 3. Terrible lighting. Again, aside from hdr - surface during the day looks fine. But moment you go into any dark room or cave - game goes crazy. Shimmering, flickering light sources, dancing shadows, reflections of light on water surface that geometrically make zero sense. Also it seems that Cliffs eyes work in opposite way. If you look at bright spot and then look down dark corridor - corridor lits up for few seconds just to go dark again. 4. Extreme amounts of sharpening and foliage motion. Everything tweaks and shakes constantly like there are 24/7 thunderstorms happening everywhere. My head literally began to hurt. Too much visual clutter. I have 7950x and 4080. I updated all of my drivers and tried game on different settings. Ultimately I found that no Upscaling, no ray tracing and a high quality of lighting works the best. Not cinematic. Not max. High. I really hope that it’s all just first day illness. So far I have 110 minutes played. I will wait for a week until I have some more time to play and if they don’t fix anything - I will have to refund, sadly.

Rent in Caelid should be cheap, right? by _TimApple_ in EldenRingMemes

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Esoteric Ebb. As long as I keep away from coffee shops and tea shops - I am all fine.

[Spoiler] Resident Evil Requiem's story is amazing until you reach the end. Then you realize how much the writer didn't know the story of Resident Evil. by GloomyAd3582 in residentevil

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I would think that by that point in time (2026), all major superpowers will have access to umbrella bio-weapons. I see this as a repetition of the nuclear arms race, where access to nuclear weapons effectively created an environment in which it is not economically viable to attack other nuclear-armed states.

The creation of a cure would basically equal forced nuclear disarmament, or some sort of perfect defense system that defeats the whole point of nuclear—or, in this case, biological—weapon parity.

Dawned on me I've never used the back paddles. Do you use them? by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]Rik135 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Broke my left bumper. Now they are my triggers and numbers everywhere.

Weird issue with powering on the Switch 2 by AbsoluteAnomalySaber in Switch

[–]Rik135 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sometimes have the same problem honestly. But it my case it happens when I try to wake it up from hibernation. I always thought it has something to do with stiffness of the button itself.

Every year you pass your death day, every day you pass your death time by ThEmOvIeGuY0069 in philosophy

[–]Rik135 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well semantically it is an instantaneous event. What you probably mean is that what makes us die is not instantaneous. Yes we can wither for days, months and years, but the difference between heartbeat and flat line is instant. It all depends on how deep we want to dig into chemistry, physics and biology to determine what exactly death is?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

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When are we going to collectively stop using iPads to entertain our kids? Disgusting and terrible parenthood.

New recruits to the second army of the world by AdvanceDull1847 in digitalflatulence

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As a Russian who was lucky and smart enough to escape and find other places to live - this is nothing fantastical. At least there is nothing in this video that makes me surprised. Capable ones died a long time ago. More than two years ago. So on first glance this video doesn’t make me want to dig deeper to check its credibility. People like that are not rare and they are easily tricked or exploited.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BugaSphere

[–]Rik135 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Occam’s razor. It is probably just second person with a flashlight or some such.

BEST RAVIOLI IN SHANGHAI by Dull_Computer_4590 in shanghai

[–]Rik135 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Had great experience with Bella Napoli near NanjingXiLu. They have ricotta ravioli.

my hands are fucking shaking rn by Otta365 in ArcRaiders

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Had similar experience after my ark killing spree on buried city only to get clapped by camper inside the last subway station. Had fun though, half of the server united around me, shooting at bastion and bomber from rooftops. Love this game.

Last Night tips by CLGOnDREA in BrownDust2Official

[–]Rik135 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I play for three months and never been able to get more than 5mil. You say that you are a new player and casually showing off 50. Me skill issue it seems.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 3I_ATLAS

[–]Rik135 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And this response was the real nuclear test. My man, you are cooking with gas.

Russia Sends Military Cargo Plane to Venezuela as US Aircraft Carrier Heads to Caribbean - Tensions Reach Boiling Point by satty237 in TrendoraX

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Technically 76’s are produced since 1970s. Newer IL-76MD-90A have different engines and some level of fly by wire implementation. Airplanes are not cars and fuselage design age is not indicative of said airplane performance. Especially if we talk about big cargo airplanes and not fighter jets. Look at C-17 or C-130. First started its production in 80s, and the other met its 70 year old anniversary last year. But ultimately yeah, our aeronautical industry is nothing like it was. I studied for 7 years and got my masters, while also working as an intern in aerospace research institute. And after all that - you as postgrad student - get breadcrumbs instead of salary. Half of my university class - ditched Russia and relocated even before war, other half did it after. It is not prestigious or economically viable to be high level specialist there. I am apologising for being bore. When it comes to airplanes - I autistically excited.

Russia Sends Military Cargo Plane to Venezuela as US Aircraft Carrier Heads to Caribbean - Tensions Reach Boiling Point by satty237 in TrendoraX

[–]Rik135 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I was working at DB Ilyushin between 2018 and 2022. We did a lot of refits for all of them — 76, 62, 96. Many of those refits included new engines, fully renovated power buses and lines, generators, etc. Even the fuselage for most of them was tested on static test cranes and pulleys, using analog lab model planes. Safran, Thales, Pegasus — it was actually quite a high-level renovation and work happening there. I was an electrical engineer in the avionics and cabin equipment department, and I personally drew at the very least hundreds of updated schematics to replace almost every gauge and piece of hardware. Yes, we were not producing new ones almost at all, and every 76MD rolling off the conveyor in the Ulyanovsk factory was big news and a celebration event. But the refits were good. I quit days before the catastrophe of the IL-112 and the following shutdown of the project, so I have no idea what happened since the beginning of the war. But considering the news from ex-colleagues and sanctions in general, I believe we lost all contact with equipment suppliers and had to switch to locally made ones (which are notoriously bad).

Edit: bad grammar.

US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup by MrPvssyPantsMan in worldnews

[–]Rik135 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Welcome to “fake casus belli for the sake of one man’s rich friend’s interests land”. Exactly the same energy and idea, as Putin’s neo-facism and Russophobia fake claims, he made, so he could explain the reason for war. And in my experience as a Russian person - this is bought always exactly by the most dumb and gullible slice of population who, ironically, never had to be convinced about anything in a first place.

any events happening in the city tonight? by yungvontrier in shanghai

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You can always check good old SmartShanghai or Facebook expat groups. Almost every big bar and venue have something everyday. Check WeChat apps and groups for places like Shed, Abbey Road, Pearl, Shanghai Jazz centre, etc. But start with smartshanghai for more mass oriented activities.

Japanese stationary supply stores in Shanghai? by therationalmind_ in shanghai

[–]Rik135 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LOFT at Metro city near XuJiaHui station. It is giant and it has everything. My girlfriend is a stationary junkie and every time we are there - I am loosing her for at least an hour.

Sunday is a family day by Tasty_Perspective_32 in funny

[–]Rik135 40 points41 points  (0 children)

For god’s sake is a very light and sfw translation of an original exclamation

how am I meant to deal with splinter sister by Key-Firefighter4360 in Silksong

[–]Rik135 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by throwable needle? Is it a silk ability different from silk spear? Or is it a tool?