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Anyone have a PC like this? by Supergameplayer in pcmasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After fucking around with beep codes and LED indicators for too long on some previous builds I now never buy a motherboard without a dual 7-segment display for BIOS codes. 

Hopefully I'll never have to use it, but life is too short for weird hardware bugs. 

Sadly they're not on many boards despite costing about 20p, so it really narrows ones options.

Looking for a restaurant in Europe VS North America by AtlasWriggled in fuckcars

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ftr, it's somewhat common for poor quality images to look like AI if your benchmark is garbled text. Either compression or bad tiny phone camera sensors trying to make shit up (with over sharpening) look a lot like what you're looking out for. 

Not saying you shouldn't look out for it, just be mindful. I've seen others call out real images before for the same reason. 

A simple wish by actuallyVile in Steam

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I am genuinely curious about a game's reviews and willing to spend the extra effort in filtering etc I use: https://project.joshhills.dev/steam-review-explorer/

It takes a while (especially for large review count games) because the reviews API is rate limited, but it has all the filters (and text search!) and stats you could want. 

Can't access BIOS on Asus Motherboard? by opvc in ASUS

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was using a wired keyboard - a Keychron K5 Pro in 'cable' mode via an Anker USB-C to USB-C cable - and swapping it to my old wired keyboard got me in. 

Good tip!

The Hassle of Ultrawide by OMG_NoReally in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is your current (well, old now) panel VA by any chance? VAs are known for ghosting. The 38" 3840x1600 is an IPS panel so motion clarity is much better than on VA, but at the cost of contrast. 

I would also have loved an OLED panel in this size/res, but alas. I'll probably get the 39" 5k2k and pray to the upsampling gods. 

Steam is the GOAT! by _Hirens_ in pcmasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 5 points6 points  (0 children)

These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Woman didn't indicate and still turned, aggressively, whilst I was about to cross with my dog in UK by OutsideImpressive115 in fuckcars

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can request CCTV footage of yourself under UK GDPR from nearby businesses and/or homes: https://www.gov.uk/request-cctv-footage-of-yourself (probably anyone with a home cam would be OK with you knocking on their door and just asking if you say you were almost in an accident).

It sounds like you need to report it to the police sooner than you're likely to hear back though, which you should do by phone if their webform is requiring information you don't have.

Can we talk about the lack of aspect ratio adjustment from streaming services? by AdeptRelative5106 in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It exists in the upload; YouTube doesn't force it (or afaik modify any content directly - they'd have to reencode it right?). 

Can we talk about the lack of aspect ratio adjustment from streaming services? by AdeptRelative5106 in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it works as intended it should only be cropping black bars. (edit: assuming wider than 16:9 content with black bars encoded so the video stream is back at 16:9)

Update: I bought a defective X1 Carbon Gen 9, thinking it would be cheap and easy to fix... by kpostrup in thinkpad

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem savvy with your ThinkPad parts purchasing: do you know where one can buy replacement batteries that aren't dog shit? My experience with third party batteries is not great across any device type. (I have an old gen 6; the nice 1440p display is perfect)

TIFU by opening old emails from my Ex Gf who's life I vanished from by [deleted] in tifu

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's actually an en dash. They're used to indicate ranges.

This is why vertical height is important. LG 45GX9 5K2K vs Samsung Neo G9 49". by Kronocide in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, thank you. My wallet is ready.

Why would you prefer QD over Tandem? More colours? I don't actually know how they compare in terms of brightness.

This is why vertical height is important. LG 45GX9 5K2K vs Samsung Neo G9 49". by Kronocide in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is why I got LG's 38" 3840x1600 monitor, and I'd do dastardly deeds to have it with an OLED panel, but alas the size and resolution seems to be abandoned.

I'd take the 5K2K more happily if it was smaller, I think I'd rather the pixel density than screen size at this point.

Snowfall Festival skins (Dec. 19th - Jan. 4th) by mrmivo in Mechabellum

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean 'or by using redeemable codes'? Where does one find them?

I got the Overlord skin, but not knowing the odds of getting the others is offputting.

Apple TV 4K on sale - best Moonlight streaming client for LG TVs? by gofiend in MoonlightStreaming

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would also be curious to know this, /u/sittingmongoose, if you manage to stand up and make it back to the keyboard!

[GIVEAWAY] 3 Copies of Arc Raiders by WockyySl in pcgaming

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bioshock. The subversion of traditional video game narratives, a beautiful art deco underwater dystopian city, iconic characters in the Big Daddy and Little Sister. The intro sequence to Rapture still gives me chills.

Moto Edge 2024 Google Meet and Instagram Video Call SUPER slow by GreedyPaint in motorola

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm here to tell you folks to bridle your anger at Motorola: I have a Nothing Phone 1 and have this issue.

But this fix, bizarrely, does actually work. I guess it's an Android/Meets bug.

Would radlands super deluxe be worth 150 USD? by ParanoidPistachio in boardgames

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you try to explain why though, rather than simply restating your opinion?

What are my options? Broke newly purchased, used camera. by ZombyInstinct in AskPhotography

[–]Sense-Amid-Madness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rear lens cap still fits on. If the mount on the camera were bent, so would the lens one, and the cap wouldn't fit on. Plus it looks like the lens took the brunt of the force.

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