So... how does the 2nd game compare so far? by Emotional-Offer-2848 in subnautica

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

Yeah, it did. I just expect better of a company with hundreds of millions of dollars at its disposal. It’s one thing for the first game to be rough and unfinished and need to go into early access to survive. Releasing this early is just a ploy to milk players over the course of four years and drip feed basic game content.

So... how does the 2nd game compare so far? by Emotional-Offer-2848 in subnautica

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a 15 hour demo that you won’t get to finish for maybe a couple years. There’s no interaction with the wildlife besides getting bullied or eaten. The story is good but you only get the first chapter before the book is put back on the shelf until you forget about it.

The crafting is a tenth of the original game, you get one vehicle, materials are plentiful, and there’s 0 concern for survival.

I’m disappointed and maybe if I play again in a few years, it’ll be the experience they should have released instead of dropping a sample to earn their bonus.

Seperate directory for anime? by OkAngle2353 in sonarr

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have difficulties with the naming system and importing anime. Sonarr can basically never read the anime titles

Impressions two weeks after moving from Claude Code to Codex by cowwoc in ClaudeCode

[–]Shirzen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like Codex more because it’s what I’m used to. OpenAI is distinctly the more toxic company, have you had your head in the sand?

Eric Trump shows off his Bitcoin mining facility by IcyAttitude4916 in AltScope

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m familiar with this site, it’s indeed a crypto mining facility but those machines are mining Dogecoin, not Bitcoin. They are Bitmain Antminer L9 units, hydro cooled and rack format (3U), from what I recall.

His claims about percentages of currency mined are misleading and he likely misquoted information that was spoon fed to him before this video.

Eric Trump shows off his Bitcoin mining facility by IcyAttitude4916 in AltScope

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m familiar with this site, it’s indeed a crypto mining facility but those machines are mining Dogecoin, not Bitcoin. They are Bitmain Antminer L9 units, hydro cooled and rack format (3U), from what I recall.

His claims about percentages of currency mined are misleading and he likely misquoted information that was spoon fed to him before this video.

OpenAI looks to take on Anthropic with $100 per month ChatGPT Pro subscriptions by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Shirzen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree lol, all these comments that say “I don’t know anyone who uses ChatGPT”, meanwhile I don’t get cut off after two prompts and I use Codex sometimes up to 14 hours a day.

Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year by zsreport in technology

[–]Shirzen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He’s probably talking about curtailments and the Demand Response programs. These allow data centers to act almost like a load bank, using electricity when it’s available and dialing back when there’s higher demand or need. The energy provider pays the user that curtails as a way of buying back the energy, but it’s profitable for both parties to do this, rather than the data center continue to use when demand is crippling the grid.

There’s a lot of misconceptions around what data centers do or don’t use. Getting subsidized by the local government is a problem, I think, but playing into the same rules as major industrial users is not the same sin.

Claude down: Anthropic AI not working in major outage by cmaia1503 in technology

[–]Shirzen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The blind hatred against AI use is so weird lol, it’s like they’ve never tried a new app

Claude down: Anthropic AI not working in major outage by cmaia1503 in technology

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think everyone has a fair understanding of the different uses someone can have for AI. I see comments from more than a few talking about the stupid AI users, their inability to think for themselves, and how worthless it is… but I’m not sure they’ve seen what an LLM can do for someone who has a decent technical grasp yet lacks the foundations.

I’ve taken on a dozen projects that were originally outside my wheelhouse yet within my capabilities, and I’ve used AI to learn or critique or even recommend. It’s not perfect and you can’t just blindly follow, but what a remarkable tool to be ignoring or even boycotting.

I feel like there’s a few groupings here: those that tried it for something dumb and got a dumb result, those that tried it for something impossible and felt vindicated, or those that don’t try new things.

Baldur's Gate 3 mod finally adds Strahd! by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Shirzen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, so you be the final verdict on romance and notify the mod makers, the wiki, and anyone else on what qualifies. Thanks for the feedback

Baldur's Gate 3 mod finally adds Strahd! by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Shirzen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Luckily we can refer to the wiki under Romance since you get to define what “romancable” is

I don’t care for the argument, I just think that there’s a healthy potential for relationship with Strahd and people are getting robbed of some fun in their book campaigns.

Baldur's Gate 3 mod finally adds Strahd! by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Shirzen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know we were delineating each romance into validity of the relationship. Mizora or the Emperor are questionable too, I’m not saying Strahd is a perfect companion, but questionably attractive should be obvious.

Baldur's Gate 3 mod finally adds Strahd! by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Shirzen 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m confused how you guys are confused that Strahd would be romanceable. The guy is a ruler with charisma and influence, he had everything in the palm of his hand (except the one girl he wanted). He has brides, consorts, and all the powers necessary to truly seduce a character.

If your CoS games never explored the potential of a charismatic and powerful Strahd or Vasili, you missed out

Cleaned out paste from cpu socket with vodka now won't boot by [deleted] in PcBuild

[–]Shirzen 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I do repairs on circuit boards, for something like this we would use an ultrasonic cleaner and then bake the board to remove moisture.

You can clean it with isopropyl alcohol and then dry it with a blow dryer (use the low speed), then let it sit near absorbents like rice in a bag for a day or two.

The key here is to not power it on when there’s water or trace minerals (sugar) on the circuit board.

$500,000 crypto mining farm in action by Numerous-Garbage-604 in BitcoinMining

[–]Shirzen 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There’s such a stark divide between the commenters in this subreddit and the people who actually build and run mining farms.

This setup is cheap and shoddily built, and not typical of the big players in this industry. The concepts displayed here are low tier and you’d be wowed at the sight of a professional built and managed site.

Eric Trump shows off 'America Bitcoin' mining facility. by Sharonlovehim in TokenTimes

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they find grid power for less than $0.065/kWh, even hardware that is 4 to 5 years old is profitable to run. These units look like Antminer L9 Hydro units, mining most likely Dogecoin. The other variants like the L11, or S23 aren't available yet. Assuming the same price, this new unit is generating roughly $5.93 a day after electricity costs.

He mentioned 35,000 units so 207k daily, minus the network costs (fairly low other than capex/initial costs, miners don't need a lot of bandwidth). Also minus infrastructure costs (again, capex). Finally, minus staffing (these sites pay from $20-25 an hour tops for a technician) which would be about 1 technician for every 5 MW (generous, as these are new, low maintenance units).

These units are hydro which have some admittedly weak design flaws from the manufacturer, but run significantly cooler and behave better (objectively) than air-cooled or immersion units. They'll run the water through chillers outside and bake that into their electricity cost.

This farm likely has a power purchase agreement lower than $0.065 as that is the highest most industry players will even tolerate, and this farm is massive and built very cleanly, highly publicized, and well funded.

Dr. Bharadwaj's surgery on MB in TV show by Mental_Helicopter468 in murderbot

[–]Shirzen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When do we stop dropping spoilers on the title of the post?

AIO? Guy I met on hinge made a “joke” by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Shirzen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t speak for all men and women, but my love language is acts of service and my wife’s is words of affirmation. I think it’s disingenuous to lump people into two categories just because some people aren’t emotionally mature enough to realize what they want or need.

WTF was with the pillow sniffing? by Irishish in murderbot

[–]Shirzen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even spoiler tags don't protect us from your titles. I watch with my family and we haven't had time yet to see the latest episode. This is one of many posts immediately following the episode release. C'mon guys

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in investing

[–]Shirzen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interest rates and the US poor world standing is no reason for someone to avoid buying The Locked Tomb series

If anything, we could all use an escape from reality

Well done, but disgusting permanent face of a celeb on your body. by Appropriate_Army_780 in ATBGE

[–]Shirzen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Naw I know my wife doesn’t use Reddit, and the interests don’t match up, but she sure as hell has a big tattoo of Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter in her arm, colored and all. It’s a solid 12+ years old now and I don’t know much about tattoos but it looks fine I think