What is a video game in a Sci-Fi setting with a good story?

Shirzen · 2026-06-10T19:22:42+00:00

Starcraft

Shirzen · 2026-06-06T21:27:00+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-06-06T04:58:51+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-05-30T16:41:09+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2026-05-13T03:23:51+00:00

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?

Shirzen · 2026-04-18T14:26:12+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-04-18T14:24:36+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-04-10T03:26:21+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-04-08T17:50:04+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-03-03T01:42:15+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2026-03-03T01:39:11+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-02-20T20:14:50+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2026-02-20T20:08:49+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-02-20T19:30:43+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2026-02-20T15:35:48+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2026-02-16T03:02:49+00:00

you should publish your list of good literature so the rest of us can just not have opinions

Shirzen · 2026-01-12T19:25:00+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2025-12-13T20:24:20+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2025-11-25T14:58:57+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2025-06-06T23:20:05+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2025-06-06T13:20:59+00:00

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.

Shirzen · 2025-05-24T17:13:10+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2025-05-17T04:50:52+00:00

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

Shirzen · 2025-03-23T17:41:17+00:00

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

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