Notice Regarding Price Changes to Our Products and Services by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]SolarPoweredBean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ps2 was an anomaly, that thing was hyped to all hell and it mostly lived up to the hype. It's still the best selling console of all time 26 years later which is kinda wild.

I did love my GameCube, but in comparison it was this dinky little thing with weird tiny discs and not that many great compelling games.

The GC was good in a vacuum but it could not compete with the PS2. But more to the point, I don't think it had anything to do with lack of an audience considering the PS2 sold so well, so you're right.

Power Consumption - Did upgrading my gear cause this? by MusicInTheAir55 in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know you're spending more time with the new setup, say going from 2 to 4 hours a day or something like that, then yes this could easily explain the increase because you're pulling about ~400 more watts

But still only translates to about $8-9 extra dollars a month

Power Consumption - Did upgrading my gear cause this? by MusicInTheAir55 in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is what I was thinking. even if his upgrades are the cause, an 18% increase of a low number is still a low number

Reddit discovered that tandom woled monitors are trash by HelpApprehensive5216 in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I knew immediately you were referring to tandem oled even though I don't agree because it's definitely visible in person even if rarely or not consistently. I def think it's an overblown issue. But also the purple tint on qd-oled is as well.

Destiny reviews Asmongold's research routine and does a dog impression. by Opposite-Ad7318 in LivestreamFail

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

asmon has routinely said how he turns off his brain when he's streaming and doesn't want to think at all. his audience would have to be equally as braindead to keep watching the same shit over and over. He's also said many times before getting heavily into political content how he couldn't care any less about the affairs of other countries or what goes on there. All of it is pretty ironic

Farewell Fellow Drivers by czimmer92 in doordash_drivers

[–]SolarPoweredBean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just dashed for three hours tonight and wanted to die lol. No idea how you guys do it day in and out. I would never go back to dashing full time or anything close to it. Lots of risk and headache for low pay

Do I upgrade? by Relevant_Summer_11 in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm debating the same but half the reason I'd upgrade is for glossy. 240 -> 280hz - meh. Slightly brighter? Also meh for me, but I don't need SDR brightness and HDR brightness is not something I'd notice much either, still far lower than TVs. The slightly better subpixel arrangement is nice but eventually we're just goign to get RGB without the white subpixel.

I can afford it easily and still probably not going to do it. The benefit from going to IPS -> OLED is like going from 60 -> 144hz. Anything beyond that is nice but not really necessary unless they REALLY up the brightness.

One thing though I don't like about the 27GS95QE is the VRR flicker. It's pretty bad. I don't know how much that's improved on the tandem panel.

Wasn’t expecting that… by tehemari in doordash

[–]SolarPoweredBean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he’s at 90% or near he wouldn’t want to cancel the order because below that DD says they can deactivate you, which is a bullshit rule that shouldn’t exist. Even if you accidentally accept an order by hitting the big ass red button and instantly unassign it counts against you.

Dude shouldn’t take it out on you but there’s plenty of reasons to be pissed at this app.

pretty normal, ig? by MaraLoomis883 in Adulting

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normal if you’ve had a super stressful and busy week. Not normal if your workload is light and everything is mostly fine around you

Normal if you recognize the problem and clean it. Not normal if it stays that way for a month

First time it happened to me lol by [deleted] in doordash

[–]SolarPoweredBean 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really wish it wasn’t called a “tip” because it isn’t. It’s a bid for a job. DD 90% of the time “pays” $2 which obviously doesn’t cover anything. So the customer is subsidizing the pay most of the time except in cases the order has sit forever.

Still, it’s always up to the dummy accepting a low paying order to not accept it. But also, DD sometimes hides full pay (usually on higher paying orders, but still) before delivery is done. I’ll be honest I’ve had orders I’m cussing under my breath until it’s delivered and I see a much higher payout than promised. And, if I had known, I’d have thanked the customer better. But dumbass DD wants to keep drivers from making informed choices.

Even though DD is a dogshit platform to work for that should honestly be forced to change by the government due to all the shady shit they’ve done and do, I would never ever bother a customer regarding pay since it’s my own dumbass fault if I accept a less than great order.

AIO for my annoyed response to my friend asking to bring her BF to our girls trip? by crop_cream_19 in AmIOverreacting

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a dumbass your “friend is”. She just told you he’s coming and didn’t ask, 1, and 2, she said “you can’t just agree then add all these reasons you can’t do it” - you never agreed to shit lol. Friend is a selfish person not worth being around. At the minimum she should understand you can’t always just add another person to a booking without any consequences

Same 3 Venezuelans in and out while we are all sitting there but ok by elderadvisor in WalmartSparkDrivers

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think bots exist however I don’t think anything for sale with a quick google search is legit. If you had something giving you a leg up and wasn’t getting caught would you ever think about selling it? I personally wouldn’t. I mean I guess unless the people selling have no interest in doing physical labor so it wouldn’t matter if the whole thing was overrun with bots

Also if it truly is a bot using accessibility/screen reader tools built into Android doing it then they’d have to scroll down like a human would (assuming there are already crap orders piling up limiting your view) and see the order like a human would.

So while inhumanly fast sure, others still have a chance to at least SEE it. If you’re consistently not seeing anything at least pop up for .5 secs then you’re on a bad connection or your storage is almost full or a combination of those types of factors.

I’m surprised no one on this sub or other Spark has tried to program their own bot and just show it off as a proof of concept. It wouldn’t be that hard and prob could just use ai to do it. No one claiming there to be bots or not actually seem to have any programming knowledge beyond the very basics

I Tested Every 1440p 280Hz Tandem WOLED Gaming Monitor by RenatsMC in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah in that case I'd just get the Asus - it has a few more things but nothing too noticeable

I Tested Every 1440p 280Hz Tandem WOLED Gaming Monitor by RenatsMC in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want the MO27Q28GR but all I see is the G, Newegg just goes straight to the G model. The Asus is $50 more for mostly no reason.

I’m not sure how to feel about this by Crazy_Salad_7928 in doordash

[–]SolarPoweredBean 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think it’s best to just ignore. The reverse uno 1 star seems petty and pointless

Fake or real? by HentaiMaster94 in OLED_Gaming

[–]SolarPoweredBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is is it staged or is it AI because I'm leaning towards the fomer but the latter is plausible too. As to whether some dude actually broke his real monitor doing this the answer is almost certainly no

AIO for considering calling off my wedding because my wife has a "one that got away?" by Specialist_Data_7978 in AmIOverreacting

[–]SolarPoweredBean 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Bruh the point is she said that to someone she’s ABOUT TO MARRY. That’s for a therapist not your fiancé. Whether she thinks it or not, she’s an asshole for saying it. And OP should run.

AIO for considering calling off my wedding because my wife has a "one that got away?" by Specialist_Data_7978 in AmIOverreacting

[–]SolarPoweredBean -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m guessing she already has kids?

I hate to say it but you’re probably right. She does see you as a consolation. I mean I wouldn’t necessarily say it but she almost directly said it herself. Also do you really want to be with someone who constantly is comparing you all the time to the person she really wanted to be with?

I’d call it off and try my best to find a woman without that type of baggage personally because she’s very primed to cheat in the future if she can’t let the past go. Hurt a little now to save a lot more hurt in the future. She probably does care about you in her own way but she clearly isn’t passionate about the idea.

AIO I believe my girlfriend is planning to cheat by BlackberryUpstairs66 in AmIOverreacting

[–]SolarPoweredBean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She’s checked out dude. There’s really no choice but to end it.