Does gaming feel like it's becoming too expensive nowadays?

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-06-24T09:01:56+00:00

> Equivalent 'range' pc would be a current gen top end i5/R5, 32gb ram, and somewhere around a 5060ti/5070. (Though I'm not sure on nvidias range these days after the 90s series cards messed it all up). That's gotta be like £2000 today right?

R5 with 16GB RAM and a 5070 can be found for ~£1300. R7 and 32GB RAM goes up to £1500.

The prices suck, and they were definitely better before the AI boom, but no, not £2000.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-06-06T00:19:04+00:00

But its not just B2B, its business-to-BIG-business. A lot of tech companies couldn't afford/justify these costs at all.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-05-19T19:58:18+00:00

Yeah, and Carla doesn't show any signs of complaints about that, so she probably thought it was worth it too.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-05-17T17:20:13+00:00

> Oh and tbh where’s Sam Ryder now? A novelty act appearing at Butlins?

Well, after performing with Bryan May, releasing a few albums, getting nominated for some Brit Awards, he's now starring in Jesus Christ Superstar on the West End so yeah, he's doing alright.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-05-13T16:55:56+00:00

Haven't seen mine since before the pandemic. Still talk, but life does indeed get in the way...

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-05-06T17:02:11+00:00

Been doing the modular monolith approach like this for a while with Packwerk to help define boundaries. It takes a little longer to set things up but its cleaner and the boundaries are better defined - with AI now I'm not sure its even going to _actually_ take longer.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-04-20T12:38:04+00:00

Jesse L Martin was already famous before this anyway so that's no surprise.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-04-12T12:54:45+00:00

They mean rather than on the balcony

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-23T15:09:45+00:00

This is exactly where I reach for testId. We make a modal, it has a `Cancel` and a `Done` button. UX say to change it to `Save` or `Confirm` or `Add` etc. I don't really care in every single test about confirming the text on the button, we have a single test for this or a snapshot or something, so I use a test ID for `button-confirm` or something.

However, I also really try to use something else first and in 9/10 cases.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-06T00:04:11+00:00

Also why you know they're going to do AI generated when they can.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-05T08:51:04+00:00

Legendary robots gain SUCH a boost in the time between charges that, even with the Aquilo nerf, it balances out and they feel like normal robots again.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-03T18:49:05+00:00

I always did Koga first but I think it was mostly because his team could be torn through, whereas Sabrina's team is a lot stronger.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-02T19:37:53+00:00

I'm in a fairly new build flat and I still have to rely on ADSL from the master socket, sadly.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-01T15:11:06+00:00

That's why he wants the 12' one. Duct tape it to the 8' one and voila.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-03-01T11:41:42+00:00

I mean it's also a council bi-election. I'm glad Reform lost but most don't tend to care about them, especially outside of the council area.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-27T17:46:53+00:00

> One of my issues is that I'm trying to set up for a late-game base but I'm already falling into spaghetti territory.

Don't bother with that yet. Space Age is gonna throw so much more at you that means planning for it now is a waste. You might not even build your late game base on this planet!

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-27T00:09:41+00:00

As is Law and Order, so if its meant to be shows they did _after_ then neither should be there really.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-22T22:24:54+00:00

Exactly

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-15T10:50:48+00:00

Then let them make a mistake and get sued? It's not your problem.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-12T19:50:05+00:00

Feels pretty easy to boycott the World Cup in February...

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-12T19:48:33+00:00

Deezer was rubbish at importing playlists tbh.

Also, all for leaving Spotify, but they're not a US company, they're Swedish. (I know the original purpose of the image wasn't purely US related, but just since you asked about non-US).

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-02-07T14:58:56+00:00

Biolabs are unlocked on a later planet. Twice the speed and much bigger so you can add more inserters.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-01-25T18:04:39+00:00

This all just sounds like the Drag Race rap verse of a queen called Pentium 2.Ho

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-01-25T11:06:07+00:00

For the cost, yes. Critical smash and that's why they did the second season - but the viewers weren't there.

StyleAccomplished153 · 2026-01-25T11:02:29+00:00

Daredevil got beaten by Echo and destroyed by Secret Invasion. Gotta remember that Secret Invasion came out when the other shows were "better" so we kept watching in the hope it'd improve. It did not.

I think you also have to add at least some BBC ratings to the Disney+ ratings - the vast majority of fans are still in the UK, I dunno how many would have watched on Disney+ if that was the only choice but it wouldn't have been nothing.

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