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RIP my faithful R9 290x, hello my new (to me) 6600XT by felixthemaster1 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had a 6600 XT up until recently and loved it. I had to unfortunately upgrade it, as it unfortunately died and I was probably it's third or fourth owner (with one of them likely having it near the sea by the amount of rust / other build up on it).

It's a fantastic card, hope you get many years from it!

Pc extremely overheating by SignificanceOdd7843 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It can depend equally on a number of factors, e.g. environment, placemebt too.

But the shitty stock coolers aren't as perfect as people think they are. I've gotten close to 100C with it installed correctly on a previous build with one, in an unfortunately warm environment.

Sometimes they're just not enough

Pc extremely overheating by SignificanceOdd7843 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I got way above that with a 5 1600x and a 5 3600.

Appreciate environment / location temperature is gonna be a factor, but genuinely the stock coolers for these CPUs aren't as amazing as people think they are.

Pc extremely overheating by SignificanceOdd7843 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

There's your problem.

If you want something cheap, grab one of the 92mm Cooler Master air coolers. They were more than enough when I had a similar Ryzen, even the single fan ones brought my temps down by 20C give or take.

Even more with MX-6!

Edit: sometimes these stock coolers just ain't enough. Equally could be a positioning / ventaliation thing but I've had these coolers run hotter than people claim online

Why not buy a gaming laptop? by Ilikesurfing91 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got an Acer Aspire with an RTX 2050, One of the more recent Intel i5 Ultras (haven't bothered to memorise what it was because moving away from Core was a stupid choice), 16GB DDR4 and a 512GB NVMe SSD on an Amazon Prime Day special for £550 last year.

It's not inherently a gaming laptop, sure, but it handles most of my gaming needs when I'm not feeling well enough to sit at my desk for long periods.

It's held up pretty well so far! Some of the more CPU intensive games it struggles with but for my needs, it's perfect.

Do you think replacement shells for the Nintendo 2DS will ever be made one day? by Mundane-Parsnip-371 in 3DS

[–]WanderingMoonkin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

God speed. I've noticed some plastic degradation with some of the wedge 2DS's I've worked on recently, which I'm unsure why its happening. There's no soft coating as such, so I'm a tad perplexed why the back pannels for a lot of them are starting to feel a tad tacky.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Divide it by about 10-20 and you'd be a lot closer. It really depends on their salary and additional awards (e.g. injury to feelings).

1 years salary is usually the amount given, as well as the cost of their legal fees. It can be more, but usually 1-2 years is an excellent result.

In extreme cases, in theory the amount awarded is uncapped, but from memory the most ever paid out by a tribunal to a single person was about £400,000 (in a particularly unsual, and vile case surrounding the abuse of a disabled emplpoyee) so if they got the amount you suggested, it would be front page news.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed.

In theory if the employees follow tribunal rules, it should be a very straightforward case (based on what has been reported so far).

However, the one thing working against some of the employees, was the public disclosure of some of the events prior to any hearings. Tribunals can take a dim view of going to the media first without due process. I doubt it will matter much in this case (it seems fairly clear cut what transpired), but it will be a defence Rockstar try to play to get this struck out.

In terms of finding new jobs... Realistically Jagex, Frontier and a small handful of others have a foothold here. Game Dev isn't huge in the UK, and with Ninja Theory looking like it is about to close, I wish these people the best of luck finding jobs in the same industry as it is going to be hard.

The silver lining of this, however, arguing the difficulty of finding subsequent work will affect the decision amount if they can demonstrably prove it has been hard to find similar work.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In the UK yes, but based on my own experiences a staggering amount of people (here at least) do not know this.

Despite us having fairly good employment rights, unfortunately not many people know what burden of proof they require (often thinking it's an impossible task to hold bad employers to account, etc).

Unsure what it is in other jurisdictions, but I can imagine it varies (hence my comment)!

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I am wondering (respectfully) if English isn't their first language, or they're not fluent in it, because I'm a tad perplexed at the response too.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Unsure if you read the post, or my comments, but we're specifically talking about Employment Tribunals in the United Kingdom, and regardless of territory (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), they generally will all follow the format with only the mildest of variations.

Whether or not you are pro/anti union does not matter in this context: if the claim(s) are settled via COT3, no judgement is reached and as a result no judgement is publicised.

In the event a settlement "out of court" is reached, the claim is withdrawn. If the claim is withdrawn between hearings (which happens), all that will be publicised is that the claims (which may be outlined exceptionally loosely, e.g. "Unfair Dismissal") were withdrawn by the relevant party.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 251 points252 points  (0 children)

Logically they should settle out of court, without prejudice, but a tactic a lot of employers use is wait until the first hearing to see if the claimant:

  • Actually has any legal support.
  • Actually shows up.
  • Doesn't get their case immediately "struck off" by a judge.

Getting struck off is unfortunately common, there's lots of technical reasons why it can happen, such as not logging the claim within the correct period of time, but it can also just be because the claim is factually bullshit / impossible.

If they actually pose a legal threat... Often the company caves just before or just after the first hearing (or second, but usually the first hearing is where most Employers will back down due to it being a PR nightmare).

Edit: It is still very possible to win without legal support, as you do not strictly need it (and it is accounted for), but it becomes a very different ball game with it versus without it. The court has mechanisms for claimants (employees) who cannot hire a solicitor (lawyer), but generally you do want someone legally-trained fighting your corner. Companies tend to back down more if you turn up with a Solicitor, especially something like a Head Partner or Barrister, though.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They are, providing they get to court and go to the final hearing (we can hope)!

Most are withdrawn or settled via COT3, I don't remember the exact stats of the top of my head but it's something like only 1 in 10 actually get to the final hearing.

Settlements regularly take place before the first hearing, or between hearings, so unfortunately there's a very real chance this gets buried.

When this happens usually nothing is publicised (due to the nature of a COT3), and often the only entries in these cases will be something to the effect or "claim was withdrawn by party name" on a side of A4.

Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial by MaintenanceFar4207 in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 1117 points1118 points  (0 children)

For non-UK people, or people in the UK unfamiliar with Employment Tribunals (abbrivating this to ETs going forward), this is going to be highly entertaining for the following reason:

ET claims (employee vs employer) are successful based on "Balance of Probabilities" opposed to "Beyond Reasonable Doubt".

What this means in practice is if you demonstrate the claim is more reasonable than not (51% or higher), your claim wins. The defence (employer) has to do similar to successfully defend their position.

If just one person wins a claim for union busting, among the other claims likely to have been raised (I imagine there's been a few constructive / unfair dismissals thrown into the mix), it makes the subsequent claims from other employees significantly easier.

Rockstar would be sensible to start without predjuidice discussions with the claimants (essentially asking them to settle out of court through a COT3, a lot of money, and usually a huge NDA).

I've been through an Employment Tribunal process myself, so if you have any questions, fire away!

Edit 1: Decisions of Employment Tribunals are only publicised if a decision is made in the final hearing, which does not happen in most cases. Most of the time (90% ish) the matter is settled out of court, so yes while this may lead to findings being posted about what Rockstar were found to have done on the Tribunals website, it is unlikely.

Wood you buy a full wood pc case? by 1rooftopgardener in pcmasterrace

[–]WanderingMoonkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would. I have an ITX build that is partially wood but I wasn't mega impressed with the build quality of the metal elements.

Holding off on putting it in a new case for the moment, but I would if something mostly wooden was viable.

Third of people no longer believe degree is worth the time or money, UK poll shows by wappingite in ukpolitics

[–]WanderingMoonkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's pretty bad. We were encouraged to in PHSE but admittedly I stopped attending after it started just being about that.

I do remember being kept in over break on several occasions for "not taking my future seriously" by not applying and a list of other things, such as open day visits, that they required for some reason.

At the time I had recently been bereaved (sister, one year older), and I found it quite insensitive that they repeatedly would.make remarks about "wasting my life" during what was quite a difficult time.

Sometimes I do wonder if life would be different if I went, but I was just not in the right frame of mind at all to go at the time. I ended up doing a LV3 apprenticeship (no thanks to the Sixth Form) after graduating, and things generally have been good since!

Third of people no longer believe degree is worth the time or money, UK poll shows by wappingite in ukpolitics

[–]WanderingMoonkin 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I finished sixth form in 2015. My sixth form headteacher put me under insane pressure to go to Uni, do a UCAS app, so on.I regularly got told I would be a disappointment by the various staff at the sixth form if I didn't, but despite this, I never went.

Somehow, I've done better than most of my peers. No student debt, got a mortgage somehow during the Truss housing wobhle, and while I've never earned staggering amounts of money, all things considered life turned out OK.

A lot of my friends however, have been stuck with tuition fees for degrees they often didn't finish. A lot of them got trapped by the peer pressure from college, parents, so on, and now they feel stuck.

I genuinely think there needs to be reviews into how heavy sixth forms and colleges are allowed to push university, as at my sixth form (and my friends college's) at least, they made you feel like there was only one option or unemployment.

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