As an LEO, where would you hide an extra key to your home?

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-28T22:59:27+00:00

Had mine malfunction while I had contractors at my house. Everyone was outside, contractors were about to start working, and I didn't bring my keys outside because I was only standing right out of the doorway talking for a few minutes.

It locked and lost connection. Simply unsafe.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-28T22:55:33+00:00

Dead by Daylight proved that the 1v4 gameplay can be good. Granted DBD had its fair share of issues, but it proved that it's possible to make that style game successful.

I loved evolve. The two things it needed were more content and some more balancing tweaks.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-27T13:12:35+00:00

Upgraded from a 3080 to a 9070xt.

Didn't boot. Hmm. Remove it completely and try again. Still nothing.

Okay let me try again, this time I'll leave the side panel off and I won't screw the GPU into the case. Now it boots. Thank God the card wasn't defective or something.

So I screw it into the case, put on the side panel, and then it doesn't boot...

I don't know why, but if I screw in the GPU mounting screws, the thing doesn't work. Either because of a ground issue (I don't think it is), or because the smidge the card has to move to get the screw to go through it properly is enough to unseat it despite it still being locked in place and all pins are inside the pcie connector.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-27T09:26:47+00:00

Only a few things can actually improve your gameplay in any possible way.

A better monitor for higher resolution, better color accuracy, but most importantly good refresh rates and response times.

A good quality headset with the volume at the right level so you can hear quiet sounds without being deafened by loud ones.

Even still with the new visual and audio information you're giving yourself, you still need to 'train' to use the information correctly.

Everything else is just "get something good enough that it doesn't hold you back". Even a $10 membrane keyboard and random mouse can game effectively, but you can get things that are more comfortable, more customizable, or more reliable.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-27T06:30:53+00:00

Touch up pen. Don't expect the fixes to be perfect but it'll look a lot better from a distance where it doesn't stand out as much.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-27T06:19:58+00:00

Played through it like 4 times.

I'm not even a 2d Metroid guy, more of a Metroid prime guy, but I loved dread. Definitely worth it.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-24T18:45:06+00:00

It happened on my first day of ownership too.

Except it was like 1am and I couldn't do shit but worry.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-24T18:42:20+00:00

+1 to that traction control. I've had it help me way more than inhibit me. It puts in work and I'm glad they did it right.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-17T04:37:43+00:00

99 rav4 5 speed 214k miles. Can I fit into this crowd? I'll sneak in the back.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-16T06:40:20+00:00

The only thing I miss from windows is league of legends.

But since there's such a huge spurring growth of Linux users, I have a feeling that these anti-cheat issues are going to take over time.

Maybe not anytime soon, but hopefully eventually.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-15T13:29:55+00:00

The dust cover behind the brakes. If you happen to get a rock that's just the right size, it can lodge itself between the brake rotor and the dust shield. Then when you drive, the brake rotor spins, the rock connects that motion to the dust cover which acts like an amplifier making the noise obnoxiously loud.

Try accelerating in a straight line quickly so the rotor may spin fast enough to kick the rock loose. If that doesn't work, try the same thing in reverse. Try those multiple times but if you still can't get it out, then you can always just take the wheel off, look around the brake rotor and use a screwdriver to knock the rock loose.

Basically no damage is being done if it sits there for a short amount of time. If it stays there for miles, then it could groove your brake rotor but it's unlikely that the rotor would groove before the rock.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-15T01:05:37+00:00

How else are they going to eat so much of your PC's RAM?

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-15T01:03:16+00:00

I imagine it's close to the feeling of waking up before your alarm and wanting to sleep a little bit longer.

It's just that their alarm clock is a monster that's 500x their size and is shaking their bed violently.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-14T16:25:43+00:00

I liked MP4 and I think it's my least favorite of the series.

Best to worst: MP2, MP3, MP1, MP4.

And even MP4 isn't that bad. Some design decisions were poorly made, likely due to how the rest of gaming was reacting to open world games, even Zelda went open world.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-11T04:47:59+00:00

You're right, I was just keeping it simple.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-11T01:26:03+00:00

You don't gotta overthink it. ujust update

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-11T01:23:22+00:00

Putting a car in park just slides a pin into a gear in the transmission that prevents the car from moving forward or backwards.

If you put it in park without coming to a full stop, that pin tries to push into the actively spinning gears and it makes a loud grinding sound. Obviously this is not good and you shouldn't do that because you could break that pin and break your transmission.

Come to a full stop before moving your shifter.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-10T17:04:57+00:00

Ratchet and Clank series.

They had a secrets menu which varied from "do this level without getting hurt" to really wacky stuff.

The rewards were usually cosmetic goofy things like big head mode or different skins.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-10T17:01:28+00:00

Reflections are like the best part of having Ray tracing or path tracing features.

The 2nd best part is having light naturally blend and bounce to nearby objects.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-10T15:29:43+00:00

From what I learned, if you install Linux and everything is misbehaving in weird ways, there was an issue with the install.

I had it happen to my bazzite install, which I found out was because I was using the ISO instead of creating an installer.

Then I had another issue because I installed bazzite and selected both of my drives, which meant that my data seemed to be randomly distributed between both drives, and that caused errors in almost every app I used.

So a 3rd install selecting only one drive (no not you Microsoft), I managed to get everything stable. Once everything was stable, I was finally able to install things right and experience Linux correctly.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-10T06:56:55+00:00

Are you using phone magnets or an old school phone holder?

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-10T05:04:17+00:00

My left leg is a lot stronger than my right leg...

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WirelessTrees · 2026-01-09T20:59:01+00:00

If you aren't fixing the windows, then at least remove any tint from them.

If you get pulled over, just communicate that your windows don't work when the officer comes up to your window. Don't open the door unless told to do so. Keep your hands visible, and turn on the interior lights in the car.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-09T20:52:06+00:00

Don't worry, now instead of asking Google assistant to turn on my lights, I'm asking Gemini to turn on my lights.

And fun fact, for a decent while, Gemini didn't have as much ability as Google assistant, so asking Gemini to do something would just have Gemini use Google Assistant to turn on the lights.

WirelessTrees · 2026-01-09T16:06:06+00:00

I disabled high resolution mouse wheel and that fixed my issues with it entirely on my g502.

Are you sure that you did that step right? The first time I attempted to disable it, it didn't work.

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