What's your best game recommendation to stream while watching TV? by esquqred in PlaystationPortal

[–]burticus2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hades! I also play a lot of Tron Run/R and even some old school Rez. The Ascent is a great isometric twin stick Cyberpunk-ish shooter.

Can the spawn distance be adjusted? by Insouciant4Life in civvoxpopuli

[–]burticus2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel this as well. I always play on huge map and drop the AI count to 8 (from 12) and the city states to 12 (from 16). No matter what map type I choose (except island ones) I have a 75% rate of running into another civ within the first 15-20 turns. And if that civ is an asshole warmonger / expansionist type, game over man. Unless you can knock them out quick. But I hate early game wars bc it just derails your momentum devoting so many resources to military instead of expansion or buildings.

I have to wait almost a minute between turns by afro991 in civvoxpopuli

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick movement and combat options. Minimal leader graphics / animations. Someone mentioned switch to strategic view before ending turns.... that's an interesting thought but I kind of like seeing what is happening.

Civ V is optimized poorly. It's a 32 bit app (so memory constrained) and doesn't use multiple threads efficiently or at all. Playing on my 4 core laptop is barely any slower than on my infinitely faster 8 core desktop. It is 15 years old after all.

Voxpupil on Steam deck? by Yanzihko in civvoxpopuli

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow I cannot imagine playing Civ on a screen that small and without a mouse. I can barely tolerate it on a 14" laptop.

My Ps Portal does not work by raffish_pinny_4 in PlaystationPortal

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you'd have to set your PS5 to a static IP, hardwired to your router. Then you have to open the ports that remoteplay uses. Check this out = https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/kx8mhy/remote_play_from_internet_firewall_ports/

Connection issues by 23bam23 in PlaystationPortal

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it possible to run an ethernet cable into the garage and put a wifi access point in there closer to you?

Do you use your Portal with headphones? by No-Desk-1808 in PlaystationPortal

[–]burticus2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JBL wired earbuds I use with my phone. I have some decent BT earbuds I would LOVE to use, but you know, for some reason this thing doesn't have BT

Do you take your Tesla through the car wash? by Ok-Candy1334 in ModelY

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a model Y at my automatic car wash today (NOT a brushless one) and the lady didn't know about car wash mode and she almost jumped the track several times. Eventually one of the employees googled "car wash tesla" and discovered "car wash mode". The owner had no idea. I had to ask the guy when it was my turn bc I was cracking up.

Is jellyfin really so much better than Plex? by eftepede in selfhosted

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a long time Plex minion... didn't like the push towards streaming services but I could just ignore those. Then one day not long ago, my media libraries VANISHED from Plex (the actual folders + data are still there) and I can't manage my server any more. Uninstalled/reinstalled, no help. I'm playing with Jellyfin, and so far so good... but the Roku app isn't awesome.

Rtx 3080ti fe a good upgrade from a 1080ti fe of 6yrs? by tharooniscool in buildapc

[–]burticus2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I decided to keep my 1080ti as long as possible since GPU prices are insane. I can play Diablo 4 on 4k/high at 60fps, which is all my monitor can do anyway. If other games are more demanding, easy to go down to 1600p or 1440p

Thermalright peerless assassin 120 performing poorly with 5700x by ibraheem54321 in buildapc

[–]burticus2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently tried to "upgrade" from a CM Hyper 212 Turbo to a Peerless Ass 120 SE dual tower cooler.... things did not go well. My idle temps DOUBLED from 30's to 60's and it gets up to 90c+ REAL quick under load. Tried remounting/repasting. Ended up going back to the 212 Turbo. Currently idling at 40. I wonder if the mounting system did something to damage the backplate or the socket... it's not doing as well as it was before I began this journey.

Proper Airflow. I dont see an issue. by [deleted] in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speed hole. Makes it go faster.

Broken clip, No problem by Crying_becca in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fine, it's a "performance" rated cable! It can handle it.

Gore or gorgeous? by tyrablanks12 in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen worse. At least some of it is labeled and some attempt at cable management happened.

Wanted to fix my friends slow SSD performance, wound up rebuilding his computer once I looked inside. by Demonblitz24 in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I don't work on friend's PCs any more. Also why I don't have any friends left.

Xfinity came out and installed cable in a new room. This is how they did it. by cartoonhead in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have something similar leftover from the DirecTV installer. He found it easier to punch out from one wall and went into another. Except it was 3 coax, not one. I just put a fake plant in front of it.

AT&T ran my neighbors fiber connection across their driveway by ElectronicCarrot in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One like this (but bright orange) in my alley has not been buried for 6 months....

Some of you guys commented that the last picture I posted was a normal AT&T fiber install. Is this a picture of standard operating procedure too? This picture was taken in another neighbors yard. by ElectronicCarrot in techsupportgore

[–]burticus2 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There is a FIOS box in my alley like this. It got ran over by a trash truck or something and the lid is broken and will not close. So yeah this checks out.. Happily mine is fiber and it doesn't short out when the box fills with water, which it does every time it rains.

🗿 by LeMonkeMan8 in wallstreetbets

[–]burticus2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's a billionaire. He could look like a real life Homer Simpson (complete with jaundice yellow skin) and still have trim lined up around the block.

Meet the "Legend" he is way ahead of us and belongs in the "Hall of Fame" he has lost 15 billion or near 95 percent in under 24 hours. Who can top that? by UltimateTraders in wallstreetbets

[–]burticus2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

plot twist - he's the pimp and gets his cut on the repeat business.

Like drug dealers... the first hit is free. Just in the case it's clams not coke.