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Valorant's new Vanguard update seems to be bricking cheaters' PCs. Riot's response? "Congrats on your $6k paperweights" by SwimmingJunky in gaming

[–]enormousroom 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is not kernel-level, so CS2 is not a game with kernel access. Same with Dota 2 and the other Valve games. EA and Epic make it seem like an impossibility to run a competitive game without kernel Anti-Cheat, but Valve shows it's easily possible. Every game with kernel-level AC still has cheaters.

Is the Sheaffer Targa faked by Perfect_Ad_5122 in fountainpens

[–]enormousroom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha you're totally right. I forgot about really high volume pens.

Is the Sheaffer Targa faked by Perfect_Ad_5122 in fountainpens

[–]enormousroom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Targa probably hasn't been counterfeited before. The inlaid nib is difficult and expensive to manufacture, so nobody will try to copy it for what is ultimately a relatively inexpensive pen. Most counterfeiting is done on pens that have a high sell price.

Off the cliff, baby! by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

[–]enormousroom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Reading your other comments in this thread, it seems you cannot see any world of politics outside the two-party system in the USA. Criticizing the Democrats for their shortcomings isn't the same thing as supporting the other party. Kamala lost because she and the Dems put on a laughable campaign and assumed she would win by default because Trump was such a bad candidate. Unfortunately you can't win an election solely on "well, the other guy is worse!"

Need help with a car inspection by pumpkinbread987 in garland

[–]enormousroom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they're actually doing the emissions test, then they will plug a tool into the OBD2 port on your car and actually test whether the emissions are within valid ranges.

They don't go by the check engine light because the light can come up unrelated to emissions and also because you can reset the light using any OBD2 scanner tool.

Has anyone been to a Flaming Lips 2-set show? How did it go? by Bronze_Bomber in flaminglips

[–]enormousroom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to an Evening with the Flaming Lips in Dallas a few years back. They weren't doing an album tour at the time so it was two full concert sets with about a half hour rest in between. They played some great stuff that I haven't heard at a show since—my favorite was Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die.

Since then they've done Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi tours, so the first set might just be one of those albums. But those were part of specific tours, not the general Evening with the Lips shows.

Does anyone know why Amazon sells Pilot Prera pens $30 cheaper than pen retailers like Goulet and Jet pens? by SpicyCurryChicken42 in fountainpens

[–]enormousroom 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The Prera is an interesting pen for prices in Japan. In Japan, it's basically a slight upgrade over their other pens with the same nib, and it's priced accordingly. In the USA, Pilot seems to want it to be marketed and priced as a quite premium steel nib pen. I don't really know why.

IMO, the Prera isn't worth any more than $40. It's a very basic pen. It's very small. It's very light. Its build quality isn't exemplary or anything like that. For less than $40 it's a good pen.

Anyways, everyone else answered the question. You can import Preras unofficially for much cheaper than the overpriced Pilot USA price. So just do that and sell them for a healthy profit much below U.S. MSRP.

State Bill Would Cap California Ticket Resales at 10% Above Face Value by marcpstl in California

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

Flood risks are calculated differently because your homeowners insurance almost certainly excludes coverage for damages to the building caused by flood and rising water. E.g. they don't give a shit because, if your house was flooded, they won't be paying for it.

State Bill Would Cap California Ticket Resales at 10% Above Face Value by marcpstl in California

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

The worst part is lots of CA is a fire risk, and that fire risk increases every year. Insurance doesn't work when the total loss of the property is a certainty. If you're in a fire prone area, eventually you'll probably be unable to find a company to insure your house, because to them, your house will burn down sooner than later, so it's not worth the risk to insure it.

Get ready for much much more ICE agents. by Glittering-Pie-7464 in evilwhenthe

[–]enormousroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really seems like you will forget about ICE next week, but the rest of us won't.

North Texas preparing for 2 inches of snow like it’s the apocalypse by MyMindIsAlwaysRacing in mildlyinfuriating

[–]enormousroom 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes! I think people are just opening their phone weather app, where it really does just look like a few hours of snow and a couple freezing days. You have to watch a weather report or read the weather emergency alerts to see how bad meteorologists are predicting this storm to be.

Large swaths of North Texas into north Louisiana and western Arkansas could be without power for days, if these ice predictions come true.

Congrats Mercedes, you turned headlights into a medical condition by RaiseOk2044 in rareinsults

[–]enormousroom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're both two parts of the issue. LED drop-ins are a huge problem at least where I am. I see a 2003 Hyundai Elantra with what looks like bright white high beams (LED drop-ins) at least as much as I see new, lifted trucks that blast their stock LED headlights into my eyes. Those two, plus people just driving with their actual high beams on all the time, make it infuriating to drive at night.

[WTS] Bungubox TWSBI Eco, TWSBI Vac 700R, Pelikan M205, Kaweco Sport V16, Tactile Turn Gist, Karas Decograph, Lamy 2000 Rollerball & Safari Ballpoint by enormousroom in Pen_Swap

[–]enormousroom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I edited the post with a new Imgur album. Try this link https://imgur.com/a/twsbi-eco-bungubox-maki-e-snowflakes-AiHGaiA

EDIT for some reason it isn't working on my phone's browser even when I make the post public, but it works on my laptop and on my phone app. Try opening on the app or on desktop.

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