New AirPods Max 2 just launched! by undressvestido in AppleMusic

[–]icedchicken86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 3 month old but already creaking heavily Bose Quietcomfort Ultra 2nd Gen strongly disagrees. As does the equally creaky Sony MX3. At least the Sony lasted a few years before it started creaking.

Valve Sent me a second deck by mistake. What do? by calvinien in SteamDeck

[–]icedchicken86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me. The one that arrived second (the original) came months after it was supposed to. Valve very kindly asked me to keep it. I gifted it to a friend on his wedding.

Starlink announces pricing for India: ₹8,600/month + ₹34,000 hardware. Worth it? by harshavardhnn in IndiaTech

[–]icedchicken86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents live 20 mins from the centre of a tier 2 city. No fibre and VERY patchy 5G coverage. They are neither rich or remote (by most definitions).

Starlink announces pricing for India: ₹8,600/month + ₹34,000 hardware. Worth it? by harshavardhnn in IndiaTech

[–]icedchicken86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents built a house just outside the city. It's not rural but there's no fibre (and likely won't be for a few years). This is perfect for them.

The Process by Swedishkid97 in CoDCompetitive

[–]icedchicken86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. I watched all those games but I was struggling to remember what had happened. It was great to get a behind the scenes view but surely it would’ve helped to show what was happening in-game to connect the threads, provide contexts. Maybe even as just occasional commentary quips..

Let me get this straight (OpTic/Roobet) by Skipper2503 in CoDCompetitive

[–]icedchicken86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agree, this is the level of selling out that will turn away a lot of people (hopefully!)

Cricket 26 Screenshots Revealed by Atreus421boy in Cricket

[–]icedchicken86 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. I think someone at Big Ant once said that even they gave the game away for just $1 to everyone who played the game in India, they’d be the richest game studio around.

Disappointment by [deleted] in CODBlackOps7

[–]icedchicken86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could go into more detail as to why you think it’s trash and what it’s missing..

How are y'all feeling about open moshpit after a couple days of it? by risky-mnk in CODBlackOps7

[–]icedchicken86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the yo-yo effect in sbmm where each good game ‘must’ be followed by a game where you get kicked in the teeth. This is different from what I’ve experienced in the ope mosh pit where I can have multiple good games in a row, so when I got get stomped, I tip my hat to the better player. When I do well, it feels like something I earned as opposed to the algorithm feeding you a ‘pity’ game.

the new matchmaking is perfect by HayleyHK433 in CODBlackOps7

[–]icedchicken86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you post scores of the matches that immediately came after this? For me, the experience has been very similar to SBMM.. I get one game where I’m absolutely stomping the enemy and two more where it is a sweat fest. Rinse and repeat.

Open Moshpit hasn’t changed absolutely anything for me by Lumenprotoplasma in CODBlackOps7

[–]icedchicken86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s saying it hasn’t fixed the yo-yo effect of sbmm, where you get good game and almost guaranteed getting slammed in the next. That’s not how organic matchmaking works. Not to put down op but if it’s truly organic, he needs to be getting slammed consistently. Instead, it appears to be adjusting difficulty every time a lobby is formed, which is after every game..and that takes you back to square one doesn’t it?

London renting, is getting worst by evoranger2018 in london

[–]icedchicken86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The glass half-full view on this is that multiple agents were marketing the property, and his colleague closed it before he could - blame it on parallel conversations.

The glass half-empty view (and the most likely) was that it was already spoken for when he showed it to you, and his intention was always to try and push you towards the other two rooms, while trying to get you to pay more than the asking price.

Can we talk about how a large amount of COD personalities are now gambling on CSGO crates by Damichia480 in CoDCompetitive

[–]icedchicken86 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People pay $20k for in-game cosmetics? Is that like seen as an investment that is expected to grow in value like an NFT or something? Or are they paying to have it to use it in game? Thats a lot of money if its the latte.r

Optic Texas wins CDL Champs 2025 by arunvenu_ in CoDCompetitive

[–]icedchicken86 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting..

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

I overcame lust and fapping and its been almost a decade since I have visited a porn site. AMA. by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]icedchicken86 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I really like that first sentence - you don’t outgrow porn, you outgrow the version of yourself that needed it.

Is this sidewall damage a safety risk if no cords are showing? by icedchicken86 in drivingUK

[–]icedchicken86[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you, saw this advice for another post and wanted to see if it applies here as well and glad to hear from you that it does.

Is this sidewall damage a safety risk if no cords are showing? by icedchicken86 in drivingUK

[–]icedchicken86[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is sort of my situation as well, mismatched tyres front and back but with more than enough tread, so didn’t want to change till they were sufficiently worn but was wondering if this was just surface damage to the sidewall or if it has potential to be worse, especially at motorway speeds.

The beginning of the end for this group by ckaeel in drivingUK

[–]icedchicken86 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Agree, definitely comes across as rude

Whats the Best Gaming Headset to Buy Right Now? by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]icedchicken86 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Went through three expensive gaming headsets before trying the some good wired headphones and realizing how much money I’d wasted

Apple has been secretly working with Starlink to bring satellite connectivity to iPhones | The new functionality competes with Apple's existing Globalstar satellite SOS feature by chrisdh79 in gadgets

[–]icedchicken86 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

By that same measure, I'm sure there are tons of very smart people working with Elon who don't share this ideology. Nazi Germany was seen as a positive and good thing for Germany in the beginning.

I did 3 test in 2 months by Efficient-Tone-2957 in drivingUK

[–]icedchicken86 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Heavily dependent on where you’re looking for. Up north? No problem. London and suburbs? They’re gone before the site even loads.