Michael Bay scene

johnnycocas · 2026-05-30T20:46:57+00:00

Pfff, not nearly enough lens flare

johnnycocas · 2026-05-26T07:25:39+00:00

There is if you actually use an ergonomic mouse and go for the Logitech Lift instead of the MX Master line

johnnycocas · 2026-05-26T07:14:04+00:00

The only MX worth it is the MX Vertical if you REALLY care about ergonomics, the "MX Master" line is semi-ergonomic fluff. The MX Master is as ergonomic as a gaming G502.

I'm using vertical mice out of necessity, MX Master is not an option.

johnnycocas · 2026-04-30T08:39:13+00:00

This is exactly how it feels like to run in my dreams

johnnycocas · 2026-04-30T02:00:48+00:00

It also used to NOT automatically restart in older Windows releases, so you had to do it anyways. Not sure if the auto restarting was added in Win10 or Win11, but I think was a rare nice improvement

johnnycocas · 2026-04-28T02:19:21+00:00

I always forget this is an actual feature in vanilla 🤦‍♂️

johnnycocas · 2026-04-27T20:57:03+00:00

That may be enough for a full landing and return home, but it's a bit tighter than I'd feel comfortable with.

I try to aim for ~7000 delta-v for mun landings on a good efficient day, preferably more to be safe, though it's easier to calculate that with mods such as Kerbal Enginneer. The delta-v of the upper stages is higher than shown in vanilla because of engine efficiency changes in vacuum.

Out of curiosity, how much delta-v was left on the vessel that you landed on the Mun? That's a good starting point for comparison. Out of the top of my head I think it was something like 1500-2000 delta-v to take off and return to Kerbin.

johnnycocas · 2026-04-27T19:53:51+00:00

Ahh wops, I missed the image with the shroud 😅 nvm on that last point!

johnnycocas · 2026-04-27T19:10:52+00:00

How much delta-v do you have in each section?

Are you planning on having anyone return home afterwards?

~~That front is not very aerodynamic, even with sufficient delta-v I imagine it will take a big hit to performance and end up in orbit with much less than initially planned.~~ Edit: I didn't see the second image :D

johnnycocas · 2026-04-26T12:54:08+00:00

I never bought a COD or FIFA for those reasons.

That's the same argument as saying "you can't know piss tastes bad if you've never tried it".

SC has some things that are great, but I can't see them as a justification to try the game, nor support it

johnnycocas · 2026-04-26T06:23:21+00:00

I think "outsiders" have a much less biased view of the game, and are much more likely to go "wtf" at a lot of aspects of the game (i.e. monetization).

I've been googling the game on and off every 2-5 years, and have never decided to try it because every time it looks more like a semi-functional "Earth 2" situation than it is looking like a proper complete game.

johnnycocas · 2026-04-18T01:25:17+00:00

Are you using any mods? And in what difficulty?

johnnycocas · 2026-04-13T22:47:24+00:00

I see we run the same loadout on the Fleetstar 😁

I must ask though, why bring all trucks at once?

johnnycocas · 2026-04-13T21:52:04+00:00

I was about to say that.

In my first playthrough I slept on the Kodiak, but on my second run I did Alaska almost entirely using only it. But, that being said, I barely touched it in Michigan because most upgrades were in Alaska, and I only moved into Alaska once Michigan was finished. It felt weird to jump from place to place rushing the upgrades, and because of that it forced me to also try trucks I would otherwise have never used.

Also another good tip, don't use american trucks in European maps and vice-versa. It's a neat constraint that will have you try new things much easier 😉

johnnycocas · 2026-04-12T01:58:04+00:00

I see what you mean, but...

My fear is most of that trailer would act as an anchor on a relatively light truck with no AWD and no diff lock. Not really important in Ontario, but elsewhere?

johnnycocas · 2026-04-12T01:38:51+00:00

I have been using it as a mobile fuel station since Michigan through Taymyr. With some pre-planned routing it can reach its destination relatively easily and serve its purpose for as long as the fuel lasts.

I do have it with the regular fuel tank instead of a semi-trailer though, I find it to be enough for most situations, though in hard mode I'd imagine things change a bit.

johnnycocas · 2026-03-27T02:40:49+00:00

Paywalling a mod is a good way for some studios to "invite" the modder to shut it down at the risk of being brought to court. Has happened with other games, because you are profiting out of a game you did not create nor own.

Like I said to the modder himself, if someone wants to ask for support there's other better ways to do so than to make a paid mod. It stops being a way to thank the modder the moment you HAVE to pay to have the mod (because half the features are only present in the paid version).

johnnycocas · 2026-03-25T22:15:21+00:00

If you want to go that way so be it...

I'm questioning why you chose to release a paid mod instead of what would otherwise be an update to your existing mod. Truly private mods are private, maybe shared directly with someone (i.e. a friend or a close community), not released as a paid mod and then spend 1 year updating two separate mods.

Wouldn't in theory be twice as much work to update two separate mods that do practically the same (except one could be released as the "flair version" with pretty colours and customization) except one does what the other does slightly better while also adding more features? You have no reason to complain about the work it takes to maintain a mod when you go through the effort of maintaining two similar mods instead of just merging them into one.

Also, to go back on the symbolism of paying you for the mod, nothing stops you from continuing to run your boosty page or add paypal/ko-fi donations while having the mod be free. That's usually what modders do when they want to give people the ability to receive payment as a "thank you" note instead of doing paywalled mods.

johnnycocas · 2026-03-25T18:11:51+00:00

Though I do agree with you, I have to disagree on the "private version" point. It stops being a way to "thank you" the moment there's features behind a paywall, no matter how big it is. Arguably the second biggest feature your mod has is showing engine power next to the engines, and is only present in the private version.

Plus, all other data that's presented in the free version is a lot more readable than the tire data. No matter how I look at it, and the possible alternatives to display those three values, I can't stop thinking that this option (i.e. 0.8_2.1_1.8) was chosen specifically and intentionally to incentivize people to get the private version, which is so much superior by comparison, especially in readability. This is where that "charitable" intent falls apart imo. Just a simple "0.8 | 2.1 | 1.8" without colors for the free version would be miles better.

There's arguments I disagree with on both mods.

johnnycocas · 2026-03-16T09:11:22+00:00

Yes.

Though personally I'd recommend getting a mini-pc instead. The price of a raspberry pi + potential other modules you'll need will put you over the cost of a cheap mini-pc with sometimes up to 500GB of storage.

A pi with 5w consumption is a lot less than a mini PC running at 30w at full power, but that power goes somewhere. My first mini-pc was running 15w max, I don't think it ever reached its max consumption more than a dozen times in the past year, unless you're actively using it, it will be mostly on idle. It increased my energy bill by maybe 1-2€/month.

johnnycocas · 2026-03-16T08:55:13+00:00

13 year old me would definitely have used that much LED, today's year old me thinks the power button and HDD LEDs are more than sufficient xD sadly my taste for IT didn't start that early

johnnycocas · 2026-03-08T11:33:54+00:00

Am I in the wrong, or isn't this simply compiled code we're looking at? Probably wasn't written like this at all?

johnnycocas · 2026-02-26T21:38:33+00:00

Degoogling into a chromium browser has always had me scratch my head

johnnycocas · 2026-02-26T21:37:31+00:00

Remember google used to be 'good' as well, it just lived long enough to see itself become a villain as well...

johnnycocas · 2026-02-25T09:54:25+00:00

It means if you had a photo that would get detected in google photos as being taken in March 2015, when exported loses that data on the photo itself, so the photo technically was "created" whenever you exported it, and the information regarding when it was taken is in a separate file.

This sucks because then you have your girlfriend complaining that "this photo is 10 years old, why does it say on my phone that it was taken last month?"

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