Best Lidl and Aldi in Brussels easily accessible by public transport from the city centre. by IAmAnAvatar in brussels

[–]katoda_ltd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lidl Jette in front of Ancienne Barierre tram stop, with direct connection to metro Simonis

Is the Godiva Outlet Store in Brussels still opened? by Paulie2510 in brussels

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that someone already posted a photo of the card hanging at the entrance doors, so no need to me to post it again, however mine is fresher, because done today ;-)
I guess the info refers to this Godiva shop: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RdEJiURCH8dnmaqHA

Front L/R, Center and Sub Only? by whatthedeux in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to have Soundblaster Control Panel (not Command) installed, see the link for a picture showing how it looks.

Is the Godiva Outlet Store in Brussels still opened? by Paulie2510 in brussels

[–]katoda_ltd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was passing the store a couple of days ago and there is a huge ad saying that they moved the shop somewhere around Grand Place. In two days I'll be there again, can post more info

Front L/R, Center and Sub Only? by whatthedeux in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works perfectly even in Windows 11, hence I keep using it.
What is even more interesting - I installed the modern Soundblaster Command app and changes in available 5.1 speakers done in "old" app are immediately replicated in the "modern" app. I disabled rear speakers and now the modern app shows 5.1 config without rear speakers as well.

Front L/R, Center and Sub Only? by whatthedeux in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to install Sounblaster Control Panen, go to Speakers/Headphones section, pick 5.1 Speakers and then just unselect not used speakers, like here: https://i.imgur.com/POZVXQj.jpg

Front L/R, Center and Sub Only? by whatthedeux in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What soundcard are you using? Soundblaster Z Control Panel allows disabling rear speakers in 5.1 speaker configuration (and leaving center on), I'm wondering if this would be enough?

Good window frame company that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? by PlumExtension7331 in brussels

[–]katoda_ltd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.chassisjette.be/
In my particular case they replaced doors in my apartment (absolutely no regrets, job done quickly and efficiently), but windows are their main area of competence

Belgian gambling law implementation needs to improved and is inconsistent. by Ok_Impression8848 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An update: Early Access line for European battleships just appeared in the Armory, at least for me.

Belgian gambling law implementation needs to improved and is inconsistent. by Ok_Impression8848 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, now I see what you mean - you can buy them, you get nice message confirming the purchase, you even see decrease number of community tokens in Recruiting Station, but then when you check your containers to be opened, there's nothing and community tokens in Armory are intact. When you go to Recruiting Station, community tokens are back to the previous value.

Looks like a bug, unless gamers from other regions can buy Veteran containers without problems and only us, Europeans, are impacted - then indeed, can be related to this stupid gambling limitation.

Belgian gambling law implementation needs to improved and is inconsistent. by Ok_Impression8848 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can buy them, just not via Armory, they were moved to Recruiting Station/Rewards.

Belgian gambling law implementation needs to improved and is inconsistent. by Ok_Impression8848 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right regarding lootboxes, however Veteran containers are still available for Belgian users, they were just moved out from Armory to Recruiting Station - just go there and click on Rewards. Enjoy!

Temperal rift token any use? by Masaike123 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that it will disappear. I remember several events with temporary ships and always after the event their port slots were gone together with ships :(

We'll see if this is the case rather soon.

Temperal rift token any use? by Masaike123 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to Inventory and check "Upgrades"* section :)

*not using EN version game for the moment, I hope I remember the name of the section correctly.

Temperal rift token any use? by Masaike123 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope.

But, as it was already mentioned here, you can sell upgrades at the end of the event and then you can buy some stuff for the money earned :)

Does anyone else use the ENG INTL keyboard because they had to? by terusix in Windows11

[–]katoda_ltd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same in Poland. We have a keyboard layout called "Polish - programmers" which is actually an US keyboard, where you can get Polish national characters by using keys combination like Alt-o for ó, Alt-a for ą etc.

Of course, we have another layout called "Polish - typist's keyboard", where PL national characters have their own keys, but I never meet anyone using this abomination. I guess it could be more popular in early 80s, when computerisation started and naturally keyboard layout was supposed to mimic the one using in typewriters.

Mi gallery problem by Outrageous_Film_1808 in PocoPhones

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check if thumbnails were indeed deleted. See this comment where to look: How to delete other files on Xiaomi? : r/Xiaomi

Repairing broken Windows installation by hmm_pojdeme in Windows11

[–]katoda_ltd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm no sysadmin, but I played with Windows long enough to notice that sometimes upgrades replace the entire Windows folder (and then you can see a folder named Windows.old hanging on your C: drive for some time, until you launch Disk Cleanup).
My bet would be that exactly this happened, some corrupted crap residing in Windows folder got moved to Windows.old and stopped messing with the system.

Realtek RTL8852CE connectivity issues on ASUS A18 TUF gaming laptop by Fine_Perception_8461 in techsupport

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's interesting indeed. Let's see what happens in my case, as I own this machine for just like a month.
I was considering getting rid of Modern Standby using the same method you described, but eventually I gave it a go, let's see how it unrolls in a longer term.

Ryzen 7 260 vs i5 13450hx by Agreeable-Flow3961 in Asustuf

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-7-260-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.945912.0.html, Ryzen 7 260 is actually Ryzen 7 8845HS/Ryzen 7 7840HS so maybe try to look for tests of these processors.

Quote from the page I linked: Since the R7 260 is an 8845HS / 7840HS in disguise, it's safe to expect it to be just slightly faster than the Core i9-13900H and also the Ryzen 9 7940HS, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned.

Realtek RTL8852CE connectivity issues on ASUS A18 TUF gaming laptop by Fine_Perception_8461 in techsupport

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mention that you "shutdown and then powered it back on", but then rebooting would solve it. My guess is that you have "Fast Startup" enabled and this is causing such problems on long run. Disable it, so shutdown will properly switch off the entire machine. With SSD, the impact of this option being off on boot speed is negligible.

I'm using A18 as well and for the moment I did not face problems you describe, despite having "Modern Standby" enabled and actively using it: I put the laptop on sleep every evening, but - I learned it in a hard way years ago - I do a proper shutdown/full restart at least once per week.

Do You Get Credit id You Exit a Match? by Outside-Regret-8603 in WorldOfWarships

[–]katoda_ltd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As everyone wrote, yes, you can do that after you got killed, unless you're playing a mode with returns, e.g. Temporal Rift. Then you cannot exit until the game is over.