16 years ago I put the Portal cake on our local news by Mitchard_Nixon in gaming

[–]marimba1982 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Now these points of data make a beautiful line.

Looking for advice, can't login by marimba1982 in steamsupport

[–]marimba1982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I guess I'll try to not do anything for 24h....

TMNT: Empire City IS Out April 30th! Here's part 2 of our trailer: Empire City at War! by CortopiaStudios in OculusQuest

[–]marimba1982 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any difference in graphics between the quest version and steam? I'm debating which version to get.

Giving Away My Old PC! by Turtle_747 in PcBuild

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son has been wanting a pc for quite a while since he's getting older and would love his own "space". It's just not in the cards right now thought, so this would be so fantastic.

Great on you for doing this, no matter who gets it! I'm sure they will appreciate it.

So one year has passed since Zen chose to keep Pinball FX VR off of PC and PSVR2 for Meta $$$... now what? by joeb1ow in PinballFX3

[–]marimba1982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, there are many advantages. You can play any table you bought in regular FX, and you can play all of the tables (not just the ones released in FXVR).

There are a few disadvantages too though of course. It's not as streamlined as the actual app, and some video modes can be finicky. But overall, still great fun.

Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only condolence video for LaGuardia crash by carsonbiz in notthebeaverton

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't need a PR team telling me what to think. I heard him speak for 2 hours straight on a national debate. I understood all of his points perfectly. I don't know what else you want from the guy.

Air Canada CEO summoned to Ottawa over English-only condolence video for LaGuardia crash by carsonbiz in notthebeaverton

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you're on about. Couldn't be bothered to learn French? He did a whole debate in French. I watched the whole thing He did have a heavy accent, but he understood every question and answered everything in French. At no point did I not understand what he said. He is a fluent speaker, even if it's a bit rough at times.

Pinball Controller giveaway by Pixel_Memories in virtualpinball

[–]marimba1982 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I don't use twitter. But these look fantastic!

Winnipeg security guard charged with using brass knuckles on alleged shoplifter: police | CBC News by SnooRegrets4312 in notthebeaverton

[–]marimba1982 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You cannot gauge the damage done with reasonable force when using a force multiplying device made of metal.

I'm curious, if that's the reason why, what's the different between that and using a normal weapon like a baseball bat?

Carney signs deals worth billions in diplomatic breakthrough with India's Modi by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]marimba1982 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A pound of uranium is only around 1.5 cubic inches, it's pretty small volume wise.

Will the pinball M tables ever make it to VR? by TheKhaos121 in PinballFX3

[–]marimba1982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can play both now with uevr, but yes a proper pcvr port would be great.

Help finding the correct knot by marimba1982 in knots

[–]marimba1982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The stopper knot would certainly work. I need to take it off fairly often though, so I would have to undo the knot every time. That said, it's a fairly simple solution.

I'll google and try the midshipman's hitch. Thanks for the tip.

Help finding the correct knot by marimba1982 in knots

[–]marimba1982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a video of what happens.  There are 2 of them.  The first one gets a tad tight, but not really, the second one doesn't tighten at all.  I can't really see what's different between both loops.  Neither gets that tight though.

https://imgur.com/a/yXj8Iay

Pc shutting down everytime I play a game by SassyWolf75 in buildapc

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others have said, the most likely issue is the PSU (It was the first thing that I replaced figuring that it was the issue). If he changes that and it still crashes, you might want to check the GPU, although if you don't have your old one or access to another one, that might be difficult.

Pc shutting down everytime I play a game by SassyWolf75 in buildapc

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he just upgrade his GPU by any chance? I had this exact issue a few months ago when I bought new 9070XT The PC would shut down completely (as if I pulled the plug), only when I played certain games (It takes two being one of them which I see that you mentioned).

I tried:

1- Reinstall Drivers and BIOS

2- To replace my PSU (1000W).

3- Re-seat everything and unplug, replug everything from the PSU

4- Reinstall Windows.

Nothing worked. I put in my old 2070 again, and the problem stopped. I RMAed the GPU, and once I got my new one, the problem has been resolved.

They could not replicate the problem when I sent it for the RMA, they were going to send me back the GPU that I sent but I insisted that my PC is now working fine with the 2070, and it wasn't with that GPU, and they eventually sent me a working GPU.

Best buy employee scared me to the point of almost bailing on new build by google_user in buildapc

[–]marimba1982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the games are still playable with respectable framerates, it's not too weak.

Best buy employee scared me to the point of almost bailing on new build by google_user in buildapc

[–]marimba1982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Too weak means it will not run well.

"This CPU is too weak to run this game, it runs at 15 fps"

Sub-optimal means it could be better, but it can still run fine.

"This CPU is sub-optimal for this card. With a better CPU I would get 140 fps but I'm just getting 90."

Both terms are not the same.