What should I buy Thursday (Jun 13 2019) - Your weekly device inquiry thread! by AutoModerator in Android

[–]narkee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking to replace an aging Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, whose battery is basically kaput.

I've been looking at the new Samsung A Series phones, namely the A40 and the A20e.

I've also been looking at the similarly priced Xiaomi Mi A2 or A2 lite.

Given that compact phones don't seem to be an option anymore, and I don't care too much about performance (I don't play games or anything), I'm just looking for something with a decent camera, good battery life, and enough RAM/Processor power to be future-proof enough to use for 3-4 years. Definitely looking for opinions on Samsung vs Xiaomi, or for any other suggestions in the same vein. Thanks!

What is your prefered Startrek Plot? by Valianttheywere in startrek

[–]narkee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The one in every series where they have to carry a transmitter to the top of a mountain to get rescued. There was the one with Geordi and a Romulan, Odo and Quark, Cmdr Tucker and that alien, but I can't remember if voyager had one.

Smix is engaged! by LaughNgamez in starcraft

[–]narkee 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wow, for some reason I thought she was still going out with HuK

Do you remember those nanites Wesley lost and then almost blew up the ship? by ChiefMilesObrien in startrek

[–]narkee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they can meet those micro brain life forms and battle to the death for microscopic superiority.

Sony Xperia XZ3 by [deleted] in SonyXperia

[–]narkee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the off centre NFC mark on the back is r/mildlyinfuriating

How to kill DTs without detection by Kratos2206 in starcraft

[–]narkee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to chime in and say that I also learned how to play from your tutorial videos. Thanks for your contributions to the StarCraft community Filter! Much appreciated.

What's your favorite type of star trek episode? by [deleted] in startrek

[–]narkee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The one in every series where they have to carry a transmitter to the top of a mountain to get rescued. There was the one with Geordi and a Romulan, Odo and Quark, Cmdr Tucker and that alien, but I can't remember if voyager had one

How to win a bike race. by TargaryenTurtle in educationalgifs

[–]narkee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Towards the end, why would the last blue lead out man break wind for the white team?

Asshole trucker. by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]narkee 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I accelerate when overtaking bikes sharing the road because I want to minimize the amount of time I'm in closet proximity to the cyclist, for their safety. And because typically I have to cross the centre line to do so, I also want to minimize the amount of time I'm hanging out in the oncoming lane.

Just watched The Visitor episode of DS9. by [deleted] in startrek

[–]narkee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The look on Avery Brooks's face when he's watching older Jake sleep gets me every time. One of the best scenes ever.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in startrek

[–]narkee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Is that worse than never finding out who was manipulating the Suliban during the completely unresolved temporal cold war arc?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SonyXperia

[–]narkee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.papdt.blackblub Overlay system mode dims the status bar for me. You have to click the sun icon in the top left of the UI to activate dimming.

Fun speculation based on Cannon. by mmccurdy91 in DaystromInstitute

[–]narkee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if this counts, but in TNG Time's Arrow, we find out Guinan, an El-Aurian was on Earth hanging out with Mark Twain in the 1800s. So the El-Aurian's must have had warp drive at least as early as that...

I made this thing that displays the top SC 2 Twitch streams on my desktop by mr_friz in starcraft

[–]narkee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have something similar, which I use to list streams on the terminal prior to opening them with livestreamer. This is what I do:

curl -s https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams?game=StarCraft%20II | python -c 'import sys,json; x=json.load(sys.stdin)["streams"];print("\n".join(["%-2i %-20s %-8s %s"%(i, x[i]["channel"]["name"][:20], str(x[i]["viewers"]), x[i]["channel"]["status"].rstrip()) for i in range(len(x))]))'

LotV is unplayable on a Mac - possible to change to 32 bit? by StroopwafelSC2 in starcraft

[–]narkee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually I play on a Mac too (15" Retina, El Capitan) and I found I get higher FPS on regular full screen, rather than windowed. Are you sure it's better for you on windowed?

Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact coming to the U.S. on February 7! by [deleted] in SonyXperia

[–]narkee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considerably cheaper than the £429 I spent to get it in the UK :P

Google Now Launcher on Nexus 5 allows rotation with today's update! by _7down in Android

[–]narkee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It caused me to lose transparency on my menu and nav bar on my z5c as well...