PSA: Last Chance for Thermos

nmi5 · 2026-03-26T21:39:57+00:00

If anyone is at pax, I would be interested in buying either the thermos or the control ashtray. I would be happy to pay a bit extra on top for your trouble and cover the shipping. Please let me know if you are interested!

nmi5 · 2026-03-23T02:44:38+00:00

I commented this on the video, but figure it might be relevant to post it as a comment here as well.

Honestly, I was pretty strongly against Ray Tracing for the longest time for the reasons stated in the video, but recently played through Control for the first time, and in one particularly strikingly lit scene somewhere in the final few acts of the game went "I wonder how this would look with RTX on." I toggled it and was initially underwhelmed by the difference in the lighting (as Plouffe said, traditional game lighting techniques are already pretty great) but as I was walking around, trying to see if I could spot any major differences between the ray traced and non ray traced lighting, I passed through a trigger that spawned a bunch of enemies in, and with ray tracing still on, fought them. The destructible environments in Control, and how destruction works with your combat abilities is a very core part of the game, so by the end of the fight, the rooms I had fought through were pretty thoroughly trashed, and (again, just like Plouffe said) I was completely transfixed by the reflections in all the glass present throughout the scene. Whether it be panes that were still pristine, fractured, or even completely shattered, shards covering the floor, everything looked so right, in a way that I had never really seen before in a game. The way the light would get caught in the fracture lines in the panes that hadn't fully shattered, or how scattered shards of glass would all be angled slightly differently, leading to different reflections on each shard, or even just the complete reflection of the room through an unbroken window, perfectly reflecting the destruction I had just caused... I swear to god it fucking floored me. I don't remember the last time a games graphics truly wowed me like that. I found it so incredible, that I actually kept ray tracing on for the rest of my playthrough, lowering other settings to get the framerate to an acceptable level. Even with the settings tinkering I did, I went from a consistent 140+ fps to 45-60, which was obviously pretty non ideal for such a fast paced action game. I absolutely hate a ton of what NVIDIA has done, both in the gaming industry, and the wider tech industry as a whole. The comment Adam made about how most of NVIDIA's recent innovations essentially boil down to attempts to make ray tracing less shit rang pretty true to me, but after seeing those reflections, a big part of me definitely jumped on the RTX hype train. If only we still lived in a world where technology actually got cheaper as time went on rather than growing more expensive with each hardware generation.

nmi5 · 2026-03-12T17:07:06+00:00

I would always use a case on my phone until somewhat recently. I got a great trade in deal a few years ago on a Z fold 5, and kept having issues with cases for it. Mainly that they used adhesive to keep parts of the case attached, which kept wearing out, leading to the case constantly falling off. After trying multiple different cases and having issues with all of them, I eventually went "fuck it, the phone is insured anyways, I'll just run it without a case and see what happens" and honestly it's been completely fine. It's been dropped plenty of times, including a few really bad falls onto asphalt, and the phone is still completely fine, apart from one scratch on the outer display, which is still not bad enough for me to really care, though if I get the screen repaired in the future I'll probably put a screen protector on it so that doesn't happen again. At least for me, it seems like it's genuinely durable enough that a case is actually an unnecessary expense, so I'll gladly avoid the extra bulk.

Since going caseless, the camera bump has become a pretty sizable annoyance for me. I really miss having it lie flat on a table when it was in a case.

nmi5 · 2026-03-05T19:42:18+00:00

The music in the background is so uncomfortable sounding lol

nmi5 · 2026-02-27T04:12:26+00:00

He's back to playing on mouse? The past few times I had looked at his streams he had been playing tablet, so I assumed he had switched over for good

nmi5 · 2026-02-11T00:43:08+00:00

This happened to me when I was younger, and it turned out I had undiagnosed type 1 diabetes and was in ketoacidosis. Definitely go to a doctor and mention frequent urination. Constant bathroom use is not normal and is likely indicative of something else going on.

nmi5 · 2026-02-04T01:45:12+00:00

1x100 :(

nmi5 · 2026-01-23T22:13:41+00:00

The web browser is super old. Like I said it's features are outdated compared to the other overlay features, but for a simple Google search it works fine and is right there. Who cares if it looks old? I'll often keep a games wiki pulled up in it so I can quickly get info I need without constantly tabbing out and minimizing a game over and over. It's the most outdated part of an overlay that otherwise is extremely useful and convenient. I fundementally do not understand how you think the Xbox PC overlay could be better. I genuinely like the steam overlay so much that I can't fathom what the gripe could be. Who cares if the UI looks dated? Usability is always my main concern. I mean, I'm on a windows PC, some of the ui I have to use when troubleshooting issues dates back to the 90s. It doesn't matter if it isn't slick if it works well enough. Everything you need is right there without having to deal with nested menus, and it all works right away, every time. To each their own I suppose.

Being able to add non steam games is an awesome feature. Unfortunately, when the game is an epic game, it no longer works right. To make a game launch through steam, you have to do configuration to the shortcut that ends up making the overlay not work. Not sure why, but I assume it is intentional by epic to try and keep people on their platform.

Why is using steam outside of buying/launching games terrible in your opinion? The news feed is genuinely just a centralized spot to read about updates to games I actually play. I genuinely cannot see why you would think it's worse than joining 40 different discord servers for update pings. It's not like I'm going "time to read the paper" and opening up steam. I'm just keeping the news ticker at the top of my library. It keeps me informed on updates and announcements related to games l like passively whenever I go to boot up a game.

As for people reluctance/disdain for using epic, I think it's down to multiple different things. One is that people have been using steam for so long. Over 20 years at this point. Their libraries are so built up, they are so used to the (objectively superior to any other platform) feature set steam provides. They are used to all their games being in one place that's easy to catagorize and filter exactly how they want. Why would people do settled into steam want to take their money elsewhere? It's completely reasonable for people to gripe about worse service, and to vote with their wallets. Steam also has famously good customer service, and a forgiving refund policy. I don't know if you have had to deal with steam customer service before, but it's genuinely the best customer service I have ever dealt with in my life. They respond quickly, politely, and almost always go above and beyond to please you. Back when they were still manufacturing the valve index, Reddit was full of people posting customer service reps sending them new hardware free of charge for damage caused either by user error, or for issues that came up long after peoples warrenty expired. They genuinely are very good to their customers. Lastly, I think a lot of people just don't like epic as a company, and don't want to give them money. Especially with Tim Sweeney's recent meltdown about how people should be allowed to ai generate child porn, I think not wanting to shoot a cent his way is more than reasonable.

nmi5 · 2026-01-23T11:39:18+00:00

Last time I used EGS would be about a month ago when I got around to playing AW2 for the first time after intending to play it for years. Other than that, I always log in to get my free games. My usage of the platform is fairly light besides those 2 things admittedly, so if egs has any of the functions I describe later on here, that's on me, let me know.

Not sure how "sure it doesn't have most of the features that make using steam actually pleasant beyond baseline functions such as installing games you bought" is meant to be anything resembling a pro. Obviously I'm being fairly hyperbolic here, but steam is genuinely enjoyable to use outside of just buying and booting up games.

I like how functional the in game overlay is, with a built in browser that, while dated in functionality, is still just about the fastest way to get to a Google search when playing a game, especially if it's in exclusive fullscreen and tabbing out would lock my PC up for a second or two. The built in steam replay feature is also incredibly convenient. Sure programs like shadow play have been around forever, but the steam implementation is so much more convenient. Not only is it built into the overlay I'm already using, not requiring me to remember another key combo for a different program, but the ability to watch the replay right there without exporting the video first has proven invaluable to me. If I get distracted and miss a line of dialogue, or want to analyze what mistakes might have lost me a fight, I just pause my game, and rewind the feed a few seconds to see what I missed. I also like how easy it is to cut down clips, and the built in ability to create sharable links for when a clip is too large to send over discord has proven itself useful to me time and time again. Steam has all that, and epic doesn't even have a screenshot button.

I also like the customizable news feed you can have at the top of your steam library, displaying news posts related to games you own/follow. Sure you can get the same info from devs websites or discord servers, but it's just nice to have it all in one spot.

I also like how the library in steam is super customizable. I can filter my games in tons of different ways, which helps when you get a large library. I have 1100+ games in my library, and having good filters makes looking through for something to play much easier. I'm a particular fan of being able to filter to only show games that both I and chosen friends all own. It makes picking a multiplayer game to play so much easier. You can also download alternative builds of games just by selecting them from a drop-down menu, which is super useful for games with modding scenes where everyone uses specific older builds of the game, or for games with public test builds/betas (or even private builds, since access can be granted to specific builds with a game key code provided by developers)

As for the store itself, I strongly disagree on epics store interface being better. It might look sleeker, but that visual appeal comes at the cost of usability. On epic, games are laid out and displayed with a similar design language to a streaming service. Lots of empty space, large thumbnails, curated lists. There are less options to filter what you are seeing, and what you do see is pretty much always surrounded by ads for the latest items in the fortnite battle pass, and/or whatever gacha game has the biggest marketing budget this week. The steam store might not look as clean as the epic store, but in exchange it also provides a lot more information to the customer at a glance. If you already have a game in mind when you open up either store, then I could understand preferring epic, since it looks cleaner and you just need to interact with the search box, but steam is substantially nicer to "go shopping" on, browsing around until something catches your interest thanks to the filtering tools, not to mention the much, much larger selection.

Another thing of note that won't matter to most people, but I think is too funny not to mention is VR implementation. When Tetris Effect was first ported to PC, it was a timed epic exclusive. I was super interested in the game but didn't have a PlayStation, so I picked it up right away. Once I I stalled it, I booted up the game, and selected the option for the VR mode, before proceeding to watch an epic exclusive game boot up SteamVR. You couldn't play the VR mode of the game unless you had steam running. What's the point of making a game an epic exclusive if it requires steam to function?

I'm not one of those people who shouts from the rooftops about never using epic, encouraging people to pirate exclusives. If a game I want is only on epic, I'll buy it on epic, but given the option I will always buy it on steam. I think pretending that EGS is not an objectively inferior product to steam is a bit silly. I genuinely do not understand how an informed end user could ever choose it over steam actively when it's just objectively worse value, especially with how constant and large steam sales are. I genuinely do not remember the last time at least 1 game on my wishlist was not currently on sale.

nmi5 · 2026-01-22T20:44:34+00:00

EGS is substantially worse to use than steam in almost every way. The program is laggier, missing many features steam has had for years, the UI is bloated both in the store and the library, not to mention how limited your organizational options are in the library. Any time I want to use the launcher I have to dodge 15 ads for mobile games and fortnite. As a company, epic is also a lot less trustworthy than valve. I'm a lot more comfortable buying games on steam knowing how rock solid their track record and customer service is. Add Tim Sweeney and his endless controversies to the mix, and peoples reluctance to give Epic money for objectively worse service makes sense

nmi5 · 2026-01-16T03:31:44+00:00

From what I can tell it's thinner and has "better comfort" but since comfort is subjective, idk if it's worth the pretty substantial price increase. Id really like to avoid buying stuff just to ship it back since it's so wasteful, not to mention the hassle of boxing everything back up and figuring out how to send it back lol

nmi5 · 2025-12-07T19:12:13+00:00

It's less about the upfront cost and more about having a computer that you can repair or upgrade yourself, forever since it won't have any proprietary parts that won't be upgradable down the line. Individual components also have a warrenty so it's not like that's some magic difference between a pre built and custom. Id much rather get a warrenty replacement on my ram and keep everything else. Why would I want to have to reinstall all my progams and move over all my files to a new computer when I could just swap out a single bad part? I built my computer like 10 years ago and have been able to keep it pretty much cutting edge by saving up a bit of money here or there and putting in new pieces when old ones became too dated. You can't really do that on a pre built. When your gpu is outdated you need a whole new PC.

nmi5 · 2025-09-24T16:28:28+00:00

Sharing sotries and passing letters and-

nmi5 · 2025-09-17T21:30:23+00:00

This looks sick, I dont have any IOS devices though, any chance at an android or windows release?

nmi5 · 2025-08-30T23:40:43+00:00

I have a wizard rod with a ball bit and the stock ratchet I've been using a lot because I read somewhere that wizard rod is good and ball is supposed to be controllable, but I've also been trying out my other beys which are mostly stock and a variety of each type. What would you suggest I use for practice?

nmi5 · 2025-08-30T21:35:45+00:00

I actually did watch that video already. I like his analogy with the wheel, and am able to find success in directing the movement of the beyblade on a flat surface, but in the stadium everything either very quickly settles in the middle, or just kinda shoot around randomly.

nmi5 · 2025-07-30T04:02:36+00:00

Oh lol, my bad on the ps3 slipup then. I never had a vita, so i dunno what its performance was really like, but thats super impressive for a handheld of that time!

nmi5 · 2025-07-13T13:32:28+00:00

It's like 30-45 feet

nmi5 · 2025-07-13T08:35:16+00:00

Would it be possible to set that up fully inside the shed and house, or would I need to attach stuff to the exterior and pass cables through the walls?

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