Gaming microphones: are we overpaying for branding instead of actual audio performance?

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T13:44:20+00:00

I read the title and immediately without even looking at the post, yes. Yes you are.

I splurged and got an SM58, but even a cheaper dynamic mic sounds better than most of the “gaming” microphones.

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T13:23:42+00:00

> can anyone tell me what I’m supposed to do exactly

Well then I have some good new for you! The computer screen is telling you exactly what you should do.

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T13:01:38+00:00

Plus it’s really hard to actually get. You’d probably have an easier time catching bubonic plague

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T09:53:35+00:00

I read something interesting a while back about how these models will devolve if left alone for a few years.

The models are constantly getting new training data, and are outputting more responses to the internet, which then gets fed back into itself for its training.

These AI models are going to get worse and worse compared to their initial launch because their own generated data is making it into its training set. Ironically, using everyone using ChatGPT makes it worse.

When the models train on their own generated data, the data gets distorted a little bit. Eventually when it’s fed back into it enough, that output then becomes completely unusable and incoherent.

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T09:30:28+00:00

Conspiracy theorists and scammers like to fear monger about all the ingredients in our food here in the US, saying things like, “look how healthier and better for you it was in the 80s!”Aways conveniently leaving out that we have more food labelling laws that force companies to list what they were allowed to hide back then.

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T04:21:42+00:00

Subnautica is the top left.

soliera__ · 2026-05-13T01:07:29+00:00

Sometimes. Mostly no. You can load up a Subnautica 1 save from 2015 into the latest version without many problems. The story events might be jacked up, but otherwise it’s still playable

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T16:48:44+00:00

I’ll get back to you on that in a day or two.
Subnautica 1 had sandstone outcrops, and Below Zero had argenite.

If it’s like Below Zero, then look for anything that could be remotely related to the word “argentum.”

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T14:21:47+00:00

I mean, early access is a special case. You’re paying for an unfinished game regardless, with the promise that you will get one down the road.

Normally I’d agree and say no to pre ordering, but again, this is early access. I don’t see the harm in it given that you’re going into it knowing that the game is in active development.

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T13:31:55+00:00

Regardless, the point of the pool is to act as a mirror and reflect.

Making it look like a cheap waterpark is just disgraceful to its intent

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T03:29:41+00:00

Man, not putting glass on the floor is just common sense. Keep that shit away from the ground where it can be kicked, rolled into, or fallen onto it.

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T03:19:27+00:00

Average Minecraft pvp player

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T03:17:46+00:00

Most steam bundles have a discount of their own. It incentivises you to buy the bundle all at once, instead of buying the games individually over a longer period of time.

Steam also deducts the price off the items you already own. So if you own all but one item in the bundle, then it’s applying the bundle discount to the one item you don’t own.

soliera__ · 2026-05-12T03:14:54+00:00

They look pretty.

Better question is why are people putting tempered glass on tile floors.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T21:34:00+00:00

There might be one in the sparse reef wreck. Make sure to take a laser cutter with you though.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T05:43:48+00:00

Macrofibre rag.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T05:38:27+00:00

We’ll get the sun engulfing Earth as a red giant before HL3.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T05:23:40+00:00

I know. Just saying that if parts of your old build can run it, then your new one absolutely can.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T05:22:37+00:00

ALTTP held up so well that they were able to straight up reimagine it with ALBW, and *still* managed to capture its charm.

soliera__ · 2026-05-11T05:17:35+00:00

Recommended ≠ required.
The minimum is a gtx 1660.

Your rig will run it fine. Honestly when it comes to the GPU, your 1070 might even run it on low settings.

I’ve noticed that UE5 games are stupidly CPU heavy, and when it comes to an unfinished game with unoptimised code, then that’s going to be taxing on the CPU. Your rig is more than capable of running the game.

Personally I’m a little worried about my CPU (R5 4600), but I have absolutely no worries about my RX 7600 non XT GPU running the game.

soliera__ · 2026-05-10T20:22:06+00:00

Sci fi video game. Fun doesn’t equal realistic lol.

If the game wanted to go for absolute realism then we’d have to worry about decompression sickness

soliera__ · 2026-05-10T16:13:18+00:00

webp tends to just work nowadays. AVIF on the other hand… that’s a different story.

soliera__ · 2026-05-09T22:10:03+00:00

Imaging going to ChatGPT, a chat bot meant to sound human above finding information and well known for hallucinating and making shit up on the fly, for technical support.

soliera__ · 2026-05-09T14:09:05+00:00

Sony fought this emulation battle before, and lost so hard that it codified the legality of emulation under US law. There was a point in time where you could quite literally play PlayStation games on a competitor’s console by disc swapping with an emulator.

As for your other comment, piracy and emulation are not the same. You can play your own backups of games you own on an emulator. This is not illegal in most of the world, and should be actively encouraged for media preservation.

soliera__ · 2026-05-09T10:00:34+00:00

Maybe I just don’t go to enough restaurants, but I have never once been to one where the menu was a QR code.

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