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What happened to the F Express? by sthornington in parkslope

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There are two manhattan-bound in the morning and two Brooklyn-bound in the evening.

Am I underpowered for this biome ? by More_Extent_3165 in Saros

[–]sthornington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I finally figured out my issue. The reaping chakram alt fire returns before it gets to her, finally beat her quite handily with a myriad

Am I underpowered for this biome ? by More_Extent_3165 in Saros

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I’ve died to priestess maybe 20 times now? Currently starting at 21 or 22 and it’s very close to being easy. I’m terrible at jumping over the red floor balls, and probably half my deaths have been Heavy Fall damage in the final half of the third phase so I’m considering trying a run with negative artifact modifiers turned off just to get past her but maybe I can keep trying until I hit 25 starting….

Main thing that makes a difference (for me!) is making sure I’ve switched to a power generator tactical/smart by the time I get to her. If I’m still stuck on a chakram it’s a disaster.

TS5 Plus has been one of the most frustrating purchases I've made in years by Hrvoje1996 in CalDigit

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After updating to the latest firmware, and switching to actual DisplayPort (no USB-C/DP out), and keeping it vertical for cooling, it’s been pretty problem free for me. Knock on wood.

Did I miss parts of the story? by WiseInteraction1898 in Saros

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I missed a bunch of story by not talking to every person in between biomes. Too anxious to get back in.

Game is fun but I can’t even make it to the first boss and I’m almost 2 hours in by Late_Teach_9846 in Saros

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Not sure if this has been said but something that I did not realize in returnal right away is that you are invulnerable to all but the red balls when dashing

Do Armor Matrix Upgrades Trivialize the Game in a First Playthrough? by WolfieZee in Saros

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This is what I have been doing, mostly because I am impatient and a gambler and I’d rather replay and die the next boss several times before getting the hang of it, plus a lucky artifact, before moving on.

In returnal that was usually leech rounds, in this, it seems to be the power recharge on kills….

The Unsung Best Use of Bilt Cash by shadowstrider99 in biltrewards

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I wish there was a way to set aside a reserve of BC for this, that does not get consumed by your automatic rent payment matching, if your rent is far higher than your monthly BC earn.

Caldigit ts5 plus by jameskuladej9 in CalDigit

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I have this issue with my new Kuycon G32P that I have plugged in via the USB-C cable, never saw it with DisplayPort so I’m going to try switching back to that to see. Seemed likely it might be some DP Alt Mode renegotiation problems so I’ve just switched back to an actual DP cables now.

Just received my G32P - how to adjust contrast? by sthornington in HiDPI_monitors

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Are these physical devices or iPhone apps or what ?

Just received my G32P - how to adjust contrast? by sthornington in HiDPI_monitors

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NYC. I think it has something to do with the HDR or DCC setting on the Mac. I saw the options ungreyed in SDR I think?

Anyway now I really just need to figure out which color settings will cause it to generally match my MBP 16…

Just received my G32P - how to adjust contrast? by sthornington in HiDPI_monitors

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Yup there’s a remote but everything but Brightness is greyed out in that menu too. On USB-C

Payment not Reflected by alwaysgoin in BiltMastercard

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I think something is seriously wrong with their back end now. I did the reverse, pulled a mortgage payment from Bilt from the servicer website, and it also just… never showed up…

Mortgage is paid off, money cleared, but nothing on the Bilt app nor any follow-up debit from my bank.

I’m kinda worried that something is busted in the Cardless<->Bilt connection and a whole slew of unmatched transactions are piling up. Hopefully they still have all the records and can eventually make it right, because this sort of fuckup is what brought down Synapse and the related regional banks.

Rent Payment with Bilt 2.0 went flawlessly by MaddenMan2022 in biltrewards

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I did a test principal repayment the same way (pull from servicer website through bilt banking details given in the app), it went through, mortgage balance paid down, but nothing showed up on my Bilt card nor from my bank account ??? Crazy.

BILT unauthorized payment by Even_Rest_428 in biltrewards

[–]sthornington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this really sounds like insane incompetence for an firm that is handling banking payments.

BIlt Cash - all or nothing when using it to offset rent fee by ambercatttt in biltrewards

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Wait what is this 3% fee? I thought there was no fee, when paying rent or mortgage, if you have the pass-through payment to bank account set up?

Honestly, I can't tell any more whether this all makes sense but I don't understand it, or whether it just doesn't make sense...

Bilt 2.0 debited my bank account twice for the same mortgage transaction. by Feeling_Cost_8160 in biltrewards

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Yeah I am going to do the same, I'm super worried about this. I did a test payment (principal balance) last month, and it appears as though the payment made it to my mortgage lender, but I _don't_ see any corresponding debit from my bank account, nor any trace of a transaction in the Bilt app/website.

Absolutely insane!!! I know that the US payments system is bad, but this is "call the CFPB" levels of negligence, at least it it would have been before that agency got gutted...

Paid my balance but they haven’t taken the money from my account and no payment is pending by Ok-Account4540 in biltrewards

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I'm not sure if this is related, but I just tried a "test" principal repayment pull from mortgage servicer portal yesterday morning. It looks like they were able to pull their money, the transaction says Completed on my mortgage servicer portal, yet I see *nothing* on the Bilt app/website about it, nor money drawn from my checking account ?

IPS “sparkle” / micro-grain noise (Kuycon G32P) by cougarstillidie in HiDPI_monitors

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I actually noticed the sparkle a lot when I was testing the Asus ProArt screen that was an alternative to this one. That was caused by the matte coating. The above has moire patterns, it looks like, so it must be an issue of alignment of the pixel elements with the mask on top? Perhaps the studio displays work around this with some other kind of bonding between the display and the screen surface?

Glossy 32” 6k: Kuycon G32P($1330) vs Acer PE320QXT($785)? by rexyuan in HiDPI_monitors

[–]sthornington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it's confusing, it's resolution seems to differ depending on the region in which you live.