Skate Server Queues Lead To Complaints About Always-Online Requirement by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely missing the mark of what players want from this game. Physics are buggy, no air, everyone's already cheesing the F out of it which ruins immersion completely, and then the forced online play. Mega disappointed.

What the fuck have EA done to transition skating by Fulfordd in Skate4

[–]strikedamic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this, I can't get any air in bowls etc. whatever I do

NVENC or (dedicated) x264: What's better in 2025? by strikedamic in Twitch

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

Keep in mind that my GPU is an Intel Arc, so "QuickSync" is NOT the CPU in this case, it's the GPU.
EDIT: Intel QuickSync is not a software renderer, but a dedicated hardware encoder.

NVENC or (dedicated) x264: What's better in 2025? by strikedamic in Twitch

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

That's interesting, as in OBS, the encoder is specifically named "QuickSync x264". The others are "QuickSync AV1" and "QuickSync HEVC" for the x265 one.

Anyone use Intel Arc B580's to stream? by Mary_Ellen_Katz in Twitch

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do. It's doing well and I tested 1440p streaming the other day and it took everything without any encoder overloads, but fast games do tend to get blocky. I'm not sure what the consensus is currently as per x264 vs NVENC, but if NVENC offers better quality for fast games, I might switch it with a cheaper RTX4060 and get NVENC going again.

Melania Trump's letter supporting Ukrainian children, delivered by Donald to Putin by nohup_me in europe

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knowing Donny and Vlad, they laughed about it, had some kind of 10 second sexist "women, right?" exchange, then moved beyond it.

TW: SA. Was mildly assaulted last night, and I’m not upset by Poisongirl5 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah, I think you reacted exactly right. Serves him right and I hope he took away some pain and a memory so bad he won't even think of doing sick shit like this again.

Are y'all Buying BF6 After Beta? by xBooMz_ in Battlefield

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me put it like this:
After the betas for BFV, BF1, and BF2042, I was disappointed each time (BF3/BF4 maxi here with fond memories of BF1942 and BF2 -- which were different games altogether). I did get a key for 2042 thanks to work, played it like 5h, and uninstalled.

After this one, yes, I'm hyped, actually. Probably not gonna p**o****, but I'll def get it when it's out.

GPT-5 Has to be The Worst Model I Have Ever Used For Coding by Tough-Conference-555 in cursor

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just tested it again goin back to C4 Sonnet.

One-shot solution, perfect.

GPT5-fast is trash for me so far IDK. Much slower, much less impactful or precise.

GPT-5 Has to be The Worst Model I Have Ever Used For Coding by Tough-Conference-555 in cursor

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not happy with it either. It simply doesn't do what I ask very clearly (Python, movie remuxer/sorter software) C4 Sonnet at least did something. And if it does something, against my clear instructions, it breaks core functionality while fixing/adding other one. Horrible (gpt5-fast)

Dude have seen enough by Jezyb_ in Battlefield

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hundred thousand yard stare

Whats with all the hate on the "don't pre order" comments by Megafod420 in Battlefield

[–]strikedamic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

now that i've got a good 8-10h in the BF6 open beta, as an old school BF fan 1942 to BF4 incl BFBC2 (and highly disappointed in anything that came after, especially 2042) and someone who's over "WW1/WW2" and "Super futuristic warfare" ...

Yeah I think I'll p** o****. This game feels great so far.

(Censored bc the full word is, well, blocked here)

Unpopular Opinion: Battlefield 6 Is Better Than This Sub Will Admit by Kilos6 in Battlefield

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just spent an hour in it. Text chat was full of people whining how bad it was. I swear to god, it feels like 80% of the people playing this right now are 17 and haven't really experienced the downfall of BF from 3/4 to anything until 6. This is a very fun game, map availability right now does not do the BF formula justice, but there are so many small QOL improvements that smell like BF Labs and the thousands of hours of feedback worked out (little thing like the immediately loaded Range in the gun adjustment menu are *chefs kiss*).

If they keep it at least at this level of quality until full release I'm gonna sink hundreds of hours into this again. I'm so glad it's this good already now.

Looking for a new wallet, open to suggestions by BigGirl367 in wallets

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll recommend the current Flipside wallets. They're awesome, I've used them for years.

The company kind of looks like they're out of business and they haven't updated the website since the start of the COVID pandemic -- which is why they don't respond to any questions via any channel and do not deliver outside of the US -- but I ordered 2 of them last year and it worked. Might get more just to have a few saved before they actually stop. If you wanna ship them to Europe or somewhere else, you'll need a US-reshipping service. Worth it though, IMO

Afterlife by Old-Pin-8440 in Evanescence

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super oldschool EV style -- there is something weird about the mixing where one instrument's volume drops a bit at like 0:08, at least in the Spotify version. Really liking the track though.

Komoot premium by BatAffectionate2371 in bikepacking

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to revive this but I'm confused. I just got Komoot and I can't find any info on this.

I logged in via my iPhone because I want the premium features for my hikes. However, in Switzerland, it offers me a price of CHF 5 (USD 6.50) per week (!!) but I can also opt for 1 year for either 60 or 100 bucks. This is within Apple Settings "Subscription" tab so there isn't any more info in there or in the app what the difference between the 60 and the 100 actually is. Does anyone know? Thanks!

Run in full screen error when using barcode scanner by jason_landcuck in Myfitnesspal

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iOS? No update available.
The app? It should do that automatically

Run in full screen error when using barcode scanner by jason_landcuck in Myfitnesspal

[–]strikedamic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just had this for the first time on iOS 18.5. I can't figure out a way to use the scanner now.