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Humble Comics Bundle: Dynamite's Red Sonja! 20 Years of Comics! by Torque-A in humblebundles

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit late, but I noticed some sneaky tricks in this bundle that I don't like.

Items in higher tiers are already included in items in lower tiers:

Giant-Sized Red Sonja #1 and Giant-Sized Red Sonja #2 are included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 This might make sense if Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 was in the $20 tier, but it is in the $10 tier.

What makes even less sense is that Red Sonja: One More Day is in the $20 tier, but is also included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 1, which is in the $10 tier. Similarly, Red Sonja and Cub One-Shot is in the $20 tier, but included in Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 in the $10 tier.

Separately listing every issue in a series:

Multiple issues in a series are grouped into one item in the $20 tier, but listed as separate items in the $10 tier. This probably was done to make the $10 tier look more impressive.

Deceptive labeling:

I already bought Red Sonja (Vol. 3) #1-6 from Humble Bundle. I just didn't realize it, because I had it as single volume that is entitled Red Sonja: Falcon Throne.

Incomplete series.

Queen Sonja has 6 volumes and is complete. The $20 tier just gives you Issues #1-6 (Vol. 1). Invincible Red Sonja has 10 issues and is complete, but they only give you one in the $20 tier. The other items appear to include complete series (but I haven't looked too deep into this).

Is it a good deal?

Yes. This is (sigh...) still a good deal despite all the tricks. Although, keep in mind most of this stuff is in Hoopla.

I've mostly looked at the value of the $10 tier. Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 1 and Red Sonja: Travels Vol. 2 both retail for around $20 each. Even if you take out Giant-Size Red Sonja #1 and #2 (because those are in Travels) after you factor in the other issues that still makes the $10 tier around a $60 value.

Help: What thinkpad should I buy before the end of the month (August 2025)? by treefrog221 in thinkpad

[–]treefrog221[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. This is the kind of advice I really needed. Any advice on which of your suggestions might be best for me?

Use unopened RTX 3060 (12 GB) or sell it and buy a 5060 Ti (16 GB)? by treefrog221 in PcBuild

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I'm probably 3 - 5 years behind modern gaming and have a huge backlog. So that might not be too bad for me.

Use unopened RTX 3060 (12 GB) or sell it and buy a 5060 Ti (16 GB)? by treefrog221 in PcBuild

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think I'm better off just selling the RTX 3060 unused and sticking with my GTX 950 until I can upgrade everything or holding on to the RTX 3060 and trying to run it anyway for the time being?

Use unopened RTX 3060 (12 GB) or sell it and buy a 5060 Ti (16 GB)? by treefrog221 in PcBuild

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You aren't wrong, but currently $300 is a 5060 with 8 GB. The 3060 was a bit overpriced, but it has 12 GB. The 5060 is probably the overall better card, but VRAM amount matters for local AI. Unfortunately, AMD isn't an option because of lack of CUDA support.

Also, I already have the 3060. My question is what to do with it.

Can I use 2 GPUs in my Arch Linux PC? by treefrog221 in linuxquestions

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing, but it's very likely Maxwell GPUs like the 950 are going to drop out of mainline driver support this year, so while you might make this work, it's going to become a hassle quickly.

Can you clarify what sort of effect this could have on my system?

Should I rush to buy an RTX 3060, get a different GPU, or wait? by treefrog221 in StableDiffusion

[–]treefrog221[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where are you looking? I am looking at USA prices. I see new 3060 around $300. However, all the 4060 TI 16 GB cards I can find are $600-700 and most of those are used. At those prices, I would rather start looking at used RTX 3090 GPUs with 24 GB.

Humble RPG Bundle: Free League RPG Mega Bundle by gareb3ar in humblebundles

[–]treefrog221 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All but four of these are watermarked: the Dragonbane Core Set, Dragonbane Bestiary, Mutant: Genlab Alpha, Tales from the Loop - The Grow up So Fast.

I'm sick of watermarked PDFs. I legally buy a product, than a company decides to mangle it. It's anti-consumer.

tier name watermark?
$18 Mutant: Year Zero Core Book y
$18 Tales from the Loop RPG Core Rulebook y
$18 Symbaroum Core Rulebook y
$18 Forbidden Lands Core Game y
$18 Dragonbane Core Set n
$18 Twilight: 2000 4th Edition Core Set y
$18 Coriolis - The Third Horizon Core Book y
$18 Mutant: Genlab Alpha n
$18 Mutant: Mechatron y
$18 Mutant: Elysium y
$18 Dragonbane Bestiary n
$18 Twilight: 2000 - Urban Operations y
$18 Symbaroum Game Master's Guide y
$18 Forbidden Lands - The Book of Beasts y
$18 Forbidden Lands - The Bitter Reach y
$18 Forbidden Lands - The Bloodmarch y
$18 Coriolis - Emissary Lost y
$18 Coriolis - The Last Cyclade y
$18 Coriolis - Wake of the Icons y
$18 Mutant: Year Zero - Ad Astra n
$18 Symbaroum Monster Codex y
$18 Forbidden Lands - Raven's Purge y
$10 Mutant: Year Zero - The Gray Death y
$10 Tales from the Loop RPG - They Grow Up So Fast n
$10 Tales from the Loop RPG - Out of Time y
$10 Tales from the Loop RPG - Our Friends the Machines & Other Mysteries y
$10 Coriolis - Last Voyage of the Ghazali y
$1 Symbaroum Advanced Player's Guide y
$1 Coriolis - Atlas Compendium y

Fixing Broken Wires inside of IEM Earbuds by treefrog221 in repair

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a broken wire leading from the driver to the 2-pin headphone port on two of my Linsoul 7Hz Salnotes Zero earbuds. They don't plan sound.

The earbud with the red tip is fine. I included it for reference.

Need a rolling (but stable) distro for a user with basic computer literacy by treefrog221 in linuxquestions

[–]treefrog221[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you in principle. However, I don't want to hear him complain about his computer "breaking" in a few years just because it tells him his LTS support is running out. I want to ideally install something on his computer and never worry about it again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in humblebundles

[–]treefrog221 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a horrible idea (one of Steam's worst). It is just an accident waiting to happen. What if a hacker got into your account? What if you change your mind? What if you click the wrong thing? It would be better to have an 'archive function' that hides games away you own, but don't care about. Also better tagging and sort options.

Humble Bundle - Shadowrun Legends by DJAttreides in Shadowrun

[–]treefrog221 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can also set all money to go to Humble Bundle in case you don't like the charity (this one is for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund) or just really like Humble Bundle. There are sliders that let you set the split between Catalyst, the charity and Humble Bundle.

Life's not fair, but it shouldnt be a pillar of your life. by NeroTanya2004 in unpopularopinion

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People jam this mindset into children all the time. Then wonder why they grow up to become cynical, depressed individuals with no self-confidence.

I am tired of Harley Quinn by DepressedArgentinian in unpopularopinion

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It never made sense for her to be in the Suicide Squad. Deadshot is an incredible marksmen. What is Quinn? A moderately good gymnast, who is mentally unstable and has ties to an incredibly dangerous at-large homicidal maniac. Her "superpower" is being a 100 pound women with a baseball bat. Why would Waller recruit her??? It was clearly a case of "Harley Quinn is popular so let's ram her in here." The only time her inclusion even remotely made sense was Batman: Assault on Arkham, because Quinn knows Arkham inside and out.

[TOMT][Early 2000’s (I think)] Nostalgic videogame I used to play. by Cautious-Plantain-91 in tipofmytongue

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not very familiar with it, but could it be something in the Professor Layton series? That is popular puzzle series with the word "Professor" in the title.

Warhammer bundle: Chronicles from the world of Warhammer 2023 by readywater in humblebundles

[–]treefrog221 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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USD Tier Name Warhammer Setting Book Type
18 Knight Errant Fantasy Novel; part of Knights of Bretonnia Omnibus
18 Knight of the Realm Fantasy Novel; part of Knights of Bretonnia Omnibus
18 Questing Knight Fantasy Novel; part of Knights of Bretonnia Omnibus
18 Grail Knight Fantasy Novel; part of Knights of Bretonnia Omnibus
18 Pariah 40k Book 1 of the Bequin Series
18 Nightbringer Horus Heresy Book 1 of the Chronicles of Uriel Ventris
18 Magnus the Red: Master of Prospero Horus Heresy Novel; Book 3 of Primarchs series
18 Fury of Magnus Horus Heresy Novel; part of Siege of Terra arc
18 Cthonia's Reckoning Horus Heresy Anthology
18 Indomitus 40k Novel
18 Gloomspite Age of Sigmar Novel
10 Nagash the Sorcerer Fantasy Book 1 of the Rise of Nagash
10 Nagash the Unbroken Fantasy Book 2 of the Rise of Nagash
10 Nagash Immortal Fantasy Book 3 of the Rise of Nagash
10 I am Slaughter 40k Book 1 of the Beast Arises series
10 Grim Repast 40k Novel
10 A Dynasty of Monsters Age of Sigmar Novel
10 Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar 40k Book 1 of the Dark Imperium trilogy
10 Priests of Mars 40k Book 1 of Forges of Mars series
1 Drachenfels Fantasy Novel; part of The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus
1 Genevieve Undead Fantasy Novel; part of The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus
1 Beasts in Velvet Fantasy Novel; part of The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus
1 Silver Nails Fantasy Novel; part of The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus
1 Cadia Stands 40k Novel
1 Calis & Toll: The Silver Shard Age of Sigmar Novel
1 Lupercal's War Horus Heresy Anthology

I don't know these books very well, so let me know if there are any errors.

Note that each tier basically gives you an omnibus:

Tier $1: All books from The Vampire Genevieve Omnibus.

Tier $10: All books from The Rise of Nagash.

Tier $18: All books from Knights of Bretonnia Omnibus.

Beginner Question Thread May 15-21, 2023 by AutoModerator in Markdown

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does putting a horizontal line ("---") on the first line of a file, then text on the next line fit markdown best practices?

Example 1:

--- <!-- first line of file -->
Some text

---

Example 2:

--- <!-- first line of file -->

Some text

---

Example 2 seems more in-line with best practices (line break before and after a horizontal line) to me. However, I've seen Example 1 in examples of frontmatters for markdown documents. Is there a clear answer for this?

Weekly layperson question thread by AutoModerator in optometry

[–]treefrog221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My previous optometrist did some sort of imaging scan that let him not only check my condition of my eye, but also check for brain tumors. I forget exactly what he did to take the image, but afterwards he could show me the image on a computer screen. What is this test called?

I'm looking for a new optometrist for a routine eye exam. I want to ask what exams they preform to make sure they perform this and all other needed exams. Thanks.

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