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Cynical rant.

There's 3 levels of how much people will tell you to spend on a gaming PC.

• Level 1: The budget they use when trying to convince you that PC gaming is the way to go, particularly if they're making an impassioned argument against console gaming. Typically about $400-600.
• Level 2: The budget they tell you you should set yourself to get a good gaming experience once they're convinced you want a gaming PC. Typically $800-1000.
• Level 3: The budget you're actually left with after you realise that you needed some peripherals and after they're done telling you to swap out X part for Y part several times over, usually because "it's just slightly more money and a lot better" or "that part is being phased out and a better version comes out next month". Typically $1200-1500.
• Secret Level 4: The actual amount of money they've spent on their own set up, all while unironically claiming that PC gaming is more cost effective: $2k+

Rotterdammerung posted...

Is this a Sunhawk topic?

Amazing how even with so many alts the posting style is unmistakable, isn't it

That's my preferred method to eat ramen noodles. Water drained out, maybe a fried egg and some spring onions and garlic and sesame oil or something like that

my god if you say it's just called soupless ramen..

BlackOmnimon posted...

Basically just three (3) chicken wings are more than 1500 calories and I was eating 12 over a single meal.

Lol, no they fucking aren't

I prefer bill but I appreciate norm for what he is

PowerOats posted...

Never let the masses choose the music

On that note, 80s and 90s pop and funk seems to be the most accepted music for general stuff

It's now left on a local radio show and I swear to god they play at least 6 prince songs every. god. damn. day

Foppe posted...

Whats wrong with...
...oh... Crazy Frog...

More than anything else the whiplash of going from 1940s swing to swedish extreme metal to hardstyle, all while trying to edit an excel report...it's too much

The playlist was literally like this:

• Video killed the radio star
• Axel F, Crazy Frog
• Adagio for Strings, DJ Tiesto
• Chattanooga Choo Choo ,Glenn Miller
• Hypnotise, Biggie Smalls
• Bleed, Meshuggah

Yeah...that lasted exactly a day. Now we're back to shitty radio.

Kind of a niche question here. Specifically what I'm asking is, what are some games that everyone says are trash but only because they're derivates of earlier entries and they haven't actually progressed the formula in any way - meaning that someone having never played any in the series will still have a very good time.

People trash Far Cry games for this reason, but I just picked up Far Cry 5 having never played any of them and this shit is pretty great.

Dynasty Warriors, another good example. Great fun, no innovation whatsoever.

There's got to be a name in game theory that describes the problem of how right wing voters are stronger than left wing voters becase right wing voters are tribalistic whereas left wing voters are likely to be internally critical.

For example, Joe Biden has a real problem with his policy on Israel which has all the capacity to help him lose the election. Also his age, his speech gaffes, etc. Lots of left wing voters are hesitant for these reasons, many consider the first problem to be a deal breaker altogether.

Not a problem for the right though. Trump is all of those things and many more, but his voters stick by him.

Corbyn vs Johnson and the anti-semitism row (UK politics) is another one that comes to mind. I got so sick to death of hearing about anti-semitism in the labour party while boris johnson continued to be the most racist prick in parliament without consequence.

ssjevot posted...

She actually says it's just makeup and claims she never had surgery. I personally don't get why she wants to look like that, but it's her choice.

I checked out her instagram and her face isn't that bad, but definitely looks different. She's had fillers for sure and she definitely has "hot mess that does cocaine 3 nights a week" vibes based on her posts.

MrResetti posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0b4d07d3.jpg

Good god

As a professional armchair surgeon I have deduced that the way those guys throw a ball looks fuckin weird in slow mo and intuitively can't be good for your body

Just on season 1 episode 5.

Not only is it a very good subversion of the superhero genre, but it has an exceedingly rare quality in a tv show: genuine unpredictability. Like I really have no idea what's going to happen next in the show.

It's also very funny. I feel like I'm watching the lovechild of Guy Ritchie and Joss Whedon.

ZEROWOLF posted...

Telekinesis in Bioshock was better.

Honestly in both of these games it was such an ammo saviour.

Your first thought was slicing zombies in half with circulaw saw blades, wasn't it?

That shit was so cash

In my day it was the too-short fringe. Like that bowel cut girls get where the fringe is halfway up their head. The tinder marxist, if you will. Smokes cigarettes and talks about the proletariat while living in student halls and going to art school paid for by mum and dad.

Fallout 76 was terrible. Starfield was terrible. TES:VI is nowhere to be found 6 years after being announced.

Maybe the engine is just severely outdated at this point and can't be fixed?

Kradek posted...

Whoa, could the elderly voting bloc traditionally dedicated to the GOP finally be realizing that the GOP wants them dead and uncared for, after all these years of that party making it super obvious?

Honestly, my guess is that it has nothing to do with that. Boomers are supremely preoccupied with concepts such as decentness and carrying yourself with dignity, so maybe it's just that Trump is an incredibly embarrassing and uncouth man but Biden is a basically decently presented one.

I honestly would not be surprised if it's no more deep than that.

On his rise to power, all the conversation around Boris Johnson was around how much of a buffoon or how funny he was, and not really about his actual policies or positions.

tri-sapphire posted...

Well, this change in particular was actually a change back to the norm:

https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/the-effects-of-the-little-ice-age

They used to have fairs on the Thames in winter back then as well.

Oh that's interesting

And it just made me sad about climate change because I literally can't imagine any loch in the lowlands of scotland having thick enough ice any time of year for people to play on -_-

Konosuba made me laugh quite a lot, its a funny show.

Irony posted...

This sounds like nonsense

That's because it is nonsense, in every way that matters.

There's a lot of ways you can temporarily affect your testosterone levels. Masturbating/not masturbating, having a heated argument, chopping some wood, getting in a fight. None of these have a sustained and significant effect required to actually make a meaningful difference.

This is like when people say that wine is good for you because it has anti-oxidants or standing on a vibrating plate will increase muscle mass. A little bit of truth is more damaging than an outright lie sometimes.

As always, the study gets hijacked and the data gets blown out of proportion.

People always talk about a dystopian future like it's going to be Orwell's 1984. At least then we'd know we were in it right?

I think it's a lot more like Huxley's Brave New World, and we're already in it. You don't need state run media running propaganda when no one cares enough to take the news seriously anymore.

GranTurismo posted...

Crunchyroll?

It's an anime streaming service and at the time it was like $5 a month. So some motherfucker was phishing for the sake of saving $5 a month...to watch anime

Even if i had such a computer, I wouldn't know what to do with it other than send it off to MIT or something.

FFX was pretty unique for a videogame story because you're basically the sidekick to the main character.

Not quite the same but I once had someone hack my crunchyroll account and I just thought...man I hope you get on top of your life soon

What's the brownside

I'm genuinely fascinated by the kind of person who's political opinion would be swayed by what the rock thinks

_____Cait posted...

Sorry but you arent finding good stuff on youtube

I like to rag on YouTube as much as the next guy but there is definitely good content

Things I like:
- science and technology "how stuff works"
- unusual true stories
- content that is around 8 minutes to 30 minutes long
- geek deep dives (occasionally), e.g. "what would happen if sauron got the ring"

Things I don't like
- self styled intellectuals who's content is about ego
- true crime (used to like this but was affecting me in a bad way)
- poorly researched documentaries
- political noise
- zoomer style editing
- 4+ hour long content

Channels i like:
- veritasium
- joe Scott
- premodernist
- kurgesakt (sp?)
- Tom Scott

The worst part about these ultra long video essays is that it's not even a case of them going super in depth about the underlying themes or philosophy or whatever. Usually they're just verbatim describing what happens in every scene like they're an AI describing the script

Bro really used bats as a hypothetical

No, but then again cruise passengers are often elderly and the thought of some old couple being stuck stranded at a port all confused makes me sad :(

I finished the season.

This is definitely a power fantasy in the same sort of realm as Overlord or reincarnated as a slime. The protagonist is just amazing at everything al the time, he barely struggles. He makes a token effort at struggling but always gets out of trouble pretty quickly.

So that's cool for a bit of light relief, but don't go in expecting a truly compelling narrative.

My two cents, since you asked @Asherlee10

An hour is a good all round time to set aside for exercise, but that's not to say you need to spend a full 60 minutes just lifting weights. Throw in a warm up and some cardio and time flies.

I realise what's really being asked here is whether someone always has the energy to exercise, and the answer is basically...no. But equally, maybe you need to find a level of exercise where it's not a huge mental or physical burden.

Countless people get super motivated and inspired to start working out, go in way too hard and then burn out in a couple of weeks or months. If that happened to you, you almost certainly overcommitted, to a point where you could only carry out your goals when your motivation was at an all time high. The way I see it, you should find a level of exercise that you can do even on a low day. It should be a tonic for your low energy, not a poison. It should make you feel energised, not take all of your emotional strength to carry out.

I highlight emotional strength because generally that's the real issue. If you were being chased by a tiger you would find the physical energy to start running. The actual issue is that your heart is just not in that 10k run you promised yourself you would do, and that's probably because you've set "exercise" up in your mind as this huge ordeal that will ruin your day.

This is what Pow Pow is talking about when he says go in with the view of doing 2 minutes of exercise. Mentally that's a lot more achievable that overcommitting to a big 1 hour routine you're not prepared for.

If anyone wants a long-form talk in this topic, check this out. It's a little corny at points, but the overall message is very good. You have to build up a tolerance for exercise so that it takes little to no mental energy to carry on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8K7ifs2Db4

Gonna tag this so I can chime in when I'm not v drunk

texanfan27 posted...

This sounds a bit out there. Losing the ice caps is a threat, but I dont think it alter the rotation of the planet.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00932-w

The guy who is always onto the weather forecast, constantly looking out the window making comments like "hmm, clouds coming in", puts weather warnings on the company slack channel, etc.

We have this guy. Sometimes it's useful. I guess it's harmless. Sometimes though I feel my soul leaving my body when he brings up the rain for the 17th time in a day.

R1masher posted...

what? Prove Im using it wrong then

Hypothesis: an educated guess you make before doing research to make some sort of prediction. It's a proposed explanation of what is happening or what might happen.
Scientific theory: What we know based on evidence, experiments and much data.

The heat death of the universe is a proposed hypothesis.We know enough about thermodynamics for it to not be a totally outrageous idea, but we have no way of testing or falsifying the theory, and there is still a lot about the universe we don't know and can't explain.

Climate change slowing down the orbit of the earth is something we've measured and repeated in experiment.

R1masher posted...

Is this just a theory, like the heat death of the universe theory?

*hypothesis

And no, because it has already happened. This is discussing about it happening even more.

Kradek posted...

It's because he's leveling up and because he initially invests so heavily into strength you see that affect on him the most. An important part about this story is that he's the only one leveling up, which is why his change within a few months freaks out others who knew him before. Nobody else can do what he does.

I get that conceptually, it's just that there was no gradual change at all. He went from nervous dweeb in episode 4 to gigachad k-pop hearthrob in episode 5, with no transition in between. I just found that a bit jarring, like the protagonist was literally replaced.

vycebrand2 posted...

I was watching a YouTube video. It was a 71 music festival with Taste. Rory rocked those sideburns and it looked good. Some people can work it.

Wow, this is the first time on CE I've ever heard anyone reference Rory Gallagher. Respect my man.

As in, "do you have an open API? That company has an open API, can you integrate with them?" And the more sinister cousin, "it shouldn't be that difficult. They have an open api, here is the documentation"

It is always some motherfucker who doesn't have to do any of the work (usually a marketing exec or ops manager) who thinks all you have to do is put their key to our lock and just give it a turn and everything will line up and the door is open.

"What do you mean this will cost $30k? It's just an open api, all the instructions are there". Argh. Fuck off

I fully appreciate that this is a disgusting beard style

why do i like it

Ok, the protagonist had a full body, face and personality transplant at like episode 5 and that was tonally very weird. I get that this is a power fantasy anime but that was a pretty jarringly fast transition from dweeb to chad.

Ok, took a bit longer because I got distracted. Thoughts:

Pretty strong start. The characters are entirely forgettable so far but we'll give it room to breath. Somehow it's a bit jarring seeing korean names, even more than when it's german names or whatever. But it's kinda cool.

One thing that I like more than sword art online is that the RPG elements have been baked into the real world, rather than people being transported into a fantasy world like in a traditional isekai. It's cool that they came up with reasons for why they need to use fantasy stuff to beat the enemies, and that the world is still pretty normal otherwise.

I also like that the main character is really pathetic and the stakes really high from the start. No fake in-game death.

We'll see how this goes. Episode 2.

I'm intrigued so I'm gonna watch an episode and find out. See you all in 20 minutes.

C_Pain posted...

I agree. I generally don't want runny yolk unless I have toast or potatos with it, and even then over medium is good for me. I also think 'wet' scrambled eggs are disgusting. Make them rubbery and even brown it a little!

I've tried making all the scrambled egg variants. Gordon Ramsay's soft creme fraiche eggs etc.

I want my scrambled eggs to taste like they were made in a diner by a chef who didn't really give a shit or have the time to look after them properly.