RedEye9 wrote on Jan 10, 2020, 19:04:
FM is NSFW

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 6, 2020, 14:39:
Framerate limiting in driver was one of those things you think you don't need, until you get a 144hz screen and realize some badly coded games only offer 30/60 and unlimited FPS cap options.. that's a godsend

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 6, 2020, 14:39:
What ain't.. is a 530mb bloated driver download that only needs 20mb for the actual driver and then leaves 1.4gb of garbage files on your system. What the actual fuck nvidia. In fact is this just me? The installer doesn't wipe the temp files and it unpacks it fully twice, so it's actually more like 1.5gb

jdreyer wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 19:40:

MeanJim wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 19:32:

afka Rossini wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 14:23:
On a side note, I got my first shingles shot recently. There should have been a picture of Mike Tyson on the syringe. I'll get it, but I am not looking forward to the booster.

I got that earlier this summer after my doctor recommended I get it during my annual checkup. That shit made me sick for 3 days. There was some clusterfuckup with the pharmacy though and I can't get the 2nd part. When I first went to get it, the pharmacy told me I needed a prescription if I'm under 50, so I called my doctor and got one. My insurance covers it and I got the first shot. A few days later they called me to inform me that they can't give me the 2nd shot because it's a pharmacy policy not to give it to people under 50 at all and I would have to get it from my doctor instead. I called my doctor to find out what to do, and they said they can't get the shots, but would make some calls. They called every pharmacy in town and they all have the same policy, and no doctor in town can get them it either. Since there's a window of 2-6 months to get the 2nd part, he said all I can do is wait until I'm 50 and do it all over again, but at least having the first shot is something like 95% effective.

Now that I'm 50, I need to look into the shingles vaccine. Getting shingles is literally two to six weeks of fucking torture.

afka Rossini wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 14:23:
On a side note, I got my first shingles shot recently. There should have been a picture of Mike Tyson on the syringe. I'll get it, but I am not looking forward to the booster.

jacobvandy wrote on Dec 23, 2019, 23:14:
It was a load of messy work to make FO76 happen, due in part to the same limitations that have been holding back their mainline games, which are remnants of the NetImmerse/Gamebryo legacy. Things like the limit on active characters (playable or not, hence very few NPCs in FO76), plus the way the map loads and unloads in chunks and physics behavior is tied to framerate.

jacobvandy wrote on Dec 23, 2019, 13:27:
This is what happens when your game engine wasn't built with online multiplayer in mind. Each individual client is trusted with way too much stuff, and the assholes are going to exploit that however they can. It reminds me of when DayZ was first blowing up and "hackers" didn't even need cheats to cause mayhem, just basic console commands for that ARMA engine. We still played though, 'cause losing your gear in a PVP sandbox is part of the central gameplay loop..

WaltC wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 20:10:
Interesting choice of words, "unforgettable," as I seem to have all but forgotten my BioShock experiences to date....;) I own them all, but they're not that memorable.

Mr. Tact wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 20:57:

CJ_Parker wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 19:51:
They can shove their launcher spyware where the sun don't shine.

I was about to whine about their launcher, I mean come on, even Steam doesn't install a client into your Windows startup without saying anything. I was disappointed when I finally made my first purchase ever from them recently...

jdreyer wrote on Dec 8, 2019, 19:24:
'Ultimate hangover cure' discovered by scientists who say coffee won't help

Of course coffee won't help, like alcohol it's a diuretic.

mirthy wrote on Dec 6, 2019, 10:50:
Does the Epic version also launch rockstar's launcher?

Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 4, 2019, 05:55:
<Shrug> Steam had one chance at a first impression and they blew it. The fact that you how you hold it is non-intuitive shows that it is a poor design.

GinRummy wrote on Dec 5, 2019, 20:09:
So you can now pay full price instead of 25% off that Green Man had it last week, and you STILL have to install and create an account for the Rockstar store and loader? The only reason to wait for steam was to avoid that, so it's really a bit pointless. Or am I wrong and it only loads in the background without needing an account?

Dash wrote on Dec 4, 2019, 02:28:

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 3, 2019, 15:38:
Spam is already 50% of my calls, looking forward to 75%.

China thinks of everything, can't wait till they roll out that feature in the US. just sold my stock in burner-phones-r-us

At some point, people will get completely fed-up with spammers. And a bunch will suddenly vanish, in the night.

As for China, it's sprinting headlong with glee back to 1984. Reminds me of all the paranoia in the 80's and 90's of the 'Beast' joke, related to the Christian Revalation apocalyptic weirdness.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 3, 2019, 12:05:
A friend of mine has one from when they were released. I was less than impressed with it. It just felt...unsatisfying in my hands. It definitely did not feel like it had the same build quality as my Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers.

Muscular Beaver wrote on Dec 1, 2019, 16:33:

Cutter wrote on Dec 1, 2019, 13:38:
I dig DDG on a philosophical level but as a search engine it just isn't very good. Evil as Google is they are the best search engine.

I use it first. If it doesnt find what I want, I then use Google.
Rarely have to use Google anymore.

Quinn wrote on Dec 1, 2019, 14:49:

phinn wrote on Dec 1, 2019, 13:52:

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 1, 2019, 13:35:
Steam controller is OoS.

Discontinued and suddenly people want it.

Yeah well a heads-up would've been nice. I was always on the fence about the thing, and I would've bought it if I knew it'd be discontinued. Now it's OoS though, just like that. Valve really does give fuck all about their customers.