dan1101

dan1101 , 9 months ago to technology in $6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe

Guess the cost tradeoff depends on how much you play and how updated you keep your PC. My PC can’t play Cyberpunk at 4k 120fps. You must have good Internet though.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to world in Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink

TLDR, not an Onion headline, just a test to see what Amazon will allow. A person came up with a “Release” brand drink, filled bottles with urine, successfully listed them on Amazon, but only shipped them to friends that ordered them. Other people ordered them too though, but were not sent the product.

Another example of a multi-billion dollar company that doesn’t curate their products/services. Costs too much money they would only profit 234 billion instead of 244 billion.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to worldnews in ‘Free world, where are you?’ Gaza hospital chief pleads after babies killed

I hate to be callous, but when your own countrymen launch a large-scale killing and kidnapping spree on another country you’ve got to expect (increased) retaliation. It’s a shitstorm all around.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to technology in $6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe

Ah I didn’t understand that. That’s almost worse though, that’s buying the game and then paying to play it.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to asklemmy in What's your opinion on getting video game achievements with the help of a guide?

If you enjoy getting the achievements and reach the point of frustration trying to get them, then yeah consult a guide. There’s nothing wrong with that.

When I’m enjoying a game and reach a dead-end like an impassible door that by rights with my huge arsenal I should be able to just break down, I have no problems “consulting the townspeople” to see what particular trick the game has in mind. Sometimes the trick makes sense, sometimes it’s something I would have never thought of and makes no sense. In that case I feel good that I didn’t let the game waste more of my time on it.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to technology in $6.2B in profit wasn't enough: Nvidia hikes GeForce Now prices for Canada and Europe

Price increases seem inevitable for any service where a company licenses content to stream to customers. GeForce Now is going to be in a constant cycle of content agreements expiring and creators wanting more money, that extra cost gets passed on to customers. Contrast that with just buying a game, buy it once and you’re done (generally.)

dan1101 , 9 months ago to technology in Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine

Yes on the rare occasions I browse without ad blockers I see so much slimy deceptive crap. Curate your ads or don’t have ads.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to nostupidquestions in How did living in caves not backfire on cavemen?

Caves can be safe, there are many different cave landscapes. Everything from tight squeezes to huge chambers the size of a football field. Some are big, some are small, some complex, some relatively straight and simple. There are many caves that have guided tours. They even have gatherings and weddings inside.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in I just got a pop up ad from Windows, for PC gaming and buy their Xbox controller.

Crappy phone photo to the rescue! Can’t stop that.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to worldnews in Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza — NPR

The evidence in the article suggests to me that it likely was not Israel. Has NPR shown a bias in the Israel/Palestine conflict? On one hand NPR is fairly liberal, on the other I’m sure it employs many Jews.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to news in Americans' net worth surged by a record 37% from 2019-2022

That’s probably because house and vehicle values have inflated so much.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to games in What's the most surprising thing when you look up your username in SteamDB?

I just wishlist games on Steam and Isthereanydeal.com and wait for sales. In the long run often games will be given away for free before I buy them.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to games in What's the most surprising thing when you look up your username in SteamDB?

Is what any good? Humble Bundle? I don’t know, I quit buying them years ago because I didn’t play enough. Same thing with PC Game Pass.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to games in Tom Clancy Ghosh Recon Wildlands vs Breakpoint

Wildlands is still a great game. It is set in 2019 Bolivia, you work to take down cartels one region at a time. It’s fun both singleplayer and co-op for up to 4 players.

Breakpoint is set on some semi-futuristic Elon Musk type fantasy technology island with drones driving and flying around. The map itself is large and varied, it seems like a South Pacific type environment. Breakpoint initially did a lot of things worse than Wildlands, such as not having AI squadmates and needing to level up your weapons. But since then the game has been updated with a lot of options to fix almost everything, and even add a lot more content. It’s a lot to get used to but ultimately still a lot of fun.

But first play Wildlands, it is fun right away, and more realistic overall.

dan1101 , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Why do so many mobile versions of sites run worse on phone than desktop versions?

When you’re developing a site you have to decide whether to have a completely separate site for mobile (which is generally twice as much work for future site updates) or try to make one layout that adapts to both desktop and mobile (which tends to favor one or the other.)