LadyCrimson

Maybe with us nerds it still is - doesn't Steam on first install make it start on boot, as default? I figure most people these days don't even know to check/care. I mostly use Offline nowadays as the method to prevent Steam's auto-updates, since the option is now "only update game when I launch it". Which only triggers if you're in Online mode at the time you launch the game. eg as long as I never launch a game in Online mode, it never updates. Edit: well, at least I haven't had it happen very often for SP games. If it's a game that's uber important to me to not have update yet (not often), I still do the temp install-backup just in case.

MAX/HBO - The Pitt. An emergency room medical show. It's being released one episode a week, up to 5 episodes at this moment. I knew of, but never watched or wanted to watch that old "ER" series, which I guess this is getting kind of compared to because of the lead actor (and one of the producers) Noah Wyle. But The Pitt's concept is the whole season is a single day of Noah's head doctor chr. So one hour or so=one episode. A lot of interns/students, a lot of guest patients that stick around for multiple episodes. Takes some medical realism liberties like all shows but it's probably better than most. I liked it enough to watch all 5 available episodes. Hope it stays focused on the ER workings. With it being a single day, won't be any silly office romance/divorces type soap drama I assume. Netflix - Sakamoto Days. Anime, action/comedy. Super-assassin who retired/married/got fat but still has super-assassin abilities, ends up being rediscovered/has to do stuff. It's pretty funny in the OTP anime fashion, I like it so far.

I dunno if I'm the only one left who doesn't have steam auto-run/start on pc reboot, full-exits steam all the time/hard restarts it whenever I want it open etc, but if anyone else does that, have you noticed it taking a lot longer to fully open when in "Offline" mode in the past couple days (it's really half-offline these days)? Like it's update check is taking forever. If I actually unplug the pc net cable it starts up really fast like it used to, then I plug the net cable back in. Their Offline mode is seriously not an Offline mode anymore. It should just be called "Online Game/Social Features Disabled, Mode" instead.

^ Like I said, mostly selling software/AI. I'm hearing mixed things about the DLSS 4 backport, even with whitelisted games. Although that's probably a game to game thing (whether it's "better", same, worse). And maybe patched drivers would solve some. The override function seems attached to Nvidia App, although you may be able to use Inspector and other such to force it outside of that, and/or for some not-whitelisted games. Anyone tried it?

"I need a quick store run, better make a short list since I'll forget something otherwise." "diet soda, yogurt, frozen veggies, almond flour" *walk away, remember something, better add it, look at list* What I actually wrote: "shadow, yoda, tundra, diamond floor" WTF brain.

Guy has a point. I've actually thought about this a little myself off and on. We seem to moving towards identifying cultural shifts/periods more and more with the "Generation-whatever" label instead, but that encompasses more years than the neat 10 year cycle label. Although, I don't think that's why time might feel faster over time to some - I think that's more related to personal lack of memorable time markers as our lives may become more and more routine/predictable. eg, less constant memorable memories reminding you how much you've "lived" actually makes time feel faster instead of slower. Still, the time period label ambivalence because of a new century has been an interesting shift in social time cataloging/awareness. I wonder how people in the 1700's felt about shifting into the 1800's. Perhaps they were more formal and always said the full year and didn't get attached to "decades".

I've always thought being hyped for a mega improvement every generation was a little odd, and good marketing. I mean, most of us don't upgrade every 2 years, right? At least not once majority of games didn't really require it. Wait 6+ years and a current gen is gonna be a 250%+ uplift from what you have, which isn't terrible (still too expensive tho). The era of mega gains every two years is probably over. I suppose it's not much different than smart phone companies trying to convince (rather successfully, it seems) consumers that they must get a new phone every couple years. Or trying to convince us we need a new TV, fridge, stove, every few years. Assuming current tech is reaching some sort of actual tech/physics plateau, gpu's are basically going to be selling us software, not hardware. So to speak. I think phones are going to run into similar if they haven't already. How many "4-6 lens"/megapixel camera upgrades or resolution hikes for 7" screens, do we need, to get ppl to buy the new version. It's now mostly software/planned obsolescence etc.

Pantheon via Netflix (edit: Ssn 1 available, Ssn 2 (since it already existed) airing on Netflix "soon") I guess it's a sci-fi in a computer/AI and human drama fashion. It started on AMC+ I hear, and then got disappeared, showing in a couple not-US countries, then Netflix grabbed it. I heard good things about it so I checked it out. The computer/AI direction is transferring a human's brain into a computer program, that kind of thing. The main plot is a young daughter's investigation when her deceased father seems to contact her in a net chat. There are conspiracies, experiments, evil corps, the far future of mankind. The animation style is simplistic and imo kind of rough (not the razzle dazzle sort) with a lot of sci-technobabble. Has some recognizable names doing VA. The presentation and pacing feels dry and deliberate, with some moments of semi-horror and emotive, but mostly dry. A lot of chrs. looking at/reading PC screens, at least early on. I tried 3 episodes and I can kind of understand what the good rep. for the show is about, especially in the concept, but I think it's not for me. I found it hard to relate and couldn't really get into characters during that time. Still, if you haven't tried it yet, might be worth a shot if the concept appeals. It does have good points.

lol, supposedly Microcenters had 4 5090's per store, nationwide. HAHA

I think my current rig I spent around $2800k. Not including the TV later. I don't remember tho. All I remember is that evga ftw price. And no surprise, despite the prices, 5090 totally out of (the tiny initial) stock everywhere far as I can tell, FE and partners both. I can't wait to be in the market for a MSRP $2999k 6090 and $1999 6080.

The current spate of videos seems to indicate that the 5080 is a much better overclocker than the previous xx80. eg, get a FE 5080 and OC the heck out of it is how to get a "real" 5080. Well, at least a fair bit better 5080 without the extra giant partner markup.

No Man's Sky - just checking out performance. FPS number seems higher/I could turn more things up to High/Ultra again, even on native/no DLSS, but there seems to be more general micro stutter. Not constant, but little jerks here and there. Didn't try to "fix" it/find out if I could. It's not terrible but not as smooth as before. There seems to be more clarity/crispness to the graphics of two planets I looked at. Swimming underwater looks nicer too. Problem with this games is after many many months away, you're not sure you want to play an old save where you have no clue what you were up to. But the main quest/post-quests are pfft/don't care to repeat, so you don't want to start a new chr again (30+ hrs) if you have to have those finished to activate the Worlds 2 new systems/planets (post-game quest to be able to get the new hyperdrive that lets you get to purple systems). I only finished the MQ with a single chr/save, none of my other chrs ever bothered. I think the save editor might be able to mark them as finished/give the inventory item needed ... maybe I'll do that when they update it, see if I can get the new quest to trigger that way.

Wait, wtf. Hm. Well the band does great, but as much as I love Rick, I thought he was only "ok". But as a tribute it works. Love the mike twirling at 3:18. This somehow led me to a Justin Hawkins interview with Rick, which was one of the better long interviews I've seen. Two people talking their trade like old buddies. I didn't even FFWD. Which then led me to "who is Justin Hawkins, apparently he's famous" and some early vids/songs of the band The Darkness. Which was fine, just not my kind of music etc. Which led me to a more recent The Darkness song, which I liked somewhat better, but mostly because at 1:38, ok, that was fire. Both vocally and the wind machine hair. >.> Edit: oh, the final moments at end of the below video is maybe NSFW. Nothing bad in this day/age, but just saying.

Have I posted this before, can't recall. I still find it funny tho, and revisit it occasionally. He's apparently taking a bit of a break (at least social media) after his last album. Funny how I remember (and liked) his 80's hits playing constantly on MTV etc - but it's his more current "adult" stuff (and his knowledge and humorous attitude) that I admire/respect and will remember him for. Edit: anyone who warms up before a concert with Frank Sinatra tunes is ok in my book.

--larger "gas giant" planets (just larger planets, not real-life physics gas planets...), deeper oceans, new purple galaxy systems, new quest, new lighting and terrain. --would assume one will still have to spend time randomly finding planets with said new features --I think a lot of stuff is gated behind having finished both the Main Story and the post-game Autophage questline. eg, can't start a new chr. and see/visit everything quickly --not ready to deep-dive into NMS again but I guess I shall update and see how many more notches I have to lower the graphic settings this time.

"I should at least rush-finish Indiana game just so I can uninstall it." "I should play more of that Little Kitty, Big City for cute funsies." "I should try a serious run of the new Manor Lords maps." "I should turn on The Last Campfire, which I bought recently because it looked like a nice little puzzle/adventure from Hello Games." ........ *turns on 7 Days, dig more tunnels and build more bases in every biome* I am a creature of unending habit, apparently.

I feel like all high-end stuff now - by the time I might be able to get hands such, without having to camp over night or spend days with mouse pointer hovered over "buy" in the hope you can click faster than anyone else, or drive 700 miles to the nearest MicroCenter, the next version is on its way soon. Repeat.

I watched a couple episodes of Paramount+ Landman, because Billy Bob Thornton. My impression was it's a slower/deliberate big oil business/legal drama where Billy's the only reason I'd care to watch it. His brand of cranky sarcasm/humor and such. The chrs. of his daughter and ex-wife were aggravating/could be excised, too much focus given to them. Hubby watched all of season 1 and when I asked he shrugged and basically said the "Billy Bob makes it watchable" refrain. I did observe him using FFWD a fair bit tho (while walking up and down the hallway past the living room occasionally). Edit: don't think he cared for the ex-wife/daughter scenes either haha.

---actual mod kit tied to Epic Games >.> I'm not clear if mods only appear in a CurseForge attached menu while actually in-game or if you can download mods from website pages (or Steam workshop re: Steam), also. ---not clear if mods you make are you-usable without uploading them to CurseForge/whatever first, or if that's only if you want to share them ---only thing that might interest me is other's dungeon/level/gameplay mods, if anyone makes any worth trying. Don't care about costumes/skins or making your broom or flying mount look like a cat. ---I guess it's something tho.

Also, on a lighter note - it's not an actual song/music, but it did make me smile.

Yup.

A little more investigation (and now hubby's awake) makes it appear that the double pole is actually the main breaker, something you'd flip to turn everything off at once? *small brain, lost* And yeah I plan on checking the breakers one by one and relabel anything that's not accurate but it's difficult to find a time where I can get hubby to power off his workstations in his office room etc. Just want info re: bedrooms. Hubby's stuff isn't too power hungry I think, no beefy rigs. He does run a space heater in winter (I open his door and it's a blast of 82F air, blargh) but it's fine since I don't run the A/C then, we're opposite poles, heh. So it's just heater in winter, A/C in summer, computers, tv's/monitors mostly. We rarely even have the lights on, monitors cast enough light.

@PK htiw klaw eriF Thanks. I spent an hour net searching and as usual now mostly got useless and/or unrelated "how 2 pole breakers work/why people use them" essays (remember when net searching felt more useful?). I think I got more stat info looking at Amazon product pages listing stats on products, haha Of course like any house you buy into, never know about the accuracy of the panels or the labeling past people have done so more detective work required. Ideally I'd wish for two of our bedrooms to be on separate breakers/circuits - or even more ideally, redo all the electrical/new circuit panel many more wall outlets entirely etc - but that would be an expensive labor/and possibly permit job. I wouldn't be too concerned except I do run that window A/C in summer which is ... a fair amount of wattage. >.>

More AAA hardware "lifting" - another "RT required". I'd wild guess it'll be kind like Indy tho, where you could turn a few certain settings down/low and it'd at least run ok on 8gb vram without full pathtracing bling on. I also saw the FF7-Rebirth requires RTX gpu, not because of RT specifically but because DX12-Ultimate (something about shader AI version maybe), which GTX can't/doesn't support. I don't care about either of these games, but yeah - here comes the generation of "upgrade your rig you peons" game releases. Even beyond GPU nonsense, my next rig is definitely going to have 128 (system) RAM in it.

I have a question: if your circuit panel has a 2-pole/double circuit breaker and the label on it says "125" (no A, just the number), does it mean 125 amp? And if it's supposed to be amp, how to know/calculate how much wattage anything connected to it might trip it (because of the 2-pole thing)? Context: I was thinking about power requirements on highend/gaming PC's growing and growing and checked our circuit breaker panel. Supposedly they are all 20 and 40 amp breakers (there are two 15amp connected to the roof circulation fans I think). But the one for garage + bedrooms is on that double-pole. Stuff like dryer/washer/oven blah blah are all on single breakers separate from the double-pole (supposedly). I'd guess "garage" might include the garage door + basic lights and wanting power tools/shop lights a DIY home and auto type would use, with bedrooms on the same breaker for some reason. I don't know for sure tho, just guessing there. Anyway just trying to figure out what the bedrooms circuit capability might be etc.