LadyCrimson

//google// Ah. I guess by the time I'm 70 I'll be desperately trying to take apart and fix 15+ year parts etc to keep them going. For only gaming (say a few/multiple years from now), I'm still wondering if Steam machine would be good enough for me at this point - I don't even care if it costs $1600, still cheaper than $7-$10k. I have a feeling they won't think it's successful enough ("too expensive") and we'll never see a Steam Machine 2, tho. I mean, they upped the price of next steamdeck recently I think, and ppl having fits over that already.

^ I meant, I don't like putting logins over wifi. Not saying I've never ever (mostly with a few game fora, a few times), but I don't like it. And if we get to the point where everything re: the net wants face-ID, fingerprints, retina scanning or whatever, I'm out. You'll never "hear" from me again.

Besides what Gifted said, in recent times I usually look at the Fling trainer site for simple stuff like that. I used to use some others like wemod but they all started to require register/login etc. Fling (so far) seems to be the place for direct d/l of each individual game trainer, vs. a service app with access to all those trainers in one app. At least, for the moment. EDIT: I mostly use them for temp infinite health/stamina but one-hit kills is pretty standard too. So far the ones I've tried work with no 'net cable to PC, no login etc.

Project Hail Mary - -I wanted to read it because I wanted to maybe know more re: Rocky (as an alien) and the astrophage and such. I was satisfied in that regard. :D -I didn't realize it was 1st person narrative. This makes perfect sense - eg not a complaint of quality or something - but it makes it harder for my "words into visual" brain because I'm always aware that "I" am not the book character and it takes me out a little in fiction novels. Not sure why, really, just is, for me. -The writing style is a little too staccato. Constant shorter sentence structure. I feel like I'm reading "Spot runs up the hill." "Spot sits down and enjoys the view." "Spot runs down the hill." That is ofc an over-exaggeration - but it's another factor that pulls me out of books a little. It's an issue I have with many authors, actually. That said, it is a good novel. Outside of main beats, quite different from the movie ofc - there is humor, but it's not as pronounced as example, and not as vicariously/emotionally affecting perhaps. Generally speaking a good/fast read. Well, fast for me - I started it around 10:30pm and finished around 4am, then went to sleep. :D So taking away my own reading idiosyncrasies, I'd definitely recommend. Oh - re: Rocky/species - even while watching the film, I was vaguely reminded of the non-humanoid lifeforms in Alan Dean Foster's Sentenced to Prism. Not saying the same, absolutely not - but I wonder if PHM's author ever read it. :D I think my main attraction re: the story was Rocky - not just for the cute/funny/emotion but in terms of hypothesizing other possible evolution/structure vs. squishy bipedal human-like. Probably often my fave aspect of many sci-fi novels.

I'm still occasionally getting the logged in/logged out syndrome. Not often/every time. Like today. Repeatedly hitting back/forward and reloading pages is fine/works after a bit. I've had it in both WoT and the Computer Console section. Doesn't bother me a lot personally since I no longer "live" on the fora (haha) - just mentioning it.

I remembered (one reason) why I haven't gone for the digital book buying yet. Needing an app to view it on tablet. eg, more logins. Grumpy old fart who doesn't want to register/login/javascript on tablet/wi-fi etc. I think you can read it through webbrowser via normal Amazon login, but that kinda defeats the purpose of it being portable. Not reading a novel on monitor/TV sitting in my desk chair. Paper it is. Wanted to buy/read Project Hail Mary. EDIT: purchased. Says it should be here later tonight. I'll believe it when I see it, but -- all righty. :D

I'm sure it will - at least to a point. I'm very dubious that will actually = nvidia/pc-gaming hardware market suddenly not being continuously garbage. At least not within the next 15+ years.

Crimson Desert - ok, they're up to 1.08. Based on patch notes, it's getting pretty close to where there's enough QoL and other tiny changes I wouldn't mind having/seeing - in a new playthru. I still want my initial playthru to stay as is but I'm just so slow with it. Not only because game is big, but because I don't play tons of hours per day etc. I don't plan on doing "everything" in 1st playthru (so a 2nd would still have tons of things I've never done/seen yet) but even so, I'm a snail I guess. Hoping to push myself to at least finish the MQ in a week or two, then maybe patch 1.10 is where the chapt. 3 save comes in and that's the one I'll play "forever". :D Also, I did end up buying/installing Space Haven. I haven't launched it yet tho. So I now have a backlog of --- one. Haven't even turned on CD for a few days, just one of those weeks.

Watched Project Hail Mary. It does drag a bit in the middle section, they could've cut 15 minutes here/there from whole film, but Rocky is adorable and there was a lot more humor than I was expecting, which was great. The scenes soundtrack/sound design was great. Somewhere in the middle I was thinking "the humor and main chr. sure reminds me of The Martian, in some ways." Later when I googled, yeah, book, same author, plus same screenwrite adapter. No wonder. :D Not as good as The Martian - especially re: the science-babble - but still good.

This (and other general trend news etc) just confirms for me that whatever super overpriced system I may build in a couple years, is likely going to be the last one I ever build, given my age and grumpiness re: online/AI/"apps", service/subs/own nothing, and all of that. And no I don't think AMD is really any better, company wise, and the Intel Arc hopes seems slim to none by now. It's all going to garbage re: gaming, which is the only reason I ever built major desktops anyway. I mean for general desktop use I personally could still get away with my ancient Win7 desktop PC that sits in a closet. Also - Jensen is an out of touch rich boi tool at this point, who should just stop speaking.

I'm sure no one cares - and there's probably tons of YT videos on the topic - but just reporting that after 6 years (more or less) my LG OLED TV still has zero burn-in or even temp. ghosting issues. Caveat being I use it in an always heavily darkened room so I don't have to compensate for brightly lit spaces. Still wouldn't use one for a constant 24-news/stock ticker or 1 program open 24 hrs for weeks/months, screen, but risk re: general desktop/browser use and daily hours of gaming seems super low. Just put taskbar to out of sight unless hovered over, use a single-color background or screen saver if you want, stuff like that. Dunno why I bring it up - the thought came to my mind and here I am typing it. I'm just like that. :D

Never felt like I would get into Rimworld, but for some reason Space Haven looks appealing. Maybe because it's in space and you're building a spaceship/space encounters/trading etc and that suits me more. The learning curve is probably high tho, which as is often the case these days, I'm no mood for right now - I want it because it's on initial sale but it would break the "don't buy unless you're going to play" rule. It is cheap tho - I could buy it, play it for 15 minutes, then exit/wait six months (they'll probably patch it more anyway). Then I wouldn't be breaking the rule, right. It's apparently been in early access for a long time, but I only noticed it now, with its out-of-ea launch. Anyone here tried it already?

Byrne at 74 - still amazing. And ok, Colbert dancing in the outfit was cute.

Last time I remember (gas) fuel efficient cars being even remotely semi-popular in US was the 70's crisis period, pushing into the '80's. (I remember sitting in gas lines with my mother). Then they got bigger/hungrier again. Man my mother was so proud of her new, tiny, late 70's Toyota Corolla hatchback with 30+mg freeway/mid-upper 20's town, vs. the giant family Ford station wagon. Heh. Some states (not many) are around 18-20% ev registration I think, but I think the only way the majority US masses are going to switch to hybrid/all electric (especially if their only vehicle, vs. a commuter secondary, say) at a rapid or non-yo-yo pace is if their wallet makes it impossible not to do so - eg, perm. very high gas prices or other costs. I hardly drive anymore + I really dislike modern vehicle designs/computerization. But maybe I'll get a hybrid when I'm 70+, if my license hasn't been revoked by then. :D

Do you guys still buy books once in a while? Paper, I mean. At this point reading on a device would probably be slightly easier - vs. holding a smaller book or bigger book on a lap - but I can't quite make myself do it still. Plus ofc not taking up physical space would be nice. But I get too obsessive (like I am with all things) and read even giant novels quickly. Buying books (in any form) was and would become fairly pricey, fast. There's the library, but then I would lay them somewhere and forget about returning them until "well, you bought it now" charges. Hahaha I have five brain cells left.