LadyCrimson

Got fed up squinting at file names on the 27" 1440 etc so I replaced it with the earlier LED 40" 4k TV (and its heavy swinging-stand, argh). Since it'll only be used for program monitoring and browsing, don't care about uber clarity and put the windows app scale sizing at 125%. That+bigger screen size works better. But - OLED and this LED are both LG. Meaning the remote/s work on both at once. Which is fine when I want to turn both off for the night. But trying to adjust other settings has everything popping up on both TV's rather randomly. Or if I only want to turn off the LED to reduce monitor light (film watching). Have to hold remotes super close to TV and at an angle to prevent it. Oh well - at least I can read stuff from sitting-distance and still have more windows visible etc. Edit: also having both be 4k = less dual-display resolution/positioning issues.

Maybe in another 5-10 years I can just buy a mini-pc/mini-desktop for $1600 and be fine, since I'm guessing my caring for mega gaming will wane ever more anyway. Yeah yeah, just buy a console. But something like this is simply more interesting to me - plus at least it's a PC, not just a game and TV cube. Anyway, with some setting tweaking the fact it runs BL4 at 1080 or even 1440 with "playable" fps is kinda cool.

My new anthem for the year, I've decided. Politics/world ofc and a bit of my personal/home life. (language)

Time moves faster every day, but I woke up this morning and it's apparently still Trump (and Trump-think)-era, so it's not moving fast enough. I occasionally still watch docs re: international/S. Korea adoptees (60's-80's, culture, psychology, trauma), because it's interesting/explains a lot, at least for many of us. I mean, it doesn't mean tons to me personally at this point, but it's still extremely relatable. I still feel like an alien sometimes, in that "I don't belong anywhere", culturally, social-class/status perception, other. Anyway, hubby and I the usual, he took today off, we're going to go waste the day somewhere for a while, spend some cash, eat some good food. Then probably come home and nap.

^ I read most of all that thinking "Path of Exile" and became rather confused. Becoming "bored" of NMS again, in terms of actual space-hopping gameplay. I keep wanting to make new 'Vette ship designs as something to do, but it becomes a bit annoying re: total ships owned limits and not being able to, say, save a blueprint of a design to insta-build it (if you have all the parts) again. If you keep changing/redesigning the same 2 or 3 to "save ship limit space", you're going to forget how to make that one extra cool one you stumbled upon the design for last week. Screenshots help, but not enough. Anyway - ---I wanted to try making a huuuuuge one for once. Got this fairly nice looking design going and then - the game crashed before I finalized/saved it, and I lost it. lulz.

---"Has Manor Lords released any major update re: gameplay mechanics? It's been months." .... "Nope." ---"Is Timberborn or Farthest Frontier out of EA yet?" .... "Nope." ---"I could temp-buy BL4 just to lol at performance on my rig" ... "nah, or not for a week or two." ---"I should really turn on/try Tainted Grail's "big patch". Although with the patch for the patch, it's seeming more like it's a "Big Nerf Patch" (NG+ might still be fun tho). ---"I should really try 7 Days to Die most recent 2.0## patch even if I just go back to an older version again." ---"I should buy/check out Bustafellows sequel (virtual novel, I liked the 1st one)" *stares at her Steam client list etc* *No Man's Sky, PLAY*

LULZ @ Gearbox and them trying to tell ppl how to optimize their settings for their game. --5070ti@ 1440 = dlss-balanced, 4x frame gen, veryhigh/high/some medium, for "60+fps." Note, that 60+ fps is with FRAME GEN on. Welcome to your $800 720p gpu (or whatever) --I'm becoming super curious re: my rig, just like I was with Indy. I think I could get to the main map in under 75 mins (30+ min for settings/shaders). I bet DLSS performance (no frame gen), mostly Low for stuttery 45fps. --Watching Cohh play the game, they've gone more fast-combat paced (like BL3 on speed). Not saying that's bad, I'm sure some may love any/most gameplay changes these days, but for some of us old-timers, it's that it becomes less like original BL feels each new game. Hubby watched some bits and is only 1/3 interested now - and he's the mega-BL person (he still replays BL1/BL2 once a year).

Why? Because I can, of course. (parked and sitting on the roof, chillin') - (yes you can also walk into the two 'huts') - (want to deco it even more, actually)

I have no idea who BamBam or TIMETHAI are, but this popped up in my random feed and all morning I've been listening to it while doing my daily exercise bits (hubby's probably annoyed by now, ha). Just a nice mellow dance song that works well for "busy" arm flailing walking. Good thing I do it in the backyard. Edit: also, none of my SO/s dates liked to dance, so I definitely danced by myself. Also, more Stray Kids. After 1st hearing their Victory song 5-6 years ago or something, occasionally liked their big singles etc. I have now bought all those older singles as MP3's and bought the Karma "mp3 album" off Amazon. YouTube on repeat isn't good enough anymore. I .... may have finally become a "Stay." But I am NOT going to buy plushies/pens/headwear, or cardboard stand cutouts or an ebay auction of a sweat-stained bandana. Just saying. But I guess I'm fully on the "I like all their music and will pay for it" bandwagon, now.

Oh thank goodness, I'm not the only one. I feel like I wake up from a long sleep with enough eye crusties to make a crumble cake. I have a bottle of saline solution by the bed and rinse/moisten eyes out when I wake up, and am rubbing bits of crusties away for ages. And all day new ones keep slowly forming in the corner of my eyes (both sides). I suppose that's not very visually noticeable to other people but I can feel them/rub them out and it drives me nuts. >.>

^ well my 9900k is better than i7-9700, but not by oodles or anything. Confirms my thinking new gen of games will = my CPU is going to be a limiting factor right quick. I'm still confident I'd get BL4 to run at 45-60fps fake-4k/DLSS Performance Med/Low or something, but would I want to. Probably not. Forums are already full of angry performance-ranters, although as is often the case these days, some of that is re: ppl who want a lot more than 60fps. I'd say Steam reviews are so far around 40+% negative. Anyway - they didn't go full separation hog on the DLC but they did break it up into two major packs (for ones that aren't cosmetic-only): --Vault Hunter Pack: 2 future new main story areas, 2 new Vault Hunters, other misc $50 (US $) --Bounty Pack: 4 future "unique areas" (could just be a battle arena or small side quest/mini mission or something of that nature, not described), 4 new vehicles, other misc $40 <---personally I'd skip this one --Base game: $70 So $160 separately (or $130 for 'super deluxe' edition). Maybe in 4-5 years it'll have a "gold-like" bundle for 50% off. That seems about what it's worth. And I might have a new PC by then. Maybe. Seriously - even for (some of) those of us with decent higher income factors, it all seems so not worth it anymore (outside of smaller scale/indies/old games etc). And even some "indie" games have serious performance issues re: older/less elite systems because engines or tech or lack of dev experience/skill.

--Watched a short video of a small fishing driving a small tank across the floor for food pellet rewards. Maybe in 20+ years I can have one chauffeur me around when I'm too old to drive. --have been really tired. Where I lay down, and it's super comfy and I feel like I'm going to melt into the couch/bed and pass out/sleep any second, but then I don't, and I may get up again after 10 minutes. But yeah, these bouts of bone/nerve/brain tired. Like I haven't slept for 40 hrs. Even after 8 hrs of sleep. --my vision seems to be getting worse. Hard to read monitors/screens or subtitles at the moment, with or without glasses. They're also super dry/gummy feeling all the time. I guess I gotta see an eye doc. --I feel worn out is all. Bought a reading lamp for my bed because I hate having the full-ceiling room light fixture on, plus I thought I'd try reading books again (vs. screen glare). The lamp works great, but every time I try to read a book, it's a little blurry and after some minutes of holding the book and squinting, I become bone tired and fall asleep.

#1, It's a risk one takes being a public figure of any kind. Can't say I'm all that surprised in today's US/political climate. #2. I have definitely felt like the US is teetering on some kind of guerrilla/terrorist-civil war, more localized conflicts vs all states involved at once etc. Not saying it WILL happen, but it sure gives me those vibes. #3. While I'm not all that ancient yet, I've apparently still lived too long (tech/own nothing, politics (not just US either) etc. Humanity does like to repeat itself re: civilization cycles - if not in exact detail, in themes. I feel like the higher our tech, the faster those cycles are rotating even within current civilization era. Wonder what documentaries on us will be like. "The Rise, Fall and Demise of the 800 Year Global Tech and AI Empire?"

^ I'm sure I've said it before, but the only reason I still have Netflix at this point is 1-hubby and 2-S. korea content. But even the k-dramas that Netflix tends to highlight or at the ones plastered with the "Netflix originals" (or at least "only on Netflix") have a pattern to what they are. Which is why I've been going back to Viki a lot more, again. And half the time I can't even buy such on dvd's anymore in terms of willing to wait to see in that way. Especially for non-US stuff and series (vs. films).