anakin78z

joined 1 year ago
[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 7 points 53 minutes ago (2 children)

Probably because there isn't a giant mini blind lobby, and people plastering stickers all over their pickup trucks yelling about their mini blind rights.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Strong 8 vibes today

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 32 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

At this point the screenshot thing needs it's own sub

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've actually been shocked by how little production drops during winter. For example, we Feb & March, our coldest months this year, we produced 1.75 MWh/month, which actually beats every summer month before it, and is only beaten by this August, which was our highest producing month ever at 2.04MWh. Most summer months before that were closer to 1.5. Only thing I need to do is clear the panels after it snows.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

App wise I recommend just using the progressive web app (install website as app). It works very well, and you always get the latest updates.

For the server, find one that targets one of your interests.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Oil demand deceleration is up in country where demand for non battery vehicles is down. China.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes, it's the embarrassment that's really important here. 🙄

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

That's such a capitalist way of thinking. "The daycare down the street is never going to compete with ABC Baby Slaughter as long as their rates are higher!"

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Non EV owners can't grok how convenient home charging is, and the reality that station charging is a general rarity.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I actually don't think it is a deal breaker. How many 300+mi road trips does a person take? So what if it takes longer a few days out of the year?

And you can always prioritize fast charging when shopping EVs, if that's important. We knew full well we weren't getting the fastest charging EV when we bought ours. But, like I said, it was fine on our big trip, and really we didn't stop more often than we usually do, even if our stops were a bit linger, and it didn't have a negative impact.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

EV owner in the US with home charger. It's the best. The convenience of never having to go to a gas station is huge. I was so worried about range and charging speed before I got the car, but it's all bullshit. The reality is that I wake up in the morning and I'm ready to go wherever I want to go. I take a few longer trips a year, and I'm always able to find a charging station along the way. The apps make it pretty easy to know where to go. I have a CCS plug, and we're supposed to get the Tesla adapter sometime this year. But even without it, we just took an 800 mile road trip, and there's a CCS fast charging station at least every 80 miles, so it's not like we were ever in danger of not making it. The only thing I don't like about the CCS plug is that they're so damn heavy. The Tesla ones are supposed to be nicer, so there's that to look forward to.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yea, that sounds like it sucked. Glad it didn't happen to me.

 

OK, I finally took the plunge on Baldur's Gate 3, and, coming from playing several hundreds of hours of Solasta recently, the first thing I noticed is the lack of a combat grid.

Going back a bit further, my son and I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. We were super pumped for the sequel, but when it finally came out, it kind of fell flat for both of us. Whether or not it's down to this, I don't know, but they also removed the grid.

That game, of course, was an XCom-like. XCom used a grid, but a more recent Firaxis game, Marvel's Midnight Suns, got rid of the grid as well.

To me, all these gridless iterations of classic strategy games just aren't as engaging. I guess they're going for a more immersive rpg type of feel? But to me it seems to sacrifice the strategy aspect, and ultimately, judging based on my hours played, that always ends up being too great a sacrifice. My play time on Marvel's Midnight Suns is less than 10% of Xcom 2, and the same is true for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.

I'm sure BG3 is a great game, and I'm sure I'll enjoy the campaign, but so far it's not giving me the 'feels'.

Do you miss grids? Or did they only slow you down?

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