wccrawford

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[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

It's worse than that.

Yes, you can pay for a streak freeze. If you don't, you'll probably find that you were given one for free anyhow. You'd have wasted your gems.

Yes, you can pay to undo a streak loss. It's more than paying for a freeze.

It'll give you multiple chances to pay for all that, too. If you're out for days and then come back, you can pay to fix your streak.

What is the point of a streak if you can just buy your way back to it?

Also, I had paid for the last couple years, which (IIRC) includes free streak freezes. It still asked if I want to pay for them. I'd say no, and find I had one anyhow, or a friend had miraculously given me one.

But during the last year (365 days) my streak was actually only at 190 or so because I'd used so many streak freezes that I got for free. I wasn't even trying to keep my streak.

When I finally let my streak die, the icon started trying to guilt trip me into coming back with horrible icons of Duo being sad, heartbroken, or even dead.

The constant mental manipulation that was well beyond what gamification should ever be was what finally drove me to just quit playing altogether. I had already canceled my sub long ago, but I'm not even going to use the remainder of this year I've already paid for.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a screen aspect ratio. It's a ratio of 1 portion of the screen to another portion of the screen.

It's short for 90%:10%. 1 app uses 90% of the screen and another uses 10% of the screen.

It's not comparing the length of 1 edge of the screen to a perpendicular edge of the screen.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was going to say they should only be comparing them under the same driving areas, since I know they aren't allowed in many areas.

But you're right, it's even tighter than that.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are 2 types of "free". Liberty, and price. "Free as in beer" means they mean the price version of the word. It's a really old saying now.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't say for sure I'd have bought it, but I've been wanting an nVidia Shield update or serious competitor for a couple years now.

I wasn't even aware of this project, though, so either they weren't trying to drum up interest, or I've had my head in the sand?

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Hoyo has been hurting from these strikes, especially as they only affect some of the studios that they employ for voice acting. I have seen numerous and repeated calls to replace the voice actors because some characters are voiced now and some aren't.

So I'm not surprised that after months and months, they finally decided to just move on with studios that are still taking work.

I absolutely think that it's unethical to use someone's voice work to produce a replacement for them without their consent and appropriate compensation. And from that article, it sounds like Hoyo agrees with me.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Small size means a smaller battery. If they make the phone's processor too powerful, the battery will run out in less than a day, and then everyone will be mad about that. There's also less surface to dissipate heat.

Making things smaller is harder and more expensive, but people who want small phones don't want to pay more than large phones.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I did, at launch. It was somewhat fun, and I didn't regret my purchase. It's pretty much exactly the game you expect, from the ads. That alone makes it noteworthy, IMO. :D

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 110 points 9 months ago

Ahh, financial blackmail. That makes a lot of sense for him.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

There are even games that already do this. I still end up second-guessing, but at least "you last saved 8 seconds ago" makes me pretty sure I got it.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Certain attitudes toward certain companies will guarantee upvotes, even if it doesn't accurately reflect the actions the company has just taken. They're just farming upvotes, clicks, ads, etc.

I've yet to find any way to "fix" the situation. People aren't interested in being open-minded. They just want to push some endorphins and move on.

[–] wccrawford@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And you can even return it, if it's released and you haven't installed it... Or if it's on Steam, and you played it less than 2 hours.

There really isn't a lot of reason to strenuously avoid pre-ordering if you're pretty sure you'll buy it at release.

And even better, a lot of games have pre-installs that can save you time at release. You could be playing the game instead of being mad that it isn't downloaded yet.

 

On the bottom of my prints, there's an area of underextrusion and I can't figure out what's causing it.

I first noticed it when I switched back to a textured PEI bed while trying to print ASA. It's on 20x20mm squares, and it's on the test print for setting up pressure advance... But only on the left-most object.

It's the same even if I add 2 lines of skirt or not. (In addition to my KAMP Voron purge.)

It happens everywhere on the bed that I've tested. It happens to PLA, but it harder to see. For ASA, it's very obvious. For PLA, it's almost as smooth as the rest of the surface, but it's there if you know what you're looking for.

I've only been printing PLA for quite a while now, so I don't know when this started.

I've got an LDO Voron 2.4 with Tap, KAMP, Revo hot end. I've calibrated pressure advanced and changed the value, and I've tried different z offsets with the textured bed, which doesn't change it. (But does change how good the rest of the bottom surface looks.)

Anyone got any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/ggaZDMY

 

On the bottom of my prints, there's an area of underextrusion and I can't figure out what's causing it.

I first noticed it when I switched back to a textured PEI bed while trying to print ASA. It's on 20x20mm squares, and it's on the test print for setting up pressure advance... But only on the left-most object.

It's the same even if I add 2 lines of skirt or not. (In addition to my KAMP Voron purge.)

It happens everywhere on the bed that I've tested. It happens to PLA, but it harder to see. For ASA, it's very obvious. For PLA, it's almost as smooth as the rest of the surface, but it's there if you know what you're looking for.

I've only been printing PLA for quite a while now, so I don't know when this started.

I've got an LDO Voron 2.4 with Tap, KAMP, Revo hot end. I've calibrated pressure advanced and changed the value, and I've tried different z offsets with the textured bed, which doesn't change it. (But does change how good the rest of the bottom surface looks.)

Anyone got any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/ggaZDMY

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