[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Did DougDoug do this? Sounds like DougDoug did this.

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When going through the cookie settings for a website or an app, some of the cookies are marked as "legitimate interest". What exactly does that mean?

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submitted 3 months ago by EarWorm@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

TL;DR: Any recommendations for a game like Overwatch that actually functions? XDefiant was promising, but it doesn't have "roles" that don't require shooting, so my friend got frustrated.

As it turns out, it is actually possible to make friends as an adult. Who knew?

She likes MOBAs and such, and I mostly go for shooters so Overwatch was an obvious choice.

The gameplay is fun, and it gives us both something we enjoy, but there are some glaring issues that are best described by just describing my own experience in the game.

First off, the game requires you to win 50 matches in quick play before you're allowed in ranked. With both of us working full-time, having spouses and whatnot, and dealing with 3 random teammates, that took forever.

I finally got to ranked, she already had a rank. The game "predicted" my rank to be basically the same as hers. Even so, all that's available are "wide matches". Average wait time is between 20-30 minutes.

So we started a co-op campaign in Baldur's Gate 3.

We still would like to find a competitive game to play together, so basically a functional Overwatch.

And that brings us here. Any ideas?

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I literally bought a vape so I wouldn't smoke in my car. It's quite a bit easier to sell a car that smells like raspberries than one that smells like an ashtray.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

What do you mean? They're just songs about nice things, like bringing your own beer to a party, jumping on a pogo stick and shimmying until the break of dawn, yeah. Oh, and cocaine. Lots of cocaine.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago

The Social Network.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Wait, Anthony Kiedis!? That's news to me.

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submitted 7 months ago by EarWorm@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

For example, I personally can't listen to Guns and Roses without immediately thinking "that Axl sure is an asshole", and that sours the entire experience.

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I've been working as an automation technician for around 5 years now, and I've come across several services that promise a substantial improvement in energy efficiency when it comes to heating, especially involving district heating with water. Most of these are subscription services.

While they usually quote numbers that are based in reality, the way they are accomplished is often covered in technical jargon and straight up BS that a person without experience won't be able to understand and so believes the seller.

That's where this post comes in.

All that the impressive sounding, weather pattern considering, ultra-futuristic solution really does is take the existing setpoint for the heating system and lowers it by ≈2°C. That's it. One line of code. Takes any competent professional 5 minutes to implement. What's worse, some systems are laid on top of the old one, with a higher priority. Meaning that you need a specialist provided by the "optimization" company to adjust the heating. So if you're too cold or too hot, tough shit. Your building's maintenance company can't change it.

The existing system in most cases already bases its setpoints on the current outside temperature, with a pollrate of around a second. What the weather is going to be like next week, or even tomorrow, does not matter. The system already adjusts the setpoints in real time.

Maybe a bit of a niche rant, but hopefully helps at least someone. Thanks for reading!

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I know, right? Last night I drank 5 liters of water while brushing my teeth, and I got a serious stomach ache! How is water legal!?

What I'm saying is that what you experienced there was something called an "user error".

I have smoked for around 15 years now, got a vape maybe 3 years ago and I've never had anything like that happen, unless you count the "contests" we had in middle school.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I've had this discussion a few times. It has always ended with me asking "do you have aim assist on?".

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I have an Asus PG27AQDM OLED monitor, and the out-of-the-box HDR experience is, well, atrocious. I can make it look better, almost perfect, by messing around with Nvidia control panel, but those settings obviously look awful with HDR disabled. So, is there a way to automatically apply different profiles according to the colour space being used?

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago

When I drive, I am one with my vehicle! I have the gear stick up my ass and twerk to change gears, like a MAN!

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Unrelated question, does anyone know any good pirate sites?

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

I'm still contemplating if I should lie to myself and say "I can totally do an asshole playthrough this time!" only to end up doing the exact same things as I did last time because I can't stand making lines of code sad.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Mine are The Promised LAN and The LAN of Confusion.

[-] EarWorm@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The only purpose of a mandatory military service like where I live is to teach young people to obey authority without question. That somehow makes you "a real man".

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