Macaroni_ninja

joined 3 years ago
[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I was never a big online player, but I loved cooperative stuff with my friends. Left4Dead, Borderlands, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Remnant from the Ashes, Terraria, Grim Dawn, etc I met a bunch of guys in an online forum, we had our own section there and become good friends for over 15 years we had hundreds of thousands of comments, posts and just idiotic conversations about stupid stuff. We even met in person a few times, even though we lived in different countries.

I am over 40 now, all my friends have families, everyone is too busy and we rarely have time to play together anymore. Last year I think 3-4 times managed to arrange a session and we ended up catching up and just chatting about the good old days and life in general. Most of them are offline on Steam for over 2-3 years now, which is sad.

I am now almost exclusively playing single player stuff. Having a family and a full time job its not easy to find time, but its not impossible. Also picked up solo board gaming to decrease my screen time and I can say its been great.

I miss the old times, but its easier to arrange some gaming time for myself, I think I prefer it now this way. Still it sucks how fast we get old. Cant do anything about it, but I can still enjoy this hobby, just a little bit differently.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Eggs are probably one of the few grocery store items, where opening the packaging and checking them before purchase is a must do.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thats a lot. My whole water installation was under 5k (plumbing without appliances + floor heating) for a 110 m2 family house, plus got mutiple offers for heat pumps (install+setup) between 4k - 8k with different mid-ranged models (air-water) after stating my budget. Of course there are high-end models for 10-20k, but I have no reason to choose smart features and buzzwords for the premium price.

Location is Slovakia, but prices in Hungary and Czech Republic are similar. All prices are from 2025-2026, with government support program for energy saving appliances.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Its becoming more common here in Central Europe, most new builds family houses have them.

They have a couple drawbacks, like the high upfront cost (in my country a mid-range pump can cost between 3-8K Euros) and they work best with well insulated buildings, but once its installed they can save a tons of money, especially when paired with solar panels or wind turbines.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

2nd is the better game, if you want a little more streamlined experience.

I would not worry about the story, the voice acting is so ridiculously bad in a funny way, you will not remember anything, just the presentation.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Always makes me laugh, "what a god" :D It demonstrates the game really good

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

Yup, except the two words games had like 75 USD budget and 2 voice actors tops :)

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Two Worlds and Two Worlds 2 The first one was advertised as the "Oblivion killer". Which is hilarious, because of how janky bug ridden pile of code it is. Yet I love it. I could create such broken OP characters, which could one shot bosses.

The second one got a bit better production quality, but its still a broken mess. Love it.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Driving a modern car is like sitting next to a toddler playing on an electric keyboard: Welcome theme tune, traffic sign detected, over speed limit, look at the road, you look tired, you put the car in reverse... Ding-ding-ding

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

There is no metric how they don't trust people to do their jobs without close surveillance. The results are not enough, your company IT checking on you is not enough, you also need a shit for brains middle manager looking over your shoulder.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

yes, my new manager is the kind of person, who talks about socializing, and work family, and goes around once a day just to see who is there, nods from the distance and fucks off...

 

I was recently rewatching the IT Crowd, which is one of my favourite shows and after finishing Season 2 Episode 1, "The Work Outing" for the hundredth of time I realized this is probably my favourite sitcom episode of all time. I just can't get bored of the jokes and the delivery. The writing is gold, and the story escalates from funny to absolutely insane hilarious. Makes me laugh every time. Half the dialogue I quote to this day.

There are many good episodes I love, and could put here as close seconds: probably most of the Futurama series, a dozen of episodes of The Office or some classics from the Friends, I could think of.

So I would like to hear what episodes of any TV show is your favourites and why? Doesn't needs to be necessarily comedy, anything from television is fair game.

Think of it as a "what single item would you bring to a desert island with you" question, just with an episode of a TV show :)

 

Can't wait for next year to make the same mistakes again! 🙏🙏🙏💯

 

This is just to share my experience with everyone, especially the people still undecided.

I was planning the switch for months, and finally had a couple hours undisturbed from the wife and the kids :)

It was a slightly rocky start, as my USB wifi receiver did not have native drivers, but with wired internet and the official Mint tutorial the rest of the transition was super smooth.

The OS install went flawlessly and within an hour I had all the basic programs, browser and utilities up and running. I love that I just download the app from the dedicated place, no pointless web surfing for the latest versions.

I backed up my steam folder (with the rest of my files of course), so after installing the steam client and some quick synchronization I had my installed games library back in minutes. I did some testing and everything works great. As I own a steam deck I already had some experience with games not running natively on Linux, but a saw many great tutorials for beginners. I cant wait to test out some more games!

Edit: thank you for all the positivity and great feedback! I know Lemmy users love Linux and I have to admit I feel a little bit more included :D

Who knows, maybe I will start warching Star Trek next...

 

Hi all, I hope my post doesn't violate any rules, because of the links, if yes, please let me know.

I am a beginner with road bikes, I was always a MTB person, but I decided to get a road bike for my cardio exercise as I turned 40 and I have less option in my area for MTB rides.

Since Im a beginner with road bikes I would need some advice to not mess up my purchase. Of course I done some research as well, but never know what I missed.

Im in the EU and my budget is 700-750 EUR, so yes, it will be a budget bike. I will ride 3-4 times a week for 50-70 km distances. Some hills, but nothing serious.

I found two possible candidates:

Triban RC500 The obvious choice, many reviews calling it the best budget bike under 1000 EUR, some compromises, but I think it would be perfect for me. Price: 750 EUR where I live.

Sava Vegur 1.2 A bit of a wild card, its currently on half off sale with a reputable online retailer for 680 EUR, but cant decide if its the deal of the year or I should be cautious. I know, I dont need a carbon bike for my needs, but still, Im curious if anyone ever had experience with the brand? I found reviews, opinions, etc but nothing which would tell me to buy or not buy it specifically. Its a Chinese brand, but thats about it from what I can see.

Thanks for the time and I would prefer constructive feedback if possible :)

 
 

I'm getting an android tablet soon (will be a present and a little birdie told it to me). Nothing fancy, just some mid-range 10 inch one with basic features. I'm planning to mainly use it for comic books, but while I'm at it might as well watch movies on it.

So my question is: any good setup/apps/guides for movie streaming or downloading I should know about? I don't have a home server, or anything, usually just torrent what I want on my desktop PC and watch it there, but I have zero experience with pirating movies on android.

I will definitely not use the tablet for social media, google services, etc so I can do with it whatever I want, it's purely for comics/ebooks/movies.

 

Most likely a repost of a repost from 5 orher platforms but I love how quickly Lemmy become my favourite place and would like to contribute!

 

Hi Lemmings!

I have my Deck since March 2022. I was one of the fortunate ones to receive it quite soon.

Lately I noticed two things: The right joysticks movement is not as smooth as it was before and sometimes it makes a creaking noise.

The "A" button lost some of its resistance and become super sensitive in some games registering twice per button push. For example in a text heavy game I often skip dialogues because of this.

The device is in a perfect working order, no abuse, no damage, screen protector since day 1, protective skin applied, etc.

My question: Should I contact Valve and ask for a repair..

...or maybe try to get some nice replacement parts and upgrade the buttons and joysticks?

How does the available replacements compare to original parts? Are they an improvement? Or should I go the safe route and let Valve repair it for me?

 

First of all love the app, its my daily driver now for Lemmy!

I was wondering if you could favourite or "star" communities in the list so they would always show on top of the list? I love to check my feed but also I like to daily browse specific communities. It would help a lot, especially with my growing number of communities subbed.

Many thanks and keep up the great work!

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