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Sure, the frame rate plummets when there are lots of enemies on screen or you're opening up a treasure chest with all the glowy particle effects. But the latest defense is that it's Intentional For Dramatic Effect
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Pick posted:I don't buy or play video games and so my nerd disposable income actually makes an occasional purchase like this possible. Games are expensive, man. I disagree, I think gaming is actually a very cheap hobby, especially if you can wait a few months for hot releases to cool down. The cost per hour of entertainment is stupidly good. My cheapest hobby for sure. *looks at collection musical instruments* One day I'll finish a project using all the cool gear I've amassed 
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Mar 9, 2017 00:02
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List of hobbies in descending order of cost: Bikes Photography Motorcycle Gaming Grilling So yeah, laying around gaming while eating meat is pretty cheap.
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Mar 9, 2017 00:05
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treiz01 posted:I'm not buying a Switch because it's an underdone mess. And the game having low and inconsistent framerate is definitely going to interfere with gameplay. I never said it had to be 60fps, but not even 1080p 30fps? In 2017? YMMV, but I've played Zelda for over 20 hours at this point and beaten 2 dungeons. I've had 3, maybe 4 framerate dips so far. They're all when the game is rendering too much foliage. Hasn't caused an issue with game play.
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Mar 9, 2017 00:11
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I'm glad I didn't get the switch at launch. I was heavily tempted but the Nintedo Way is alive and well, I see. I mean a plastic screen? Nah son I don't play like dat, not in 2017 I'll wait a few months for the kinks to get worked out/library to get nice and meaty. For now 3DS is still very cool and fun
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Mar 9, 2017 00:18
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More money than sense but it looks loving cool on my wall and should pay for itself eventually.
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Mar 9, 2017 00:20
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sure, the frame rate plummets when there are lots of enemies on screen or you're opening up a treasure chest with all the glowy particle effects. But the latest defense is that it's Intentional For Dramatic Effect What was the framerate on my first handheld video game console? 
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Mar 9, 2017 00:23
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Bottom Liner posted:List of hobbies in descending order of cost: Fixed this one for you.
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Mar 9, 2017 00:57
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Fozaldo posted:More money than sense but it looks loving cool on my wall and should pay for itself eventually. I had no interest and held out for a couple years, and even passed on a free one a friend who works for them offered me. My girlfriend moved in and really wanted one, so I relented. It's awesome. It's so, so good. Not only are my bills very noticeably smaller, I can turn the AC/heater on and off from my phone while in bed, instead of having to get up. It enables me to be so lazy and I love it.
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Mar 9, 2017 03:12
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I just leave mine at a comfortable temperature and never have to adjust. I don't get it.
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Mar 9, 2017 03:27
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They probably live in places that get really cold. The weather here is pretty much the same all year so I never touch it.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:13
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sure, the frame rate plummets when there are lots of enemies on screen or you're opening up a treasure chest with all the glowy particle effects. But the latest defense is that it's Intentional For Dramatic Effect Something like in metal slug games (especially later ones) the slowdown is basically required to keep the difficulty at a sane level? They embraced the slowdown.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:27
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I bought the new phone on which I am typing this post. An LG V20. I like it.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:28
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Bottom Liner posted:I just leave mine at a comfortable temperature and never have to adjust. I don't get it. Do you leave it set at the same temp when no one's home 8 hours/day? I have a couple Nests and don't think they're that great. A dumb programmable thermostat can do most of what they do if you're willing to spend time setting up the schedule in a lovely UI. But there's still a huge convenience and energy bill difference between leaving your house at seventy or whatever 24/7/365 and being able to tap around in a decent app to do poo poo like "during the summer set to 78 at 8:30a when I leave for work and start cooling to 72 at 5:30p so it's cool when I get home from work and at midnight when I go to bed drop to 70 but if I want to go to bed early and walk by the motion sensor in the bedroom before midnight go ahead and start cooling but on the weekends I sleep in so...". The best things about it are the motion sensor (which is contingent on thermostat placement) and the ability to set AWAY mode from your phone when you go on vacation and realize that your empty house is being heated/cooled.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:40
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I turn it up a few degress but yeah, I've always read that that's the most energy efficient as opposed to starting over from having it completely off all day.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:42
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I got curious and did some googling and couldn't find a straightforward answer but the gist seems to be that if you have a fairly modern house that's fairly well insulated and a fairly efficient HVAC system; it's more efficient and cheaper to program than to leave it at a constant temperature. This may not apply if you have geothermal heating or live in a weird climate or... I don't have any hard data to back it up and don't know if my energy rates have changed but I'm pretty sure the Nests knocked something like 15-30% off my energy/gas bill.
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Mar 9, 2017 04:58
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I have an older programmable thermostat and spent an hour setting up this fancy schedule that would drop it to 68 at night, up to 70 during the days I'm off and 77 when I was working and I guess they didn't install the batteries correctly and lost all the settings in a power outage a couple of months later. That was 4 years ago and while I can't be certain because I've made other changes I keep it at 69 now, our bill runs ~$20 cheaper when it's hot than when it was cycling temps. We're lucky because we're on the first floor of a duplex and the upstairs unit absorbs most of the heat. Also, I think the biggest savings is the "circulate air" mode that our a/c has where it will randomly turn on just the fan to circulate air randomly. I don't know if that's a common feature now but the a/c we had for the first couple of years here didn't have it and it makes a huge difference as to how much the actual a/c runs. It goes through filters faster but it's kinda like having a ceiling fan in every room.
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Mar 9, 2017 05:44
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Lawen posted:I got curious and did some googling and couldn't find a straightforward answer but the gist seems to be that if you have a fairly modern house that's fairly well insulated and a fairly efficient HVAC system; it's more efficient and cheaper to program than to leave it at a constant temperature. This may not apply if you have geothermal heating or live in a weird climate or... The Nest thermostats also measure how long it takes for the house to change temperature when idle, heating, or cooling, and get a measure of how efficient the system is and how insulated your house is vs the current outdoor temperature. This lets them build up the most efficient pattern for running the heating/cooling, and you can boost that more by programming in 'home' hours or letting it track resident locations via their phones. This is their advantage vs 'programmable' thermostats, though others in the industry (ecobee?) do the same types of things.
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Mar 9, 2017 05:51
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I bought some basil fried rice because I was feeling really lovely and guess what? I feel a little less lovely.
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Mar 9, 2017 06:41
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Inzombiac posted:I bought some basil fried rice because I was feeling really lovely and guess what? Sounds like you didn't get it spicy enough. I went to Home Depot and bought 20 yard waste bags because I'm going to be selling my house soon and I spent the last ten years not raking the leaves in the back yard.
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Mar 9, 2017 07:00
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Chef Bourgeoisie posted:Grabbing a few items I was missing from my kitchen Smashing meat to a uniform thickness is underappreciated in the home kitchen.
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Mar 9, 2017 07:57
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Can't you just use a rolling pin
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Mar 9, 2017 08:01
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Mu Zeta posted:Can't you just use a rolling pin It's less efficient/satisfying. And with the textured face of the mallet you can create small perforations in the meat, allowing any breading or coating to stick better.
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Mar 9, 2017 08:16
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strangemusic posted:Things I would care about as a potential Switch buyer: Those are all bad but they put the USB charge port on the bottom of the console so you can't stand it up whilst charging  edit: also lol at Nintendo saying put up or shut up with dead pixels. Frankston has a new favorite as of 11:57 on Mar 9, 2017 |
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Mar 9, 2017 11:53
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Bottom Liner posted:List of hobbies in descending order of cost: Tools (eg woodworking and fixing poo poo) Motorcycles Guitars and pedals Backpacking Building electronics/Arduino Bikes Gaming Yup, relatively speaking, gaming is pretty much at the bottom of the list. Firearms woulda been at the top, but I've basically gotten rid of everything since the whole culture and opinions on all sides are lovely and toxic. Busting clays used to be so much fun 
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Mar 9, 2017 12:48
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I spend the same amount on a game that I'll play for 100+ hours as I do for one round of golf that lasts for 3.
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Mar 9, 2017 16:33
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Sure, the frame rate plummets when there are lots of enemies on screen or you're opening up a treasure chest with all the glowy particle effects. But the latest defense is that it's Intentional For Dramatic Effect This isn't true at all. Like the other poster said on this page, I have put 20+ hours into the game and noticed one or two frame rate drops total, and they were negligible.
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Mar 9, 2017 16:35
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RCarr posted:This isn't true at all. Like the other poster said on this page, I have put 20+ hours into the game and noticed one or two frame rate drops total, and they were negligible. Given we just talked about the frame hitch (it's not on treasure chests) like a page ago I suspect he's just trying to start poo poo. Edit: or own those deluded Nintendo fanboys. I'd actually forgotten console warriors still exist.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:03
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Bought a patch for my backpack. Autist or edgelord, you decide! Also bought a shitload of delicious szechuan food and had a feast with some friends last night.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:31
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Lawen posted:Bought a patch for my backpack. Autist or edgelord, you decide!
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Mar 9, 2017 17:35
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Lawen posted:Bought a patch for my backpack. Autist or edgelord, you decide! I need to put one of these on my office door.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:39
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Mu Zeta posted:Can't you just use a rolling pin Yeah, but I don't bake often enough to need a rolling pin. I do cook meat on a regular basis though, thus, the meat mallet.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:52
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I'm not trying to start poo poo about the Switch. In the past 10 pages of this thread, someone literally said the slowdown was for dramatic effect and has been a part of every Zelda game ever.
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Mar 9, 2017 18:18
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Uniqlo Dry Stretch Long Sleeve Full-Zip Hoodie, in black, size M:
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Mar 9, 2017 18:19
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djfooboo posted:Smashing meat to a uniform thickness is underappreciated in the home kitchen. My brother got me this for christmas one year and it owns to beat your meat 
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Mar 9, 2017 19:57
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I'm not trying to start poo poo about the Switch. In the past 10 pages of this thread, someone literally said the slowdown was for dramatic effect and has been a part of every Zelda game ever. Guys, did you know that a chugging framerate is dramatic slowdown
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Mar 9, 2017 20:17
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Gotta keep the moose sticker though. I took it off, and found I now have the outline of two mooses loving burnt into my turntable.
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Mar 9, 2017 20:38
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I'd actually forgotten console warriors still exist. I'm not a console warrior so much as a disappointed fanboy. I own a Wii U for gods sakes. I was really excited about the Switch and it's a bummer that Nintendo seems to have cheaped out in a lot of its construction.
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Mar 9, 2017 21:21
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Got a ticket to see Shonen Knife in May. They were here in 2014 much to my surprise. It was at a small venue with maybe 100 people showing up. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see them come back.
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Mar 10, 2017 00:07
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I'm with prom candy. I was really hoping they'd pull it off but the skimping out on some stuff was very disappointing. I was ready to get my switch on but instead I'll get a PS4 slim, gotta get ready for persona 5
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