#havingajobisgreatandifyoudonthaveoneyousuckyahoooooooo
#lounge
summer cedar
errant raven
99% of my steam library has been bought but never played
summer cedar
Were you not afraid of the floating trees?
pearl elk
rey tracing
summer cedar
It could have the tree-be-holders.
errant raven
You dont get it. A huge fear most people have is the ground disappearing.
The trees are only floating because they haven't looked down yet
Marvel rivals might be a exception to the esports 8GB thing
pearl elk
Id rather play Marvel Ravers
pearl elk
I always wanted to be disco Weapon X
errant raven
It's not fully utilizing the GPU, is rivals that cpu intensive?
I played valorant on my cousin's pc once. He unmapped a lot of actions keybinds, didn't know until I tried to defuse the bomb, pick up a gun and crouch.
errant raven
Cracker barrel was ruined
And I just used my last bottle of cracker barrel maple syrup
summer cedar
--- As on 12 March 1895, 125 years ago, automotive manufacturer Benz & Cie. โ also in Mannheim โ delivered the first bus with a combustion engine (an alternative drivetrain at the time) to Rheinische Gasmotoren Fabrik. ---
errant raven
It couldve been worth money
summer cedar
A little bit of learning.
errant raven
I drunk money 
Selling for 20-40$ on ebay with the syrup. 10-13$ for just the bottle with logo
The CEO turned cracker barrel gay too I just wanted my biscuits and gravy
summer cedar
All these people have never worked a day in their lives.
'Cuz they just stand there waiting for a bus.
mild gust
I know I havn't
summer cedar
That is Thomas if Thomas had no face
You are correct. I call it Thomas Choo!
summer cedar
@zinc matrix What do you think of the unarmed addition to monkeys in the next league?
summer cedar
It's scary
Tee hee. Why?
Okay, these people (the ones stuck at that station over there) are just nuts. They want to travel a hundred plus kilometres BY BUS to the other town/city, when there is a perfectly comfortable AND CHEAPER train available. Wha?! ๐
median wraith
Just see in live both kids with a new BMW dad gave to them destroy all the front part parking
median wraith
I PLAYED THAT
summer cedar
It's an excellent game, but it takes a bit to wrap your head around the economic shenanigans.
white oxide
Got some more windows
this genuinely looks like a building you would see in some 1800s city building game
WHELP
my original novel is so detailed, and my lore so thought out, that apparently writing 2 chapters of the sequel book uses up 1.5 million tokens with an ai
summer cedar
Ze trams.
white oxide
i forgot that i spent most of yesterdays tokens on converting the massive 67k word story into a 2k word document that an ai can better parse with less token use
proud jay
this genuinely looks like a building you would see in some 1800s city building g...
thanks I guess?
mild gust
Your welcome
white oxide
tbh im used to american houses, which tend to be a lot more sprawling
mild gust
This guy gets it
white oxide
nah, why build a house UP, build a bunker
proud jay
Your welcome
what about my welcome?
mild gust
That's the thing
white oxide
make them have to dig your ass out if they want to take you
proud jay
tbh im used to american houses, which tend to be a lot more sprawling
like a mcmansion?
white oxide
well thinking more like ranch houses
proud jay
This guy gets it
gets*
white oxide
very few true mcmansions here
mild gust
Your right
proud jay
the street is on my right
white oxide
most are 1-2 stories but even the manor homes are like 5,000 square foot
mild gust
I hate you sometimes
white oxide
ME?
mild gust
No
white oxide
oh, good, totally fine then
mild gust
But yes
proud jay
most are 1-2 stories but even the manor homes are like 5,000 square foot
that could be about right
mild gust
In a lovingly way
white oxide
tbh ive never actually watched this show
mild gust
I have seen a few episodes
white oxide
pretty sure you can guess the types of shows i watch
mild gust
Sci fi
white oxide
only 2 good anime's out there
god i love my sci-fi
also probably should do a rewatch of BSG again
proud jay
big sexy giant?
summer cedar
Got around to replacing the steam with electric. This apparently saves me $200,000 in maintenance.
But, the other damned Swiss trains are expensive. It ain't just their chocolate.
median wraith
gift me one once they finish, thank you
errant raven
Android 11 is so fucking bad
proud jay
brb, calling the architect
median wraith
one of the games I used to play early in PC was Trainz because liked to build the world and the rail
proud jay
gift me one once they finish, thank you
you can have it for 12 million euros
summer cedar
one of the games I used to play early in PC was Trainz because liked to build th...
Pretty much why I played Transport Tycoon ๐
It's just addictive.
Especially when you have to solve all sorts of logistical problems.
summer cedar
That is also a permissible utility of trains.
๐ Condolences to those who lost someone in NY. Stay safe. ๐
And on with the show.
Meet Dieselimus Prime.
fleet tangle
๐ Condolences to those who lost someone in NY. Stay safe. ๐
What happened?
errant raven
Why not war train
summer cedar
What happened?
Big pile-up on the way to NY from Niagara falls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eet2pONUguI
fleet tangle
Oh damn.
summer cedar
Why not war train
Its job is to bring planks to the machine shop. Not shoot Red Indians.
errant raven
Why cant it do both
summer cedar
They didn't do that in 1957, I guess.
errant raven
Well 1957 sounds like a shitty year in american history
proud jay
rip murica https://youtu.be/J4qqIJ312zI
errant raven
That 1955 home looks better
proud jay
basically the summary is Reagan fucked over the average joe
white oxide
too expensive and hard to maintain
median wraith
@proud jay https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMDwzc5AXMY/
Instagram
white oxide
makes a mercedes seem simple
errant raven
Who cares about maintaining it, not like you're gonna be driving it
Airspace laws are too complex
median wraith
basically the summary is Reagan fucked over the average joe
Modern houses are way worst than older ones
white oxide
from what standpoint?
median wraith
Such as modern products and components that last just the fucking warranty
white oxide
from a design point yes
errant raven
All of em
coral widget
What about thermal efficiency?
white oxide
but you also have to understand those 50's houses had no grounding wires
and that thermal stuff
errant raven
Such as modern products and components that last just the fucking warranty
Capitalist greed
coral widget
but you also have to understand those 50's houses had no grounding wires
Some had bare wires on standoffs going through rafters...
still
white oxide
I spend $120 this month on my AC bill for a 960 square foot house granted im keeping it like 75...
but the same house in the 50s would easily cost $200
errant raven
but you also have to understand those 50's houses had no grounding wires
Givin that a lot still stand today, sounds like gibberish to bloat prices.
white oxide
thats more economy not design or build quality
also newer houses rarely burn from wiring faults in the actual wall and more from morons using equipment wrong
or bypassing safety stuff
proud jay
I spend $120 this month on my AC bill for a 960 square foot house granted im kee...
no solar?
white oxide
solar is sadly not a cost effective solution yet
the problem is that a good solar array costs $20k+
errant raven
Sure it is
proud jay
wtf
errant raven
Just budget your energy smartly
proud jay
how are your prices so high
I can put like 10 solar panels with installation and all for 4k
white oxide
my house uses 400-500kw a month
errant raven
Have you tried using less energy
proud jay
my solar setup is calculated for peak of 4500 kw I think atm
white oxide
in the morning
errant raven
40c
proud jay
are you in arizona?
proud jay
we're using geothermal energy
you can cool to decent temperature for pretty low energy
errant raven
And somehow people in the middle east with hotter temps are using less energy and not complaining about heat
proud jay
of course it's not 40 degrees here
white oxide
it goes above 35C in like april, and then stays there till say october
proud jay
we are putting in active cooling on top of the geothermal for the really hot days though, that will use extra electricity of course
white oxide
currently 34C, and 46% humidity
errant raven
93f ain't shit man
errant raven
Get some thicker skin before you speed up global warming and kill us all
white oxide
were getting a cool wave from the hurricaine
proud jay
I don't think the thick skin helps with cooling
proud jay
actually it's been proven that people are a lot less productive when temp goes above 23c
errant raven
Yeah that makes sense
proud jay
I think the singapore leader even said the most important thing the country did was installing AC everywhere
errant raven
What kind of southerner cant handle a little heat 
errant raven
It's pretty easy to manage
proud jay
I can wander around in undies in 20F
20f or 20c?
errant raven
Texas never heard of popsicles and iced tea?
proud jay
cause 20f is kinda cold
white oxide
f
errant raven
60f is cold
white oxide
why, all my family and friends are here
errant raven
Pack em up and take em with you
white oxide
theres a reason im pro nuclear
you wanna fight global warming, talk to fucking china
errant raven
That does nothing
You can't talk to them
They dont care
You'll have to bomb them until they understand
white oxide
they put more CO2 out in 2 hours, than 20 billion worth of green tech has saved in canada last year
so our AC means squat
delete the stupid oil and coal plants in texas that are a core of why were also having such a high carbon footprint
NUCLEAR IS THE FUTURE
errant raven
I hope feeling cool is worth it when Tuvalu completely dissapears under the ocean
You monster
errant raven
white oxide
errant raven
The one country that has a Union Jack on their flag but was never a british colony
Nvm they was
There was a country that still exists today, with the union jack, but was never colonized by the Brits
proud jay
I hope feeling cool is worth it when Tuvalu completely dissapears under the ocea...
then who's gonna provide the .tk domains
errant raven
Apple, idk what what .tk is tho
white oxide
tbh if you care about the environment look into how much waste production of solar panels and wind farms generates
proud jay
sorry, meant .tv
it's a TLD url extension for tuvalu
but companies buy it to be cool
like twitch.tv
proud jay
https://tenor.com/view/kilometers-can%27t-measure-freedom-freedom-usa-america-mu...
freedom to become bankrupt and die from a cough
white oxide
nuclear, especially breeder reactors, dont have a lot of general waste, other than the sheer amount of "nuclear waste" 98% of which is simply because of stupid laws about what exactly counts as "radioactive waste"
currently these laws cover ANYTHING that touches radioactive stuff, not just stuff thats actually radioactive itself
proud jay
yeah nuclear is bae
errant raven
There was a country that still exists today, with the union jack, but was never ...
It was Hawaii.
Which is a u.s state
proud jay
just wait till nuclear fusion finally works in another 15 years, and then maybe 15 years it will be great
proud jay
did you know the US isn't even in the top 10 of the human freedom index
white oxide
if its glowing, theres no way your surviving within 100 yards of it
oh totally agree
errant raven
did you know the US isn't even in the top 10 of the human freedom index
Itll be the only country there soon, given the way europe is pushing for more restrictions
proud jay
according to the press freedom index, they're even only 57th
white oxide
wheres the UK
white oxide
i mean i assume china and NK are the only one below it
errant raven
You'd think
proud jay
wheres the UK
on world press index they're number 20
proud jay
in the human freedom index they're one spot below US
errant raven
Belgium = US or US is U.S
proud jay
USA
white oxide
they try to extradite people based on mean internet words
proud jay
which is of course a lot worse compared to the president suing news stations that don't say what he wants
errant raven
JD Vance's stern warning to Starmer at the oval office was beautiful
Almost cried
Of course Stermer didnt heed it, and neither did Ofcom.
white oxide
tbh the current president is a anomaly compared to the micro level
errant raven
Ik I'm spelling his name wrong, because he doesnt deserve to have Star in his name.
white oxide
also why i stay the hell away from national level politics. not gonna make them change
i focus on local, because those will have impacts on my life directly
proud jay
America always pretends like it has so much more free speech
but it also has limits
they may just be on different things
proud jay
you can't be defamatory or produce slander either
errant raven
Only if its actual defamation
proud jay
yeah so it's not completely free is it
errant raven
Democrats and Republicans slander each other all the time during their election campaigns
proud jay
also incitement to imminent lawless action is illegal
proud jay
also speech used to facilitate a crime is not protected
errant raven
Wishing death on Donald Trump
He's not directly saying he'd cause harm, so it's not really illegal to say.
proud jay
depending on what how and to whom he says it that could be considered a threat
but I don't have the context
but just saying you wished someone were dead is not illegal
mild gust
He's not directly saying he'd cause harm, so it's not really illegal to say.
Right because he didn't directly say someone should kill him is fine.
Deport Hasan Piker
errant raven
also incitement to imminent lawless action is illegal
Well if he said that, that would be this
mild gust
Let him get arrested in Turkey
errant raven
Which isnt protected speech
mild gust
Nothing apparently
errant raven
But Hasan doesnt live in the u.s anymore, does he?
mild gust
That I've heard
mild gust
But Hasan doesnt live in the u.s anymore, does he?
California is in US?
Last I checked
errant raven
Weird
proud jay
Well if he said that, that would be this
it must be very direct and inciting and likely to produce results
errant raven
California existing still is shocking none the least
mild gust
He wished death upon another streamer basically to
proud jay
if you say I wish Trump were dead that's fine
proud jay
if he said to all his viewers, all of you should storm the white house and kill Trump right now, that would probably fall under incitement
proud jay
Saying that she is a fair open target
yeah he's insane
mild gust
I mean his followers would
errant raven
it must be very direct and inciting and likely to produce results
Given the two assassination attempts on trump they'd act under the assumption something may happen
mild gust
They are insane just like him
proud jay
California existing still is shocking none the least
it's the 4th largest economy in the world though
USA would be ass without CA
errant raven
I just cant wait to see Ofcom get shutdown in u.s federal court
proud jay
on an economical level at least
mild gust
Without Cali US is weak sauce
errant raven
California's GDP is largely dependent on the illegal immigrants coming and working for couch change too tho
proud jay
lol
mild gust
That's racist
errant raven
Tell that to cali
mild gust
That entire statement.
proud jay
CA contributes 14% of the US GDP, the second largest state is Texas at only 9%
errant raven
Cant have the "best" bbq without raising the best cattle
What say ye to that chuckle fuck
proud jay
NC is about 2.3% of US GDP
errant raven
2.3%
Chump numbers
That's expected tho
Our economy is dependent on old fucks retiring here from other states
mild gust
I'd retire there
errant raven
Liar
Our real gdp contributors are textiles and finance services
Got a fuckin factory per 5 dollar general's per 10 churches down here
proud jay
even if you bring in the factor of having the most people CA is still overperforming
14,1% of gdp for 11.6% of population
mild gust
Yo I love churches
errant raven
They have huge industries
proud jay
new york in second with 7.9% gdp vs 5.8% population
errant raven
Like Hollywood
mild gust
Like your mom
proud jay
all other states have a difference of less than 1%
mild gust
What a nice lady
proud jay
27 states have lower gdp contribution than their population percentage
errant raven
Higher tourism, long coastal areas for large scale beach vacationers
mild gust
and big titty goth girls
proud jay
isn't it sus that of all the positive contributors only one voted republican in 2016
and that was texas
mild gust
No
This was pre-planned
Trump was going to be 2025 no matter what
America wanted this
proud jay
just saying the republicans love hating on handouts but all the red states get handouts all the time
errant raven
and big titty goth girls
Over rated
errant raven
Except those ones
mild gust
Nope
errant raven
Yes
mild gust
Bring on the Juggalettes
errant raven
Have you never seen an asian woman?
errant raven
Goth girls are at the bottom of the mountain.
Climb higher, you'll see the peak one day
proud jay
you say this as if you have a chance with any woman
errant raven
I do
errant raven
Tinder is a scam
proud jay
Florida is the worst performing state btw if you look at the diff, contributing 5.9% of gdp for 6.9% of population
proud jay
just as a side note
mild gust
That's for gay guys
and?
errant raven
Florida is the worst performing state btw if you look at the diff, contributing ...
That's because Florida constantly gets hit by hurricanes. Gotta keep rebuilding, maintaining, and preparing for the next one
Erin is looking bleak
proud jay
but building things would boost the economy
mild gust
Need the Japanese tsunami walls
proud jay
cause contractors gotto get paid
errant raven
But when businesses cant stand long enough to make new money. That old money is just going in a circle, not really generating any new growth
The real enemy of the U.S is the atmosphere
Should bomb it
proud jay
even money going in circles is contributing to gdp though
errant raven
Stagnant economy stuff
proud jay
if you pay me 100k to do a job and 2 months later I pay you 100k to do something for me, the gdp has grown by 200k
proud jay
well yes and no
depending on what you're looking at it for
cause 200k of jobs have been performed
mild gust
Has it ever?
proud jay
that's the case with all money except for freshly printed money though
errant raven
Next time gold and silver hits a market low I'll invest into it
proud jay
it's like the meme saying the world is 324 trillion in debt but to whom
but it's just to each other
proud jay
so really the total world's debt is 0
mild gust
It's not going down
errant raven
It should go down
summer cedar
physical or not is irrelevant, so long as the parties agree to exchange anything that they consider money. It's the common agreement that makes something money, not whether it is physical, metaphysical, or pure shit.
errant raven
Okay
mild gust
Like Trump coin
errant raven
I have 600k. Wheres my beach side house
mild gust
Woah
proud jay
I mean the gold standard died in like the 70s
mild gust
Don't talk about my Monero like that
proud jay
most money in todays world has no physical representation at all
summer cedar
Cojject ^.
errant raven
Cojject
mild gust
Coyyect
proud jay
the amount of money in the world is about 3 to 4 times higher that the physical assets backing it
errant raven
Inflation huh
proud jay
no lol
mild gust
lol
errant raven
fractional reserve banking?
That shit where the bank tanks a huge cut from your deposit, loans it out, makes money off it, and puts what they took plus some back into your account?
mild gust
1. Deposits:
A customer deposits money into a bank.
2. Reserve Requirement:
The bank is required by the central bank to hold a certain percentage of this deposit as a reserve, either as cash in the vault or a balance at the central bank.
3. Lending:
The remaining funds are available for the bank to lend out to other customers.
4. Money Creation:
When the bank lends money, that money is deposited into another bank (or the same bank), and the process repeats. This cycle of lending and redepositing creates new money in the economy. ```well yes and no
it's also worsened by some multiplication factor in a lot of cases
like let's say that for every dollar you have in the bank you can lend 1.5 dollars for example
fractional reserve banking also makes it that if everyone wants their money at once, you're fucked
errant raven
I got 5.95 in my bank account. Why hasn't that grown over the 5 years it's been there
Bastards arent fractionally reserve banking me and making me money
Its just enough to keep my account open
proud jay
it would still grow even if only 5.95 dollars
unless you would be using a 0% savings account for some reason
errant raven
It's the special bank account they gave me for my disability check
Its never been closed due to still having 5.95 in it, despite my disability being stopped
That's 5.95 of theoretical money that will never circulate again
proud jay
can't you get it out?
errant raven
Yes
Then I can put it in an actual bank account where it will grow
Before getting a pc I need to setup 2 bank accounts for that, for my kids to have when they become adults
2 accounts each with a deposit of 1.5k
Thatd be atleast 20k by the time they're 18?
proud jay
what kind of interest rate you have?
errant raven
Gotta check
proud jay
you would need a 15% APR to turn 1.5k into 20k over 18 years
S&P average return in the last 10 years was like 12%
so good luck with that
errant raven
State employees credit union has a 4.02% APY for savings accounts
proud jay
I'm not great at math, but I think 4 is smaller than 15
errant raven
All the other banks in my state are 3% or less
With high minimum deposits to qualify for the APY thing
SECUs min deposit is $25
white oxide
yeah
white oxide
chase bank locally is offering 5% but you need to deposit 100K into a CD for 6 months
proud jay
even ignoring 2008 - 2011 to balance out the recession you would have like 6k
white oxide
so to get 5% you need to have an extra 100k you can let sit in the bank for 6 months doing nothing
proud jay
so I have no idea how you think that 1.5k will turn into 20k by the time your kids are 18
unless your kids are only gonna be born in like 20 years
proud jay
that's not how inflation works
white oxide
yes im aware money doesnt work like that
its a joke
tbh theres a reason a lot of people are prefering to save physically with precious metals
also why a "gold standard" is pretty much a requirement in my setting
proud jay
your setting?
white oxide
the basic post scarcity society every major power has means that basic goods arent worth shit
novel writer
working on book 2 of 5
errant raven
Best course of action is 3k initial deposit and and 150-250$ deposits per paycheck afterwards. Never touching the money
proud jay
you should've invested in 1987 smh, you would have 27k from the 1.5k then right now
white oxide
haha
may dad was making 6 figures in the 80's
how we have all this fcking land
also bought land in the early 90s
proud jay
was he investing though
white oxide
absolutely
proud jay
boomers really had a good thing going
errant raven
My kids would be financially secure, maybe? For college, a car, and maybe a home. Right?
white oxide
dude has 7 figures in his retirement account
errant raven
Then I can focus on the things I want
proud jay
I don't think 20k would make you financially secure in the USA
white oxide
20K is barely down payment on a trailer home
errant raven
Best course of action is 3k initial deposit and and 150-250$ deposits per payche...
This would be more than 20k
white oxide
if you get paid enough to have 150-250 left over each paycheck just to save, then your already ahead of a decent chunk of the population
proud jay
which is quite sad tbh
white oxide
im lucky enough that my family has the resources to fund match me on a home, and not charge me rent
proud jay
Best course of action is 3k initial deposit and and 150-250$ deposits per payche...
if you consistently do this yes you would set them up pretty well in 18 years if the economy keeps performing well
if you put 3k in 2007 and invested 250 a month, you would have something about 230k now
white oxide
so i save on rent, no car payments, and live in a house not apartment. the big downside is that im also on disability
errant raven
if you get paid enough to have 150-250 left over each paycheck just to save, the...
I live with my mom and two brothers. So rent would be split between the four of us. And I dont eat a lot, so I'd have a lot of extra cash just because of my living situation alone.
white oxide
so my earning cap is pretty small
errant raven
And I refuse to get a car, i hate driving
proud jay
so for the 57k you woult put in you would get 230k, which is pretty nice
white oxide
for me, driving is a safety concern, not really a love hate
proud jay
I'm calculating this over 18 years cause idk how old your kids are
white oxide
i can do 11 hour straight drives
errant raven
Assuming I can consistently deposit in 150-250$ per account for both my two kids
But I also still have to spend money on them as is for they things they need in the now
proud jay
I'm just going of the numbers you're saying
white oxide
depositing half of what my disability checks bring in per month is WILD
errant raven
Disability checks dont pay much anyways, and it's a monthly thing
proud jay
if you put 3k in 2007 and invested 250 a month, you would have something about 2...
if you do 150 per month, this would only be 93k btw
errant raven
I only have to pay 250$ for rent as well, which is a one time per month thing too
white oxide
yeah i get $1200 in disability
proud jay
I had mister AI generate a chart showing you the diff between 150 and 250 per month
as you can see it diverges pretty hard
compound interest baby
white oxide
I cant physically work
proud jay
just saying, the more you put in the more you'll exponentially get out
errant raven
I shouldve done this sooner
Realistically should do 3 savings accounts. One for myself
Just not as much depositing
white oxide
you can setup automatic transfers
proud jay
actually every dollar counts a lot
white oxide
mine already does that for all my bills
proud jay
cause going from 150 to 250 has a bigger impact than going from 250 to 500
see this chart including 500 per month contribution
white oxide
why the flatlines and drops
proud jay
cause that's what the market did?
like the 2008 crisis
I'm talking about investing into S&P 500 over the last 18 years
proud jay
like the 2008 crisis
and covid more significantly in this case
you would've been saved from 2008 crisis mostly in the big picture cause at that time in the simulation you only have little money invested
errant raven
My brother works in a factory that qualifies him for SECU banking
He makes 19.50 an hour
Paid weekly
proud jay
that's about average for NC according to google
errant raven
He only has to pay 250$ on rent and 100$ on car insurance once a month
proud jay
I assume that average is mostly 40 hour work weeks though
errant raven
40 hour work weeks yes
proud jay
but your brother is working 60
proud jay
according to this the average wage is 67k, assuming 40 hours of work for 52 weeks, that would come out to 32,43 per hour
or am I wrong?
errant raven
Those 20 overtime hours my brother works, he's being paid 29.25 an hour
white oxide
except that you also have a difference in take home and actual wages cause were taxed to the moon and back for everything
proud jay
I assume the 19,5 is before taxes
errant raven
except that you also have a difference in take home and actual wages cause were ...
1031$ is after tax and not counting the money he makes from ot
proud jay
I'm confused, you say he makes 19.5 per hour works 60 hours a week, even if there was no overtime pay that would be 1170 dollars for 60 hours right?
oh that' before tax yeah
errant raven
Oh shit you're right, the 1031 is accounting for OT and after tax deductions
Jeesh that's kinda horrible
proud jay
taking into account 40 hours at 19.5 and 20 hours at 29.25 that would be an average of 22.75 per hour
which would be 1365
before tax
proud jay
I did it for NC
be happy though, at belgian tax rates, it would be 664 takehome pay
so with overtime and all, according to my calculations, your brother would have about 71k per year, which is higher than the 67k state average, but he also works 50% more
proud jay
I'm just talking pure hours to compensation
errant raven
But he's a drug addict now
proud jay
if we would take into account his overpay even into a 40 hour work week percentually as to what it is in his 60 hour weeck, which would of course not be the case, he would make 47k
errant raven
You already know what he's doing with that money instead of being smart
proud jay
so in short, he's earning below average
errant raven
I'd likely be making 14-16$ an hour with no OT hours
proud jay
so like 31k per year
errant raven
Unless I opt for manual labor in construction, or in a textile factory
errant raven
Outliers being the people who come here to retire
Brings the average up
Not sure if they do influence that tho
proud jay
wait according to the census bureau the median is even 70k
so you're doing even worse comparitively
hmm wait no
that's medain household income
ah nonfamily households have a median of 43k
white oxide
also need to compare the median/average, and the cost of living
errant raven
I could ask my "aunt" and "uncle" for a loan to boost the savings account
proud jay
so good news for you I guess
errant raven
They're always down to help us when it comes to something genuinely smart for longtime planning
proud jay
so ignoring the richest boomers, your brother is not doing that bad
errant raven
Yeah but he doesnt understand how good he has it
proud jay
ok really need to go to bed now cause my baby about to wake me up in 5-6 hours
errant raven
Takes everything for granted and isnt very appreciative
errant raven
Didnt account for yearly tax returns
I can split that up and chuck the largest chunks into the two savings accounts as well
glad pecan
Are u agreeing with threat interactive or disagreeing with him
Cuz that threat interactive guy is such a fucking clown
Half of his points are complaining about small devs teams making up bullshit
And the other half of his points are complaining about how lumen makes fps drop in games
Likeโฆ DUH
of course lumen is gonna hurt performance itโs fucking raytracing buts its more performant than straight up normal raytracing
Do you ageee with him or do you disagree with him
mild gust
Are u agreeing with threat interactive or disagreeing with him
Disagree on most things.
I feel Nvidia is more the problem not UE as much.
hard edge
I don't know. I didn't watch it
but I'm on a gaming forum and ppl there created a whole thread to criticize UE5 as one big reason for why games suffer from low performance, glitches and bugs
celest musk
- Watch this video in 4K (as in streaming settings) as any lower compression will hide the visual details discussed.
good that i only play on 1440p, so i'm not affected
errant raven
Tomorrow I'll have to look into banks that offer higher APYs for saving accounts with withdrawal restrictions
Choose the best one, and start saving up for 15 years
Much easier to do when i know what I'm doing now
broken sigil
and the comments full of pseudo experts
pearl elk
eggsperts
mild gust
Trust me bro my qualifications are I own a computer and played a video game once.
Totally trustworthy.
pearl elk
I worked at Blizzard for 20 years
I remember my mate playing Crysis back in the day and there was once scene in the snow as he's entering the space craft thinggy, the post process was so heavy it dropped his FPS down to about 5
but obviously only modern games are ass
even though Super Mario Bros had collision glitches when the NES got hot enough ๐
I guess the Japanese didnt test for Australian summers
Myst was released with a game breaking bug and the only way to get the patch was on a specific months CD
they talk about first world problems but those upper middle class first world problems are the real brainrot
Oh no this game I can spend 200hrs a week playing is trash... ded game, so trash, devs are lazy etc
white oxide
haha
pearl elk
back in my day real men knew how to use the C64 tape drive via the commandline ๐น
white oxide
i remember playing games on a vista with 2gb ram
obviously the games all lagged balls
totally not an os and resource problem
pearl elk
I dont think I could run HL1 up high at 60fps until a decade after its release
white oxide
tbh there is also the issues when you have a game with high data space and disk speed (or nvme read)
pearl elk
if it didnt framedrop that was basically the standard so around 30fps
white oxide
tbh ive always loved that growing up with shit systems and shit network speeds has made me way way more patient with games
pearl elk
and 5400 mech drives zomg... never going back. My first PC was 40mb 2x20mb and I was constantly shifting stuff around
white oxide
ill still cuss it out when it lags but that doesnt cause me to like rage quit
only once did i rage so much i destroyed my computer
pearl elk
I really raged playing Commandos
broke 2 mice I think ๐
I think they should get kids to use old computers in school so they have some appreciation for how easy they have it
white oxide
i only raged because the mod i was working on somehow caused a crash that corrupted the entire game and i had no backups
like 5 months of work poof
totally justifiable
pearl elk
PC gaming on DOS was such a shit fight, I never did get Wipeout running properly
Multikill!
That early UnrealEd running on VB, I had issues running it for Unreal 1, same with Doom editors on DOS. Quake was much more stable with tools, Worldcraft especially for HL so it delayed me getting into Unreal Engine for awhile since I couldnt even run the editor because of software issues
I cant say Ive had any issues like that since, engine is way less crashy and Windows is more stable even though its still crap ๐ Id take stutter over game or OS crash any day of the week
but aye, I dont break down into cold sweats if the internet goes out ๐น
glad pecan
Disagree on most things.
Fr. Most of his complaints are just dumb. Like he says stuff like โthis scene in unreal engine is running bad because I have nanite on and the model I imported has a ton of unoptimized polygons in itโ
So then
Donโt use an unoptimized model?
That isnโt unreal engines fault
And then he complains that lumen on lower sample rates looks worse and still loses fps
Well duh
Itโs fucking raytracing
Of course youโre gonna lose fps if you use it
And of course itโs gonna look worse if you have it at a Lowe sample rate
Like all of his complaints are just
Not unreal engines fault and are problems with the gaming industry as a whole
U get what Iโm saying @mild gust ?
And also
He was treating nanite like itโs a 1 stop magic button that improves polygon stuff and fps
But thatโs not what it is for
Nanite is for making large complex scenes and when implimented correctly should make performance fine
Like all of his complaints are not unreal engines fault itโs so weird to me that so many people meatride him constantly
errant raven
Holy yap
errant raven
Ok lol this is insane https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/xoox8l9r3d
I budgeted out my funds as if I had a job that pays me $14 an hour. 40 hours a week. I can comfortable hit all my monthly finances and still have 156.24 left over per month. But I'm obviously going for a factory job that offers a 401k and pays more than 14 an hour. So I'll have more discretionary finances
errant raven
But once I hit my pc fund goal and $5000 in my emergency funds account, I'll have 156.24 + 550 of discretionary money
Not account for extra pay that comes with a higher hourly wage ofc. Started with minimum acceptable income. 15$ an hour is still an extra 20 bucks
My brothers cutting my hair and beard tonight so I can look more presentable, then I'll be spending all day job scouting tomorrow with hopefully a higher chance of getting a job
pearl elk
TI is going to rewrite the entire graphics pipeline of UE, well that'll be interesting
errant raven
What is TI?
pearl elk
Tickle Interactive
errant raven
That's not real
pearl elk
its unreal ๐ฎ
errant raven
I cant believe you've done this
pearl elk
couldnt help it, its most wanted
hard edge
I need to stop playing AAA games. I just abandoned my portfolio to play AAA games
mild gust
U get what Iโm saying <@320666038721183745> ?
100%
I agree
But he seems to think he needs his own personal anti-aliasing too.
summer cedar
Good morning! ๐ฅ๏ธ โ
summer cedar
I wish we had reactions to reactions.
mild gust
Maybe one day
summer cedar
Maybe one day
Imagine the future, where people have separate threads to discuss reactions.
--- Why did j00 wave?
Don't you know waving is racist?
Was it a bright wave? Was it a dull wave?
Did you wave properly?!
Was it an inclusive wave or an exclusive one? ---
mild gust
I only wave after 8:30
mild gust
AI is worse than me.
summer cedar
So, slightly less polite you mean?
mild gust
Exactly
mild gust
China's cooking, https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-worlds-first-pregnancy-humanoid-robot
summer cedar
I am not against that, actually. Robot surrogates might be a great idea, given fertility problems that many people are facing around the world.
onyx prairie
Good morning
pearl elk
I am not against that, actually. Robot surrogates might be a great idea, given f...
but theres only 2 genders, how can robots legally give birth
bible even says, though shall not covet thy neighbours android
summer cedar
but theres only 2 genders, how can robots legally give birth
The robot will shove the baby into your kangaroo womb before delivery.
You will deliver it and be happy.
keen yoke
China's cooking, https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-worlds-firs...
Why?... Just...Why?
summer cedar
Perfectly legal.
pearl elk
well we all know why, because of "The Squeeze"
you cant raise children on a single income so both parents dont have time for paternity leave
keen yoke
Free labour i guess
summer cedar
bible even says, though shall not covet thy neighbours android
you are forgetting the first commandment.
Thou shalt have no other surrogate before me, the holy womb.
pearl elk
maybe Mary was a robot
summer cedar
Pretty sure Jesus just downloaded himself.
mild gust
Why?... Just...Why?
Question is why not
summer cedar
After all, he has come again as the UE Messiah.
keen yoke
Free labour i guess
Im calling it
mild gust
Populations world wide are breeding less so
keen yoke
Populations world wide are breeding less so
I don't think this is gonna fix that
mild gust
Likely not no
keen yoke
Can you imagine cloning a highly complex bio machine called human beings?
mild gust
I can imagine it my mother thinks Donald Trump has clones.
Tried to tell her it's unlikely but hey
That's what happens when you get news from facebook..
summer cedar
In this particular case, it's surrogacy, not cloning. Instead of using another human being, they'll use a robot. Cheaper.
And also AVAILABLE.
It MIGHT help boost the birth rate, because women who don't want to 'carry' the baby can make use of it.
pearl elk
I can imagine it my mother thinks Donald Trump has clones.
ahh the Trumpians
mild gust
Army of Trumps
summer cedar
Of course, they still have to deliver it, but we'll get a new gadget for that.
mild gust
They got a Trump card I heard
keen yoke
It MIGHT help boost the birth rate, because women who don't want to 'carry' the ...
It's not gonna work out
Trust
summer cedar
As you say, Nostradamus. ๐
summer cedar
The rich will use it
Objection!
I think invitro labs will have a bunch of them available to carry foetuses, reducing the cost of the facility.
pearl elk
but the rich will make the rest of us pay for their kids with taxes
summer cedar
Actually, if you get rid of the 'robots' part of the robot, you can have tons of artificial wombs available cheap.
pearl elk
cant be rich if everyone is rich after all
summer cedar
Like a butcher's storage.
mild gust
Just have warehouses of these robots
keen yoke
As you say, Nostradamus. ๐
He has not yet reached my level
summer cedar
And the vampires, and the scavengers, and the looters.
mild gust
Soon
pearl elk
Just have warehouses of these robots
regal pecan
Step 1: Build a strategically valuable business
Step 2: Be bad at your job
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Bailouts!
summer cedar
How bailed out is the bail out?
A one-time thing, or?
Huh. ๐ค With Holding-level shares?
Or less than 49%?
median wraith
I don't like shared memory only dedicated
summer cedar
Ah, 10%. Okay. Well, he'll sell it for big moneys later.
Trumptel Coins โข
Well, he COULD give it to some of his supporters and make them rich.
M00ricans only, but it'd net him a tidy profit.
mild gust
Trumperstien.
summer cedar
This is m00rica we are talking about.
They are already there.
WAYYYYY ahead of you.
mild gust
summer cedar
You mean, there will be a Tower of Taruman?
white oxide
tbh the robot birth would probably have the same legal precedents of any surrogacy birth
which have been common for centuries
pearl elk
Thing is human surrogates can legally sign contracts
mild gust
Sometimes they even get paid
white oxide
yay we get to be krypton
im also thinking about the variety of other ways it could be used
white oxide
tbh we already have a child overpopulation in foster systems
median wraith
purchased a tank long time ago at the Epic Marketplace
isn't listed anymore, used to cost 100โฌ, got it for like 10โฌ
cannot even turn in place
as is using the default vehicle thing
noice
median wraith
and hows called
soft night
median wraith
I think the good one wasn't from here but the devs of one of the shooters in steam
or from Offworld Defence Simulations
median wraith
https://vigilante.us/
so where is the asset you guys talk about lol
mild gust
Marketplace ๐ฎ
median wraith
not that I know
mild gust
They are all free
mild gust
Look for the ones that say drivable
median wraith
all the ones listed as drivable
mean that you can press play and 1,2,3,4 and see it turn lights etc
nothing else lol
you guys didn't download a single of those did you
mild gust
โ Realistic wheeled handling and visual effects for dynamic dust simulation when driven?
soft night
mild gust
I have only a while ago
Their documentation has a guide on how to setup movement
๐คท
mild gust
Yo they went after Lucifer Valentine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asLkt_xQt7I
soft night
so they didnt went after it for you lucifer dawn
median wraith
yeah that's what you see
congratuliations
a showcase controls for the mesh itself
soft night
congratz hevedy for great tank
mild gust
so they didnt went after it for you lucifer dawn
I'm an angel compared to this guy
median wraith
and tbh that's awesome and for free
because most of models paid don't even include that
are awesome assets tbh
but yeah you need an actual system
mild gust
They are setup with Chaos systems no?
median wraith
They are setup with Chaos systems no?
Chaos and one I do use still UE4.27 physx are real simple
mild gust
Ah
median wraith
don't even allow realtime changes
that's why there are 100 marketplace +100โฌ vehicle systems
here you have a mr blueman
that had one of the best
@unborn lotus cases like this you may expect different models for example
and a tilable texture in the pipe maybe
soft night
or pipeline
summer cedar
I am going to switch from GameReady to Studio drivers.
๐ค
If I disappear forever, remember me. ๐
median wraith
okay another pack where someone placed a sphere for skybox and had collisions
mild gust
I hate that
pearl elk
no flying into space for you
mild gust
Your grounded!
pearl elk
they know youre a bad driver
median wraith
something I don't get is why is building light if there is no a single light that's static or stationary
summer cedar
I've had more luck w/ studio even gaming seems more stable.
Finished installing it.
Am I visible, or have I become Hollow Man 3?
๐ป
mild gust
Did I get pinged ๐ฎ
pearl elk
Unhollow Mang
summer cedar
NO! I am no longer tangible!
summer cedar
0 FPS with every ray?
mild gust
I get 200+ fps
It's a lighweight test apparently
Compared to their other ray traced ones
Imagine it's for 5050
๐
summer cedar
Imagine your GPU burning when running it.
Probably made it lightweight to avoid ๐ฅ
summer cedar
Honestly, I think they should just provide a wall outlet connector for GPUs at this point.
Why bother with all these PSU cables.
3 pin international socket plug, please.
summer cedar
Hey, once India successfully tests SMRs, it might become a reality.
OR at least you'll be able to plug it in to the SMR-related wall socket in your house.
mild gust
Good good
summer cedar
@proud jay
Time for Belgium and India to be postal partners.
We promise to pay for postage before sending you letters.
Because there's a postal joke that Dieter and I know about. It happened a while ago with him.
๐ค How many Indians are there in the Netherlands now?
1.4% of the Dutch pop, if Gemini is to be believed.
Slow takeover in progress!
pearl elk
which Gemini do I believe?
summer cedar
The constellation that is most definitely in the same spot in space, where it was 1000s of years ago.
pearl elk
3.2% of Australia's total population ๐
mild gust
Give me samosa
mild gust
Yum
summer cedar
they look like this.
Although some of them were triangular and circular in shape, too.
mild gust
I saw one that looked kinda like phyllo bread
summer cedar
The best ones are very light and fluffy.
That also means you have to be VERY careful while re-heating them.
mild gust
Air fryer
summer cedar
No, no. 20 seconds microwave.
mild gust
Eww
summer cedar
Any more and the veggies inside will super heat.
mild gust
I try to limit microwave use
summer cedar
And you will have to wait for them to cool down before chomping on them.
summer cedar
I use it a lot. I made omelettes the other day with it.
I was surprised I could do that.
mild gust
What
median wraith
I love how they use fake newspapers for food this days, eat ink is my passion
summer cedar
I love how they use fake newspapers for food this days, eat ink is my passion
Those are real newspapers. ๐ These puffs were purchased at a small roadside stand.
If you buy them at a bakery (like I did), you get a baker box or baking paper wraps.
It makes no difference. Just pay more.
soft night
Hev-news
pearl elk
the realest source of unreal news
unborn lotus
<@378415373470662656> cases like this you may expect different models for exampl...
Is the focus on UV efficiency (like a lot of overlap or tiling in the same set) or texture reuse? Like the same tile texture for the tables and chairs or whatever
I mean what is preferred
median wraith
Is the focus on UV efficiency (like a lot of overlap or tiling in the same set) ...
maybe a mix there, in this case the bed and the support sure can be different things and resuse the metals from bed in other metals idk
pearl elk
median wraith
don't even got them
can you tell the visual difference at all?
well yeah there is some light bounce in the right walls
summer cedar
well yeah there is some light bounce in the right walls
On the left-side walls as well. Also, in the tree in the centre.
median wraith
I blame you
soft night
camera redacted
summer cedar
Your lack of faith in almighty Tim...
...is disturbing.
pearl elk
which is which uuuuugh
dusky shuttle
median wraith
well the IBLs are dynamic but in a stationary way, all light is dynamic but the bounces are stationary*
yeah is a combo of shit
it adds 1ms cost
Lumen adds like 7ms cost
pearl elk
imagine what baked potatoes would do for the fps
median wraith
in UE5 despite you bake the light