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  • Some games/software expected/relied on a certain CPU speed to run correctly. If your computer was faster than that, the software would run too fast. The turbo button let you toggle between the maximum speed your computer could go, and the speed that the software needed/expected in order to run normally.

    Basically, there was an actual reason for the turbo button, it wasn’t just marketing on computers.


  • Lockdowns help highlight a lot of “just because it’s what you do, not because it’s actually good” things for people.
    Theatres are generally awful. They are really only good if you want to do an event as a group, and not one has a space big enough to host.

    The food costs too much, people make gross mouth noises when eating the expensive food, the seats aren’t comfortable, things aren’t clean, people talk, people pull out their bright phones, the sound levels are all over the place, you sometimes have a bad viewing angle, you pay a lot of money but still shown 20 minutes of ads at the start, you need to worry about things like bed bugs, you need to plan a specific time to go, people bring their kids to non-kid movies, going to the bathroom is awkward, colour balancing is all over the place, drunk/high people react in distractingly bad ways, and probably many more reasons.



  • Ooof. Reading the reviews makes this game look like it’s not worth free.

    However. Every time I open the research menu I see parts of my army locked behind a paywall. I can stomach an entire faction like Tau being DLC but the Chimera? or the Landraider? You gotta be @#$% me! Here is your spaghetti but the sauce and cheese cost extra! Get that outta my face!

    Oh its just 1 DLC to complete your army. NO! its 3.
    Reinforcement, Fortification and Assault. Nearly $6CAD each. I don’t mind that there are only 2 ways to win a game. Kill everyone else or quests. I can’t recommend a game that splits your army and puts part of it behind a pay way.

    What most game developers would a call an update Games Workshop calls Micro transaction.




  • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.catoSteam Deck@sopuli.xyzKDE Rice?
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    10 months ago

    It comes from making fun of Asian cars/motor-cycles after ww2.

    Then it was to refer to modified Asian cars in the 2000’s, mostly in a negative way. These are the cars that are painted bright colours, have under-glow lighting, decals, full body-kits, and spoilers that are larger than they need to be. Look up the race “Street racing Syndicate” for examples.

    It then came to the PC community, where it was used for fully customized rigs or UIs. People in this group may have never heard it being used in a racist way, especially if they are under 30, and they may not mean any harm by using it.


  • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.catoSteam Deck@sopuli.xyzKDE Rice?
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    10 months ago

    It comes from making fun of Asian cars/motor-cycles after ww2.

    Then it was to refer to modified Asian cars in the 2000’s, mostly in a negative way. These are the cars that are painted bright colours, have under-glow lighting, decals, full body-kits, and spoilers that are larger than they need to be. Look up the race “Street racing Syndicate” for examples.

    It then came to the PC community, where it was used for fully customized rigs or UIs.
    People in this group may have never heard it being used in a racist way, especially if they are under 30, and they may not mean any harm by using it.