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  1. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Wartales Fell in love with this game recently. I loved the career mode in games like BattleTech, but Wartales takes it up to a whole new level. They got new content hitting the game almost...

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    Fell in love with this game recently. I loved the career mode in games like BattleTech, but Wartales takes it up to a whole new level. They got new content hitting the game almost monthly, and they break up the turn-based combat with lots of various mini-games and even a tavern simulator. I'm not looking forward to burning out on it.

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  2. Comment on Are you using WiFi 6E in a home/home office setting? Have you seen any benefit to the 6GHz channel? in ~tech

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    Honestly the biggest benefits are for larger campus and enterprise deployments, where wireless access points are deployed en mass, and co-channel interference can be a serious problem. Having all...

    Honestly the biggest benefits are for larger campus and enterprise deployments, where wireless access points are deployed en mass, and co-channel interference can be a serious problem. Having all the extra channel space on 6 GHz is great when used side-by-side with 5 GHz and even to a point with 2.4 GHz legacy devices. Realistically, unless you're doing large data transfers, I don't think you'll see a lot of difference between 6 GHz and 5 GHz. Personally, as someone who has worked as a wireless engineer for the last 15 years, I'm holding on to 802.11ac on 5 GHz for a while longer. When my current equipment fails I'll probably take a dip into 6 GHz at home. Now, at work? 6 GHz is going in everywhere.

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  3. Comment on I filed a complaint against Amazon to the US Federal Trade Commission in ~tech

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    Typically you can contact Amazon to reimburse you in some way or fashion for the late delivery times- or at least, that's how it used to be years back. Support used to be amazing at doing...

    Typically you can contact Amazon to reimburse you in some way or fashion for the late delivery times- or at least, that's how it used to be years back. Support used to be amazing at doing reimbursements and refunds or just giving stuff away, but I moved away from Amazon more on principle than anything else about a year ago. Prime just hasn't been as good of a value as it once was (the video streaming has slowly gone lackluster when they pulled Star Trek off it), and you can buy local at close- or cheaper- than the prices on Amazon now.

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  4. Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games

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    Dragonflight has oddly enough been the game of choice for me as of late. RP and PvP tend to be my mainstays in WoW historically, and DF at least delivers plenty of both in spades. The...

    Dragonflight has oddly enough been the game of choice for me as of late. RP and PvP tend to be my mainstays in WoW historically, and DF at least delivers plenty of both in spades. The reintroduction of talent trees- even in an early form to be iterated on- has brought back to life the simple pleasure of just tweaking around with builds. I adamantly avoid getting into anything remotely meta though, and have gone to lengths to isolate myself from all that stuff. It just takes all the joy of discovery out of the game, and crosses the line into making it a job.

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  5. Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games

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    BEX takes this game from a 9 to a 10 for me. HBS has been awesome, and Battletech is an absolute joy. The base game itself is amazing.

    BEX takes this game from a 9 to a 10 for me. HBS has been awesome, and Battletech is an absolute joy. The base game itself is amazing.

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  6. Comment on Does anyone have recommendations on an office or gaming chair for short people? Preferably something that doesn’t absolutely break the bank? in ~life.home_improvement

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    I'll vouch personally for SecretLab. I've been around the block a few times over the last 20 years with various office and computer chairs, but SL has been the one in the mid-tier that ticks all...

    I'll vouch personally for SecretLab. I've been around the block a few times over the last 20 years with various office and computer chairs, but SL has been the one in the mid-tier that ticks all the boxes and has pretty good workmanship. It's a hell of a lot better than anything you can buy at an office store at that price range. Ultimately most of my family and friends have made their own SL purchases and no one has been dissatisfied with them so far. Eventually it'll break- that's what chairs do- but I've got a good few years left in mine.

  7. Comment on I am an extremely light sleeper, and need advice in ~life

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    Bit of a potentially unusual suggestion... But the Skyrim OST's final music track is a 45 minute long atmospheric. I love this track for sleeping at night- it kinda runs the gauntlet of relaxing...

    Bit of a potentially unusual suggestion...

    But the Skyrim OST's final music track is a 45 minute long atmospheric. I love this track for sleeping at night- it kinda runs the gauntlet of relaxing noises.

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