what do you mean pairing? what kind of os do you plan to put on the mini pc? the biggest hurdle is going to be hdcp compliance with any legal streaming service. something like kodi on the other hand, just works like any other pc? a mini pc is just that. a mini pc. there’s nearly infinite method to connect streaming services to a pc. I have a Plex server, but it doesn’t play nice with all content, so honestly, i usually just use my network storage and pull things straight from the file browser. load them into media player classic with madvr.

I know there’s newer systems that do fancier things, but I’m content. I need to upgrade my nas to be better able to transcode x265 video streams. that’s s big drawback on Plex for me. my biggest use case is watching things virtually with friends. it’s how i watch movies with people. my server can current encode a single x265 video stream pretty well, but the second it has more than one client it chugs. forget it if 4 people want a 4k movie. I would need a crazy beefy rig to run that. it also won’t convert hdr without paying. most of my friends aren’t trying to watch on an hdr screen.

so, we’re back to me streaming via discord screenshare. it’s not the best, but at least i don’t need to keep a separate 4k hdr copy of movie for myself and a 1080p x264 copy for Plex that way. mad vr will even handle the hdr conversion for me when I stream.

it works well enough, though I’m open to suggestions as well. it needs to be easy for the clients to use. it can be hard for me, that’s fine, but jellyfin is too much for most of my friends and family. Plex is already pushing it.

better hardware has always been an advantage, but this is more in line with bmw charging a subscription for heated seats. it’s a new stage of nickel and dime monetization. and just because there’s existing ways to use money to gain an advantage doesn’t mean we should be inventing new ones. rich people don’t need the help, and these companies don’t need the money. accepting and enabling them on this will continue to consent to more and worse pay to win features.

this is explicitly and exclusively a feature to improve performance. whether it’s effective is irrelevant. they intend to let you pay to gain an advantage natively in game. a non scummy game would instead try to minimize and mitigate the differences created by hardware, not add new ways to widen that gap.

yes, i did. and no, things are not ok. there’s way too many outright Nazis and they love this stupid frog

most of the people that use it hatefully don’t know that and don’t care. it’s used both ways for hate, makes it really hard to differentiate.

and the swastika is ancient. that doesn’t mean people using it in the West aren’t usually dickheads.

interesting, yeah having to lug it around inside is a big turnoff for me. is there a good way to lock them up and leave them somewhere? that’s sort of an open question.

there are definitely large communities for one wheel enthusiasts. i think they’re often less about tinkering and more about meeting up and riding together. from what I’ve seen they are largely organized through message groups and discord.

from what I’ve seen, my friend doing the open source one wheel isn’t alone in his efforts, but the group around it isn’t nearly as big as the cousin euc guys. i think he’s like 90% to “completion”, though I’m sure he’ll never stop tinkering.

another big appeal for me is their use as filmmaking tools. I’m a videographer, these go great with a gimbal. i wonder if an euc would be similarly useful.

i would love if you’d be willing to tell me more about safety.

im definitely turned off by how you look when you stand on it, but i could be convinced to look past that with enough reason.

I’m also curious if they would work as well as a one wheel for filmmaking. I’m a videographer, i have peers that use one wheels very effectively with gimbals to get really nice smooth tracking shots.

the note about carrying it around is useful. like i said, having 4 dudes carrying a one wheel enter a room can cause a problem. there is often not that much space to actually put something like that down and out of the way.

is there a good way to lock these up to like a bike lock or something?

oh that is handsome. but I’m more interested in what a person looks like on it. it’s more about the awkward sort of stiff lean that your have to do on them. i just can’t see that and not think it looks a bit goofy.

obviously a news show isn’t going to feel the same rewatching it. that’s not the point lol.

that would be like saying it’s dumb to preserve newspapers in libraries because it’s not going to feel as good rereading the “Hitler is dead” headline. people don’t look at old news to have a good time.

boy was it silly of us to preserve that kind of thing and it totally never comes in handy/s

that’s not even what people are upset about anyway. comedy Central mostly makes entertainment programming that isn’t news based and can still be enjoyed whenever. believe it or not, comedy Central has a lot of content that will stand the test of time. especially when looking at their stand-up catalogue.

this is the destruction of a library. a digital one, but a library none the less. that’s what people are mad about.

but you’re right. we should just dump all of our old movies and shows. they’re worthless moldy junk anyway… 🙄

I have many friends that use one wheel skateboards. I’ve tried them once or twice, but I’ve always been curious why there’s seemingly so little overlap between the euc and one wheel communities. both camps seem to almost not acknowledge the other.

I’m slightly more in the one wheel camp, but I’m not sold on either of them. hanging with one wheel people started to get me really annoyed by them carrying the one wheel in with them EVERYWHERE they’re not that small in the context of an elevator when 4 people have them. and they always bump them into things and it causes a lot of damage. I’ve got marks on my walls because of them. obviously, is easier to deal with than a car in theory, but there’s already so much infrastructure to help you deal with your car.

that said, the one wheel crew beat the rest of us to every event in the city every time. they are genuinely convenient for getting around, and they can easily and confidently go off road. that’s huge to me. you don’t need a decent road or bike path for them.

it sounds like perhaps the key differences are speed (euc is faster it seems), off road capability, and how you stand on the thing. the stance is actually very important to me. i try not to, but damnit i care if i look good. you don’t look cool on an euc. ever. one wheels on the other hand just look like cyber punk skateboards.

the speed isn’t a huge concern. those one wheels are already pretty damn fast. i can’t imagine it would often be safe to go faster than they can.

all that said, I’m not sold on either, and haven’t done much research into electric unicycles. please, sell me if it’s something you’re passionate about. why should i prefer an euc? also, i do want to try understand why there’s such a strong separation in these groups if i can.

interesting, i know many people that like them and none of them have ever had that issue as far as I’m aware.

I’ve tried them once or twice, but I’ve always been curious why there’s seemingly so little overlap in the two communities. like both camps seem to almost not acknowledge the other.

I’m slightly more in the one wheel camp, but I’m not sold on either of them. hanging with one wheel people started to get me really annoyed by them carrying the one wheel in with them EVERYWHERE they’re not that small in the context of an elevator when 4 people have them. and they always bump them into things and it causes a lot of damage. I’ve got marks on my walls because of them. obviously, is easier to deal with than a car in theory, but there’s already so much infrastructure to help you deal with your car.

that said, the one wheel crew beat the rest of us to every event in the city every time. they are genuinely convenient for getting around, and they can easily and confidently go off road. that’s huge to me. you don’t need a decent road or bike path for them.

it sounds like perhaps the key differences are speed (euc is faster it seems), off road capability, and how you stand on the thing. the stance is actually very important to me. i try not to, but damnit i care if i look good. you don’t look cool on an euc. ever. on wheels on the other hand just look like cyber punk skateboards.

the speed isn’t a huge concern. those one wheels are already pretty damn fast. i can’t imagine if would often be safe to go faster than they can.

all that said, I’m not sold on either, and haven’t done much research into electric unicycles. please, sell me if it’s something you’re passionate about. why should i prefer an euc? also, i do want to try understand why there’s such a strong separation in these groups if i can.

damnit, i should have said all that to the other guy…

why those over a one wheel?

i hate to say it, but I’d be embarrassed to be seen in public on one of these. they just look… dweeby? i think it’s the posture you have to take on it. it’s so awkward looking. the wider sideways stance of the one wheel skateboard is so much more natural looking. and they’re better on harder terrain.

the company itself sucks from what i understand, so tha’s a fair argument, but i have a friend that makes them open source/pirated with third party parts. why would i choose one of these over one of those?

all of the “real” Martial arts from back before guns were about using weapons. those aren’t really practiced as much anymore because they’re all useless in the face of firearms anyway. why spend years training with a knife when the same time could be spent training with a gun. if combat effectiveness is your goal then you need to learn modern combat techniques.

that said, there’s plenty to be learned from it, and it’s not like it can’t help you in a fight. but as another commenter said, the real way to win every fight is by avoiding them. so really the best thing to learn is de-escalation and recognizing danger.

FUCK.

that’s my hometown.

haven’t been there in years, but i used to walk there a lot. i typically just had to walk on the grass or in the ditch next to the road. then i had to plan my entire route around where i could cross the roads. very very few places to do that, and almost none that were safe.

got harassed by the cops once because i was walking at night with a flashlight in that town. walking is so uncommon there that it’ll get the police called on you.

also, more town than city.

same kind of crazy line formed there when they got chick-fil-a and portillo’s. it’s in Wisconsin, so they got chick-fil-a late and portillo’s early in their respective spreads across the country.

also, there was a religion mechanic, but no religious victory.

I would like it to come out with the same number of win conditions that the previous ones had. diplomacy was a base feature in at least the last 2 games before it. it wasn’t a dlc feature before. they removed it this time, then added it back as dlc. they do shit like that every time.

that’s a weird thing to say about a game that came out without diplomacy or diplomatic victories. but ign has a long history of overating games from waelthy companies.

edit: but also, the way that ign feels the need to praise it for being fully featured at launch when it was still missing a base mechanic really helps my point. they always do this. this may actually be the least bad one they’ve ever done. that’s just a low bar. like the 4th least bad release.

idk man… i guess In today’s market this behavior has become less bad by comparison to everyone else, but I’m not going to ignore the rising temperature of the water in this pot. the whole industry is getting worse. I’m not going to give this company ground to legitimize their greed because the rest of the industry shot past them in shittyness. this was one of the first series to explicitly be scummy with dlc. they helped create the modern landscape of battle passes and gacha bullshit. they were once some of the worst out there…

it was diplomacy that was stripped then re-added this time. in base civ 6 there was no diplomacy. that’s ridiculous. that’s like one of the most core mechanics and win conditions. then when they did add it it was so busted that you’ll often accidentally get a diplo victory on your way to any other victory.

and that’s greedy and why i don’t play that series.

civ 6 literally added diplomatic victory back as a dlc