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12:20:43
isoraqathedh
shinmera: So... parts of China are being told that they're rationing water and electricity until at least March.
12:21:54
isoraqathedh
In Canton they're not letting people use AC below 26°C (outside temperature around this time is about 30 ~ 34°C), and all lifts in buildings less than 3 storeys tall must be switched off.
12:23:30
isoraqathedh
A more fundamental reason is that the power providers are strapped on cash; they are forced to sell electricity at a fixed cost, but due to various reasons (ahem Australia embargo), cost per energy generated is currently higher than the fixed price.
12:31:01
isoraqathedh
So-called "renewables" are typically not very fun. I think out of all of these the solar reflectors into a pot of water is the most usable and efficient out of all of those, but they're pretty awful in terms of set-up and they don't do well with matching actual demand.
13:46:00
suntmc
like, it works flawlessly when connected via USB but games refuse to detect it (natively) when connected via bluetooth
13:46:30
shinmera
ah. Yeah, you gotta start the games through steam so it can do the emulation, or use another gamepad mapper toolkit thingy.
13:46:42
suntmc
it works wirelessly when you go through DS4Windows or Steam's thingy where it just emulates an XInput device
13:48:59
suntmc
found a thread on steam forums where the Enter the Gungeon dev said that via bluetooth the DS4 sends its inputs differently. but that's literally the only thing i found when googling
13:49:36
suntmc
thought i'd ask you, since you have one of those and might have noticed some oddities as well
13:49:59
suntmc
but i guess the DS4 just sucks, and you're gonna have to use an XInput remapper wirelessly
13:50:49
shinmera
But it's not the only one that behaves different depending on wired/bluetooth state.
13:51:37
suntmc
Gungeon dev said it didn't report different ID but sends commands differently and that's why they chose to only support it wired
14:40:17
isoraqathedh
The weekly version has a "example of use" page where it shows you how someone might fill it in.
14:40:57
isoraqathedh
So you end up seeing a snapshot of some random (fictional, presumably) Japanese salaryman living in Tokyo, three days or so a year.
14:43:48
isoraqathedh
It's not really "weird", actually. It's actually a combination of "wow, I get to see a life I never thought I'd see" and "the makers of this planner really know how to put detail in just the right place".
15:59:19
PincerAttack
I'm sure gingy practiced while you were away and is now going to beat us single-handedly
16:14:45
shinmera
gingy has been going to bed way too late, so he'll be very tired, meaning he'll have his true skill unlocked