PhantomPhanatic

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Except for one instance of uncharacteristic anger that he took out on a wall, I never felt uncomfortable around him. He immediately apologized and never did anything like that again.

I wouldn't say I ever really felt unsafe or afraid he might hurt me though. I think he was extremely self aware of how his actions made us feel. He expressed regret that his father was not supportive of him and worked very hard to make sure I was not raised that way. He was not psychologically hurtful, distant, or mean-spirited in any way. He was completely supportive of my opinions and beliefs.

I felt supported, encouraged, safe, and secure when in his company.

I have experienced the other side as well. I lived with my wife's family for some time under the constant threat of physical and psychological abuse from her stepfather. I never felt safe in his company and it has made a lasting traumatic impact on myself, my wife, and her family.

I really wish that my wife could have met him. I feel that if she could experience what it could be like to have a good dad some of the trauma might be alleviated. I know it can never truly rewrite what has happened, but there are good fathers that care and support their children. I'm truly sorry you (and others) have not experienced what can only described as the blessing of having a good father. I feel extremely lucky to have had him as long as I did and wish for others to have similar experiences. I hope this answers your questions and that you can find a way through the generational trauma.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

As a son who had a great dad who passed too soon, yes I really loved him and I miss him terribly. I feel robbed of my chance to have had an adult relationship with him.

In my experience he was not like having a male mom, but no two parents are going to be good at everything anyway. Good parents will usually offer qualities that compliment each other.

My dad taught me a lot of practical knowledge about building and maintaining tools, devices, cars, and homes. He also fostered my interests in airplanes and engineering. He was a role model for me when it came to simply being a nice and caring person. He encouraged me to do things that I liked and supported practically anything I was interested in. He is the sole reason I am into Star Trek and enjoy all kinds of other Sci-Fi.

My dad was one of the nicest and most caring people I have ever known. He always did everything in his power to make people feel welcome and loved.

I miss him every day and wish I could hang out with him again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

No problem. Glad I could help!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sunshine is a host application on your computer that replaces the Nvidia Shield streaming app. Since Nvidia removed that function from the current builds of the Nvidia app you can use Sunshine instead. It also works for Intel and AMD GPUs.

Once you have Sunshine installed and synced with your steam deck you can add any application to Sunshine to allow streaming. In the Xbox PC app find your game executeable location by going to the game page you want to add, then go to More Actions menu>Manage>Files>Browse>Game Folder>Content folder. Add an Application to Sunshine by going to the Applications tab and +Add New. Copy the path of the executeable to the Command field and type in the name of the App. That's the minimum required to run it, but you can also add boxart. Usually it can find it automatically though which is nice.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

You can already do this with moonlight/sunshine. Just have to find the game executeable and add it in sunshine.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The SR-71 used an Astroinertial Navigation System that used stars to keep the navigation information accurate as the plane flew over long distances. Normally an inertial navigation system degrades in accuracy over time and distance due to small errors building up and something called gyro drift. The NAS-14V2 used a catalog of known stars and a gimballed telescope to identify specific stars (even during a cloudy day) and determine the position of the stars in relation to the aircraft. Using this information the position of the aircraft can be used to revise the inertial navigation system's data every so often so the accuracy is much better.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

This is not a great explanation of radix economy of Base e.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Slaughterhouse Five (the book) did this fairly well, though the movie isn't much better than Madame Web.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Timeline! The movie was completely forgettable but the concept was pretty cool. I loved the book.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exceed is still the only program that handles graphically intense Unix X11 sessions properly for Windows machines. It's still not great though.

Some of us still have to slog through old CAD applications that have long been abandoned.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

This is not true at all. You're right that planes aren't like cars, but airlines absolutely do their own maintenance. The maintenance program is initially provided by Boeing and modified by the airline based on statistical monitoring of issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

His speculation about total fuselage failure due to the door departing is completely off the rails and bordering on fear mongering.

 
 

I have a Switch, Steam Deck, PS4, and Steam Controller all with gyro controls. I have used gyro controls in a few games but every time I do it feels odd and I never quite get the hang of it. I keep hearing that gyro controls are really great for precision in shooters but I feel like I just can't quite get the hang of it.

I'm a long time PC and console gamer so it kind of frustrates me that I can't seem to get the hang of it. What are some recommendations for getting better at using gyro controls?

 
 
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