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  • tl;dr

    "The grass has been cut as short as possible, and loose, dried grass has been removed from affected areas.

    "Prior to tomorrow's sessions, the grass will be dampened, and specific response teams will be stationed around the track."

  • For orientation you could use much subtler ways. There are models which look like a dumpster of random colors. For these it absolutely is only about cost savings, and I grew up from a time building 1300+ pcs models as a kid when Lego didn't even have the colors for "orientation" and never had an issue. There are enough methods for orientation which don't require using screaming lime and azure colors. There are enough shades of grey for that.

  • Lego's tolerances are pretty good, and so are a couple of other non-counterfeit brands. They might be a bit "stickier". Lego as an overall product is behind. The prices are not just high, rather borderline questionable. Color consistency is notoriously poor with certain colors, due to cost saving measures. They stopped using colored granulated plastics, and instead inject ink.

    They charge premium licensing prices and deliver stickers while Cobi is able to print it properly. Cobi is pricey mind you, but they at least deliver. Lego has no proper lighting, which opened the market for Fun Whole. They butchered and killed their robotics line up of Mindstorns. Lego butchered their Technic electronics with compatibility breakage and forced app usage. Lego abuses the that brand to keep selling model cars with few functions. Lego abused the Technic brand to publish a Mars Rover which has a design failing suspension and zero chassis stability.

    For cost savings, they fill the invisible insides with random colored blocks, drowning alternate uses.

    Their product photos are misleading, with photoshopped headlights which don't exist and other trickery.

    Lego has likely a way too big catalogue, sells perhaps not enough of most, and goes quantity over quality.

    The truth is, there are very well designed sets, with prints, no random colors, at acceptably high prices and they are adorable. And I would and maybe will purchase them and have done so not long ago. It's the amount of crap which comes out. I often assume the Internet scandalizes Lego's state, and of course they do, but when I walk past my local Lego shops, I see terrible designs, at ridiculous prices.

    If Lego would position themselves as a mainstream brand at medium prices, nobody would bat an eye. It's them often surcharging 50% above competition at lower quality which grinds people's gears really badly.

  • HQ Lego Alternatives:

    Military, aircraft, small cars: Cobi. Technic: CaDa has licensed premium lines like the AMG GT One . Models with Lighting: Fun Whole, but can near Lego pricing, with higher quality. Kids: Buy used Lego sets, don't bother too much with lost parts, replace them on Bricklink.

    And there is a few others. I listed only companies not ripping off duplicates. There is more good ones, and of course a lot of copycat companies.

  • The dbzer0 thing is not because of simple drama, but because lemmy mirrors contents onto the server itself. To not become liable for piracy, they blocked the instance, because it was linking pirate content. Even on reddit you were never allowed to post that.

  • The pump is inside the CPU water block. Please install the radiator on top. That way the pump will be always under water and air will float to the top. Currently you trap the air inside the CPU/pump block.

  • All water cooling circuits should have an air bleed off valve in one way or another available, usually most simplistically through a reservoir. Perhaps due to orientation it doesn't happen. Make sure air bubbles can flow up to the reservoir by default and since running the AIO is safe after all, rotate the cooler in all directions to make sure all air can escape.

    As a side note, air coolers can also be broken by faulty heatpipes internally, when condensation and heat transport don't happen.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Download Button Triplets without Adblock

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    Cloud of Darkness Chaotic Alliance Raid Out Now

    Gaming @lemmy.ml
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    Valorant 9.x stopped (inofficially) supporting Asus Xonar sound cards

    Edit: Official Riot confirmation the Asus Xonar audio driver is blocked due to a cheating exploit by user Baconspleet who received following statement by official support: "... the driver is indeed blocked by vanguard as it was reportedly being used as a way to cheat. In this case, I'm afraid the only option to have sound in the game is a hardware upgrade, though that is understandably, not ideal."

    https://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/comment-page-230/#show-comments

    As Valorant players with all kinds of Asus Xonar sound cards have noticed since the 9.x patch series, the support for these devices has been dropped and the game will no longer function acceptably. After roughly half a minute, the entire system, not just the game, loses its audio output. Reddit user /u/travishenrichs has contacted support and received following statement: "In order to protect the competitive integrity and security of our games, some pieces of hardware are not supported with VALORANT and will n

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    Crystalline Conflict Casual Needs Matchmaking

    Farming now PvP, it is obvious how the casual mode absolutely needs matchmaking with a hidden skill rating. The outcome of the match is decided by specific people in the team and there are idlers, afk'ers and other not so great players which could be filtered out had it matchmaking.

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    PSA: Syrcus Tower Boss Broken. Avoid The Duty

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    Dawntrail Is Up And Servers Are Stable!

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    Office Building Painting of Erenville in LA

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    Fashion Report Week 333 14.6.2024

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #15

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #16

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #17

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #18

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    Pictomancer Illustration

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #19

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #20

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    Dawntrail Countdown Illustration #21

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    Shadow DC is Up! Saw Limsa Lominsa completely deserted

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    Fashion Report Week 332 07.06.2024

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    Breaking Brick Mountains 2024 Event Started

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    FF XIV Gaming Chair With Job Change System