u/BarneyChampaign

He annoyed me at first, but has become one of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek. The actor that plays him has way more range than I expected!

His "dark" episode was amazing, and the depth of that performance really endeared him to me. I'm watching the "Tuvac special" episode right now, where Neelix is his caretaker, and he's just so positive and supportive.

Also, Doctor as close second - love him, too!

Janeway and Chakotay both still probably my least favorite in this series. Maybe this is a hot take? Janeway seems...ideologically inconsistent? Chakotay is just kind of boring. I haven't finished the series, though, so I'm still open to letting them grow on me.

I'm not finished yet, so no spoilers in comments, please 🫣

Why didn't he say, "I feel like Amelia bucks!"

(first time watching Voyager, loving it so far thanks for having me)

I just started my second month of CrossFit, still loving it, but I feel like my stamina is just trash.

Today, we started with a 1 mile run, and I took forever, jogged it, and still had to walk for a couple of stretches to catch my breath.

Anything involving running, biking, rowing, I feel like my aerobic fitness is in the negatives. Then, the rest of the WoD feels like I'm already starting from exhaustion even though I only did the warmup.

I feel like the answer is sleep more, eat better, drink more water, go for runs (I hate running), but if there are other things I should be thinking of, or more targeted changes I can make, I'd appreciate any wisdom and advice. Thanks! 🙏

I'm sure what I'm about to write is probably posted nigh-verbatim here every day, but I'm stoked so I'm sharing anyways!

I've tried going to the gym on my own - Planet Fitness, Omni, YMCA - but I never suck with it, and I felt aimless when I was actually there.

I have some friends who have preached CrossFit for years, but it always seemed too intimidating. I finally psyched myself up enough to do a week of one-on-one foundations classes, at a place a friend attends, and it was great! The coaches and members were all super welcoming, positive, encouraging, and best of all never made me feel embarrassed for not being able to do something.

I still kind of beat myself up about not being able to do stuff I feel like I should, but that's my own growth to work on. Anyways, just finished my first month, and after Friday's WoD, I ACTUALLY DECIDED TO DO A LIGHT 1 MILE JOG. I never run, I hate running, and I usually feel miserable - but for the first time since I was a kid it actually didn't feel like a chore.

I know it's only a mile, but for me - a good 35 pounds overweight desk-jockey - it was a big deal and felt great.

I'm so excited to read and learn more, and continue improving, but I gotta lace up - class starts in 20!

Everything about this TV (G6) and LG continue to stack up as negatives. I had to turn off tons of things that shouldn't be on a TV in the first place. NOBODY wants ads constantly shoved in their face, or a TV that watches and listens to you.

Now, after the most recent update, every time I turn it on it reminds me with a pop up that LG and its partners can do whatever the hell they want with MY tv, at their discretion?? And I paid them $3,500 for this privilege?

Are there any TV manufacturers who aren't completely, utterly, morally bankrupt, consumer-hating, spyware-loving pieces of shit? This is enraging behavior.

On my G6, I like how punchy highlights are in games with Dynamic Tone Mapping enabled, but any time there is a mostly black screen, the panel gets really dim.

This should be moments where an OLED shines, like text appearing in the dark, or characters/effects/shapes/whatever popping against a dark black background.

I've tried Hgig, but I cant dial in my settings enough to get the range and highlights I get when DTM is enabled. Is there anything I can do to prevent DTM from super dimming in dark scenes?

My current settings on the PC, with a 4090 GPU:

1. Windows HDR On
2. Nvidia Control Panel:
3. 3840x2160@165hz
4. RGB 12bit Full
5. GSync Off, because I always get flickering. I've tried manually limiting the frame rate of games to 161 in the Nvidia control panel, but I still get flickering with GSync on. Wish I understood this one.

I wasn't sure about leaving HDR on all the time vs just when I'm going to play a game that supports it.

I've also read something about instead configuring HDR through the Nvidia RTX settings? Unsure there.

Lastly, color output. I don't know if I'm supposed to be using RGB or 4:4:4, I've read conflicting things.

The guys at this party are crushing it

Before getting into this, yes I have nothing better to do tonight.

A lot of people, myself included, have asked what exactly proficiency means. I think we all agree and understand that it impacts rolled weapon level, which in turn determines maximum values for each weapon type's special attributes, as well as odds for higher scaling on those attributes.

Anyways, the two things I wanted to test:

1. Does player/enemy level delta impact damage dealt?
2. Does weapon level impact raw damage-per-bullet?

Setup

I chose to use the Repeating Crossbow, since I could reliably fire a single, non-charged bolt with a single quick trigger pull.

When wanting to test 0 proficiency, I enabled the Carcosan modifier Growth Incapacitor II. To test 25 proficiency, I switched it off.

When testing 25 proficiency, I restarted until getting Piercing Bolt, since I found the damage over time from Razor to skew the numbers too much. Tests with 0 proficiency never had any weapon traits.

Answering question 1

I enabled the Carcosan modifier that reduces lucenite needed to level. I started a run from the first biome, at 0 proficiency, and counted how many shots it took to kill each enemy type. I collected lucenite to level up, but collected no other weapons or artifacts.

After clearing everything, being level 23 with a level 0 weapon, it still took the same amount of shots to kill anything. So, I don't think player level vs enemy level impacts damage. At least in this rough test.

Answering question 2

I start from the first biome, shoot enemies 50 times, then immediately return to Passage. I look at the "Damage dealt" stat in the run summary for my primary weapon, divide it by 50, and record the number as damage per bolt.

I do this 10 times at proficiency 25 with Piercing bolt, making sure no other enemies are around to accidentally count the damage twice, and then 10 times at proficiency 0.

The final averages were 3.5 damage per bolt at level 25, and 3.4 damage per bolt at level 0, so a variance of a little less than 3%. Considering how rough the methodology was, you could probably conclude there's no real difference in damage. I didn't control for things like enemy defense, weak point or stagger damage, or potential damage fall-off over range. I hoped shooting them 1000 times would smooth the numbers.

I also did several runs where I went out and shot one of the worm turret enemies a single time, and then returned to Passage. The displayed Damage dealt every single time, regardless of proficiency level, was always 3. So, 3.4ish rounded sounds about right.

Current theory, then, is that neither player nor weapon proficiency level has any direct impact on base damage calculations. For people like me who get anxiety when given a choice with ambiguous weights to either side, I hope this data helps you.

Praise the sun.

I tried at so many different points throughout the game, and sometimes it felt like something was about to be different - but it never was.

I'm a little disappointed about that - did anyone else find any situations where it did something, besides focusing your camera?

And what, now - they expect me to simply make dinner, feed the dogs, re-lace my hoodie and go to bed? Through these tears?

I'm so grateful my family encouraged me to watch the show, and it turned out to be so much more than I thought it was. If there is any other supplemental content, or fun insights you'd want to share with a first-time watcher, I'd love to know!

Otherwise, just putting out some more positivity and appreciation into the air for all of the work and talent that went into creating this.