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  • Yoricktotechsupport@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    A phone is easier to resell than a dashcam I’d say, so maybe that’s better.

    Also indeed heat inside the car could be a huge problem depending on where you live and if you have access to a shaded parking.

    For a 1st test you could simply record the camera without streaming with the app and see how long that goes.

  • Yoricktotechsupport@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 months ago

    Wait do you want to have some sort of security camera when not using the car or more something to record when driving?

    Do you want to stream the camera with the phone? If so that’ll take quite a bit more power than you’re expecting.

    If you want to record when the car is sitting idle, I wouldn’t connect it to the car directly as you’ll probably drain the battery (the capacity of those isn’t huge and I bet you’d drain it enough in <10h)

    If you want the phone to be able to record and stream over 2G / 4G for a full week, I would do the following:

    Fully charge the phone, turn off the WiFi, set the app to start the stream, and make it look outside a window. Then check in every hour to see when the battery ran out.

    Once you know it take X hours to drain the battery, look up your phone battery capacity (ideally in WH to get an accurate result, but mAh is fine), and then you can do the math:

    There’s 24*7= 168h in a week You need capacity for 168/X hours (the time it took to drain the battery) Multiply by your capacity C

    So in the end you’ll need a power bank that has at least 168/X*C Wh.

    If you only have the mAh rating it’s a bit more math, happy to help with infos if you need it.

  • YoricktoGames@lemmy.world•Is Civilization 7 not fun?English
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    4 months ago

    If you’re not really into the civilization series, I would always wait when the game has a huge sale.

    I started with Civ5 during a 10$ sale with all expansions, 200 Hours. As a treat I bought Civ6 on launch, which while slightly barebone (all civ games are on launch) was really fun, and after buying the expansions and a couple DLC I got 500h on it so clearly a good investment.

    I would put Civ6 and Civ7 in your wishlist to get notified when there’s a sale, and see if you like it or not after the fact.

    The current reviews for 7 are mostly about the UI and the limited selection of civs to choose, also for some reason some players can’t bare the idea of stopping the game at the cold war just before the moon landing.

  • YoricktoSid Meier's Civilization@lemm.ee•Civilization VII review: A major overhaul solves Civ’s oldest problemsEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Tbh I’m a bit torn with Civ7, as while I really like the mechanics and all, the game seems pretty empty content-wise with such a small number of civs (and the 4th Era that will be in the 1st expansion)… But on the other hand civilization has constantly been a game I’ve enjoyed hundreds of hours, and it seems I’ll enjoy this one at least just as much!

    I want to reward Firaxis from making good games and give them money, but I don’t want to reward 2K games with their business tactics (especially with Denuvo…).