GiuseppeAndTheYeti
@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
- Comment on Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities 6 months ago:
Lots of people make valid criticisms of Microsoft and Xbox, but one thing that no one can criticize is their dedication to making products for people with disabilities. They have been consistently releasing these products for people despite a small market for them.
- Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. 8 months ago:
The second hand is the minute hand and the third one is the second hand!
- Submitted 8 months ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 172 comments
- Comment on Trio wins $700K Vesuvius Challenge grand prize for deciphering ancient scroll 9 months ago:
I hope for the sake of preservation that these texts are recovered safely and are able to be read. What a trove of knowledge and wonder!
- Comment on Wear marks on a belt are like rings on a tree. 10 months ago:
No, but rings indicate OP’s mom lost weight
- Comment on Yes 10 months ago:
D. Dog bridge
- Comment on This 10 months ago:
Fat fucking chance I’m eating a home cooked meal made by Melania, Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric. It would be fucking boiled potatoes, plain canned corn and green beans, and overcooked New York strip steaks.
- Comment on Good morning madam 10 months ago:
Great username
- Comment on Behold The Hyundai Uni Wheel. Transportation May Never Be The Same 11 months ago:
4 motors is more expensive than 1 motor and a bunch of gears
- Comment on PlayStation Portal Is Out Today, But Fans Are Having a Hard Time Finding One - IGN 1 year ago:
I’m mad that people are being sunk by consumerism. The cost of living is sky high right now and people are wasting their money on products that don’t make a whole lot of sense. Theres similar products that work much better for just a little bit more. Hell, buy a used tablet. At least that has processing like I mentioned. You can remote play through the tablet for a fraction of the cost.
- Comment on PlayStation Portal Is Out Today, But Fans Are Having a Hard Time Finding One - IGN 1 year ago:
Others have said it already, but it’s the best way to describe it. It’s literally just a screen with a controller attached. You can only use it for remote play on a PlayStation console at home. It doesn’t offer cloud gaming and it doesn’t allow you to even connect to WiFi networks that require you to sign on in a browser before gaining access to the Internet because the thing doesn’t even have a browser included in the software. The only common use case I could see for this thing is if you’re you going to a friend’s house as a teen and want to play online games while in person.
Even then, as a parent I would much rather just spend the extra money on a steamdeck or other handheld that has compute and actual software. This is a ripe $300 turd that hardcore PlayStation fans and overzealous scalpers are buying.
- Submitted 1 year ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 2 comments
- Comment on VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it 1 year ago:
Ahh, the ol’ Lemmy faneroo.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator 1 year ago:
Yes. Independent developers have regularly released smash hits like Stardew Valley.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator 1 year ago:
No way Microsoft let’s that happen. He’ll be forced out. The only reason Microsoft looked into this consolidation is because he was running the company value into the core of the earth.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator 1 year ago:
Counterpoint: Consolidation in such a fast paced industry with a low barrier to entry isn’t as bad as physical goods consolidation. If Microsoft acts in bad faith, people just won’t buy games from that studio anymore, developers will just leave the company and start a new studio, free lance, or work for another party. It’s not like ABK was lighting the market on fire either. Microsoft is buying a trash heap and hoping to turn the internal culture around to bring back neglected IPs
- Comment on Regular loaves of bread have pre-slicing technology figured out, so what is it with bagels and English muffins? 1 year ago:
That’s what the air pockets are for
- Comment on Regular loaves of bread have pre-slicing technology figured out, so what is it with bagels and English muffins? 1 year ago:
Lol. Grew up an hour from St Louis and I still don’t know how people prefer sliced bagels like those. I like to butter my bagels or some other schmear. I don’t want to eat a dry bagel and I also don’t want to walk around with a dip
- Comment on Regular loaves of bread have pre-slicing technology figured out, so what is it with bagels and English muffins? 1 year ago:
It’s not that they’re not “pre-sliced” it’s that they’re pre-sliced poorly. Either they’re still connected in the middle and trying to cleanly pull them apart is frustratingly rare or they’re sliced unevenly resulting in a 80/20 bagel experience. All too often it can be both.
- Submitted 1 year ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 47 comments
- Comment on This should be a pinned post as it really captures the essence of my experience so far. 1 year ago:
Make them
- Comment on Would an Android phone make an acceptable 5G modem? 1 year ago:
How would this work in terms of I/O? Even if your phone would work with USB C to Ethernet adapter to connect it to your router, would you also have the I/O for continuous power draw? Speaking of which, I can’t imagine that using an old android phone would be terribly power efficient unless it’s a temporary solution.