haywire7
@haywire7@lemmy.world
- Comment on Super hero movies should have more scenes of them accidentally maiming people just because of the sheer amount of power they weild. 1 month ago:
Didn’t The Incredibles have a backstory like that where supes are basically illegal after they caused too much collateral damage?
- Comment on Phone companies to be asked to help tackle rise in snatch thefts 2 months ago:
I guess the thinking is making them next to worthless means they’ll get stolen less.
Most networks will bar a stolen pones IMEI if it’s reported but that doesn’t stop them so this would have to be a step up.
- Comment on Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all desktop users worldwide | It is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created 2 months ago:
Forgive me if this is an overly simplistic view but if the ads with cookies are all served f on Google’s platform say then would all those ads have a cess to the Google cookie jar?
If they don’t now then you can bet they are working on just that.
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
There are a lot of games that work. Still some that hold out, mainly due to their shitty anticheat software.
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Great. So managing printers, network settings and quickly comparing settings from two places becomes a weird game of screenshots and guessing.
Remote support workers of the world collectively shake their fist in despair.
No way on this planet I will be able to explain the new UI to your average office worker.
- Comment on Switch 2 cartridge format leaked via patent 3 months ago:
The first generation DS could play GBA games.
The original Wii could play GameCube games.
The 3DS ran DS games.
The GBA ran GB and GBC games.
The WiiU could run most Wii games.
Nintendo has history making backwards compatibility a selling point of it help sell consoles.
- Comment on Is there any advantage to tying game logic to frame-rate? 3 months ago:
Someone else may be able to offer a better solution
- Comment on Modder Creates Nintendo Switch Lite OLED For Enhanced Pocket Gameplay | Retro Dodo 4 months ago:
The screens they use will always come down to what they can get enough of at a decent price.
You know there would have been screens that look better but use the battery up faster, or have supply issues if this one factory has a problem and they look at all that.
- Comment on DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb 5 months ago:
AI generated content is great and all but it drowns out everything else on there. Anyone can type a prompt and generate a great looking image with a couple of attempts these days it seems.
The people spending days, weeks, months and more on a piece can’t keep up.
- Comment on Despite Microsoft's push, Windows 11 and Edge see decreases in user share 7 months ago:
It always used to be gamers and direct-x versions that pushed onto the newer versions of windows just to get the latest and greatest. Maybe it’s just me but the difference is minimal at best on the newer games and pointless on the older ones. Windows 11 enforces stricter rules on driver signing by default so older hardware, mainly niche peripherals need extreme jiggery pokery to get working if they work at all. Couple that with the general you’ll do it my way or not at all attitude Microsoft has taken with 11 and I’ll stick to windows 10 and keep using it the way I want.
- Comment on Spotify paid users hit 236M, but losing money, amid Apple battle 9 months ago:
I acquire the MP3 of the song I want from where ever I can find it. Be that buying it, YouTube converter or elsewhere. Then copy it to the SD card on my phone to listen to. No ads, no data connection needed. I even bother to set the album covers and tags up so it is all searchable in the Oto app I use on my phone.
- Comment on What are some 3D platformer/3rd person shooter hybrids aside from the Ratchet and Jak series? 10 months ago:
It may be a stretch but Spyro, Tomb Raider and Portal may scratch that itch it thier own ways. Rad Rodgers is a side scroller 3D shooter and anything in the Contra style is going to be madness. The old Skylander games depending on the characters you used could be played as shooters I suppose.
- Comment on Programmer's Credo 1 year ago:
14 hours into writing the script that was going to save you from doing the task yourself and you can’t quit now, too much time has been put into this endeavour.