AndrewZabar
@AndrewZabar@lemmy.world
- Comment on caddyserver.com has those vintage browser buttons at the bottom of the page 6 days ago:
My favorite that I had on my site for a while because I was coding purely manually in html, was a tile that said “Made with NOTEPAD.EXE!”
- Comment on caddyserver.com has those vintage browser buttons at the bottom of the page 6 days ago:
0000072 hit counter!
- Comment on The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis. 5 weeks ago:
I had the first NES system with the original inclusion of Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. Actually it was the first console of the line but I don’t think the very first version because I think the very first version did not have Duck Hunt or the gun. Correct me if I’m mistaken. I was a little late to the NES and by then I think they added that element to it.
But also, I didn’t buy any console after that, because once I started gaming on PC I only ever gamed on PC. Although I regret not getting into Turbo Grafx 16 because years later I found troves of the games at a flea market and the guy dug up all of the ones he had and brought them over the following few weeks. By that time I was no longer really interested in them so I was just buying and reselling them. Massive score on that load. But I wish I had just collected the whole set and gotten a unit.
Why did I start rambling? Oh yeah cuz it’s Reddit. Anyway, consoles were a nice idea but to me, once I could upgrade a graphics card and always still be able to not only play the games that I had already, but continue to be able to get newer ones… I dunno, the console concept seemed to me a money pit, because first of all, the moment it hit the shelves in stores, there were already better graphics chips being sold for PC, and also, eventually as I had predicted, it would become a console war, combined with cutting off older units whenever they pleased, as well as all the rest of the shit they’ve pulled over the years with DRM, and online requirement so they could fucking cut you off when they pleased. I opted to not even bother stepping into that racket. PC gaming for me. Especially retro PC gaming.
Ok ramble over. Just wanted to share my experiences.
- Comment on Savage - A bizarre DOS game that's a mashup of different genres, and an oddly lengthy story | ADG Episode 340 2 months ago:
I’m getting some Golden Axe / Altered Beast vibes.
- Comment on Microsoft is killing its “free” VPN with Microsoft 365 subscriptions, just days after increasing prices 4 months ago:
They departed the competitive approach long ago. Now they’re just taking the desperate or the involuntarily dependent for all they can. Those types who went full MS for an ecosystem just don’t have any alternative.
- Comment on Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one. 4 months ago:
Isn’t it fun watching the world self-immolate, despite all the fucking warnings in every sci-fi written in history?
- Comment on Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. 4 months ago:
Why did the name get changed? U.S.A. needed another ego stroke? Our public perception of nonstop ego-masturbation slowing down?
- Comment on FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview 4 months ago:
Media bias? Always has been some. So I eagerly await when will Fux Nuze get raked over the coals? Because they’re the biggest propaganda mill of horse shit and bigoted fear mongering on the planet. Oh yeah, they won’t be scrutinised; they’re loyalist.
The Pig is going to run the white house with tyranny and turn the country into a combo of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Already hit the ground running.
All people and agencies, companies and individuals need to RESIST. There’s no fortune to enjoy at the end of the rainbow if you cooperate, no matter who you are.
This is what fucking happens when kids can pass through school without having to learn and remember history. No child left behind … so that no adult will have a brain.
- Comment on Threads is offically getting ads 4 months ago:
All hale the algorithm.
(Yes, that was intentional).
- Comment on Threads is offically getting ads 4 months ago:
Wow! Who saw that coming??!
Raises hand
News headline! deetedeeetedeeet I still have never used it and have no intention to. Deeteteeeeeet.
- Comment on Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’ 4 months ago:
lol crash-wise! Love it.
Vis-à-vis wreckage, 'n whatnot.
- Comment on Long-running tech forum DSL Reports goes offline 4 months ago:
I saw the post title and immediately recalled the site name and remember using that site so often! But I forgot about it.
- Comment on X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU pledge to tackle hate speech 4 months ago:
To tackle it in the EU.
- Comment on Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search 4 months ago:
I wish I didn’t ever need google but unfortunately sucksuckgo has been getting worse and worse.
- Comment on Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search 4 months ago:
Seriously, that’s such an absurd statement. It implies that the client-side affects the actual results.
I think their system just makes more money with sponsored gimmicks they might be enhancing.
- Comment on Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search 4 months ago:
Talk about a step in the wrong direction!
- Comment on License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data 5 months ago:
Wait, so it’s not e2e?
- Comment on Telegram hands over data on thousands of users to US law enforcement 5 months ago:
Wait, so it’s not e2e?
- Comment on Has the USA turned into an oligarchy? 5 months ago:
Nope, just informative to the extent I could be.
- Comment on Has the USA turned into an oligarchy? 5 months ago:
“Look it up” is not an argument, it’s a suggested course of action. I explained my point and then suggested you look it up in order to see it more elaborated and supported.
I wasn’t aware there was an argument taking place; certainly not one involving me.
- Comment on Has the USA turned into an oligarchy? 5 months ago:
By demonstrating the facts which make the system meet the definition. Look it up there’s plenty of articles citing studies. Someone else linked a major one here.
- Comment on Has the USA turned into an oligarchy? 5 months ago:
It has been an oligarchy for a long time. This has been studied and proven.
- Comment on OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company 5 months ago:
Its things like this that remind you how little power we have and how little justice there really is. We all know he was killed.
- Comment on FTC distributes $72M to Fortnite customers tricked into making unwanted purchases 5 months ago:
It’s rather reassuring to see the FTC go nuclear on some companies, finally.
- Comment on FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat 5 months ago:
Wow, that’s Peter and Lois’s safe word, too.
- Comment on Cable ISPs compare data caps to food menus: Don’t make us offer unlimited soup 5 months ago:
It’s all greed. It’s been a while since this was discussed as far as I know, but wasn’t there talk about making Internet service into a utility and be regulated like the power and water companies? There should be a flat fee and that’s it. None of this tiered or capped bullshit. It’s alllllllll pure insatiable greed.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 6 months ago:
Personally, I’m hoping this is just a start. I’d like to see every evil ceo taken out.
- Comment on Reclaim the internet: Mozilla’s rebrand for the next era of tech 6 months ago:
And to top it off, let’s be honest, the logo is an eyesore!
- Comment on Reclaim the internet: Mozilla’s rebrand for the next era of tech 6 months ago:
I thought it was just my imagination that it’s been getting worse and worse in both implementation and ecosystem.
- Comment on Meta says it’s mistakenly moderating too much 6 months ago:
They’ve publicly admitted to conducting harmful social experiments and they said “oh weee sowwwy.” Why they weren’t fined $1B is beyond me. Oh wait… it’s because they’re Big Brother’s first line of recon.