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- Comment on Nintendo issues Switch 2 supply warning in Japan: 2.2 million people have applied to buy the new console in Japan so far, which ‘far exceeds’ Nintendo’s expectations. 5 days ago:
I appreciate them trying to set expectations, but then I also think a statement like this throws fuel on the fire, making more people want to scalp it.
- Comment on Do you use other federated software besides Lemmy (e.g. Mastodon/Pixelfed/etc.), if so which? 1 week ago:
Mastodon, but I’ve largely dropped it for Bluesky. I’m no purist about full decentralization, and I think it’s enough that the latter both has users, and isn’t currently awful.
I’ve used Bookwyrm a bit. I kinda like it. But it had some UX issues imo, and didn’t keep me hooked.
Also tried Pixelfed. It’s pretty slick, but I just can’t see the point. Like Instagram, seeing a feed of just pictures wasn’t all that interesting to me… though I probably just haven’t followed the right accounts.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 week ago:
Far from perfect, but I think it’s good to have a layer that very visibly shows ‘yes, this is the account you want’.
Domains are a worthwhile addition, but they run into almost the same problem as usernames and handles. Can be made misleading easily - sure, I could often go to the web address and verify it (if they don’t put up a convincing fake site), but that’s much lower visibilty.
Eg, you can probably register nintendo@nintendoamerico and get it by some folks just as easily as registering the Twitter handle. There’s a payment step to get the domain, but that’s about it.
The centralization problem you mention is a good point though. It was a fine system, if you felt like you could trust Twitter as a verifier. Today obviously, one could not. But Bsky seems to at least theoretically have a ‘choose your verification provider’ idea in mind, which would (again theoretically) resolve a lot of that issue.
- Comment on Angry, disappointed users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system 1 week ago:
I do not see anything to be angry or disappointed about?
Verification badge was good, the dumb thing Twitter did was throw it away by letting anyone pay for it.
- Comment on Nintendo confirms $90 price for full Breath of the Wild experience on Switch 2 2 weeks ago:
Wow, I had actually never heard that Doug Bowser was formerly at EA. Ooof
I get that it’s more fun to point out his name, I’m just surprised I hadn’t seen the comment made before.
- Comment on YSK: If the frontpage constantly looks like the same 5 - 8 posts, try sorting by "Hot". 2 weeks ago:
But doctor…I am Pagliacci.
- Comment on Amazon Wishlist Alternative? 3 weeks ago:
Another note: any time there’s a piece of software that you like, but don’t want to use it (because it’s proprietary, missing features, or whatever reason), alternativeto.net is an incredibly useful resource.
Here’s their list of apps with a wishlist feature: alternativeto.net/feature/wishlist/
Usually a great starting point.
- Comment on Amazon Wishlist Alternative? 3 weeks ago:
I can’t offer much in the way of experience - but I have at least wanted to replace Amazon wishlist functionality. I’ve never gotten around to making the jump, so I can’t really say that I personally recommend any of these.
But when I was looking around, these are 3 options that seemed promising at surface level:
I’d be curious to know how it goes, so I hope at some point you update the thread with what works for you.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 3 weeks ago:
Yep, I feel like people overestimate how much anyone cares about official support or security patches or whatever. People will assume it’s fine until they’re either forced out or something goes horribly wrong.
Regular folks will most likely let it be if possible, until it’s time for a new PC anyway.
- Comment on Thoughts on Mario Kart World 3 weeks ago:
I’m not big on the idea of open world racing. Too me, driving between race tracks feels like a chore.
I’ve seen other racers do it, but I’ve never really delved into a game like that. Maybe once I do I’ll really like it.
I do think grinding rails and wall jumping around looks pretty fun in MK. But it could end up gimmicky and unexicitng once you’re used to.
Basically all a big ‘wait and see’ from my perspective.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 3 weeks ago:
Had a scare when first hearing this. But somewhere else on the site it does specify this as something like “some physical games”, and as quoted in OP they’re contrasting here with “regular game cards”. So it appears real game cards will still be a thing.
So far I’ve seen screenshots of SFVI and Bravely Default boxarts marked as game-key cards.
I’ve seen box shots for Mario Kart and Donkey Kong that appear to be normal game cards.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 3 weeks ago:
Seems so. Notably, Switch 1 already has games with a similar warning on the box.
They’re just giving a name to it.
On one hand, I’m glad they’re up front about it (and I’d rather see an even uglier, larger warning on the cover for game key cards). On the other, I hope this isn’t a sign that they’re legitimizing it or that it’ll be more common.
- Comment on YSK: Here's a list of browser extensions to un-shittify Youtube 3 weeks ago:
Reminds me of this: github.com/paprikka/butter
Which also doesn’t have a Firefox version, but I was always kinda curious about.
Actually, is that your project? Lol, you mentioned yellow blocks which made me think of butter.
- Comment on YSK: Here's a list of browser extensions to un-shittify Youtube 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for the list! I use a handful of these (in Firefox), but wasn’t aware of all of them. Youtube Redux especially seems cool.
- Comment on YSK: Here's a list of browser extensions to un-shittify Youtube 3 weeks ago:
Yes, seems like such an odd oversight from Google. They want you to subscribe to channels, but after even moderate use over a few years, you end up with a massive list of subscriptions. I guess it’s not actually an oversight, the bad UX (for finding specific content) is probably on purpose, they want to funnel you through their suggestions. But still, surprised they don’t include a way to organize it.
I use an extension called PocketTube to organize them – but it stores data locally and doesn’t sync very well, so it wouldn’t fit your use case.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 weeks ago:
Even though it’s hard to go back, I think Gen I is still quite good. I replayed Red maybe 3ish years ago, and had a great time. It’s just that it’s very rough around the edges until I’m used to it again.
The main thing that made me bring it up actually was remembering going back after playing GSC, and really missing the in-battle exp bar.
I’m surprised to hear you didn’t like the physical/special split, I think it makes much more sense the new way.
That split was great, the sp. atk/def split is very good, hold items and abilities added a lot. Inventory management got a lot better in later games. And monster sprites did too, although the bad sprites in Gen 1 have a lot of charm and nostalgic appeal of their own.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 4 weeks ago:
Fair point, some games are very big. FFVII Rebirth and Baldur’s Gate 3 shipped on 2 discs though, it’s not unheard of.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 4 weeks ago:
Yep! And it’s really surprising to me that so many people are OK with that sort of defective-by-design anti-feature. It’s a single player game, why would it have any dependence on networks or servers of any sort?
Not to say that I’m against digital distribution altogether, I think that’s a perfectly valid preference w/ pros and cons.
But if you are going to sell the video game on a disc? Shipping a whole playable game seems like a pretty low bar to meet. Most games (that get a physical release) in [current year], for every year that exists so far, don’t have a problem managing to do this.
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 4 weeks ago:
Game seems cool, but it requires a download to play. They don’t meet my basic requirements for a game I’d even consider buying.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 weeks ago:
The early Pokemon games are pretty rough, after you get used to improvements from the GBA era, particularly the remakes.
Likewise, the original NES Metroid after playing Zero Mission? Takes some getting used to.
- Comment on Guilty Gear Strive to get ranked mode and frame data display in training mode; new character Venom releases tomorrow 5 weeks ago:
Pretty late… but hopefully that makes the online more approachable.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
My wife prints a lot (and needs color, cardstock support), and this is what we went with. Had it about a year now, and it’s been fairly reliable. A couple streaks and minor issues, but nothing major. Get a good amount of prints per ink refill.
- Comment on We were once forced to watch predetermined junk on cable TV, now we get to choose which junk we want to watch on internet TV. 1 month ago:
The funny thing is, having full control of it doesn’t fully make it better. You’d think that’s objectively just an improvement, but there’s peculiar value in channels curating what’s shown and when. Even moreso, it’s was wonderful to know that the TV didn’t keep a bookmark of what you’ve watched or how far you got, and if you miss something you miss it. You could just stop watching something, or miss several episodes and pick up on it, and that’s fine - liberating in retrospect!
- Comment on Trying to earn a record for "youngest person to <insert a thing>" is just an IRL speedrun 6 months ago:
Makes me thing of high-scores runs, mainly in arcade games. Have to play for a long time, and eventually you get stopped by a kill screen.