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- Comment on BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m 1 day ago:
Got DIGG to consult.
- Comment on I've Wanted to Play That 'Killer Shark' Arcade Game Briefly Seen in 'Jaws' 1 week ago:
Computer Space is the yellow cab behind.
Killer Shark has average gameplay, you are not missing much, although the stubby pistol-speargun is cool to use. All mechanical workings inside.
- Comment on Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike 1 week ago:
Indeed.
“…you must first invent the universe”.
- Comment on A list of open source games. 1 week ago:
And these two games lists, from about 20 years back.
- Comment on Dead 2 weeks ago:
Ded
- Comment on Which community for showing my apps? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Whatever happened to pickup artists? Did they evolve into alpha males or ascend to a higher plane? 3 weeks ago:
In the 80s they were called PUAs.
I met a similar type of low-empathy guy in the 2000s, who talked the same trash with regard to picking up women, he called it ‘Sarging’.
A cringe and disgusting meeting.
- Comment on Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost - Ars Technica 3 weeks ago:
Good.
Stick to CC media, next pandemic.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 4 weeks ago:
Sid the Science Kid
Addams family (Movies)
Malcolm in the Middle(dysfunctional, but deep down concern)
The Mummy (movies)
- Comment on Are there communities online where artists share their art for free / donation? 4 weeks ago:
Looking for art that has a Creative Commons licence, is a way to find this kind of free art. eg. Search for: ‘creative commons pictures’
Here are a few links:
Pictures
Unsplash.com
www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Video
vimeo.com/creativecommons/
Music
Jamendo.com
freemusicarchive.org/home
creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos/
Comics
peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep01_Potion-of-Flight.html
perthfreeculture.org/comics.html
There are many more out there, you can use the search method above.
- Comment on Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s 5 weeks ago:
‘to finish’ ? ?
As in, finish the arcade version, 1CC?
Truly a heroic feat.
- Comment on TiVo Rides Into the Sunset 5 weeks ago:
You just unlocked a buried memory of the VCR with the barcode-reader-in-the-remote method of setting record-times.
They out here trying everything in the 90s.
NV-F65 and NV-FS88
- Comment on Another day of AWS outages 5 weeks ago:
When an AI ships some random slop to Prod.
ohnosecond
- Comment on a sight to behold 5 weeks ago:
Also had to get custom scrubs made, to fit his massive dong.
- Comment on Is airtags really useful? 5 weeks ago:
So this video popped up 2 days ago.
An airtag / Samsung-tag comparison in traffic, going through tunnels etc.
- Comment on What is known about darkrooms? 5 weeks ago:
There is a ‘Do not enter’ light above the door to the dark room, that you flick on when developing, so that no one comes in and lets light in. Or there may be a 2-door airlock/lightlock.
There are big tongs with rubber ends, to move the photo-paper from one chemical bath to the next while developing.
I forget how to make white-borders around photos, maybe tape each of the 4 sides.
- Comment on Why do so many hand dryers not dry hands? Am I doing something wrong? 5 weeks ago:
If the sensor is borked, and the air keeps shutting off, just skip.
Wall-mounted frustration unit.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 month ago:
You do need to back off the go-pedal in sharp corners, and occasionally turn in to a slide to cancel it.
- Comment on Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? 1 month ago:
In Super Sprint, on the track below, once I get enough lead up on the 3rd or 4th lap, I would enter the red arrow 360 loop and then just keep spinning the steering-wheel left. This makes the car do 2-3 donuts around the loop, until going out of control backwards to explode into the barrier.
Always worth it.
- Comment on Why can't we have a static vintage web? 1 month ago:
Hey awesome!
You are much better equipped to explain the site culture and node-structure, than I am.
I did read through various nodes during the SlashDot era, but only check-in sporadically now.
- Comment on Why can't we have a static vintage web? 1 month ago:
Everything2.com
feels like the old 'net.
Tons of content.
- Comment on United States of Autism 1 month ago:
New Zealand very smart, just skip Autism altogether.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 month ago:
Doot Scootin’
- Comment on Why are podcasters/vloggers suddenly holding tiny mics? 1 month ago:
The original tiny-mic legend, Nat’s What I Reckon reviewing the overpriced-boatshow.
He grabs anything kicking around, for a mic-holder. (Find the one where he uses a sprig of rosemary as the mic-holder)
- Comment on Why Is The Big Bad Of Bubble Bobble Named ‘Super Drunk’? 1 month ago:
IIRC Because he throws bottles at you.
Only got to stage 100 once, in the arcades.
- Comment on LBreakout2 level 19/37 - How the hell do I get past the unbreakable bricks? 1 month ago:
Glad to help.
It’s been years since I’ve played LBreakout2. It is a solid game, and I like that it follows the style of old Amiga games.
- Comment on Has anyone else experienced these psychological changes after eating meat? 1 month ago:
If you let us know the video or article that got you on the diet, we can advise more.
Often diet advice is bogus when it does not come from a dietician.
Some random advice can be harmful.
- Comment on LBreakout2 level 19/37 - How the hell do I get past the unbreakable bricks? 1 month ago:
Looks like grey and blue bricks.
Focus on the grey ones in the middle, or follow the colour-scheme of previous levels.
- Comment on Has anyone else experienced these psychological changes after eating meat? 1 month ago:
Possibly the super-powers-from-meat angle you are explaining. 🙃
You may need a longer sample period to identify any changes happening here.
- Comment on Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds 1 month ago:
The hearing of 3 observers was lost during the handshake.
