PhobosAnomaly
@PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
- Comment on Looking for HDMI 'dongle' that has a manual disconnect button, so that I don't have to continuously unplug my HDMI cord and plug it back into my TV. 8 hours ago:
Could you daisychain a pair of them and have a last gen Nintendo console, current gen Ninty console, and your monitor?
Then you could switch your switch to the Switch then switch to the switch two for the Switch 2?
- Comment on Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users 6 days ago:
haven’t got opposable thumbs, have they?
- Comment on Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app 1 week ago:
Fourth for Summit.
Say what you like, Summit Squad are nothing if not dedicated.
- Comment on Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License 1 week ago:
git log --no-merge
- Comment on Racism restaurant 2 weeks ago:
Wireback sounds like an AI cover of a Justin Timberlake single.
- Comment on I signed up for Trump Mobile two weeks ago and I still don’t have my SIM 2 weeks ago:
It’s a bit of a wank article to be honest - it doesn’t even go on to say if the SIM was delivered. Why not wait the extra day and publish the article after it was due to be delivered?
If it didn’t get delivered then it’s easy meat for Trump-kicking, and if it did get delivered then you’d get some sort of review from some other poor fucker daft enough to sign up to it.
Bit of a waste of time really.
- Comment on Women and men and consensual sex 2 weeks ago:
In fairness, nobody specifically told me not to kill other folk or set people’s houses on fire or sexually harass folk. What I did have drilled in to me was an idea of mutual respect; personal boundaries; how not to be a complete dickhead (some may say I’ve not learned much at all about that bit); and how to coexist with others to make everyone’s day that little bit easier, regardless of their gender identity.
I can only assume those basic life lessons are either not being driven home as strongly as they should be in modern life; or there’s outside influences drowning out those voices.
I’m sorry to hear that you had some arsehole giving you such poor life “advice” though. I hope it hasn’t defined or shaped your values of intimacy. It’s yet another erosion of (what I’m assuming) are women’s rights from an early age, and it’s bang out of order.
- Comment on 'Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer', court hears 2 weeks ago:
I mean, there’s a lot to unpack there and for the most part, it appears to me that your view of policing and mine are vastly different, but you’re entitled to your own view and I’m not arsed one way or the other.
Is it the terrifying, weapon wielding, hark back to the middle ages, violent attack it’s been portrayed by those it benefits to portray in that way? No.
This though? Absolutely not. You’re justifying life-changing violence to fit narrative you’re presenting. If smashing someone - anyone - in the back with a fucking sledgehammer isn’t a “middle ages, violent attack”, then swinging at them again certainly is.
It clearly wasn’t brought just to fuck people up, it clearly wasn’t used at its full potential or there would be officers dead.
I think this is where the disconnect in the logic lies. I’m quite sure it wasn’t brought for violence, but the issue is that the person turned their attention on the cop, and then used the sledgehammer as a weapon. They have made the conscious decision to change their intent from smashing up whatever they wanted to, to intentionally caution injury. Regardless of anyone’s experience using hammers, swinging a bit of heavy metal on the end of a big stick at someone is going to ruin someone’s day at the very least, or in this case, fracture someone’s spine. Anyone who claims that “oh I didn’t think that was going to happen” ought to lodge a special defence of insanity.
All this, and judging by journalists reports, there isn’t any clear evidence of state-sponsored violence to be seen.
Motive or otherwise, some clown has slammed a sledgehammer into someone’s back twice and is now hiding behind Palestine Action’s statement of purpose.
- Comment on 'Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer', court hears 2 weeks ago:
I’m not seeing your point here.
Are we supposed to be okay with them not having them? Then, expect them to attend violent incidents with nothing but witty banter to protect themselves with?
I’m not a huge fan of anyone having weaponry to hand but given some of the nastier incidents that the police service need to attend, having a tin of pepper spray and a aluminium stick with the training to use them (or not use them as a case may be) is considerably fewer options that most worldwide forces have.
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- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 2 weeks ago:
That’s very kind of you, thank you for the crash course - some great pointers!
- Comment on Legendary game designer, programmer Rebecca Heineman has died 2 weeks ago:
What a shame.
Their work on the Doom port to 3DO was an absolutely olympic task. It was a shame following the rapid downward spiral of their health.
- Comment on Polling lead by age group, November 2025 3 weeks ago:
It never ceases to amaze me how useless Labour have been since Blair and Brown took over.
I’ve no issue with their policies - far from it for the most part - but how any party can be so completely ineffective at reflecting their voting base is really quite impressive.
They could have literally sat back after ten plus years of Tory pocket-lining and shithousery, and just road the coattails of “being less wank than the government before” but nah, that would be too easy.
It’s actually a masterclass.
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 3 weeks ago:
Honestly I never opened it. I have a Master System II and in fairness, the difference in game ports are negligible for the most part, so I never really looked at repairing it.
Speaking more broadly, I wouldn’t mind learning how to solder - my skills have mostly been in software rather than hardware. Things like fucking about with a Raspberry Pi and their expansion boards sounds like a right laugh.
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 3 weeks ago:
Game Gear “services” are quite common now - you can get them recapped to solve the infamously troublesome sound dropouts, and most will change the screen to a far more power efficient LCD display as well to let you play at night.
It still eats batteries, but at a much slower rate.
I’m just gutted I left mine in the garage in storage where the damp air fucked it for good
- Comment on To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub 3 weeks ago:
Perhaps it’s because I grew up with adventure puzzle games and point’n’click games, but GameFAQs was always the nuclear option for me.
I much preferred the Universal Hint System - an approach more suited to nudging you towards figuring out the answer for yourself.
There’s no denying that it was (and is) a fantastic resource though. Hell, I’ve even written a guide myself. One of the last bastions of the 90s and 2000s WWW experience.
- Comment on Day 474 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 4 weeks ago:
I got into Poets of the Fall in a big way after Late Goodbye. Their work is fantastic and they’re brilliant live.
I’m glad Remedy have stuck with them over the years, the Herald of Darkness song from Alan Wake II was a banger.
- Comment on Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus 5 weeks ago:
Looks like Petersen has been biding his time and has decided to go on the offensive. Why, I’m not sure - but good on him.
A few weeks ago he popped up a video on his YouTube Short feed which covers it well.
For those of a particular vintage, Petersen isn’t particularly popular because of his… experimental approach to Doom mapping. His YouTube is great through - he sets the record straight on Doom; speaks openly about the gaming industry; and also delves deep into tabletop gaming if that’s your thing.
- Comment on Why are Michelin Stars so highly revered when they originated from a tyre company? 5 weeks ago:
About 1500 of them apparently.
- Comment on What's your answer? And in the picture which news story is being reported? 5 weeks ago:
The first major story where I thought “oh noes” was the Canary Wharf bombing in 1996ish. It was the first time I’d ever seen a “we interrupt this broadcast…” moment and it was so out of the ordinary that it sticks in my mind.
9/11 was a wild ride too. Getting home from school and my old man - who never watched the news - had Sky News on. At that point, the replays seemed… incredible, in the most literal sense of the word.
- Comment on Slow ass apocalypse 5 weeks ago:
many
- Comment on Slow ass apocalypse 5 weeks ago:
That line break is unfortunate.
I’ve had many an “ass apocalypse” in slow time after a dodgy kebab.
- Comment on Being asked "Have you gotten the tour yet" upon entering a house for the first time is the adult equivelent of the kids asking: "Do you want to see my room?" 1 month ago:
Life’s too short to get hung up on it, friend.
I know it’s easy for me to say, but each success; mistakes; and blatantly oblivious sign that they’re DTF missed are all learning experiences.
It makes you who you are now, and that’s kinda awesome. You’re better than who you were before. Onwards and upwards!
- Comment on Being asked "Have you gotten the tour yet" upon entering a house for the first time is the adult equivelent of the kids asking: "Do you want to see my room?" 1 month ago:
I was just clueless as fuck. I’ve got the sun total of zero game when it comes to dating, not that it matters now I’ve settled down.
I did learn my lesson though. Met a girl who was absolutely stunning, like cover girl model looks, and she was lovely. Asked her out on a date expecting to be shot down, and she said yes. At that point I was like a dog that had chased a car and caught up with it, I didn’t know what the fuck to do.
Anyway, we went out a couple of times - nice restaurant, bowling, the cinema… had a great time with her but it wasn’t really moving forward and just kinda started to fizzle out, which was no big deal.
One evening she phones me, saying she was at a house party two or three towns over, and was getting bored - and asked me to take her home. No worries there, I wasn’t doing anything, so I drove over to get here and she hopped in, a bit worse for wear after a glass or twelve of wine but not absolutely munted.
Halfway down, she’s like “actually, can we go back to yours? I don’t really want to get in and my parents see me like this”. Not a problemo, took her back to mine, got her a coffee and sat and chatted. She came through to my room when I was getting changed and crashed out on the bed beside me, faced me, and said “maybe I’ll sleep here tonight?”
I’d learned my lesson, I could see that she wanted all two inches of this rage and disappointment. So I said “sure, no problem, I’ll sleep on the sofa”.
I drove her home the following morning and she never said a word. I desperately wished I could have taken that opportunity, but the whole consent thing after her sesh at the party made it a little bit dicey. I never did get another opportunity. She was absolutely lovely though and I hope she found a guy that made her happy. 😊
- Comment on Being asked "Have you gotten the tour yet" upon entering a house for the first time is the adult equivelent of the kids asking: "Do you want to see my room?" 1 month ago:
I dated a girl once who came round. She asked “are you going to give me the tour?”
I was like “uh, okay sure” so showed her around the living room, kitchen and back yard, before heading upstairs. I showed her the guest rooms and my room, and she sat on the bed and was like “it seems comfy in here”.
Right then I did what any guy would do, stopped for a moment, and said “it sure is. Now let’s head back downstairs and see what there is to watch”.
It was a good couple of years later when I thought back about it and it hit me like a train, “you fucking idiot”
- Comment on If websites are slow for you, this is why, AWS is breaking everything 1 month ago:
doesn’t matter bro, they’re your thoughts and that’s what makes them awesome 😊
- Comment on Remember using this little gadget as a kid to blow bubbles 1 month ago:
have you tried getting someone else to do it?
- Comment on If websites are slow for you, this is why, AWS is breaking everything 1 month ago:
Figma balls wheeeyyyy
- Comment on Sunlight special 1 month ago:
Chuck it in the oven for ten minutes, no drama at all.
Then pre-book the following day off work with a dodgy stomach.
- Comment on Get a load of this guy! 1 month ago:
