SynonymousStoat

@SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure there are exceptions for classified systems. Personally, I do believe all things developed by tax payer money should be released to the public including classified systems, given enough time has passed that the release of such information wouldn’t put anything or anyone at risk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone use a phone without a protective case?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I run a naked pixel 8 as well. One I had last year flew out of my pocket while on a roller coaster, I got it back a couple of months later and only the glass on the back was shattered everything else worked fine. I do believe it landed in a grassy area and can’t really work out when it flew out so I’m not sure how high up or fast we were going at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about that. These are spinning disks so they aren’t exactly going to be fast when compared to solid state drives. Then again, I wouldn’t exactly put it past some of the AAA game devs out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone should convince Trump to wear colorful robes or a uniform and a fancy hat.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh God, please don’t unleash that on the world!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are people blind on PeerTube?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve recently caught myself making this spelling mistake recently, but I think it has only happened since I interacted with a company that makes microphones named Shure, so I blame them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I cannot hook an ethernet cable to a router because the router is using all the plugs. What is a backup to make a Lemmy instance with Yunohost? If there’s no other way, what else can I use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You should be able to plug a small switch into the router and then you’ll have more ports available. I’d suggest a 1gb or faster, depending on the speed limitations of the ports on the router you could go for faster a fast switch if you think you’d need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there really only a few New 3DS exclusive games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can second this. I got back into playing my 3DS last year and remembered how frustrating it was having to keep your head in the perfect spot for the 3D effect to work correctly. I ended up buying a New 3DS and was blown away by how well the head tracking worked and how big of an improvement it made to the experience when playing with 3D turned on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Weirdly enough, I like buying movies to encourage people to keep making the kinds of movies I enjoy watching. I have some physical media, but often times you can’t find 4k versions of movies on physical media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  On the rare occasion I want to stream movies while on my PC at 1080p, because most online movie services will only stream 1080p to Edge. Some times Chrome will be allowed to stream 1080p but it’s pretty hit or miss in my experience. On another note, basically no streaming services will stream movies to you in 4k on a PC, I’ve also found most streaming apps on my phone won’t give me 4k either, you can only really get 4k streaming to a smart TV… it’s pretty ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's making older games so expensive?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not much different than if you were to go to a business that buys and sells gold. They’ll have the current market rate on display and for video games eBay is a decent place to look for the market rate. With retro games there may at least be a bit of lag if they have prices directly on the games and not do something shady like looking up current prices at checkout.

  What you said is definitely a problem though. The person selling a game should look at recent sold copies over the past 6ish months and consider the physical quality of the game in question to determine a price better; I don’t think a lot of shops put much time or thought into this aspect of it.

  I don’t really know how you could do it any other way when retro games are a finite resource that isn’t being produced any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Another Metroid 64 | InDenial Game Studio⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always wonder if maybe the devs are wanting an out from finishing the project but still want the cred for working on it. So they make the announcement fully knowing Nintendo will come down on them which will then alleviate them from having to complete the project.