OldQWERTYbastard
@OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world
- Comment on Google's Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a "Chatty Slimey" AI companion, Square Enix has announced 4 days ago:
- Comment on Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora 4 days ago:
Honestly I wasn’t a fan after the first Kingdom Hearts.
- Comment on Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features 4 days ago:
This is the way.
HTPC for life!
- Comment on Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US 1 week ago:
And here I was thinking these blow-and-go contraptions were self contained. I should have known better.
- Comment on meat honey 1 week ago:
- Comment on The 49MB Web Page 1 week ago:
I purchased Ad Guard for my Android phone seven or eight years ago and it’s a game changer. I despise ads and it’s jarring to use someone else’s phone.
- Comment on MMMMMM SLOOOP 1 week ago:
Turned Steve into Temu Nick Offerman.
- Comment on Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse 2 weeks ago:
I miss the mid-2000s YouTube when there was no monetization incentive. People just made videos and posted them because they believed others would enjoy them. That was it.
Good times.
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- Comment on YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable 2 weeks ago:
Same here. It’s jarring to use someone else’s device. AdGuard does a great job on my phone.
- Comment on Age verification for R-rated games and websites raises privacy concerns 2 weeks ago:
When did it become the responsibility of technology to parent a child?
- Comment on Roblox says it paid out $1.5B to game creators in 2025 and the top 1,000 earned $1.3M on average; 50%+ of creators list high school as their highest education 2 weeks ago:
I’ll just leave this here and let you folks make up your own mind about child exploitation.
- Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store 3 weeks ago:
Ugh God. I remember that “Magic Gate” bullshit when the PSP launched. They started a trend with the Walkman and they’re trying to get lightning to strike twice. Never could do it though. Good.
Those greedy assholes need to engineer and innovate in other areas.
- Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store 3 weeks ago:
It’s almost as though Valve provides a valuable service and respects their customers. Rare traits in the corporate world. Answering to a board of directors is a hell of a lot easier than answering to shareholders.
Enshitification hasn’t struck there…yet.
- Comment on Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs 3 weeks ago:
Heh… It will be a very very long time before any of these companies see a thin dime of that tariff money back…if ever.
- Comment on Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience 3 weeks ago:
I just commented the same thing. I disabled what I didn’t want at startup and have had zero intrusive prompts from unnecessary Windows bloat.
I’m still holding out hope that Linux finally becomes a mainstream OS one day.
- Comment on Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience 3 weeks ago:
I installed Windows 11 with a local account, disabled trash like OneDrive and Copilot and haven’t had any problems with them coming back.
Any market share that Linux can claw away from Microslop is always a good thing.
- Comment on Meta's AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators 3 weeks ago:
Reading this headline all I can think is “Are y’all really surprised?”
- Comment on Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS 4 weeks ago:
God. I can’t believe it. I’ve lived long enough to see the return of the dumb terminal. FFS.
- Comment on Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers 5 weeks ago:
Fuck Flock and fuck Garrett Langley with a wooden tent stake; Trump style.
I’ve got a lens over my plate that looks blurry unless you look at it straight on at eye level. We’ll be like China soon.
- Comment on Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich 5 weeks ago:
This isn’t new. I remember fifteen years ago some Silicon Valley app engineers forbade their children from playing the games that were being developed.
It’s because they’re engineered to use your psychology against you. This is by design.
- Comment on Did anyone really think the Final Fantasy 7 remake was better than the original PS1 version? 5 weeks ago:
I loaded my late 90s save from the big box PC release on Steam and the achievements came rolling in.
- Comment on Did anyone really think the Final Fantasy 7 remake was better than the original PS1 version? 5 weeks ago:
FFVII has been my all time favorite video game since the late 90s. The remake is so chock full of unnecessary fluff and gives me zero reason to care about it.
I couldn’t finish Rebirth. It’s too much of a slog and makes me miss the tight pacing and storytelling of the original game.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 5 weeks ago:
I’ve got my ROMS permanently so I’m saving my money.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 5 weeks ago:
I’m playing through Pokemon Unbound on my Steam Deck and it’s scratching a decades old itch. I mostly outgrew the games after Gen 1, but that little red Gameboy Pocket got me through many a 9th grade study hall.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 5 weeks ago:
The ROM hack Pokemon Unbound is what you’re looking for.
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 5 weeks ago:
Here’s the news.
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 5 weeks ago:
Meh. My ad blocking strategy on my phone and desktop still works fine. I use Morphe (formerly Revanced), uBlock Origin on Firefox and AdGuard on my android phone.
No ads. No problem.
- Comment on Retrograde - A Halo Tribute 1 month ago:
Considering I grew up with PC shooters in the 90s, Halo was waaay overrated. The best thing Bungie did was introduce online multiplayer to consoles.
Sure I had fun zooming around with the warthog in college LAN games, but the overall pacing of the game was glacially slow coming from twitchy shooters like Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament and Starsiege: Tribes.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 1 month ago:
I never had a need for discord and never will. Good riddance.
