AceFuzzLord
@AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee
I am Zach, AKA AceFuzzLord, AKA Dizzy Devil Ducky!
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 1 day ago:
13 points for me.
- Comment on YSK that a new internet/account bypass during Windows 11 installs already exists. Here is a 7 step guide. 3 days ago:
Well, it’s only gonna be a matter of time before they remove this. I can almost guarantee that.
- Comment on MAZANOKE: A self-hosted local image compressor that runs in your browser 6 days ago:
Damn this is something I need to look into.
- Comment on FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware 1 week ago:
As much as I’m not a fan of this, I’ll at least admit it was helpful in helping me quickly learn how to scale videos using FFMPEG. That, combined with the documentation and now I have a command saved to a reference text document to help if I ever forget.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 1 week ago:
I still do it from time to time because I like playing them on original hardware, but Sonic 1&2 on Genesis/Mega Drive. The Origins Plus versions may not be 100% accurate gameplay with regards to movement/moveset, but anniversary mode’s retry special stages is real nice when half of the time I get screwed in those. Especially 2’s special stages where I feel I feel like I’m constantly getting screwed over by my favorite character/sidekick being incompetent at the special stages.
Just recently got the 3rd game (still need & Knuckles to complete the set) and while not being able to retry special stages is an issue, I can at least reset the game without having to worry about needing to replay the whole entire game over from the start. So it gets a pass because all I gotta do is replay a stage.
- Comment on Tough choices 1 week ago:
Easy. Every language. Some foreigner from another country talks shit about me? Be prepared to be verbally assaulted back. Probably never happened, but it’s definitely a scenario I wish would for that exact reason.
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 1 week ago:
I got a Pentel with a tip like #3, so if #1 had the #3 tip I’d absolutely say #1.
My 0.7mm Pentel pencil has been the best pencil/mechanical pencil I have ever used, for the most part. It was definitely overpriced, like everything at a college bookstore, but it’s been such an amazing pencil. Only problem is that I can’t have it loose in the pockets of my spring jackets or it will try to poke through the cheap fabric.
- Comment on Favourite 90s platformer? 2 weeks ago:
I’m a bit boring in terms of my favorite 90s platformer, but absolutely love Sonic 1 & 2.
- Comment on How I use Mastodon in 2025 - fredrocha.net 2 weeks ago:
I follow a couple people like Hempuli (Baba Is You dev), Internetarchive, and David Revoy (Pepper & Carrot comic creator). Really depends on what you wanna follow. I follow them because I’m interested in their work in one way or another.
- Comment on What are some old freeware PC games you've kept playing over the years? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been playing it off and on since maybe 2016-18 (somewhere within that range), so a pretty long time for me, but Pokemon Rejuvenation.
If you don’t mind swearing, death, and generally kinda edgy stuff, it’s a fun enough game with a lot of content. 15 out of 18 badges (one per type) are currently available, with a very long story to go with it.
Just started over on my Steam Deck, making this my umpteenth time starting over, because I felt like it and wanted to do a grass only run, similar to my fire only run. Also, unlike just about every other RPGMaker XP fangame, the devs have a Linux version available, which has an appimage instead of the .exe file and have made a bash script to update the game to replace the .exe file for that. Wine not required to play at all!
- Comment on The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat” 2 weeks ago:
How many more reasons do I need to add to my list of reasons to hate Reagan? List has grown by 2 reasons today.
- Comment on Opening Lemmy in the morning and seeing dozens of unread comments in your inbox makes you think: what the heck did I say yesterday? 3 weeks ago:
Most of the time I know exactly what I’m getting if I see more than maybe 3+ comments. Usually it’s me saying something anti-communist, something on brand enough for me.
- Comment on China aims to recruit top US scientists as Trump tries to kill the CHIPS Act 3 weeks ago:
That’s what I used. My usual SearX instance I really like has been failing recently, so I switched to another reliable one, both German hosted instances.
- Comment on China aims to recruit top US scientists as Trump tries to kill the CHIPS Act 3 weeks ago:
That’s history that, at least in my region, we learn about in school. For the most part, we let them do their thing nowadays and aren’t actively commiting genocide on them. Police brutality on them may speak differently, but the majority of people who aren’t racist and/or rich already want the police gone because of their brutality.
As for the rest of the states, it’s a mixed bag due to bad eggs, but I’m fairly certain the official government stance is accepting of the fact we’ve treated both natives and African Americans bad. It’s why we learn about it. Tried looking it up, but was suspiciously finding a lot of content from Chinese embassies in America about how we need to come to terms with the Native American genocides and atrocities, from around the same time as the tribunal, maybe a month or two after people started reporting on it. Very suspicious timing on their part. Couldn’t find what I was looking for because I kept getting Chinese (.gov.cn) links over any official US links, which is very suspicious to me because it looks a lot like search engine rigging in my eyes.
- Comment on China aims to recruit top US scientists as Trump tries to kill the CHIPS Act 3 weeks ago:
Whelp, I know who to call traitors.tl the free world: anyone who takes the bait here. Not saying America is the better option currently, but definitely a lot better than the “There’s No Genocide In Xinjiang Despite An Independent Tribunal Saying There Is!” China team.
- Comment on The PS2 turns 25 years old today. Crazy, right? Perfect day for revisiting some classics. What are some of your favourite PS2 games? 4 weeks ago:
Just for some of the quality of life features included, Sonic Mega Collection Plus. The gamecube version may have been my first foray into classic Sonic, but eh PS2 is in my opinion the better version if you’re a more casual player like me because savestates.
Also, I need to get onto actually playing them, but I recently got all 3 of the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games on PS2. I played enough on Dolphin that I knew I had to pick it up on PS2 (since I don’t have a gamecube). From the couple levels I played in the first game, definitely a fun game and one I personally have enjoyed.
Also, big shout-out to the only Star Wars Battlefront games I acknowledge existing.
- Comment on The PS2 turns 25 years old today. Crazy, right? Perfect day for revisiting some classics. What are some of your favourite PS2 games? 4 weeks ago:
At some point I need to get back to Deadlocked. I didn’t get super far in, but definitely a fun entry in the series in my opinion.
- Comment on Cloudflare blocking Pale Moon and other browsers with smaller user bases 4 weeks ago:
Took a minute and a refresh, but it worked on Ironfox on android.
- Comment on France opposes seizing frozen Russian assets: minister 4 weeks ago:
International law or not, it’s assets from a country currently trying to take control of a free country. Besides, it harms the Russian war effort when you use their own assets against them and might make them think twice against them invading another country.
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
If we’re talking strictly design, my personal favorite is a generic fat PS2, probably tied with my model 1(?) Sega Genesis (none of the things like 32x or CD, which I desperately want to get some day).
If we’re talking like PC with OS, the 90s Amiga lineup because I think the Amiga Workbench 3 line and the icons they used look absolutely beautiful. Definitely would love to get my hands on a 1200, but they’re expensive. So no getting into that hobby for me just yet.
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 4 weeks ago:
If I could reach through my phone screen, I’d definitely let you borrow my game genie just to complete that lock on power tower.
- Comment on New USA fashion trend just dropped! 4 weeks ago:
AI usage aside, I actually understand this one!
- Comment on Lemmy’s essential 25 PS1 games 5 weeks ago:
My personal top pick (due to lack of playing psx in a long time) is Devil Dice (also known as XI in Japan if I remember correctly). I personally just play the arcade mode, though, since the other modes aren’t as fun in my opinion.
- Comment on The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences 5 weeks ago:
Definitely depends on the site because I’ve seen some impressive modern looking sites in the past, but a lot of sites I find on there definitely encapsulate that vibe in a great way.
- Comment on Indie devs have begun adding a no generative AI stamp to their store pages 5 weeks ago:
Would the feature in that horror game Zort where you sometimes use the player respon item and it respons an NPC that will use clips of what a specific dead player has said while playing count as AI use? If so, that’s a pretty good use of AI in horror games in my opinion.
- Comment on What is your favorite retro racing game? 5 weeks ago:
No clue whether people consider the wii retro yet, but it’s a tie between Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity on wii (since that’s how I experienced it) or Cartoon Network Racing on PS2 (same reason). I’m fairly certain PS2 is technically retro by now, as insane as that sounds.
- Comment on nature is fucking narly 5 weeks ago:
I always knew mushrooms were evil and scary and absolute monsters.
- Comment on Amazon is changing what is written in books 5 weeks ago:
The bigger question is do they care. At worst they get a slap on the wrist by the US government. At best they get to control the narrative and have books like having history books on their platform talk about how the the Allies first striked Nazi Germany because they were lifting the country out of economic crisis and making the world a better place.
I doubt they’ll care or listen if EU says stop since they’ll just find a way around whatever they have planned to try and stop revisionist ideology from taking hold.
- Comment on Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam 1 month ago:
Fighting Steam as it stands now is like trying to fight an uphill battle on an 80° incline with ice covering the whole hill. It’s possible, but I doubt we’ll see anyone able to dethrone Steam so long as Valve keeps their principles and morals about not absolutely enshittifying everything to death on their end.
- Comment on Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam 1 month ago:
One of the only acception I have to the rule of multiple game managers is with emulation. For some reason I cannot stand having something like Emulation Station or anything else but for buying games, Steam is the absolute king with their platform.