MXX53

@MXX53@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UFO 50 is a retro gamer's dream - I highly recommend it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been completely hooked on this game. Night manor so far has been my favorite and I cherried that on. But Bushido blade has been great too. Lately I have been bashing my head against star waspir, and it is so much fun.

  Vainger is also really cool.

  So far everything I have played on this game has been great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some PlayStation games you avoid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This opinion is unpopular among all but one of my friends, but I actually find tank controls to be fairly intuitive. If I haven’t played one in a while it takes me about 10 minutes to adjust, but after that, it is second nature for me. But I did play a ton of RE as a kid. Maybe that’s why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s Your Oldest System?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Atari 2600. Got in a few years ago from my in laws. Still hook it up and play berzerk from time to time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you handle family requests that you disagree with?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree with my mah and old man a lot. But, when I was having hard times as a kid, giving them headaches and heartaches, and when I struggled as an adult they were there to tell me they loved me, hug me, feed me regardless of what I believed. They have always loved me unconditionally.

  If it ain’t illegal. I’ll host it for them, no questions asked. If I ever needed anything, those are two people I know will be there every time, without fail. It’s the least I can do to try and pay them back, even if I know I never could.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I get an NES, Master System; or an Atari 7800?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If that is the case, I would go with your favorite library of games, and if not that, then go with the console that has your favorite game. I recommend the NES not only because it has an amazing original library, but there are also still some small niche studios making games for the NES today and it is amazing what they have learned to squeeze out of that hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I get an NES, Master System; or an Atari 7800?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My personal preference is NES -> Master System -> Atari due to the game libraries.

  With that said, do you have any favorite games that are exclusive to either console? That might help make the decision. Are you able to gettl the games? I would argue without games to play, it probably isn’t worth it. Do you have the means and ability to repair or make needed upgrades? These systems are getting on in years and I find myself repairing my consoles more frequently as the years go on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which OS do you use for your homeserver?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Host is Proxmox, with Ubuntu LTS VMs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What got you into coding ? (aside from money)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like making things. And coding had an overall lower cost of entry, and lower overall cost than wood working and making custom hardware projects. I still enjoy the other two, but when money is tight or I’m waiting on delivery of supplies, I work on coding projects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Game Boy game do you love that you never hear anyone talk about?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one of my favorite GBA games. The controls are so good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Smart" car companies are an absolute PRIVACY NIGHTMARE | *privacy not included | Mozilla Foundation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I drive a 90 accord. Windows and locks aren’t even electronic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's the highest increase in salary you've had or seen?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Over the last 5 years I have went from 50k to 90k. Same company, but recently got promoted to a new department.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] What are the demographics of this community?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  PSU and RAM had to be replaced. Garbage picked those too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your defining memories of computing in the old days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up pretty poor. When I was a kid my dad brought home a pentium 2 that didn’t work. He picked it out of the garbage, told me I could have it, but that it didn’t work.

  We often rode the bus to school. We would get off at school and my parents would get off at work. And then we would meet them on the bus on the way home.

  After getting the computer we started stopping off at the library, so I could check out books about computers. I would take them home and start reading. (I was illiterate until I was 10 years old, and this really kicked off my reading ability, to this day I still read 100-120 books per year)

  Over time I was able to figure out enough to diagnose the issue (bad PSU and bad HDD), garbage pick replacements, and then install DOS from a floppy I got from school.

  From there I started picking up as many parts and computers as I could and filling my corner of our studio apartment with parts. I loved writing text files and documenting what I was doing, like a little knowledgebase of what I was figuring out. Eventually, we got evicted, and due to having to live in our car for a couple of years I had to give up my computer. Left it out in the curb. Ever since, I have been obsessed with terminal based interfaces and to this day almost exclusively use terminal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] What are the demographics of this community?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Millennial here. Started on a garbage picked pentium 2 that I ran DOS on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What software do you use to edit markdown?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. I use logseq asy personal knowledgebase as well.