caseyweederman
@caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
- Comment on China scientists develop flash memory 10,000× faster than current tech 4 days ago:
I have a hard time believing anybody wants AI. I mean, AI as it is being sold to them right now.
- Comment on Best starter hands-down 2 weeks ago:
The first gym is rock, the second is water, the third is electric. Charmander has a really hard time in those first two matchups and only hits neutral in the third. At this stage of the game, it’s really difficult to fill out your types because the wild Pokémon are largely birds, bugs, and rats.
If you’re really lucky, you’ll hit the extremely low encounter rate for Pikachu in Viridian Forest, and if you’re even luckier, you’ll catch one. But that only helps you against Misty.In contrast, Bulbasaur is super effective against the first two gyms, and is merely neutral against Lt. Surge and his electric mice.
And by that point you’ve fed two whole gyms full of trainers and gym leaders into your Bulbasaur (by virtue of not having to constantly rotate through your back line just to survive).
Which means it can both take a beating and lay a smackdown in what is on its face a “neutral matchup”.After that point the game opens up dramatically and that initial advantage fades.
- Comment on Switch-2 3 weeks ago:
It was a perfect storm of unpatchable hardware exploit and games releasing in parallel on hardware that was already solved. We might be waiting a while on the Switch 2.
- Comment on Switch-2 3 weeks ago:
I’m about 50/50 on this being sarcasm. I’ll risk ruining the joke by saying:
It’s simulated 3D sound, meaning no special hardware is required. Youtube plus headphones would be a good demonstration. - Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 3 weeks ago:
Sorry! Sorry. Miss bro.
- Comment on What are some old games that are hard to revisit, because a more modern and superior version exists? 4 weeks ago:
Ah yes, “co-op mode”
- Comment on Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked with just a USB Flash Drive | Modern Vintage Gamer 5 weeks ago:
Still pretty cool though. Maybe this tech will eventually lead to a softmod.
- Comment on Any Xbox 360 can now be hacked with just a USB Flash Drive | Modern Vintage Gamer 5 weeks ago:
Before you all go upgrading your consoles to the latest official firmware:
Q: Can this be turned into a softmod?
A: No, the Xbox 360 boot chain is very secure with no attack surface to try and exploit. There will never exist a software only boot-to-hacked-state exploit akin to a “softmod”.It’s also not persistent, so you have to do this 20-minute process every time, and it only has a 30% success rate.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 month ago:
My two wifi bands have always been Castor and Pollux.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 month ago:
I take a word that’s related to the purpose of the new host and put it in an online translator and cycle through languages until I get something cool.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 1 month ago:
No you.
- Comment on [DISC] Houkago, Bokura wa Uchuu ni Madou - Chapter 2 1 month ago:
That art style really reminds me of Pseudo Harem.
- Comment on I am at a loss on words 1 month ago:
One of my biggest pet peeves. Anything that I write that outputs words is gonna have a little pluralization function.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
I get what you’re saying.
But the last half of that last sentence reads “poor people are poor because they deserve to be poor”. - Comment on Does it make sense to buy a lifetime supply of honey? 1 month ago:
“I bought a lot of pudding”
I tried to get a gif of Adam Sandler saying that in Punch Drunk Love but I couldn’t find the exact scene I wanted so you get this explanation instead - Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
It absolutely baffles me that there isn’t a huge custom printer firmware movement.
- Comment on Is this green or blue? 1 month ago:
Ao
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 1 month ago:
Sexy sexy nibbles the snake
- Comment on What is the best looking retro console or PC? 1 month ago:
The MSX design space was such an exciting place.
For anyone curious about the above, it’s like this:Imagine Nintendo said “instead of manufacturing the Switch 2, we released the specs and invited everyone else to build their own. You’re welcome to buy the Xbox Switch 2, the Sony PlaySwitch 2, the Philips Switch 2-i, the Sega Switch 2 & Knuckles, or the TRSwitch80 2. They’re all guaranteed to be compatible with our software lineup.” and then like, that actually happened.
- Comment on Why aren't all rooms holodecks? 1 month ago:
Hey! You leave Barclay alone!
- Comment on tetrapods 1 month ago:
Hast thou considered the tetrapod cheese?
- Comment on tetrapods 1 month ago:
Only some of us are
- Comment on [DISC] Yancha Gal no Anjou-san - Chapter 189 1 month ago:
Oh, I’m invested now too!
- Comment on [DISC] Yancha Gal no Anjou-san - Chapter 189 1 month ago:
Yeah, I read this one to see if I’d get into it.
- Comment on [DISC] Yancha Gal no Anjou-san - Chapter 189 1 month ago:
Oh no, I started at the end
- Comment on Anyone remember this? 1 month ago:
Peak Internet is when Mozilla (the kaiju mascot) showed up in the loading animation near the end of Netscape’s lifespan
- Comment on I started doing sketches for fun. Got so many compliments I'm going to do it full time and quit my real job 1 month ago:
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- Comment on The MSXBOOK Is A New Laptop Based On The Japanese Home Computer Standard | Time Extension 1 month ago:
Excellent reference.
- Comment on Your Earbuds Are Gross. Here’s How to Clean Them Properly 2 months ago:
Yes. You have to throw them out immediately after and then buy new ones. Really gets 'em clean.
- Comment on Jiggle-powered, apparently decent action game Stellar Blade confirmed for PC release in June 2 months ago:
Especially Conan.