Xatolos
@Xatolos@reddthat.com
- Comment on Holy shit I got Retro Achievements working on my Pi Gameboy! Lmao this is so cool. I get to achievement hunt in my favorite game, earthbound after 30 years. Amazing 9 hours ago:
They don’t work very well unfortunately. They use a MD5 checksum to verify your game, which in the surface sounds great, until you realize that a lot of the newer setups (EmuDeck) for roms will offer to compress them into .7zip files (and other types) and then suddenly none of the games are recognized as the original MD5 checksum is different. So you cant compress any game, and not sure if they work with .m3u lists and doubt it will because most likely it’ll want to .MD5 checksum the .m3u file.
Also, it needs to have an Internet connection the entire time, so this kills more portable device usage unless you are at home/4-5G. They claim it’s to prevent people from cheating the achievement, but in the end if just becomes another block in usability.
- Comment on WaaaaAAALLLEEEeee 4 days ago:
Yeah, it was a warning against Apple and that was the nod to it.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 4 days ago:
After Eternal, I’m not interested in this one. 2016 was fantastic, but Eternal felt all over the place. It tried to tell a story but skipped the entire second “book” between the two games, making it feel unfinished trilogy.
Then there’s the difficulty, easy was too easy, and normal was too hard. I shouldn’t have to choose between surviving 10+ hits (easy) or dying in 3-4 (normal). That’s not balance. And I don’t have the time to ‘git gud’ when the difficulty jump is this extreme.
Considering they already had to tweak difficulty in The Dark Ages, it looks like they’re still struggling to get the scaling right
- Comment on Grieve with me 1 week ago:
I found wooden kebab skewers were better. Longer and stronger, can be shaved to the best point needed for each task.
- Comment on Grieve with me 1 week ago:
I mean Apple’s copy of the open source standard Qi charging?
- Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one 2 weeks ago:
Had someone in a restaurant ask the manager if they could turn down the music playing, they were in a business zoom meeting.
- Comment on Robot chefs take over at South Korea’s highway restaurants, to mixed reviews 2 weeks ago:
The Feeling of Power might be close enough. It’s an Isaac Asimov short story from 1958. Basic plot is that people have become so reliant on computers, they can’t do basic math or counting. It’s about what happens with mental decline with making machines do all the thinking. (There is more, and the link explains the story but I feel that I shouldn’t include spoilers, even for a 50+ year old story.
If you want, you can read the scans of the original here.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 3 weeks ago:
Rockstar was a PC gaming company before they went into consoles. GTA 1 and 2 were made for PC before being ported to console.
- Comment on Tesla bait-and-switch: Cybertruck owners won't get Autosteer feature they paid for 3 weeks ago:
DOGE already defunded that government department.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 3 weeks ago:
I’m curious what CPU was in it, as there aren’t any CPUs listed from 2019 that aren’t supported.
- Comment on Generational differences 3 weeks ago:
These were done in crowded, enclosed areas. And not very discreetly.
- Comment on Generational differences 3 weeks ago:
Ahhh hot knifing, the tequila of weed smoking
- Comment on Generational differences 3 weeks ago:
It is banned under the same laws and rules, but since it takes less than 2 seconds to take a hit and blow it downwards so it doesn’t show on cameras, you have to be there the moment it happens or they will deny it was then. I see kids vaping on the bus often, and this is what they do. Yes, kids. I see 12-14 year olds doing this. I’ve also seen people doing big vape clouds in bars, beside the signs saying no vaping.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 3 weeks ago:
Things have changed since then. Steam not only has a Linux client, but also has Proton which loads most Windows apps (it’s marketed for games, but in reality it will work on Windows apps).
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 3 weeks ago:
Most games that don’t have kernel level anti-cheat tend to work.
Have you tried to play the games or did you look them up on a site? I’ve found that unless you are looking at a popular new game, a lot of the games listed are saying that they don’t play, but we’re last checked in 2023, and they do work now but no body has updated the new results.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 3 weeks ago:
Congratulations on the downgrade. You’ve gone from an OS that will support your hardware from at least 10 years, to maybe 7 years of support.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 3 weeks ago:
The problem with trees in an urban setting is trees have roots, and these cause issues. The can damage pipes and other underground objects. And many trees that are designed to not have these issues, end up with stunted/damaged roots which severely effects the trees growth. Planting trees in urban settings take quite a lot of pre-planning, and aren’t drop in solutions, and if the areas weren’t originally designed with trees in mind, you are likely to cause more problems than solutions.
greenblue.com/…/avoid-root-heave-pavement-damage-… tiptoptreeandgroundcare.co.uk/…/tree-roots-in-urb…
- Comment on Android’s next big feature turns your phone into a desktop 3 weeks ago:
On a serious note, what can’t you do with your Pixel? The only issues I’ve had is I can’t access networking functions. Beyond that, not much limits in most things I do. And with Android 16 allowing for installing Linux apps (not just terminal ones, but full graphical ones like VS Code, Blender 3D, etc), there is little I can’t see it not being able to do. (No Wireshark though, but that’s networking, the only painful point for me).
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 1 month ago:
Krita is also available on Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details/Krita?id=org.k…
- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 1 month ago:
From the article: “In October, students at Assumption University in Massachusetts allegedly lured a 22-year-old man to campus, called him a predator and chased and attacked him when he tried to escape, according to a police report. After reviewing the man’s Tinder messages, officers said the man had thought he was meeting an 18-year-old student, not a 17-year-old, as the students had alleged.”
Thats how. You lie.
- Comment on GM blocks dealership from installing Apple CarPlay retrofit kits in EVs 2 months ago:
Possibly the fact many customers don’t want it. According to three Apple CarPlay site:
With digital car keys and the already seamless experience of Apple CarPlay, there are more ways than ever to take your iPhone on the road. With car keys, you can unlock and start your car with iPhone. And CarPlay gives you the ability to safely use what you love about your iPhone while you drive.
I don’t have an iPhone, so from all the marketing blurbs, it’s pretty much saying “Spend a ton of extra money for something you can never use.” I’ll pass on spending $1000+ on that useless"upgrade". And since Apple is notorious about locking iThings to Apple only hardware (or just not having full functionality when they do allow it), I doubt I’m alone in this thought.
- Submitted 2 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 9 comments
- Comment on Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be? 2 months ago:
So you went from a 10 year upgrade cycle to a 7 year upgrade cycle?
- Comment on Apple ordered by EU regulators to open up to rivals. 2 months ago:
Hey, when it’s literally different, then it’s different. This isn’t both sides are the same.
- Comment on Apple ordered by EU regulators to open up to rivals. 2 months ago:
This tired whataboutism… Really? Just stop.
It’s the same answer as always, the iPhone/iPad was marketed and sold as a “do all” device (“IPhone, there’s an app for that” and the iPads “What’s a PC?”). Game consoles are sold as a limited functionality device. These aren’t the same at all.
- Submitted 2 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 23 comments
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 2 months ago:
I already did here. Two hours before you posted this too.
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 2 months ago:
Really?..
Republican abortion ban: nytimes.com/…/trump-republican-anti-abortion-poli…
That took two seconds… But why stop there?
Republican drag show ban: people.com/…/anti-drag-legislation-united-states/
Republican immigration ban: reuters.com/…/trump-declare-national-emergency-bo…
Republican ban trans kids: kansasreflector.com/…/kansas-republicans-revive-g…
There are still more for the rest of them for you to take five seconds to go to Google/DuckDuckGo and search “Republican ban (subject”.
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 2 months ago:
Interesting as the same can be said disproving it. Fun.
So, go ahead. We are waiting, and as you say, it’ll be fun so there isn’t much stopping you.
I apparently Have a list.
Yes, a made up one. We have already acknowledged that. Thank you for repeating it.
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 2 months ago:
Literally every point made by OP is real and easy proven. You, on the other hand, have a made up list that is easy disproven over and over again.
Maybe you should try going outside?