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@Peffse@lemmy.world
- Comment on $69 in 2026 Gets You a Tool to Rejuvenate Old Computers 6 days ago:
Because you have it reversed. This is new tech trying to interface with old tech. For when your Pentium 2 CD-ROM drive dies because a belt went bad. Or the laser is rotten. That kind of situation. Sourcing an IDE drive for old hardware is getting harder every day. (honestly, finding anything beige is getting harder)
- Comment on What is the definitive way to play certain games? 6 days ago:
- Comment on What is the definitive way to play certain games? 6 days ago:
OpenRCT2 is 100% the definitive way to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 & 2.
But I would never recommend a new player try OpenRA. The game has stellar multiplayer support but they just can’t figure out the campaign scripting at all. Go with the remaster collection instead.
- Comment on Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled 1 week ago:
wait wait… reading comprehension fail on my part. Both that NBC article and Wikipedia are saying that Kodak went against the grain by selling more expensive printers with cheaper ink.
Eastman Kodak Co. is introducing a line of desktop printers and low cost replacement inks on Tuesday, as the photography company takes on a market dominated by Hewlett-Packard.
- Comment on Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled 1 week ago:
That’s wild!
I had my inkjet from around 2011 to 2015. I think it was a C310 but I can’t find any proof of that. I only know it took the 30B/C cartridges.
They were $25-30 for a bundle on a retailer’s shelf while everything else was closer to $50-70 for a bundle on a retailer’s shelf. There was a 20% yield difference between the two, but that’s no 20% markup! I vaguely recall a 30B double pack that was only $15 total, and that’s what I used to buy once or twice a year. None of that hidden “Cyan mixed in the black to make it blacker” crap that HP did either.
How ironic that Kodak rigged the game to make ink expensive, and then others beat them at it.
- Comment on Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled 1 week ago:
Funny, I had a Kodak printer for years since they had the cheapest ink by a large margin. HP was always the most expensive.
What year did that flip?
- Comment on ...is this retro? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Game Gear cases 2 weeks ago:
I dug out mine out of the closet recently and was so confused when it didn’t power on properly. Turns out, the .3v difference between a Duracell and an Eneloop really matter when you scale it to 6 cells!
- Comment on How GOG fixed Cold Fear | GOG Tech Talk 2 weeks ago:
gog has a bunch of tweaks for the stuff they host. I’m guessing it’s either a clause in the contract for their storefront, or this is a volunteer for the game preservation program.
- Comment on Game Gear cases 2 weeks ago:
Upon second viewing, I highly suspect he glued that cover onto the case… which will warp/peel off SO FAST. Image
There is a reason cases have a plastic shield and lips on the case to hold the cover in.
- Comment on Game Gear cases 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I share your pain. I think I ended up 3D printing something like this but the game density is very low for shelving. So I ended up putting most things into something more like this and throwing them all into a drawer.
I’m not happy with either solution.
Maybe if this were printed by a professional…
- Comment on WTF is this icon? 3 weeks ago:
I would have guessed a keycard inserted in a reader.
- Comment on An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users 4 weeks ago:
Hate to break it to you, but Facebook (ahem, sorry Meta) loves collecting your info even if you never use their services. So your info might be in this breach, even if you don’t have a username/password.
- Comment on What are your technology mispredictions? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on What are your technology mispredictions? 4 weeks ago:
“No parent is going to buy a Wii because of the stupid name” -me, 2005
- Comment on Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam | Linux Journal 1 month ago:
yeah, it was wild. I was trying to do set up some computer labs. Debian was the first suggestion in the guide:
After the second reinstall of Debian, I gave Fedora a try as it was the second to be suggested. Only to be greeted with this:
It took me forever to realize that dash-dot at the top left was not some stylization and was a button to show the overview.
- Comment on Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam | Linux Journal 1 month ago:
funny you should say it like that. I just recently I tried using Debian’s default GNOME desktop and thought I had corrupted the install somehow. I reinstalled the OS two more times because it kept dumping me into a nearly blank screen with no obvious buttons to click aside network/sound/power.
I’m used to LXDE, KDE, and Cinnamon, so this was completely foreign to me… and trying to find the web browser had me at a caveman level of confusion.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 1 month ago:
I buy mainly physical games.
Will I preorder a AAA game that will have 18,000,000 copies sitting around after 6 months? Hell no.
Will I preorder a physical title from a small-medium dev/publisher that I will never see again? If they have a track record of making stuff I like.
- Comment on The Knightling Did Everything Right - It Still Struggled to Sell | Beyond the Pixels Podcast 1 month ago:
I swear 95% of the stuff Steam recommended is reasoned with because it is popular and not because it’s something I would play.
Even when they say it’s related to a library item, it’s not even tangential. Like… Escape the Backrooms is not like Terraria. In any sense. They put that there because Youtubers are selling it.
- Comment on What is the cheapest console to get and collect for that still holds up? 1 month ago:
Yeah, for me it was Technos Collection 1. :(
- Comment on What is the cheapest console to get and collect for that still holds up? 1 month ago:
I’d like to add two more things:
It was the generation of HD remasters, so a lot of older (high quality) titles are available on the platform, such as the Dead Rising games, the Mega Man collections, almost all the Resident Evil titles, Devil May Cry collection, Bioshock collection, Final Fantasty X/X-2.
And most importantly, since they are last gen, they are not stupidly hard to find yet.
- Comment on What is the cheapest console to get and collect for that still holds up? 1 month ago:
Might be an unpopular opinion (but that’s what makes it cheap): An Xbox One.
It’s got a fairly sizeable library at 3,067 titles and a backwards compatible list with 632 games from Xbox 360 and 63 original Xbox titles. So you have plenty of choice depending on your gaming tastes.
It’s the last generation, so many stores will be clearing out the old inventory at a discount. Popular titles like Mass Effect Trilogy or Borderlands Handsome Collection will be a great value for the money. If those are your style.
- Comment on What is the cheapest console to get and collect for that still holds up? 1 month ago:
ooh, that’s a tough sell. I absolutely love my Evercade, but the library is hard to get. If you don’t snap up a popular new release, it’s likely to vanish forever. Major FOMO.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yup, 60W.
More than enough to power one or two drives but when 3+ were writing I’d have a random disconnect.
Tried different hubs, of increasing power. Same thing.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
How do you keep it properly powered? When I tried something similar, some drives would randomly vanish because the peak power demand exceeded the supply of the hub.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 1 month ago:
and of course, this will be misconstrued. The executives will shout “look! people don’t want physical ownership!” and the push to digital rentals will continue… and result in even higher prices when they pull a Netflix.
- Comment on Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora 1 month ago:
It was wild seeing fair-use Mickey Mouse in a divorce lawyer’s commercial.
- Comment on 'The PS5 is only in the middle of [it's lifespan],' says Sony CFO 2 months ago:
I’m really curious if it’ll stick around even longer given how slow tech advancement has become.
- Comment on MPV: The Ultimate Self-Hosted Media Solution You're Probably Sleeping On 2 months ago:
One of my favorite remotes had the sources split across the top. Composite, Component, VGA, HDMI. And if you hit the button twice it’d cycle through the different ports of that type.
Never found a remote like that again. Now they just throw a menu to slowly browse through.
- Comment on MPV: The Ultimate Self-Hosted Media Solution You're Probably Sleeping On 2 months ago:
Reminds me of: Image
