everett

@everett@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America's Next Health Secretary Enjoying A Meal With His Future Boss and Colleagues⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever heard someone say “I can’t even” as a complete statement? Seems like the same sentiment/vibe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG launch their Preservation Program to make games live forever with hundreds of classics being 're-released'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  GOG say the GOG Preservation Program is currently Windows-only

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations on casual GB/GBA games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d second their suggestion of Tetris for this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could probably chain some smaller HDMI switches together. Not sure what the practical limit would be or when lag would get noticable, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now, if you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to play four-player Smash Bros. and we encourage that, okay? You do want to play four-player Smash, don’t you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we’re focusing on different aspects. My comment was limited to the way main menus worked — “Play feature” or whatever would just about always be the pre-selected option. I was replying to this:

  Those old DVD menus that wanted me to mess with extras sucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  99% of DVD menus would have the “Play movie” pre-selected, letting you select it with a single press of the Play or Select button.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Genesis Patch Brings A Bunch Of Improvements To Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The link in the news article (now?) redirects to another domain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be still my beating tastebuds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Which are you not into? Creamy or zesty?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I should be banned from using microwaves⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No matter what I do before I die, I will not have a gravestone this cool.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dance on my grave, why don’t you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ironing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Understandable, if that’s your field they’re gonna want to see your technique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  830 partners! Try not to sell any data on your way to the parking lot!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like you have something that works for you, and that’s great! But I don’t think it’s accurate to pigeonhole this other approach as being “for minimalists.” I’ve used KISS Launcher for a long time and I don’t think of it as especially clean or minimalist. It’s a powerful and flexible way to launch pretty much anything.

  I too have built a muscle memory, and mine is tapping a few letters to filter through apps and launch the one I want. The same approach works when finding a contact in KISS. And from the same box I can also launch a web search with my default search engine, or enter a URL to visit directly in my browser. Where things get a little nuts is that this same search filters through apps’ intents as well: hidden shortcuts to launching specific functionality within the app.

  All of these searches happen as I type, as quickly as I type, with results weighted by my launch history. And if for whatever reason I want to scroll through a complete drawer of my apps (it happens), that’s one tap away. I’d say KISS manages to be both maximalist and instant.

  This approach may require more taps, but less thinking. I never have to start by asking “Am I looking for a tier-1 tap app? Tier-2 swipe app? A drawer app?” Every app (and contact, search, URL or intent) is a few keystrokes away, always the same muscle memory, and that’s my idea of fast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, that was the best link I could find at that moment. Since the word “ubuntu” means something like “humanity towards others,” Canonical really leaned into that concept with their tagline “Linux for human beings” in the early days. This involved shipping some controversial wallpaper images and using less risque shots from the same photo shoot on things like the CD-ROM cover.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ubuntu used to be naked people!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Microsoft’s Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems are PCMag Editors’ Choice picks

  lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Weak SSH passwords considered harmful.”