zod000
@zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Nokia N900 Necromancy 3 days ago:
Exactly the type of super human that would engage in N900 necromancy.
- Comment on Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI 3 days ago:
This is one of the dumbest distractions I’ve ever witnessed. I suppose the purposely forcing an acknowledged shitty font that was pushed out for a reason is on brand for such a shitty administration.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
A broom? /s, but not really
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 week ago:
Well, at least there is some good news today.
- Comment on India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding 1 week ago:
The $15 plan used to only be 2GB, which was honestly still enough for people that only use mobile data sparingly.
- Comment on A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again 2 weeks ago:
The grappling hook was a common mod in the original QuakeWorld scene and was included in the official Quake II CTF game mod. I’m surprised it didn’t become a mainstay in games afterwards, it was so fun to use. Shogo: Mobile Armor Division had it built in and was one of the most fun FPS games I had ever played until cheaters took over.
- Comment on Why the real poverty line is $140,000, this strategist argues 2 weeks ago:
zod000
Well, a big part of the article is that you can’t just do that because the original formula was iffy even for the time when housing and insurance costs were not nearly as much of the average person’s expenses. That part of the article (well at least the original article this was based from www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie) that was so interesting was that it was originally based on about 3x times the minimum food budget. Apparently that was just an easier number to be able to quantify at the time in the 60s and they just kept using it.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think the final release was “shit” per se, but I was super confused when I played it and expected cool features from the beta. The beta was also very beta and not all of the features were actually good, but I feel like they ran out of time/money/patience and just cut down a ton of stuff to ship it.
- Comment on What game is a guilty pleasure of yours? 2 weeks ago:
A classic. I loved how in the last phase you could make the right combination of nonsensical choices and end up with human and do really well. Not as well as my hyper-evolved Rhino-montser, but really well.
- Comment on Why the real poverty line is $140,000, this strategist argues 2 weeks ago:
The 140k amount was for a family of four and including childcare for two children.
- Comment on HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs 3 weeks ago:
Or eating toe funk
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, the continued support and extra modes made me so happy to be an early supporter. I also like the more original NES style games of the series and I am very excited for the sequel.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 3 weeks ago:
The DS is quite literally the only system that I ever sold going as far back as the Atari 2600. I hate, hate , hate how they forced the touch screen gimmicks for it in games that it didn’t belong. It was the only blemish on an otherwise outstanding game in Dawn of Sorrow. It ruined all of the Zelda games made directly for the system IMO.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 3 weeks ago:
I leaned the other way, but both were good.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 3 weeks ago:
A bunch of good ones have already been mentioned (SOTN, Nine Sols, Super Metroid), so I’ll just mention some that were missed.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (sequel to SOTN, just as good if you can get past the DS touchscreen BS. The new remaster might get rid of it)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (made by Iga, creator of Castlevania: SOTN, Dawn of Sorrow, and others)
Salt and Sanctuary
The Messenger
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 3 weeks ago:
When I was much younger, I wanted that idealistic thing too. I was so optimistic about new tech that would come out. Decades of companies working on promising tech and turning it into a dystopian or anti-user mess have beaten that spirit out of me. I don’t want “smart” anything, and I certainly don’t trust any of the companies possibly capable of doing these things to be in charge of actually doing it.
- Comment on Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled | TechCrunch 3 weeks ago:
This really, really sucks. WhoSampled is awesome, especially for sample heavy music from the 80s and 90s. They’ve been around over a decade, weird to call them a startup. While I am pissed, if Spotify came and offered me a truck load of money for something I was running and probably making little to no money, I can’t say it wouldn’t be tempting.
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 3 weeks ago:
I can’t say I loved the Game gear enough to go that route, but seeing as I have had people try to argue with me that E.T. for the Atari 2600 is actually a fine game, there are enthusiasts for everything.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 3 weeks ago:
Adobe has been their own worst enemy for decades and their one true skill is fucking things up. The best thing about Adobe trying to make their own OS would be that it could wipe them out.
-signed, a long time bitter former Adobe user that still has to support their shit
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 3 weeks ago:
“IT history” :(
Oh, well, time to go back to my crypt.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 3 weeks ago:
No way, unlike Windows 11, the PS3 was actually quite a good product.
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 3 weeks ago:
I figured the backlight was a big part of it. crazy that people actually modded a game gear
- Comment on GTA IV Is A Snapshot of the World Before It Changed 4 weeks ago:
I don’t really even recall the “web” being one of the rougher places. It was Usenet and IRC, aka places where you could actually deal with other people directly, that were the livelier area. They were also more fun for that exact reason.
- Comment on Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants 4 weeks ago:
Using Ai to build power plants that will be used for AI to build more power plants that are used for AI to make a bunch of slop. TECHNOLOGY!!
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 weeks ago:
It’s like riding a bike, you’ll be on it in no time!
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, and it was more like $60 at the beginning of the year before all the tariff bullshit. So, do keep in mind that the build quality isn’t going to be incredible, but my daughter has been using hers for months and with no issues other than having to learn how to send texts T9-style and the GPS navigation is a little annoying to use.
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 weeks ago:
I bought her a Nokia 2780 Flip.
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 4 weeks ago:
My daughter switched to a Nokia flip phone and has been enjoying it. So even some gen z are over the bullshit.
- Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! 4 weeks ago:
This is also why I have never considered the Switch a portable system. It was a hybrid that was never quite a “real” console or a handheld, and thus made compromises on both ends. I personally never used the Switch undocked, I’d have rather they sold a fixed model with no screen or joycons that just plugged in.
The real reason that Game Gear was so power hungry is that it was just a Sega Master System crammed into a handheld. This is why it felt wildly better and more advanced then the Game Boy. Sega did the same thing years later with the Sega Nomad aka a Genesis crammed into a handheld.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Even with a 40 hour work week, this can be how it ends up. With a 60 hour work week, I’m surprised you can even fit in the cleaning. It’s rough. I don’t many recommendations anyone else hasn’t already mentioned (try to work less hours, which may not be possible). I think you need to, somehow, try to fit in a small window of time that is just for you. Even if it means giving up a small amount of sleep. I had to do this to retain some sanity. I found that trying to prep my meals in batches saved me some time as well. I used to work 40 hours a week on paper, but there was also an hour unpaid lunch and 2-3 hours of daily commute, so I was gone from home 12 hours a day. I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and the only thing I can say that as the kids get older it gets easier. When they can feed, dress, and entertain themselves, it makes it much easier. Also once they eat adult meals so you aren’t making several different things at once. Hang in there man.