YMS

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOS_deck offers free, all-timer DOS games in a browser, with controller support⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of the current 16 games, 11 are shareware/demos. Only Beneath a Steel Sky, One Must Fall 2097, The Black Cauldron, The Lost Vikins and Supaplex are full versions (as those games have been released to public domain at one point).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOS_deck offers free, all-timer DOS games in a browser, with controller support⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It wants a code for level selection. You get the code for level 2 once you finish level 1, and so on. So just start with level 1 (F1).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOS_deck offers free, all-timer DOS games in a browser, with controller support⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doom is just the shareware version, just like most of the others (some already called with that fancy modern name "demo"). Some are freeware, some have been released into public domain after they went out of sale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨108-Gigapixel 3D Microscope Scan of Vermeer Masterpiece is Largest Ever⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you check it out, don't forget to have a look atthe somewhat hidden 3D mode. Though well made, the 2D mode is just a Google-Maps-like view, and the 3D mode is entirely different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every individual should know how to cook.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There's a pepper mill in the foreground, so the one in the background is likely black zalt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to install Linux⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh? That guide is pretty extensive in providing different options and ways, but it's not complicated at all. The whole thing is about 2500 words, that would be about 5 pages printed. That's probably much shorter than most Windows guides, and they are not typically offering so many options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ad blocker Cause Invalid Traffic For Content Creator on Youtube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And the prices of YouTube premium, too. It's not "about $4 per month" in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You said they "will never be able to use vr" when all there is that they felt some degree of motion sickness in some situations. Might have been poorly developed games (the industry is still learning how to avoid motion sickness), might have been multi-hour sessions, might have been in combination with drugs or other sicknesses, might have been totally mild symptoms after all.
  VR may not be for everybody, but it's not that everybody who says he experienced motion sickness once will never touch VR again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Half of the VR users once experienced some symptoms of VR sickness, not half of VR users are affected so badly that they'll never be able to use VR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2827: Brassica⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You are right, but for xkcd it's a concept to have a second joke in the alt text since forever. There used to be a transcript of all comics right on the site available for those that need it, but it has been discontinued, probably in favor of explainxkcd.com, where you'll still find a transcript for every comic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No love lost: AppLovin helpfully releases tool to switch from Unity to Godot or Unreal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It is a privately held company with no plans for IPO and no dealings with venture capitalists

  According to https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/64901-80, there's over 100 investors in Epic, and of course there is Tencent holding a 40% share.
  But those investors are not much of an issue either, because you forgot one important point in your list: Epic is swimming in money (and Unreal is just a side business for them).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No love lost: AppLovin helpfully releases tool to switch from Unity to Godot or Unreal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Does ChatGPT's code get better if you include "You're an expert in that language" in the prompt?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to Elon Musk’s own math, the company formerly known as Twitter has lost 90% of its value and could be worth just $4 billion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Elon Musk really believe that X is now worth $4 billion, as his scorching post suggests? Maybe not.

  Well, maybe I just read another article wildly blowing up a story based on a tweet Elon Musk spent 4 seconds thinking about.