GlennMagusHarvey

@GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donkey Kong Country ROM Hack Swaps DK For Mario⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The way Mario seems to teleport when turning around in the water seems to say something about the way hitboxes worked in the original DKC1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Donkey Kong Country ROM Hack Swaps DK For Mario⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Super Kong World

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The joy of *not* eking-out games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the encouragement to just jump in and do stuff, gaming and otherwise.

  I’ve found myself having a hard time finding dedicated time to play games (i.e. without worrying about something else “over my shoulder”) and I’ve also found myself seemingly unable to “learn” new genres of games despite my wanting to get into them (so I often end up playing genres I’m already familiar with). I suspect these are related, and I also suspect that just jumping in and doing stuff more spontaneously will probably help improve things.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  it caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter

  r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Come join me in getting GOG onto the Canvas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I accidentally made a heart shape with the lower O.

  Now I kinda wanna keep it lol

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve generally found that avoiding the biggest crowds seems to also avoid some (though not all) of the worst behavior. More specialized subreddits, communities, and magazines tend to be more chill, and also more focused on their topics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There was such an easier way to “farm karma” that I accidentally did it for a while. Just kept posting silly puns to reply to stuff people post on the Florida Man subreddit.

  Reddit karma ain’t worth much at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.

  Meanwhile, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I don’t think an algorithm needs to work very hard to “be mean” like that. Sure, you can purposely put people with clashing views in each other sight on a place where people go to hang out and have fun. But you don’t even need to go do that on purpose. To some extent, people naturally produce more “engagement” with stuff that’s controversial/argumentative.

  Imagine if I were to walk past you and say some completely innocent comment. Now imagine I were to walk past you and insult your favorite movie/show/song/game/whatever. You’d be far more likely to respond in the latter case.

  So, as people respond, more activity is generated, and that makes the post “hotter”. Simply boost what’s hot, and you have a veritable litany of controversy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fervo Energy hits milestone in using oil drilling technology to tap geothermal energy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems promising. Though given that it seems to involve fracking (as the article implies I think?) I do have some concerns in that regard.

  Of course that doesn’t mean I’m opposed to this. Decarbonizing the energy sector is probably a bigger priority for the time being, I’d say, but it’s always useful to be cautious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why domestic solar manufacturing could turbocharge Africa’s energy transition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  FYI visiting the article may cause a ton of copies of it to be added to your navigation history, making it impossible to navigate backwards in whatever tab/window you open this in.

  That said, interesting article; thanks for sharing this.