patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Here is the "after" picture to satisfy your brain.
The prior owner was a teenager, so you can do the math about why it was this bad. But I also have to say that Sony clearly made so many design flaws with the "fat" PS3. The shape of it was clearly meant for aesthetics, and not function. There are so many hidden places for dust to collect, and the airflow pattern isn't optimal. These things are notorious for overheating. Even after I cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste, it still runs pretty loud. Unfortunately, a ton of games are still locked on the PS3 and not even available on PS+ Premium streaming, so having a PS3 is one of the only ways to enjoy those games (besides emulation).
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
The more I have read about this, the more disgusted I am. This company generally, and the CEO personally, took all sorts of shortcuts to build this thing.
The CEO stated that he didn't want to have any ex military submarine experts as part of the team, because they were "uninspiring" and "50 year old white guys", and he'd rather have young college grads who are inspiring. The real reason: the college grads were simply cheaper. He didn't want to pay the ex military experts. That's it.
The CEO lied to CBS news in their CBS Sunday morning report and told them that Boeing and University of Washington consulted with them on the design of the submersible. Both organizations told the NY Post today that they had no involvement with it. So that was a fucking lie. All he did was use the UW lab after hours.
The use of a Logitech PS3 style controller to navigate the vehicle...what the actual fuck.
Because this was a submersible in international waters, there are virtually no regulations. That needs to change. If the UN needs to draft a treaty for countries to ratify to regulate these things in international waters, then that's what needs to happen.
I recently got an Xbox Series X, and naturally I wanted to go back and enjoy some of the 360 titles that I played as a teen. For once, I feel like I did not miss the boat on buying these games at a decent price. Everybody talks about how cheap SNES and N64 carts used to be, but I wasn't into retro gaming then, so all I've ever known is absurd prices. I just bought Final Fantasy XIII for $0.99 on eBay (plus shipping). Ninety nine cents! Is this the norm? I know FF13 was controversial, but overall it's a great title to own, pretty unique since Final Fantasy is usually Playstation exclusive. I might just start a 360 collection.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
TIL China has a PM.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
If you truly want to see "everything", it's best to join a small instance that is federated with everybody. I joined an instance called Rammy. It's nothing special in and of itself, just one guy nice enough to host the server. But I can interact with Beehaw, Lemmy.ml, Lemmy.world, Lemmy NSFW, all of it. So if that's what you want, join a small instance.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I think our generation will definitely have consoles set up in nursing homes when we are elderly. No doubt about it.
I don't know if I am overlooking something in the store. Almost every single FF game is playable somehow or another on the PS5, but can FF13 not run on it, either as a purchased title or through PS+ streaming?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 0%
They're still having issues and I get a 404 error when I click on it 😞
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
It's hard to beat GIMP.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Just to give perspective on how rapacious the textbook industry has become:
When I was in nursing school (graduated in May), even though I "purchased" the textbooks, it turned out what I purchased was only a license to access the textbook through their proprietary e-reader app for the semester. As soon as the semester was over, my access to the textbook disappeared.
This is the model that the textbook companies want. No more reselling used books to even recover a small portion of funds.
This is why piracy of textbooks is thriving.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
So far, the highlights for me are Super Mario RPG remake, and a new Dragon Quest Monsters installment!
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Niche, but for Fire Emblem there is Serenes Forest forums. Very active!
I'm really stunned after playing this game, it's hard to believe that it was made by a somewhat indie development studio (Asobo). The last time I finished something and felt this emotionally exhausted was when I watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. This game really captures the brutality and despair of the middle ages in a way that more fantasy-oriented games do not. Of course, this game does have some fantasy elements, but for the most part it takes you on a journey with two children who have to make their way through a ruthless and uncaring world, constantly having their childhood ripped away and their faith in adults and humanity shattered. At the same time, this game is absolutely beautiful. I would put the visuals up against any game, period. You feel like you're there in medieval France. I need to go play some happy Mario games after this one. If you are an adult who handles depressing and dark things okay, and you have even a passing interest in the middle ages, I can't recommend this game enough (play the first one first though--Plague Tale Innocence). The core gameplay is a stealth game, but whether or not you like that style, the game is worth it and transcends the genre IMO.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Jesus, is that really what they're using? 😳
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
One day Doom will be able to run through carrier pigeons.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
“Reddit represents one of the largest data sets of just human beings talking about interesting things,” Huffman said. “We are not in the business of giving that away for free.”
Wow. Clearly Reddit now believes that they own all of the conversations that people have had on the site. That explains why they've also been restoring comments that people have deleted when leaving the site. That has major implications for data security, privacy, and even safety in some situations.
This episode has revealed Reddit's true colors, and they're not pretty.
I've often wondered this. With the sheer volume of titles on modern consoles, is it even possible to have a complete collection of the library? Especially with something like the Switch, where there are also a shit ton of shovelware titles out there, not only digital but physical shovelware as well from Limited Run Games. Part of me thinks it's not going to happen, and the other part of me knows that I'm probably severely underestimating collectors' skills, resources, and obsession.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
This is actually hilarious that Reddit is so threatened by Lemmy that they are actively trying to intimidate people from posting a link. What a joke.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 70%
Did they block Lemmygrad? I thought they just blocked Lemmy.ml and Lemmy.world. you may be right though.
I wouldn't try to make too much sense out of Beehaw's decisions. I don't quite understand what they're going for. Regardless of whether or not they blocked Lemmygrad, I agree with you that there's a contradiction inherent in the whole idea of having a community about socialism (a topic about overthrowing the current political/economic order) but saying to "be nice" lol
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I am ready and armed with Thomas the Tank Engine memes.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 93%
Beehaw added !socialism@beehaw.org if you want to talk about leftist topics, but the rules there are that you have to be nice to everybody. It is basically the opposite of the tenor of r/socialism, so take that under advisement.
I say this as a passive observer who has no skin in the game one way or another, I'm not a socialist.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Welcome aboard! 🏴☠️
I know Andromeda has a poor reputation, and a lot of it stems from issues at release. I am just curious what people who have played it more recently think about it. I'm a Mass Effect fan, and it looks like I can pick Andromeda up for less than 5 dollars at most places. Is it worth 5 bucks? Edit: Thank you guys so much for all the perspectives! I'm going to pick it up and give it a try.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
What's the combat like? I feel like that's not a spoiler. In just curious if it's similar to FF7R or what?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Wow. Memory freaking unlocked. I had forgotten that these existed for probably 25 years until I saw this very post. Now it's all coming back to me! I had the Jurassic Park one and never could figure out how to play it right as a kid, but still had fun.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Start posting magnet links to Nintendo Switch ROMs on r/piracy, and write "endorsed by Reddit, Inc" with a screenshot of the messages from Reddit encouraging the reopening.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I don't think people actually would, if push came to shove. They're just expressing nostalgia for a simpler time, which is pretty easy to understand, given all the dystopian effects of social media and smartphones.
I think smartphones have done a lot of harm, but they've still done far more good, which is why we use them. Especially in poorer countries where smartphones are often people's only access to the internet.
That said, there's nothing stopping any of these people in the article from being the change they want to see in the world. Not to send anybody to Reddit, but r/dumbphones is a fast growing subreddit for people that want to try that. A lot of the users are Gen Z who never got to try them and want to give it a whirl.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I like lemmy.world because it seems to be neutral and doesn't have heavy handed moderators. Communities are allowed to bloom and grow. It's scalable.
I respect what Beehaw wants to do, but their goals are not realistic if they want to be a platform of any significant size.
So far I also like the communities I've seen on Lemmy.ml, but there have been a lot of technical/server issues.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Saudi Arabia is an untrustworthy partner. I'm honestly surprised they even want a US security pact. They've been trying to decouple from the US more and more in recent years.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I know about Bombardier but didn't know there were others!
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
He comes across like an entitled child who has made up his mind and is too stubborn to admit when he's wrong. Add onto that the fact that he bullies people with his lies and manipulation. Very much not an adult, let alone a CEO.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I think the "metaverse" is already dead. Zuckerberg tried to make it happen and it didn't, and Meta doesn't have the money to keep pumping into it. I think Meta will still produce the Quest headsets as a cheap alternative to the new Apple ones, but the idea of just hanging out in the metaverse is simply not going to happen.
I don't know whether the Fediverse will "happen" for the vast majority of people who aren't very tech savvy, but I'm enjoying it and it's replaced Reddit for me.
If anything is going to be the next big thing in tech though, it's AI. The fact that my 65+ year old parents know what ChatGPT is, and have used it, is unreal to me.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
How was the streaming performance for the classics?
I've never streamed a game before.
I am trying to decide which of the PS+ tiers to buy; specifically, I'm debating between "extra" and "premium". The Premium tier alludes to there being more games, but it's really hard to find a venn diagram somewhere with specifically which high profile games are in Premium but not Extra. Is premium worth the extra? I'm really only interested in playing bundled games. I wouldn't use any of the other features. What has y'all's experience been?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
They're so hypocritical too. Steve Huffman will rant for hours about third party apps taking advantage of Reddit's free API to make money from it, and then turn around and make money off of free moderators. He reeks of greed.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
This is a far better ship than our last one.
I have pretty thick glasses, and all of the over-ear headphones end up pinching the glasses arms into my face and hurts. Does anyone know of in-ear headphones that work well for the Xbox? Google isn't very trustworthy because of how much SEO there is; I have no idea who actually wrote various reviews. Just curious if any community members here have good in-ear headphones for the Xbox. I wish I could use my AirPods, but Xbox doesn't have Bluetooth (and neither does PS5! Somehow the Switch has them both beat in this regard...)
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
FINALLY!!!
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
God I hope they get sued into oblivion, and I hope that Steve is personally financially set back because of this whole series of events.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Yeah, I left Beehaw. I understand what they're trying to do, but I think they shouldn't have tried to grow so much if they were intent on being such a walled garden. There was so much conversation on Reddit for people to come to Beehaw, and now the rug gets pulled out.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
What about for people like me who are on a whole other instance (I'm on Rammy). We are federated with everybody, both Beehaw and Lemmy.World. if somebody from Lemmy.World posts on Beehaw, does that mean I still can't see it?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I'm a few days late and just discovered this community myself, but I have a Chevy Bolt. I've been driving for Uber while in nursing school, and driving an EV has easily saved me thousands of dollars on fuel costs. I'd say every fourth Uber passenger asks me about it and we end up having a convo about EVs too!
I would love to transplant (pun intended) the r/medicine community over to the Fediverse. So far this seems like the largest community, but I'm curious if there are other medical professionals here, laypersons interested in medical news, or what?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
An "adult company" wouldn't have their CEO go on an extemporaneous personal attack against a third party developer in the middle of a Q&A.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
They mentioned living in "Tory country', which if I'm not mistaken is the UK equivalent of a "red state" area in the US.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I did the same, and I also cancelled my premium account (I know, I shouldn't have paid for it in the first place).
There is a sub called r/lounge which is a "reward" for paying for Reddit Premium, and you also get temporary access if your post gets gilded. It's a pretty inane sub mainly for just idle chatting, but I really noticed the amount of posts in there drop off a cliff in the final week. They hide the subscriber count, so you can't see how many members there are. But just judging by post activity, I guarantee that it at least cut in half.
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
Can you still buy Pilsner or Staropramen for less than a dollar (I guess about 20 czk)?
patchymoose 1 year ago • 100%
I did a 6 week study abroad trip to Prague in 2009 in college, and it was the best experience of my life. One of the things I like is how the city is organized into districts (Prague 2, Prague 8, etc), and so as a visiting student I could judge how far something was when someone said "that's in Prague 9".
Also, obviously the beer. I distinctly remember being stunned by the fact that beer is quite literally cheaper than water. Here in America, water is like the free thing that you order when you don't want to spend money. But when I was in Prague, water was not free, it was the nice stuff that came in Perrier bottles and was poured into a bespoke glass. Whereas beer was absurdly cheap. When I was there you could get it for the equivalent of less than 1USD for a pint. It's probably more now.
Not to mention all of the beautiful buildings. Prague is one of the few large European cities that managed to get out of WW1/WW2 virtually unscathed, and has a ton of very old buildings. Vysehrad Castle is excellent and is not as known about as Prague Castle. I highly recommend it.