jecxjo 1w ago • 100%
Those are all swears my 7 year old uses.
jecxjo 1w ago • 100%
Digital media just kills me. Back in the CD and DVD days I sent back a bunch of discs that were too scrarched to use and i would get coupons to replace them. Often times the publishers included an extra one just because they didn't want you to pirate stuff. Buying physical media meant you licensed it even when you physically couldn't so they were compelled to solve the problem.
jecxjo 1w ago • 100%
I just self host gitolite. I wrote a script for archiving tagged versions to zip files as well as an optional parameter to pipe code into a markdown file and convert that to HTML for code i wish to show people. Everything else I do through the cli and have no use for a fancy UI.
jecxjo 1mo ago • 100%
You think he really had friends?!?
He is the quintessential elitist who has never had real struggles, nor had any really meaningful life experiences.
jecxjo 1mo ago • 100%
That's why you learn to make fried rice. Just use day old badly cooked rice.
jecxjo 1mo ago • 100%
I think it was easier to interact with people who made poor decision due to being illiterate on the topic because they just did the shit to themselves and that was that. Don't get the vaccine, that's fine. But now we are dealing with a world where every single person feels the need to not only speak their mind but scream it as loud as fucking possible.
What's ridiculous is that we now have concepts like "canceling" someone for something they said. That the natural result of saying something stupid or bigoted. In the past people ignored you if you were an idiot or asshole. But now that people think that others should be compelled to listen we keep having platforms for obvious nonsense to be disseminated.
jecxjo 1mo ago • 100%
See you're trying to steer the conversation
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I think this was one of the first games on PC that I saw and really wanted and never ended up playing. I gradually lost track of it and now that i have ScummVM and an emulator system i should get back to playing it.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
Back then i only had a few games but among all my friends we had a pretty good collection. As an adult playing on a retro console I've started to go through a lot of the games i never tried or didn't own and only played a few times.
While I'd say the total NES library is a majority of garbage games (publishers just figuring out how to make games, not how to make good games) I think the big thing i noticed is that the good 8bit games look and feel drastically different than the garbage ones. When you learn the history of the games then it makes sense.
The quality of the sprites, the extensive design of menus, transitions and other interactions, the storyline and dialogue. Even with only 8bits and crappy resolution the output for many of the good games actually looked and played well back then and even now. But I'd say about 90% of the NES catalog was garbage back then and still is now.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I think the difference is that in the 8bit generation yhe majority of the game were bad relative to each other. The peak of the bell curve for 8bit was between mediocre to kinda bad games.
While there are more games in later generations, it feels like the console manufacturers took more control and regulated what was published. Bad games happen now because of shitty business decisions and bad story writing. You dont see garbage being published just because you can.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
Went through the ports available on my retro handheld and saw they have all three Descent games from back in the 90s so I'm playing through all of those.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
Not that a date in a file really is valid evidence, but the point is to define when the copyright occurs. If i come back and say "well i did that same thing before you did" them it would make your copyright invalid.
If you update then you add an additional date.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I've always been amazed when i get a new "seasoned" project manager and they try to really work on making all the tracking as efficient as possible so they have tons of metrics.
...and then nothing happens. We don't look at projects and tasks and figure out which work would be best for which team members based on past experience. We don't do any sort of optimization. We just track "velocity" and our estimates on release end up more dependent on how new the tech or the concept is (not knowing what we don't know) than anything else.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I think its less about not understanding and more that these concepts only work in unrealistic scenarios that aren't real. It's the same with Agile. They never address the actual issue and try to work around them which never works.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I, as one of the ten people on the planet who writes awk scripts, noticed the most powerful text processing tool is missing.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
When you start to look deeper into the 2025 stuff you realize that so many of them will not only be impacted just as brutally as everyone on the liberal side. If you aren't the right version of Christian you aren't any different than any other religious or non religious group. If you are a woman you will lose even more rights to the point you can't vote.
They are literally supporting their own demise. In any other context that is a sign of an irrational and potentially broken mind. But in politics they are free to destroy themselves and us along with it cuz it's too much to ask for basic competency.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
They were all in the Click n Cutscene style (think they all may be ScummVM games)
- The 7th Guest / The 11th Hour
- The Tex Murphy series
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
What I'm amazed about is that ads even work at all. Especially when they are white noise. I've never once clicked on an ad to go see more about the content because I'm here to watch a video.
jecxjo 2mo ago • 100%
I had a guy come in for a test with his wife. She just studied the questions and he went the understanding route. She passed and he didn't. It was the Tech level, they just wanted something better than CB in their vehicle so there really wasn't a lot they needed to know, just pass the test and stay on frequency.
My wife wanted to order a spice rack for our kitchen that fit in the cabinet. Our current setup was just a mess so she found one on Amazon and called to me to get the tape measure out in the garage. I yelled back...grab the tailor's tape in the junk drawer. Sure enough it was sitting between the set of random keys, a new bag of neon fish bait and an assortment of 9 volt batteries. So...whatdaya got in yer junk drawer?
I have an RG353V currently running ArkOS. Works great, plugged it into my TV and looks great there too. Tried both a USB Xbox controller and PS3 controller and neither seem to be recognized (both of which I know Linux kernel models exist to support). Wanted to pick up a couple of SNES style controllers (kids mostly play Nintendo games) but wasn't sure if anyone could vouch for specific brands or models they know work on these platforms.
This just popped up in a feed of mine, looks like an interesting project bringing retro games to new consoles. I guess I'm wondering what other's think. Would you be willing to buy your old game again?
I live in Minnesota so I subscribe to the MLB.com radio plan every year. Noticed that WTMJ has lots of ads about Wrigley Field and Chicagoland businesses. Just very strange. Have I just not noticed this until the last year or so?!?
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