atomicbocks

@atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have one at home⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the Xbox was built in secret while Microsoft and Sega collaborated on the Dreamcast. It’s actually somewhat compatible with Dreamcast games but MS never wanted to allow that feature.

  Also the Duke is the only comfortable controller I have ever used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s weird, there is a long history of these kinds of games getting a console release going all the way back to SimCity for Super Nintendo. IIRC it could optionally use the Mario Paint mouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They have always been this way:

  Although Sony ultimately did not win any of its lawsuits against them, Bleem! had to shut down when the huge court costs became too much for the small company to handle. Bleem! shut down in November 2001…

  Source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK union accuses GTA maker Rockstar Games of firing employees attempting to organise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like it was a brand new account too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what problems that would lead to. Lenovo is a big part of the reason I think it’s Motorola.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still think it’s Motorola.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s only the Cavendish, there are other varieties of banana. I was recently in Hawai’i and got to try an Apple Banana that had been grown there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I ain't risking shit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t contact Apple to get an official screen replacement for your phone it will automatically disable FaceID among other features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who haunts your home?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is cool but it shows where tribes are now, not where they were before removal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just for clarification the Wii, Wii U, 360, and PS3 all used the Cell Broadband Engine which is a PowerPC derivative. The original PowerPC was made by the AIM Alliance which stands for Apple, IBM, Motorola. Apple and Motorola had a long history of collaboration as all Apple machines had used Motorola processors up to that point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want to avoid AI gen on Steam? This browser userscript might save your day⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d rather play an ugly game with crappy art made by a human. I genuinely don’t understand this “but it isn’t pretty” mentality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fucking math...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because elevators use counter weights usually equal to the weight of the car and half the occupancy load so that it takes less energy to lift it and if it falls for any reason it won’t hit the bottom as long as the counter weights are still attached. The occupancy load is determined by the counter weighting system not the cable load capacity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they not have soles? It looks like you can see through to the top on the first picture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon advertises DRM-free ebooks that have restrictive DRM 🤦⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dell and other companies are now using Amazon’s RTOS for their firmware. You could cut every Amazon branded device out of your life and still be giving them money just by buying a laptop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember the past⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just never with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinions on Jurassic Park as a Zoo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Lost World (the second movie) is also based on a book by Michael Crichton [pronounced cry-ton], but it diverges from the book even more than the first movie.

  It’s worth a read, as is Disclosure by the same author (pretty much all of his books are good).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missing banana for scale.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, it’s not a real photograph. It says so in the photograph.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Missing banana for scale.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s super cool that we can still see it even though the photograph isn’t real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As would I. There is an existing line from Kansas City to Tulsa to OKC that has been talked about being opened for passengers for a couple decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fucking MythBusters did an episode on that like 20 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wobble wobble⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure about the more classic devices but a lot of game controllers and phones these days use linear motors or similar piezoelectric devices for vibration. For instance Apple’s “Taptic Engine”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ripperonis⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cotard’s Syndrome is close to that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Borderlands 4 Patch Due Out Today, PC Performance 'Our Top Priority,' Gearbox Says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they do think that though. Companies seem to have realized they can make more money with less sales by pricing the lowest bidding consumer group out of the market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 1,000 ‘worker over billionaire’ actions planned for Labor Day in US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is at least one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have time to visit the hospital right now so why don’t you check it the separate Wikipedia articles yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t being pedantic, It’s an important distinction. You don’t have to think so though, you don’t have to be rude about other people’s opinions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not the Internet, the World Wide Web. But yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Often yes, but not always.

  And, bonus HP douche.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every dam time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody wants to advertise that they don’t support the latest and greatest tech. Also regulatory capture to an extent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every dam time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the US HD and even some SD OTA (antenna) channels are usually broadcast in at least 5.1 Dolby Digital and the upcoming ATSC standard update will allow 7.1 and Atmos broadcasts. This is also true for most streaming services, DVDs, Blu-ray’s, and even some VHSs and video games going all the way back to the N64 (Dolby ProLogic).

  That people are watching (or listening to in this case) that kind of signal on a basic TV is the issue being described.