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- Comment on How do fonts for people with dyslexia work? 1 day ago:
Others have shared the general design ethos behind fonts for people who experience dyslexia, just adding to the conversation, there is little to no evidence of their effectiveness, however:
The authors also comment that there is no harm or reason to discourage children from reading in Dyslexie, if they wish; however, a cautionary note is also voiced that, as with all controversial therapies, resources expended for Dyslexie should not “shift focus … from interventions that have been proven effective.”
(Source: International Dyslexia Association)
It likely doesn’t hurt, but dont expect a miracle cure. I personally use Atkinson Hyperlegible (Next + Mono) because I appreciate the lack of ambiguity between certain characters (Il1|O0). More for coding/technical tasks than reading.
- Comment on Question - Retro Handhelds 2 weeks ago:
1-Game-1-ROM, these are usually the cleanest ROM packs where you dont get the flood of alternative translations, revisions, modded ROMs, etc.
- Comment on Question - Retro Handhelds 2 weeks ago:
1G1R packs are easy to come by, maybe take a peek over at archive.org
I wouldn’t worry about what comes preloaded on the device, and instead focus on things like hardware/software quality, UI/UX, form factor, and compatibility with the games you’re interested in.
I’ve got an Analogue Pocket because I wanted to play a mix of physical and digital content and it’s great, but it really only plays up to GBA or so. No PS or more modern games, so there’s that potential downside.
- Comment on Dominos using AI for ads. 4 weeks ago:
Also consider the logic of how those “breadsticks?” seem to be sliced - they’re cut in strips but also someone cut off 2/3 of a strip from 2 of them and one is sideways. Like a chaotic 4 year old was in charge of slicing.
- Comment on Casino charges you 10% to get your own money back. 5 weeks ago:
Don’t go to a casino expecting to make money.
Better yet, just don’t go to a casino.
- Comment on Companies are now using your credit history, past-due accounts, browsing data, and social media accounts to figure out the absolute lowest salary you'll accept. Algorithmic wage suppression is being… 1 month ago:
I don’t get it, do I want good credit or bad credit? Should I bury my cash in the yard and default on a few payments so it looks like I need more money?
- Comment on 2048 1 month ago:
Did they? They’ve got the recipe for the max tile, but not yet the highest score of all tiles on the page.
- Comment on Do you consider GTA VI overpriced? 1 month ago:
Assuming they flood it with MTX, spyware, and unnecessary online connectivity, I value it at approx. -$100 (USD, feel free to convert that to your currency is choice.
Someone would have pay me $100 to install it, and even then I can’t promise I’d play it much.
- Comment on PSBLACKOUT (boycott of PlayStation) 2 months ago:
Damn, I thought I was leading the chunky peanut butter revolution over here.
- Comment on PSBLACKOUT (boycott of PlayStation) 2 months ago:
Because the players have grown addicted to Sony’s boot flavored meds, the withdrawals become too great after 1 week.
- Comment on I hate Android! 2 months ago:
Adding, I disabled all background access to all of the programs I don’t regularly use / expect to return to.
Only like 5 apps have any background access and they never get auto-cleared.
Between that and GOS letting me block network access to apps that really shouldn’t need it, my battery lasts for days.
- Comment on Supreme Court will review Alaska's bid to seize pilot's plane over 6-pack of beer: "This case isn't just about me" - CBS News 2 months ago:
Airplanes aren’t the only way to transport illegal goods. Is my Uber driver supposed to frisk me to check if I’m smuggling coke around town? They gonna shut down Amtrak if I try to bring a joint across state lines?
- Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital" 2 months ago:
Friendly reminder that GOG exists and has a backlog of great games that can keep you entertained for ages. If you want to put your money where your mouth us, I suggest putting it there.
Buying the hot new thing no questions asked is how we get more of the Sonys of the world.
I agree physical games are dead, but I’m sure as shit not buying digital from anyone with a history of plucking purchased shit out of people’s libraries.
- Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario 2 months ago:
IDK, it seems better to me than the alternative, being outside that cab with fire all around you.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Do you want similar games? Something old? Something new? Something borrowed? Something blue?
If you’re looking for more gather resources, craft upgrades, stealth around, climb shit games, theres the Tomb Raider reboots, or BOTW/TOTK.
Cyberpunk 2077 has the all the free roaming outfit hoarding mayhem your heart desires.
Gothic 1 Remake is hot off the presses if you’re looking for more fantasy dino fights.
If you enjoyed the reflex action combat, Expedition 33 has that in spades (but is turn-based)
There’s no shortage of good options out there.
- Comment on Half a Million Nameless Heroes: Gothic 1 Remake Sells 500,000 Copies in First Week 3 months ago:
Big fan of the original Gothic and just got a new monitor I wanted to put through its paces - picked this up earlier this week. So far it’s incredibly faithful to the original - nostalgia left and right.
It’s got some QOL improvements, but so far the most noticeable changes are lockpicking and the ore economy - both improvements IMO.
Lockpicking is harder, but putting levels into it makes it much more manageable. IDK why there is so much backlash on this one.
For the economy, gone are the days you can finance your whole lifestyle on stolen cheese - items lose value when sold in bulk to traders, making ore a little more precious.
For new players: Like the original, there’s no tutorials, enemies are difficult if you’re under-leveled. Save often and learn through experimentation.
- Comment on On an emergency power supply with AC and DC electrical plugs, which do I use to charge or power appliances? 3 months ago:
OP mentioned a 600W charger. Sure there’s no danger in plugging into a USB port but 600W of USB ports would look dumb. They also mentioned a box fan.
USB ports are fine for USB things and those provided by the charger may be slightly more efficient than using one of the AC plugs and a separate phone charger but were taking marginal gains on a tiny load that runs for a small amount of time. On a large AC battery system, the USB ports are just as likely to use an off-the-shelf AC/DC converter like most chargers as they are to use a DC/DC converter built for their operating voltage. They’re also limited in power output to whatever the battery manufacturer decided, which is probably not a lot.
A hypothetical person with infinite time, knowledge, and money, could create a whole DC ecosystem yes, but someone like OP posting for an ELI5 on the difference between AC and DC needs an AC system 99.99997% of the time. If it comes with extra USB ports, whatever, they’re fine I guess. But don’t try and run a large box fan on them.
- Comment on On an emergency power supply with AC and DC electrical plugs, which do I use to charge or power appliances? 3 months ago:
Based on the fact that you’re asking this question, it’s safe to assume pretty much everything you use is AC powered.
The “charger bricks” for some of your electronics convert AC to DC for you, but trying to bypass them “for efficiency” has a high probability of ending poorly.
Get/use AC on your backup system
- Comment on Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC 3 months ago:
I had a similar experience as a kid and decided to pick up the latest incarnation on the switch. I didn’t get as far as I would have liked, but it’s alright.
They leaned into the modern Pokémon mechanic of monsters bopping around the world on screen, which to me ironically makes the world feel more empty because the void between encounters feels enhanced as you dance around the monsters. Had to force myself into encounters with monsters I didn’t want because there’s so much less RNG.
Like Pokemon Arceus, the graphics are sparse and uninspiring, dont expect BotW-level art design. And don’t get me started on the writing. Overall it’s a meh tier game with a fun catch-em-all breed-em-all mechanic - if I had more time in the day I could probably get into it.
- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 4 months ago:
Literally any of the * Simulator games. Was just scrolling my Lemmy feed and “Car Mechanic Simulator” popped up, but there’s Farming Simulator, and Truck Driving Simulator, Power Washing Simulator, etc. etc. etc.
I can kinda maybe see the appeal of ONE of these games as a cozy break, but there’s like a dozen different ones, and they have like annual releases. Has the Simulated Car Mechanic experience really changed that much from 2015 to 2018 to 2021 to 2026 that you need a whole new game each time? None of them interest me, but the volume confuses me.
To a certain degree I feel similarly about sports games. I do more readily see the appeal of the genre, but do you really need to churn out a new full release each year? I can’t fathom why people are paying full price for a game that is 99% the same as last years version - same engine, rules, gameplay, but they updated that one teams away jersey to be the new shade of purple, kicked out the retirees and added the dozen or so notable rookies. That’s a $5 DLC, not another $60.
- Comment on LEGO Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight hacked by DenuvOwO 4 months ago:
“Your game could get downloaded 1,000,000x on a piracy platform, at $60 a pop, that’s $60M in lost revenue. Pay us $30M and we will prevent this - a bargain.”
Reality, none of those pirates would have paid full price for your game, and it’ll get cracked anyways - you just made it worse for paying customers and deterred anyone who doesn’t want to voluntarily install a rootkit virus on their computer.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 4 months ago:
Minecraft on easy mode can be a good calm game with friends, let’s you build and explore together without much pressure.
- Comment on How do I type an apostrophe and use print screen on a European Spanish keyboard? 4 months ago:
Alternative to print screen is to use whatever screen shot tool is built into your OS (Screenshot on Mac & most sane Linux distros, Snipping Tool on Windows)
- Comment on Will James Bond be on MGM+ after it leaves Netflix? 5 months ago:
do I now have to pay for MGM+ so I can watch all the movies?
Have to?… No…
- Comment on ELI5: How does Frame Generation even work? 5 months ago:
Because it’s not actually reducing any overhead. What you get it fewer high-fidelity “really” frames each second, in exchange for roughly 2x (or more) low-fidelity “fake” frames
So a 60 FPS game before may run at 100 FPS after, which is really only 50 real FPS + 50 fake FPS.
Also some of the frame generation algorithms are tied to upscaling, so textures and everything are loaded in lower res, and an algorithm guesses what’s missing.
The more you let the computer guess what’s supposed to be there the faster it runs but the less accurate it gets.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 5 months ago:
The adapter I shared has no solder except that which you put into it. It solders into place just fine with a little flux, I’ve had 0 issues in ~20 games from this.
Be sure to clean your iron tip, I had a little bit of difficulty on the first one I did because I have had the same iron tip for like 10 years. A $2 replacement made life much easier. Probably also could have just hit it with sand paper. And double-check polarity on the connection points - watch a couple of YouTube videos to confirm you’ve got +/- right. I think it’s wonky on some carts.
The ones that are soldered and often suck are the ones OP posted. Be sure to check the battery voltage before you install those ones because they use cheap batteries and duds are common.
I’ve also seen people go the cave man approach and just un-solder/pry off only the battery (from the attached “arms” that connect to the board) on old carts and just tape a new battery in place but that’s an approach for monsters and psychopaths.
I’m a bit foggy on the details but I think Pokémon Silver / Gold were a little trickier because the RTC changes the PCB layout and the battery is actually mounted on top of a chip, so space gets a little tight and you have to build a bit of a solder bridge up to the connectors.
- Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years. 5 months ago:
FYI on the next one - they make CR1616 battery holders (like this) which allow future you to swap in new batteries whenever you want without additional soldering
I figure if I’m gonna do it, may as well just do it once
Enjoy having your old games back!!
- Comment on I use way too many substitute tools. 5 months ago:
Oh I love a good bolt plug.
- Comment on In reference to kitchen wrap (aluminum, paper or plastic), do you prefer to tear up against the lid, or down against the box? 5 months ago:
Is there a built in serrated cutter? If so, use that. If not, use box, it tends to be sturdier than the lid.
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 5 months ago:
Going directly there does not count as a search - you should be fine on that count. Again, you can test for free with their 100 free searches if you’re concerned :)