taiyang
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- Comment on Behold 1 day ago:
Sometimes the alt text makes the image even better. I saw one from Shen comics the other day that went above and beyond on that alt text.
- Comment on Protip: 3 days ago:
There is an actual belief out there that your feet get some sort of power by connecting to mother nature barefoot. It’s insane woo nonsense, but that meme lifehack literally would be something they might do, lol
- Comment on *pat pat pat* 3 days ago:
That’s the expression of a man who just had a random naked encounter with an albatross. It’s a mix of befuddlement and wonder.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
I hadn’t even thought about it until you brought it up. Kind of disappointed in people jumping on this like flies on shit but like… it’s 2025, so bigger things to be upset about.
In any case, apples and oranges. And PSA, if you need a Switch 2, grab em on the rebound. There’ll be used ones, likely hackable in 6 months and none of that goes to Nintendo. Don’t forget what their legal department has done in the past few years.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked in 48 Hours — But Here’s Why It’s Just the Beginning 6 days ago:
Piracy and emulation is inevitable, although we’ll see if it’s months or years. I’m boycotting Nintendo over their legal practices, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to play their games. It’ll be extra juicy to be able to emulate it eventually, although buying used is technically an option too.
- Comment on the cake is a lie 6 days ago:
I mean, they still do (especially with rats). But yeah, blinding kittens and giving people PTSD and such was pretty bad.
- Comment on game has multiple factions fighting each other 1 week ago:
Oh right. Like #368 on list of reasons to hate the South, though.
- Comment on I don't really need it but it makes me feel better about myself 1 week ago:
Oh please, just tuck it into your sock like the rest of us.
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 1 week ago:
I’ve been using Launchbox, especially since I play emulator games. They’ve improved the efficiency of large libraries and added support for RetroAchievements, although I manually toggle completion status since I don’t always use it to launch my games so the time tracker isn’t accurate.
More importantly it let’s me hit randomize, so if I’m feeling adventurous it’ll pull a game from my backlog I might have got from anywhere.
- Comment on I always hope for a horsey 1 week ago:
Free to play players can at least restart their account until they get at least one 5* Queen, but even then it’s hard to beat the whales.
- Comment on Om nom 2 weeks ago:
Jokes on Om Nom, Rule 34 exists.
- Comment on That's me 2 weeks ago:
Given I’ve got Pokemon themed decorative towels, the blood really adds a certain feel to it.
- Comment on Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop. 3 weeks ago:
Nah, academics love their publication biases.
Wait, I mean journal publishers. Publishers love their publication biases.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Always hate when it suddenly tries to collapse on ya when you’re in the tub.
- Comment on The Very Hungry Kittypillar 3 weeks ago:
What I’m hearing is we should joke about alimony and suicide? Dark.
I’m kidding! You’re right, although I want to add that I’ve even heard the worm thing as a reason for his bad decisions, etc… Cover there, too, as plenty of people with no brain damage make terrible choices and have horrible anti-science views.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I mean, it’s actually healthier to an economy to keep the well trained immigrants but you know how racist af people are. These aren’t just professionals, they’re pre-wealthy professionals and often have seed money to lead start-ups, lol
But racism and xenophobia are self destructive.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Having actually worked in academia, though, this actually does have a kind of fucked up capitalist answer (and it really isn’t merit) which is most true in public universities more so than Harvard: international students pay more. A lot more, in fact… so much so that my alma mater of UCLA has marketing campaigns in places like China.
As others point out, though, this isn’t zero-sum. More money theoretically means more subsidized US students (and more seats in general). At UCLA, this is especially true since any Californian making less than a certain amount can pretty much get a free ride (and even if not that, highly discounted tuition). I myself being a beneficiary of that, too, btw.
Now, private schools on the other hand, they probably pocket that cash. USC being my most local example, but I bet Harvard does the pay to win shit, too. I think it’s correct to take issue with how they operate, but MAGA is misleading people as they always do in any form of class warfare.
- Comment on Square Enix considered ending Final Fantasy 11 in 2024, but player interest was high enough to keep it alive even after 20+ years 4 weeks ago:
Same, but given the time sink I’d like an abridged experience. I heard they doing that with DQX so why not FFXI?
- Comment on Damn 4 weeks ago:
The Subway training videos have gotten pretty weird, it seems.
- Comment on I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store? 4 weeks ago:
Couple other things to add to this beautiful list others have: meta gaming and chat.
They barely added achievements and only for a couple games, while steam has that, guides, community art, and even a newish notes feature in case you’re playing an OG game that makes you track stuff. Guides have kind of been better than more traditional sources.
Chat is… better on steam, although discord kind of supplanted it. Game based emoji, stickers, etc. It’s actually very good, though, with support for couch coop stream gaming, etc, with voice comms.
One could also point to the generous family sharing function, but I’m not sure what Epic does in that regard. DRM is DRM though. Do keep in mind, though, the philosophy behind Steam is to make DRM palatable by adding features. Epic philosophy (on paper) is to give devs a higher cut, although I’ve heard devs feel more supported by steam-- especially since they aren’t afraid to throw obscure indie games into a users discovery queue.
- Comment on Oh god 5 weeks ago:
Idk how to interpret this when I read it while laying on my right side. What’s on my left… the sun?
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 5 weeks ago:
A steam deck lite would probably dominate, lol
- Comment on Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy 5 weeks ago:
At this point I want Switch 2 to flop so hard they go the way of the Sega and start licensing their IPs on other platforms, giving up on consoles. A shame, too, since their tech is little kid hand friendly and the PC market doesn’t seem keen on tiny screen handhelds.
- Comment on You could get anything you wanted and it was FREE 1 month ago:
Funny how, despite corporate trying it’s hardest to kill it, we’ve only managed to get better, more organized and safer with file sharing (and perhaps because of them, in many ways).
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 1 month ago:
Reminds me that Nintendo had help lines you could call for stuff like Zelda secrets, and they may have intentionally added things like secret caves to incentivize that lucrative service.
- Comment on Tiramisuitcase 1 month ago:
To be fair, Tiramisu should be America’s favorite dessert.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 1 month ago:
You want the absolute “guide damn it” example? Try playing the OG Dragon Quest games. They’re nonlinear by nature and there’s a spot in 2 (or was it 3) where you need to literally check an unmarked floor for an item. No indicator, save maybe a vague NPC dialogue in another part of the planet that didn’t get adequately translated in English so you’re truly aimless.
- Comment on 8BitDo no longer shipping to US from China due to Trump tariffs 1 month ago:
Ugh. I hate this timeline.
My 8bitdo story, back when they’re we’re just starting to put joysticks on their SNES style controllers, I used mine to the point that the joysticks were falling apart. I sent them a support email, and even though it wasn’t covered by any warranty or anything, a very nice Chinese person working there sent me a spare set of joysticks in the mail, plus words of encouragement (in somewhat broken English) since I wasn’t shy about fixing the thing myself.
Can’t imagine that today, but it was a nice gesture and I’m glad they’re still making stuff today.
- Comment on Academic email signatures 1 month ago:
I mean, or murder the ones who won’t have a tea party with me.
- Comment on Academic email signatures 1 month ago:
I use Dr. and make a point to, but only because it reminds me of a character from TV which tickles my funny bone.
That, and I tell them “Just Professor is fine, too, it makes me feel like I’m in Fire Emblem Three Houses.”