ProfessorProteus
@ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Virgin SNES soundchip vs Chad Genesis Soundchip 2 days ago:
That’s some pretty blatant cherry picking, but I’m sure it’s to emphasize the humor of the source video.
Putting that aside, I’ve never been a fan of the Genesis sound chip. It’s way too harsh and buzzy for my poor ears. I respect the opinion of people who love it, but I feel for the parents who had to tolerate hearing that every day.
Of course I was no better about not being annoying, especially when I would literally run around in circles while the end-of-stage music for Yoshi’s Island played on a loop.
- Comment on Oh the wonders of technology 4 weeks ago:
One of my first smartphones could do that as well. I don’t pay for streaming services and I don’t have infinite data like most people seem to have, so I dearly miss that kind of feature. The corporate overlords have decided that free is bad.
- Comment on Adobe putting spam in notification tray on Windows 1 month ago:
I haven’t had a crash happen on that screen but it takes its fucking time loading a non-paginated list of thousands of elements. And there’s no search bar IIRC. MS made this process as painful as possible and I’m convinced that that’s exactly the way they want it.
- Comment on TIL 2 months ago:
- Comment on Transportation 2 months ago:
I’m not smart enough to understand the joke, but I am dumb enough to recognize left dude’s face (or at least the mouth) from Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff.
- Comment on I tried so hard. 2 months ago:
The only thing keeping me from getting one is its toxicity to cats 😥
- Comment on Goodbye MatPat, thanks for everything 4 months ago:
Shit, now you’ve done it. Sorry, just got something in my eye 😭
- Comment on Way to stop drinking 4 months ago:
- Place in bucket
- Break bottle with hammer
- Grab your favorite silly straw
- Betray yourself
- Comment on Fun 4 months ago:
Back when I was in Boy Scouts we’d see these giant inflated turds on a lake, lovingly called “The Blob”. It was the same basic concept as this, but the goal was a more vertical trajectory, and the jump onto the blob was much higher (at least to my memory it was).
One time my dad and I decided to do The Blob, and he wanted to launch me. Guest how high a 12-year old skinny kid goes when his ~250-lbs dad jumps?
After about a week I hit the murky lake water with the side of my face and swore off that cursed slug forever.
I still think it’s a really cool concept and a great lesson on physics, even for onlookers, but you won’t catch me on one of those again. At least the horizontal one in the gif is mostly contained in walls, so the trajectory is controlled. The lake one is more or less an oblong balloon sitting on the water’s surface, and the lifeguards tell the projectile generally where to lie.
- Comment on AI will change the way we do everything. All jobs will be replaced. 6 months ago:
Man, if you wanted me to cry you could have told me my childhood dog died a second time.
- Comment on Choose wisely 6 months ago:
Whichever one has the drugs in it.
On a serious note, I’ll have any candy corn if you’re looking to get rid of it
- Comment on It's true. 6 months ago:
I’m gonna put up decorations tonight and try to come up with a snow dance
- Comment on mmmh, makes ya moist 6 months ago:
I’m all for this pickleposting movement! Gonna buy a jar of em when I get off work.
Or is that just what Big Pickle wants?
- Comment on RIP 6 months ago:
meese
- Comment on METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 | Launch Trailer 6 months ago:
Yeah it does look a little low-effort. My first thought was about the GTA trilogy debacle. But it can’t be that bad right?
Konami doesn’t deserve the money, but it’s hard to argue against accessibility, so I won’t. If someone wants to enjoy these iconic games I wouldn’t try to stop them.
- Comment on Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia 6 months ago:
He clearly has the level of self-respect required for such a dignified name. And I doubt he’s ever passed up an opportunity to make a quick buck.
- Comment on jOIN THE REVOLUTION 6 months ago:
I figured it was Bryan Cranston. If we join the revolution can he cook for us? Burgers and stuff, I mean 😉
- Comment on Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week 7 months ago:
Not to detract from your argument (I agree completely), but indie game devs not only make actual games, but they tend to pour passion into them rather than a formula.
- Comment on Microsoft expected to finally buy Activision Blizzard next week 7 months ago:
I agree that it’s probably mostly children / teens that play those games, but I’m sure a non-insignificant portion of their player base is the type of person who is A-OK with listening to nothing but pop music.
Nothing inherently wrong with that, but they are either afraid of trying something new or they aren’t interested in discovering what they may end up enjoying more than the same derivative time-wasters.
- Comment on Thanks to everyone who suggested i play Titan fall 2 7 months ago:
The first game is multiplayer-only. I had also assumed this one was too, but it has a single player story.
- Comment on Thanks to everyone who suggested i play Titan fall 2 7 months ago:
I’m gonna play this game soon, but I wouldn’t have even considered it - let alone buy it - before watching the first part of this video by tomatoanus, explaining the any% speedrun. I stopped watching before one mission that he claims is one of the best chapters of a video game he’s ever played (and the chapter itself apparently has a Wikipedia page??). I’m pretty excited to play it based on that preamble 😁
- Comment on In the U.S., what exactly are we supposed to do when an ambulance, with its sirens on, approaches from behind? 7 months ago:
I’ve never heard that you’re supposed to not stop
If memory serves, that’s what the person said. Then again, it was on reddit, so I should have immediately looked to confirm it myself instead of filing it away in the “pretty sure” drawer. Let’s not mention that I started driving maybe 17 years ago, hah. Well, lesson learned!
- Comment on In the U.S., what exactly are we supposed to do when an ambulance, with its sirens on, approaches from behind? 7 months ago:
I didn’t even think that it would vary by state (of course it does), and I should have checked my state’s law, but this community was made for a reason after all 🤷♂️
Anyway, my state says something very similar. Thanks for indirectly nudging me to do my own research!
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- Comment on Unity Claims PlayStation, Xbox & Nintendo Will Pay Its New Runtime Fee On Behalf Of Devs 7 months ago:
See: a certain owner of a (much less than) $44 billion social media company.
- Comment on PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world 8 months ago:
Fucking amen. It sucks but it’s a fact of life. LW is covering their asses like any of us would