BoxOfFeet
@BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
- Comment on crypto investment 1 day ago:
Spending every dime, for a wonderful time!
- Comment on crypto investment 1 day ago:
Taco, you say?
- Comment on Everything is a problem 3 days ago:
Yes, but that’s pretty miniscule compared to booting any of the linux based retro handhelds. An Bernice, Powkiddy, R36S, they all have like a 30-40 second boot time.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 3 days ago:
It’s completely comparable in this circumstance. They are performing similar functions, playing handheld games. My R36S is a pretty impressive little device, and it performs excellently at playing games. But using it is much more complicated and longer than popping a game in a gameboy.
Gameboy: insert game, turn on, play, turn off. R36S: turn on, 30-40 second boot time, locate game, play, exit emulator, shut down, 10 second shutdown time.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 3 days ago:
I helped my dad install a new dumb thermostat last winter. We just had to drill a couple of new holes to mount it, and moved the wires over. Boom,there was heat again. I thought about how much of a pain in the ass it was to get my Ecobee working, and how refreshing it was to just have something work immediately.
It’s a very similar feeling to playing my GameBoy Color again after messing around with retro gaming linux handhelds. You just turn it on and play, then just turn it off. No boot sequences, no emulator settings to tweak. No SD card corruption that ruins your game library. Just on and off.
- Comment on I require nothing more 2 weeks ago:
I need three desks. Modern PC desk, retro PC desk, and a soldering desk. Otherwise, perfect.
- Comment on Listen here, Little Dicky 3 weeks ago:
To demonstrate the power of flex seal, I SAWED THIS CHICKEN IN HALF!
- Comment on Listen here, Little Dicky 3 weeks ago:
What is Phil Swift going to do with that chicken?
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 4 weeks ago:
This reminds me for some reason about the time I found a half-full can of vintage rat poison at an antique store. It was basically entirely arsenic.
- Comment on Dots! 4 weeks ago:
Why the pelvis specifically? How did it get there? What were you doing with it?
- Comment on But Ma Couch! 4 weeks ago:
You could tell me that was somebody from the 1980’s WWF and I’d totally believe you. Like, a cross between Captain Lou and Tugboat.
- Comment on But Ma Couch! 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on But Ma Couch! 4 weeks ago:
Why is it 8-bit style pixilated like it’s being censored?
- Comment on What the fuck 5 weeks ago:
Loss will never not be funny.
- Comment on We live in a society or smth 5 weeks ago:
Haven’t seen her show, but as somebody technically in the UMC with a lot of shit to get rid of, I can understand them wanting to appeal to that market.
- Comment on Pooping with friends 2 months ago:
I lock the door even when I’m home alone. I dont want any dogs, or toddlers, or even my wife in there. I’ll go down to the basement, even. To the Shit Dungeon, my sanctuary.
- Comment on Fax machine 2 months ago:
This makes me think of this clip of Mr. Girl where he sits his girlfriend down and tells her that her orgasm isn’t his responsibility, and goes on to express that he just cares about himself getting off, and pretty sure he said it would be better if she just laid there and didn’t make any noise.
This guy operates on a level of sarcasm that is so constant and extreme, I can’t tell what he’s serious about and what is some type of social commentary. A lot of things he says are so creepy and offensive, it’s just safer to avoid him altogether.
- Comment on Boys and beans and... 2 months ago:
Looks a lot like my wardrobe, even the Chucks. Can’t quite find a cut like that anymore, but I love that wash. And, honestly, I like it when they get tattered by the heel.
- Comment on Comment your strangest/dumbest cursed images that you find funny for no reason 2 months ago:
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 2 months ago:
Oh, that sounds like a fun project! Going to post it to Lemmy when you’re done? I’m not familiar with proxmox. I see it’s based on Debian, is it basically an os specifically for running vm instances or something?
I like the look of that generation Optiplex. My current main PC is a slightly upgraded XPS 8930, which is IMO one of the ugliest Dell cases. And the airflow has been a terrible challenge. But since it’s not a standard board, I can’t just pop it in a better case. And there’s no way im buying a new mobo for an LGA 1151. So, I’m stuck until I build something new.
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 2 months ago:
June 13th, 2022. 7:13pm. If that’s the last one I burn, I will at least know when. It was Windows XP Media Center 2005, for my fleamarket Dell Demension E510. Well, more accurately, an E310 with a E510 motherboard.
- Comment on Anyone? 2 months ago:
No! Never! What the hell causes that? Is it a dry skin thing? Looks painful and disturbing.
- Comment on Resistance is futile 2 months ago:
My wife INSISTS we have a printer, in case she ever wants to print anything. She never does. It has a scanner. Admittedly, a very nice one. I use the scanner every year at tax time. I suggested we get another smaller, lighter scanner. She says we don’t need two scanners. So, for the last 5 years, I have had to lug this 25.7lb behemoth out of the basement to scan like, 6 things, and take it back downstairs. That is all we use it for.
- Comment on Squint your eyes 👀 2 months ago:
The N and D cats in send look pretty messed up
- Comment on Anon uses Windows 2 months ago:
I’ve been using Mint since November. Love it. It’s made using my PC new and fun again. There are only two things I cannot figure out yet, and that’s putting roms on my PS2 hard drive, and connecting my TI-86 calculator. Luckily, those are both things I can do on my XP machine.
- Comment on Forever Skies 1.0 out now 3 months ago:
Yeah, you’re right it is pretty linear. Astroneer is fantastic regarding freedom, I totally agree. And I love that it doesn’t have the food and water requirements, just air. That really lets you focus more on the exploration. Haven’t played the other two you mentioned. I’d definitely say Forever Skies is a casual game. If I weren’t playing that at night, I’d probably be playing Boggle Plus or Dr. Mario on the GameBoy. If I had the time (not at 11pm) to really get into a game where I cared about story or interesting mechanics, I would be playing something better. I could finally finish F.E.A.R., after 20 years. Or start MechWarrior 5.
- Comment on Can't understand why they fired me 3 months ago:
I’ll be honest and admit that I’ve done that once or twice. It was a Friday, and I went to lunch with a coworker at a pub nearby. He got a lunch beer, so I decided to get a lunch beer. Saw they had Dragonmead Final Absolution on tap, which is one of my favorite beers of all time. Usually, you get it in like, 10oz glasses, its 10% ABV. But the waitress asked if I wanted a short or a tall! I don’t think she was familiar with it. I couldn’t pass up an opportunity like that, so I got a tall. Nursed it throughout lunch. After we paid the bill, I pounded the rest of the 20oz glass. Got back to work, and started feeling it as soon as I put the car in park. It was all I could do not to take a George Costanza style desk nap. Nothing productive was done the rest of the afternoon.
I had a coworker at a different job come to a 1pm meeting and sit next to me, completely reeking of booze. He tried to contribute something, and when he got up to point at something he just stumbled and fell right into the projector screen then onto the floor. My boss asked me later if I noticed anything off about him in there, and I just said it looked like he lost his balance pretty bad, hope he’s OK. Pretty sure he was going through some personal issues at the time, because I never saw him do anything like that again.
- Comment on Forever Skies 1.0 out now 3 months ago:
I love it. I only have 32 hours into it so far, but I keep coming back to it more and more. Really, just because it’s so chill. The survival aspect of it is so easy. Catch some fat dust moths, cook, and freeze. Tanks of water ready to be purified at any time. So really, it’s just a chill game where you float around and collect stuff to build a better ship. I play it for acouple hours late at night after my wife and kid are asleep to unwind. It’s not a game that takes a lot of skill or concentration, it’s just relaxing. And when I’m in my glass walled bedroom, ship swaying back and forth in a storm, I’d say it’s downright cozy. Float around, find blueprints for a new chair or lamp, call it a night.
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 3 months ago:
$602.41 for 50 games in 18.4 years. Cost at today’s prices: $698. I’d say that’s a win.
2,095 hours. 72% of games played. Guess I need to get to work.
I wish I could track my pre-steam numbers. Id be interested to see how much time I put into Mechwarrior 3, or Rollercoaster Tycoon, or Unreal Tournament.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 3 months ago:
Just wash it down with some orange Fanta.
