DigDoug
@DigDoug@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why is amperage more "obscure" than voltage (or watts)? 2 days ago:
While constant current sources exist, they’re very uncommon. A battery’s voltage is constant (or at least we consider it so), but the current it can supply is dependent on the load. In general, we consider current to be a result of voltage, to the extent that some teachers prefer that Ohm’s Law be written as I = V/R (rather than V=IR) to show this relationship more clearly (where I is current, V is voltage and R is resistance).
- Comment on Rayman 30th anniversary has save data bug and Ubisoft support says post launch support has ended 3 days ago:
It’s clearly a feature - the inability to save just enhances Rayman’s incredibly brutal difficulty.
- Comment on Why is no news channel reporting on the school shooting in Canada? 5 days ago:
…the same news that apparently isn’t reporting on it?
- Comment on > MFW wake up in a strange place in a puddle of my own piss 6 days ago:
As far as I know, they don’t - I have tried reading OP’s comment about 5 times and I have no idea what they’re talking about.
- Comment on > MFW wake up in a strange place in a puddle of my own piss 6 days ago:
Big LEGO for toddlers
- Comment on Why is no news channel reporting on the school shooting in Canada? 6 days ago:
…if it wasn’t reported on, how did you hear about it in the first place?
- Comment on Do you ever feel guilty for trying to sign up for government assistance programs? 6 days ago:
That’s what your tax dollars are for.
Take your entitlements - you’re entitled to them.
- Comment on Advertisements 6 days ago:
True.
- Comment on Advertisements 1 week ago:
Ads are one of the biggest vectors for malware. Even if the main reason you’re blocking them is just because they’re annoying, it’s one of the best things you can do for online safety. Also, the reason tech companies are collecting every single piece of data they can about you is to serve you more targeted ads - if every ad was blocked, data brokers would have no reason to exist.
If you’re running an OPNSense or PFSense router, put Adguard on it. If you’ve got a Raspberry Pi lying around, install Pihole on it. Stop using Chrome and install UBlock Origin on your new browser. Do your small part to make the internet a safer place, and get shown less advertising to boot.
- Comment on TIL about Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream 1 week ago:
Make sure to check out EarlyBird’s other videos - she makes some great stuff.
- Comment on To demonstrate that people will argue about anything, here's a picture of a ladybug. 1 week ago:
“I’m sorry, is this a 5-minute argument or the full half-hour?”
- Comment on You can either get away with everything, or you can't 1 week ago:
This isn’t really relevant to the meme, but I thought I’d say this for those who need to hear it.
The middle class is made up. You either work for a living or own things for a living.
- Comment on I'd be so good at that 1 week ago:
I’m so tired of manually giving all these women orgasms, I’m going to invent a machine to do it for me.
- Comment on Apprehensive 4 weeks ago:
Might as well die doing what you love.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 5 weeks ago:
You mean to tell me that the kind of people who didn’t have to buy one at launch aren’t convinced by a library consisting almost entirely of: games they already own on Switch 1, games available for less money on other platforms, DK Bananza, and MK World?
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 2 months ago:
Aria of Sorrow
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 3 months ago:
Side quests are the way to go, the main campaign is not super rewarding
The worst part is that you’re forced to spend at least 1/3 of your time playing grinding out the main campaign. Then you are highly incentivised to spend another 1/3 of your time not playing due to the rest mechanic. That only leaves 1/3 of your time in game for any other tasks, including extra preparation for the main quest. Not to mention the fatigue system which often leaves you unable to do side quests when you have the opportunity.
I’m glad I didn’t get any of the classes with extra lives, to be honest.
- Comment on What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype? 3 months ago:
Luigi’s Mansion 3. At least if you consider 6 years ago recent. It got some really good reviews at the time, and it honestly makes me wonder if we were playing the same game.
I only persisted with the game because it was a birthday gift (and due to the sunk cost fallacy, I suppose), but I think it might be the game I’ve completed that I enjoyed the least. It looks nice, and some of the boss ghost encounters were charming, but the gameplay itself was fairly monotonous since they simplified the ghost catching mechanics from LM1 (I didn’t really play LM2, since it was on 3DS). Gooigi would have been a decent addition, but his puzzles generally just didn’t feel very fleshed out. It felt like they were either “I need two vacuums” or “I can’t fit through this grate”.
Also, I think Nintendo took the criticism that the first game was too short well and truly to heart, because LM3 might be the most filler-stuffed game I’ve ever played. Half the time when you get an elevator button, you get screwed over in some way and have to find it again. And don’t get me started on fucking Poulterkitty, when that little bastard showed up for the second time I legitimately thought about quitting the game there and then. The final boss was awful, too, which left an even more bitter taste in my mouth.
Luigi’s Mansion 3 might be the only game I’ve ever played where I thought “Thank god I don’t have to play that anymore” once I finished it.
- Comment on What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you? 3 months ago:
The worst part is, in Super Mario 3D Land, at least, if you even see the invincible leaf, it locks you out of getting all the stars on your save file. The game doesn’t even have the courtesy to tell you.
- Comment on What's your favorite case of a game making fun of you? 3 months ago:
It’s really annoying when you’re dying to instant death pits so changing the difficulty wouldn’t help, though. I’m looking at you, God of War.
- Comment on Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research 5 months ago:
It’s almost like sex is a natural part of human existence and it being taboo really fucks up a lot of people.
- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 5 months ago:
Unless it’s an HD one, there’s no input buffer so it’s impossible for a CRT to have more than a frame of input lag. And the console needs a frame to notice your input anyway.
- Comment on Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency? 5 months ago:
There are only a few reasons I can surmise that this would be the case:
CRTs don’t add any input lag
There’s no extra latency from being connected to the internet
There’s no latency from bluetooth/wireless on the controller
Because most older games are extremely badly optimised by today’s standards. The original Metroid slows to an absolute crawl when there’s more than about 4 sprites on the screen; the dragon boss in Mega Man (2, I think) was such a laggy, slippery mess that I gave up trying to beat the game; Ocarina of Time runs at 20FPS (worse if you’re in a PAL territory like I am), and that’s one of the better playing N64 games.
I think you’re either noticing one of these extra sources of delay, or you’re blinded by nostalgia.
- Comment on Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy. 7 months ago:
Any game featuring any sort of animal, including people, is evidence that sex occurred. We should ban those too.
- Comment on Why do people like Mario Kart? 8 months ago:
I remember when I first bought my Gamecube… I had to sign an agreement that I would never play a non-Nintendo property again. “How could they ever enforce this?” I thought. Little did I know that the next day, the Sony SWAT Team would be bursting into my house to extract my Playstation. It was absolutely terrifying.
I haven’t played a single non-Nintendo game since.
- Comment on The only way to be 9 months ago:
Governments could easily get Ancaps on board by renaming themselves to Government, Inc.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 9 months ago:
“Nintendo may render…the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part.”
This isn’t just a warning from Nintendo that you risk bricking your console if you try to hack it.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 9 months ago:
If Nintendo has the power to brick your console, then do you truly own it?
This sort of shit needs to be illegal.
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 10 months ago:
and its not linux or mac
Except there’s already a Mac version of GOG Galaxy.
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 10 months ago:
I like what GOG do, but gating features, even niche ones, behind a subscription sounds like the first step towards enshittification.
Also, I’m sure as hell not giving them extra money until they fix their platform on Linux/Steam Deck.