graymess

@graymess@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 cartridge format leaked via patent⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This kind of thing didn’t used to bother me at all before it very much bothered me and now I’m somewhere in the middle. I think cartridges/discs for consoles should not require an Internet connection to play them. That said, this isn’t the PS2 era anymore. Many games release with patches day 1 and most will have at least some updates post launch. A lot of games kept offline end up missing out on a ton. Keeping a physical copy of a game is only preserving a portion of the game for a future without the servers to supply the final version, which is my main concern when it comes to physical vs digital media. We still have to rely on hacked consoles running custom firmware or emulation to properly preserve games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨viruses⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The rare xkcd I find charming and relatable rather than charming and arcane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Images leak of Valve's next game, and it's an Overwatch-style hero shooter⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit, I forgot about Artifact lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon makes money⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Alternatively, run over with car. You can commit any crime while in a car and get away with it. It’s the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voyager 1⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there a Voyager 1, uh…emulator or something? Like something NASA would use to test the new programming on before hitting send?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germans: what genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with much of what you’re saying, as well. With Israel holding all the cards, I just find it worrying that Gaza would be forced to give up its one and only leverage. We’ve already seen that Israel does not care if hostages are involved when attacking a location. It’s hard to imagine how much more aggressive they will be when the risk of Israeli collateral damage is removed from the equation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germans: what genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a misleading headline, whether deliberate or not. Read the context of the resolution. It was a highly conditional ceasefire proposal that would require Gaza to give up all hostages while Israel would be permitted to continue controlling the region. Not immediate and clearly untenable for Palestinians. The US submitted the proposal knowing it would not pass just so they can act like they’re trying to negotiate peace, only being shot down by the usual bad guys. It’s a propaganda tactic and it’s clearly working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germans: what genocide?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, the US resolution was distinctly bullshit and did not call for an immediate ceasefire. The previous resolutions that the US vetoed did. Let’s not pretend the US proposed this version of a resolution out of humanitarian interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm deaf⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Schools don’t use these balls anymore?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rumored Nintendo Switch Flash Cart Video Shows Multiple Games on a Single Cart⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on what I know of the Switch homebrew scene, I cannot fathom how this would work. Any ideas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love purple.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed except Science is blue and Writing is Purple per Civ rules. Also, what the fuck are we talking about?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a film whose trailer alone presaged its success?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The trailer was so effective, the studio literally had the trailer agency re-cut the film. As a trailer editor, this possibility horrifies me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a film whose trailer alone presaged its success?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Even though they’re much less commonly used and to a subtler degree than Inception, the “braaam” is now an entire category of movie trailer sound design and is found in virtually every library of cues that trailer houses edit with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snapchat's new avatar design⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Miitomo was the best social media platform ever conceived. The world just wasn’t ready for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything to keep disguise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You have a fundamental misunderstood of transit activists if you think that’s what they want. The meaning behind Fuck Cars is that we have harmed and destroyed so much of the world, our cities, our cultures, and our quality of life for the sole benefit of the private car industry. Obviously trucks have their uses in agriculture, construction, etc., but they have no business being driven through heavily populated neighborhoods. Cars should be a tiny fraction of the world’s modes of transport and instead it’s often the first and only option.