FooBarrington
@FooBarrington@lemmy.world
- Comment on When THIS happened it was so annoying 5 days ago:
I mean, when you put it like that
- Comment on Great guy 6 days ago:
What about a good sturgeon?
- Comment on uhhh 6 days ago:
Skong: Sea of Sorrows when??
- Comment on Christmas Animals 6 days ago:
If ranting about cultural associations of animals makes me autistic, I don’t want to be autistic!
- Comment on Is this the future that transhumanists want? 1 week ago:
Hubba hubba!
- Comment on 50/50 chance this is a shit post 1 week ago:
Aw, so no hamster?
- Comment on and i took that purrsonally 1 week ago:
My neighbors have a Maine Coon, that dude is already pretty big. And I think cheetahs are almost the same size. So I’ll go ahead and assume you’re a giant.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow Teaser 1 week ago:
FUCK YES! I was so bummed that Pharloom Bay and the Lifeblood Spire were cut, looks like we’ll be getting all that & more!
- Comment on What are your gaming highlights of 2025? 1 week ago:
Then I’ll hold off on adding even more to the pile, but I can definitely recommend Lies of P.
Oh man, brace yourself! Dispatch is amazing. Came out of nowhere for me, and blew me away!
- Comment on Lol, lmao even. 1 week ago:
No no. “Ph.D.” stands for “Phillip Dick”, an old drinking pal of Sam Altman. According to some interviews, you can ask him pretty much anything and get a response.
- Comment on What are your gaming highlights of 2025? 1 week ago:
Silksong - I had hyped myself up way too much, yet it still delivered. Absolute masterpiece.
Dispatch - I finally understand why people enjoyed Telltale games so much. The writing is great, the characters are interesting, just all around a great experience.
Lies of P - Overture - I finally finished Lies of P & played Overture a few weeks back, after dropping off the game twice in the last years. Wow, that was great! And honestly more emotional than I’d expected.
- Comment on What are your gaming highlights of 2025? 1 week ago:
I don’t wanna hype you up too much - but I’d been looking forward to playing Silksong almost since it was announced and had very high expectations, and it did not disappoint!
- Comment on Anon is a linguist 1 week ago:
But the dog can fail to walk before he ever walked, so you’re not describing him walking, you’re telling him to start walking.
- Comment on The shop app says my package will arrive tomorrow but it hasn't even moved from its start point in Hong Kong yet 1 week ago:
Although a funny idea, this could never work.
Now, if it was a trebuchet…
- Comment on Does this count? 1 week ago:
Are you talking about 30cm traffic cones? Unfortunately I don’t ever see them used since they’re not allowed for any real work. The smallest I can try are 50cm, but that’s pretty big already.
- Comment on Why do some Men think all dish washing should be done by their GF or wife? Their help is really appreciated 1 week ago:
Literally Hitler
- Comment on Does this count? 1 week ago:
That’s kinda what I pictured. I’ll have to try them one day!
- Comment on Does this count? 1 week ago:
Imma have to ask. Why are these talked about so badly?
I’ve never seen them in real life, so I have no idea if they actually taste bad.
- Comment on How customer service jobs be 2 weeks ago:
The worse the pun, the better the food!
- Comment on Its all over 3 weeks ago:
Like those nuclear mantis shrimp detonations? That makes a lot of sense
- Comment on behold, the I don't care cube 3 weeks ago:
Door-Kun!
- Comment on Perfect size for brats 3 weeks ago:
I see where the confusion is.
“Brat” can also refer to adults.
- Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support 3 weeks ago:
First, it’s not true that there’s no protection - various anti-cheat solutions do support Linux.
Second, “strong” solutions still let through cheaters, because client-side anti cheat is an inherently unwinnable cat-and-mouse game. It’s better for everyone to block kernel-level AC and instead force better backend solutions.
- Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support 4 weeks ago:
Not sure I understand - games with kernel-level anti cheat also still have cheaters.
- Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support 4 weeks ago:
Currently kernel-level anti cheat isn’t available for Linux, so games that are released with multiplayer support don’t require it (e.g. games that enable Linux support in EAC).
If kernel-level anti cheat is supported by Valve, many of those games will start requiring it. So if you don’t want kernel stuff, there’s a real chance this development will reduce the number of available games in the future.
- Comment on Gaming Pet Peeves 4 weeks ago:
Fixed save points in general.
To be fair, non-fixed savepoints introduce a bunch of additional work, especially on the gameplay design and testing sides, and for some games that work is better invested into other aspects of the game.
But if savepoints are fixed, they have to be frequent enough to not become an issue.
- Comment on Not the time, Marilyn 5 weeks ago:
Wait. Did Vince Gilligan add that one awkward scene (with Skyler doing the thing from the meme) to secretly imply that Marilyn Monroe ordered the hit on JFK?
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 1 month ago:
Wow. Just… wow. A huge number of people all over the world struggle with addictions and go as far as committing suicide without ever seeking help due to the shame & prejudices associated with them, and your response is “those people are morons”.
Wow.
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 1 month ago:
How do you know it came on suddenly? The article says:
Within two years of beginning to take the drug the married father-of-two says he developed an uncontrollable passion for gay sex and gambling - at one point even selling his children’s toys to fund his addiction.
“Within two years” implies that it developed over this time frame. That’s anything but sudden, especially since it most likely started off with sporadic impulses and got more intense over time - how addictions usually go.
- Comment on Parkinson's sufferer wins six figure payout from GlaxoSmithKline over drug that turned him into a 'gay sex and gambling addict' 1 month ago:
Do you really think the average person would think “oh, surely there’s a straightforward medical explanation” instead of being ashamed & hiding the issue? Especially if they weren’t informed of this being a side effect of their medication?