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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 1 hour ago

Granted. It's... Fine. It's a fairly serviceable sandwich. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing particularly earthbreaking.

You are filled with a sense of regret. Disappointment, even. You were hoping for more, even if it was just an interesting story. But no, you spent one of your limited wishes on just a sandwich.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Does anyone know how to actually take a break at that point? Like, I know as a rational person that I shouldn't push myself to burnout due to anxiety. But I don't know how to stop my brain hyper-focusing on it. ;_:

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Going to try putting my phone in another room before bed. Doomscrolling before bed and just after waking up doesn't seem healthy.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Reminder that each boss bind can only appear once. So if you see, for example, a blind that debuffs a suit in Ante 1, then you know that suit is "safe" going forward.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe this is me just being jaded after Nintendo's fall from grace, but this is the first time I've seen a feature and wondered "why"?

If mouse control is important then just let people connect a bluetooth mouse. They're easy to get ahold of and most people can probably chuck one in their bag if they don't already have one.

Hell, if you feel the need, just make a "Switch Mouse" with a control stick on the side if you need to. No need to have one controller to rule them all.

This enables unique gameplay experiences not usually possible on a standard PC mouse setup, such as the ability to use two mice to play games.

I mean, this isn't illegal or anything. It's just so situational I've only seen it done once (World of Goo for multiplayer). Most people can't effectively use mice with their non-dominant hand anyway.

An example of this is in Drag X Drive, where the player uses a mouse in each hand and moves them forwards or back to mimic moving around in a wheelchair.

Isn't this just motion controls? The same concept could have been done with the Wii and two wiimotes. Only this time you just wear out the rubber pads on your joycon.

The addition of HD Rumble in the controllers also means players can experience force feedback while using a mouse.

... How does this even work given that a mouse is a precision instrument? Surely the rumble would just cause the mouse to shift around or become less accurate. I think there's a reason nobody has tried to put rumble in a mouse.

Overall I can see it being a nice emergency feature for if you need a mouse but don't have one on you. But the fact that they seem to be pitching it as a flagship feature feels odd to me.

Or maybe I'm just being grumpy and this ends up working well.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then instead of a subscription, you're paying for a gpu and power. Not everyone has the money for a computer, but pretty much anyone can afford a pencil and paper.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Should I play this even though I've not played the first 63 Zeldas?

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

This is blatant misinformation.

I suck at Wave Race 64 even though I've played it a lot. ;_;

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 43 points 2 weeks ago

Gender PHP extension is a port of the gender.c program originally written by Joerg Michael. The main purpose is to find out the gender of firstnames. The current database contains >40000 firstnames from 54 countries.

For anyone curious but not curious enough to go digging around.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not actually sure about that tbh. You'd need a big enough flat comfortable surface and I can't think of anything other than a bed for that. Although I wouldn't be surprised if a lizard society had dedicated "shedding tables" that could be set up when needed.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

If your views are to cause harm on others then you forfeit the right to tolerance for those views.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

No love for Rambley the Raccoon?

 

Fun little Wario-Ware like.

 

So I'm over 100 hours in and I've just reached the point where I've made it above Aquilo's orbit.

However, I wonder if I spent too much time setting up a janky interplanetary logistics system rather than just using Nauvis resources for science. Also, Gleba spiders keep eating my base.

Figured I'd ask then... How long did it take before you touched down on Aquilo in your playthrough?

 

Got sent this, and the animation is actually quite well done for how simple it is.

 

It's fun, and well worth looking at if you like smash.

 

Been playing this game a bit. Can't comment on how good it is compared to actual battlefield, but I've been having fun.

Currently in (free) beta, not sure how long they are doing their playtest for though.

 

Interesting piece of webdev solving.

 

Stumbled upon this game and had fun with the demo. Might be up some people's alley.

 

Hey all, I'm British so I don't really know the ins and outs of the US healthcare system. Apologies for asking what is probably a rather simple question.

So like most of you, I see many posts and gofundmes about people having astronomically high medical bills. Most recently, someone having a $27k bill even after his death.

However, I have an American friend who is quick to point out that apparently nobody actually pays those bills. They're just some elaborate dance between insurance companies and hospitals. If you don't have insurance, the cost is lower or removed entirely. Supposedly.

So I'm just asking... How accurate is that? Consider someone without insurance, a minor physical ailment, a neurodivergent mind and no interest in fighting off harassing people for the rest of their life.

How much would such a person expect to pay, out of their own pocket, for things like check ups, x rays, meds, counselling and so on?

 

I recently played through a demo for a game called Pinball Spire on steam, and it put me in the mood for playing pinball games. Unfortunately, and I don't know if this is just due to me having bad google-foo, there don't seem to be that many on Steam that catch my interest.

So figured I may as well make a thread asking about what the "state of the art" of pinball video games is. Some of the ones I've played:

  • Sonic Spinball: Very janky, but very unique and I don't think I've seen anyone try to do anything similar to it.
  • Pokémon Pinball and Sonic Pinball Party: Fairly standard pinball games, tbh. They're both on handhelds so they can't do that much.
  • Demon's Tilt and Xenotilt: Just really fun feeling arcade pinball games with a really fun tilt mechanic.

So yeah, know any good PC or console pinball games?

Oh, and can someone help me: I vaguely remember seeing a stream of a pinball game for the Mega Drive/SNES where the ball goes through multiple tables. Does anyone know what that game was called, if it even exists?

 

So https://meow.social/@TwilightSaint/112810490753805813 popped up in my feed and I had to find the full version. Sharing here because it's really nice.

 

Hydration is important.

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