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  1. I hope 2025 is as exciting as 2024 was

    Tuesday, 31-Dec-24 12:42:51 UTC from web
  2. the party of family values sent me some chick’s boobs in the mail and told me to go vote for them in a special election that I did not previously know about, but now do

    Thursday, 02-Jan-25 22:04:56 UTC from web
  3. new year

    Thursday, 02-Jan-25 22:49:32 UTC from web
  4. My poor Blackberry is deteriorating faster than I expected. It shuts down at 40% battery charge when there is a bigger power draw. Effectively I have to keep it on the charger all the day to make sure it's not dying immediately but it also makes my situation worse because it is constantly on the charger. My search for a new smartphone has been accelerated.

    Wednesday, 01-Jan-25 16:04:33 UTC from web
  5. https://youtu.be/G6wlpkOSLI0 Modified Chitose's basic attack to look more like something Haruka would've learned through observation. First two hits are Chitose's regular rush combo, but the third is now an edited version of Kiryu's Dragon style high kick.

    Monday, 30-Dec-24 22:53:17 UTC from web
    • @zeldatra second hit is also slightly changed in that it now launches for a slightly flashier looking hit as originally it lacked impact. I'm told this makes it impossible for enemies to dodge mid combo which is probably why RGG didn't do this to begin with but they already were not dodging mid combo very much so i don't personally think it changes the balance too much

      Monday, 30-Dec-24 22:54:53 UTC in context
  6. The state of Linux desktop environments for old hardware (i.e. ASUS EEE PC 1000H) is abysmal. I love KDE but the current version is unusable. The same goes for GNOME, which is furthermore hampered by being unusable because of UX reasons. Even the "classic" Gnome is horrible performance-wise. MATE is a tad better but I don't like it. The only real choice I have is XFCE. It is fine with a huge GNOME-influenced asterisk. I'm looking into Enlightenment but it also irks me a lot.

    Monday, 30-Dec-24 16:19:16 UTC from web
  7. Life lesson: It's easier to solder two stacking PCBs together via pins than to remove all that solder to disassemble. I got a new solder sucker and it sucks. I mean it is not very good. That solder sucker is an iFixit solder sucker and i'd give it a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars. The nozzle is way too big for 2.54mm pitched pins and the suction action itself is a little bit too weak.

    Thursday, 19-Dec-24 19:14:47 UTC from web
  8. It’s a little weird that one of the most well-known and revered Christmas films of all time came out twenty years ago and stars Will Ferrel, right?

    Tuesday, 24-Dec-24 21:52:55 UTC from web
  9. Think I might see the new Sonic later today

    Sunday, 22-Dec-24 09:20:44 UTC from web
  10. I have been adjusting valta that nobody touches to change some of these animations. Some of them didn’t even know they exist. It works fine right now but uhhhhh

    Sunday, 22-Dec-24 19:59:23 UTC from web
  11. good lord do not ever let me make a video game, i am certain i am violating every coding best practice

    Friday, 20-Dec-24 11:41:05 UTC from web
    • @zeldatra At least you got practice, even when it's not the best. I'm a software developer for over 7 years and in my last project (ended a few days ago) it is littered with crimes I did. Mostly because I was not given enough time to do it properly. It is of great value to know which "technical debt" one has caused and how to mitigate it next time. There are only a few principles one has to follow to write good code like writing modular code that has as few dependencies as possible to solve the problem, naming the variables and functions and classes clear enough such that they convey their intent unmistakably, and writing code that can be reused. The last point is a nice to have but for a small project it is probably too much hassle except it is really needed more than once in the program. Otherwise software is malleable enough to be rewritten with the power given by the knowledge of hindsight, meaning good ol' refactoring.

      Friday, 20-Dec-24 13:04:41 UTC in context
  12. Kaito never enters a building in Lost Judgment that requires him to take off his shoes. I learned this when his feet suddenly disappeared after I entered a shrine in Infinite Wealth.

    Wednesday, 18-Dec-24 17:37:02 UTC from web
  13. It was called clopping, dad... and everypony did it...

    Saturday, 24-Aug-24 22:15:35 UTC from web
  14. Also Yagami (and Kaito’s) entries in the party database seem to genuinely stem from RGG just adding protagonists sequentially with each new game going back to Yakuza 6; Kiryu is 1, Majima is 2, Yagami is 3, Ichiban is 4, and his yakuza 7 party + Masumi Arakawa fills out the remainder before we suddenly start getting LJ side characters; seems the ones who follow you around worked internally like Y7’s party members even though most of them don’t ever join you in combat.

    Monday, 09-Dec-24 05:44:26 UTC from web
  15. http://rainbowdash.net/url/876675 Kaito’s here now too just because I wanted practice

    Sunday, 08-Dec-24 02:59:34 UTC from web
  16. Weird factoids about playable Haruka:
    -she is capable of doing all of Kiryu’s minigames although because she is much shorter some of her animations are a bit weird, IE she doesn’t reach the handlebars in Can Quest. Not sure how easy the fix for those things is because although I COULD tweak the animations, they’re meant to be universal so switching the party leader to anyone else breaks the animations for them.
    -she CANNOT play most of Kasuga’s minigames, he takes over for those. Likely has something to do with the game switching to his cutscene model or something like that, I haven’t looked too deep into it yet.

    Wednesday, 04-Dec-24 18:37:35 UTC from web
    • -she CAN however go to Dondoko Island. The only issue I’ve found there is that she has no voice lines for greeting villagers, although she does not reuse Kasuga’s like I thought she would; she simply doesn’t say anything at all, opting to wave instead. That’s interesting as hell. Pulling audio from other Rie Kugimiya/Xanthe Hyunh projects probably fixes this.
      -When taking selfies she either starts speaking in Kiryu’s voice (when in Japan) or Kasuga’s (in Hawaii). Not sure if this is fixable.

      Wednesday, 04-Dec-24 18:38:07 UTC in context
  17. “Suck Up!” is the right way to do a generative AI-based video game. No stolen art assets, no cheap Unreal Marketplace sets with a shoddy text to speech voice actor, just a whole lot of fun attempting to gaslight a neighborhood of ChatGPTs with their own personalities.

    Wednesday, 27-Nov-24 03:43:14 UTC from web
  18. Cities Skylines 2 is so great, I love how the entire town will all choose one road to drive on so no matter how many new highways you build they will all decide to clog up a suburban street forty miles away because they all decided that is the best way to work

    Monday, 25-Nov-24 06:46:59 UTC from web
  19. Well... Got a cheap burner so I can lay my old Blackberry to rest

    Tuesday, 26-Nov-24 15:13:45 UTC from web
  20. Psychics and astrologers should know better not to advertise here.

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-24 11:57:14 UTC from web
  21. 12 hour work days effed me up. I'll probably sleep through the whole weekend.

    Friday, 15-Nov-24 14:35:40 UTC from web
  22. Am chaffing a laff at the FrankerZ I said but oh my god I didn't understand tone at all or social context wowwwww

    Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 20:38:37 UTC from web
  23. Hello Chat
    It's been years, and I'm 2 years on HRT. Life has been hectic but great.
    What's up?
    Also grug, can't upload image on phone >:(

    Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 19:27:29 UTC from web
  24. There are theories about a hollow earth, which are obviously stupid. I have have also a theory on my own: the hollow head theory, which shows more and more signs each day that provide evidence that it might be true.

    Friday, 08-Nov-24 07:27:23 UTC from web
  25. Ah... Projects that search for people who can do EVERYTHING THE BEST. C++, Java, Python, Bash. Everything at expert level and at least 5 years of DOCUMENTED JOB experience. Also at least of 3 years of experience in transportation and logistics related projects. DUDE... I can rather deliver a unicorn than these specific requirements. I'd like to get into that project, however the project owner is very strict with these requirements.

    Monday, 11-Nov-24 14:22:57 UTC from web
  26. At this point the US is a third world banana republic... Orange republic.

    Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 20:37:35 UTC from web
  27. what if i started hanging out on here again would that be crazy or what

    Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 03:32:05 UTC from web
  28. Crazy idea: A bed that is basically a bean bag, except the outer layer is airtight. When laying on the bed the body sinks in and with an applied vacuum to the bean bag the sleeping position gets fixed. I don't know how comfortable or uncomfortable this might be but at least it prevents contorting oneself into a painful position. I cannot count how many times I slept in a way that made my back hurt or pinched a nerve or even restricted blood flow to my arms.

    Tuesday, 10-Sep-24 20:11:26 UTC from web
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    • @scribus Eventually we, as a society, will end up in a dystopia that is Demolition Man before cryosleep will be possible. I had a discussion with a friend about cryosleep. He says if all the cell tissue problems are solved that come with cryosleep then cryosleep won't be necessary. It means that if a method exists that repairs or reverses all the damage that cryosleep induces then there is a method for making a person live forever and thus making cryosleep not necessary.

      Wednesday, 11-Sep-24 14:52:52 UTC in context
    • @adiwan So still a kink thing, then

      Wednesday, 11-Sep-24 20:55:21 UTC in context
    • @adiwan There have been huge developments in aging reversal and prevention these last few months actually, working off potential treatments for premature aging disease they discovered what part of the organism codes the timeframes for aging, and they can be modified to force the body to slow or reverse it, thus greatly extending the "good years"
      Current testing is on organisms affected by the disease originally investigated.

      Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 14:13:28 UTC in context
  29. If anyone wants to keep in touch and doesn't yet have me added somewhere, you can find me on steam and discord under the same name. You're welcome in my tavern forever. Tavern forever.

    Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 14:03:50 UTC from web
  30. I think it's probably time to be honest about this: I have neither the time, nor the motivation to work on this place anymore. There's stuff going on in my personal life I'd rather not get into, so in short: I'm probably going to finally turn this place off in the next few months. If you're interested in taking ownership, let me know, but know that I'd only be comfortable handing it off to someone I know and trust, rather than any rando that shows up.

    Wednesday, 14-Aug-24 16:56:54 UTC from web