preppietechie

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Marry a teacher.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

It’s weird. The numbers are so big and the dates are so far out there that none of it feels real. The fact that (assuming you fit their magic profile) some bank will accept your signature in return for hundreds of thousands of dollars is stranger still. I honestly wish we lived in a society where this sort of thing was NOT the norm. But if you live in the US, home ownership is one of the few mechanisms in place for us commoners to generate and/or pass on generational wealth (assuming that the whole system doesn’t collapse like the house of cards it probably is while you own the house).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Does it trap other bugs? I want to get rid of mosquitoes, but don’t want to mess with any others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I’ve gotten to the point that I’m buying things like BennVenn’s MBC3000 and BucketMouse’s Nintendo NES Cartridge Circuit Board just so I can enjoy physical media again.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Price gouging and “grading” of retro games. I just wanna play some old NES games without taking out a second mortgage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’m waiting for someone to marry a corporation just to show how absurd the idea of corporate personhood is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

There is that (probably untrue) theory that the main reason he bought Twitter was because at the time, Twitter wouldn’t ban the ElonJet tracking account. Were that the case, it would kinda/sorta make sense that he’s want to kill the platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Excellent callout, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Seconded. Good stuff that A) you can actually find without heading to some weird chocolate boutique and B) you can feel marginally better about buying because they really try to make sure their supply chain is as fair as possible.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Neil Gaiman. The man can write novels, YA novels, graphic novels, children’s books. And they all have such well crafted worlds that you just want to lose yourself in them.

I also think Neal Stephenson and Corey Doctorow deserve WAY more attention than they get.

 

Longtime Super Mario Kart hacker MrL314 calls Resident Evil Kart "the worst thing I have ever created," and it's not hard to see why. As implied by the title, the ROM patch replaces Super Mario Kart's usual over-the-shoulder tracking camera with something more akin to the awkward fixed-angle "perspective shots" of the original PlayStation 1 Resident Evil games. The perspective automatically jumps between these fixed cameras around the track as your racer moves from section to section, forcing you to judge turns and obstacles from very skewed angles.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, if Gen X and Millennials wanted their own fortunes they should have planned ahead like boomers and been born back when a house cost $7,500.

/sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Got excited until I realized it wasn’t the Outer Wilds…

Outer Worlds is a fun game. Outer Wilds is a game I won’t ever forget.

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Rumor has it that it's an RK3566 powered device, so systems before PSP, DC, and N64 will work fine, but those three will be a mixed bag.

 

I always enjoy a good spooky/creepy story. What’s yours?

 

If you haven't tried it yet, you really should. I made it to level 24 before throwing my hands up.

 

This year's event saw everything from a new Fortnite season to Nick Cage in a horror game

 

Meta is talking to celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama about being early users. ‘We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run,’ a top exec told employees.

 

The new Prince of Persia and 'Final Fantasy VII Remake: Rebirth' were featured at the event.

 

The game launches this fall on PC and consoles.

 

https://wallpapers.microsoft.design has a surprising number of pretty slick looking wallpapers, including several "nostalgia series" ones like the 4k Bliss wallpaper.

 

rif is fun for Reddit, ReddPlanet, and Sync will all shut down on June 30th, just like the Apollo app.

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