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perishthethought, to gaming in Let's discuss: Half-Life

Gotcha. Thanks for the info

perishthethought, to gaming in Let's discuss: Half-Life

Very cool. What makes a run segmented or not?

perishthethought, to linux in Taking your ideas for my next linux app

You had me at TRS-80!

perishthethought, to technology in RSS and OPML

Yes. Here’s an example file so you can see there’s not much in there for each entry.

hosting.opml.org/dave/spec/subscriptionList.opml

perishthethought, to technology in RSS and OPML

As n OPML file just contains the definition of which feeds you want to follow, not the actual RSS data. They’re handy when you want to switch from one RSS reader to another. You can usually export the settings from your old service and import them into the new.

Check with your RSS service but importing an OPML file should always add new services to the list, not overwrite.

I don’t think an OPML file tracks what you’ve read or not but I could be wrong about that.

perishthethought, to technology in Beginner gamedev projects?

Yah, I have somebody’s 2048 game in my terminal here and play that when I need to stop thinking thoughts for a second.

OK, but pretend for a second that some of us are mere mortals. Is there a TUI game dev engine (?) we could learn to dev in fairly quickly? One that protects us from the pitfalls of the C language?

Asking for myself…

perishthethought, to technology in Beginner gamedev projects?

I taught myself some 2D game design and coding with Phaser. My idea was to recreate 80s arcade games like frogger and asteroids. It’s great for that and my games run in the browser, pure Javascript.

phaser.io

Just remember that making a game includes making artwork and sound and intro screens and more. It’s a lot of work.

perishthethought, to gaming in (2:14) minecraft 1.16 all advancements world record

I was lost the whole time but it was still fun to watch, somehow.

perishthethought, to upliftingnews in Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes

IMHO, three leaders instead of two would be an improvement. I say that, even though I know finding enough parents / leaders willing to give of their time is very difficult.

perishthethought, to linux in Switching from win 11

2 … Is there a GUI (I know) way to see all applications, where they’re installed from, with an easy remove button? Akin to what windows offers?

For a GUI option, with KDE, I can go into the Discover app store, and then click the “Installed” link in the lower-right.

Example…

For a CLI way to list all apps, I found this page which gives this command:

for app in /usr/share/applications/*.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop; do app=“${app##/*/}”; echo “${app::-8}”; done | sort

Have fun finding the best option for your system.

perishthethought, to gaming in What is your favourite game console?

I think because it was so different from what came right before it: Gamecube, PS3, Xbox.

Waving that Wiimote around was a blast for everyone, gamers and non-gamers alike. Tons of hours of play in this Sports Resort, for instance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWo6zYZx2rM

I get what @berttheduck said about long games / serious gamers but can you imagine your grandma trying to play most Switch or PS5 or other new console games now?

perishthethought, to gaming in What is your favourite game console?

The challenge with this question is that not everyone has played in every console, so like, for me, I can only comment on the Atari 2600, the Wii and the XBOX 360.

From that small sample, the wii wins hands down. I loved the motion controllers a lot.

perishthethought, to technology in Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

<cough> William Gibson <cough>

perishthethought, to technology in Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

Great book, eh. So many interesting ideas presented in there.

perishthethought, to technology in Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track

Aha! I found it –

Remake by Connie Willis

www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=86

Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996. The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation.

Great book, well worth reading still.

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