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  1. Comment on gb-recompiled - Translates Z80 assembly directly into modern C code in ~games

  2. Comment on What radicalized you? in ~talk

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    2017. Prior, I believed that folks, at their core, truly wanted to better themselves and love thy neighbor. Watching Trump get elected made a crack. Then watching how folks acted and reacted...

    2017. Prior, I believed that folks, at their core, truly wanted to better themselves and love thy neighbor. Watching Trump get elected made a crack. Then watching how folks acted and reacted during the term just broke me. I walked away from everything I'd been working towards as an adult, my life path radically changed.

    Then during that transformation, COVID hit -- I was out of work but ineligible for benefits since being out of work was a result of finishing my graduate program. I got a crappy poorly paid construction job, my degree was too academic for me to make any use of it for finding work. Seeing how people treated one another during a pandemic... was hard. I'm immunocompromised, people just didn't give a fuck, even my own family was directly responsible for me catching COVID at least one of the half dozen times. One day when my bestie was moving across the country I just snapped. Quickly dropped everything and moved across the country too. Another radical change in my life path.

    Ending up here is probably for the best though. Having realized some things about myself, I would've been quite unsafe staying in my home state and am now in one of the safest states for someone like me. In self-discovery, I'm headed down yet another radically different life path now, trying not to let, well, everything, negatively affect where I go.

    Each one has showed me parts of myself that are really me, parts I didn't know about, and parts that were facades. Me from 10 years ago wouldn't recognize this me. I hate where the world is at, but would I even know myself without these radical changes? Who's to say.

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  3. Comment on Pokémon Pokopia | Gameplay video in ~games

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    My bestie is immensely enjoying it, it has sucked them in for >30hrs in the past week. They haven't played pokemon so there has been a lot of novelty in seeing all the different ones. They called...

    My bestie is immensely enjoying it, it has sucked them in for >30hrs in the past week. They haven't played pokemon so there has been a lot of novelty in seeing all the different ones. They called it a better animal crossing (new horizons). They weren't very sure, but seemed to think they'd get ~50hrs total though that'd be extended with players doing more building.

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  4. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Thanks for the feedback!! I quite appreciate the time you've taken to write this up. I didn't know 4.7 added virtual joysticks so I'll definitely check those out later. My partner reported a...

    Thanks for the feedback!! I quite appreciate the time you've taken to write this up.

    I didn't know 4.7 added virtual joysticks so I'll definitely check those out later. My partner reported a similar issue that resolved after I moved the stick and increased the clamp zone, it's quite sensitive about the clamp, otherwise the logic is the same as the controller so thank you for trying both. I'll see if I can't reproduce it and add a grace period to make it forgiving.

    I hadn't considered doing a max lifetime on the slimes but that feels fair! Maybe I could even slow them down until they lose steam... Believe it or not, there is a current cap on the slime count. I was enjoying watching them move like an ocean but yeah that 4-8k point range was about where she was trivial in my tests and watching others.

    There is a cap on how many of each speed potion will drop and a total potions spawned cap that decreases when you hit the cap on the other two, but some runs still feel inundated with health potions so it could probably use some tweaking. I was thinking of doing some sort of difficulty settings as I've had quite a wide range in player skill.

    Thanks again :D

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  5. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Thanks for the feedback! I'll see if I can reproduce the shots after death, that would be frustrating! I didn't even try getting that close to the wall on touchscreen, that should be pretty easy...

    Thanks for the feedback! I'll see if I can reproduce the shots after death, that would be frustrating! I didn't even try getting that close to the wall on touchscreen, that should be pretty easy to do.

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  6. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Thank you!! I spent more time polishing than I probably should have, but learned some Godot quirks and have some scenes I can reuse elsewhere so I think it was still a worthwhile exploration. It...

    Thank you!! I spent more time polishing than I probably should have, but learned some Godot quirks and have some scenes I can reuse elsewhere so I think it was still a worthwhile exploration. It is nice to hear from somebody else that did the course too!

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  7. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    Thank you!! Feedback is welcome. Hearing what other folks make of it is useful (though I'm aware of some issues), particularly if I end up writing a retrospective.

    Thank you!! Feedback is welcome. Hearing what other folks make of it is useful (though I'm aware of some issues), particularly if I end up writing a retrospective.

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  8. Comment on Cave Creeps - my first Itch game! in ~games

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    I've been learning Godot and extended one of the courses into my own project! It's a bullet hell/twin stick shooter that takes several minutes for a round. Can be played in browser or natively on...

    I've been learning Godot and extended one of the courses into my own project! It's a bullet hell/twin stick shooter that takes several minutes for a round. Can be played in browser or natively on Linux/windows. Supports mouse+KB, controller, and touchscreen inputs (toggle the touch controller on from the main menu).

    Zap is a speedy mage with a high rate of fire. Slime Queen is slower with slow bubble projectiles but summons slime minions. She ends up being a lot easier but I don't really care about balance, I enjoy both.

    Check out the credits, while I worked on it alone, I had plenty of help from others in the form of courses, assets, and plugins.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Andy Nguyen has successfully ported Linux to the PS5, running GTA 5 Enhanced with ray tracing in ~tech

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    Perhaps not for long? Or perhaps they are avoiding saying that they have the keys? https://thecybersecguru.com/news/ps5-rom-keys-leaked/

    Perhaps not for long?

    -The Incident: Validated Level 0 BootROM keys for the PlayStation 5 were published on December 31, 2025.

    -The Severity: This is a hardware-level vulnerability. Sony cannot patch existing consoles via software updates.

    -The Entry Point: Exploitation on Firmware 12.00 currently requires the game disc of Star Wars: Racer Revenge or a custom BD-J Burned Disc.

    -The Impact: Allows for potential “Coldboot” Custom Firmware (CFW), advanced Linux support, and significant leaps in PC emulation (shadPS4).

    Or perhaps they are avoiding saying that they have the keys?

    https://thecybersecguru.com/news/ps5-rom-keys-leaked/

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Sony pulls back from PlayStation games on PC in ~games

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    Glad I got the Kingdom Hearts games while I could (ok except that newer rhythm one I don't care about). That was one of the most expensive gaming purchases I've made too. Guess I'll be bailing...

    Glad I got the Kingdom Hearts games while I could (ok except that newer rhythm one I don't care about). That was one of the most expensive gaming purchases I've made too. Guess I'll be bailing from the franchise. Apparently there's an emerging "hearts like" genre if this one YT dev making one is to be believed.

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  12. Comment on The big lie about the origin of manga in ~comics

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    I think an interesting difference is the type of comic each country might make due to cultural differences, and for whom. Like K-On! looks cutesy and like something the US would only make for...

    I think an interesting difference is the type of comic each country might make due to cultural differences, and for whom. Like K-On! looks cutesy and like something the US would only make for girls. But it was published in Manga Time Kirara, a magazine targeting young adult men. Some comics may be making a cultural critique that may not match one-to-one into other cultures or explore themes in a different manner. In this way, I've learned about aspects of Japanese culture that I wouldn't have if I only read American comics (and of course this isn't exclusive to the medium).

    Ultimately, it is a gradient rather than neat boxes. We humans really like to try and categorize phenomena into neat boxes.

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  13. Comment on Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner in ~enviro

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    While I get this isn't the whole of what you're getting at, I can clarify this part: The other two dimensions are embedded in the "liters m-2" unit, that's liters per square meter.

    While I get this isn't the whole of what you're getting at, I can clarify this part:

    "The 1-mm, 3-mm, and 5-mm layers can harvest 0.08, 0.24, and 0.4 liters m–2 per complete water-harvesting cycle, respectively. More than 90% of the initially adsorbed water could be harvested under these conditions." - they are stating results varying from material THICKNESS - without telling us the other 2 dimensions.

    The other two dimensions are embedded in the "liters m-2" unit, that's liters per square meter.

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  14. Comment on CGA-2026-03 🕹️🐸🕌🔔 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls) in ~games

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    "Select from a list" isn't how I'd phrase it, you'd have to hold a particular button combo for a given palette on boot. Some gameboy games defined their own palette, like pokemon blue had a more...

    1998 Game Boy Color was backwards compatible with the original Game Boy and allowed users to select from a list of 12 palettes for those games

    "Select from a list" isn't how I'd phrase it, you'd have to hold a particular button combo for a given palette on boot. Some gameboy games defined their own palette, like pokemon blue had a more blue palette versus pokemon red. It doesn't have a mode for the original Gameboy green monochrome palette though.

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  15. Comment on First look: Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    I hope the similarity just a coincidence, it'd be a mighty big one, though Pombon does look different enough and like a Pokemon. Hopefully there aren't a bunch "inspired" by indie creature collectors.

    I hope the similarity just a coincidence, it'd be a mighty big one, though Pombon does look different enough and like a Pokemon. Hopefully there aren't a bunch "inspired" by indie creature collectors.

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  16. Comment on Where do you go for "easy"/meme content? in ~tech

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    https://discuit.org/ It's another reddit clone but mostly friendly, fine for mindless scrolling. I made an account so I can mute trolls, politics, and other poor quality content. I do sometimes...

    https://discuit.org/

    It's another reddit clone but mostly friendly, fine for mindless scrolling. I made an account so I can mute trolls, politics, and other poor quality content. I do sometimes see news sooner there than here even though I don't often visit.

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  17. Comment on Steam Next Fest recommendations and game demos in ~games

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    Cool! Feel free to ping me once you get one to test it if you like~

    Cool! Feel free to ping me once you get one to test it if you like~

  18. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    That's what I'm thinking. Seems like we need to look at the gunpowder part more than the 3d printers if we aren't going to change much on the gun supply chain side of things, it seems like the...

    That's what I'm thinking. Seems like we need to look at the gunpowder part more than the 3d printers if we aren't going to change much on the gun supply chain side of things, it seems like the more obvious solution to me? I'm not a gun guy though so maybe there's something I'm missing, like it being a more obvious 2nd amendment infringement.

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  19. Comment on Steam Next Fest recommendations and game demos in ~games

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    Oh yeah I got to trying out the Serenity demo yesterday -- or at least trying to, it didn't want to cooperate with Proton after toggling several settings (on Bazzite, not my deck). If anyone else...

    Oh yeah I got to trying out the Serenity demo yesterday -- or at least trying to, it didn't want to cooperate with Proton after toggling several settings (on Bazzite, not my deck). If anyone else figures it out, let me know!

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  20. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    Is this an issue in other countries? If so, how do they manage? If not, seems worth figuring out why and bringing that here than trying to do whatever this hopes to.

    Is this an issue in other countries? If so, how do they manage? If not, seems worth figuring out why and bringing that here than trying to do whatever this hopes to.

    3 votes