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Comment on Should I stop using Kagi because they do business with Yandex? in ~tech
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Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentReading this I mixed up Nick Park and Nick Frost at first, but serendipitously now I have the PERFECT pitch for the pair of actors to play Wallace and Gromit...Reading this I mixed up Nick Park and Nick Frost at first, but serendipitously now I have the PERFECT pitch for the pair of actors to play Wallace and Gromit...
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Comment on Meta Quest 2 - For someone in a wheelchair in ~games
Lapbunny (edited )LinkI'm not familiar with buying them secondhand, but using an old ("old" lol) Rift for like 6 years, the main concerns I'd have are: Make sure that the cables all work. The Rift cable is proprietary...I'm not familiar with buying them secondhand, but using an old ("old" lol) Rift for like 6 years, the main concerns I'd have are:
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Make sure that the cables all work. The Rift cable is proprietary and supplies are diminishing, but I'm not sure what the Quest uses.
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Check for stuck pixels on the screen and cracks in the lens. I run some protectors on mine and they've kept it OK. Corrective lens inserts sound like a good investment, but I just wear my glasses in mine and I'm fine.
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Check that the audio doesn't get crackly or go out as you move the cable around. Mine's wonky and I had to tape it to the strap for the right angle. (Again, more and more expensive by the minute...)
You may be able to mess with certain games via hacks, settings, or mods to make them more accessible. e.g. Beat Saber or SUPERHOT VR are definitely easier when standing, but depending on his range of movement to move his head down or keep his balance seated, they may still be adjustable.
Anything with a cockpit should work well if there's interest with flight or driving sims - MS Flight Simulator, Elite Dangerous, Assetto Corsa, etc. Remapping controls should help with accessibility if you want to go with a more involved controller like a HOTAS or wheel.
Watch out with cost, the kinda arcade-y nature of VR games means it's easy to spend a lot...
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Comment on Churchil Solitaire - The game that turned me off from buying mobile games in ~games
Lapbunny Link ParentIf you keep your computer on, you can technically run Steam Link and play streaming it off your desktop...If you keep your computer on, you can technically run Steam Link and play streaming it off your desktop...
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Comment on GOG Preservation Program in ~games
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Comment on Why do you live? in ~humanities
Lapbunny Link ParentKid #1 is still under 2y/o and kid #2 is incoming, so not yet! But there's no shortage of games in the house between my wife and I, and kid #1 sleeps with a Pikachu plush at my MIL's house, so......Kid #1 is still under 2y/o and kid #2 is incoming, so not yet! But there's no shortage of games in the house between my wife and I, and kid #1 sleeps with a Pikachu plush at my MIL's house, so... Good chances?
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Comment on Why do you live? in ~humanities
Lapbunny (edited )LinkIt was "maybe one day they'll make a good Pokémon game again." But then Legends Arceus came out, and it made me feel like I was 5 again, so now it's specifically "because Legends Z-A comes out...It was "maybe one day they'll make a good Pokémon game again." But then Legends Arceus came out, and it made me feel like I was 5 again, so now it's specifically "because Legends Z-A comes out next year and I want to fuckin play it." Also because I've got a wife and kids and dogs who deserve some support, but, y'know. Pokémon.
I'm of the opinion that we may be kinda pointless out here, a bunch of atomic golems just firing some electricity off here and there until there isn't any energy left to do it. But at the same time, if everything is pointless, then it's neat we can waste that energy trying to be positive. I think we beat entropy by making that ultimate expenditure a fun time for all of us.
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Comment on Quincy Jones has a story about that in ~music
Lapbunny Link ParentWhen you got it, flaunt it. His AMA has some asides about random people too. Reminds me of Bernard Purdie's infamous bit in an Aja documentary. And surprise surprise, guess who he worked with...When you got it, flaunt it. His AMA has some asides about random people too.
Reminds me of Bernard Purdie's infamous bit in an Aja documentary. And surprise surprise, guess who he worked with...
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Comment on Dwayne Johnson became the world’s biggest movie star. Now he’s trying to disappear. in ~movies
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Comment on Ideas for a side project I'm working on -- an RPG to help me curb my alcohol consumption in ~comp
Lapbunny LinkHow do you delicately handle the backslide? If the answer is ever "yes", it's hard to muster up the will to try and reclaim that streak. Speaking from crashing in Duolingo and never going back...How do you delicately handle the backslide? If the answer is ever "yes", it's hard to muster up the will to try and reclaim that streak. Speaking from crashing in Duolingo and never going back after the 300-whatever streak-breaking post-COVID missed day...
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Comment on How California has been ‘Donald Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal in ~society
Lapbunny Link ParentNot to mention there'd have to be some ridiculous shared military budget or plan, or the US loses its dominance. It's never gonna happen unless both China and Russia dissolve or something stupid.Not to mention there'd have to be some ridiculous shared military budget or plan, or the US loses its dominance. It's never gonna happen unless both China and Russia dissolve or something stupid.
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Comment on KNOWER - I'm the President (2023) in ~music
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Comment on I am missing a neutral way to flag low-effort or potentially spammy posts in ~tildes
Lapbunny Link Parenttbh I don't think the joke tags do terribly much to block comments; they're marked unread, so they'll draw attention and get engagement if people like it. It's more like a (warranted) content...tbh I don't think the joke tags do terribly much to block comments; they're marked unread, so they'll draw attention and get engagement if people like it. It's more like a (warranted) content warning that it doesn't "add" to discussion, so anyone who really wouldn't want them can probably just ignore them along with noise/malice tagged ones. I say crack jokes if it's not dragging the mood down.
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Comment on US Election Distractions Thread in ~talk
Lapbunny Link ParentThe other way is probably the key here, you can sometimes get it from the passenger wheel well... but it's parked on a hill in the street, so I'm trying to see if I can get hacky lol. The manifold...The other way is probably the key here, you can sometimes get it from the passenger wheel well... but it's parked on a hill in the street, so I'm trying to see if I can get hacky lol. The manifold also has the fuel rail, and while I've done it before when I had a garage I don't want to be spilling gas all over the place on the street in an HOA, so that's probably going to be my "fuck it, mechanic time" point, honestly.
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Comment on US Election Distractions Thread in ~talk
Lapbunny Link ParentNA8! Imagine this, but caked in leaf dust while I can't go out and wash it and someone keeps walking by it and pointing scorn at it. (it's me, I'm the)NA8! Imagine this, but caked in leaf dust while I can't go out and wash it and someone keeps walking by it and pointing scorn at it. (it's me, I'm the)
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Comment on US Election Distractions Thread in ~talk
Lapbunny LinkHooo, so I decided I should sell my BMW and got a Miata to replace it. Problem is, I got the Miata, and then the BMW's power steering blew a leak as I went to show it to someone. Oopsie fuckin...Hooo, so I decided I should sell my BMW and got a Miata to replace it. Problem is, I got the Miata, and then the BMW's power steering blew a leak as I went to show it to someone. Oopsie fuckin poopsie! And it isn't an easy fix like the reservoir at the top of the engine. So now I need to figure out if I want to sell this Scheißhaufen as-is towed at a loss, or fix it / get it fixed and try to sell it again as a working car.
Then I drove the Miata around and saw the temp pegged. Thankfully I was close to home and I parked it, to find smoke billowing out... I got it off before there was any warped head or any damage as far as I can tell, thing runs and idles ok, but I found the coolant leak that caused the problem. It's a pipe notoriously called "the devil hose"... Basically the plug labeled "the bastard" here turned into a coolant pipe in the following engine, which snakes down to a connector above the blue oil filter on the bottom right. Except the vantage point of this picture is RIGHT up against the firewall, so that's ass to get out, and I've been trying to deal with the one above the oil filter for about a week with no success because it's buried under the intake with little room and zero visibility. Wondrous luck. Trying all sorts of fun pliers and doodads to get the world's worst hose clamp out without taking my entire intake manifold off.
Sorting these out while building my toddler's new room to make way for rapidly-approaching kid #2 in early December is fun. If anyone knows a good tool to get this awful hose clamp out, you'd be a savior...
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Comment on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back. Rachel Plotnick's "re-buttonization" expertise is in demand. in ~design
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentNitpicking, but... It's not just haptics. I drove a modern CX-5 for a bit, and while the whole JiNbA iTtAi! dogma is appreciated, when they let you do Android Auto / Apple Carplay touch interfaces...Nitpicking, but... It's not just haptics. I drove a modern CX-5 for a bit, and while the whole JiNbA iTtAi! dogma is appreciated, when they let you do Android Auto / Apple Carplay touch interfaces it's absolutely awful. Cardinal directions and a scroll wheel don't adapt well to an interface made without a care for them, so nothing goes the way you think. I found it way more distracting to have to watch if my direction went the way I expected, then have to watch again if it missed and observe exactly what it's doing. Mazda's UI had none of the robustness, consistency, or voice capability of Android Auto to be as useful either.
That's another bit - voice commands! That shit's great when it works right. Huge shortcut to precise commands. (Google's works; Mazda's doesn't.)
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Comment on Does the Great Pumpkin really exist in the Peanuts Universe? in ~comics
Lapbunny Link ParentNORAD knows this because it knows where he isn't. By subtracting who's sleeping from who's awake, or who's awake from who's sleeping (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation...NORAD knows this because it knows where he isn't. By subtracting who's sleeping from who's awake, or who's awake from who's sleeping (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation...
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Comment on Volkswagen plans major cutbacks in Germany: 'We cannot continue as before' in ~transport
Lapbunny (edited )Link ParentThat's a stretch. They made a bold claim in the 90s that the Mk4 Golf would drive better than a Mercedes C-class - people laughed, then it did, then car companies scrambled because VW basically...for probably nearing three decades
That's a stretch. They made a bold claim in the 90s that the Mk4 Golf would drive better than a Mercedes C-class - people laughed, then it did, then car companies scrambled because VW basically created a middle premium market for upscale shitboxes that ate the entire low-luxury market's lunch into the mid 2010s. Mazda only recently rebranded to target that same customer base.
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Comment on I cannot get into Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door in ~games
Lapbunny Link ParentSame here. I explored a lot, I got through a dungeon, I enjoyed that. I don't really have much interest in going further, haven't thought about the game since. I sorta felt the same way about...Same here. I explored a lot, I got through a dungeon, I enjoyed that. I don't really have much interest in going further, haven't thought about the game since.
I sorta felt the same way about BotW, but there I REALLY latched onto the quest trying to find specific spots in the world. I could've played about 20 more hours of that without blinking. Dropped the game the second I finished that particular piece. Some things just grab us different.
Good example here. It still sucked, and it was still pretty ignorantly and ironically slinging hate towards minority groups, and it was still a bunch of 13 y/o edgelords trying to cosplay being 18... But it was all a less bone-deep resentment kinda insidious that /pol/ brought? IMO?