atomicshoreline's recent activity
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ Chrono Trigger in ~games
atomicshoreline LinkAnother one I didn't finish. I wish I could stay at something for more than a couple of hours.Another one I didn't finish. I wish I could stay at something for more than a couple of hours.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
atomicshoreline LinkI played a little bit of The Last Express but Silksong and a Path of Exile league launch proved to be the priority. Games like TLE are a bit foreign to me which I think was a contributing factor...I played a little bit of The Last Express but Silksong and a Path of Exile league launch proved to be the priority. Games like TLE are a bit foreign to me which I think was a contributing factor though I might still play it in my own time. Since I didn't say anything in the TLE threads let me introduce myself. My video game background mostly consists of the PS2, Nintendo consoles since the GameCube, and PC gaming starting in the later half of the 2000s.
I discovered emulation when I started PC gaming and that helped me connect with earlier Nintendo games but my experience outside that space is somewhat sparse. These days I have a relatively period accurate retrogaming setup with an old CRT courtesy of my university's surplus store(only $5 because they wanted it gone) and an old Raspberry Pi setup to output composite video via its 3.5mm jack. I know its not enough for hardcore purists but it was dirt cheap and good enough for me.
I like to think of myself as someone who is a fan of retro games, though I spend more time getting game metadata and cover art to show up correctly in the game selection menu and collecting fan translations than I do actually playing games. Sometimes I think museum curator for some kind of video game history museum would be a dream job.
I don't have a ton of experience with JRPGs other than through adjacent media such as RPGMaker games and isekai manga so this will also be a bit foreign to me but I have already put an hour into Chrono Trigger and am enjoying it so far, though it took me awhile to figure out how saving the game works.
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Comment on What can I do with my old Pixel 3 phone in 2025? in ~tech
atomicshoreline Link ParentIts not your fault. Smartphones in general are a sore spot for me. I sort of feel like I owe something to the people who sacrificed to create the phone so the least I can do is use the device...Its not your fault. Smartphones in general are a sore spot for me. I sort of feel like I owe something to the people who sacrificed to create the phone so the least I can do is use the device until its properly unusable. My emotional attachment to electronics borders on neurosis sometimes. I have been known to genuinely weep when they break, even if its just a cheap game controller or something.
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Comment on What can I do with my old Pixel 3 phone in 2025? in ~tech
atomicshoreline (edited )LinkHi, I use the Pixel 3(GrapheneOS, F-Droid app store) as my daily driver phone. Words like "unearthed" and "old" make me sad. The phone ecosystem moves too fast and creates lots of e-waste. I don't...Hi, I use the Pixel 3(GrapheneOS, F-Droid app store) as my daily driver phone. Words like "unearthed" and "old" make me sad. The phone ecosystem moves too fast and creates lots of e-waste. I don't know why everyone is in a hurry to upgrade from perfectly good hardware
Here are 10 things I have done with my phone(some more often than others) that might be of interest.
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Use it as a substitute gyroscope when playing emulated Nintendo Switch games on my desktop.
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Use it as a TV remote (via the KDE connect app.)
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Hooked to Bluetooth speaker with the entire MyNoise.net catalogue downloaded on it so I can play ambient soundscapes matching with my ambient lighting when I want to relax
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Read books in bed(if you don't already have an ereader device)
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Viewing exported information from my smartwatch (via the Gadgetbridge app).
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Have offline OpenStreetMap data downloaded to the device for use in an emergency where mobile data is not available but power is via something like a solar charger(OSMandcan be used with or without GPS).
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Use as additional slightly more durable backup location for important data. (use file encryption on top of Android's encryption if you want extra security)
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Keep the phone plugged into your car and use it as a sensor array. WiGLE lets you WiFi Wardrive(create a map of what wifi networks are around you and submit them to a database). Airguard lets you find Airtags(or their equivalents) around you(There might be better options for this I have not checked).
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Use a USB OTG attachment to read USB drives you are unsure are safe. While Android malware could theoretically be delivered via a USB plugged into the phone such a scenario is unlikely making a decent choice if a proper airgapped computer is not available.
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Host a webserver. If you install the Termux terminal you get a command line environment where it is possible to install many of the packages you would have on a desktop Linux machine including a web server
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
atomicshoreline LinkThe Secret of Monkey Island (5) Chrono Trigger (5) Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5) rOGuelikes(5)The Secret of Monkey Island (5)
Chrono Trigger (5)
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (5)
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
atomicshoreline Link ParentThe only game I can think of recommending for its historical importance is Beneath Apple Manor(Apple II) because it an ancestor of Rogue which not many people even know has an ancestor. Its even...The only game I can think of recommending for its historical importance is Beneath Apple Manor(Apple II) because it an ancestor of Rogue which not many people even know has an ancestor. Its even playable in browser on archive.org
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Comment on Who’d be into a book club but for retro games? in ~games
atomicshoreline Link ParentHey I am someone with an interest in video game history and more free time than I know what to do with(mostly from neglecting more important things but whatever). Would it help if I were do some...Hey I am someone with an interest in video game history and more free time than I know what to do with(mostly from neglecting more important things but whatever). Would it help if I were do some some research on the history of certain tech constraints or game mechanics in order to help build a curriculum.
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Comment on <5 minute watch | well-worth it for the terminally online | nostalgia_bongrip.exe in ~arts
atomicshoreline (edited )Link ParentOh yeah. Its absolutely crammed with layers of referential symbolism. I downloaded it and was going frame by frame analyzing the details. A lot of the references are things I have only a passing...Oh yeah. Its absolutely crammed with layers of referential symbolism. I downloaded it and was going frame by frame analyzing the details. A lot of the references are things I have only a passing familiarity with, so I would love if more people could chime in on what they could mean.
As a small example when the gaming laptop is taken away for gaming at work the the boss plushie reminds the pov character that they need to feed their family and they start working(also seen through the lens of gaming) for a pathetic paycheck creating identical plushies to the angry boss. UI elements indicating low health, the stealth failure alarm from deus ex ringing. Then when they get home their family is a body pillow. IDK exactly what it means but I don't think it was chosen haphazardly.
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Comment on Would you like to be a part of my music/sound art project? in ~creative
atomicshoreline LinkHi, sorry for taking a long time to respond I saw this thread and was excited about it but I tend to need a while to work up the courage to comment on things. I have a hobbyist interest in ambient...Hi, sorry for taking a long time to respond I saw this thread and was excited about it but I tend to need a while to work up the courage to comment on things. I have a hobbyist interest in ambient sound recordings.
I have a couple of sounds I could share such as the sound of rain on an attic window combined with my soft breathing that I recorded while at a truly unpleasant AirBnB stay or the evening sounds of crickets and cicadas in the trees outside my apartment. Also I am open to the idea of reading out one of my notes or something you send me as well.
Let me know what are interested in.
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Comment on What's your quirk? in ~talk
atomicshoreline LinkI tend to structure my media consumption in a very bottom up way. Consuming a franchise from the smallest entry and preparing to go bigger by reading TV Tropes pages and franchise wikis. For...I tend to structure my media consumption in a very bottom up way. Consuming a franchise from the smallest entry and preparing to go bigger by reading TV Tropes pages and franchise wikis. For example the first Fallout game I played was Fallout Shelter and I still haven't played Cyberpunk 2077 and may never, despite having watched Edgerunners and read tie in novels and original tabletop rule books.
If I had to guess at my own motivations I would say I get overwhelmed with informational very easily so its easier to experience something in bits and pieces. I think my ideal is having someone else tackle the big main items in a franchise but not the side stuff so we can discuss and make connections.
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Comment on In praise of Arcane season 2 in ~tv
atomicshoreline LinkI did not know Arcane season 2 was already out. I had such mixed feelings about season 1. It was impressive showcase of the capabilities of 3d animation but somehow managed to burdened by and...I did not know Arcane season 2 was already out. I had such mixed feelings about season 1. It was impressive showcase of the capabilities of 3d animation but somehow managed to burdened by and unfaithful to the source material it was adapting in some very frustrating ways.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
atomicshoreline LinkMy username comes from the idea of the island of stability in chemistry. I am not a chemist or even really a scientist but when I joined here I picked something that I hoped would make me seem...My username comes from the idea of the island of stability in chemistry. I am not a chemist or even really a scientist but when I joined here I picked something that I hoped would make me seem academic and respectable rather than the languishing office data cruncher I am.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 4 in ~society
atomicshoreline Link ParentI have an appointment to donate blood this week. I keep imagine all the places it could go.I have an appointment to donate blood this week. I keep imagine all the places it could go.
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Comment on Kill Bill x Rav x Hatsune Miku - THINGS WILL GET MUCH WORSE FROM HERE (2024) in ~music
atomicshoreline Link ParentI'm curious why you thought the audience here could not handle this? The writing style here tends toward being carefully considered and emotionally reserved, but that's out of a desire for shelter...- Exemplary
I'm curious why you thought the audience here could not handle this? The writing style here tends toward being carefully considered and emotionally reserved, but that's out of a desire for shelter from the constant psychological warfare of the public internet not a desire to avoid provocative work.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
atomicshoreline Link ParentWill do. For the epub to audiobook project, what TTS are you using, something local, or ElevenLabs?Will do. For the epub to audiobook project, what TTS are you using, something local, or ElevenLabs?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
atomicshoreline Link ParentThe biggest problem is that my transcription does not place punctuation in the same place as the eBook so when I go to match the transcription to the eBook, the pieces do not line up because the...The biggest problem is that my transcription does not place punctuation in the same place as the eBook so when I go to match the transcription to the eBook, the pieces do not line up because the eBook sentence I am comparing to may overlap multiple audio segments or not cover the entire audio segment.
I am considering a resource intensive option where it tries adding one word at a time from the eBook until it either has a high enough matching percentage or the sentence its created is longer than the Audiobook transcription but this would be very resource intensive and I would hope there is a more clever method than simply bruteforcing it.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
atomicshoreline LinkI am working on a script to split an audiobook into audio segments corresponding to the sentence in the ebook version of the book. The eventual goal with this is for people to be able to a simply...I am working on a script to split an audiobook into audio segments corresponding to the sentence in the ebook version of the book. The eventual goal with this is for people to be able to a simply point the script at an mp3 of an audiobook and get a nicely formatted LJspeech-style dataset that can be used for future machine learning projects. My current goal is to finetine a text-to-speech model for PiperTTS using the output of the script.
The current script uses Whisper.cpp to transcribe the audio and then does a fuzzy search using Python's difflib library to try and match the transcription its corresponding sentence in the ebook replacing the transcription with the actual line from the book if it finds it.
This current solution only kind of works and I am open to ideas on how to do things better.
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Comment on Denis Villeneuve hates dialogue in film in ~movies
atomicshoreline Link ParentThat is a fair point but allow me to expand on what I meant. I typically see ideas decay into highest entropy in a few common patterns, for example Folklore, mythology, or philosophical ideas ->...Perhaps this is simply because the only things that get traction these days are adaptations
That is a fair point but allow me to expand on what I meant. I typically see ideas decay into highest entropy in a few common patterns, for example
Folklore, mythology, or philosophical ideas -> fiction(most often books) that heavily utilize core ideas -> Fiction that is influenced by previous fiction and thus inherits some of its ideas -> poorly recollected approximations of ideas that have permeated popular culture.
Due to the manpower needed to create films and the desire for a return on investment films aim for the lowest common denominator and thus usually usually end in that last stop. Occasionally exceptionally well crafted films can ascend to a higher place or encourage its viewers to explore up the chain themselves but its rare due to the aforementioned desire for a return on investment.
The cultural evolution of zombies is a good example of this per Wikipedia the really basic version is
Haitian Folklore -> HP Lovecraft short story(popularized Haitian Zombies in American culture) -> George A. Romero(Slow shambling hordes sort of like Haitian zombies) -> Resident Evil games(Human like zombies where science rather than mysticism is involved) -> iZombie(zombies as mostly human romantic partner)
It probably should not bother me as much as it does but I can’t shake the feeling we are all getting dumber as a result of consuming primarily high entropy versions of ideas at the end of the pipeline since I read Amusing Ourselves to Death
This is an interesting example, because Gibson was sure that people would see Neuromancer as a ripoff of Blade Runner
I did not know that. Its really funny that he was worried because they are such different works. I wonder if anyone has done any sort of study of using tvtropes.org to create a sort of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon for trope overlap.
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Comment on Denis Villeneuve hates dialogue in film in ~movies
atomicshoreline Link ParentIsn't film the wrong medium if the script of a work is the thing you primarily care about given that its strength is in its status is as a visual medium rather than a textual one such as a book....I prefer a meaty story
Isn't film the wrong medium if the script of a work is the thing you primarily care about given that its strength is in its status is as a visual medium rather than a textual one such as a book.
Personally I think film and TV rarely stand on their own and are best thought of as a companion piece to literature they are adapted from(Dune) or take influence from(Person of Interest being influenced by Neuromancer).
I did enjoy it a little. My experience with JRPGs comes mostly from the downstream influence of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras that shows up in avant-garde RPGMaker games, mostly Yume Nikki and its fangames. Although YN is probably old enough it qualifies for a slot in CGA in and of itself, I only played it a couple years ago so my perception of its release date is definitely skewed.
Anyway When I got to the future area for the first time(there is probably a proper name for it) I kept seeing things that reminded me of the barracks area in Yume Nikki and the sort of industrial wastelands that are common in YN Fan Games like .flow and Muma Rope. This made 2 things clear to me.
Stopping to do battles is easily the worse part of the traditional JRPG gameplay loop for me. I just want to explore strange places. I don't mind if monsters chase you occasionally or something but I don't want to have to stop and fight.
The random racing minigame they used to show off mode 7 is just the racing mini-game joke from this skit but 100% unironic in a bad way
I like to think of myself as someone who likes video games in general and can find enjoyment in any genre or time period but I feel like CGA is forcing me to confront the fact that both of those statements don't accurately describe me anymore if they ever did. I am still going to at least attempt to keep playing the CGA game each month though. I really like Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 games so maybe next month will be an improvement.