[–] 13 points 2 days ago

We can only carry a non-locking folding knife of 3 inches or less in this country.

But launching incendiary rockets? That’s just fine apparently.

Our approach to fireworks has always seemed an odd inconsistency about our laws to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    ETH2GC uses Serial Port 2 on the GameCube though, which isn’t present in later models and is also used by the popular SD2SP2 SD card adapter.

    The OEM broadband adapter uses Serial Port 1 so it has better compatibility.

    I think there was a project to combine ETH2GC and SD2SP2 into a single device but I don’t know if it released.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    The mistake was to pre-roll the dice. Security could have been greatly improved by providing the randomness as a service, with the developer being paid a monthly fee to roll the dice for each function call.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I got a DS on launch day with Super Mario 64DS and I had a moment being a bit stunned thinking “Wow I’m playing a 3D console game on a handheld”.

    Took me a while to trust the close to suspend feature. I think the GBA SP could do that before but only on certain games.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    I think that about media in general. Before ubiquitous internet access there was a sense of excitement about the unknown and discovering new things.

    Now it feels as if everything is revealed instantly and “spoiled” before that excitement has time to build.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago

    With these sorts told prices being rumoured I’m not sure how viable this next generation is going to be.

    Disposable incomes are dwindling, future economic prospects look…uncertain to put it positively. Parents especially sleek unlikely to spend 4 figures on a console when their kids already have phones.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    It’s not just the economic model that’s pushing people to retro, it’s the creative direction as well.

    For some of us the kinds of games we like just aren’t made much now. Which has been partially influenced by monetisation but there’s been a shift in taste too.

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    Nearly jumped out my skin a few minutes ago when sirens started blaring. The emergency alert system just triggered, with this generic message about wildfires.

    Not any actual impending ones about to burn my house down. Just the general possibility. Because of a heatwave nobody has apparently noticed.

    Thought the bomb was about to drop for a second. Has nobody in our government heard the story about the boy who cried wolf?

    Sorry if this is venting but this rather caught me by surprise.

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