With all the launchers, DRM clients, malware anti cheats, early access scams and what not. I think on the whole that PC gaming has gotten worse compared to 20 years ago. You can still get good experiences but it won’t be AAA. Also gaming sucks in general these days, not just PC gaming
I saw someone suggest they connect their switch dock directly to the internet elsewhere on Lemmy. Granted the attack surface for a switch is basically non existent but if people are suggesting that then certainly people are still connecting their other machines directly to their modems/CPEs as well
Vinegar worked for me but I had issues with YouTube throttling it and the video constantly restarting
A DNS ad filter on your home network to black hole the requests to ad servers is the only thing I’ve found to be effective on iOS. I tried the ad guard extension in safari but there were just way too many ads that didn’t get blocked
This happened to me this morning and my wife this afternoon. She also couldn’t face time her parents
I think the most exciting news is that it is on the TVOS AppStore and that the AppleTV will finally get to be the emulation beast it deserves to be
Their bullying is way more intrusive and emotionally damaging. We never SWATted each other or to use an app to anonymously and constantly message each other to kill yourself
We don’t need infinite population growth to support the economy but eventually we are going to hit a point where we have to support more retired people than workers. At that point the economy will slow down as there is less demand because people will lose their jobs because of the less demand. People will also be spending more of their time and incomes taking care of their older relatives.
Our current Ponzi scheme, robbing Peter to pay Paul, method of funding social security will break down at that point and we will have to decide whether we send mom and dad and grandpa and grandma to the poor house, increase taxes on the workers who still have their jobs, or redistribute wealth from the 1%.
People won’t vote for the first 2, so we might actually get socialism at that point but it will hurt a lot on the way there.
It’s the damn bear. If the damn bear hadn’t been posted a few days ago, everyone would have been like yeah that sounds about right
Facebook is 100% shitposts. Most of my friends on it have aged out of posting every little thing and so it’s mostly shitposts and soft core porn disguised as short form videos on the Facebook feed and not any of my friends that I actually wanted to follow when I made my account in the 00s.
I really want to delete my account but I still have to use it to organize class reunions and alumni events for my old high school. I’m going to try to float the idea that we move to a mailing list instead. I’d rather buy a domain and maintain a website for that than continue using Facebook for free
Had the hypothetical been used to explain negative feelings about someone due to their race, religion, skin color, or sexuality; it would have been rightfully reviled.
There are far more effective and less misandrist ways to express that you don’t feel safe being alone in risky situations.
I don’t have any love lost for mega corporate farms and agree that we need more family and cooperative owned farms that would be more concerned with sustainability and environmental impact.
As an unpopular opinion on the other end, it’s ok to stop participating in pop culture. Pop music, Blockbuster movies, and TV are all meant to sell consumerism to young people with disposable incomes. Not to people who are bogged down by kids and mortgages.
New media isn’t made for your tastes, so unless you make an effort to change your tastes to those of the current generation of young people, new media will never be seen as good enough by you
What can you realistically do to stop the formation of parties without trampling on other rights? Cooperation and organization are effective means of gaining power so parties were always going to form.
Reforming campaign finance rules and abandoning first-past-the-post voting is more a long the lines of what I would do to make elections more democratic, rather than try to ban parties.
The bear thing was rage bait to spread hate. Hate against men, reactionary hate against women, presumably hate against bears.
People shouldn’t have dignified the ridiculous scenario with a response.
Home gardening is an important element of individual food security. It’s not meant to replace industrial agriculture which maintains food security for the nation as a whole
I’m not meaning to disparage the other uses of hemp.
I’m not an expert in the uses of hemp for food but we already have the cultural palate and infrastructure for cornmeal and cornflour products, not so much for hempseed right now. If we had that back in the depression, maybe we would have subsidized hemp instead. Maybe attitudes could change in the future and we could shift to subsidizing hemp in the future. I know of a couple big hemp farms that have popped up near me, it’s possible. But it’s not feasible right now.
Corn is used in cereals, tortillas, chips, as a sugar substitute, and as animal feed. The one thing you won’t be eating is canned corn because that’s not the kind of corn that we subsidize.
Corn is actually probably one of the most effective crops we could use in a surplus
The corn subsidies are here for a purpose. To ensure that we maintain a surplus so that we can avoid mass food shortages if a natural disaster such as the dust bowl of the 1930s wipes out several years of harvests. Hemp can’t be used as a food source.
You can’t really sell ads on a per impression basis with just product placement. They want the ad sales to be recurring revenue.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15246802
> Afterplay.io now has retroachievements support! > > Afterplay.io is a web-based retro gaming emulator with support for SNES, GB, GBC and GBA (Premium includes support for even more consoles including N64, PS1, and DS). > > The latest update just added retroacheivements support. As far as I know, it’s the only emulator that supports them on iOS that doesn’t require sideloading.
Afterplay.io is a web-based retro gaming emulator with support for SNES, GB, GBC and GBA (Premium includes support for even more consoles including N64, PS1, and DS).
The latest update just added retroacheivements support. As far as I know, it’s the only emulator that supports them on iOS that doesn’t require sideloading.
I’m looking for a recommendation for making gifs on iOS. Preferably one that lets you add text and with the option to remove the watermark with a one time purchase instead of a subscription.
Does this community have any advice? I tried a bunch on the App Store but there’s literally dozens and most of them either don’t let you add text or have like a $20 a minute subscription or obnoxious ads with no option to remove
It honestly breaks my heart to write this article, but I want to be as transparent as possible with our readers because you are the ones that have quite literally…View Post
I know that the source is more focused on retro gaming as a topic but the topic of this post is Google and its pagerank algorithm which is more appropriate for this community.
We’ve all noticed the enshittification of Google Search over the last few months, but it’s still hard to hear how it is affecting content creators and putting them out of business so we can see 20 AI generated spam pages about whatever our query is.
I conquered Koholint island finally! I really enjoyed my time playing Link’s Awakening. I can’t believe they fit a whole Legend of Zelda game on Gameboy! I really enjoyed it
I ended up getting stuck trying to get the bird key. I could not figure out how to get the flying rooster. I tried bombing the weather cock, lifting the weather cock, pulling, using the hook shot, using the magic rod, digging every tile in mabe village, getting the boomerang, giving back the boomerang, tried every key item I could think of. I ended up beating level 8 before level 7. I even made this map of the entire game in google sheets to try to figure it out.
Tap for spoiler
Turns out you can just push the statue
Oh well, I don’t count it as time waste. If anything else it was a great excuse to keep playing. I’ve never played a 3D Zelda before so I am looking forward to OoT
I've always been something of a tinkerer. In high school and college, it was messing around with the game files of Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive to create multiplayer mods for myself and my friends. This might sound hard to believe, but in the late 00s and early 10s; Stack
I hope a little self promotion is ok. Thanks to all of your help a few weeks ago, I was able to get an RSS feed set up for my blog. For reasons I still don't fully understand, a year and a half ago, when I moved my personal website from github and Azure App Services to Google Sites; I decided to just hack Google Sites into a blog rather than do the logical thing and start a blog on Wordpress or Blogger.
As I was documenting the process of hosting a feed using Google Drive and automating it with Google Apps Script, I decided to turn it into a full blog post on the journey I took to get things working.
If you do have some morbid curiosity on the actual steps to take to host, automate, and update RSS using Google Apps, I do have a full guide with instructions but can't say I recommend doing things this way to anyone but the truly delusional.
The whole post is about a 20 minute read. Despite having started my blog 18 months ago, this is only my 11th post, I'm still kind of new. I'd appreciate feedback for anyone that would be willing to offer it.
I've never dealt with RSS before on a personal level. I've pretty much always used social media to discover blog posts. I'm wanting to set up RSS for my personal blog but since I have no experience, looking for some guidance for best practices. I'm currently setting up a script to automatically update the xml when I publish new posts.
Am I supposed to include the entire post in the description field? Or just a summary? How do I handle the markup and formatting of the post?
Am I supposed to delete items from the feed or do I just keep appending items to the bottom of it?
Its it good practice to include a thumbnail image or anything with the item in the feed? How is that possible.
How do I distribute the feed beyond adding a button on my site?
Thank you in advance to anyone for their advice.
Apple today announced "Apple Sports," a new free app that provides real-time statistics, scores, and more. Apple Sports features a...
The app is available in the US now. It links to appropriate Apple News articles, Streaming services, has scoreboards and more.
Makes me curious if we see Apple lean more into live sports for their Apple TV+ packages, especially with the NBA contract coming up to match their current MLS and MLB offerings
As a big Zelda hater as a kid, I skipped the series completely. I’ve been going through to experience them all in order now. I really enjoyed the first two games of the series so I expected to like this one too. What I didn’t expect is was that it really is one of the best games on the Super Nintendo if not one of the best games of all-time.
We recently subscribed to AppleTV+ (you get a pretty decent trial from just download the app on a playstation by the way). And are looking for exclusives to watch on the service. Of course everyone recommends Ted Lasso and we have started that. My wife, has already watched through "The Morning Show" and liked it.
Especially looking for good movie suggestions as those don't require as much of a time investment for me.
What does everyone on Lemmy watch on the service?
Do you self-host it using FOSS tools? Use Wordpress? Design your own using PHP frameworks such as laravel? Just curious what those that do it use?
Nvidia is improving its already impressive GeForce Now cloud gaming service.
I’m really intrigued by the video, and the concept but why? 10 years ago I would have loved it, but this guy is wayyyyyy too long.
“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”
While I’m dubious of the claim due to the robust permissions management in the latest versions of iOS and Android, it is interesting that a company has come out and said they are doing what everyone is thinking.
And yes they are a subsidiary of the parent of Cox Communications, the ISP, so I would be switching to a competitor ASAP if I had their services
I’ve been determined to finally beat Zelda II and determine that I would do it without save states and without a guide.
I know Zelda II is considered a black sheep somewhat but I really think in some ways it’s more fun than the original although I’d still pick Zelda 1 over II.
Stream Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, the first Activision title to come to GeForce NOW - part of over 65 new games for December.
We have a MacBook Air 2013 that is on its last legs and we need to replace it. My wife also wants an iPad so that she can read our Apple News+ subscription and watch movies in bed. I feel like the most cost effective solution is to get a keyboard case for the iPad and use it as the laptop replacement. The only thing we use the MacBook Air for is normal web browsing, ordering pictures prints via the web, some home office work using Google Docs, and I use it to remote to my PC when I don't feel like going to my basement office.
I don't see why a keyboard case wouldn't suffice in this scenario. The Magic Keyboard trackpad entices me, especially potentially not having to rewire any muscle memory with normal web usage, using google docs, or when I remote to my PC. But is the web browsing experience nerfed enough by iPadOS that its not worth spending $300 on the Magic Keyboard? Is it better to get the cheaper Smart Keyboard Folio case and try to use the Apple Pencil for the same workflow instead?
Just curious what this community's experience with these accessories are. Thanks in advance for the input.
60 games are coming to GeForce NOW in October, with 29 games available to stream now this week, including 'Assassin's Creed Mirage'.
Coming this week-
Battle Shapers (New release on Steam, Oct. 3)
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless (New release on Steam, Oct. 3)
Station to Station (New release on Steam, Oct. 3)
The Lamplighter’s League (New release on Steam, Xbox and available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 3)
Thief Simulator 2 (New release on Steam, Oct. 4)
Heads Will Roll: Reforged (New release on Steam, Oct. 4)
Assassin’s Creed Mirage (New release on Ubisoft, Oct. 5)
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Arcade Paradise (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
The Ascent (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Citizen Sleeper (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Dicey Dungeons (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Godlike Burger (Epic Games Store)
Greedfall (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Hypnospace Outlaw (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Killer Frequency (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Metro 2033 Redux (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Metro: Last Light Redux (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
MudRunner (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (Epic Games Store)
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Soccer Story (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
SOMA (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Space Hulk: Tactics (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
SpiderHeck (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Surviving Mars (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Coming this month-
Star Trek: Infinite (New release on Steam, Oct. 12)
Lords of the Fallen (New release on Steam and Epic Games Store, Oct. 13)
Wizard with a Gun (New release on Steam, Oct. 17)
Alaskan Road Truckers (New release Steam and Epic Games Store, Oct. 18)
Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (New release on Steam, Oct. 18)
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 – Turbocharged (New release on Steam, Oct. 19)
Laika Aged Through Blood (New release on Steam, Oct. 19)
Cities: Skylines II (New release on Steam, Xbox and available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 24)
Ripout (New release on Steam, Oct 24)
War Hospital (New release on Steam, Oct. 26)
Alan Wake 2 (New release on Epic Games Store, Oct. 26)
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (New release on Steam, Xbox and available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 31)
Jusant (New release on Steam, Xbox and available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 31)
Bad North (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Daymare 1994: Sandcastle (Steam) For The King (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Forza Motorsport (Steam, Xbox and available on PC Game Pass)
Heretic’s Fork (Steam)
Moonbreaker (Steam)
Metro Simulator 2 (Steam)
Narita Boy (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Sifu (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
StalCraft (Steam)
Star Renegades (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Streets of Rogue (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Supraland (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
The Surge (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
Tiny Football (Steam)
Vampire Survivors (Steam and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
VEILED EXPERTS (Steam)
Yes, Your Grace (Xbox, available on Microsoft Store)
I really want to get the PSVR2 but there seems to be a lack of titles for it. Arizona Sunshine 2 has me interested. But I’d really like to play Skyrim VR, the last time I played that was on the original oculus headset. Other than that a pretty cool tech demo for Horizon and Gran Turismo but that’s it.
If they could backport PSVR2 to work with if Skyrim be was available on PSVR2 even just the ps4 version, it would be enough to justify the set up for me.
What other games do you really want to come to PSVR2?