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Excellent throwback mod Team Fortress 2 Classic is coming to Steam later this year in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Float@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago

So happy for the TF2 Renaissance.

Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] Float@startrek.website 13 points 4 months ago

I don't think they tried releasing a compelling product.

Anon compares Harry and Ron in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] Float@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago

You don't win the Daytona 500 without a few cars wrecking

Nothing Phone (3a) is coming March 4 with 50MP 3x camera, bigger 50MP main in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] Float@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Eh, MP count means very very little in this modern world of computational smartphone photography. My Nokia XR21 (2024) was $400 brand new and has a 50MP sensor but it's photos are comparable to a 12mp pixel 4 (2019). Processing and optics are everything.

Will probably be a great phone regardless

After almost half a century, I'm still doing it... in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Float@startrek.website 25 points 4 months ago

Every network engineer must lock themselves out of a node at some point, it is a rite of passage.

The sense of loss from the fediverse hits hard sometimes in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk

A hypothetical sci-fi (or fantasy) scenario question: If a civilization couldn't set up its own internet, or if a curse was placed on it, what would be the best replacement for what it does? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] Float@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

Cuba might be a good place to look for a real world example of this. They had the concepts of "SNET" and "el paquete semanal" that were solutions to poor internet penetration, expensive internet costs (pay per MB), and heavy restrictions on that internet.

El paquete semanal is a weekly payload of the latest movies, TV episodes, manga, comics, etc. that gets brought into the country and spread by sneakernet.

SNET is widespread guerilla LAN networking to the point where Cuba had a well populated private WoW server. Also solved some of the Internet cost issues because you could game and share content locally without paying for every little MB.

As of 2020, SNET is now "illegal" and those existing networks are being absorbed into their ISP.

What do you do when people don't care? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Float@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean, I care, but what can I do about it? There isn't a CEO I can shoot to make it stop, nor can I make voting day get here any sooner. All I can do is stamp out ignorance when I see it.

Difficult Times in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] Float@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Ty :)

The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] Float@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Good to know, ty!

The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] Float@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I assume most FOSS emulators have a non-commercial license, so if a company is using it to make money they are already violating the law, but who is gonna go after Nintendo for that?

What’s a hobby you suggest everyone should take up to improve their mental health? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Float@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Wax Sealing. You heat up colorful wax in a spoon over a tea light, pour it on a marble slab and then stamp cool designs into it. It is fun to experiment with different mixes, pouring techniques, etc and is very relaxing. Plus, when you are done, you have lots of cool seals. I have a bucket full of them and I like to just sit an go through them.

There is a youtube channel called 'melts' that makes really nice wax sealing videos with no talking.