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  • Thanks for the reply.

    Why isn’t more soap oval? Economics. It’s far more expensive to mold mass-market soap in round shapes. It’s dramatically cheaper to make it square.

    Would it really be that expensive?

    From my understanding soap is usually pushed into some kind of oval plate to be trimmed before being pushed again into a press that shapes and stamps it simultaneously. If a company already needed a custom mold for a stamped label would the shape make much of a difference? Other than that I think the only alteration would be the plate the soap is pushed through. At a large scale the expenses related to not being able to use more common parts might add up I guess.

    This does make me wonder how diverse large scale soap manufacturing equipment is. Maybe there is an industry-standard bar of soap and I've never noticed how similar different bars of soap are in shape to each other.

  • I wonder if they will ever release a definitive edition of The Sims 3 or 4. Even with a 90% discount the number of DLCs keep complete versions of the game rather expensive.

  • Tangentially related but I was browsing the list of Steam curators and I was surprised by how many of them are dedicated to discouraging people from buying games from specific countries.

  • Are you looking for a percentage amount or a dollar amount? Which would seem more appealing?

  • It reminds me a bit of Garmin acquiring Pebble and discontinuing support. This does sound significantly worse though

  • OP is expecting the deletion of posts and comments to federate in the same ways posting them would. I don't think they're necessarily going scorched earth and care about someone quoting their comment in a reply or resharing a photo.

    I think that's a bit grandiose of a stance. If I misread what someone said or realized someone already said what I did I don't think deleting it leads to any kind of growth.

    That's setting aside how draining it can be to reply to several people who are making the same argument about how you are wrong. If I couldn't delete what I posted at that point I would just be creating a slew of edits to justify myself like people regularly do on Reddit whenever they get downvoted.

  • But that's not what is being talked about. I don't think OP is expecting an all or nothing situation. You're talking like you've never deleted anything online

  • But deleting stuff is an easy way to limit the amount of potential viewers.

    Most people aren't going to put in the effort. If OP's account deletion spreads across most of Lemmy, even just the larger instances, most people aren't going to see their older posts.

    That seems to be what OP is after. More in line with hiding poorly written Doctor Who fan fiction than hiding from the government in the woods.

  • I thought your post said games for a second there and was excited to hear about synthwave games

  • It depends on what you want to emulate and if emulation is your primary concern. There are a lot of handheld emulators out there that are cheaper and can offer a smoother experience thanks to their custom firmware.

    If you are looking for something to primarily play a specific console like GBA/DS or want to play less demanding consoles like PSX and below I'd say there are better options.

  • Does it in anyway phrase the question to reference real hardware or original versions?

    I feel like a lot of people emulate (including using Nintendo Switch Online) or play modernized remixes of titles like Super Mario 99

  • Don't you think that's shifting the goalpost a bit? OP isn't talking about something being archived they're talking about a piece of content on social media still directly linking to that username.

    Deleting things in as many places as possible making it harder to access is still a net positive.

    It's about as much of a part or mechanic of Lemmy as posting is.

  • Isn't GTA IV a bit difficult to mod? I feel like I recall using OpenIV and having to track down the correct directories to install each part of a mod the right way

  • Even then it can be difficult. A lot of mods have other dependencies that need to be installed and those dependencies and can have dependencies.

  • Mod Organizer 2 is typically recommended over Vortex but it depends on the game. I think Vortex has wider support.

  • I've done zero research into the new release. Does it add much in the way of major game changing alterations? I'm thinking along the lines of how the district systems dramatically the feel of the game

  • I wonder if the Clean UI mod would help with your issue. Have you tried just adjusting your resolution though? I've heard 720p is the optimal resolution to avoid various bugs

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