ProfessorProteus @ ProfessorProteus @lemmy.world

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I've heard of settling for second-best, but this one's new.

Not trying to dig at you. If you enjoy it, awesome. I'm partly ashamed to admit I still hop into Skyrim every now and then, and it doubtless has more issues than SF.

On the topic of the thread, I backed SC in the past (goddamn I love the design of the M50) and I'm mega disappointed that they've handled it the way they have. Actually, one of my favorite quotes from David Mitchell kind of fits here:

Yeah it does look a little low-effort. My first thought was about the GTA trilogy debacle. But it can't be that bad right?

Konami doesn't deserve the money, but it's hard to argue against accessibility, so I won't. If someone wants to enjoy these iconic games I wouldn't try to stop them.

He clearly has the level of self-respect required for such a dignified name. And I doubt he's ever passed up an opportunity to make a quick buck.

Absolutely. I do quite like it in Halo, Metroid Prime, etc. But some art directors must think John Battlefield has corneas the size of beach balls

I figured it was Bryan Cranston. If we join the revolution can he cook for us? Burgers and stuff, I mean 😉

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned (or I missed) lens dirt. Why in the hell does my fps character have dirt on his eyeballs?

And water drops streaking down the screen during rain! If you have to depict rain on the eyes, make it blur the entire screen and cause the player to "blink" once or twice. Except don't because that also doesn't belong in video games. I can maybe see that adding to the immersion in a Mirror's Edge-like game though, as annoying as it would be.

Please drink your verification can to unmute. :)

I'm very new to Linux so I'll have to look up what that's all about. Got Mint on dual-boot, but I keep slipping back into Win10 because it's easier sticking with what you know, you know?

All valid points, and I'm glad Spotify works for you. For me though, the tedium isn't nearly as bad as it seems to be for you. I'm fine with my methods since they've never truly failed me Even with my relatively disorganized collection, I can find what I'm looking for pretty quickly even without metadata (Lots of my oldest stuff is also from Limewire, and even Kazaa. Let's just not mention the bitrate of some of it lol).

I'm fine with gradually expanding my tastes too, so I don't need Spotify for finding new things. To be fair though, I have found some truly great stuff through the site that I feel I would have never heard, so it's not without its merits. Though if you're ever bored and you want to do some manual discovery, Every Noise at Once is a bizarrely cool place and might lead to some interesting finds. But YMMV. And if I don't feel like picking anything I'll just throw on whatever internet radio station suits my fancy.

I get you on the storage space as well. Luckily for me, a lot of what I listen to (don't make fun please) is chiptunes, and I found a kickass app for my phone that reads the same files that the real consoles read so I can enjoy them in truly perfect quality, plus I have actual weeks of music in this format for less than 300 megs.

I admit my tastes are highly eclectic - to say the least - but I'm perfectly content with that. It's great that you, along with the majority of other people, have an option that best suits your needs. May we both be able to access our music solutions as long as possible.

Saying “things will not fundamentally change” was such a masterstroke, if his goal was to keep the right at their usual simmering level of hate while also upsetting most of the people who had to hold their nose to vote for him.

I can't see how it did any favors for him, except in the eyes of the corpora- oh...

I salute your commitment to the audio jack. I no longer have that luxury, but it is what it is, and I love my phone despite that glaring flaw. Wish it had an FM receiver too, but oh well.

If nothing else it’s an entirely private and secure way to consume music.

Amen to that. I've got my weird guilty pleasures that I go to occasionally and there's no reason anyone else needs to know why I listen to a couple of specific dubstep songs as often as I do. If that theoretical information ever got leaked, would it even matter? Probably not, but I'm able to enjoy the music more if I can listen in my own world with no strings attached.

You know, I considered "fixing" that before hitting reply, but I figured the overall sentiment of my comment would make its way through.

I used a check and an x, to represent positive and negative. I could have gone with ➕ / ➖, so that's on me.

It's only a friendly comment, why you have to be mad?

Wow, thank you for this awesome write-up! You didn't need to go so out of your way to teach a stranger, but I appreciate the heck out of it.

I never would have thought this could work with cats, or any kind of behavioral conditioning for that matter. It's the exact thing I would expect from a dog-training regimen. Regardless, I'll give it a shot. I think I'll see great results from the one who used to be right behind my heels wherever I would go at home. She still adores all attention, but she's a little more independent now 😊

Thanks again for the tips! You'll have a share of the credit for any future snoot boops.

I love buying vinyl too! I have a small collection spanning a few genres, but it's mostly videogame soundtracks, hah. I currently have a crappy Sony turntable that's apparently infamous for scratching records, so I'm holding out on spinning til I get a good one. I'm thinking one of the Audio Technical models that people recommend often.

You mean there's more of me out there?!

✅ No buffering, music starts instantly

✅ No connection issues

✅ No monthly money drain

✅ No arbitrary access or availability revocation

❌ No immediate access to any song I want to hear, but

✅ I'm patient

Don't worry, that definitely wasn't my impression. I'm glad you're in such a position that you don't feel the need to get high all the time. And besides, if the thing that stresses you the most is a misspoken word, it sounds like you're doing just fine!

Man I'm sorry that that's how you experience it. When I'm high I listen to my favorite music and zone the fuck out. The real world rarely enters my thoughts.

Often I'll think about projects I want to work on and get mega inspired from random stuff I find on the internet. Of course, the motivation evaporates when I'm sober, but at least I took notes while I was blasted 😂

I. Want. Your. Cat. To teach mine how to be movie-level adorable.

Freeplane is such an amazing mind mapping program, as long as you have some patience for learning it. I had never heard of it until maybe a year ago when I downloaded it. It's FOSS!

There are so many ways you can relate ideas to each other and lay out details. Plus it lets you embed internal or external links, images, and probably other types of media; I haven't gotten around to exploring all the features yet. And it also supports add-ons made by the community to extend its already broad functionality.

I'm currently using it to plan my dream video game, and it has been a priceless source of continued inspiration. I have pretty bad ADHD, but using this software has helped me stay motivated and ambitious. I used to get overwhelmed and turned off while navigating my huge plaintext thought-vomit notes. I swear this isn't an ad, as much as it sounds like one 😂

I've been using Okular and so far it's great. I'll have to take a look at Sumatra as well. To hell with Adobe!