eldrichhydralisk @ eldrichhydralisk @lemmy.sdf.org

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Technology Connections has a video on exactly these devices that dives into how they work and what they can and can't do. TLDW; you're not wrong about the physics of cooling a room, though in some cases this little thing might make you feel a bit cooler.

@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social is the author of the SMBC webcomic and he posts funny stuff pretty frequently.

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org does art with open source tools, including the open source Pepper and Carrot comic.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to posts dumb memes constantly.

@Popehat@mastodon.social posts smartassed yet accurate commentary on current legal news.

"The paths divide the players from the rules. But we're the ones who chose to plaaaaaaaay...

...the game."

I figured it would be that unique CRT visual quality that kind of enhances the pixels. Never even considered that the sounds would also come out more the way the designers intended. Cool!

As I recall, both games also had secret music tracks on the disc that weren't in the game, but were really excellent. Playing those games as CDs blew my mind back in the day!

Well that's as authentic a retro experience as it gets!

The full soundtracks to both games are on the Fat Man's Bandcamp, which I linked up above. Also, the "greatest hits" collection album 7/11 is on Spotify. It's surprisingly easy to listen to these days!

The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour remain top-tier for me. The music was half the experience, turn it up and just enjoy that creepy vibe while solving puzzles. And they're all on The Fat Man's Bandcamp now!

Also, there's an industrial rock cover album on vinyl currently looking for funding on Kickstarter. I'm super excited!

Nope. I quit cold turkey on June 30 and haven't been back. Well, not on purpose, at least. Sometimes a Google result sends me to Reddit, but when it loads I just close it and move to the next result. Lemmy works fine for everything I used Reddit for.

Agreed. I find Bing chat is really good when I know almost nothing about what I'm searching, or when I know a whole lot about what I'm searching. Like in your example, if I know exactly what I need but can't remember its name Bing will read all the spammy beginners' guides for me and get the answer. And on the opposite end, if I'm looking to buy a gift in a hobby I don't remotely understand Bing does a pretty good job of holding my hand through the search process.

Weirdly, medium knowledge questions seem to still do better as a basic Google search. If I need to fix an appliance I've fixed before, but it's been a long time so I really need a full walkthrough, the first few results on Google are faster than waiting for Bing to talk through it.

Lemmy scratches the Reddit itch for me. It doesn't have all my old niche communities yet, but it's got enough for me to log on and see what's happening in the Internet.

Also, I haven't been pestered to use an app since I got here, which is so nice. Reddit was getting more and more aggressive about that before I quit.

This is going way back, but the 7th Guest soundtrack had lived in my head since the first time I saw the game. Really great atmosphere, equal parts creepy and playful, perfect mood for a haunted mansion filled with puzzles.