emb @ emb @lemmy.world

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I haven't played in a number of years, but I'm pretty sure fan-made servers are still running for Phantasy Star Online.

I was playing the GameCube version online well over a decade after that console was dead. Blue Burst on PC is well supported too, I believe.

Crazy now to imagine a console game letting you input a DNS server and IP address for online play. But it did.

Fira Code is my answer as well! I'll use others for some variety, but it's the favorite I always go back to.

Yes, it's fun and my brain can convince itself that it's productive too. How can I work if I don't have the perfect programming font?

Along the same lines as your link - I really enjoyed playing out this font tournament, and found a few new ones I like - https://www.codingfont.com/

I haven't used it in a while, but I remember the experience being pretty good (dependent on your subs) when browsing 'old' mode, with ublock on to clean it up. Hopefully the former is still supported and the latter is still not prevented.

Vim has that same kind of tutorial, that you can access right within the application. Such a nice feature.

I didn't know that about Inkscape, now I really want to try that one.

Thanks! Yeah, I had no idea that work was going into the sidebar, since it doesn't show up in my feed.

That looks useful.

I was gonna mention rtings as an alternative to this, then I saw them included, which is nice.

The one thing I miss in this tool is display lag. It's basically included in the rtings score; but with all the other specific filters, that's one I'd want up front.

Not to defend Nintendo much here, but the situation with game-key-cards is at least better than that. You can freely trade, give away, resell them like any physical cart.

It's a step up from digital in terms of freedom, but a step down in convenience (cart has to be in the system).

Compared to real, physical, data-on-the-cart media though, these are a definite downgrade.

My niece introduced me to LKBC, and so far it seems like a lot of fun!

Been loving the feature.

My next hope is that they'll upgrade tab groups so (when collapsed) I can move them around like normal tabs. Right now it's a little awkward if I start the group in the wrong spot.

For me, open tabs and bookmarks are different levels of the same thing. I'll open a bunch of tabs researching some task I want to do, and leave them open because I want to come back to that. Bookmarks do the same thing, but with lower visibility and higher permanence.

Tab groups let me group a handful of things to reduce the clutter. Similar to the way that folders are useful within the bookmarks manager.

To use them, just drag one tab on top of another, it'll make a new group. Give it a name, and you can now expand/collapse. So 10 tabs all related to one task can stay in-sight to remind you, but only take up 1 tab's worth of space in the bar.

It can feel a bit lopsided - if I'm having a conversation about some divisive thing, and grant a point, even a small one: the other person will probably keep harping on the thing I was wrong about. Meanwhile, that person will never admit they were wrong about anything.

It's a symptom of treating these conversations like debates. After you 'lose' a couple, you're conditioned not to give an inch.

Ubuntu had a thing for a while where they would send you a CD if you asked for it. Friend of mine from school gave me one.

I appreciate them trying to set expectations. But then I also think a statement like this throws fuel on the fire, making more people want to scalp it.

Mastodon, but I've largely dropped it for Bluesky. I'm no purist about full decentralization, and I think it's enough that the latter both has users, and isn't currently awful.

I've used Bookwyrm a bit. I kinda like it. But it had some UX issues imo, and didn't keep me hooked.

Also tried Pixelfed. It's pretty slick, but I just can't see the point. Like Instagram, seeing a feed of just pictures wasn't all that interesting to me... though I probably just haven't followed the right accounts.

I had bats a couple years ago too. Was near mating season when we realized, so had to move fast. Found out because we'd hear them flying around inside the walls upstairs.

We had to get one way doors installed as well, though ours were temporary and they just did their best to seal up the roof areas where they got in. Came back a while later to make sure all the bats were gone and clean out guano.

It's zero effort to turn on the signal. I say do it every time you're planning to turn or merge. Why not?

I guess sometimes if I'm behind a bunch of cars in a turn lane, I'll wait until I'm up near the front and about to actually turn.

Far from perfect, but I think it's good to have a layer that very visibly shows 'yes, this is the account you want'.

Domains are a worthwhile addition, but they run into almost the same problem as usernames and handles. Can be made misleading easily - sure, I could often go to the web address and verify it (if they don't put up a convincing fake site), but that's much lower visibilty.

Eg, you can probably register nintendo@nintendoamerico.com or similar and get it by some folks just as easily as registering the Twitter handle. There's a payment step to get the domain, but that's about it.

The centralization problem you mention is a good point though. It was a fine system, if you felt like you could trust Twitter as a verifier. Today obviously, one could not. But Bsky seems to at least theoretically have a 'choose your verification provider' idea in mind, which would (again theoretically) resolve a lot of that issue.

I do not see anything to be angry or disappointed about?

Verification badge was good, the dumb thing Twitter did was throw it away by letting anyone pay for it.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68426/~/nintendo-switch-and-nintendo-switch%26nbsp%3B2-accessory-compatibility

Here's how Nintendo's support site lays it out.