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  • In our world, the lack of split screen was a feature. It was less co-op as in play together, and more like play as a team. We enjoy fighting about meaningless stuff like whether to collect studs or whether to hurry along. I'd imagine if I tried playing with a sibling, there would be blood.

  • This is because the "tty" (by which I mean the device named by the output of ´tty´) is only displaying what is sent to it. Be it from the keyboard or pty2.

    The fact that the keyboard also fills an input buffer from python has to do with how python and the keyboard are attached to the same input file device which is a separate thing from them having same output file device.

    If anything that could output to tty2 could inject inputs to something using tty2 as an input buffer, that would be a security nightmare.

    Now, I'll sit back and let Cunningham's law kick in.

  • I never beat it as a kid either. I barely played it. I thought it was cryptic and punishing, although 9-year-old me wouldn't have used those words. Just a simple "This game is dumb." worked.

    In fact, I thought it was pretty universally reviled. I've since learned that this is due the to fact that a child's gaming social-sphere in the 90s could be quite limited.

    About 5 years ago, glancing across a bookshelf, a certain game cart happened to catch my eye. I couldn't tell you why it was this particular game cart that my attention ;) but I really started to think about it. I don't actually know anything about Zelda 2 (other than "This game is dumb."). So then I thought, maybe it wasn't for kids. Nine-year-olds are pretty ego-centric. The NES was one of our toys. No adults were playing these things. Did I mention my social-sphere?

    It then occured to me: I'm a blank slate. I know next to nothing about the progression, the map, or anything. Of course along the way, I found things familiar, and I knew things like >!Shadow Link was the final boss!< but I didn't know >!how to cheese the Shadow Link fight!<.

    So I gave it an honest, no-help-other-than-the-game's-original-manual playthrough. Yadda-yadda-yadda, Zelda 2 is one of the best games on the NES, and in my book, that makes it one of the best games ever.

    In hindsight, Zelda 1 is cryptic af. "The 10th enemy has the bomb", "gumble gumble", "shaka when the walls fell", wtf? If you'd like to know what the 10th enemy thing is: >!hopefully someone below explains drop counts because I'm sure as fuck not going to!<. How was a kid or adult going to figure that out?

    My Z2 playthrough took days, maybe 10, but my memory is fuzzy. I got pretty stuck >!looking for the mirror!< and I wondered around for a full day with no progress although I felt like I understood where the game wanted me to go. About halfway through the next day, I read the manual. I didn't actually think when I started that I was going to do a no-help-other-than-the-manual playthrough. I thought of as a no-internet-on-an-80s-game playthrough. After the realization that the manual wasn't outside help, I did use the internet for that. Well as soon as I learned >!hammers can chop down trees!<, I was on my way. The rest of the playthrough went smoothly, apart from being hard as fuck.

  • Cool. Actually, if you remember, could let me know how that goes? (provided that you in fact try it.) I haven't tried that one.

  • I guess him being gay isn't exactly important. The important thing is that the content that he stole was mostly about LGBTQ media studies. So "gayness" is relevant, but strictly speaking his gayness is not.

    Edit: I would also note that if the headline writer was just adding "gay" to be incendiary, the writer could have said "Gay youtuber taken down by bi youtuber" but that would needlessly putting in the "bi" label. The "gay youtuber" is "writing" about gay stuff.

  • Relevant xkcd alt-text 841.

    For years, I took the wrong lesson from that Monster Cable experiment and only listened to my music through alligator-clipped coat hangers.

  • I know it's not relevant here, but since we're talking globe etiquette: if your graphic of a globe shows New Zealand, be sure to shop it out to not reveal its location. At least cover it with a spoiler tag.

  • Careful. Repetition will get you banned.

  • I would be careful with the word "always". A softlock can occur by entering a later dungeon to steal some of its keys. You can use the surplus keys to beat an early dungeon without collecting its item. This locks the item in the dungeon. Hope you didn't need that later.

  • My partner and I like to play the Lego games together. Lego Star Wars (2005ish) was a favorite, but the newer ones are fun too.

  • the fact that you basically have to read the manual

    This is no joke and deserves a bit of emphasis. NES games expect you to read the manual.

    I did my first play of Zelda 2 about 5 years ago. I didn't like it as kid, but I loved my adult playthrough. I will note that this was one of the games that I got stuck until I read the manual.

    Another Z2 pointer, to anyone that wants to give it a go, is that you can logically "soft lock" the game with bad key management. It's unlikely, but if you like to look for unintended orders to do game goals, it could happen.

  • My understanding is that she in fact has means to leave to the state. She is subjecting herself to their jurisdiction to show the world the cruelty of the laws.

  • I didn't quote you. Where have you suggested anything that addresses anything anyone else has said? All you've said is "technology or alternative means". You're just being an "ideas man". Let me know if you find someone to do the hard part for you.

  • Please don't misquote people.

    How are the protections working? A whole a lot better than the nothing you are suggesting. Their life mission is to get the word out. I feel at this point, you don't realize how important that work is. They will not wait for technology to solve this. Things are happening now.

  • rule

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  • It might be to see who is reading the posting and tailoring their reply. Kinda like a "no green M&Ms" rider.

  • Sending in a drone could constitute an act of war. So while you're protecting journalists, you may be straining diplomatic ties or even risk escalating retaliation.

    Journalists are protected by international law, and right now the discussion should be focused at the crime at hand.

    PS: your compassion for the lives of journalists is laudable, and I'm not one of those who are downvoting you.

  • Because journalists must be identifiable to get journalistic protections. Any technological solution would seem hard to distinguish from espionage.

  • It's not a test. There are no ifs. It's a message that got through to its audience. None of this back-peddling will or is intended to reach that audience. The message is sent and it seems well-received.

  • Yikes, that would make you a scalper in more ways than one.