rainynight65

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

I had lots of time to play games, but not a lot of money to buy games.

Now it's the other way round.

If I could bring back anything from back then, it's boxed PC games that can be resold and traded. Covered a lot of my gaming needs from second hand shops.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The USB transfer speed claim is misleading to say the least. The iPhone 15 was already capable of up to 10Gbps transfer speed (USB 3.0 support). You could quibble over the fact that the included cable didn't support that (if only the USB-IF could get its shit together), but to claim the hardware doesn't support it is a lie.

Also, non-US iPhones support both physical SIM and eSIM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

And yet every time Apple announce a new product or feature, Android fans are here with their 'welcome to the past' memes.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Railway and train modellers, of all scales. To their credit, a fair fee people are becoming more open, but especially modelling clubs are often run by old white men with questionable politics and problematic behaviours. They will sneer at anything that's not steam, or at people who run modern instead of vintage trains, or who don't get a train model exactly right the way the original ran that one time in the mid 50s from Bumfuck, Idaho to the middle of nowhere. They have little patience for newbies who might not have internalised all the lingo, or who might need something explained in simple English. If you build something that is not an exact replica of a real world location, they'll say you're not doing model railway, but merely toy trains. And then these same people go and wonder why they can't attract new people to the hobby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't have a lot of comparisons to dubs in other languages, but most german dubs I know are average at best. The biggest problem is that they often pick voice actors who just don't suit the character or the original actor. The stilted reading/talking is another issue, which is also often present in original German productions.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As an older metalhead, this makes me a bit sad, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. The metal scene I joined in the early 90s did have its tolerance problems specifically against other music genres, but I never knew it as particularly gatekeepy, at least the circles I socialised with and the concerts and festivals I went to. There were some people who though you weren't a real metal fan if you didn't exclusively listen to metal, but they were a minority. Nobody had a problem with me not particularly liking Slayer or Motörhead, and there was no requirement to have long hair and be covered in leather and/or band patches.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago

The fastest way to ruin a hobby is to make it a side hustle, or worse, your job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Spoken like someone who has never tried to get a group of people larger than two to collectively change their behaviour in a specific way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you're ever a parent, and you have one or more kids in school, and they engage in extracurricular activities - you'll be surprised how many amateur sports clubs and similar places communicate predominantly or even exclusively through Facebook.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Many people suffer from impostor syndrome to a degree. Many people make mistakes even when it comes to subject matters they are very familiar with. Everyone has technical problems every now and then - that's outside of your control. Technology is finicky and increasingly shit.

You'll always get people who think they know better than you, or could do something better than you. But they aren't. You are. You got where you are through your work and experience. As long you feel that you're prepared to the best of your ability and knowledge, I think your conscience can be clear.

You will never have everyone you meet like you. Some people are just basic shitheads, and some of them will write reviews like that precisely to gaslight you into doubting yourself and your abilities. They do it for kicks. If 95% of your reviews are positive, you're in a good place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Three of four Pro Pinball games are available on GOG. They're probably on the more realistic side of pinball games, effectively simulating a single table down to aspects like scratching, aging and blemishes. That's all optional though, you can just install and play. I don't know how well they've aged since it's been a few years since I last touched one of them. But I've always found them fun, with great visuals and sound, even though I'm pretty inept at pinball in general.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I started University, I used part of my small savings to buy a very nice bicycle so I could get around between uni districts.

When I moved into a shared student apartment, there was a locked bicycle room in the basement. Only resident keys would fit that lock. Nonetheless I still locked my bike separately.

The one day I forgot to do that, my bike was no longer there the next day. It pissed me off immensely because I couldn't immediately afford a new one, and the theft really made me uncomfortable. Mostly the fact that it must have involved someone who lived in the same block.

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