The sanity effects from Dark Descent were really cool. I love when games tell me how I'm supposed to feel about something, and make me avoid looking at enemies so I don't notice they're kinda lame. The complete lack of Eternal Darkness hallucinations was great too.
There's a quote by a Chinese author, I like, Lu Xun, who said “I thought: hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.”
The Neo-Reactionary is someone who goes "Well, do you notice how roads all link up on a given continent, and that people keep building them, and sometimes they clear forests or hills? Clearly roads are a sentient memetic virus trying to spread themselves via humans. Furthermore, many forests are nice, and you can learn a lot more by just wandering around, roads make it too easy really. You don't want every square inch of the world to be covered by roads, do you? Well that's the logical roady end game. I say we censor the roady press, and abolish roads."
"My favorite part of Windows 10 day is getting the kids up super early to tell them the story of how our ancestors thought they only had one version of Windows with which to make presentations about corporate synergy, but they ended up having 10."
The resolution doesn't bother me all that much except that it's hard to use things like browser windows without maximizing them because there's just not enough room
The computer I use at work has an ancient 2006 Dell monitor that's 1280 by 1024, and somehow that feels a lot bigger...probably just because it's 4:3. (Remember 4:3 LCDs?)
there used to be a set of computer labs at school that had square monitors.
they're being renovated so who knows what's going to replace them.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You know what's kind of amusing to me?
Digital cameras--including many smartphones--still take photos in a 4:3 aspect ratio.
The thing is...4:3 was not a tradtional photography aspect ratio. The only reason digital cameras used 4:3 resolutions is that the computer displays of the time used them. And now computer displays are 16:9, but photos are still 4:3.
Digital cameras--including many smartphones--still take photos in a 4:3 aspect ratio.
The thing is...4:3 was not a tradtional photography aspect ratio. The only reason digital cameras used 4:3 resolutions is that the computer displays of the time used them. And now computer displays are 16:9, but photos are still 4:3.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
oh my god guys
i just remembered the most hilarious thing
someone in the comments of Raymond Chen's blog once suggested a simple way he found to speed up his computer...by moving the page file to a ramdrive
It never occurred to me that the word "railroad" was an Americanism, somehow.
we say 'railway'
I'm curious...do you guys have the law that requires certain vehicles to stop before crossing the tracks, even if the signals aren't active? In the US that applies to a few categories, including school buses and trucks carrying hazardous or flammable materials (think a fuel tanker)...
i forgot to respond to this . . . i looked around and couldn't find any evidence of any such law in the UK, but bear in mind i don't drive
It's kinda weird seeing IE be deprecated. I mean, nobody actually liked it, but it's nearly as old as me. It's one of those things I always kinda expected to be around forever.
i think the law for the train thing is relatively recent. i mean, you've seen schoolhouse rock. probably for tanker trucks and all it was after some horrible accident that killed 43 people and caused $160 million in damage.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
It's kinda weird seeing IE be deprecated. I mean, nobody actually liked it, but it's nearly as old as me. It's one of those things I always kinda expected to be around forever.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I like how the implication is that Windows 10 would stop you from being bored
All art is subjective art, this of course means if you can't be inspiring with your art, be offensive. otherwise you'd have to admit you can't make inspiring art.
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that is very shitty if so
i hate patent abuse, and to my mind patenting a gameplay feature qualifies as such
fucking
posters
they're being renovated so who knows what's going to replace them.
i'd like a square monitor though.
edit: 3x2 apparently.
Which I've engaged in, but it's still odd
It's not worth it
like i went to see Transformers 2 expecting a dumb movie about things blowing up
i wasn't expecting open, blatant racism
But when you just feel a movie is a waste of time?
As someone with ADHD bad movies are bad, sure, but waste of time movies are genuinely painful.
Granted, the two have quite a bit of convergence.
If I don't like something, it's my problem
what if your art inspires only yourself?
is it still art?