DrGiltspur 11mo ago • 100%
I think it was called The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.
DrGiltspur 11mo ago • 100%
Looking forward to the Musk/Zuck ass-to-ass scene...
Hope you all find this interesting, delighted I got the chance to have a play with the machine!
Revisiting the 1997 Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick for PC! This started off as simple FFB stick nostalgia, showing off a few Windows 95 games, annnd ended up going down rabbit holes on gameport adapters, DirectX, patent trolls, and the quiet demise/resurrection of force feedback flight sticks.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
I remember when this movie first came out, Mark Kermode (uk film critic) was reviewing it on his podcast and noted that Flatley had won "Best Actor" for this movie at the "Monaco Streaming Film Festival". Kermode pointed out, that for this to be true it must mean that it competed against at least one other movie, which somehow had acting worse that Flatley's. So Kermode went on a quest to learn more about this film festival and the other films in the competition. Each week on the podcast he gave updates on his quest. He was able to get in touch with someone from the festival who could confirm that yes, it was a real festival and that yes, there were other films in competition. When asked about these other films, the correspondent couldn't directly provide any information and would need to consult "the archives" (for a film festival that had taken place 4 months prior). The back and forth went on for weeks, but ultimately Kermode had to give up. We never found out what films had worse acting than Flatley in Blackbird...
Designers say the high-tech Sphere in Las Vegas will redefine the concert-going experience. Others say it’s an expensive boondoggle
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
My "favorite" part was when he read from the (now deleted) Oceangate blog post that effectively said "we don't bother with the mechanical certification process, since very few of the failures that occur in the world are due to mechanical faults".
Really? Could that be because the mechanical certification process actually works?
Stumped? [#monkeyisland](https://kbin.social/tag/monkeyisland) [#dosgames](https://kbin.social/tag/dosgames) [#lucasarts](https://kbin.social/tag/lucasarts)
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
I only recently updated my android phone so I won't be jumping on this immediately. But I am very excited to see something like this arrive in the US. Will definitely be keeping an eye on it.
Between this and the Framework Laptop it seems like we can be hopeful about having more repairable devices. I hope this is a trend that catches on.
Webb turned its gold-coated mirror toward Saturn this week.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
Most folks here are tech savvy and don't mind the kbin name, but I don't expect some of my friends to 'get' it.
To be honest, I don't 'get' it either. Does kbin mean anything? Is it meant to be like 'cabin' or something...
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
Yeah, Feedly is great. Been using it for years and very happy with it.
It's kind of a bummer that RSS never took off the way it deserved. It is kind of a precursor to what we have now with Fediverse/ActivityPub.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
All I knew playing it was that if I lowered them, the game played cheering sounds and booed me if I raised them.
As a kid, whenever I had to raise taxes, I would raise them one increment higher than I needed and get all the boos. Then lower back down one increment to get the cheers. I figured if you end on cheers, that must mean they are happy, right?
Valve cites unclear legal status, copyrighted training data in rejection message.
Unofficial Myst port for 8-bit Atari 2600 gives the '90s adventure a '70s makeover.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
Lemmy has so far made $0 total profit. So that makes them substantially more profitable than Reddit.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 0%
Oh, that's too bad. I've been using Stitcher for years and was pretty happy with it.
What other podcast apps for Android are people using that they would recommend?
I've tried using Spotify previously for podcasts, but I find it frustrating since the app is primarily designed for music. It works well for music, but the podcasts experience is awkwardly grafted on and does not work well for me.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
I found this bit amusing:
To get WinGPT working without a proxy, the Dialup.net developer has also developed a 16-bit port of the WolfSSL library to support TLS 1.2 and 1.3 connections on the ancient operating system. This port is, as the developer says, "not secure, not reliable, and there is no warranty," and it should be used for entertainment purposes only. The port doesn't verify security certificates and uses "a fake random number generator" to function.
Developer has ported modern SSL/TLS libraries to Windows 3.1 to get it working.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
otherwise a very nice device.
"Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
On the other hand, kbin has a cumulative score, but currently implements it badly wrong. Your cumulative 'reputation' is calculated as "boosts - downvotes". So if you post a thread that gets 100 upvotes, 9 downvotes, 80 comments and 5 boosts, you are rewarded with '-4 reputation'. Nobody really uses boost, so it is very easy to rack up negative reputation.
Thankfully, I don't think 'reputation' actually does anything, but it is still kind of annoying to be 'punished' for posting.
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
The production design on this movie looks incredible. It's like kitsch turned up so high it becomes fine art. Can't wait to see this. Never imagined the Barbie movie would be my most anticipated movie of the year...
DrGiltspur 1y ago • 100%
"911, what's your emergency?"
"I urgently need to take a screenshot of this youtube video to post on social media.! Help!"
Google says it's working on a fix, but as usual, manufacturers will need to update.
From PCMIDI.EU comes the Orpheus 2 – a new 16-bit ISA sound card! Could this be the best one for vintage computers right now? An argument can be made for that I think. On-board Gravis Ultrasound PnP compatibility, plus all the Orpheus 1 features like Sound Blaster Pro compatibility, Yamaha OPL3, and an intelligent mode MPU-401. As far as modern replica sound cards go, this thing is a step above the rest at the moment!
* Ford's CEO said Tesla's Cybertruck is for "Silicon Valley people" not "real people who do real work." * Jim Farley said Tesla's pickup truck won't compete with the F-150 Lightning. * Tesla is expected to release the EV pickup later this year, but it's been delayed several times.
With Tuesday’s global business factored in, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has swung past the half-billion mark worldwide, grossing $506.3M through yesterday.
The actress stars alongside Andrew Barth Feldman in Gene Stupnitsky's movie about a woman hired by an awkward teen's parents to boost his confidence by dating him.
> > > It is alleged that a safety wire designed to stop Watts’s fall malfunctioned and he missed the safety mat because the stunt was performed differently to the initial rehearsal. Watts, who suffered a fractured skull, traumatic brain injury, psychiatric injury and damage to his shoulder, was in a coma for five days following the accident. According to his lawyers he has been left with “a series of cognitive and physical issues” requiring specialist support and therapies. They describe his injuries as “life changing.” > >