sjmulder

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Go read The Freeze Frame Revolution!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

A cop once asked me to shake my backpack to make sure there were no graffiti cans in there. Obviously there weren’t.

Now I’m involved a bit in activism get searched on the regular. It’s mostly procedural, I have the privilege of being not really considered a criminal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

iPhone SE2:

  1. Use until it turns off due to empty battery
  2. Put on charger, wait for it to boot.
  3. Unlock at the earliest opportunity.

Problem: after unlocking, the background disappears (goes black).

Only the home screen though, the lock screen wallpaper works. ‘Fix’ is to change the wallpaper.

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

No it isn’t, just checked my copy to be sure. I played it on my regular 3DS XL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What a beast of a trailer. There seems to be so much in this game - deliveries, mecha-like stuff, really excited!

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

Don’t tell them about baby powder!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I did get the M30. It's delightful but there's one problem - it looks like The Lion King is one of the few games the Retro Receiver has a problem with. Any button presses while holding a direction on the D-pad interrupt the direction on the D-pad. So a roll becomes a crouch and a running jump becomes a standing jump. I've reached out to support, hopefully they can help, otherwise I'll have to return it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I ended up applying something called Liquiwire, which seems to work well so far! I can finally play The Lion King properly again ^_^.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That looks interesting and worth trying. I'll have a look to see if I can find anything like that locally

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is buying a used controller out of the question?

The backup plan is to do either that or get an 8bitdo M30 with a retro receiver!

 

I have the Mega Drive gamepad variation pictured in this article, where the d-pad is connected to a plastic circular piece on the back of the PCB where it triggers 4 rubber buttons.

But the down direction is very unresponsive. I've cleaned it well in the hopes that sticky plastic was the cause, but it wasn't.

Any tips? Replacement rubbers, a piece of padding maybe?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

It’s how non-Latin Unicode domain names are encoded, in this case one made out of Japanese characters. I suppose it depends on the browser whether or not it shows them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

“Nationalists of all nations: unite!”

 

Selaco is a first person shooter on the GZDoom engine. It's currently for sale on Steam and in early access.

The GPL source code is included with the game. I'm not interested in playing the game but I am curious about the source. Can someone upload/mirror it for me somewhere? It doesn't seem to be on GitHub yet.

(Obviously this is legal, it's the very point of the GPL - GZDoom is free to build upon but under the condition that those freedoms are retained)

 

Props to everyone getting in their daily miles or more for another year!

For me it’s year 4! 🎉 Wasn’t a great running year though, didn’t hit 1000 miles. But there were a few fun runs including the Dam tot Damloop, a Mud Masters event and a local event in the middle of a heat wave.

For the curious, see e.g. https://www.runeveryday.com/

 

I have the original Gran Turismo and Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PS1 on disc, playing on a PS2 slim and PS3. On both, I can steer with the D-pad but not with the analog stick, even though both games advertise analog controls on the box.

The PS3 controller doesn't have an analog toggle button but the PS2 controller does. Pressing it enables the analog stick but it feels like it's still digital.

How is this supposed to work?

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