[he/him] The other hero pig of capitalism. Seize the memes of production, comrades Everyone who works hard is a warrior In nomine patris*, dynamic_cast<filis*>, invalid override; uncaught exception All Cats Are Beautiful
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Last Notes npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Dang... I was feeling like playing Elden Ring just now I'm not only a souls veteran all the way form Demon's, I've got upwards of 850 hours on ER alone in Steam. Despite that, never got the DLC which is, apparently, really good But then I was reminded of the other, newer DLC. Elden Ring Horse Armor (plus a couple new starting classes and gear) being sold for a fiver and... that just kinda killed it, I dunno... feel icky from even considering touching it now. Wonder if From is dead to me [+1] npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna On the one hand, it's easy to be apprehensive about the fact that the Fedi might get a wave of Brazilians showing up. But also, if this does stick, Fedi is about to be introduced to what might honestly be the world's most productive memesphere Those who haven't seen it are not prepared for the jump in volume and quality from the shitposting they come across. You know when people go "I miss <thing> from birdsite back in the day"? #Brazil background noise is the <thing>, actually #Brasil npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Here in the supermarket just randomly thinking about that baseline disappointment from James Hettfield going all "dang, isn't protesting genocide kinda cringe? At least Metallica is going to remain apolitical, no worries". I guess it just exposes the shallowness of what they do say? Like, sure, Disposable Heroes is angry but it's not angry at the actual act of imperialist warmongering but more demanding respect and after care for all the war criminals who are made to wage it npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Some times people advertise software or assets here that have LLMs involved. That not only losses my interest, I've been getting into the habit of outright muting anyone promoting anything like that. I'm not interested in the thing and I don't want to hear about any other thing you might have to offer potentially ever. Most recent was some sound pack and, I swear, they had me at first half, Fedi. I was about to fave for later npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna We're back to ground zero: looking for a static site generator that isn't slop. At this point might was well fucking hand craft every single page, I dunno.... Or maybe fuck generators entirely, just deploy one Godot WASM app or something? I know there's some Python stuff around but I was hoping to have my generator not break every other month too.... <SIGHING INTENSIFIES> npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Extremely offended that Doom, The Fourth trolled me with a second secret area in a part of he map they make innacessible. This one, in Titan's Realm, is even pretty deep in the level. I did see find the door, even, but after a while of looking around thought "maybe it's in the next room" but.. uuhh... no. Entering the next room locks that bit. The level even brings you back to the room BEFORE it, but the door to that is locked the second time around. Come the fuck on, guys npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Getting proper Deutschland'd over here. Govt agency said they needed a certificate from the old workplace but told me they'd source it themselves if I pointed them in the right direction. Then later started complaining they need me to provide this to them which... okay... But what if their website is just so fucked I can't even log in for the second day straight? German Efficiency, Damen und Herren npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Okay, I know I just called Hellsing Ultimate story's kinda "stupid and ridiculous" [pejorative] and all but.... like... the fucking Nazi guy with an army of vampires who just wants to burn shit up for the sake of doing so... he's basically just the US Dept of War guy, yeah? Hellsing Ultimate retroactively becoming the most realistic? What a "stupid and ridiculous" [pejorative] timeline to live in, huh npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Holy fucking shit, I've got a POSITIVE "update to our privacy policy"? When did I jump timelines?!?! "Hey, so we previously informed you of how we use <third-party> for IP-based geolocation, yeah? We have ceased to use third-parties for that at all and handle everything on our own end, so your data goes no further than us. kthxbai" I dunno Fedi, I'm reading the thing again but I'm not quite finding the catch, it's making me aprehensive npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Today's tiny blip in the Surveillance Capitalism hellscape is Google sending me an email that reads: "Heeey, just to let you know, we're scraping your phone number and saving it to your account so that people can just call you, okay?" The email has the instructions to disable this (presumably after they've already done it anyways, lmao) and.... yeah, I miss not hating all of computers npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna TFW a YouTuber you follow releases a video that gets you really interested, so you keep waiting for the next opportunity to watch it but they did not get their mandated ENGAGEMENT levels in the first couple of days so before you get the chance to do it, you see YouTube showing it to you again with a new thumbnail that is way less interesting and would've not sparked interest had you not seen the first one npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nz6q loads of people recommending Proton but it is fash tech. Mail wise I use Mailbox and am happy with them. For other drive like uses I run my own Nextcloud which is a solution I'm very very happy with but is a bit of an adventure if you're going all the way to running it yourself. A lot of providers and hosts have semi ready offerings tho npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj sorry, I'll shitpost more npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…29up I'd be very surprised, sounds like a bit of a hyperbole. I guess worst case scenario you can install whatever distro you want on it, anyway? One thing is that when I tried using the new Steam Controller outside Steam (self-built desktop), nothing worked, it didn't even fall back to a generic gamepad config. So maybe they take these bits as intrisic to the Steam Machine and are extrapolating from there? npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nz6q That's interesting in the sense that I thought that the horny lad I evicted a couple of times here in Deutschland recently is himself a Giant House Spider. Curious to see what even is this basement spider with round balls at their legs =P Germany has in general been way too full of life. Spiders, a couple centipedes, a big ass cricket was in the house at some point... Just stay out, guys, yeesh npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I think there's a ton of hand drawing on the thing. They have a mode where you can pose characters for little scenes, I believe, but I never checked that one. Some of the moves have some very classic cartoon deformation with sizes and movement blur and whatnot and I guess those just have to be drawn in. End result is pretty amazing, I was baffled from the start npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I guess what I'd call the ultimate expression of this direction these days is Guilty Gear Strive. You practically can't tell those are actually models and not sprites until, perhaps, a cinematic super or a charged dust (the super jump into a combo thing that happens rarely). Random match as example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osDV_8Lib6w npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I really liked the looks of Killer Instinct back in the day, SNES colour struggles notwithstanding npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna It's truly a miracle that the slop grifters have not managed to corrupt the Mechanicus meme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7keQCRvgCs npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna When it comes to villains, realism and verisimilitude are increasingly incompatible concepts. They either feel fleshed out, grounded and have goals grounded in reality.... Or they feel life-like, as people you would see IRL. More and more these are unreconcilable npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…j05z oh, 100%. Lots of people put a lot of effort into things which are both deceptively and explicitly horrible, no doubt npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…j05z yes, but I mean in the sense that the feeling driving sunken cost fallacy is similar to what would be fueling "uphill climb fallacy" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…j05z While not quite the same, this IS quite analogous to the Sunken Cost Fallacy, I'd say npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nz6q Never ceases to be wild to be away from Magic for a while, see a random card and immediately go "Mother of power creep!!!" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h New JK Leeds is "Can you beat Dark Souls 2 with the Pickaxe" and like... it's just a regular-ass melee weapon, man... Even the gimmicky stuff like "Broken Ladle NG+7" whatever is just... time consuming? Unless there's elemental immunity shenanigans in the mix, the answer is yes and the question is not interesting nor enticing npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna A random nitpick I have is SoulsTubers in <current year argument> titling videos "Can you beat <Souls game> with <weapon/spell>" The answer is yes, 98% of the time, and 98% of THOSE times, it's been put to video like 5-20 times. Just drop the pretense, get cosy with it! "Let's beat <SoulsGame>" "What it's like to beat <SoulsGame>" Y'know... sprinkle a little personality on the title too npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Certainly a big one very much on record but what about all the greeks and whatnot, tho? Surely there's a bunch of them? npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Maybe? But for me is just the art design: "let's go, white dude template no 6 is our protagonist. No one ever used White Dude no 6!" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Random YouTube thumbnail featuring character assuming I know who they are: "Is that the... FF 16 guy? Or is that whatever Dragon Age?" The blandness is quite impressive, I guess? Not even particularly interested in finding out the answer, really npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h That's a bit weird.. I DO think you can dig for that because I had an issue with uBlock blocking my collabora server on my Nextcloud and got it to tell me somehow npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I think it's about an 8-10 drop here from what it was around 16:00, 17:00 and it's a blessing npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h if I'm home, the afternoon sun shines right in the office. Becomes quite the oven sometimes T_T npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Similar here in Hamburg... pretty tolerable atm (outside thermometer under my really warm roof says 27). Forecast of 33C at around 17:00 (when I'll be cycling back home from the doctor so you know it's gonna be great) and then 20C by 23:00. Climate change is a filthy commie lie etc etc etc npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Today I felt BAD. There's a quest where you pick up a Rock bride and need to deliver her to some baron/warlord/whatever. When you get there she instead pleads with you to take her away from this horrible arranged marriage. More crew for a boarding ship? Welcome aboard! Except I get boarded and mess up the micro like, two jumps later and she just dies. I FELT SO FUCKING BAD, MAN! SHE HAD A WHOLE NEW FUTURE AHEAD OF HER!!! npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Mantis A checked off the list =P Boarding is such a powerful strategy, but also so risky. You keep getting extra rewards from crew kills but also feeling very vulnerable. Lost SO many crew to all sorts of things. The game saying no, me making mistakes, general weirdness.... Managed to claw back somehow and ended up having a pretty smooth Flagship fight though I DID lose one crew to mind control, maybe should've been more aggressive about that Well, unlocked Slug A and Stealth A npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h But think of the GROWTH! They could point at a line showing how many projects they host and it would go SO UP! That's good, that's the bestest thing!!! Anyway, really reassuring that there is a safe haven for something, these are getting rarer and rarer u.u npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Oh my Dragon, it's a piece of good news. I can't believe. What is this? the 90s? #nevent1q…vade npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…a0v2 Can you blame them? Here people hold them accountable for their decisions and point to weird bullshit like... the company's mission statement (or, y'know... whatever that used to be). Over there they get showered in praise by FirstNameNumberString! It's the place to be if you want to talk to your users! npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h And I dunno, maybe this kind of contrast and variety stuck with people? Something like this was the vibe they were trying to catch while, at the same time, starting to move to something more "grounded and realistic" so multiple fantasy worlds or alien planets was seen as tacky? As a time travel hater, this would be funny to me. Time travel is way dumber, imo =P npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Look, Time Commando was kinda garbage but it was awesome =P To me time travel is the low hanging fruit of fiction. When someone is out of ideas, boom, time travel. It's almost always a dogshit idea too? Maybe the tech was enabling people to represent a bunch of different stuff and this was seen as a way to get variety? No time travel (?) in Quake but that melded industrial tech bases with gritty castles and the contrast was striking and remarkable. The vibes are very on point [+1] npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…u7p7 Yeah, I see it as straight up poison. It hurts the projects which embrace it, the people which use it, the knowledge that goes through it and the work that it syphons. It's a widespread poison that's killing computing in like 8 different ways all at once npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 As a certified annoying lefto nerd type, if it makes your heart easier, I DO NOT engage with Discord unless absolutely necessary. People just kinda forgot that Discord wants to sell them all to Palantir or whatever npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj yeah, that's sad. "Excuse me, I was promised shitposting? I'd like to speak to the manager, where's Gargamel?" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj I guess I'm less "trigger happy" than you but I do tend to often check out the feeds of randos that either follow me or engage in actually conversation. A lot of interactions are one-offs and that's fine. There's also a lot of people I an so used to seeing in the local TL that I don't even notice o don't follow? But, yeah, for me a follow is an invitation to examine, not necessarily an automatic follow back. Also it may feel like the other side is engagement farming [+1] npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 regardless of support, periodic heartbeat updates are always good. I feel the greatest concern a lot of the time is knowing whether the project is actually still going, regardless of how slow that might be npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 honestly, for the projects I support I don't really care much about what the perks are. Most have early access to builds but not even all. For me it's more about knowing I'm throwing a couple of bucks towards the creator and also an easy channel through which to share any feedback, bug reports etc npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj The version I've always heard is roughly: "Those who take no sides have decided in favour of the oppressor" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…j05z Good luck, it DO be hard. Never finished myself but it's super fun. npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Large enemies, in particular, are always frustrating. Hitboxes all over the place, camera doing whatever... Don't give up, Skeleton npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h It DOES feel like they have. Back when I was a kid, it was known that this was not significantly better than consulting the goats of the pidgeons. These days the data tends to be pretty reliable at least for the next week or so npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…2uyx Honestly, it's a pretty good start. They've merged some slop in the codebase previously and I had essentially already lost hope thinking it would go in the "never again, I guess" pile npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna I'd like to thank the RegenRadar for making for me the decision that: "no, I will absolutely not stop by the supermarket for groceries on the way back home. In fact, I'm fucking legging it RIGHT NOW" It was absolutely the correct decision. It's raining and I'm sitting in the couch having just had a shower and a coffee npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna A while back I saw someone here mentioning how they used to enjoy "but are the toasters actually people" type stories but last time they ran into one of these (replaying Fallout 4, IIRC) the toasters in question just filled him with abject disgust given <gestures vaguely at <current year argument>> I was in a conversion where a person was complaining about colleagues slopping it up and I noticed I developed an immediate trigger to llm anthropomorphising language. Immediate abject disgust npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna New Lindsay Nikole video has an article headline on the thumbnail: "Google wants to release 32 Million mosquitoes in Florida and California. Here's why" And, like.... I don't THINK the answer is going to be "purely to spite people in a show of power and cruelty" but given Google's track record that would be a pretty standard response if it was, indeed, the sole reason for such an act npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…2uyx you can straight up reuse the name, too npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna The surviving cat always had some bouts of energy in the afternoons. Loves playing chase around the house and whatnot and doesn't have outside access. So a few days back, before knowing my bosses would not, in fact, be able to convince the institute I am needed at work, I bought her a running wheel. And she loves the thing it's her.... favourite bed. But she is too lazy to actually walk or run in it, though I'm sure all this heat ABSOLUTELY does not help #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/820/624/354/621/497/original/7e69849040533ff7.jpg npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I guess the idea of duality as opposing and complementary halves is, in itself, attractive, and then this is kind of the gateway drug to M/F duality. It's a low-hanginh fruit I know I have this problem still left to be solved with some magic in my fantasy scenario. There's a whole category that I initially built around this concept many years back before being pointed out that "it's pretty boring and silly, actually" and being forced to agree it's a bit of a waste when MAGIC npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna Bloody hell, it's so hot. I need a desk fan T_T npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…29up I mean everyone that actually uses Firefox, I guess, has been constantly yelling at them that they do so precisely because they are unhappy with the whole surveillance capitalism and LLM fuckery. People constantly tell Firefox "I use Firefox exactly because I want to stay away from all of this. Please stop with this nonsense" But FF doubles down on exactly this nonsense every single time. At this point I think it's intentional sabotage, tbh. FF wants to die and get out of Google's way npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj From has a lot of cred with me at this point. I never really doubted that whenever I DO pick it up, I'm going to have a great time =P Just need to wait for depression to hit, I guess, so I'm in the right mood for more Souls XD npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Haha, OIC. I thought you were coming into From through DS. ER definitely where I have the most hours (somehow over 800?!?!?) but also, very curiously, I never even bought SotE. Just kinda hit at an inopportune time and now I'm always like "man, 40 bucks? It's probably worth it and all but... I dunno) Sekiro may be in many ways my favourite but it is SO hostile, especially in the beginning. Wolf is just too dang fragile so it's really hard to actually get the skill npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj With you being on a FromSoft journey, have you already and/or do you intend to follow up later with Sekiro and Elden Ring? Sekiro, in particular, is quite the departure, even if a lot of the same spirit is there whereas ER is very much a spiritual sucessor to DS in many ways npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I could be deluding myself but it felt like today I really struggled to find videos I'd previously found with no problems. In the spirit of <current year argument> they COULD just "do nothing and win" and, yet, here we are npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna I see Google decided they should make YouTube search even worse by burying your results behind "randos watched these random things!!!" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj If we wait a decade or two, PCSX will pick up the work that Sony doesn't want to put in npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj I kinda hate the look of DS3 with everything looking shiny grey forever. Do agree that parry timing in DS2 really sucks however, parries DID infuriate me to no end in DS3 BECAUSE it's really common to get a parry and then still take the full blow damage because fuck you. HATETHISHATETHISHATETHISHATETHISHATETHIS It's especially infuriating because DS3 has a surprising amount of even bosses which are technically parriable, I REALLY wanted to play focusing on this but... yeah, nah npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Curious to hear what your opinion will be. Tons of people have it as their favourite in the series but for me it's the opposite npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj I feel like a big difference is that when Linux sucks it's just jank, it's failing. When Windows sucks it's often because actively hates you and it's being shit on purpose npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj I saw an as for the upcoming launch of One Piece Lego sets, based on the live action adaptation so it could be part of a marketing push for this. Also really weird that it was presented as being entirely new when I know some sets of this were already around last year. Saw them in a shop and everything npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj That the one at the end of Eleum Loyce? That shit is legendary <3 npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Honestly, the whole practice always just confuses me. I can't understand the loser mindset it takes to alt-F4 or pull the plug and then have to deal with loading everything again etc.... npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Kinda the same. It's something I saw many years ago and it's just filed in the background. I'm always unsure if I'd actually like to have one of those some day or just... EXTRA LORGE DESK MOTHERFUCKER The latter has has a solid track record at this point =3 npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Like one of these things? https://cluvens.com/manticore-ergonomic-gaming-chair-workstation.html npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 Eh, no worries. I'm happy to help. This is all relevant to my interests anyway =3 npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 I actually think this is not SDL's fault. I think the data isn't even getting to SDL. There is a package in (I use) Arch (,btw), installed as a dependency of steam, called steam-devices. This is a handful of udev rules and I think they might be responsible for breaking off the normal pathway the data would take npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 So initial test is... bad, actually. Tested using both BT and USB connection (haven't tried the Puck) and, with Steam off, the controller seems to not be even sending anything? I get the notification, it's seeing when connected but then just... nothing. Neither within Godot, nor within KDE's little controller check interface npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…nuu0 @nprofile…4p46 Well, I MAY have the chance RIGHT NOW... Where do I click? And also, you want it without the interference of Steam Input, right? npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…4p46 @nprofile…nuu0 not sure outside of steam input. I know the physical button layout of the same, plus a bunch of other stuff. I do have one of those controllers and have played with Godot a bit so wouldn't mind double checking. It'll just be tricky to do so today as the Frau has got said controller in her grips. Shame I didn't spot this earlier npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Yeah, but that made it real perfunctory. Like something that basically never came up unless under some real weird circumstances... EXCEPT for the handful of weapons (almost exclusively Dragon weapons) where they had special skills Then you would use up durability because Dark Souls did away with MP after how hard that skewed Demon's Souls In 2, having it be way small but recharging at bonfires, it's a much more present mechanic, like you actually interact with it [+1] npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h To confirm, you want a full cell mirroring, right? This isn't about merging cells. Never heard of that idea, actually. I think for the value is easy but making the style... that I dunno npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj While I kind of agree I also think the DS2 incarnation was an improvement over DS1 where the mechanic is basically entirely extraneous. Never had too much problem with it outside of Sinh and Aava but, yeah, it's annoying Understanding how they got to this design choice, I'm more surprised durability still exists in DS3 at all after they've gone and brought back FP as a resource Took them all the way till Elden Ring to realise it was kinda just getting in the way of the games npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…2uyx If she's ever out and sends me a photo of some cool moss we're getting fucking sued. I live in constant fear npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna I was just noticing that the Frau: - Has a cat - Uses Linux on the daily - Speaks some German It feels like we're approaching "statistical error" levels with the fact that she isn't in the Fediverse in any way npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h That's the gist. The story is about a conflict between "space nazi empire" and the "liberal democracy space-UN resistance" The space nazis value an old timey aesthetic and stick to it. They're focused on a glorious past, their main planet is called "Odin" and they have a very strict social caste system with nobles and plebs The federation is very 80s futurism so blocky and functional sort of tech that looks old timey for for us but, in comparison to the empire, is industrial and techy npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Ah, all good then. Was just going to give some light background on the aesthetics from either side.... I need to go back and actually finish watching the original series some time npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Sounds like you're in the right track, tho XD npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Don't know if it's exactly the vibe you're after but I LOVE the aesthetics of Legend of Galactic Heroes. The old series and/or the Gaiden OVAs (bunch of prequels) are great. There are a couple of old films which have some top notch and very mismatched mechanical-porn. I was less of a fan of "The New Thesis" remake for the 5 or so eps I saw npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I get pretty amazed: "Oh, you bought THIS sausage 3 times in a row? WOULDN IT BE A SHAME IF...." "By the way, we have every other flavour of your deodorant, including 5 new ones. We discontinued just the one" "This brand of insoles? Yeah, we've got a shelf full of them, like so many models... ah, no, not that one" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna In yet another "main character* of Capitalism" moment, tired of not finding the exact model of the insole I like on the shops, I remembered the internet existed and went to the manufacturer's website to buy a pair for the other shoe directly from them It looks like I can't find this specific one because they stopped selling it. But the other one that's okay but not as great is still there. New packaging and all EVERY FUCKING TIME I LIKE A THING npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…2uyx might go that route eventually. Instead I have a whole separate extension just for that. I seem to remember using a different one at some point that would present then like regular videos instead. Kinda wanted something like it these days because I've had to discover through vtuber reaction videos that chief googledebunker miniminuteman seems to post a bunch of shorts and I've never even seen any of them npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj Home, sweet home npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h The art in the whole of Metal Slug just goes SO FUCKING HARD npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj nah, that sounds about right, actually npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj fucking YIKES npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h @nprofile…u7p7 I kiiinda wonder if they'll try repurposing Web 3. I'd argue that this is Web 2.5, tho. Because the distingushing feature from Web 1 is the enclosure of the internet through social media platforms and this is an intensifying of this same project, whereas Web3 was a different one in some ways. Gonna guess "the old web" will be something like "the crude web" or "the wild web" npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj In ER they got rid of durability altogether which I think was overall the right move. In DS2 they break way faster than in DS1 but always self-repair at bonfires unless they're proper broken, Same as in DS1, some weapons have special attacks that consume durability and in DS2 this feels a bit more present? Thought out at least? But generally, yeah, a hassle npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj So far it's been pretty good actually, it's working =3 npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h Blizzard themselves, may they rest in Cosby Room, had quite a few great expansion packs. I actually miss the terminology. Everything being equally labeled DLC, while technically accurate ends up lumping together full blown expansions like these with OST downloads, micro transactions etc... It's a bit unhelpful in that sense npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…d0yj to me those situations always feel like the opponent is teaching me a lesson. They keep doing the same thing because they want to see me learn to respond. Especially if it is an opponent who's generally better than me. Don't know why, always has that "training montage" feel when they keep indulging me in what is surely a not very satisfying set and then lock in to one little BS in entirely unable to respond instead of just... Completely destroying me normally npub1dn05pw4j3exndwsqsxv04nm50txppfnsfpqexlqsvfk55q8gwrrsh9pfj0 Vile Lasagna @nprofile…5y0h I don't remember it coming anywhere as hard last year, though I do think it did. More amusing than anything that on the days when it does happen it's actually not super cold