ElectricMachman

As a vegetarian: the smell of a quality sausage being fried.

When was this, exactly?

I’m amazed there’s anyone out there who hasn’t heard of Jim Fucking Sterling, Son

I ran 7 on a Dell netbook for a few years, and it worked great (though, naturally, not as great as XP)

Because mice are a solved problem. New phones can ostensibly have new features, better cameras, better displays, etc. Similarly, new cards and CPUs can give you measurably better performance.

A new mouse is something you get when your old mouse is broken, and if that’s happening every year, then there’s a big problem.

Off the top of my head:

• The entire Pro Pinball series
• Yoku’s Island Express
• Creature in the Well
• Pinball FX3
• 3D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent
• Metroid Prime Pinball
• Epic Pinball
• Addiction Pinball

The MD game you’re thinking of is likely to be Psycho Pinball.

I have to question in what world one would need “the latest mouse” every year. The only reason is if Logitech makes such a crap mouse that it starts to fall apart, thus necessitating a new one.

The only other avenue is that the mouse just gets more and more bloated with additional “features” year-on-year.

The principle isn’t the worst, but the implications are less than ideal

Unless you’re using a non-Chromium browser, that is.

I pay for it because I thought it was a trustworthy service that had earnt my money. Instead, if they continue with stuff like this then I’ll go back to not trusting subscription services again.

This and the new LLM “feature” in ProtonMail suggests that someone higher up has had a sniff of the techbro kool-aid.

And you’re insulting me and mine by calling autism a mental illness. Funny how that works…

It really isn’t. Mental illnesses, like physical illnesses, are the sort of thing that can be cured. Calling autism a “mental illness” implies that there’s something wrong with an autistic person, which is pretty insulting

‘Neurodivergency’ is the term you’re looking for

I’m not sure the NES was affordable per se. On release, it cost about $500 in today’s money. And then you had to buy games at extra cost. In a world where you could go to an arcade with your pocket money and have a decent amount of fun, I don’t think it was a great value proposition in the eyes of many.

Not really, I just think it’s the best controller. Ergonomic shape, octagonal stick gate (which is a criminally underused feature), good button layout… the only thing wrong with it is that the analogue triggers have a bit too much travel on them.

I’m a big fan of the 8bitdo Ultimate C, but my favourite may well be the GameCube controller

“Jank and unfinished” sounds like it fits the immersive sim MO to me! (I mean this with the utmost respect)

I know the topic isn’t about HR, but as a huge fan of that game, I recently replayed the non-DC version and found myself really appreciating the yellow tint. It ties the aesthetic together, and the DC always looked a bit flat and unfinished without it. But that’s just me.

Part of my wife’s rationale for getting an Ecobubble was that it played the little song, and she loves it. (Also the whole low power and water usage thing)

HAL 9000 vibes