bluelander

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[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

For chat: IRC, Stoat, Fluxer, Root, Zulip, Matrix, Slack, Teams, Guilded.

For voice/video: Mumble, Teamspeak, Jitsi Meet, also several of the above.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Perfect 1:1 drop in hassle free replacement with the exact same feature set? No, there isn't.

Viable alternatives that aren't too bad to learn? There are many.

 

We just switched my podcast community from Discord to Matrix and I've spent the last two weeks onboarding people.

I wrote these as a veteran Discord user just delving into Matrix and tried my best to frame things in a very Discord-centric way to help people understand the concepts in Matrix. It seemed to help some people.

Anyway, posting here in case they're of use to anyone else.

 

I know that probably no one reads this lemmy community, but if anyone does: we're on Matrix now if you want to come chat!

Got sick of Discord with their latest move. Should've left a long time ago.

https://matrix.to/#/#retrowarriors:retrowarriors.chat

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I found a Pi Hole blocklist that filters out known ai slop websites but even then they're still clogging up my DDG result. Such a pain.

Also: Phantasy Star is great! Have you played the Sega Ages release? It adds some really cool stuff to make it more playable.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

As someone who has had stitches a few times: always go in ASAP! Apparently there's a time limit on how many hours after an injury they they'll give you stitches.

Learning that the hard way wasn't fun.

Glad you (eventually) healed up and fuck this healthcare system.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

🤷‍♂️ My guess is some kind of hyper masculine performative bullshit.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A high end custom gun is pretty expensive. So it's the same kind of flex as showing off an expensive car.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 months ago

Rural dwelling pedant here: Dollar General is not a dollar store. Dollar Tree is, but Dollar General is a garbage store with regular-ass prices. They only stock shit and the prices are often higher than regular grocery stores.

It's the only food store my town has and it sucks so bad. At least Dollar Stores are affordable.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can take it from my cold, dead, cheese covered hands!

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 months ago

I'm a pretty avid old video game enjoyer and own multiple CRTs. Also had the pleasure of owning and maintaining a 19" Sony PVM until I traded it to a friend for a mountain of GBA games. Still keep a 13" hooked up for the occasional VHS or old game.

That said, I feel like a lot old sentiment toward emulation and modern display tech is rooted in internet opinions from 2010 or prior.

Yes, older and cheaper LCDs with a Bluetooth controller on old emulation tech pales in comparison to a Super Nintendo hooked up to the cheapest CRT ever. But both display tech and emulation tech have come a long way. High quality upscalers, ultra deep blacks, low latency game modes, insane refresh rates, FPGA, Retroarch run-ahead, cycle accurate emulators, and a dozen other breakthroughs have made retro gaming on modern panels extremely enjoyable.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Have you tried any of the various shaders available? I find that a good shader set gets pretty so close to my CRTs that I honestly can't tell the difference. I have a Retrotink for hardware scaling and it also has very good shader options.

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I almost couldn't post this one because the insane winds in my part of Texas blew my Internet antenna right off the roof!

Lots of good early Xbox memories in this one for me. I really enjoyed the system at the time and that held true into the 360 era.

 

This week it's Bomberman 94! It was nice returning to such an early entry to mess around with a more pure Bomberman game. Even the next game int the series really cranked up the craziness dial.

Personally, I'll always take the crazy ones but there's a certain charm to 94.

 

Back by popular demand!

 

It's been a couple hundred episodes since we really dug into Tengen! I think the last time was the Nintendo vs Tengen episode (outside of tangential mentions).

 

Our 500th episode! It's been a wild ride getting here. Thanks to everyone who listens, it means the world to us!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25630961

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