GrappleHat

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What was the last song you had to press repeat on? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Using an ad blocker

What are your games to get into the season for its vibe? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Autumn is always Diablo-season in my family. We'll play a modded Diablo 1 or 2 together. It's tradition!

Is there such a thing as a bullshit-free news agency? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I like allsides.com

How do you interact with children? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

That's insane!

My new favorite way to play in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

What do you mean? That's the same layout as the SNES controller, & it's what most of the retro handhelds use.

Also, it's running Linux so it's easy to remap the buttons to a custom layout if desired.

What do you think about codeium? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
Car Privacy is Shit in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Oh, it looked Ok in my app (Voyager). But I added the line break.

Car Privacy is Shit in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Depending on the car you might be able to physically disable telemetry. Here are some thoughts/ideas I've been collecting:

  • Hit "SOS" button and opt-out of all services through customer service. This of course requires trusting the company to actually do it.
    • It's possible that the info could be stored locally and then uploaded when it gets serviced though
  • Remove the fuse to the modem/data communication module (DCM)
  • Disconnect wiring to the LTE antennas
  • A number of people have mentioned that they can get the dealer to disconnect the telemetry as a precondition to buying. For instance, here.
  • Jump the data communication module (DCM) cable with a ~$70 dongle to bypass just the telematics components
  • Disconnect the DCM cable, which will likely gimp the infotainment if not other systems, or remove the entire DCM unit
US8246454B2 in c/internetfuneral@lemmy.world
Complexity in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The part you remember was not about eating the animal due to hunger. He was observing that when he was away from "civilization" for long enough he noticed that he started to think in a more primal way. In that case, it was tearing a squirrel to shreds raw with his teeth! (or something) :)

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Populus (1998) & "god games" (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by GrappleHat@lemmy.ml to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml
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Happened on this 1998 game by sheer chance and I'm really digging it! As far as I can tell it was never popular. It's a mixture of an RTS and a "god game" where one unit (your shaman) is very powerful & special (chess analogy: sort of like mixing the central role of the king & with the power of the queen).

Strong "tribal" vibes that were popular in the '90s (think Deep Forest music, the game Riven, etc). Very nostalgic for me as I was a kid at the time. I'm playing the PSX version, looks like the PC version was even better!

Has anyone ever heard of this "Populous" series? I'm curious to try other titles, and to try more in the "god game" genre (a genre I never even knew existed!). Any other "god games" worth checking out?

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How every tech ‘gatekeeper’ is responding to the DMA - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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Custom music during gameplay (ArkOS) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by GrappleHat@lemmy.ml to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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I've seen it asked (on Reddit) how to play custom background music while playing games on ArkOS. I wanted to share how I do it, in case others want to try it as well. I'm sure these instructions could be modified slightly for other Linux handhelds.

  • Gain terminal access (via SSH or directly on the device)
  • With your device connected to wifi run sudo apt install mpg123 to install the CLI-based music player
  • Transfer your desired music mp3s to a folder on the sd card
    • I use /roms2/Music/
  • Create the file start_music.sh in your ports folder which contains the line nohup mpg123 -z /<path>/<to>/<my>/<music>/<folder>/*.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
    • For me that line was nohup mpg123 -z /roms2/Music/*.mp3 >/dev/null 2>&1 & and the file was at /roms2/ports/start_music.sh
  • Create the file stop_music.sh in your ports folder which contains the line pkill mpg123
    • For me that file was at /roms2/ports/stop_music.sh
  • Log out of the terminal and restart EmulationStation

Now start_music and stop_music options are available in the 'Ports' section of EmulationStation. Running start_music starts a shuffled playlist of everything you put in that music folder. stop_music stops the music. Of course, you'll want to turn off the native background music in whatever game your playing too :)

EDIT: Updated the nohup line to dump outputs to the null output rather than to file (which could eventually grow to be large).

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A more relaxing way to play text-based games? (lemmy.ml)
 

I like text-based games (like from ifdb), but I don't like sitting at attention in front of my computer like I do all day at work. Any ideas for how to play these effectively without being on a computer?

  • I've hacked a Kindle Paperwhite & used an on-screen virtual keyboard to play these games. That worked OK, but the virtual keyboard is very imprecise and frustrating.

  • I've similarly hacked a Kindle 3 (the last model to include a physical keyboard). I hoped the physical keyboard would do the trick. Unfortunately, the key buttons are convex & very stiff - which hurt my fingertips after even short play sessions.

Any other ideas? Or is this a fool's errand?

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Super Metroid (lemmy.ml)
 

Super Metroid's color palette and lanky sprite were always a turn off for me. But I'm finally giving it a chance on SNES (MSU-1 version) & I'm really enjoying it!

Vibes are: Quake + the movie Alien + Nine Inch Nails' album The Downward Spiral. Pretty cool aesthetic after all!

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Vocab word for "filler" items? (lemmy.ml)
 

In many games there are a lot of stupid filler items that you don't know what they do and they don't matter. (i.e. crafting ingredients). They are so ubiquitous across games that there ought to be a word for them. Sort of like a "MacGuffin" (except a MacGuffin moves the plot along, and these filler items don't).

Is there a name for these filler items? If not, got any ideas?

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Google loses antitrust case vs Epic Games. Jury rules Google Play store constitutes an illegal monopoly (www.theverge.com)
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What's everyone playing? (lemmy.ml)
 

I just hit 10 hours in Earthbound on my Anbernic RG280V. I'm looking forward to trying some more SNES games once I'm finished (Super Mario World, Street Fighter Turbo II, Zelda: Link to the Past, etc.).

Interested to hear what you all are playing? Or, what retro games are on your "to do" list?

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Art games? (lemmy.ml)
 

Other than Mario Paint were there any other art games for the old consoles? I tried some internet searches but came up empty handed.

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What are your favorite "ugly" games? (lemmy.ml)
 

I enjoy Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup played in the terminal with ASCII graphics. I wonder whether there are other hidden gems out there which don't get attention because they are "ugly"?

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