placatedmayhem

joined 4 years ago
[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Retro: SNES and GBA. I have strong 16-bit nostalgia, but I also think the pixel graphic art style of that era has aged much better than the low polygon count, early 3D art style of the N64, Saturn, and PS1. Some modern, usually indie games get pixel art on the same level, like Sea of Stars and Cobalt Core, which I have enjoyed.

Current Generation: Steam Deck. I barely play anything else anymore and I'm seriously considering only keeping a Steam Deck or similar portable for the next generation. The other consoles (Switch, Xbox, PS) are all too locked down and are clearly just trying to keep me locked in their ecosystem.

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's no official time frame, so you'll get different answers. Also, generations are somewhat arbitrary delineations that are defined by things other than age, particularly major events and themes that occurred in early life.

For example, it seems that "millennial" is congealing around 1981-1996, at least according to Wikipedia, but there's still variance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenial#Date_and_age_range_definitions

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Fewer than originally expected. Apple cut the initial production order[1]. Also, "selling out" is a hype generator now.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-forced-make-cuts-vision-pro-production-plans-ft-2023-07-03/

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

Compromise idea: Put it in the middle.

Good idea?: Make it as wide as the screen.

Cursed idea: Make it a slide-to-unlock-style widget.

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're not the only one I've seen. It's pretty entertaining that Google's decision to neuter adblock plugins in Chrome then deploying anti-adblock measures on Youtube is pushing folks off Chrome.

Welcome back to Firefox. :)

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Twitter already broke their internet search results just a couple of months ago:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23783153/google-twitter-tweets-changes-rate-limits

That's believed to be why they reversed on the "must log in to read" and rate limiting policies.

[–] placatedmayhem@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the backdoor that's deployed after a host is compromised. How the host is compromised is somewhat irrelevant. It could be exploited manually, social engineering, a worm, etc.