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  • Yeah, this is me too. Although, to be fair to my younger self, back then a lot of new technologies actually were notable improvements over the previous tech, and older people were missing out by not trying them. I'm talking about going from cassette tapes to CDs, things like that.

    Nowadays the new thing really is just worse than the old thing. E.g. going from a desktop environment to "the metaverse." Those of us who didn't embrace the metaverse were not just sticking to our old cassette tapes; the metaverse really was stupid as hell.

  • I had never heard of this character before, I'm only aware of it because there was an ad for this in X-Men #24 from a couple weeks ago. Is anyone planning on checking this out? This preview looked pretty good.

  • Not yet, but maybe someday! With communities being able to set what their top 8 communities are, and a default song that plays for each community, and custom cursors, and... OK maybe I'm actually liking this idea.

  • I thought this was an anti-joke until I read your comment. :D

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social

    I hadn't realized Piefed has themes until today. They are amazing, thank you!

  • Damn, this looks good! This is a huge coincidence: just a few days ago, I was hoping that something like this existed when another thread reminded me of Unreal 2's long-dead multiplayer mode.

  • Wow, this is absolutely incredible.

  • Nice!

  • Congratulations! So glad to hear that everything worked out. And wow, hope your wife is recovering OK as well.

  • Crazy how Microsoft spent the GDP of a decent sized country on acquiring game developers to bolster Xbox, then gave that strategy about 25 months to actually work before deciding "nevermind, pivot to AI then sell it for parts."

  • ^ yes, that. It's just the character animations, I'm not saying the entire game is running at a low framerate. That would not look good.

  • This is the first I'm hearing of it, looks interesting. Also I love how a lot of developers have suddenly realized that a lower framerate in 2D games makes them look amazing. Especially when it gives some old fashioned animation principles to a very modern looking game.

  • #6 looks like the first known use of the AWOOOOGAAAA eyes.

  • Could you do it a few times, and then have them keep track of how often they win when switching vs not switching?

  • If there is one, I worry that it won't possibly be able to keep up. Youtube is actively encouraging AI generated content now.

    Unfortunately, I think a whitelist is the only option here. Subscribe to specific accounts that you know are legitimate, and use some kind of desktop app for Youtube instead of browsing the site, so you don't get AI generated recommendations after the video.

    I ended up subscribing to Nebula.tv last week, hoping to avoid youtube altogether. It's definitely missing a few categories of content (in fact it's mainly video essays and LegalEagle), but that'll be my starting place for videos from now on.

  • Nice! This is also the first I've heard about this game. Looks cool. I love the idea of playing games made for Linux on these handhelds, instead of just emulated games.

  • Ideas are then further refined when you try to articulate them. [...] It’s the work that matters.

    Yes! This post hits the nail on the head.

    There's a certain conversation that I'm sure you've had if you knew how to code between 2008 and 2015, right in the middle of the smartphone app "gold rush." It's when a person would approach you and say, "Oh, you can code? Sick! I've got this million dollar idea for an app. Bro, if you write the code for it, I'll split the profits with you, 50/50.* You in?"

    This person was wrong about a couple of things:

    1. Their million dollar idea is not nearly as well thought out as they believed it to be.
    2. A million dollar idea is not actually worth a million dollars. It's not even worth $500,000 (y'know, with their generous 50/50 split).

    This type of person tends to think in incredibly abstract terms. They're always talking about things at a very high level, likely because they don't actually know how to do things at the implementation level. So they don't understand (or are willfully ignorant) of the fact that the real value of an idea is in it's implementation. The costs, and the payoff, come when you have people actually building something.

    But it's not just the monetary value that lies there; that's also where real discoveries happen. The growth in that field of knowledge, and your growth as a person, happen when you actually do the damn thing. The benefit of actually building something yourself is not just in the thing you built, but that you learned and grew while doing it.

    And now, with AI, that mentally undercooked "idea man" will get to go through life believing that his abstract, vague ideas really are a gift to the world by themself; no other skills necessary. Even if some of them do end up being valuable in a dollar amount, the personal growth just will not happen.

    * Also they would usually try to offer you more like 10%.

  • Love it. There's something about low color palette images in space that always feels eerie to me. This is a great one.

  • The thing that works for me is allowing the pan to heat up quite a bit before pouring the eggs in. I mean, not searing hot, but you want it to make a little "tssssh" noise when you pour in the eggs. Allowing them to sit and cook a little bit before you stir seems to help, too.

    That's also why I don't really scramble them very aggressively. The bottom layer needs to sit on the pan and cook, becoming a little solid, before I move them. When I do it that way, they don't stick. It ends up being kind of like an omelette that I frequently ruffled up and then flipped at the end, rather than really scrambled.

  • Comic Books @lemmy.world

    It's Wednesday, My Dudes: New Comic Book Releases List for 02/18/2026

    gocollect.com /blog/comiclist-new-comic-book-releases-list-for-02182026-1-week-out
  • Scrambled if you're making a lot of them, or Spanish fried if you're just making a couple. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jQD6S6v4TyU

    Please remember that I gave you this helpful advice when you commence your invasion of our planet.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world

    Jeff Gerstmann tries Bazzite

  • Comic Books @lemmy.world

    Is anyone here reading any of the DC "Absolute" comics? Which ones do you recommend?

  • Comic Books @lemmy.world

    GoCollect Blog: ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for 02/04/2026

    gocollect.com /blog/comiclist-new-comic-book-releases-list-for-02042026
  • Dogs @lemmy.world

    Rizzo in the car on the way to the vet (he's fine, was just getting his shots up to date)

  • For the small web/weird web @lemmy.cafe

    Zen Alcohol Stoves - Basic Alcohol Stove Construction

    zenstoves.net /Construction.htm
  • Comic Books @lemmy.world

    San Diego Comic Con Quietly Bans AI Art

    futurism.com /artificial-intelligence/comic-con-ai-art
  • Public Blue Screens Of Death @lemmy.ohaa.xyz

    One from a couple months ago. The keypad for the mail room is apparently running Ubuntu.

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world

    If a Lemmy user has the same name as a community, how can I tag the community on Mastodon?

  • retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/Software @lemmy.sdf.org

    Unreal2 XMP Community Edition Site

    xmpcommunity.com
  • SaltyCaramelApple @sh.itjust.works

    The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – no.heger

    noheger.at /blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/
  • Dullsters @dullsters.net

    I vacuumed up a stink bug a few days ago and now I when I turn on the vacuum the stink comes out

  • Atheism @lemmy.world

    What are your favorite songs about atheism?

  • Waterfox @programming.dev

    Waterfox is currently trending on bluesky

    bsky.app /profile/trending.bsky.app/feed/530093106
  • dailygames @lemmy.zip

    Conlextions #823

    lex.games /connections/1765371600
  • For the small web/weird web @lemmy.ml

    WEATHER IS HAPPENING | BOSTON'S #1 SOURCE 4 NO NONSENSE WEATHER

    weatherishappening.com
  • cool websites @lemmy.ca

    WEATHER IS HAPPENING | BOSTON'S #1 SOURCE 4 NO NONSENSE WEATHER

    weatherishappening.com
  • Programming @programming.dev

    [git] Can I make a git hook exit before the command exits?

  • Science @mander.xyz

    mathstodon.xyz /@threebodybot/115671576390191537